DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/01/2014 Duedate: 09/13/2014
ARDIVENT ARENA
DM-46 TURN-691
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
JANIS JOBLIN
THE 27 CLUB (374)
(46-4380) [19-1-1,144]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
JANIS JOBLIN HEADSMAN
THE 27 CLUB (374) DUNGEON CELL (388)
(46-4380) [19-1-1,144] (46-4423) [3-1-0,34]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
TAL DEATHSCAR
WE GOT GAME (289) BLACK COLOSSUS (359)
(46-3106) [15-9-2,109] (46-3989) [9-2-0,87]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
FANDILS (75)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. WE GOT GAME (289) 48
2. DUNGEON CELL (388) 19 BLACK COLOSSUS (359)
3. BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) 15 Unchartered Team
4. FANDILS (75) 11
5. BLACK COLOSSUS (359) 9 DUNGEON CELL (388)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 BLACK COLOSSUS (359) 13 2 0 86.7 1/ 1 FANDILS (75) 7 1 0
2/ 2 FANDILS (75) %1332 889 46 60.0 2/ 3*DUNGEON CELL (388) 7 5 0
3/ 3 WE GOT GAME (289) 45 31 3 59.2 3/ 2 THE 27 CLUB (374) 5 7 1
4/ 4 THE 27 CLUB (374) 129 100 3 56.3 4/ 4 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) 5 10 0
5/ 5*DUNGEON CELL (388) 8 9 0 47.1 5/ 6 WE GOT GAME (289) 4 6 0
6/ 6 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) 794 %1214 28 39.5 6/ 5 BLACK COLOSSUS (359) 2 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 378): ZEPHYR of Z GLADIATORZ (The Z Man, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 757): LAMB CHOP STOP of EASTER FEASTER (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 757): MANSION of LIVING LARGE (Padre, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 742): SSG7 of MEDAL OF HONOR 104 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 743): PEARL STONE of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 741): GRAPE APE of PRIMATES-R-US (Crip, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 738): ORLANDO of HERE TO PHOENIX (Crip, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 739): SGT. SPENCER of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 702): SOLDIER 1 of MEDAL OF HONOR Z1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 699): YELLOW BRICK TOAD of HELPLESS ANIMALS (Manray, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 690): JANIS JOBLIN of THE 27 CLUB (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 325): ABU JR. of THE CHOSEN ONES (The Chosen One, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 584): PFC 2 of MEDAL OF HONOR Z1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 279): JOCK-IN-THE-BOX of SCOTCH (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 642): WORKS 4 EVIL EMPIRE of SUPERIOR FATHER (Manager, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 378): Z GLADIATORZ (The Z Man, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 757): FLAGRANT FOWL (Scrooge McDuck, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 757): MENTOR BLISS (Dr. Feelgood, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 742): ARE YOU ? (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 744): KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 741): SAY MY NAME (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 738): GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 739): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 702): MEDAL OF HONOR Z1 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 699): LAZY SUNDAY (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 690): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 325): DRAGONS GUARD II (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 583): POSITION IS EMPTY
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 279): BAD COMBINATIONS (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 642): SUPERIOR FATHER (Manager, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 378): ZEPHYR of Z GLADIATORZ (The Z Man, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 757): MANSION of LIVING LARGE (Padre, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 742): IYAN KENNIS of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 743): PEARL STONE of KRILL CAVALRY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 736): SOURDOUGH SAM of GOLDEN CANYON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 739): SGT. SPENCER of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
KOJAK of ALL JACKED UP (Pat Sajak, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 698): DOUBLE TRUE of LAZY SUNDAY (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 278): TOBEORNOTTOBE of TOTAL CHAOS (Marma Duke, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Greetings, warriors of ARDIVENT! Once again I've been called out of retirement
for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting. Some people say I ramble too much,
I don't say anything relevant. I repeat myself. I ramble. Well WE GOT GAME moved
up 1, to 5th. What's with KASPAROV? He actually beat BLUVALLEY WARRIORS' BILLY JOE,
and walked away with 13 more points from the fight. Laughs were big at WE GOT GAME
while they watched CAPABLANCA clobber HEREFORD JONES. He lost 10 points and got
bruised from objects thrown from the stands. Try as he might, DEATHSCAR wasn't good
enough at persuading JANIS JOBLIN to step down from the Duelmaster's throne... I
suppose you want to hear some rumors and dirty gossip about your fellow fighters?
Tough!
If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. How
well I know the feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of
practive, WE GOT GAME! The bums at FANDILS couldn't face the challenges from WE GOT
GAME! No excuse for that! How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged
warrior, BLIND OWL! Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you.
Warriors of ARDIVENT unite. You have only your games to lose! Is it my
imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day? To die so young, so
gloriously!
Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. All work
and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter. Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.
Olaffighterwork and no play. Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and
good luck. Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JANIS JOBLIN 4380 19 1 1 144 THE 27 CLUB (374)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TAL 3106 15 9 2 109 WE GOT GAME (289)
-CASPER JOHN 4428 10 2 0 96 FANDILS (75)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DEATHSCAR 3989 9 2 0 87 BLACK COLOSSUS (359)
BLIND OWL 4381 17 12 2 86 THE 27 CLUB (374)
CAPABLANCA 3105 14 10 0 69 WE GOT GAME (289)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
UNCLE LEROY 4435 4 1 0 52 FANDILS (75)
JEROME 4418 7 3 1 51 FANDILS (75)
HEREFORD JONES 4413 8 15 0 50 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
NIMZOVICH 3279 10 5 1 48 WE GOT GAME (289)
ROCKSOCK JONES 4412 7 16 1 38 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
LORENS KLU 4431 5 4 0 36 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
HEADSMAN 4423 3 1 0 34 DUNGEON CELL (388)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MILDRED LEONA 4434 4 1 1 24 FANDILS (75)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
INQUISITOR 4422 3 1 0 23 DUNGEON CELL (388)
WINEHOUSE 4433 4 3 0 16 THE 27 CLUB (374)
EARL 4429 4 4 0 16 FANDILS (75)
KASPAROV 4450 1 1 0 14 WE GOT GAME (289)
BROOKE JONES 4455 1 0 0 13 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
USURPER 4447 2 0 0 12 DUNGEON CELL (388)
BILLY JOE 4439 1 3 0 6 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74)
PIGPEN 4432 0 4 0 4 THE 27 CLUB (374)
KARPOV 4454 0 1 0 1 WE GOT GAME (289)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
FINGERS BROOKE 4345 17 37 2 BLUVALLEY WARRIOR 74 BLIND OWL 4381 690
THUMBSCREW 4452 0 1 0 DUNGEON CELL 388 SPYMASTER 691 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
A salute to Janis Joblin, Duelmaster of Ardivent, with her very fine record. Hubba
hubba. -- Fandil The Wise
Hollowshade -- Provocation? There are none that I know. Perhaps informational
requests were mistaken for animosity? Deathscar and all warriors of all levels are
welcome to compete in Ardivent, The Red Sands. I welcome you and your fine warrior.
May you both grow and prosper and avoid the curse of The Red Sands. -- WOF
Winehouse -- It was my pleasure to win. I am more of a Roy Acuff. Johnny Cash fan,
I might add. -- Earl
Veteran Merc and Polite Beggar -- Thanks for being there and providing what
competition you did. -- Casper John and Mildred Leona
Health. Humility. Honor. The Red Sands Await. -- Fandil The Wise
0-5. Now that's a warm welcome home. Thanks, you bastards! :) -- Chess Master, We
Got Game.
Janis Joblin -- I have heard that the new trend is open handed combat. I did not
mean to try it so soon upon my return, however. Awesome duel! Thought I had you,
when I knocked you down and broke your weapon. But it was not to be ... -- Tal
Deathscar -- Dang! You're pretty good. -- Capablanca
Hereford Jones -- Explain to me, please, how you lost 14 fights. -- Nimzovich
Usurper -- You out-strategized me, this time. Good design. Good strategy. And that
armor! Must be at least +2 defense vs my weapon. Either that, or it was made of
rubber. But no excuses here, good show! -- Kasparov
Two-three, and Fingers is DEAD? Looks like he jinxed himself with that comment about
miracles. Yes, Virginia, there ARE negative miracles, and Fingers just got one. But
he contributed to it, you know, he always thought he was tougher than the reality. --
Hereford Jones
20 August 14
SLAUGHTER CHALLENGE 2
Several years ago I ran a contest known as the "Slaughter Challenge" which was the
idea of a member of my alliance at the time. We unfortunately lost him during a
robbery attempt at the store he worked at. This November will mark the 10th
anniversary of his passing so I have decided to run the Slaughter Challenge again in
remembrance of him.
Rich Hammes was a member of my alliance, the Vendetta Cartel, and had sponsored me
into the alliance. Rich was a common poster to both the Yahoo Duelmasters group as
well as the Duel2 boards and our Alliance's Yahoo group. He went by the handle
GameOgre on the Duel2 boards and was known by the name Abarsis, the Slaughter Priest.
He was a very kind and thoughtful man who always had time to talk with not only his
alliance-mates but anyone else who wanted to discuss Duelmasters. He also had time
to talk with anyone about personal life issues if he felt he could help. He was a
daily, and prolific, poster to these sites and seemed to enjoy the interaction with
others regarding this game that he loved so much.
I would also like everyone to know that he spent several years in the US Navy serving
on a Nuclear attack Submarine in protection of our nation. He was well loved, and
well known, by the community in which he lived even spending time at a local Ice
Cream Shop around closing time to assure that the lady who owned the store was safe
as she was often alone when she closed her shop. He was a well known and much loved
member of his local community. His death was grieved by his local San Diego
community where they held a candle-light vigil for him and many expressed their
disbelief that he was gone. These are just a scant few examples of what a kind and
caring man he was and why not only our gaming community lost a great deal on that
fateful day, but also shows why there was tremendous sadness among the community in
which he lived.
It is near to 10 years since his passing and there are many times I wonder, "What
would Rich think about this...." I miss my friend dearly to this day and I hope you
will come join us in this contest idea which he himself came up with. He thought we
should all learn to appreciate what Jorja does to keep our smaller arenas alive and
populated!
The contest will be held in Morya, arena 28, beginning on the turn that is due on
November 6th, 2014 (turn 378 I believe). Tourney participation is not allowed during
the contest but the contest will start after the fall Mailer so you can get your
warriors a few fight experience should you choose to. The timing of the contest was
done to allow entry into the fall mailer.
The rules are fairly simple and inspired to let us all feel what it is like to run
warriors like Jorja does. Her teams across Alastari may sometimes be taken for
granted so this contest will allow us to appreciate her teams a little better as they
populate the arenas we fight in.
The Rules--
There are no challenges, avoids, bloodfeuds, or tourneys allowed and only one single
use of the Dark Arena is allowed after the contest begins. Win or lose the Dark
Arena is allowed but once, so if you want your warrior dead be sure and throw the
fight!
The contest will last for 12 turns. May I point out that if you use your Dark Arena
fight you will get either 2 points, for winning, or -2, for losing, and ALL fights
count in the scoring. It matters not if you fight a non-contest warrior or a stand-
in; they still count as much as fighting a contest warrior. This will be a test of
basic strategy with a touch of luck added in as well.
If anyone should break the no tourney rule they will lose 5 points for each warrior
entered and those warriors, and any subsequent warriors who replace them in death,
cannot score points! The one exception are the dead tourneys. Should you wish you
may enter your warriors in dead tourneys, since they are not a member of your team,
or even the living, at the time. The warrior may even return to the contest if a
natural opening can be found for it, or you choose to use your Dark Arena fight to
make that opening (if you still have that option left). Break the no DA, challenge,
or avoid rules and you will be DQed as soon as the transgression is discovered. To
keep the contest playing field as level as possible, we will have no messing with
these rules. Of course you may DA the one time, just as a clarification, but the
second time gets you DQed. This also counts if it is found you bring a second team
in for the purpose of making challenges; you will be DQed.
Scoring is as follows:
1 point for winning
1 point for killing (giving 2 in total, 1 for the win and 1 for the kill)
1 point for at least one of your warriors writing a personal (regardless of number of
personals beyond one you still only get one point). Make sure it is written from
one of your team's warriors and not simply the manager entity or you will not get
the point.
-1 point for losing
-1 point for being killed (giving -2 in total, -1 for losing and -1 for being killed)
-5 points and the loss of that warrior's slot for scoring the remainder of the
contest for entering a warrior into a REGULAR tourney (again DEAD tourney is open)
The Prizes:
1st place -- +1 bonus to one warrior on the team, 1 resurrection potion, and 1
favorite knowledge
2nd place -- +1 bonus for one warrior, 1 favorites knowledge
3rd place -- +1 bonus for one warrior
Iron Manager Award -- Run 54 of the possible 60 fights and get a +1 bonus potion
The bonus potions and favorites knowledge must be used on warriors with 5 FE or more
and MUST be used within 2 turns of the end of the contest. The resurrection potion
must be used within 6 months of the end of the contest but may be used on any warrior
regardless of FE. ALL prizes must be used on the contest team, they are NOT
transferable to another team!
If you wish to participate please notify Street Legal via Personal Ad in arena 28, on
the Duel2 forums, or in Chatzy!
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
THUMBSCREW was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
TAL devastated BLIND OWL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
CAPABLANCA handily defeated HEREFORD JONES in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
NIMZOVICH vanquished ROCKSOCK JONES in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
EARL was overpowered by LORENS KLU in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
KASPAROV vanquished BILLY JOE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
JANIS JOBLIN beat DEATHSCAR in a popular 4 minute master's Title brawl.
JEROME overcame HEADSMAN in a action packed 1 minute melee.
UNCLE LEROY vanquished HAPPY PEASANT in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
WINEHOUSE won victory over FRATSFAN NOBLE in a 1 minute duel.
INQUISITOR overpowered KARPOV in a 2 minute one-sided fight.
PIGPEN was overcome by USURPER in a 2 minute novice's bout.
BROOKE JONES demolished SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute mismatched match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 1 - 1 80 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 - 0 75 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 WALL OF STEEL 16 - 12 - 1 57 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 7 - 6 - 0 54 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 18 - 19 - 2 49 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 LUNGING ATTACK 16 - 21 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 16 - 0 41 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 691 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are:
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 3 - 4 3 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 3 AIMED BLOW
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 3 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL JANIS JOBLIN 4380 19 1 1 144 THE 27 CLUB (374)
LUNGING ATTACK TAL 3106 15 9 2 109 WE GOT GAME (289)
AIMED BLOW DEATHSCAR 3989 9 2 0 87 BLACK COLOSSUS (359)
BASHING ATTACK UNCLE LEROY 4435 4 1 0 52 FANDILS (75)
SLASHING ATTACK HEADSMAN 4423 3 1 0 34 DUNGEON CELL (388)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is TAL 3106. The most popular warrior this turn was
DEATHSCAR 3989. The ten other most popular fighters were JANIS JOBLIN 4380, LORENS
KLU 4431, INQUISITOR 4422, USURPER 4447, NIMZOVICH 3279, KASPAROV 4450, JEROME 4418,
UNCLE LEROY 4435, TAL 3106, and CAPABLANCA 3105.
The least popular fighter this week was KARPOV 4454. The other ten least popular
fighters were BILLY JOE 4439, EARL 4429, ROCKSOCK JONES 4412, BLIND OWL 4381,
THUMBSCREW 4452, BROOKE JONES 4455, HEADSMAN 4423, HEREFORD JONES 4413, PIGPEN 4432,
and WINEHOUSE 4433.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
JANIS JOBLIN (46-4380) THE 27 CLUB (374)