DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/17/2015 Duedate: 08/29/2015
ARDIVENT ARENA
DM-46 TURN-716
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SOLAARRIN
WRATHMEN (387)
(46-4402) [18-5-1,104]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SOLAARRIN POSITION IS EMPTY
WRATHMEN (387)
(46-4402) [18-5-1,104]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SOLAARRIN USURPER
WRATHMEN (387) DUNGEON CELL (388)
(46-4402) [18-5-1,104] (46-4447) [10-0-1,57]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DUNGEON CELL (388)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. FANDILS (75) 15
2. WRATHMEN (387) 11 WRATHMEN (387)
3. DUNGEON CELL (388) 11 Unchartered Team
4. THE SOVEREIGN (393) 0
5. WE GOT GAME (289) 0 IMPS (84)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 WRATHMEN (387) 75 23 7 76.5 1/ 4 DUNGEON CELL (388) 7 3 0
2/ 3 DUNGEON CELL (388) 32 21 1 60.4 2/ 1 WRATHMEN (387) 6 1 0
3/ 4 FANDILS (75) %1368 927 47 59.6 3/ 3 FANDILS (75) 4 6 0
4- 5 WE GOT GAME (289) 95 65 7 59.4 4- 2 THE SOVEREIGN (393) 2 3 0
5- 6 THE SOVEREIGN (393) 23 22 2 51.1 5- 5 WE GOT GAME (289) 2 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Greetings, warriors of ARDIVENT! Once again I've been called out of retirement
for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting. Woof! WRATHMEN were a bunch of
dogs after DUNGEON CELL got through with 'em! 2nd ain't so sweet as 1st! Ya gotta
be quick on yer feet! Keep your elbow off the table! Thrust! Block out the pain!
DUNGEON CELL is now ranked 1st with a 3-2-0 turn. What's with GRANDMA CLARA? She
actually beat DUNGEON CELL's THE MAIDEN, and walked away with 12 more points from the
fight. Try as he might, M. CHARDINEE wasn't good enough at persuading MATTHEAS to
step down from the Duelmaster's throne... I suppose you want to hear some rumors and
dirty gossip about your fellow fighters? Tough!
No matter the time or place, men will always duel. ARDIVENT thinks DUNGEON CELL
and their 32-21-1 is too much! If at first you don't succeed, give up... Management
must be dealin', as the boys at FANDILS ain't reelin'! DUNGEON CELL's mad! What do
people see in THE MAIDEN? Hers 1-1-0? DUNGEON CELL ain't talkin', but she's got 20
points.
A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing. Some fighters
don't accept this. The best do. Here's some advice: study your opponent, master
many skills, fight dirty.
Who knows what the future holds for a warrior. More fights, there's no doubt.
The end of another Spyreport! That's cause for celebration in my book! I don't want
to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SOLAARRIN 4402 18 5 1 104 WRATHMEN (387)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BAERUS 4399 8 3 1 73 WRATHMEN (387)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-EARL 4429 12 11 0 66 FANDILS (75)
HEADSMAN 4423 9 3 0 65 DUNGEON CELL (388)
-ALEKHINE 4473 6 4 2 59 WE GOT GAME (289)
USURPER 4447 10 0 1 57 DUNGEON CELL (388)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
INQUISITOR 4422 8 3 0 56 DUNGEON CELL (388)
MILDRED LEONA 4434 8 10 1 43 FANDILS (75)
-RUY LOPEZ 4461 7 6 0 40 WE GOT GAME (289)
-BLACK CHAOS 4494 4 6 0 37 THE SOVEREIGN (393)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LINCOLN HILLS 4506 4 4 0 33 FANDILS (75)
-ALIISZA 4505 5 2 0 31 THE SOVEREIGN (393)
GRANDMA CLARA 4504 2 5 0 30 FANDILS (75)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE MAIDEN 4517 1 1 0 20 DUNGEON CELL (388)
-GLADIUS 4493 5 4 0 19 THE SOVEREIGN (393)
-P-NUT FIREBEARD 4492 5 3 0 19 THE SOVEREIGN (393)
-MISTY EVE 4491 3 5 2 16 THE SOVEREIGN (393)
-PETROSIAN 4520 1 0 0 7 WE GOT GAME (289)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PRISONER 4522 0 1 0 DUNGEON CELL 388 SHEWISH GIANT 716 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Kudos and a salute to Mattheas of Wrathmen, the new Duelmaster of The Red Sands. --
Fandil The Wise
Mattheas, it is my honor to travel to The Isle with a warrior who is better than I am.
-- Uncle Leroy
P.S. Are you going to write a DM Column?
Uncle Leroy? He is #1023. 13-9-15-17-9-10-11 norm endu, trem damage basher. -- WOF
Polite Beggar, it is so pleasing to see that someone around here knows how to act
around an old lady. Thank you. -- Grandma Clara
Dungeon Cell meanies, you got me. Shucks! -- Fandil The Wise
Headsman, wow! You wouldn't even give me time to adjust my sports bra out there. Geez!
-- Mildred Leona
Usurper, you were just plain too good for me. Salute. -- Lincoln Hills
Health. Humility. Honor. The Red Sands await us all. -- Fandil The Wise
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
PRISONER was butchered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
MATTHEAS devastated M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
SOLAARRIN handily defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute one-sided Title match.
HEADSMAN viciously subdued MILDRED LEONA in a popular 1 minute gory contest.
INQUISITOR subdued LINCOLN HILLS in a 1 minute competition.
USURPER viciously subdued AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 2 minute gory duel.
THE MAIDEN was devastated by GRANDMA CLARA 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 2 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 0 - 1 100 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 3 - 0 77 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 24 - 14 - 0 63 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 22 - 16 - 2 58 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 19 - 17 - 1 53 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 8 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 6 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 3 - 0 40 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 5 - 0 0 |
Turn 716 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 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 3 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 3 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK SOLAARRIN 4402 18 5 1 104 WRATHMEN (387)
SLASHING ATTACK HEADSMAN 4423 9 3 0 65 DUNGEON CELL (388)
PARRY-LUNGE USURPER 4447 10 0 1 57 DUNGEON CELL (388)
AIMED BLOW INQUISITOR 4422 8 3 0 56 DUNGEON CELL (388)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SOLAARRIN 4402. The most popular warrior this turn
was USURPER 4447. The ten other most popular fighters were SOLAARRIN 4402, HEADSMAN
4423, GRANDMA CLARA 4504, MILDRED LEONA 4434, INQUISITOR 4422, PRISONER 4522, LINCOLN
HILLS 4506, THE MAIDEN 4517, 0, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was THE MAIDEN 4517. The other ten least popular
fighters were LINCOLN HILLS 4506, PRISONER 4522, INQUISITOR 4422, MILDRED LEONA 4434,
GRANDMA CLARA 4504, HEADSMAN 4423, SOLAARRIN 4402, USURPER 4447, 0, and 0.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
MATTHEAS (46-4398) WRATHMEN (387)
UNCLE LEROY (46-4435) FANDILS (75)
FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LV
ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
OOO OOO OOO 4281 (19-4-0) 4 3 0 YOU DON'T SAY!
JIMI HENDRIX 4251 (40-32-0) 1 3 0 THE 27 CLUB
CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BAXTER 3970 (13-9-0) 4 3 1 ERRATA
MMMMBUHHH 4292 (8-4-3) 2 3 0 YOU DON'T SAY!
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
INQUISITOR 4422 (6-3-0) 6 3 0 DUNGEON CELL
INSANE IAN 4501 (4-0-0) 3 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS
LUCKY LARRY 4502 (2-2-0) 2 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS
MODEL PRISONER 4453 (4-1-0) 2 3 0 DUNGEON CELL
ALEKHINE 4473 (6-3-2) 1 3 0 WE GOT GAME
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
PRETTY PRANKSTER 4508 (3-1-0) 2 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS
TOTALLY TED 4518 (1-0-0) 2 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
THE MAIDEN 4517 (0-0-0) 12 3 0 DUNGEON CELL
The Turf Wars are coming. The Turf Wars are coming. Come one; come all. Gather
your alliance or collection of 2-4 teams and join in the competition. Hurry up! While
Feb 2016 seems so far away, it is only six or so turns away, and it does take a while
to make sure you have a team in DM47, communicate to find a group, send in certs,
announce in writing in DM47, etc. etc. Teams of all levels and managers of all types,
including newbies, find themselves competing quite well in this type of competition.
Let's make the tenth anniversary (TWX) the biggest and best ever.
This 10th competition will be hosted and moderated by the triumvirate of Assur,
Master Darque and Oz The All-Wonderful.
Anyone may participate: known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances
created solely to compete in the Turf War!
To participate, each alliance must:
a. Announce the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter.
b. Indicate in the newsletter which Captain/alliance you will join.
c. Announcements made on the D2 Forums or elsewhere will not be accepted.
Captains are responsible for:
a. Verifying/authorizing, in the North Fork newsletter those who wish to
participate under the banner of their alliance. The confirmation/verification
must occur after, or in the same newsletter, but not before, the participant's
declaration. (Lack of participant indication of joining and/or subsequent lack
of Captain confirmation will delay a team's participation in the Turf War.)
b. Distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War.
c. Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate. (Note: Captains may,
if they wish, submit certs for all potential members of their alliance.)
Participating managers who are not Captains must:
a. Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate (Unless already
submitted by Captain. Note: extras will not be returned, but will go into the
winning pool of prizes.)
b. Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name, and alliance
they will represent in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Announcement made on
the D2 Forums or Chatzy will not be accepted.
1. No scores will be tabulated until two RSI Gift Certificates are received,
and participant indication and captain confirmation are posted in the
North Fork newsletter. NO EXCEPTIONS.
2. Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare themselves in the North
Fork (DM 47) newsletter as stated above AND be verified in the same or
subsequent newsletter by the alliance Captain they will represent.
3. Only one (1) team per player may compete. No arena multiple teams or
aliases will be allowed. Violations will result in immediate manager
disqualification (including team point adjustments) from the Turf War (so
be sure to take any multiple teams OFF of Team Maintenance and be certain
not to run any other team warriors).
4. Scoring will NOT be retroactive for teams/alliances that do not properly
declare or get captain confirmation or fail to send a Gift Certificate by
Turn 1. In other words, if your Gift Certificate is not received until
Turn 3 of the Turf War, and you have fought on Turns 1 and 2, your score
will not begin until Turn 3. All conditions must be met before scoring
will begin--declaration, verification, and Gift Certificate received.
5. No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 3 of the Turf
War.
For purposes of scoring, the moderators will score the Turf War and settle any and all
disputes as they arise. Their decisions will be final. (Note: the intent is to have a
very thorough set of rules so that few decisions, if any, are required from the
moderators.)
Scoring will be as follows for Fights:
Team Points:
a. Fights made: (includes DA fights)
1 = 0 points, 2 = 0 points, 3 = 1 point, 4 = 3 points, 5 = 5 points
b. Wins earned:
1 = 1 point, 2 = 3 points, 3 = 6 points, 4 = 10 points, 5 = 15 points
c. Champion win = 3 additional points
d. Down Challenge = (-5) points each (DM is exempt from DC rule)
e. Team with most wins per round earns 4 additional points
(If ties, no points awarded)
Alliance Points (Rounds 1 through 5):
a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
All (each) team of the alliance fights 1 to 3 warriors = 3 points
All (each) team fights 4+ warriors = 6 points
All (each) team fights all five warriors = 9
b. Alliance with most wins per that round = 5 points
(If tied, no points awarded.)
Alliance Points (Rounds 6 through 10 as alliance point scoring doubles):
c. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
All (each) team of the alliance fights 1 to 3 warriors = 6 points
All (each) team fights 4+ warriors = 12 points
All (each) team fights all five warriors = 18
d. Alliance with most wins per that round = 10 points
e. (If tied, no points awarded.)
Champions:
a. A Champion may be declared, but one is not mandatory. It is to the
team's/alliance's advantage that you do so.
b. Only one Champion allowed per manager at any given time.
c. Champions that graduate or are killed by another warrior or the Dark Arena,
may be replaced.
d. Champions must have fought at least one previous fight in the North Fork (DM47
arena) to be able to be declared a champion.
e. A Champion can be declared on any round and point factors will begin that same
turn. (Must meet above 4 conditions prior to declaring.)
f. Challenges to or by Champions against members of the same alliance shall be
scored as a loss for each warrior.
No warrior may be substituted without the proper use of the DA or arena death or
death in a tournament or graduation. A maximum of five warriors may be on a team at
any time. (The penalty for such substitution is -10 points.)
It is not in the spirit of competition to challenge fellow members of the same
alliance. Hence, challenges as such will be scored as losses for both warriors.
Downchallenges:
a. A downchallenge occurs when a warrior challenges a warrior with lesser
recognition points.
b. No challenge or bloodfeud by The Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge.
c. No challenge of the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge.
d. Bloodfeuds against warriors with lesser recognition are deemed downchallenges.
Tournament Considerations:
a. Tournament participation is allowed and ENCOURAGED as a great form of
recognition for North Fork.
b. It is an opportunity to gain skills and preferred challenging within the Turf
War.
Special Considerations:
a. Each alliance begins the Turf War with zero (0) points.
b. There will be NO alliance or team changes once the contest has begun. If you
begin the Turf War with Alliance A, you must end the Turf War with Alliance A.
If you begin the Turf War with Team A, you must end the Turf War with Team A.
c. There will be a maximum of four (4) teams/managers allowed per alliance for
the Turf War VII. The minimum is two (2).
d. The Dark Arena may be used at any time without penalty.
e. If at any time, the Moderators determine that any non-TW team in the arena is
aiding and/or abetting any TW alliance or team, the affected points won by the
gifted team/alliance will be disallowed and the aiding non-TW team will be
asked to desist from play in the arena until after the Turf War concludes.
Prizes:
The Turf War is meant to be a "winner takes all" contest. All prizes, except the
Endu Award listed below, and 100% of the Gift Certificates will be awarded to the
Captain of the winning alliance at the end of the competition. It is the
responsibility of the Captain to distribute Gift Certificates.
Moderators will submit a list of each manager on the winning alliance to RSI at
the completion of the contest for the non-Certificate prizes.
All entry fees (rollup certs) are awarded to the winning alliance.
The following prizes have been secured from RSI:
a. Renaming of the North Fork (DM 47) arena;
b. Renaming of all Dark Arena Monsters
c. Known Favorites for one DM47 warrior on each team of the winning alliance
(warrior must be ranked Initiate or above, must be alive, and must have at
least one DM47 arena fight to receive this award).
d. +1 Skill bonus (three) for each manager on the winning alliance. Bonus
potions must be applied to living warriors from DM 47, no more than two
skills per warrior.
e. +1 Skill bonus potion (one) for each and every individual manager who
fights in all 10 rounds AND at least 45 fights of the Turf War. Bonus
potion must be applied to a living warrior from (DM 47) (Endu Award).
f. Two additional random rollup sheets or rollup certs for each manager of
the winning alliance from RSI.
These RSI awards will be listed by the Moderator for claiming from RSI (Lee)
within 4 turns of the end of TW VI. The certs will be mailed to the winning alliance
by the Moderators within two weeks of the end of the TW.
Moderators:
The Moderators for this event will be Oz, Master Darque, and Assur (the TWX
Triumvirate), They will arbitrate all dealings during the course of the contest.
Their decisions will be final. Direct questions, comments, and scoring disputes via
Diplo in DM 47, on the Duel2 site in the Forums/via private message, or via email to:
DM 47 (Diplo) Duel2 (PM/Forums) Email
Oz: Land of Oz "The Consortium" wfms101@aol.com
Master Darque: Darque Forces "Darque" rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com
Assur: Bash Bros Park "Assur" assurnasir@yahoo.com