DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/29/2015 Duedate: 09/25/2015
SNOWBOUND ARENA
DM-50 TURN-345
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BONESCRAPER
MESOPOTAMIA (389)
(50-3837) [20-5-0,97]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
BONESCRAPER HAVOCBRINGER
MESOPOTAMIA (389) MOTLEY KREWE (416)
(50-3837) [20-5-0,97] (50-3869) [5-2-1,47]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
CUNEIFORM BLIND REF
MESOPOTAMIA (389) BASH BROS HOCKEY (405)
(50-3583) [17-19-0,77] (50-3765) [13-9-0,88]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MOTLEY KREWE (416)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MOTLEY KREWE (416) 28
2. MESOPOTAMIA (389) 12 MESOPOTAMIA (389)
3. BASH BROS HOCKEY (405) 2 Unchartered Team
4. OPEN SESAME (199) 0
MOTLEY KREWE (416)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1 OPEN SESAME (199) 418 261 26 61.6 1/ 1*MOTLEY KREWE (416) 10 5 1
2/ 2 MESOPOTAMIA (389) 105 74 3 58.7 2- 2 OPEN SESAME (199) 6 4 0
3/ 4*MOTLEY KREWE (416) 19 14 3 57.6 3/ 3 MESOPOTAMIA (389) 4 6 0
4/ 5 BASH BROS HOCKEY (405) 28 31 1 47.5 4/ 4 BASH BROS HOCKEY (405) 3 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
Well, what are you looking at, SNOWBOUND? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens
before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Of course, we're all terribly impressed
to see BLIND REF win a fight and gain 10 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, CAPTAIN OWWIE
beat SLUSHY ICE and SLUSHY ICE lost 8 points. You're breakin' my heart. Due to
absence, and inability to defend the throne, C IS FOR COOKIE has lost the Title of
Duelmaster. Start setting that alarm earlier! And it's out with the old, in with
the new, as BONESCRAPER takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old
Duelmaster. Heh, heh. Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how else do you
think some of these guys win their fights? Skill? Ha!
My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start
talking.' I loved that woman. SNOWBOUND, I am losing what little hope I had in you.
MESOPOTAMIA the most avoided team? What insult will suffice, I cannot say. And who
led the way in this mass act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was
BASH BROS HOCKEY. Ha ha ha ha! Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, SLUSHY ICE was this
turn's most challenged warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans.
Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and
gone, and get to see if their team cared. We're all going to die in the end, so why
worry if the fate catches up with you sooner that later?
There's got to be a better place in SNOWBOUND to get a drink than The Victory
Tavern! Any suggestions? Well, I've had enough of this drivel, and I'm sure you
have too. Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather. Paste this one in your
scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BONESCRAPER 3837 20 5 0 97 MESOPOTAMIA (389)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-C IS FOR COOKIE 3636 11 11 1 101 OPEN SESAME (199)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BLIND REF 3765 13 9 0 88 BASH BROS HOCKEY (405)
CUNEIFORM 3583 17 19 0 77 MESOPOTAMIA (389)
CRUSHING BELIAL 3840 15 7 2 75 MESOPOTAMIA (389)
-REMARKABLE WORD 3669 9 5 0 71 OPEN SESAME (199)
-BERT & ERNIE 3648 10 11 1 69 OPEN SESAME (199)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HAVOCBRINGER 3869 5 2 1 47 MOTLEY KREWE (416)
-BLOGG 3863 3 1 0 39 OPEN SESAME (199)
-SNUFFY 3865 3 0 0 37 OPEN SESAME (199)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DOOM 3903 3 1 0 23 MOTLEY KREWE (416)
MAJOR BOO-BOO 3902 4 1 1 22 MOTLEY KREWE (416)
MENACE 3872 3 2 0 20 MOTLEY KREWE (416)
CAPTAIN OWWIE 3905 2 0 0 18 MOTLEY KREWE (416)
NERGAL'S FURY 3885 2 4 0 10 MESOPOTAMIA (389)
SLUSHY ICE 3895 2 4 0 10 BASH BROS HOCKEY (405)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
NINHURSAG 3901 1 3 0 MESOPOTAMIA 389 SHEWISH GIANT 345 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Menace -- Bad ice will get you every time. -- Slushy Ice
C is for Cookie -- I should have known giving the fan favorite a penalty would come
back to haunt me. -- Blind Ref
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
NINHURSAG was barely slain by SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BONESCRAPER outwaited CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a dull 15 minute Title battle.
CUNEIFORM was subdued by BLIND REF in a crowd pleasing 2 minute expert's fight.
CRUSHING BELIAL viciously subdued CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a popular 1 minute fight.
HAVOCBRINGER viciously subdued CAPTURED ORC in a 2 minute gruesome brawl.
MENACE narrowly defeated NERGAL'S FURY in a 2 minute brutal struggle.
SLUSHY ICE was viciously subdued by CAPTAIN OWWIE in a slow 8 minute competition.
MAJOR BOO-BOO won victory over CONVICTED THIEF in a 4 minute beginner's duel.
DOOM won victory over EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a action packed 1 minute beginner's fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 2 - 1 71 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 8 - 1 64 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 6 - 0 60 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 9 - 1 55 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 16 - 1 50 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 8 - 11 - 1 42 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 5 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 6 - 10 - 1 38 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 345 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 0 - 1 4 BASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY BONESCRAPER 3837 20 5 0 97 MESOPOTAMIA (389)
BASHING ATTACK BLIND REF 3765 13 9 0 88 BASH BROS HOCKEY (405)
PARRY-LUNGE HAVOCBRINGER 3869 5 2 1 47 MOTLEY KREWE (416)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CUNEIFORM 3583. The most popular warrior this turn
was BLIND REF 3765. The ten other most popular fighters were NINHURSAG 3901,
CRUSHING BELIAL 3840, CUNEIFORM 3583, HAVOCBRINGER 3869, MENACE 3872, NERGAL'S FURY
3885, DOOM 3903, MAJOR BOO-BOO 3902, CAPTAIN OWWIE 3905, and SLUSHY ICE 3895.
The least popular fighter this week was BONESCRAPER 3837. The other ten least
popular fighters were SLUSHY ICE 3895, CAPTAIN OWWIE 3905, MAJOR BOO-BOO 3902, DOOM
3903, NERGAL'S FURY 3885, MENACE 3872, HAVOCBRINGER 3869, CUNEIFORM 3583, CRUSHING
BELIAL 3840, and NINHURSAG 3901.
FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LV
ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
TRASH CAN 3403 (33-16-4) 1 3 0 OPEN SESAME
CLEVER 2192 (67-47-2) 0 3 0 RANDOM BLADES
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
HAIRY MONSTER 3436 (18-8-0) 2 3 0 OPEN SESAME
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