DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 09/01/2015 Duedate: 09/28/2015 FRATSFA ARENA DM-52 TURN-339 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS SNOW WEATHER (440) (52-4385) [7-2-0,56] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader SNOW MERLIN WEATHER (440) COURTS OF CHAOS (441) (52-4385) [7-2-0,56] (52-4401) [6-3-0,30] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite FOG SNOW WEATHER (440) WEATHER (440) (52-4390) [7-2-0,49] (52-4385) [7-2-0,56] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM WEATHER (440) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. WEATHER (440) 41 2. INCARNATIONS (281) 8 WEATHER (440) 3. FOREST WARD (443) 0 Unchartered Team 4. OTTO'S PARTS (150) 0 5. COURTS OF CHAOS (441) -9 COURTS OF CHAOS (441) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 2 WEATHER (440) 31 17 1 64.6 1/ 1 WEATHER (440) 11 4 1 2/ 1*COURTS OF CHAOS (441) 14 10 2 58.3 2/ 3*COURTS OF CHAOS (441) 5 4 1 3- 3 OTTO'S PARTS (150) 373 329 18 53.1 3- 2 OTTO'S PARTS (150) 5 5 0 4/ 0 INCARNATIONS (281) 108 103 4 51.2 4- 4*FOREST WARD (443) 1 0 0 5- 5*FOREST WARD (443) 5 6 0 45.5 5/ 0 INCARNATIONS (281) 1 2 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Hail FRATSFA! Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for your deeds. And let's see, FOG fought AMBITIOUS GUARD and gained 12 points and contributed to WEATHER's 5-0-0. MERLIN has lost to SLEET, falling 3 points, while helping make COURTS OF CHAOS a 1-2-0 turn. Due to its absence and inability to defend the throne, MASSIVE MIGRAINE has lost the title of Duelmaster. We should ask SNOW about the thrill of victory, and what being the new Duelmaster does for a warrior, he's now the one to ask. Can someone confirm a rumor for me? I hear the top team makes their losing fighters do dishes at The Victory Tavern until they win. Maybe? The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more could a warrior ask of life? Well, besides that. OTTO'S PARTS has cause to stand tall, as they were FRATSFA's most avoided team. A smart manager knows this is a team to beat. And avoiding OTTO'S PARTS more than any other team we find WEATHER. FRATSFA, are we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing? The Dark Arena is for those who cannot win, not who cannot lose with grace. Dignity in life or death is the warrior's creed. We'd like to remind certain teams not to rob the graves of their enemies. You know who you are; and it's considered rude. Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the sweetest. Well, I'm burning daylight here in FRATSFA and I've a long road ahead of me. Happy Trails. Until you see my quill in FRATSFA again, farewell-- Alarond the Scribe DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SNOW 4385 7 2 0 56 WEATHER (440) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -MASSIVE MIGRAINE 4167 18 6 0 93 OTTO'S PARTS (150) -RUNNY NOSE 3877 17 19 0 91 OTTO'S PARTS (150) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FOG 4390 7 2 0 49 WEATHER (440) SLEET 4392 7 2 0 43 WEATHER (440) RAIN 4391 5 4 1 40 WEATHER (440) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MERLIN 4401 6 3 0 30 COURTS OF CHAOS (441) MIST 4389 5 4 0 30 WEATHER (440) GRAENDAL 3130 3 7 0 28 INCARNATIONS (281) -BROKEN HEART 4375 2 2 0 25 OTTO'S PARTS (150) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -GREEN MAN 4416 2 0 0 22 FOREST WARD (443) MANDOR 4429 2 0 1 20 COURTS OF CHAOS (441) SWAYVIL 4400 4 3 1 17 COURTS OF CHAOS (441) -DON BARLEYCORN 4427 1 0 0 16 FOREST WARD (443) -TREE ANEMONE 4415 1 1 0 16 FOREST WARD (443) -LACERATED TONGUE 4373 1 5 0 14 OTTO'S PARTS (150) -HERMIT CRONE 4428 1 0 0 13 FOREST WARD (443) TWISH N SHOUT 3647 2 2 0 9 INCARNATIONS (281) STEP-UP!! 3627 1 2 0 8 INCARNATIONS (281) -EMERALD FORESTER 4426 0 1 0 1 FOREST WARD (443) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? BOREL 4399 2 4 0 COURTS OF CHAOS 441 RAIN 4391 337 PERSONAL ADS LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS SWAYVIL was devastated by RAIN in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud fight. SLEET outwaited MERLIN in a 9 minute battle. FOG handily defeated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided match. SNOW won victory over GRAENDAL in a 2 minute Title brawl. MIST devastated TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided fight. TWISH N SHOUT was luckily beaten by MANDOR in a 3 minute amateur's competition. STEP-UP!! won victory over SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 3 minute amateur's fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 3 TOTAL PARRY 18 - 5 - 0 78 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-STRIKE 12 - 4 - 0 75 | |AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1 - 0 67 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 4 - 1 64 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 WALL OF STEEL 14 - 10 - 0 58 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 10 - 8 - 0 56 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 11 - 1 50 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 3 - 1 50 | |LUNGING ATTACK 0 LUNGING ATTACK 7 - 7 - 1 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 12 - 0 37 | Turn 339 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: AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 3 TOTAL PARRY PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 3 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE TOTAL PARRY 3 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 3 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME AIMED BLOW SNOW 4385 7 2 0 56 WEATHER (440) TOTAL PARRY FOG 4390 7 2 0 49 WEATHER (440) PARRY-LUNGE RAIN 4391 5 4 1 40 WEATHER (440) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is FOG 4390. The most popular warrior this turn was SNOW 4385. The ten other most popular fighters were RAIN 4391, TWISH N SHOUT 3647, FOG 4390, MIST 4389, MERLIN 4401, SWAYVIL 4400, GRAENDAL 3130, MANDOR 4429, STEP-UP!! 3627, and SLEET 4392. The least popular fighter this week was SLEET 4392. The other ten least popular fighters were STEP-UP!! 3627, MANDOR 4429, GRAENDAL 3130, SWAYVIL 4400, MERLIN 4401, MIST 4389, FOG 4390, TWISH N SHOUT 3647, RAIN 4391, and SNOW 4385. FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LV CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME THE BLACK FOX 1169 (78-65-3) 2 3 0 IRON CATHEDRAL ELIGIBLES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME ROTTEN LIVER 2902 (49-29-1) 4 3 0 OTTO'S PARTS WHACKING WILLOW 3167 (81-27-1) 4 3 0 FLOWER GIRLS FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BRAIN TUMOR 2584 (31-16-0) 4 3 0 OTTO'S PARTS 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