DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/14/2015 Duedate: 09/10/2015
TROCAR ARENA
DM-54 TURN-323
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
VICTORIAN MANDARIN
SPARF! (310)
(54-2911) [18-11-0,100]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY LEAKY TOILET
BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
(54-3112) [4-4-0,34]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
VICTORIAN MANDARIN CLEANING TIME
SPARF! (310) BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
(54-2911) [18-11-0,100] (54-3200) [3-1-0,31]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
USELESS TOOLS (219)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SPARF! (310) 31
2. EYE OF THE STORM (221) 29 USELESS TOOLS (219)
3. USELESS TOOLS (219) 24 Unchartered Team
4. BASH BROS BATHROOM (331) 1
5. MASS EFFECT (332) 0 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 USELESS TOOLS (219) 248 116 12 68.1 1/ 1 USELESS TOOLS (219) 10 3 1
2/ 3 SPARF! (310) 126 83 6 60.3 2/ 2 SPARF! (310) 10 3 0
3- 2 MASS EFFECT (332) 30 20 0 60.0 3/ 4*BASH BROS BATHROOM (331) 4 8 0
4/ 0 EYE OF THE STORM (221) 105 96 8 52.2 4/ 0 EYE OF THE STORM (221) 3 1 0
5- 5*THE DISCIPLES (339) 1 1 0 50.0 5- 3 MASS EFFECT (332) 3 2 0
6/ 4*BASH BROS BATHROOM (331) 16 18 1 47.1 6- 5*THE DISCIPLES (339) 1 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Hit by a lunger 13 times in 2 minutes, and I still manage to come back and win and
take the throne. Who would have thunk it?
-- Victorian Mandarin
Sparf!
Duelmaster of Trocar
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. SPARF! is no joke as it posted a 4-1-0 week advancing from 2nd place
to 2nd place. Hey everybody, watch out for ULURU DINGO, who flew up 21 points in the
rankings after mashing TROLLBAIT like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. Ya know,
some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. LEAKY TOILET was beat by VAGRANT
CUR and drops 10 points. Going for the gusto and coming up with aught but bloody
knuckles was TROCAR's SHAGORNAN WILD MAN, who was turned away from the Duelmastership
by VICTORIAN MANDARIN. 4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and
avoid aiming at that location.
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the TROCAR arena. And hey,
kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid BASH BROS BATHROOM, please raise you hand.
Wow. Does TROCAR really have that many liars? Okay, so I may not be funny, but
catch SPARF!'s act in the arena. Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft at running
from BASH BROS BATHROOM. Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, SLO-MO
MAILMAN would be president. Although it may be a contest he doesn't want to win.
Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the
most interesting, though! Ask not the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes
and no. Silly buggers, eh?
Well, there's the manager of the TROCAR giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?). Well, there goes another Spy Report.
Good luck in next week's fights. Hasta la bye-bye. (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya
bum!')-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VICTORIAN MANDARIN 2911 18 11 0 100 SPARF! (310)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-URDNOT WREX 3119 10 0 0 130 MASS EFFECT (332)
YAHOO WAHOO 2733 19 11 0 100 USELESS TOOLS (219)
SLO-MO MAILMAN 3055 11 3 1 99 USELESS TOOLS (219)
DYSLEXIC EDITOR 3053 14 3 1 98 USELESS TOOLS (219)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DISSOLVABLE DIAPER 3063 10 3 0 82 USELESS TOOLS (219)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RUNE KNIGHT 2915 13 11 0 63 EYE OF THE STORM (221)
PHILOSOPHER 2949 6 2 1 57 SPARF! (310)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VAGRANT CUR 2953 8 5 1 56 EYE OF THE STORM (221)
-SPECIES 37 3163 7 0 0 53 MASS EFFECT (332)
-JACK 3123 7 3 0 53 MASS EFFECT (332)
PAMELA TWITCH 2950 8 3 0 46 SPARF! (310)
LIVERMORE 2948 9 3 0 38 SPARF! (310)
LEAKY TOILET 3112 4 4 0 34 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HELLFURY 2963 9 0 0 32 EYE OF THE STORM (221)
VIKKI THE VAIN 2946 8 6 1 31 EYE OF THE STORM (221)
CLEANING TIME 3200 3 1 0 31 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ULURU DINGO 3153 1 0 0 21 SPARF! (310)
-LEGION 3121 5 5 0 20 MASS EFFECT (332)
STINKY 3116 4 4 1 19 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
-XEPHYRIA 3198 1 0 0 15 THE DISCIPLES (339)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-THE ILLUSIVE MAN 3188 1 4 0 13 MASS EFFECT (332)
-SPIRO HORN 3197 0 1 0 1 THE DISCIPLES (339)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
TIME TO CLEAN 3204 0 1 0 BASH BROS BATHRO 331 MAINAKHA-TE ASSA 323 NONE
UNFLUSHED 3115 4 2 0 BASH BROS BATHRO 331 SLO-MO MAILMAN 3055 321
LEFT-HANDED MUG 3202 1 2 0 USELESS TOOLS 219 PRIEST OF AHRING 323 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Crip -- Not much would please me more than seeing Slo-Mo Mailman learn nothing for 4
turns. While I will not try to repay a brutal killing in kind, it doesn't mean I
don't want to avenge it in a way that hurts. -- Assur
Left-Handed Mug -- You should be broken. -- Stinky
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
LEFT-HANDED MUG was butchered by PRIEST OF AHRINGOL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
TIME TO CLEAN was slaughtered by MAINAKHA-TE ASSASSIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
VICTORIAN MANDARIN savagely defeated SHAGORNAN WILD MAN in a 2 minute Title fight.
DYSLEXIC EDITOR devastated WILD-EYED FANATIC in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
SLO-MO MAILMAN demolished SHAGORNAN WILD MAN in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
YAHOO WAHOO overpowered THE COLLECTOR in a unpopular 5 minute one-sided struggle.
LEAKY TOILET was handily defeated by VAGRANT CUR in a 1 minute uneven fight.
RUNE KNIGHT vanquished LIVERMORE in a 4 minute uneven duel.
PAMELA TWITCH narrowly defeated CLEANING TIME in a 6 minute expert vs. novice duel.
PHILOSOPHER handily defeated VIKKI THE VAIN in a 2 minute brutal one-sided bout.
HELLFURY subdued STINKY in a 3 minute competition.
ULURU DINGO handily defeated TROLLBAIT in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 6 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 2 - 0 83 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 1 - 0 80 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 STRIKING ATTACK 19 - 6 - 1 76 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 2 - 0 60 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 5 - 0 58 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 9 - 1 57 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 AIMED BLOW 12 - 14 - 0 46 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 12 - 15 - 0 44 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 323 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:
STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 5 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 3 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK VICTORIAN MANDARIN 2911 18 11 0 100 SPARF! (310)
TOTAL PARRY YAHOO WAHOO 2733 19 11 0 100 USELESS TOOLS (219)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK SLO-MO MAILMAN 3055 11 3 1 99 USELESS TOOLS (219)
WALL OF STEEL PAMELA TWITCH 2950 8 3 0 46 SPARF! (310)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is VICTORIAN MANDARIN 2911. The most popular warrior
this turn was CLEANING TIME 3200. The ten other most popular fighters were STINKY
3116, VICTORIAN MANDARIN 2911, PAMELA TWITCH 2950, PHILOSOPHER 2949, DYSLEXIC EDITOR
3053, SLO-MO MAILMAN 3055, VAGRANT CUR 2953, ULURU DINGO 3153, LEAKY TOILET 3112, and
VIKKI THE VAIN 2946.
The least popular fighter this week was YAHOO WAHOO 2733. The other ten least
popular fighters were LIVERMORE 2948, RUNE KNIGHT 2915, TIME TO CLEAN 3204,
LEFT-HANDED MUG 3202, HELLFURY 2963, VIKKI THE VAIN 2946, LEAKY TOILET 3112, ULURU
DINGO 3153, VAGRANT CUR 2953, and SLO-MO MAILMAN 3055.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
VICTORIAN MANDARIN (54-2911) SPARF! (310)
FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LV
PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
WOLFINMYCLOTHES 961 (257-145-9) 2 3 0 SIS BOOM BAA
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
RUBBER BULLET 2503 (49-30-1) 6 3 0 USELESS TOOLS
ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
DYSLEXIC EDITOR 3053 (13-3-1) 3 3 0 USELESS TOOLS
URDNOT WREX 3119 (10-0-0) 2 3 0 MASS EFFECT
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ULURU DINGO 3153 (0-0-0) 6 3 0 SPARF!
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