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