DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/18/2020 Duedate: 10/15/2020
TROCAR ARENA
DM-54 TURN-388
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
DISSOLVABLE DIAPER
USELESS TOOLS (219)
(54-3063) [28-8-0,119]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
DISSOLVABLE DIAPER POSITION IS EMPTY
USELESS TOOLS (219)
(54-3063) [28-8-0,119]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
KORILL SAI LARKIN SAND
TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
(54-3154) [12-32-0,85] (54-3344) [8-8-0,48]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
USELESS TOOLS (219)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. USELESS TOOLS (219) 36
2. TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 13 USELESS TOOLS (219)
3. TREES (340) 12 Unchartered Team
4. MASS EFFECT (332) 0
5. THE MADMEN (34) 0 WENSINWASIN XX (290)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 USELESS TOOLS (219) 323 144 14 69.2 1/ 3 USELESS TOOLS (219) 9 5 0
2- 2 MASS EFFECT (332) 47 31 0 60.3 2/ 1 TREES (340) 8 7 0
3/ 3 TREES (340) 97 69 4 58.4 3/ 4 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 7 8 0
4/ 4 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 523 470 16 52.7 4- 2 MASS EFFECT (332) 4 1 0
5/ 5 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331) 117 126 6 48.1 5/ 5 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331) 3 5 0
6- 6*THE MADMEN (34) 4 13 0 23.5 6- 6*THE MADMEN (34) 0 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.
So glad to be back. You can't just push over an Oak, it is to be respected for its
degree of sturdiness. So I challenge him again this turn. Oaks never play second
fiddle to an Elm.
-- Dissolvable Diaper
Useless Tool
6-time Duelmaster of Trocar
SPY REPORT
Busy, busy, busy, lots of things happening in TROCAR this turn, and let's start
with a look at some of the teams. It seems the training can make the difference, as
TREES is pushed out of top team by USELESS TOOLS, who came from 3rd with a 5-0-0 this
turn. And let's see, KORILL SAI fought BATHTUB RING and gained 20 points and
contributed to TRADERS OF TROCAR's 2-3-0. BATHTUB RING has lost to KORILL SAI,
falling 18 points, while helping make BASH BROS BATHROOM a 0-3-0 turn. This week's
Duelmaster bout was between OAK and our Duelmaster DISSOLVABLE DIAPER, making a
challenge. Defending its title for another turn, DISSOLVABLE DIAPER kept TREES'
warrior, OAK, from claiming the throne. Tell me, is nothing sacred? I have heard
from unimpeachable sources that The Welcome Wench uses trolls in their stew. Talk
about gristle!
He who challenges well, fights well. He who avoids without cause, shall lose
for good reasons. My mama told me that one. I also notice that the BASH BROS
BATHROOM stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on TROCAR, what are you
afraid of? And guess who avoided BASH BROS BATHROOM stable the most? Believe it or
not, it was USELESS TOOLS. Anyone surprised? Well, sports fans, take notice that
ELM from TREES was TROCAR's most challenged warrior this turn.
A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once. Wise men know this to
be true. 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.
I like this place, TROCAR, the taverns have old wine, and young serving girls.
Who could ask for more? Well, I'm burning daylight here in TROCAR and I've a long
road ahead of me. Happy Trails. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper--
Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DISSOLVABLE DIAPER 3063 28 8 0 119 USELESS TOOLS (219)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
OAK 3250 14 11 1 103 TREES (340)
ELM 3206 20 14 0 99 TREES (340)
POWERLESS AMP 3230 13 4 0 93 USELESS TOOLS (219)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KORILL SAI 3154 12 32 0 85 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
FIR 3251 15 10 2 72 TREES (340)
-JACK 3123 11 5 0 68 MASS EFFECT (332)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-LEGION 3121 9 6 0 66 MASS EFFECT (332)
BATHTUB RING 3341 9 6 0 63 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
SMALL TAMER 3181 11 16 0 57 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SPECIES 37 3163 10 3 0 56 MASS EFFECT (332)
NERF GUN 3287 6 3 0 56 USELESS TOOLS (219)
LARKIN SAND 3344 8 8 0 48 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
FALLEN TOWEL RACK 3319 8 12 0 44 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
DILIAN HALLIE 3328 10 12 0 42 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
DA'UD SHEEN 3348 6 7 0 35 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FIREWALL 3322 4 1 1 33 USELESS TOOLS (219)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND 3371 3 1 0 31 USELESS TOOLS (219)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CRACKED PAINT 3368 1 0 0 21 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
BAY 3351 5 3 0 18 TREES (340)
UPAS 3366 3 3 0 15 TREES (340)
-THE ILLUSIVE MAN 3188 1 9 0 12 MASS EFFECT (332)
-TALI'ZORAH 3378 1 0 0 11 MASS EFFECT (332)
-GRIPPER 190 1 3 0 8 THE MADMEN (34)
-HEADBANGER 191 0 3 0 3 THE MADMEN (34)
-PRINCE 332 0 2 0 2 THE MADMEN (34)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
RECAULKING 3379 0 1 0 BASH BROS BATHRO 331 RIRORNI DESERTER 388 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
TURF WAR XII -- TW12 (Rev 8-8-20)
(Start turn after FTF or Mailer JAN 2021)
Bring acclaim and glory to the North Fork (DM47)
TURF WARS is a team event and unlike all other events in D2, involves "certs."
Anyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, thrown-together alliances, or
temporary alliances created solely to compete in the Turf War! To participate, each
alliance or participant must:
1. Announce an Alliance Name, Captain, and Assistant of the alliance in the North
Fork (DM 47) newsletter or on the RSI site.
2. Determine and submit either 1 or 2 or 3 certificates per participant. Amounts can
be different per alliance participant. (See Scoring section for more details.)
3. Each participating team must run in DM47 on one of the three turns prior to the
start of TW12 so that the team shows in the last newsletter prior to the 1st TW12
turn.
At the end of the game, Captains are responsible for distributing any winning
certificates to the team participants.
No alliance scores can be tabulated until the chosen amount of RSI Gift Certificates
are received, the teams are listed in the newsletter, and participant indication and
captain confirmation are posted in the North Fork newsletter.
All entry certs should be sent to Oz or The Consortium via RSI.
Only one (1) team per player/manager may compete in the Turf Wars, and only one team
per player/manager may compete in North Fork DM47 during the Turf War. 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). NOTE: Since alliances require two teams, this would mean the remaining
alliance member cannot score in the TW.
Any Turf War team must show/be posted/listed in the DM47 Newsletter just prior to
their actual scoring/participation. (E.g. New teams, transfers, current teams must
show up in the newsletter prior to the beginning of participation, allowing opponent
knowledge and challenging/avoiding.) Manager/teams may not participate/score in the
Turf War the same turn they are first posted in the newsletter. (So get your team in
the newsletter early.) Teams do not have to run that turn prior to TW12-T1, but will
have had to run shortly before to allow their warriors to be visible in the newsletter
just prior to TW12-T1.
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, confirmation, NL listing, and Gift
Certificate received.
No declarations or confirmations will be accepted after Turn 2 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.)
No warrior may be substituted without the proper use of the DA or arena death or death
in a tournament or graduation. There must be a maximum of five only on a team at any
point and time. (The penalty for such substitution is -25 points.)
SCORING will be as follows: Only three things affect scoring. Number of initial certs
submitted, wins, fighting all five warriors, and the round modifier. (Later rounds
have higher modifiers.)
NUMBER OF CERTS SUBMITTED
1. Alliances will start the competition with the amount of points based on the amount
of certs submitted.
Two certs (1 each, the minimum required) = 0 points.
Three certs total = 3 points for the alliance
Four certs total = 6 points for the alliance
Five certs total = 10 for the alliance
Six certs (the max) total = 15 for the alliances
2. After the sixth and after the eleventh round those same amount of turn starting
points are awarded to each alliance.
3. Hence, alliances may earn up to 45 points through the event via certs. (Note: cert
points are not impacted by the Round Modifier.)
NUMBER OF WINS
1. Each teammate win per round is worth 3 base points. (e.g. 1 win = 3 points, 5 wins
= 15 points)
FIGHT ALL FIVE WARRIORS
1. Each turn there is a +3 base point bonus for each teammate fighting all five
warriors
2. Each turn there is a -3 base point penalty for each teammate not fighting all five
warriors.
ROUND MODIFIER
1. The first 6 rounds of TW12 are scored at 1x base points. (Base points includes win
scoring, and any all-5 bonus/penalty, but not any cert scoring)
2. The 7th through 11th rounds are scored at 2x base points.
3. For the final and 12th round, base point scoring is at x3.
Special Considerations:
1. There will be NO alliance or team changes once the contest has begun. If you begin
the Turf War with Alliance X, you must end the Turf War with Alliance X. If you
begin the Turf War with Team X, you must end the Turf War with Team X.
2. Each alliance is comprised of two and only two managers.
3. The Dark Arena may be used without penalty. (Limit twice per warrior.)
4, 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
Certs: The winning alliance gets 70% of the pooled certs. Second place alliance gets
20%, and third place gets 10%.
It is the responsibility of the Captain of the winning alliance to distribute Gift
Certificates to his alliance. Moderators will mail them shortly after the final round.
Moderators will submit a list of each manager winner to RSI at the completion of the
contest for the RSI awarded prizes, to then be claimed by the manager from RSI
Customer Service within 6 months.
RSI awards: (all must be applied to DM47 warriors, cannot create out-of-bounds
warrior, and one max prize applied to any warrior ? all within 6 months)(one max prize
means that if you win two prizes they cannot be applied to the same warrior.)
1. Winning alliance captain may choose three (each manager/team receives same prize as
chosen by captain):
* Limited Damage Bump (bump one level damage) (warrior must have fought in the TW)
* Stat replace (remove 2 SZ, replace 2 to any one other stat) (warrior must have
fought in the TW)
* Choice Replacement (Receive 5 replacements, choose 1, delete 4)
* Replacement stat swap (Replace/flip any 2 stats on one new replacement)(may not
use in combination with Choice Replacement.)
* Favorite weapon knowledge (warrior must have fought in the TW)
2. 2nd place alliance captain may choose two (each manager/team receives same prize
as chosen by captain)
* Favorite weapon knowledge (warrior must have fought in the TW)
* Favorite rhythm knowledge (warrior must have participated in TW)
* Free stat raise of choice except size (may not create out-of-bounds warrior)
3. 3rd place alliance captain may choose one (each manager/team receives same prize as
chosen by captain)
* Favorite weapon knowledge (warrior must have fought in the TW)
* Favorite rhythm knowledge (warrior must have participated in TW)
* Free stat raise of choice except size (may not create out-of-bounds warrior)
Participation Award: All teams who fight in all rounds and 54 min fights (of 60)
* Two +1 skill pots (added to warrior base; cannot create out of bound warrior)
These RSI awards will be listed by the Moderators within two weeks of round twelve for
individual claiming from RSI within 4 turns of the end of TWXII. 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. All questions, comments, and scoring disputes may be
directed to Land of Oz or Darque Forces or Bash Bros Park via diplo in DM 47.
Managers with internet access may send a private message to [The Consortium] or
[Darque] or [Assur] on the Duel2 Forums. Lastly, you may also email questions,
comments, and scoring disputes to rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com or wfms101@aol.com or or
mikey.alexander@hisstrengthandwork.com
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
RECAULKING was butchered by RIRORNI DESERTER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DISSOLVABLE DIAPER unbelievably bested OAK in a 3 minute Challenge Title battle.
NERF GUN unbelievably bested LARKIN SAND in a crowd pleasing 7 minute Challenge brawl.
ELM savagely defeated GURTARGAN MONK in a 3 minute bloody mismatched match.
POWERLESS AMP vanquished SMALL TAMER in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
BATHTUB RING was overpowered by KORILL SAI in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
FIR overpowered FALLEN TOWEL RACK in a 2 minute gruesome uneven melee.
DILIAN HALLIE lost to LAKE PATROL in a popular 1 minute duel.
FIREWALL viciously subdued BAY in a 2 minute gory duel.
DA'UD SHEEN defeated UPAS in a action packed 4 minute gory match.
DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND overpowered MAGE'S APPRENTICE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 3 AIMED BLOW 23 - 11 - 0 68 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 3 - 0 67 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 STRIKING ATTACK 16 - 9 - 0 64 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 3 - 0 63 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 4 - 0 56 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 TOTAL PARRY 11 - 10 - 0 52 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 18 - 1 42 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 12 - 18 - 1 40 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 7 - 0 30 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 12 - 0 14 |
Turn 388 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 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 BASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY DISSOLVABLE DIAPER 3063 28 8 0 119 USELESS TOOLS (219)
BASHING ATTACK OAK 3250 14 11 1 103 TREES (340)
PARRY-RIPOSTE ELM 3206 20 14 0 99 TREES (340)
AIMED BLOW POWERLESS AMP 3230 13 4 0 93 USELESS TOOLS (219)
PARRY-LUNGE FIR 3251 15 10 2 72 TREES (340)
STRIKING ATTACK BATHTUB RING 3341 9 6 0 63 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is KORILL SAI 3154. The most popular warrior this turn
was LARKIN SAND 3344. The ten other most popular fighters were OAK 3250, UPAS 3366,
FIR 3251, FIREWALL 3322, NERF GUN 3287, POWERLESS AMP 3230, DISSOLVABLE DIAPER 3063,
ELM 3206, KORILL SAI 3154, and DILIAN HALLIE 3328.
The least popular fighter this week was BATHTUB RING 3341. The other ten least
popular fighters were SMALL TAMER 3181, RECAULKING 3379, BAY 3351, FALLEN TOWEL RACK
3319, DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND 3371, DA'UD SHEEN 3348, DILIAN HALLIE 3328, KORILL SAI
3154, ELM 3206, and DISSOLVABLE DIAPER 3063.