DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/22/2020 Duedate: 10/19/2020
ILLIS ARENA
DM-59 TURN-381
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SINCLAIR
NEXUS 5 (324)
(59-3099) [15-9-0,126]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SINCLAIR PENNY PAX
NEXUS 5 (324) X RATED KNIGHTS (328)
(59-3099) [15-9-0,126] (59-3169) [1-0-0,18]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
PEARL HARBOR SEAL
ISLANDERS (247) ISLANDERS (247)
(59-2944) [18-14-0,99] (59-2954) [9-20-0,54]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
ISLANDERS (247)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. X RATED KNIGHTS (328) 50
2. ISLANDERS (247) 30 HANGOVERS (265)
3. NEXUS 5 (324) 13 Unchartered Team
4. BASHAHOLICS ANON (297) 7
5. IMPROVED ILLUSION (261) 0 X RATED KNIGHTS (328)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261) 242 110 12 68.8 1/ 1 ISLANDERS (247) 9 6 0
2/ 2 HANGOVERS (265) 265 172 19 60.6 2/ 2 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297) 7 4 0
3/ 0*X RATED KNIGHTS (328) 3 2 0 60.0 3/ 3 HANGOVERS (265) 6 3 0
4/ 3 CHAPEL ROCK (287) 342 244 18 58.4 4/ 5 NEXUS 5 (324) 5 4 0
5/ 4 NEXUS 5 (324) 62 51 1 54.9 5/ 4 CHAPEL ROCK (287) 5 9 0
6/ 5 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297) 196 217 7 47.5 6/ 0*X RATED KNIGHTS (328) 3 2 0
7/ 6 ISLANDERS (247) 504 637 19 44.2 7- 6 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261) 2 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
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report. Sit
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis. Hey everybody,
watch out for WITHDRAWAL, who flew up 26 points in the rankings after mashing FALSE
IDLE like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top
ten was FALSE IDLE, who dropped 16 points after a disappointing (to say the least)
bout with WITHDRAWAL. It's a proud day for the NEXUS 5 stable, as their warrior,
SINCLAIR, ascended the Duelmaster's throne. An apple a day keeps the doctor away,
but an onion a day keeps T.P.s at bay.
Here is other news that is of note. Did you hear that IMPROVED ILLUSION was
most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the personal hygiene of IMPROVED
ILLUSION's warriors, I'm not surprised! For those of you who like math, try this
one: IMPROVED ILLUSION + Weapons That go Boom = CHAPEL ROCK + Avoid City. Well just
about everybody wants a piece of HARBOR SEAL, who was this week's most challenged
warrior.
Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the
most interesting, though! Remember: alliances are great, but try and take your ally
in the arena with you and see what happens.
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in ILLIS have no
sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some
tracks. See ya next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SINCLAIR 3099 15 9 0 126 NEXUS 5 (324)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TIKI 2840 23 22 1 117 ISLANDERS (247)
HULA MIA 2947 20 11 0 103 ISLANDERS (247)
PEARL 2944 18 14 0 99 ISLANDERS (247)
HIGHER POWER 3119 14 5 0 97 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ZARUKO 2796 14 8 0 86 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
NEED A FIX 3141 8 8 0 72 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
CLAYBORN 3117 8 6 0 71 NEXUS 5 (324)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BAHAMA MAMA 3064 7 1 0 65 HANGOVERS (265)
HELLPOP 3085 14 20 0 64 NEXUS 5 (324)
-FROZEN MUDSLIDE 3106 5 1 0 64 HANGOVERS (265)
-SWORDGRAVE 3115 4 1 0 64 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
WITHDRAWAL 3142 10 3 0 62 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
-MUJURO UTSUTSU 2817 8 4 0 60 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-KRYSMOPOMPAS 3140 5 4 0 55 NEXUS 5 (324)
HARBOR SEAL 2954 9 20 0 54 ISLANDERS (247)
BARNABAS 3079 5 3 0 54 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
FALSE IDLE 2984 9 12 0 49 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
12 STONES 3078 8 4 0 45 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
JAR OF CLAY 3046 9 8 1 38 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DISCIPLE 3143 2 2 0 25 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NO ONE WILL KNOW 3159 2 0 0 23 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
PENNY PAX 3169 1 0 0 18 X RATED KNIGHTS (328)
-RAIGEKI 3121 1 1 0 16 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
ROCCO SIFFREDI 3172 1 0 0 15 X RATED KNIGHTS (328)
JENNA JAMESON 3171 1 0 0 15 X RATED KNIGHTS (328)
OIL SPILL 3161 3 3 0 12 ISLANDERS (247)
VIRGIN CAESAR 3163 1 3 0 6 HANGOVERS (265)
-WARPSTORM 3144 1 1 1 5 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
EVA ANGELINA 3173 0 1 0 1 X RATED KNIGHTS (328)
DIRK DIGGLER 3170 0 1 0 1 X RATED KNIGHTS (328)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Announcing the Lapurian Festival of the 900. Over the past 34+ years many legendary
fighters and managers have attended the Lapurian Arena. If you are one of those
managers and have a team in Lapur, send your warriors in to fight for this one special
turn and celebrate the arena's 900th. Spread the word, let's make it something
special!
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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
CLAYBORN was devastated by PEARL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
JAR OF CLAY was viciously subdued by HARBOR SEAL in a 4 minute Challenge battle.
HIGHER POWER was savagely defeated by SINCLAIR in a 2 minute master's Title duel.
TIKI overpowered NEED A FIX in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gruesome mismatched match.
HULA MIA overpowered VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
FALSE IDLE was handily defeated by WITHDRAWAL in a 1 minute uneven fight.
HELLPOP won victory over 12 STONES in a crowd boring 6 minute duel.
BAHAMA MAMA vanquished TITUS PULLO in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BARNABAS vanquished LEE'S REVENGE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
DISCIPLE savagely defeated OIL SPILL in a popular 1 minute gory melee.
NO ONE WILL KNOW demolished EVA ANGELINA in a 1 minute mismatched match.
VIRGIN CAESAR was handily defeated by PENNY PAX in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
DIRK DIGGLER was savagely defeated by MINI-PUMPKIN in a 7 minute novice's brawl.
JENNA JAMESON handily defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute uneven fight.
ROCCO SIFFREDI overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL 8 WALL OF STEEL 41 - 23 - 0 64 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 AIMED BLOW 12 - 10 - 1 55 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 STRIKING ATTACK 17 - 17 - 1 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 5 - 0 44 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 10 - 0 44 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 7 - 0 30 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 381 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 5 WALL OF STEEL
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 3 1 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
WALL OF STEEL 5 - 3 1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL SINCLAIR 3099 15 9 0 126 NEXUS 5 (324)
STRIKING ATTACK PEARL 2944 18 14 0 99 ISLANDERS (247)
SLASHING ATTACK BAHAMA MAMA 3064 7 1 0 65 HANGOVERS (265)
AIMED BLOW BARNABAS 3079 5 3 0 54 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
TOTAL PARRY 12 STONES 3078 8 4 0 45 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is PEARL 2944. The most popular warrior this turn was
HARBOR SEAL 2954. The ten other most popular fighters were SINCLAIR 3099, DISCIPLE
3143, HULA MIA 2947, TIKI 2840, PEARL 2944, WITHDRAWAL 3142, BARNABAS 3079, JAR OF
CLAY 3046, HIGHER POWER 3119, and NO ONE WILL KNOW 3159.
The least popular fighter this week was 12 STONES 3078. The other ten least popular
fighters were DIRK DIGGLER 3170, HELLPOP 3085, JENNA JAMESON 3171, VIRGIN CAESAR
3163, EVA ANGELINA 3173, OIL SPILL 3161, FALSE IDLE 2984, CLAYBORN 3117, PENNY PAX
3169, and BAHAMA MAMA 3064.
MAIL-IN TOURNEY LXX
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
IMMACULATECOLLECTION 2632 (33-4-1) 0 3 0 CHAPEL ROCK
CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
WISE OLD WAYNE 2427 (14-6-0) 3 3 0 NOT QUITE
CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
SINCLAIR 3099 (13-9-0) 3 3 0 NEXUS 5
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BAHAMA MAMA 3064 (4-1-0) 4 3 0 HANGOVERS
KAPPA VOLANTIS 3133 (4-0-1) 4 3 0 VOLANS
SWORDGRAVE 3115 (3-1-0) 3 3 0 IMPROVED ILLUSION
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
DISCIPLE 3143 (1-1-0) 1 3 0 CHAPEL ROCK
RAIGEKI 3121 (1-0-0) 1 3 0 IMPROVED ILLUSION
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BOBBING CORPSE 3162 (0-0-0) 6 3 0 BOOK OF THOMAS
PURPLE HAZE 3165 (0-0-0) 5 3 0 HANGOVERS
NO ONE WILL KNOW 3159 (0-0-0) 3 3 1 BASHAHOLICS ANON