DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 01/18/2013 Duedate: 01/31/2013 JURINE ARENA DM-61 TURN-544 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS GRAHAM CRACKER SHEWISH BUFFET (405) (61-3688) [14-2-0,131] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader GRAHAM CRACKER SYBO SHEWISH BUFFET (405) TREXTRAS (411) (61-3688) [14-2-0,131] (61-3719) [2-2-0,28] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite ARKAN BARNES GIRL SCOUT COOKIE MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) SHEWISH BUFFET (405) (61-3684) [25-16-1,94] (61-3633) [10-5-1,102] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM STAR WARS (410) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. STAR WARS (410) 32 2. SHEWISH BUFFET (405) 21 SHEWISH BUFFET (405) 3. TREXTRAS (411) 18 Unchartered Team 4. MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) 4 5. I HATE THEM TOO (354) 0 TREXTRAS (411) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1 I HATE THEM TOO (354) 12 0 0 100 1/ 3 STAR WARS (410) 8 6 1 2/ 2 SHEWISH BUFFET (405) 59 30 6 66.3 2/ 1 SHEWISH BUFFET (405) 6 4 0 3/ 3 STAR WARS (410) 70 63 3 52.6 3/ 2 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) 6 9 0 4/ 4 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) 370 347 7 51.6 4/ 0*TREXTRAS (411) 2 0 1 5/ 0*TREXTRAS (411) 4 4 2 50.0 5- 4 I HATE THEM TOO (354) 1 0 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 713): GLINDORA of CRIMSON DEATH (Verol, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 715): DIZZY GILLESPIE of BLUE NOTE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 661): GOLDENEYE of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 709): LUCK DEVIL of THE DEVIL'S OWN (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 711): DEE NILE of PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 703): WHIRLING FROGGY of KAOS FROGS (Grimm, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 704): SIR BLUEBELL of LORDS INC. (Lord Z., mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 354): POSTAGE of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 701): STEEL SHARPENER of METAL MINCERS (Oremaster, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 352): DRONE-ON of BAD NEWS BEES (Stinger, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 697): PAM DEMONIUM of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 694): HULL SCRUBBER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 686): GRINCY of BAD GUYS (Mr. Bad Guy, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 643): ARCHERS OF LOAF of UNC COLLEGE RADIO (Floyd, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 329): AURORA MARIE of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FROSTY of FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 576): LINKIN LOGGER of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 561): TICK ... TOCK of UNNAMEABLES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 543): GRAHAM CRACKER of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 538): THE BLUE PILL of THE MOTHERSHIP CE (Floyd, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 259): FRISBEE of FOUND IN THE SAND (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 499): MARISAN TEN MEDARIN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 493): KOGAN DJIAN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 485): TIGER JONSALMIN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 602): NOREASTER of DIRT DEVILS (The Dark One, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 713): CRIMSON DEATH (Verol, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 715): BLUE NOTE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 661): ARCANE ROYALTY (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 15 MALCORN (turn 709): CRUCIAL TAUNT (Daikkan, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 711): PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 703): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 704): LORDS INC. (Lord Z, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 354): LORD OF DISCIPLINE (Longshot, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 701): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 352): BAD NEWS BEES (Stinger, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 697): DEATH BY DESIGN (Bubba Ganoosh, mgr.) DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 694): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 35 MURSKA (turn 686): HAPPY FUN TIME (Floyd, mgr.) DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 645): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 329): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): LIFE IMAPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 576): INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 561): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.) DM 61 JURINE (turn 543): SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 538): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 259): SUPER STARS (Crip, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 499): MEDAL OF HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 493): SAND DANCERSS (Floyd, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 485): SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 602): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.) Recent Graduates ----------------- DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 713): BLUE STREAK of BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.) DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 715): DIZZY GILLESPIE of BLUE NOTE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.) DM 13 DULLENS (turn 660): THE BEAKSTER of ARCANE ROYALTY (Destitute Noble, mgr.) DM 16 WILLAF (turn 711): DEE NILE of PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 29 LAPUR (turn 701): STEEL SHARPENER of METAL MINCERS (Oremaster, mgr.) PLUTONIUM PUNCH of METAL MINCERS (Oremaster, mgr.) (turn 700): GRASSFIRE of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.) MOTHIAS of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.) DM 32 ARVAT (turn 697): INSIDIOUS of DEATH BY DESIGN (Bubba Ganoosh, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FROSTY of FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.) (turn 322): WILHELM SCREAM of OTTODROME TW (Otto X, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): MATH of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 60 ARADI (turn 560): FENWRIST of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.) PRIME MINISTER of INGRATE WHITE NORTH (Crip, mgr.) DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 498): SPIDERPIG of HOMER'S PETS (Floyd, mgr.) DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 484): NAKED LUNCH of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.) SPY REPORT Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again! The boys at SHEWISH BUFFET left the arena dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by STAR WARS. Good show! MIDDLE WAY 16 had cause to celebrate, after JENNI KORREG got 22 points by beating R2-D2. Win some, lose some. Speaking of which, HAN SOLO was winsome, after beating CHUCK ENDERN and seeing him lose 11 points. ARKAN BARNES found out that JURINE isn't a democracy. You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here! So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging dead trees? Someone's got a basic problem... A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn? And do not the little birds cry out?' Any ideas? The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Oh hard! that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting! Leave me now, you base fools! As the seasons change, and the creatures of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place. JURINE, I leave you now. The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Warty Toad. 'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GRAHAM CRACKER 3688 14 2 0 131 SHEWISH BUFFET (405) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GIRL SCOUT COOKIE 3633 10 5 1 102 SHEWISH BUFFET (405) DARTH VADAR 3725 14 11 2 98 STAR WARS (410) ARKAN BARNES 3684 25 16 1 94 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME VINDA YARRO 3691 20 16 1 77 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) HAN SOLO 3744 11 6 1 72 STAR WARS (410) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ZENSU LASAGNA 3728 12 6 1 66 SHEWISH BUFFET (405) VENTRESS 3754 11 2 0 62 STAR WARS (410) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME STORMCROWE PIE 3734 5 9 1 55 SHEWISH BUFFET (405) R2-D2 3711 14 12 0 54 STAR WARS (410) CHUCK ENDERN 3732 8 16 1 52 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) JENNI KORREG 3756 7 4 0 46 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) FIFINE GILLY 3752 7 9 0 44 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -RED SHIRT #2 3717 1 0 1 33 TREXTRAS (411) SYBO 3719 2 2 0 28 TREXTRAS (411) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME TYREE 3718 1 1 1 17 TREXTRAS (411) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -MANAGER 3158 1 0 0 8 I HATE THEM TOO (354) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? BOBA FETT 3758 0 2 0 STAR WARS 410 TYREE 3718 544 YODA 3712 12 11 0 STAR WARS 410 GIRL SCOUT COOKI 3633 541 PERSONAL ADS Girl Scout Cookie -- Damn, I thought I could eat the whole box, but... damn! -- Chuck Endern Stormcrowe Pie -- Bitter. -- Vinda Yarro Han Solo -- Maybe you should try a duet? -- Arkan Barnes Zensu Lasagna -- Spinach, bah. It should be made with MEAT. -- Jenni Korreg R2-d2 -- It's okay, we needed a trashcan at the guildhouse. -- Fifine Gilly LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS GRAHAM CRACKER bested ARKAN BARNES in a 2 minute master's Title fight. DARTH VADAR vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute uneven battle. GIRL SCOUT COOKIE demolished VINDA YARRO in a crowd pleasing 2 minute uneven fight. STORMCROWE PIE was luckily beaten by VENTRESS in a 2 minute fight. CHUCK ENDERN was demolished by HAN SOLO in a 1 minute mismatched competition. ZENSU LASAGNA vanquished FIFINE GILLY in a 1 minute mismatched fight. R2-D2 was luckily beaten by JENNI KORREG in a 2 minute bloody brawl. TYREE slew BOBA FETT in a action packed 1 minute melee. SYBO vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |TOTAL PARRY 3 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 - 0 100 | |AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 1 - 0 86 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 15 - 6 - 0 71 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 3 - 1 57 | |BASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 5 - 1 55 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 16 - 14 - 0 53 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 6 - 0 50 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 12 - 0 50 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 7 - 2 46 | |STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 8 - 12 - 0 40 | Turn 544 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-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 3 AIMED BLOW PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE TOTAL PARRY 3 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME PARRY-RIPOSTE GRAHAM CRACKER 3688 14 2 0 131 SHEWISH BUFFET (405) PARRY-STRIKE GIRL SCOUT COOKIE 3633 10 5 1 102 SHEWISH BUFFET (405) AIMED BLOW DARTH VADAR 3725 14 11 2 98 STAR WARS (410) BASHING ATTACK ARKAN BARNES 3684 25 16 1 94 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) SLASHING ATTACK HAN SOLO 3744 11 6 1 72 STAR WARS (410) TOTAL PARRY VENTRESS 3754 11 2 0 62 STAR WARS (410) PARRY-LUNGE R2-D2 3711 14 12 0 54 STAR WARS (410) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is ARKAN BARNES 3684. The most popular warrior this turn was GIRL SCOUT COOKIE 3633. The ten other most popular fighters were STORMCROWE PIE 3734, GRAHAM CRACKER 3688, R2-D2 3711, TYREE 3718, SYBO 3719, ARKAN BARNES 3684, DARTH VADAR 3725, VENTRESS 3754, HAN SOLO 3744, and ZENSU LASAGNA 3728. The least popular fighter this week was FIFINE GILLY 3752. The other ten least popular fighters were CHUCK ENDERN 3732, BOBA FETT 3758, VINDA YARRO 3691, JENNI KORREG 3756, ZENSU LASAGNA 3728, HAN SOLO 3744, VENTRESS 3754, DARTH VADAR 3725, ARKAN BARNES 3684, and SYBO 3719. AVOIDS, BLOODFEUDS, & CHALLENGES by Pagan Ever wonder how the whole challenge/avoid thing works? Who you fight depends on exactly how it works. We will never know exactly how it works unless we can get a look at the coding for the program, but this is how I think it works: The Situation: The system allows a warrior to make two separate challenges and two distinct avoids. Avoids are distinct in that they MUST indicate a specific team to be avoided, so a "double avoid" indicates a single team twice, which by default means you are avoiding one team. In this case, the second avoid is a duplicate and therefore a waste of an avoid. Challenges are to specific warriors. You have a first challenge, and then you have a second challenge. The Process: First the computer removes all Dark Arena challengers from the list of available warriors. Second, the computer checks for WHO fights WHO by going though all TVs and bloodfeuds, which are 100% sure to go through except in four instances: 1. the warrior challenged does not fight, 2. the warrior challenged is also making a bloodfeud or TV challenge and that challenge has already been assigned, 3. the warrior has already been assigned to a Dark Arena fight, 4. that warrior has declared your team to be one of his warrior's avoids, reducing your challenge to 50%. Third, the computer assesses all the regular first-challenge warriors and assigns fights. All other challenges are at 100% chance of success except in a few instances: warrior challenged is going to the DA, warrior challenged is involved in a previously assigned challenge, warrior challenged is not running this turn, or warrior challenged has avoided your team at 50% chance to avoid. Fourth, the computer assesses and assigns all secondary challenges of warriors not so far assigned for bloodfeuds and TVs. Fifth, the computer assesses and assigns all the regular second challenges. Sixth, the computer assigns random matchups in each available class starting with the highest class first. Seventh, the computer finds the remaining warriors that have successfully avoided all first and second challenges and/or who also did not get randomly assigned, AND for whom no more available warriors remain in their class for random pairing. All of these warriors get RSI-generated warriors to fight based on their class. So, if I'm right and avoids reduce the chance for a challenge to 50%, then: In the absence of an avoid single challenge = 100% success double challenge = 100% success, then an additional 100% success Where an avoid is involved single challenge vs avoid = 50% success double challenge vs avoid = 75% (chance to avoid is 0.5 * 0.5 = 0.25; 1 - 0.25 = 75% chance to succeed Bloodfeuds and TVs may increase the percentage chance of success above 100%, or they may not. I feel that their increased ability to get through is based solely on the way the computer assigns challenges. They are first, so they are most likely to go through. The 100% chance for a challenge to succeed is 100% if it's a TV bloodfeud and you are the first one to get assigned a fight that day because you are also the Duelmaster. But after that the chances start to diminish rapidly. The run-through for second challenges theoretically means your challenge should be 100% but it's not the case if you are the LAST guy the computer goes to for finding challenges. If you don't double challenge, you significantly lower your chance to get your challenge through. The second challenge is not equal to the first challenge. Pagan