DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/09/2020 Duedate: 09/22/2020
DAL SHANG ARENA
DM-65 TURN-735
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
KHORGA KHAN
PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)
(65-7737) [14-6-0,132]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
KHORGA KHAN HARRISON FORD
PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782) CAR STARS (783)
(65-7737) [14-6-0,132] (65-7755) [6-2-0,84]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
DON LO KHORGA KHAN
SAND DANCERS (233) PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)
(65-7716) [25-16-0,91] (65-7737) [14-6-0,132]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
THAT SMELL (760)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782) 35
2. THAT SMELL (760) 14 THAT SMELL (760)
3. CAR STARS (783) 2 Unchartered Team
4. PLACES (767) 0
5. SAND DANCERS (233) -3 CAR STARS (783)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 2 PLACES (767) 35 20 2 63.6 1/ 3 THAT SMELL (760) 8 5 0
2/ 3 THAT SMELL (760) 156 96 7 61.9 2/ 2 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782) 7 2 0
3/ 1*CAR STARS (783) 6 4 0 60.0 3/ 1 SAND DANCERS (233) 7 8 0
4/ 4 SAND DANCERS (233) %1666 %1769 52 48.5 4/ 4*CAR STARS (783) 2 2 0
5/ 5 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782) 18 27 0 40.0 5- 5 PLACES (767) 0 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Much has changed in DAL SHANG since last I was here. Never fear, Olaf Modeen
adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters. Bein' on top is great
while it lasts, SAND DANCERS. But how many friends do you have now? What's with
SLY? It actually beat THAT SMELL's RANCH ROAST, and walked away with 24 more points
from the fight. Laughs were big at PAPER TIGERS W19.1 while they watched SLY clobber
RANCH ROAST. He lost 17 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands.
DAL SHANG has a Duelmaster who doesn't sit back and get lazy. He challenged SAND
DANCERS' DON LO (25-16-0), which should prove (ahem!) interesting. Try as he might,
DON LO wasn't good enough at persuading KHORGA KHAN to step down from the
Duelmaster's throne... Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... How well I know the
feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, THAT SMELL!
Management must be dealin', as the boys at CAR STARS ain't reelin'! THAT SMELL's
mad! What do people see in DON LO? His 25-16-0? SAND DANCERS ain't talkin', but
he's got 91 points.
There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit. Do you want the fighters
to walk away, or not? Death is no stranger to a warrior. SAND DANCERS' LARRIS TAN
led a good life before leaving DAL SHANG. Many would be proud to leave behind a
20-7-0. Here's some advice: study your opponent, master many skills, fight dirty.
Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors. Any plans here? The
end of another Spyreport! That's cause for celebration in my book! I don't want to
overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KHORGA KHAN 7737 14 6 0 132 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714 19 23 0 102 SAND DANCERS (233)
DON LO 7716 25 16 0 91 SAND DANCERS (233)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HARRISON FORD 7755 6 2 0 84 CAR STARS (783)
MIGHTY MITE 7720 15 25 1 80 SAND DANCERS (233)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FENNHAVEN LAKE 7541 5 3 0 63 PLACES (767)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-TELL CITY 7524 6 5 0 56 PLACES (767)
SLY 7787 3 0 0 53 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)
FEBREZE 7770 4 0 0 52 THAT SMELL (760)
BBQ 7782 3 0 1 41 THAT SMELL (760)
RANCH ROAST 7746 5 5 1 37 THAT SMELL (760)
FARGO BORUM 7751 8 10 1 35 SAND DANCERS (233)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-OLBERDING CAFE 7748 4 3 0 33 PLACES (767)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BREAD 7784 2 1 0 14 THAT SMELL (760)
-SCHMUCK'S GROCERY 7767 2 2 1 9 PLACES (767)
-KOOKABURRA 7805 1 1 0 8 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
LARRIS TAN 7740 20 7 0 SAND DANCERS 233 MALDI STONEBREAK 735 NONE
A 7818 0 1 0 THAT SMELL 760 OLTA THE TREE 735 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
MM -- Thank you! -- HF
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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
A was butchered by OLTA THE TREE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
KHORGA KHAN viciously subdued DON LO in a 2 minute expert's Challenge Title battle.
LARRIS TAN was dispatched by MALDI STONEBREAKER in a 3 minute gory master's brawl.
PEARL JOSEPHINA luckily beat HARRISON FORD in a 3 minute mismatched match.
MIGHTY MITE viciously subdued CAPTIAN LENSAR in a 2 minute brutal mismatched fight.
FEBREZE devastated SAGAT OF PAIDAN in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
FARGO BORUM was handily defeated by BBQ in a 1 minute uneven melee.
RANCH ROAST was vanquished by SLY in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BREAD won victory over NORMAR THE BLOND in a 1 minute novice's duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|PARRY-STRIKE 3 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 - 0 75 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 4 - 1 67 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 AIMED BLOW 16 - 10 - 0 62 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 5 - 1 62 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 14 - 12 - 0 54 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 11 - 11 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 8 - 0 33 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 8 - 0 27 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 10 - 0 17 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 735 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:
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 3 AIMED BLOW
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-STRIKE
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 SLASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-STRIKE KHORGA KHAN 7737 14 6 0 132 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)
AIMED BLOW HARRISON FORD 7755 6 2 0 84 CAR STARS (783)
SLASHING ATTACK SLY 7787 3 0 0 53 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)
LUNGING ATTACK FEBREZE 7770 4 0 0 52 THAT SMELL (760)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DON LO 7716. The most popular warrior this turn was
KHORGA KHAN 7737. The ten other most popular fighters were HARRISON FORD 7755,
LARRIS TAN 7740, MIGHTY MITE 7720, PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714, FEBREZE 7770, SLY 7787,
BREAD 7784, DON LO 7716, BBQ 7782, and A 7818.
The least popular fighter this week was RANCH ROAST 7746. The other ten least
popular fighters were FARGO BORUM 7751, A 7818, BBQ 7782, DON LO 7716, BREAD 7784,
SLY 7787, FEBREZE 7770, PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714, MIGHTY MITE 7720, and LARRIS TAN 7740.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
KHORGA KHAN (65-7737) PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)