DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/10/2020    Duedate: 09/23/2020

DAYLA KIV ARENA

DM-74    TURN-696

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CHOPPED LIVER
SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)
(74-4763) [9-1-0,121]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CHOPPED LIVER                  POSITION IS EMPTY
SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)        
(74-4763) [9-1-0,121]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MARTIN DENNY                   LISA TYL KOHL
SAND DANCERS (251)             SAND DANCERS (251)
(74-4728) [16-20-0,78]         (74-4741) [18-12-0,86]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)     44
2. A.W. OF GUMBALL (558)       20      A.W. OF GUMBALL (558)
3. SAND DANCERS (251)           9      Unchartered Team
4. SUPERNATURAL (565)           0
                                       VALENTINE NEEDS (38)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*SUPERNATURAL (565)         5   0  0  100   1/ 4 SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)   7  3 0
 2/ 2 A.W. OF GUMBALL (558)     24   1  0 96.0   2/ 1 A.W. OF GUMBALL (558)     6  1 0
 3/ 3 SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)  125  49  6 71.8   3- 2*SUPERNATURAL (565)        5  0 0
 4/ 4 SAND DANCERS (251)       %1574 %1768 51 47.1   4/ 3 SAND DANCERS (251)        5 10 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.

Well.

TMM, the win against the appropriately named Darwin -- after all, doesn't that have to 
do with self selection -- was a pleasant surprise.  I had planned to move on to other 
things but, now that I think about it, let me continue.  You're midget warriors are a 
joke.  Win or lose, it's always fun to see your stable show up to a Dayla Kiv party.  
Who knew that like 43 midgets could climb out of the same horse and carriage?  Anyway, 
if Darwin (and Nicole and Richard from the tourney) are any indication, you need more 
arena time and less party time.  Just a friendly suggestion.  Have a nice day.

                                          -- Chopped Liver

                                      SPY REPORT

     So why do I have this bag over my head?  Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and 
I'm going to give you a spy report!.  Say good-bye to A.W. OF GUMBALL, as they are 
pushed from the coveted top team spot by the SPROUT OF MY WAY! stable.  Coming up 
with a solid 4-0-0 outing, SPROUT OF MY WAY! has advanced 3 places in the rankings.  
Hey everybody, watch out for MIGUEL, who flew up 19 points in the rankings after 
mashing RORNIS THE DARK like a melon.  Keep your eye on this gal.  And falling like a 
basher in the top ten was MARTIN DENNY, who dropped 5 points after a disappointing 
(to say the least) bout with DARWIN.  Going for the gusto and coming up with aught 
but bloody knuckles was SAND DANCERS' JACK FARMER, who was turned away from the 
Duelmastership by CHOPPED LIVER.  Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a 
bigger halberd!   
     Here is other news that is of note.  And hey, kiddies, those of you who didn't 
avoid A.W. OF GUMBALL, please raise you hand.  Wow.  Does DAYLA KIV really have that 
many liars?  Okay, so I may not be funny, but catch SPROUT OF MY WAY!'s act in the 
arena.  Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft at running from A.W. OF GUMBALL.   
     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 DAYLA KIV have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some 
tracks.  And remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud boos), 
oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHOPPED LIVER 4763            9   1  0   121       SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DARWIN 4739                  11   1  0    98       A.W. OF GUMBALL (558)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LISA TYL KOHL 4741           18  12  0    86       SAND DANCERS (251)
 MARTIN DENNY 4728            16  20  0    78       SAND DANCERS (251)
 JACK FARMER 4758             14   8  0    77       SAND DANCERS (251)
-GUMBALL 4730                  6   0  0    73       A.W. OF GUMBALL (558)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NICOLE 4784                   4   0  0    51       A.W. OF GUMBALL (558)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LEO 4762                      6   7  0    32       SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)
-RICHARD 4787                  2   0  0    29       A.W. OF GUMBALL (558)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOE SHROE 4764                4  10  0    22       SAND DANCERS (251)
-ANAIS 4780                    1   0  0    19       A.W. OF GUMBALL (558)
 MIGUEL 4799                   1   0  0    19       SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)
-BOBBY SINGER 4805             1   0  0    15       SUPERNATURAL (565)
-ROWENA 4803                   1   0  0    15       SUPERNATURAL (565)
-SAM WINCHESTER 4807           1   0  0    15       SUPERNATURAL (565)
 IRIS 4801                     2   1  0    12       SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)
-DEAN WINCHESTER 4806          1   0  0     9       SUPERNATURAL (565)
-CASTIEL 4804                  1   0  0     9       SUPERNATURAL (565)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TALIA TYL SALTH 4802          1   4  0     7       SAND DANCERS (251)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     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

CHOPPED LIVER devastated JACK FARMER in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
DARWIN vanquished MARTIN DENNY in a 1 minute uneven battle.
LISA TYL KOHL savagely defeated TRAVELING TINKER in a 3 minute expert's fight.
NICOLE overpowered DIRTY RUFFIAN in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
LEO devastated JOE SHROE in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
IRIS savagely defeated TALIA TYL SALTH in a 1 minute bloody novice's struggle.
MIGUEL handily defeated RORNIS THE DARK in a 1 minute uneven fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       5         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   0 -  0     100  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         BASHING ATTACK     1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -   6 -  0      70  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         AIMED BLOW        22 -  15 -  0      59  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         LUNGING ATTACK    11 -   8 -  0      58  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   4 -  0      43  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         TOTAL PARRY        0 -  11 -  0       0  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 696 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    2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         4  AIMED BLOW     
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         4 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  STRIKING ATTACK
                              LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0     
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       CHOPPED LIVER 4763          9   1  0  121 SPROUT OF MY WAY! (555)
STRIKING ATTACK  LISA TYL KOHL 4741         18  12  0   86 SAND DANCERS (251)
WALL OF STEEL    JACK FARMER 4758           14   8  0   77 SAND DANCERS (251)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MARTIN DENNY 4728.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was LISA TYL KOHL 4741.  The ten other most popular fighters were DARWIN 4739, 
NICOLE 4784, IRIS 4801, CHOPPED LIVER 4763, LEO 4762, MIGUEL 4799, JACK FARMER 4758, 
MARTIN DENNY 4728, JOE SHROE 4764, and TALIA TYL SALTH 4802.

The least popular fighter this week was TALIA TYL SALTH 4802.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were JOE SHROE 4764, MARTIN DENNY 4728, JACK FARMER 4758, MIGUEL 
4799, LEO 4762, CHOPPED LIVER 4763, IRIS 4801, NICOLE 4784, DARWIN 4739, and LISA TYL 
KOHL 4741.