DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 03/09/2017 Duedate: 03/22/2017
JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA
DM-75 TURN-599
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
CHI HO
SAND DANCERS (67)
(75-3663) [17-27-1,87]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
CHI HO RON RHINO
SAND DANCERS (67) U IS FOR UNGULATE (331)
(75-3663) [17-27-1,87] (75-3732) [3-1-0,40]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
CHI HO BLACK ICE
SAND DANCERS (67) SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
(75-3663) [17-27-1,87] (75-3726) [10-5-0,85]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SWORD FOR HIRE (124) 51
2. SAND DANCERS (67) 31 CRITICALS (13)
3. CRITICALS (13) 10 Unchartered Team
4. WRATHMEN (206) 0
5. U IS FOR UNGULATE (331) -27 U IS FOR UNGULATE (331)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*U IS FOR UNGULATE (331) 12 6 1 66.7 1/ 1 SWORD FOR HIRE (124) 10 4 0
2/ 2 CRITICALS (13) 240 142 22 62.8 2/ 4 SAND DANCERS (67) 7 8 0
3/ 3 SWORD FOR HIRE (124) 170 115 6 59.6 3/ 3 CRITICALS (13) 4 4 0
4/ 4 SAND DANCERS (67) %1202 %1676 35 41.8 4/ 2*U IS FOR UNGULATE (331) 3 5 0
5- 5 WRATHMEN (206) 9 18 1 33.3 5- 5 WRATHMEN (206) 0 1 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 JADE MOUNTAIN since last I was here. Never fear, Olaf
Modeen adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters. What's with JADE
GHOST? He actually beat U IS FOR UNGULATE's LEWELLYN LLAMA, and walked away with 15
more points from the fight. Major screwup at U IS FOR UNGULATE. LEWELLYN LLAMA lost
13 points to JADE GHOST. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe LEWELLYN LLAMA will
provide more easy wins... BARRELS was reminded on the sands why QUIET LONER is
Duelmaster. Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!
No matter the time or place, men will always duel. The most avoided team was
WRATHMEN. Management must be dealin', as the boys at SWORD FOR HIRE ain't reelin'!
WRATHMEN's mad! How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged warrior,
CHI HO! Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you. Taunt your
opponent LADY CHAO! That was my lucky charm when I was unfairly challenged. (and by
16 points!) RON RHINO should have an easy win. RON RHINO left the match looking
worse than when he went in, after LADY CHAO, with a 8-7-0, walked all over him.
There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit. Do you want the fighters
to walk away, or not? Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting younger every
day? To die so young, so gloriously!
Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors. Any plans here? Are
you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it? Actually, I guess I'm writing it
before you read it. Oh, well. Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and
good luck. Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHI HO 3663 17 27 1 87 SAND DANCERS (67)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BARRELS 3683 22 14 1 86 CRITICALS (13)
BLACK ICE 3726 10 5 0 85 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
-SECURE DEFENS 490 3 3 0 74 CRITICALS (13)
GOTHIC 3751 7 3 0 73 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FULL FORCE 3714 5 1 0 63 CRITICALS (13)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RUMBLER 3693 13 16 0 55 SAND DANCERS (67)
LADY CHAO 3736 9 7 0 51 SAND DANCERS (67)
RON RHINO 3732 3 1 0 40 U IS FOR UNGULATE (331)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PETE PRONGHORN 3729 3 0 0 32 U IS FOR UNGULATE (331)
JADE GHOST 3760 2 0 0 31 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
HAN KI 3746 5 9 1 28 SAND DANCERS (67)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-KHARSYN 2249 2 2 0 20 WRATHMEN (206)
HOTDOG 3755 4 4 0 16 SAND DANCERS (67)
RENAISSANCE 3764 1 0 0 15 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
TOM TAPIR 3730 2 2 0 12 U IS FOR UNGULATE (331)
LEWELLYN LLAMA 3731 2 2 1 10 U IS FOR UNGULATE (331)
-OPRAH OKAPI 3728 2 1 0 7 U IS FOR UNGULATE (331)
-3 3725 0 1 0 1 WRATHMEN (206)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Stuff's been going on, and Jorja says "no personals today." Don't ask me WHAT has
been going on, because nobody told me. But since we went one-four, we don't have much
to talk about anyway. -- Chi Ho
We do take the time, even in the midst of stuff going on, to congratulate the enigma
that is Quiet Loner on his graduation. -- Jorja and the Sand Dancers
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
GOTHIC was bested by CHI HO in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
FULL FORCE demolished RUMBLER in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
RON RHINO was defeated by LADY CHAO in a 2 minute amateur vs. master Challenge duel.
JADE GHOST overpowered LEWELLYN LLAMA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
TOM TAPIR was bested by HAN KI in a 1 minute novice vs. master Challenge duel.
QUIET LONER overpowered BARRELS in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
BLACK ICE savagely defeated KO-HA OAKCHOPPER in a 4 minute gruesome melee.
HOTDOG won victory over LIGHTFINGER LU in a crowd boring 6 minute duel.
RENAISSANCE defeated TALK-TO-DEATH in a 3 minute beginner's duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 4 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 3 - 1 70 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 STRIKING ATTACK 15 - 8 - 0 65 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 AIMED BLOW 17 - 11 - 1 61 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 15 - 11 - 0 58 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 10 - 9 - 0 53 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 2 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 10 - 0 47 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 7 - 0 30 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 599 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:
AIMED BLOW 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 3 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 3 STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY BARRELS 3683 22 14 1 86 CRITICALS (13)
PARRY-RIPOSTE BLACK ICE 3726 10 5 0 85 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
STRIKING ATTACK GOTHIC 3751 7 3 0 73 SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
AIMED BLOW LADY CHAO 3736 9 7 0 51 SAND DANCERS (67)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CHI HO 3663. The most popular warrior this turn was
BLACK ICE 3726. The ten other most popular fighters were RON RHINO 3732, FULL FORCE
3714, LADY CHAO 3736, GOTHIC 3751, CHI HO 3663, RUMBLER 3693, HAN KI 3746, JADE GHOST
3760, LEWELLYN LLAMA 3731, and TOM TAPIR 3730.
The least popular fighter this week was HOTDOG 3755. The other ten least popular
fighters were RENAISSANCE 3764, BARRELS 3683, TOM TAPIR 3730, LEWELLYN LLAMA 3731,
JADE GHOST 3760, HAN KI 3746, RUMBLER 3693, CHI HO 3663, GOTHIC 3751, and LADY CHAO
3736.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
QUIET LONER (75-3699) SWORD FOR HIRE (124)
NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)
For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors
graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.
MOJO'S MONKEY (16-4101) THE FUN BUNCH (396)
LEAPING LEPER (33-7940) HALLOWIENERS (635)
EMERALD CITY (47-7896) LAND OF OZ (217)
SILVERTHORN (60-8840) SUPERIOR FORCES 60 (654)
KAYCRON (63-2900) SUPERIOR FORCES (235)
MADONNA (63-3068) BAD GIRLS (325)
LEAST SHREW (70-6374) SHREW CAN IT BE NOW (529)
THE GREAT PUMPKIN (82-4576) LEGENEDS OF TKE 2 (618)
HARV (82-35034) MY TCS (5768)
PERPETUAL (84-14073) OTTODROME 13 (2485)
GEEZER (84-20642) GETTING OLD (3683)
LAST STRAW (84-24737) OTTODROME 41 (4393)
LINT (84-29649) TUM'S ALL STARS (5238)
PROFANELY ABUNDANT (84-42331) WINTER 2013 XIII (7355)
ZOMBIE BABY (84-53039) SPIRIT'S SPIRITS (9134)
CHILI (85-8953) MADE WITH MEAT (1634)
VINEGAR STROKES (85-9814) THE LEAGUE II (1787)
Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes
MAKING YOUR CHALLENGES GO THROUGH
First, you need to be sure you are making your challenges correctly.
1. Are you writing down the warrior I.D. number of the warrior you want to
challenge?
2. Is your handwriting clear?
3. Is the warrior you are challenging within range of your warrior? Warriors
can challenge within their own class and the next higher class, plus the "Challenger"
classes can also challenge the next lower class. So, an Adept can challenge Adepts
and Challenger Adepts. A Challenger Adept can challenge Adepts, Challenger Adepts,
and Champions. (Try not to challenge down, though. Besides being unsportsmanlike and
making everyone mad, it isn't advantageous to your warriors. They need to fight more
experienced warriors so they will learn.)
4. Are your warriors eligible to make challenges? If they didn't fight within
the last two turns, then they can't challenge.
5. Are the warriors they want to fight eligible to receive challenges? If they
didn't fight within the last two turns, then they can't be challenged.
Next, adjust your choices for the maximum likelihood of getting your challenges.
There are several things that will help:
1. Have each of your warriors challenge two different opponents from two
different teams. That way, if the first opponent's team doesn't fight that turn, you
still might get your second challenge.
2. Use your avoids. Have each warrior avoid the teams of whoever you think
might be likely to challenge him. If you can get out of being challenged, that
increases your chance of getting your own challenge through.
3. Don't challenge warriors who didn't fight last turn. The odds are higher
that they won't be fighting this turn.
4. Don't challenge warriors who might be involved in a bloodfeud (either as the
killers, or the avengers). A bloodfeud challenge has priority over all other
challenges.
5. Don't challenge Tournament Victors. A TV challenge has priority over all
other challenges except bloodfeuds. You'll need to do a little research in back
issues of the newsletter to find out who the TVs are.
6. Don't challenge warriors who you know are going to challenge someone else, or
are going to get challenged by someone else. Your challenge has a better chance of
getting through if it is the only challenge to that particular warrior.
7. Don't challenge the "easy pickings." That is, warriors above you who have
way too few fights or very bad records for where they are ranked. They will tend to
get challenged a lot.
8. Don't challenge warriors who are likely to be avoiding your team. This
includes any warrior your team fought within the last two turns.
Well, it sounds like I've eliminated just about everybody, doesn't it? Of course
you can challenge opponents who fit into one or more of those categories; just try to
find ones who don't. Your idea candidate for a challenge is: A warrior ranked
somewhat above your warrior in the same class, or in the next higher class, with a few
more fights than your warrior, and a winning record, who isn't a TV and isn't
currently at war with anyone.
I hope this will be of some help to you.
The Rogue She-Puppy