DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/26/2022 Duedate: 06/08/2022
JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA
DM-75 TURN-735
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BOUDICCA
LADY WARRIORS (353)
(75-3975) [20-3-1,105]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
INHUMANLY CONTORTS FLOWER POWER
CRITICALS (13) TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
(75-83) [5-1-0,150] (75-3902) [7-1-1,75]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
HO CHANG INHUMANLY CONTORTS
SAND DANCERS (67) CRITICALS (13)
(75-3942) [21-21-0,84] (75-83) [5-1-0,150]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 31
2. LADY WARRIORS (353) 25 LADY WARRIORS (353)
3. SATAN'S STARLIGHT (360) 13 Unchartered Team
4. TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) 8
5. MINDHUNTED (359) 0 SATAN'S STARLIGHT (360)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*SATAN'S STARLIGHT (360) 2 0 0 100 1/ 2 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 10 5 0
2/ 2 LADY WARRIORS (353) 58 24 6 70.7 2/ 0 SAND DANCERS (67) 7 8 0
3/ 4 CRITICALS (13) 344 192 27 64.2 3- 3*MINDHUNTED (359) 5 5 4
4- 6*MINDHUNTED (359) 8 7 6 53.3 4/ 6 LADY WARRIORS (353) 3 5 0
5/ 7 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 67 62 1 51.9 5/ 7*SATAN'S STARLIGHT (360) 2 0 0
6/ 0 SAND DANCERS (67) %1512 %2039 43 42.6 6/ 4 CRITICALS (13) 2 1 0
7/ 0*TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) 9 13 1 40.9 7/ 0*TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) 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
The Frothingslosh Syndicate is proud to announce 99 Bottles of Beer III!!! (+ 100):
Sponsored by ALFREDOVISION(TM): for a Better Tomorrow, and a Better Today.
The contest will be in honor and celebration of turn 199 of SEAM DM 20.
Your objective is simple: be the first team to accumulate 199 Bottles of Beer!
The first part of the contest will be a 15 turn "warm-up" starting on turn 184, due
7/4/22, but you are encouraged to start your team as early as possible. During this
casual "meet and greet" stage, all teams will earn one bottle per turn simply by
fielding a full team of 5 warriors and writing at least one personal ad. BTW guys, for
the sake of simplicity, your Host and Cruise director asks that you PLEASE do not sign
your ad expecting me to know who you are. If you are not 100% certain, then please
state very clearly EVERY TURN what team you are associated with so i do not have to go
through past newsletters to try to figure out who you are. Also do not forget to write
a personal ad for the turn 184 newsletter! Simply stating who you are would be great.
Something like, "Hi Seam. I'm John, the manager of John's team" is certainly
sufficient.
The real fireworks will start on turn 199, due on 1/30/23. That is when the teams will
start to earn Bottles for Arena Performance, which will be earned/awarded as follows:
* Bottles awarded for being active and writing a personal ad are discontinued.
* 5 Bottles for each invite to ADM, AWARDED UPON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVITE IN THE
NEWSLETTER with the opportunity to earn 1 extra bottle ON THE FOLLOWING TURN for
achieving a kill in the Dark Arena on their last fight. Note that this Bottle is a
"bonus;" you will also earn a Bottle for the win; bottles awarded for wins are
outlined below.
* 3 Bottles for each turn as Duelmaster, with the opportunity to earn 1 extra bottle
for writing a Duelmaster's column COLLECTED ON THE FOLLOWING TURN when the column
is actually published. It does not have to be fancy but has to be "something": 99
words minimum.
* 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 Bottles for Team on the Move and Current Top Team. In the case
of ties, partial bottles will be awarded and will count towards your total.
* 2 Bottles for Chartered Recognition Leader
* 2 Bottles for This Week's Favorite
* 2 Bottles for TOP CAREER HONORS Chartered Team
* 0 Bottles for each turn as Overall Popularity Leader. Additionally, you will pay a
1 BOTTLE PENALTY on the following turn if you fail to post a personal ad
apologizing for your ostentatious behavior! OR...you can choose to brag further
about how astonishingly wonderful you actually are, and are more than worthy of
all the accolades you get from your adoring fans.
* 1 Bottle for a successful Bloodfeud: limit two bottles per incident.
* 2 Bottles for each Stylemaster as listed in the newsletter. In other words, the
rules for being awarded bottles for Stylemaster are the same as they are in the
arena: winning record, adept or above.
* 1 bottle for each win, or two bottles for each kill in the regular arena. Warriors
that manage to return from the Dark Arena earn one bottle for the win only.
If more than one team achieves or surpasses 199 Bottles on the same turn, the team
with the higher total will be the victor. Partial Bottles having been awarded make the
event of a tie at the end much less likely; any fraction of a bottle lead that you may
have *will* count. In the unlikely event that there is an exact tie for any place that
receives a prize, those teams involved will continue playing until a winner can be
decided.
The top three places will win one or more "Cream of the Slosh" replacements:
* 1st Place: 3 CotS replacements
* 2nd Place: 2 CotS replacements
* 3rd Place: 1 CotS replacements
A CotS replacement is 10 standard, ordinary Duelmasters teamsheets that are specially
"marked" and grouped together by the Spy Commision to be used for this single purpose
only. The winning manager then chooses any one out of the 50 warriors on the 10
teamsheets they wish to be their "Cream of the Slosh" replacement; the other 49 are
simply discarded. Note that you are free to use your CotS replacement anytime you have
an opening on your team in Seam; in other words, you are not required to Dark Arena
nor do you have to pass on a good naturally occurring replacement.
However, CotS replacements will not be allowed to hide their status: all CotS
replacements will be required to start its name with these three symbols: O^O (capital
O, shift-6 [caret symbol], capital O. This surely will cause them to be a "target" of
challenges, but also will serve as a badge of honor for them to wear proudly. In the
case of winning multiple CotS replacements, you will be required to wait at least 10
ACTIVE turns in between using your CotS replacements; you will only receive one CotS
packet at a time. Just send a note in to the Spy Commission with your 10th turn's
orders to receive your new CotS packet with your turn's results.
Note that 6 CotS replacements being won in total is the guaranteed minimum. I have
been informed that if the contest has an unusually large turnout, the Spy Commission
MAY choose to spice up the prize pool with additional CotS replacements. Understand
there are no guarantees (other than them 6 as listed), and these Spies were rather
"vague" and sometimes can be a little sketchy. But, for what it's worth, I figured I
should pass the information on just in case it does actually have merit.
But that's not all! For those of you that wish to spice up the contest even further,
we are featuring an additional and completely voluntary "Contest Within a Contest" for
which there will be a one time fee of 6 RSI Gift Certificates to enter. The prize pool
for the CWAC will be one "6-pack" of Duelmasters Gift Certificates (no cash value;
each may be redeemed for one Duelmasters teamsheet) for every manager who chooses to
participate. The prize pool will divided up among the winning players as follows:
* 1st place: 1/2 of all the teamsheets
* 2nd place: 1/3 of all the teamsheets
* 3rd place: 1/6 of all the teamsheets
I just want to clarify that managers competing for the CWAC teamsheets are only
competing against each other. So, for example, if you place second in the main contest
but the main contest winner did not choose to participate in the CWAC, you will then
be the first place winner of the CWAC (and receive half of all the sheets in the prize
pool). Additionally, if the CWAC proves to be very popular and gets many entries, I
may pay out more places. Any such decisions will be discussed and finalized prior to
turn 199.
I will do my best to write a Contest Update every turn which will obviously be based
on the totals from the previous turn. I also plan to start an email list that you may
join if you wish. I will send out the updated contest standings to this list...likely
very soon after the newsletter is posted; I will actually be so bold to suggest that I
might get your contest update prior to getting your mail! So everyone can have up-to-
date standings, but also gives you the chance to point out any errors I might have
made prior to sending in the official update to be printed in the newsletter.
Other Rules:
* Once the first team equals or surpasses the required 199 Bottles total, THE
CONTEST IS OVER unless there are any ties to work out, and in that case the
contest will continue to the following turn ONLY for those teams involved. Your
official contest ranking will be based on whatever position you are holding at the
time that the first team(s) surpasses 199 bottles, even in the unlikely event of a
tie for first place and the winner has not yet been determined.
* NO AVOIDS: This will be STRICTLY ENFORCED starting on Turn 199. Any team caught
avoiding will be REMOVED from the contest and their entry fee (if any) WILL NOT be
refunded! And trust me, with the number of nosy spy reporters out there, YOU WILL
get caught.
* Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated and will be grounds for
disqualification. Coordinating challenges is allowed; non-aggression pacts are
allowed. "Taking a dive" (ie: throwing fights) is definitely NOT allowed. Any
allegations of cheating will be investigated seriously; any decision made by the
spy commission regarding said allegations will be final. Ladies and gentlemen:
let's keep this clean, okay? None of us are kids anymore!
* Seam is a "non-tourney" arena, and as such you are required to field a full team
of 5 warriors every turn! Any warrior that has 1 FE or more missing the turn will
incur a 3-Bottle penalty for their team. You are highly encouraged to put your
entire team on maintenance, to guard against any mistakes. If you have a warrior
"accidentally' sit out the turn, you will "accidentally" incur a 3-bottle penalty
;>. Any rookie warrior missing a turn will only incur a 1-Bottle penalty for
their team. I am aware that those poor noobs often get lost temporarily.
* There will be no penalty for your *entire team* missing a turn. It is certainly
not recommended, however!
* No tournament experience or "enhanced" warriors will be allowed.
* If you wish to participate in the optional "contest within a contest," you must
announce your intention to participate prior to turn 190 being processed (due
9/26). The one-time entry fee of 6 RSI Gift Certificates will be charged to your
account at that time.
YOU are invited; you are encouraged to start early if you like! The Frothingslosh
Syndicate invites you to Bottle! Er...ah...battle!
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, JADE MOUNTAIN? Ain't you never seen Snide
Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Later days, SAND DANCERS, since
VICIOUS FISH 2021 took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. Now let's
all watch VICIOUS FISH 2021's heads swell from their 4-1-0 this turn. Haa ha ha ha!
Big shots, big talk, big deal. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see THE
ALLIGATOR GAR win a fight and gain 20 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, JOAN D'ARC beat
FALLING MOUNTAIN and FALLING MOUNTAIN lost 8 points. You're breakin' my heart.
Looks like JADE MOUNTAIN has some guts at least, INHUMANLY CONTORTS the Duelmaster
was this turn's most-challenged warrior. BOUDICCA challenged JADE MOUNTAIN's
Duelmaster for a shot at the throne. And it's out with the old, in with the new, as
BOUDICCA takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh.
I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this? You want to know
what's new, don't you, JADE MOUNTAIN?
My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start
talking.' I loved that woman. What's the big D? VICIOUS FISH 2021 was the most
avoided team? Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse... And it looks
like LADY WARRIORS avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers,
if you ask me. Hmph.
Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's
see if anyone's dead or dying. Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines
through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.
I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for
an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Just wait 'till next time I show up
here, I won't be so nice! So nyaaah! Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need
the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BOUDICCA 3975 20 3 1 105 LADY WARRIORS (353)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
INHUMANLY CONTORTS 83 5 1 0 150 CRITICALS (13)
-COLESTAH 3997 10 3 3 107 LADY WARRIORS (353)
PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002 17 9 1 100 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000 14 12 0 92 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
-DEMONIC FURY 3929 8 0 1 91 CRITICALS (13)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZENOBIA 3973 11 7 0 89 LADY WARRIORS (353)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HO CHANG 3942 21 21 0 84 SAND DANCERS (67)
FLOWER POWER 3902 7 1 1 75 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
-CLEVER STAB 3930 6 0 0 73 CRITICALS (13)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962 15 20 0 65 SAND DANCERS (67)
-CRUEL STEEL 3860 3 0 1 59 CRITICALS (13)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JOAN D'ARC 3986 5 0 0 54 LADY WARRIORS (353)
BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999 10 16 0 49 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
PUFFER FISH PERIL 3998 10 16 0 46 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987 10 11 0 42 SAND DANCERS (67)
SNOWDRIFT 4012 5 4 0 38 SAND DANCERS (67)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ANOTHER ONE 4030 2 1 0 26 SAND DANCERS (67)
METEOR MAX 4025 2 0 0 26 SATAN'S STARLIGHT (360)
-RIPPER JACK 4020 2 1 1 24 MINDHUNTED (359)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-GRINDR STEPHEN 4019 3 0 3 23 MINDHUNTED (359)
-DEATH BY PROXY 3945 2 1 0 22 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
-CALAMITY JANE 3996 4 5 1 18 LADY WARRIORS (353)
-BURTON JAX FD 4018 2 1 1 13 MINDHUNTED (359)
-PETERBOROUGH JO 4017 1 2 1 10 MINDHUNTED (359)
DEATHLY PIRARUCU 4023 2 2 0 8 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
-NURSE GILBERT 4016 0 3 0 7 MINDHUNTED (359)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Oh, you are good, Inhumanly Contorts; awfully good. A salute to The Duelmaster. --
Zenobia and Colestah
Ho Chang, I was at my very best. -- Colestah
Lady Warriors of the world unite. We can own it all! -- Ms. Fu
Dear Boss -- I misplaced my Leather Apron. Anyone seen it? -- Ripper Jack.
All -- I like them tight and ripe, friends. -- Grindr Stephen
I have escaped. I will escape again. -- Burton Jax FC
I ... I-I-I-I ... got a knife. And I use it. -- Peterborough Jo
All -- There is no stopping these serial killing fools, no convincing them to reel in
their Kill Desire. Itbs out of my hands. -- Anonymous.
Goodnight and good luck. -- Nurse Gilbert
We salute the tourney style masters. -- Sand Dancers
Colestah -- I still have my doubts that you're a lady. Female, yes, but that isn't
the same. -- Ho Chang
Burton Jax Fd -- We're a pair, aren't we? But both of us successful in our ways. --
Another One
Puffer Fish Peril -- I knew you wouldn't be able to hold your breath that long. --
Lotus Blossom
Brutal Barracuda -- I fell on you. It worked. -- Falling Mountain
I left Wan Fa to dance in the snow. -- Snowdrift
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ZENOBIA was unbelievably bested by PERILOUS PIRANHA in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
BOUDICCA luckily beat INHUMANLY CONTORTS in a 4 minute Challenge Title melee.
METEOR MAX devastated DEATHLY PIRARUCU in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
THE ALLIGATOR GAR overpowered HO CHANG in a 1 minute mismatched match.
FLOWER POWER viciously subdued LOTUS BLOSSOM in a 2 minute veteran's duel.
PUFFER FISH PERIL bested ANOTHER ONE in a 6 minute one-sided competition.
SNOWDRIFT was overcome by BRUTAL BARRACUDA in a 1 minute melee.
JOAN D'ARC viciously subdued FALLING MOUNTAIN in a 2 minute duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 1 - 0 83 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 SLASHING ATTACK 34 - 18 - 2 65 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 9 - 3 57 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 7 - 0 53 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 8 - 1 50 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 7 - 7 - 1 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 11 - 16 - 1 41 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 10 - 0 33 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 AIMED BLOW 8 - 16 - 0 33 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 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:
AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 LUNGING ATTACK
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY BOUDICCA 3975 20 3 1 105 LADY WARRIORS (353)
PARRY-LUNGE INHUMANLY CONTORTS 83 5 1 0 150 CRITICALS (13)
SLASHING ATTACK PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002 17 9 1 100 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
AIMED BLOW THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000 14 12 0 92 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
STRIKING ATTACK ZENOBIA 3973 11 7 0 89 LADY WARRIORS (353)
LUNGING ATTACK JOAN D'ARC 3986 5 0 0 54 LADY WARRIORS (353)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is HO CHANG 3942. The most popular warrior this turn
was INHUMANLY CONTORTS 83. The ten other most popular fighters were JOAN D'ARC 3986,
FLOWER POWER 3902, ANOTHER ONE 4030, BOUDICCA 3975, ZENOBIA 3973, METEOR MAX 4025,
THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000, FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987, PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002, and LOTUS
BLOSSOM 3962.
The least popular fighter this week was SNOWDRIFT 4012. The other ten least popular
fighters were PUFFER FISH PERIL 3998, HO CHANG 3942, DEATHLY PIRARUCU 4023, BRUTAL
BARRACUDA 3999, LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962, PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002, FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987, THE
ALLIGATOR GAR 4000, METEOR MAX 4025, and ZENOBIA 3973.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
INHUMANLY CONTORTS (75-83) CRITICALS (13)
SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.!
(well actually, Alexandria, Virginia)
We hope you will join us at our summer FTF in Washington, D.C., July 22-24, 2022. It
will be held at the Embassy Suites Alexandria Old Town near the Potomac River in
Alexandria, Virginia (703-684-5900). The hotel looks very nice and we're excited to
be in the downtown area with so many restaurants and other goodies nearby. Room rates
are $169.00 for singles and doubles, which includes full cooked breakfast,
complimentary manager's reception, and free high speed internet. Underground parking
is $15/night. There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--
the code is "Duelmasters."
The official block cutoff is mid June so make your reservations ASAP!
The hotel reservation site is: https://book.passkey.com/event/50341474/owner/1731/home
Or call to reserve at 800-362-2779 and use group code DUE.
Please note that rooms are limited. As always, if the block is full, please make your
reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let us
know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation.
The tournament info sheet and minioverviews will be out in June. We are very looking
forward to seeing you all and hope that you can make it!
P.S. The dates are set for the next winter FTF: January 13-15, 2023, in Tempe.