DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/29/2022 Duedate: 10/12/2022
JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA
DM-75 TURN-744
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
COLESTAH
LADY WARRIORS (353)
(75-3997) [17-3-3,183]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
COLESTAH POVERTY OF SPEECH
LADY WARRIORS (353) THE LAST WITTLE (362)
(75-3997) [17-3-3,183] (75-4039) [5-1-0,65]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
GUIDO GUIDO
PI KAPPA PI'S (176) PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
(75-1820) [12-15-0,66] (75-1820) [12-15-0,66]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SAND DANCERS (67)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. THE LAST WITTLE (362) 22
2. LADY WARRIORS (353) 21 LADY WARRIORS (353)
3. SAND DANCERS (67) 12 Unchartered Team
4. PI KAPPA PI'S (176) 0
5. CRITICALS (13) 0 THE LAST WITTLE (362)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*SATAN'S DEFECT (364) 4 0 0 100 1/ 3 SAND DANCERS (67) 9 6 0
2/ 2*THE LAST WITTLE (362) 11 2 0 84.6 2/ 1 LADY WARRIORS (353) 7 1 0
3/ 3 LADY WARRIORS (353) 82 27 7 75.2 3/ 4*THE LAST WITTLE (362) 5 1 0
4- 4 CRITICALS (13) 348 192 28 64.4 4/ 2 PI KAPPA PI'S (176) 5 10 1
5- 5*Y-BUBBA (341) 3 3 0 50.0 5/ 5 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 3 9 0
6/ 6 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 81 89 2 47.6 6- 6*SATAN'S DEFECT (364) 2 0 0
7/ 7 PI KAPPA PI'S (176) 49 65 2 43.0 7- 7 CRITICALS (13) 1 0 0
8/ 8 SAND DANCERS (67) %1535 %2061 43 42.7 8- 8*Y-BUBBA (341) 1 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
*TURF WAR 13 (TW13) RULES* (revision 9-7-22-WS)
Starting Jan, right after the FTF, T453 (10 turns)
Bring acclaim and glory to the North Fork (DM47) arena.
Anyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances created
solely to compete in the Turf War! To participate, each alliance must:
1. Indicate in the newsletter or on the RSI site your three team alliance.
(You must state your alliance name, 3 team names, and 3 manager names.)
2. Request 3 gift certificates per manager from RSI as entry fee for TW13.
RSI will hold all certs and distribute as team rus to TW13 winners.
(**Change from past TWs) DO NOT send, or have sent, certs to the Moderators.
Deadline: December 31, 2022.
3. Teams and warriors must be listed in the DM452 NL in order to compete.
(This allows challenges on TW turn 1.)
Other rules and discussion.
1. Only one (1) team per manager/player may be active in the arena.
2. If at any time, the Moderators determine that any non-TW team, whether a 2nd team
or a non-TW manager's 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.
3. As usual, any Turf War team must be shown/be posted in the DM47 Newsletter just
prior (T452) to the actual scoring/participation start on T453 (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). 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.
4. 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.)
5. Definitions:
Team = individual manager's stable
Alliance = three teams united
6. 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 -10 points.)
7. It is not the spirit of competition to challenge fellow members of the same
alliance. Hence, challenges as such will be scored as losses for both warriors.
8. Downchallenges:
A downchallenge = a warrior challenges a warrior with lesser recognition points.
No challenge or bloodfeud by the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge.
No challenge of the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge.
Bloodfeuds against warriors with lesser recognition are deemed downchallenges.
9. Tournament participation is allowed and encouraged as a great form of acclaim and
recognition for North Fork and is an opportunity for warriors to gain skills and
preferred challenging within the Turf War.
10. There will be NO alliance or team changes once the contest has begun. If you
begin the Turf War with Alliance A, you must end the Turf War with Alliance A. If
you begin the Turf War with Team B, you must end the Turf War with Team B.
11. The Dark Arena may be used at any time without penalty. However, only one win
against a D.A. Monster per each stable warrior shall count as a win. Additional
wins will count as a loss for that warrior.
12. It is highly recommended that managers direct RSI to place their team ON
TEAM MAINTENANCE for the TW13 duration so that your team will fight (and earn
points) even if your submitted new strategies are delayed or don't make it.
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SCORING will be as follows:
Team Points
a. Fights made: (includes DA fights)
1 = 0 points
2 = 0 points
3 = 1 point
4 = 2 points
5 = 5 points
b. Wins earned;
0 = 0 points
1 = 1 point
2 = 2 points
3 = 3 points
4 = 5 points
5 = 10 points
c. Down Challenge:
(-5) points each (DM is exempt from DC rule/penalty)
d. Team with most wins per round earns 3 additional points
(If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins)
Alliance Points (Rounds 1-4)
a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
b. Alliance fights 15 warriors = 3 points
c. Alliance with most wins per round = 3
(If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins)
Alliance Points (Rounds 5-8)
a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
b. Alliance fights 15 warriors = 3 points
c. Alliance with most wins per round = 7 points
(If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins)
Alliance Points (Rounds 9-10)
a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
b. Alliance fights 15 warriors = 6 points
c. Alliance with most wins per that round = 10 points
(If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins)
Team points (from 3 teams) + alliance points = Total Alliance Points.
The Alliance with the most points after turn 10 is THE WINNER!
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PRIZES:
The Turf War is meant to be a near "winner takes all" contest. Moderators will submit
a list of each prize won (by manager) at the completion of the contest. RSI awarded
prizes must then be claimed by the manager from RSI Customer Service within 4 months.
The team rollups won will be distributed by RSI to the winners shortly after receipt
of the prize list from the moderators.
Entry Fee Awards:
*** Winning alliance gets 80% of the pooled team rollups.
*** 2nd place alliance gets 10% of the pooled team rollups.
*** Individual Team with most wins in 10 rounds gets 10% of the pooled team
rollups
RSI awards: Prizes may only be applied to DM47 warriors who participated in TW13.
No prize may create an out-of-bounds warrior. Only one max prize may be applied per
warrior, so if you win two prizes they cannot be applied to the same warrior.
Prizes must be used within 4 months of the end of TW13.
Winning alliance: each manager/team receives:
One Limited Damage Bump (bump one level damage)
One Stat replace (remove 2 SZ, replace 2 to any single other stat)
One Favorite weapon knowledge
2nd place: each manager/team receives:
One Favorite weapon knowledge
One free stat raise (not SZ)
Participation Award (to all teams/managers who fight 46 minimum fights (of 50):
2 skills (both to same warrior)
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Moderators:
The Moderators for this event will be Oz, Master Darque, and Assur, the TW13
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 one of us below.
Oz Master Darque Assur
diplo (DM 47): Land of Oz Darque Forces Bash Bros Park
Duel2 forum: The Consortium Master Darque Assur
email: wfms101@aol.com rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com assurnasir@yahoo.com
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Me again. Of course. My 3rd DM Title, but the 19th in recent times by The Lady
Warriors. Does that mean something? Probably not to the whining, overrated, uncouth,
and blase'-looking male warriors of Jade Mountain, but it should. As a group, they
suck! (As the younger generation might say.) They are good for little but a laugh.
Sometime a full-bodied belly laugh. But who really cares about them, those male
warriors of the weaker sex. Indeed, who cares.
One more fight. Then I am done with this place. I shall move on to The Isle to
aid The Lady, and who knows? Perhaps I shall be more than just another Lord Protector
to her.
-- Colestah, DMIII
P.S. Bring it one, piranha. You are but a blustery male fish!
SPY REPORT
Hail and well met warriors of JADE MOUNTAIN! Know me for who I am, Zontani
Sharp Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari. Former top team LADY WARRIORS
was unseated this week as SAND DANCERS moved up from 3rd ranking to take the top spot
with a 4-1-0 record for the round. POVERTY OF SPEECH caught the eye of many in the
gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested PUFFER FISH PERIL and was awarded 16
points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, JADE MASTER put down
FALLING MOUNTAIN, causing him to lose 15 points of recognition in the process.
Unwilling to wait upon the will of others, Duelmaster COLESTAH challenged PERILOUS
PIRANHA last week in a match to decide the fate of the throne. Although PERILOUS
PIRANHA made a valiant effort, it did not suffice to topple the reign of victorious
COLESTAH. Informants "close" to the city champion have told me that he never fights
without pantyhose on beneath his armor. Watch out!
But come now, let us look deeper into the maze of contention and crossed blades
that is city JADE MOUNTAIN. JADE MOUNTAIN, city of gladiators! Mighty among the
names of thy guilds is CRITICALS, a guild shunned and avoided by many in the weekly
duels. If you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard pressed to find any
of LADY WARRIORS last week. Busy avoiding CRITICALS? Mighty fighters cannot but
expect competition from those below. KITTEN take warning! You have more than a few
enemies in JADE MOUNTAIN. I can not but mention with disdain the name of CALAMITY
JANE who this week posted a challenge to a warrior a full 8 points below in the
rankings. I thought CALAMITY JANE showed great skill and promise when she bested
KITTEN. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser? Warriors, may this counselor stand
ready at your right hand forever! Some say a warrior is judged by the way he bears
arms. One thing is sure, better a dagger in hand then a sword on the belt!
The girls are as pretty in JADE MOUNTAIN as ever I remembered them....and the
fighters as ugly! Don't let your reputation slip! Ahh, but I can hear the spires of
a far off city calling to me. I must away! Till we meet again, remember: a turtle
walks slow, hides head in a shell, and harms no one; a lion runs to slay its prey.--
Zontani Sharp Eyes
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COLESTAH 3997 17 3 3 183 LADY WARRIORS (353)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BOUDICCA 3975 27 5 1 91 LADY WARRIORS (353)
-DEMONIC FURY 3929 8 0 1 91 CRITICALS (13)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CONTAGION 4057 4 0 0 86 SATAN'S DEFECT (364)
LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962 19 25 0 84 SAND DANCERS (67)
FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987 16 14 0 74 SAND DANCERS (67)
-CLEVER STAB 3930 6 0 0 73 CRITICALS (13)
SNOWDRIFT 4012 11 7 0 72 SAND DANCERS (67)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GUIDO 1820 12 15 0 66 PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
POVERTY OF SPEECH 4039 5 1 0 65 THE LAST WITTLE (362)
BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999 12 23 0 59 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
PUFFER FISH PERIL 3998 12 23 0 59 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
-CRUEL STEEL 3860 3 0 1 59 CRITICALS (13)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NUNZIO 1818 10 18 0 56 PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
CALAMITY JANE 3996 10 5 1 55 LADY WARRIORS (353)
-JOAN D'ARC 3986 5 0 0 54 LADY WARRIORS (353)
INSPIRE & EXPIRE 4040 5 0 0 48 THE LAST WITTLE (362)
KITTEN 1990 9 8 0 45 PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
ANOTHER ONE 4030 6 6 0 38 SAND DANCERS (67)
-FEROCIOUS FOREARM 4003 3 0 0 36 CRITICALS (13)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FAST EDDIE 1819 3 12 0 29 PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
DEATHLY PIRARUCU 4023 5 8 1 24 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
-YTERBIUM 3874 3 3 0 24 Y-BUBBA (341)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DARLA 4067 2 0 1 18 PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HO CHIA 4065 1 2 0 16 SAND DANCERS (67)
COUNTRY LABORS 4041 1 1 0 4 THE LAST WITTLE (362)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Once again we salute a fine Lady Warrior Duelmaster. So many Lady Warrior Duelmasters
..... Well done, Colestah! -- Ms. Fu
Perilous Piranha, where did that luck of yours come from? Yikes! -- Boudicca
Snowdrift, may your falling snow turn to sleet. -- Colestah
Jorja, Dear, wittle is just probably a typo for little or tittle (a tiny amount or
part of something); either way, it is something many male warriors try to brag about
in order to cover up their born inefficiency. -- Ms. Fu
Ladies Of The World unite. I shall lead the way. -- Ms. Fu
Puffer Fish Peril -- They like me! They really really like me. -- Guido
Deathly Pirarucu -- You were the most challenged warrior last turn and yet that was
ignored so you could be MATCHED against me. I sense a conspiracy -- Fast Eddie
(wrapping aluminum foil around his head)
Everyone -- I'm still celebrating my mother in law's trip to the Dark Arena. Jang Ko
Blackhand and I are still celebrating down at Callahans and drinks are on me till I
go broke or the bar throws me out.
Since we had a few too many volunteers, the Frost Giant mission is now closed. Those
who were not taken will be first considered in the next mission. And thank you! --
Keel Woodhaven
Our congratulations to the Perilous Piranha. Go find warmer waters. -- Sand Dancers
Contagion -- Ah, YOU spread among the stands. Too many people unvaccinated. -- Lotus
Blossom
Colestah -- Thank you. I don't DO public speaking. -- Snowdrift
P.S. The skills were a pleasant surprise.
Nunzio -- It wasn't me. If I was going to fall FOR you, I wouldn't start by falling
ON you in the arena. -- Falling Mountain
Brutal Barracuda -- I wonder how you'd be as sushi. -- Another One
P.S. Thanks for the skills.
Yterbium -- That was not fun. Let's not do it again. -- Ho Chia
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
COLESTAH devastated PERILOUS PIRANHA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
CALAMITY JANE outlasted KITTEN in a monotonous 31 minute gory Challenge melee.
FALLING MOUNTAIN lost to JADE MASTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brawl.
BOUDICCA luckily beat GUIDO in a crowd pleasing 7 minute bloody veteran's fight.
LOTUS BLOSSOM vanquished NUNZIO in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
SNOWDRIFT beat BRUTAL BARRACUDA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brawl.
PUFFER FISH PERIL was overpowered by POVERTY OF SPEECH in a 1 minute uneven melee.
INSPIRE & EXPIRE vanquished DEATHLY PIRARUCU in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
ANOTHER ONE defeated FAST EDDIE in a 4 minute fight.
DARLA beat COUNTRY LABORS in a 1 minute novice's melee.
HO CHIA overpowered SAI-KI THE PEGLEG in a 2 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 6 AIMED BLOW 16 - 6 - 0 73 |
|TOTAL PARRY 5 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 - 1 67 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 37 - 19 - 0 66 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 STRIKING ATTACK 13 - 11 - 2 54 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 3 - 0 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 19 - 22 - 0 46 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 8 - 0 38 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 14 - 1 36 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 7 - 0 30 |
Turn 744 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 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 3 3 SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 2 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK COLESTAH 3997 17 3 3 183 LADY WARRIORS (353)
TOTAL PARRY BOUDICCA 3975 27 5 1 91 LADY WARRIORS (353)
AIMED BLOW POVERTY OF SPEECH 4039 5 1 0 65 THE LAST WITTLE (362)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is GUIDO 1820. The most popular warrior this turn was
GUIDO 1820. The ten other most popular fighters were BOUDICCA 3975, SNOWDRIFT 4012,
ANOTHER ONE 4030, POVERTY OF SPEECH 4039, FAST EDDIE 1819, COLESTAH 3997, INSPIRE &
EXPIRE 4040, LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962, FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987, and BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999.
The least popular fighter this week was KITTEN 1990. The other ten least popular
fighters were CALAMITY JANE 3996, COUNTRY LABORS 4041, PUFFER FISH PERIL 3998, NUNZIO
1818, HO CHIA 4065, DARLA 4067, DEATHLY PIRARUCU 4023, BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999, FALLING
MOUNTAIN 3987, and LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
COLESTAH (75-3997) LADY WARRIORS (353)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
PERILOUS PIRANHA (75-4002) VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)