DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/21/2015    Duedate: 09/03/2015

LIN TIRIAN ARENA

DM-78    TURN-553

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BEAST FEAST
THE INSTITUTE (344)
(78-3115) [14-1-0,137]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BEAST FEAST                    POSITION IS EMPTY
THE INSTITUTE (344)            
(78-3115) [14-1-0,137]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BEAST FEAST                    A BUNCH OF FLOWERS
THE INSTITUTE (344)            THE INSTITUTE (344)
(78-3115) [14-1-0,137]         (78-3165) [2-0-2,46]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE INSTITUTE (344)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DEATH PENALTY (247)         47
2. THE INSTITUTE (344)         20      THE INSTITUTE (344)
                                       Unchartered Team

                                       STORMBREAKERS (257)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 THE INSTITUTE (344)       18  11  3 62.1   1/ 1 THE INSTITUTE (344)       6  7 3
 2/ 2 DEATH PENALTY (247)       82  74  9 52.6   2/ 2 DEATH PENALTY (247)       4  5 2

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, Warriors of LIN TIRIAN.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to 
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  Practice pays for 
VENOM DRIP, who pummelled M. CHARDINEE, to pocket 12 points.  Those who hoped for a 
new Duelmaster were disappointed by M. CHARDINEE, of LIN TIRIAN, who despite a 0-0-0 
couldn't overcome LIN TIRIAN's Number 1.  Word has it one team in LIN TIRIAN is using 
psychics to predict wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     So much to report, so little time!  Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the 
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of THE INSTITUTE, alone and unchallenged.  The 
warriors of THE INSTITUTE found their efforts at combat frustrated as THE INSTITUTE 
apparently had more important things to do than fight.   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Those who owe A BUNCH 
OF FLOWERS of THE INSTITUTE money and had written him off, take note:  he'S BACK FROM 
THE DARK ARENA!!!  AND he'S MAD!!!  Questions are being raised about the disposing of 
severed body parts in the arena.  A certain tavern in LIN TIRIAN would I avoid!   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my 
control, I must take my leave of this place.  Do not despair!  I shall return!-- 
Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BEAST FEAST 3115             14   1  0   137       THE INSTITUTE (344)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VENOM DRIP 3113              14   6  2    75       DEATH PENALTY (247)
-MUSGRAVE 3098                14   4  0    75       DEATH PENALTY (247)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 A BUNCH OF FLOWERS 3165       2   0  2    46       THE INSTITUTE (344)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUTCHERS HOOK 3156            2   0  1    23       DEATH PENALTY (247)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
PERSISTANT BEGGA        0  0 0                      BUTCHERS HOOK 3156    553  NONE
MOUNTAIN TROLL          0  0 0 DARK ARENA           A BUNCH OF FLOWE 3165 553  NONE
SCUM 3168               0  1 0 DEATH PENALTY 247    MISTRESS MIGONEL      553  NONE
STRIKER 3167            0  1 0 DEATH PENALTY 247    DARK CHAMPION         553  NONE
A 3166                  0  1 0 THE INSTITUTE 344    BANDIT PRINCE         553  NONE
B 3163                  1  1 1 THE INSTITUTE 344    HIGH ELF              553  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

B was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
A BUNCH OF FLOWERS viciously butchered MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute Dark Arena duel.
SCUM was murdered by MISTRESS MIGONELLE in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
A was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena contest.
STRIKER was savagely slain by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena match.
BEAST FEAST devastated M. CHARDINEE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
VENOM DRIP beat M. CHARDINEE in a 2 minute brawl.
BUTCHERS HOOK easily killed PERSISTANT BEGGAR 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|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW        16 -   5 -  1      76  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -   6 -  1      65  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         BASHING ATTACK     7 -   5 -  1      58  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         LUNGING ATTACK     5 -   4 -  2      56  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         TOTAL PARRY        7 -   7 -  1      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   4 -  1      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    2 -   5 -  1      29  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         WALL OF STEEL      0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 553 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     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       BEAST FEAST 3115           14   1  0  137 THE INSTITUTE (344)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    VENOM DRIP 3113            14   6  2   75 DEATH PENALTY (247)
LUNGING ATTACK   A BUNCH OF FLOWERS 3165     2   0  2   46 THE INSTITUTE (344)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BEAST FEAST 3115.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was A BUNCH OF FLOWERS 3165.  The ten other most popular fighters were BEAST 
FEAST 3115, VENOM DRIP 3113, A 3166, BUTCHERS HOOK 3156, SCUM 3168, STRIKER 3167, B 
3163,  0,  0, and  0.

The least popular fighter this week was B 3163.  The other ten least popular fighters 
were STRIKER 3167, SCUM 3168, BUTCHERS HOOK 3156, A 3166, VENOM DRIP 3113, BEAST 
FEAST 3115, A BUNCH OF FLOWERS 3165,  0,  0, and  0.

   The Turf Wars are coming. The Turf Wars are coming. Come one; come all. Gather

your alliance or collection of 2-4 teams and join in the competition. Hurry up! While 
Feb 2016 seems so far away, it is only six or so turns away, and it does take a while 
to make sure you have a team in DM47, communicate to find a group, send in certs, 
announce in writing in DM47, etc. etc. Teams of all levels and managers of all types, 
including newbies, find themselves competing quite well in this type of competition. 
Let's make the tenth anniversary (TWX) the biggest and best ever.
     This 10th competition will be hosted and moderated by the triumvirate of Assur, 
Master Darque and Oz The All-Wonderful.    
     Anyone may participate: known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances 
created solely to compete in the Turf War!  

To participate, each alliance must:
    a.  Announce the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter.
    b.  Indicate in the newsletter which Captain/alliance you will join.
    c.  Announcements made on the D2 Forums or elsewhere will not be accepted.

Captains are responsible for:
    a.  Verifying/authorizing, in the North Fork newsletter those who wish to 
        participate under the banner of their alliance. The confirmation/verification 
        must occur after, or in the same newsletter, but not before, the participant's 
        declaration. (Lack of participant indication of joining and/or subsequent lack 
        of Captain confirmation will delay a team's participation in the Turf War.)
    b.  Distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War.
    c.  Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate. (Note: Captains may, 
        if they wish, submit certs for all potential members of their alliance.)

Participating managers who are not Captains must:
    a.  Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate (Unless already 
        submitted by Captain. Note: extras will not be returned, but will go into the 
        winning pool of prizes.)
    b.  Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name, and alliance 
        they will represent in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Announcement made on 
        the D2 Forums or Chatzy will not be accepted.
        1.  No scores will be tabulated until two RSI Gift Certificates are received, 
            and participant indication and captain confirmation are posted in the 
            North Fork newsletter. NO EXCEPTIONS.
        2.  Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare themselves in the North 
            Fork (DM 47) newsletter as stated above AND be verified in the same or 
            subsequent newsletter by the alliance Captain they will represent.
        3.  Only one (1) team per player may compete.  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).
        4.  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, verification, and Gift Certificate received.
        5.  No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 3 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.)

Scoring will be as follows for Fights:

Team Points:
    a.  Fights made: (includes DA fights) 
            1 = 0 points,  2 = 0 points,  3 = 1 point,  4 = 3 points,  5 = 5 points
    b.  Wins earned: 
            1 = 1 point,  2 = 3 points,  3 = 6 points,  4 = 10 points,  5 = 15 points
    c.  Champion win = 3 additional points 
    d.  Down Challenge = (-5) points each (DM is exempt from DC rule)
    e.  Team with most wins per round earns 4 additional points
            (If ties, no points awarded)

Alliance Points (Rounds 1 through 5):
    a.  Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
            All (each) team of the alliance fights 1 to 3 warriors = 3 points
            All (each) team fights 4+ warriors = 6 points
            All (each) team fights all five warriors = 9
    b.  Alliance with most wins per that round = 5 points
            (If tied, no points awarded.)

Alliance Points (Rounds 6 through 10 as alliance point scoring doubles):
    c.  Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
            All (each) team of the alliance fights 1 to 3 warriors = 6 points
            All (each) team fights 4+ warriors = 12 points
            All (each) team fights all five warriors = 18
    d.  Alliance with most wins per that round = 10 points
    e.  (If tied, no points awarded.)
   
Champions:
    a.  A Champion may be declared, but one is not mandatory. It is to the 
        team's/alliance's advantage that you do so.
    b.  Only one Champion allowed per manager at any given time.
    c.  Champions that graduate or are killed by another warrior or the Dark Arena, 
        may be replaced.
    d.  Champions must have fought at least one previous fight in the North Fork (DM47 
        arena) to be able to be declared a champion. 
    e.  A Champion can be declared on any round and point factors will begin that same 
        turn. (Must meet above 4 conditions prior to declaring.)
    f.  Challenges to or by Champions against members of the same alliance shall be 
        scored as a loss for each warrior.

     No warrior may be substituted without the proper use of the DA or arena death or 
death in a tournament or graduation. A maximum of five warriors may be on a team at 
any time. (The penalty for such substitution is -10 points.) 

     It is not in the spirit of competition to challenge fellow members of the same 
alliance. Hence, challenges as such will be scored as losses for both warriors.

Downchallenges:
    a.  A downchallenge occurs when a warrior challenges a warrior with lesser 
        recognition points. 
    b.  No challenge or bloodfeud by The Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge. 
    c.  No challenge of the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge.
    d.  Bloodfeuds against warriors with lesser recognition are deemed downchallenges.

Tournament Considerations:
    a.  Tournament participation is allowed and ENCOURAGED as a great form of 
        recognition for North Fork.
    b.  It is an opportunity to gain skills and preferred challenging within the Turf 
        War.

Special Considerations:
    a.  Each alliance begins the Turf War with zero (0) points.
    b.  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 A, you must end the Turf War with Team A.
    c.  There will be a maximum of four (4) teams/managers allowed per alliance for 
        the Turf War VII. The minimum is two (2).
    d.  The Dark Arena may be used at any time without penalty.
    e.  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:
     The Turf War is meant to be a "winner takes all" contest.  All prizes, except the 
Endu Award listed below, and 100% of the Gift Certificates will be awarded to the 
Captain of the winning alliance at the end of the competition.  It is the 
responsibility of the Captain to distribute Gift Certificates.  
     Moderators will submit a list of each manager on the winning alliance to RSI at 
the completion of the contest for the non-Certificate prizes.
     All entry fees (rollup certs) are awarded to the winning alliance.  
     The following prizes have been secured from RSI:
        a.  Renaming of the North Fork (DM 47) arena;
        b.  Renaming of all Dark Arena Monsters 
        c.  Known Favorites for one DM47 warrior on each team of the winning alliance 
            (warrior must be ranked Initiate or above, must be alive, and must have at 
            least one DM47 arena fight to receive this award).
        d.  +1 Skill bonus (three) for each manager on the winning alliance.  Bonus 
            potions must be applied to living warriors from DM 47, no more than two 
            skills per warrior.
        e.  +1 Skill bonus potion (one) for each and every individual manager who 
            fights in all 10 rounds AND at least 45 fights of the Turf War.  Bonus 
            potion must be applied to a living warrior from (DM 47) (Endu Award).
        f.  Two additional random rollup sheets or rollup certs for each manager of 
            the winning alliance from RSI.
     These RSI awards will be listed by the Moderator for claiming from RSI (Lee) 
within 4 turns of the end of TW VI. 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.  Direct questions, comments, and scoring disputes via 
Diplo in DM 47, on the Duel2 site in the Forums/via private message, or via email to:  

                      DM 47 (Diplo)    Duel2 (PM/Forums)   Email 
     Oz:              Land of Oz       "The Consortium"    wfms101@aol.com
     Master Darque:   Darque Forces    "Darque"            rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com
     Assur:           Bash Bros Park   "Assur"             assurnasir@yahoo.com