DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/11/2020 Duedate: 09/24/2020
LIN TIRIAN ARENA
DM-78 TURN-682
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
TINKER SAMUEL
SAND DANCERS (68)
(78-3370) [18-19-1,103]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
TINKER SAMUEL SIBIKHAS
SAND DANCERS (68) TRUMP TOWERS 11 (369)
(78-3370) [18-19-1,103] (78-3433) [1-1-0,4]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
TINKER SAMUEL AVRIL HOUND
SAND DANCERS (68) SAND DANCERS (68)
(78-3370) [18-19-1,103] (78-3381) [14-13-0,66]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
(-1)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SAND DANCERS (68) 45
2. FURY'S EDGE (205) 18 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
3. TRUMP TOWERS 11 (369) 17 Unchartered Team
4. BAD BLOOD II (365) 0
5. L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 0 TRUMP TOWERS 11 (369)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360) 161 68 5 70.3 1/ 4 SAND DANCERS (68) 7 8 0
2- 2 HOWLIN CASE (352) 113 73 5 60.8 2/ 2 FURY'S EDGE (205) 7 8 0
3- 3*L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 10 7 1 58.8 3/ 3 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360) 4 5 0
4- 4 BAD BLOOD II (365) 19 16 1 54.3 4- 5 HOWLIN CASE (352) 3 0 0
5/ 5 FURY'S EDGE (205) 50 49 2 50.5 5- 1*L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 3 1 1
6/ 6 SAND DANCERS (68) %1397 %1626 46 46.2 6- 6 BAD BLOOD II (365) 2 0 0
7/ 7*TRUMP TOWERS 11 (369) 1 9 0 10.0 7/ 7*TRUMP TOWERS 11 (369) 1 9 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 LIN TIRIAN since last I was here. Never fear, Olaf Modeen
adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters. Hmmmph! I always thought
L5R PHOENIX CLAN was an over-rated team and they proved it with a 0-0-0! Up 'n down.
Up 'n down. Rankings always change. Up 'n down. I think I'm gonna be... Well,
SAND DANCERS' 1st moved them up to 5-0-0 place. What's with AVRIL HOUND? He
actually beat FURY'S EDGE's SIRHAN, and walked away with 14 more points from the
fight. Major screwup at FURY'S EDGE. SIRHAN lost 12 points to AVRIL HOUND. Some
new strategies, perhaps? Maybe SIRHAN will provide more easy wins... J W BOOTH was
reminded on the sands why TINKER SAMUEL is Duelmaster. I suppose you want to hear
some rumors and dirty gossip about your fellow fighters? Tough!
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... LIN TIRIAN thinks L5R
PHOENIX CLAN and their 10-7-1 is too much! If at first you don't succeed, give up...
The bums at FAMOUS ARCHERS couldn't face the challenges from L5R PHOENIX CLAN! No
excuse for that! What do people see in BLADES? His 8-5-0? FURY'S EDGE ain't
talkin', but he's got 66 points. I hate going to the effort of writing about the
kind of fights that YGRITTE gets in. She fights people like BLADES, 10 points below.
I thought YGRITTE showed great skill and promise when she was overcame by BLADES.
All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Warriors of LIN TIRIAN unite. You have only your games to lose! How long have
I been here? I got people to see, places to go...
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. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TINKER SAMUEL 3370 18 19 1 103 SAND DANCERS (68)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BROKEN LOCK 3311 10 0 0 83 HOWLIN CASE (352)
L H OSWALD 1646 12 9 1 81 FURY'S EDGE (205)
J W BOOTH 1647 11 10 0 73 FURY'S EDGE (205)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
AVRIL HOUND 3381 14 13 0 66 SAND DANCERS (68)
BLADES 2666 8 5 0 66 FURY'S EDGE (205)
TIMMY TANGO 3388 10 9 1 57 SAND DANCERS (68)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
YGRITTE 3385 8 3 0 55 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
SIRHAN 1672 12 8 0 53 FURY'S EDGE (205)
-CUPID 3423 4 0 0 50 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
JUSTINE 3387 10 9 0 47 SAND DANCERS (68)
-ISAWA TADAKA 3331 3 2 0 39 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-LEATHERBOUND 3384 2 2 0 28 HOWLIN CASE (352)
-SHIBA TSUKUNE 3332 3 1 0 26 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DENTED 3390 2 0 0 23 HOWLIN CASE (352)
-ISAWA XI'AN 3333 1 0 0 21 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
HAWKEYE 3422 5 4 0 19 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
-TAINTED SHUGENJA 3368 1 1 1 17 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
-ISAWA KAEDE 3329 2 2 0 16 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
-CARVED HEART 3429 1 0 0 16 HOWLIN CASE (352)
PRINCESS MERIDA 3436 2 1 0 14 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
EUSTACE 3435 3 3 0 13 SAND DANCERS (68)
SIBIKHAS 3433 1 1 0 4 TRUMP TOWERS 11 (369)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SKAOLI 3427 2 4 1 FAMOUS ARCHERS 360 BANDIT PRINCE 682 NONE
PYE 3444 0 1 0 FURY'S EDGE 205 SPYMASTER 682 NONE
BANKRUPT 1 3445 0 1 0 TRUMP TOWERS 11 369 BLACK ORC 682 NONE
BANKRUPT 2 3446 0 1 0 TRUMP TOWERS 11 369 STONE GOLEM 682 NONE
BANKRUPT 3 3447 0 1 0 TRUMP TOWERS 11 369 BLACK ORC 682 NONE
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BANKRUPT 4 3448 0 1 0 TRUMP TOWERS 11 369 MOUNTAIN TROLL 682 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
See, see. I told you all. The Commission corrected my name and announced it properly
in this past arena fight and I WOPN! See. -- Princes Merida
Isawa Kaede, to the victor goes the spoils. thanks for your spoils. -- Hawkeye
Sibikhas, you dirtball! -- Skaoli
Health. Humility. Honor. Thwack! -- Arrowhead
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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
SKAOLI was dealt death by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BANKRUPT 3 was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
BANKRUPT 4 was barely slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena match.
BANKRUPT 2 was viciously butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena brawl.
BANKRUPT 1 was assassinated by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
PYE was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena brawl.
YGRITTE was narrowly defeated by BLADES in a 2 minute brutal Challenge struggle.
SIBIKHAS was outwaited by PRINCESS MERIDA in a 15 minute Challenge competition.
TINKER SAMUEL viciously subdued J W BOOTH in a 2 minute gory expert's Title duel.
L H OSWALD won victory over M. CHARDINEE in a 2 minute duel.
SIRHAN was savagely defeated by AVRIL HOUND in a 2 minute veteran's fight.
JUSTINE overpowered HAWKEYE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bloody one-sided match.
TIMMY TANGO devastated DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
EUSTACE bested MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 5 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 1 - 0 75 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 2 - 1 71 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 28 - 19 - 0 60 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 8 - 0 58 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 TOTAL PARRY 15 - 11 - 0 58 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 18 - 18 - 2 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 7 - 0 42 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 10 - 0 33 |
Turn 682 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:
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK L H OSWALD 1646 12 9 1 81 FURY'S EDGE (205)
WALL OF STEEL J W BOOTH 1647 11 10 0 73 FURY'S EDGE (205)
TOTAL PARRY BLADES 2666 8 5 0 66 FURY'S EDGE (205)
BASHING ATTACK YGRITTE 3385 8 3 0 55 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
PARRY-RIPOSTE JUSTINE 3387 10 9 0 47 SAND DANCERS (68)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is TINKER SAMUEL 3370. The most popular warrior this
turn was AVRIL HOUND 3381. The ten other most popular fighters were BANKRUPT 2 3446,
JUSTINE 3387, YGRITTE 3385, TINKER SAMUEL 3370, L H OSWALD 1646, BANKRUPT 4 3448,
BLADES 2666, SIRHAN 1672, TIMMY TANGO 3388, and SKAOLI 3427.
The least popular fighter this week was PRINCESS MERIDA 3436. The other ten least
popular fighters were SIBIKHAS 3433, BANKRUPT 1 3445, BANKRUPT 3 3447, EUSTACE 3435,
HAWKEYE 3422, J W BOOTH 1647, PYE 3444, SKAOLI 3427, TIMMY TANGO 3388, and SIRHAN
1672.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
TINKER SAMUEL (78-3370) SAND DANCERS (68)
Just a note:
Our DM writers (both staff and players) put quite a bit of effort into writing content
for the newsletters: spy reports, spotlights, and personal ads; fiction and non-
fiction. If you enjoy these, if you want more, or even if they make you laugh, it
would be kind if you could drop a personal ad or even send them a note.
Assur and Consortium, especially, put tremendous effort in Noblish Island, writing new
content and tweaking/correcting older content to help new players learn the game.
A special shoutout should also go to our varied human spy reporters in the ADM arenas,
Seam, Chimlevtal, Shadowspire, Telorinthe, and occasionallly contest arenas.
Kudos and thank you to all of our writers! I'm sure we don't thank you enough.
-- RSI
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MINI SPOTS
The short spotlights that Jorja has been writing were intended to be amusing but also
possibly to provide a jumping-off point for further fiction. If you're interested in
collaborating with a story, please contact her -- or just write it! (Let CSR know if
you need her email address.)
-- RSI