DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/23/2022 Duedate: 10/06/2022
LIN TIRIAN ARENA
DM-78 TURN-735
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
DERBY
PERRY COUNTY (374)
(78-3473) [17-7-1,120]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
DERBY MY RULE OF THUMB
PERRY COUNTY (374) SS03 03 (383)
(78-3473) [17-7-1,120] (78-3560) [2-0-0,21]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
TAINTED SHUGENJA CANNELTON
L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) PERRY COUNTY (374)
(78-3368) [16-17-1,74] (78-3472) [14-9-1,102]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
PERRY COUNTY (374)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. PERRY COUNTY (374) 37
2. SS03 03 (383) 22 PERRY COUNTY (374)
3. HOWLIN CASE (352) 18 Unchartered Team
4. L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 14
5. SAND DANCERS (68) -8 SS03 03 (383)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 4*SS03 03 (383) 3 1 0 75.0 1/ 1 PERRY COUNTY (374) 10 1 1
2/ 2 PERRY COUNTY (374) 86 43 2 66.7 2/ 2 SAND DANCERS (68) 5 10 0
3/ 3 HOWLIN CASE (352) 165 107 6 60.7 3/ 5*SS03 03 (383) 3 1 0
4/ 0 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 53 60 2 46.9 4/ 0 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 2 2 0
5/ 5 SAND DANCERS (68) %1502 %1783 46 45.7 5/ 3 HOWLIN CASE (352) 2 4 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.
Have you been studying with mimes, Fenn Haven, or did your manager want to get out of
doing the column this time? Mine is cussing, but she's doing it, and I thank you,
especially since I may have the only win on this team today. And we all salute you,
Lord Protector.
-- Eustace
P.S. WoS: 13-8(+3)-17-15-6-11 battle axe low/very low. Born to scum.
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. Hey everybody, watch out for CANNELTON, who flew up 20 points in the
rankings after mashing STUNNING INLAY like a melon. Keep your eye on this beast. Ya
know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. MEDIO CUR was bested by
CARVED HEART and drops 12 points. DERBY got through to the Duelmaster this turn. No
doubt it was more than anxious to kick EUSTACE's tail out of the throne! In front of
all the crowds, DERBY took the Duelmaster's crown for its own. I give the bum two
weeks. 4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and avoid aiming at
that location.
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the LIN TIRIAN arena. Here's
a song for you: Who's afraid of the big, bad SAND DANCERS? Big bad SAND DANCERS.
Big bad SAND DANCERS. LIN TIRIAN's afraid of the big bad SAND DANCERS. Tra la la la
la! And you guys like to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause PERRY COUNTY
beats feet every time SAND DANCERS smiles at them. Try farming, eh? And who is this
STUNNING INLAY you ask, with 86 points and a 17-9-0 record. Ooh, the tales I could
tell! LEOPOLD of PERRY COUNTY had better have a good reason for challenging down 14
points in a challenge which he won. I thought LEOPOLD showed great skill and promise
when he bested JENSON. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day
drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Here's some advice: warriors
with little wit and will may encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in LIN TIRIAN have no
sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. Okay, so I may not be the
world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. And
remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud boos), oh, you've
heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DERBY 3473 17 7 1 120 PERRY COUNTY (374)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CANNELTON 3472 14 9 1 102 PERRY COUNTY (374)
-DENTED 3390 9 3 1 96 HOWLIN CASE (352)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MARCH HARE 3517 14 14 0 90 SAND DANCERS (68)
CARVED HEART 3429 8 5 0 88 HOWLIN CASE (352)
STUNNING INLAY 3428 17 9 0 86 HOWLIN CASE (352)
TAINTED SHUGENJA 3368 16 17 1 74 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MEDIO CUR 3545 8 3 0 65 SAND DANCERS (68)
BOBWHITE 3516 15 15 0 60 SAND DANCERS (68)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LEOPOLD 3546 3 3 0 22 PERRY COUNTY (374)
-TROY 3532 3 1 0 22 PERRY COUNTY (374)
MY RULE OF THUMB 3560 2 0 0 21 SS03 03 (383)
MY FIFTEEN SECONDS 3563 1 0 0 14 SS03 03 (383)
-TSUKUNE(EXPERIENCED) 3535 1 0 0 13 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
THE NAMELESS ONE 3534 1 1 0 12 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
SHIBA KATSUDA 3533 1 1 0 4 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
SHIRYO NO CH'I 3536 0 2 0 2 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
JENSON 3564 0 2 0 2 SAND DANCERS (68)
-MY DIRTY SECRET 3562 0 1 0 1 SS03 03 (383)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
A 3565 0 1 0 HOWLIN CASE 352 WURM KIN 735 NONE
B 3566 0 1 0 HOWLIN CASE 352 SPYMASTER 735 NONE
JONATHAN 3526 8 12 0 SAND DANCERS 68 CANNELTON 3472 733
PERSONAL ADS
No aimed blows and no lungers! Also no pikers and no plungers. Only one basher.
Life is good. -- Jorja, having a few strong opinions
Derby -- Not the sand! I hate that. It's what cats do, and it's insulting. --
Eustace
They shoulda let me bury the assassin in the sand. He was an orc. Still is, I guess.
-- Medio Cur
Cannelton -- You WERE laughing! See if I ever teach you two skills again. -- ghost of
Jonathan
I did NOT offer my hand to the mercenary. He was disoriented. No telling what he
might have done with it. People say March hares are mad, but there are limits. --
March Hare
I defeated the Dangerous Criminal AGAIN. Am I lucky, or what? -- Bobwhite
Stunning Inlay -- Is that a stunning lay-in? If we meet again, I want some skills,
too. -- Medio Cur
Derby -- They say March hares are mad, and I must be to keep doing this. -- March Hare
Cannelton -- You tall people are always lording it over those of us with fewer inches.
-- Bobwhite, feeling disadvantaged and disgruntled
Leopold -- I knew a man named Leopold once. He made desks. It feels like you dropped
one on me. -- Jenson
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
B was butchered by SPYMASTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
A was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
DERBY overpowered EUSTACE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title duel.
CANNELTON viciously subdued STUNNING INLAY in a 7 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
LEOPOLD devastated JENSON in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Challenge duel.
MARCH HARE savagely defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a popular 3 minute master's brawl.
MEDIO CUR was vanquished by CARVED HEART in a action packed 1 minute gory uneven duel.
TAINTED SHUGENJA vanquished BOBWHITE in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided duel.
THE NAMELESS ONE overcame PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 2 minute novice's bout.
SHIRYO NO CH'I was demolished by MY RULE OF THUMB in a 1 minute mismatched match.
SHIBA KATSUDA was viciously subdued by MY FIFTEEN SECONDS in a 4 minute battle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 0 - 0 100 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 AIMED BLOW 9 - 1 - 0 90 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 12 - 8 - 1 60 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 5 - 0 58 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 23 - 17 - 0 58 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 3 - 0 57 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 15 - 0 53 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 7 - 0 30 |
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 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 4 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 3 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 4 1 PARRY-STRIKE
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
BASHING ATTACK DERBY 3473 17 7 1 120 PERRY COUNTY (374)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK CANNELTON 3472 14 9 1 102 PERRY COUNTY (374)
PARRY-STRIKE CARVED HEART 3429 8 5 0 88 HOWLIN CASE (352)
TOTAL PARRY STUNNING INLAY 3428 17 9 0 86 HOWLIN CASE (352)
SLASHING ATTACK MEDIO CUR 3545 8 3 0 65 SAND DANCERS (68)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is TAINTED SHUGENJA 3368. The most popular warrior
this turn was CANNELTON 3472. The ten other most popular fighters were MARCH HARE
3517, MY FIFTEEN SECONDS 3563, CARVED HEART 3429, MY RULE OF THUMB 3560, LEOPOLD
3546, TAINTED SHUGENJA 3368, THE NAMELESS ONE 3534, DERBY 3473, STUNNING INLAY 3428,
and B 3566.
The least popular fighter this week was SHIBA KATSUDA 3533. The other ten least
popular fighters were SHIRYO NO CH'I 3536, MEDIO CUR 3545, JENSON 3564, A 3565,
BOBWHITE 3516, B 3566, STUNNING INLAY 3428, DERBY 3473, THE NAMELESS ONE 3534, and
TAINTED SHUGENJA 3368.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
DERBY (78-3473) PERRY COUNTY (374)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
EUSTACE (78-3435) SAND DANCERS (68)
FENN HAVEN (78-3471) PERRY COUNTY (374)