DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 02/28/2020 Duedate: 03/12/2020
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 551
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ALASKA
STATELY (1761)
(93-10305) [9-1-0,77]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ALASKA POSITION IS EMPTY
STATELY (1761)
(93-10305) [9-1-0,77]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
CHAT ROOM CHAT ROOM
BASH BROS SPOILERS (1762) BASH BROS SPOILERS (1762)
(93-10307) [6-4-0,43] (93-10307) [6-4-0,43]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
POSITION IS EMPTY
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. STATELY (1761) 19
2. BASH BROS SPOILERS (1762) 15 STATELY (1761)
Unchartered Team
POSITION IS EMPTY
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 STATELY (1761) 35 15 0 70.0 1/ 2 BASH BROS SPOILERS (1762) 8 7 0
2/ 3 BASH BROS SPOILERS (1762) 23 26 1 46.9 2/ 1 STATELY (1761) 8 7 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
Bash Bros Dishes
What is wrong with Assur's dishes? In short, plenty. Below is a preview of my next
team and how I went about creating this group based on what I received.
Obviously breaking dishes is the single worst thing that can happen (hopefully they
weren't expensive). My 'Broken' dish came as 3-9-15-13-3-11-16. Whenever you see a
21 deftness capable warrior, you should at least cosider Aimed Blow. This guy also has
a starting strength and will of 3. This was MADE to be an Aimed Blow. In fact, I
wouldn't even try to make it anything else. Aimed Blows are the ONE style that deals
well such low strength. After deciding the style, the rest of the points fall into
place quickly: wit to 17, deftness to 21, and will to 7. That leaves one point which
I chose to put on con. Strength, Speed, or Will could also make sense. Final design:
3-10-15-17-7-11-21 AB. There is another design I could endorse and if it got lucky
with endurance, I like it better. 5-9-15-17-9-12-17 ST. But it really needs a lucky
endurance roll to be viable (lucky would start with poor).
Less devastating than broken, but still potentially career ending is a cracked dish.
'Cracked' came ot me 13-5-10-6-15-12-9. 21 will is my favorite 21. With 21 will, you
should always 'consider' the Lunging style. My prototype lunter is 11+ str, medium
con, 13+ wit, 21 will, and 11 deftness. This guy can sort of get all of those except
con. So I will make him a Lunger! 13-5-10-12-21-12-11 LU. I will train wit once and
con twice and then skills. The wit train does 'burn' skills, but I'm going into this
warrior's career knowing I'm going to do that.
Over years, without aquiring completely new sets, you will invariably have "Unmatched"
sets of dishes. Of course, your original sets were discontinued years ago, so re-
completing out of the question. The numbers? 10-12-12-13-3-9-11. Another low will
warrior. I am immediately thinking the endurance conserving styles (ST, AB, TP, PR,
PS). This one is 17 deftness capable, so Aimed Blow is an option here and getting Wit
and WIll to breakpoints works with that. 17 wit, 7 will, 17 deftness and I'm out of
points, but the other numbers look just fine. 10-12-12-17-7-9-17 AB is my final
design.
"Cleaning" dishes may not be super fun, but it is super necessary. Even if you let
them sit for long periods of time, I would clean them before use because of collected
dust. 8-8-11-14-3-17-9. I guess all the wlll on this team was given to Cracked.
Harsh set of warriors! See above for the style choices I will consider. With that
speed, I'm only going to consider ST (PS and BA might also work). In this case, wit
to 17, will to 9, and deftness to 11 are the breakpoints I want. 3 'discretionary
points' to str and spd give me a final design of 10-8-11-17-9-18-11 ST.
You'll notice I chose 9 will as the breakpoint for my striker and 7 will as the
breakpoint for my aimed blow. This is because 9 will only gives a single decise
skill. 7 will is the 'big' breakpoint in that region for will and skills. So unless
you want that decise skill, 7 is fine from a 'skills' standpoint. Note that endurance
with 7 will is almost always a concern. The next skill on will comes at 15, so there
is a fairly big dead zone from 9-15 (or 7-15 if your style/ design doesn't care about
decise)
I hinted at dishes being "Discontinued," but it isn't just replacing dishes that is
problematic. What if you want another piece? Or to be able to serve more people?
You need more dishes. And being discontinued makes that harder. Sometimes impossible.
12-7-12-6-6-18-9. Another high speed, low will/con warrior. Offensive again. I
should make this a striker, but I'm going basher this time. I like bashers better
(but they aren't as good). Breakpoints for this warrior are wit 11, will 9, and
deftness 11. Final design: 15-7-12-11-10-18-11 BA
So there you see what I did with this will-challenged team... -- Assur
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Six titles? From a tiny little state at 12(+1)-11-9-15-10-21-7 striker, poor
endurance, normal damage,+4 riposte, +4 defense? (sigh)
-- Vermont, DMVI
SPY REPORT
I can't believe the violence in NOBLISH ISLAND! I still haven't told Mom I'm
writing Spyreports. She'd have a cow! Well, here we go... MVP award for OHIO?
STATELY's proud of it after beating CHAT ROOM and getting 15 points. Talk about yer
big time losers! CHAT ROOM got smashed by OHIO, and lost 8 points! Our last turn's
Duelmaster has lost, folks, lost to CONVICTED ASSASSIN, and VERMONT has made the way
for a new Duelmaster! ALASKA of STATELY takes VERMONT's place. (But seriously, who
could ever take the place of VERMONT? Oh, all right.) I hear the top team insists
all their warriors get nine hours sleep. They want photogenic fighters for PR
photos.
I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies. Really, I just
wing this stuff. STATELY was the most avoided team. Is a 35-15-0 record really that
scary? Is there some deep dark secret why BASH BROS SPOILERS' been avoiding STATELY
so much? Or is it just that they're too scared? Can BASH BROS SPOILERS' CHAT ROOM
be more popular than me? He was challenged the most, but is that really the same?
Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other! Don't you guys ever give
it a break? Fight, fight, fight. Is that all you guys can do?
Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain. Soak it in cold water, and hand
wash. I'm getting tired of writing this stuff, so I'm calling it quits. I had a fun
time, see you later-- Debby Tonte
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ALASKA 10305 9 1 0 77 STATELY (1761)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VERMONT 10303 6 4 0 66 STATELY (1761)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
OHIO 10302 8 2 0 51 STATELY (1761)
SERMON 10309 5 5 0 46 BASH BROS SPOILERS (1762)
CHAT ROOM 10307 6 4 0 43 BASH BROS SPOILERS (1762)
AFTERASKINGFORNONE 10310 5 5 0 41 BASH BROS SPOILERS (1762)
MISSOURI 10301 7 3 0 35 STATELY (1761)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NEWS 10308 4 6 1 28 BASH BROS SPOILERS (1762)
TIME ZONE 10306 3 6 0 27 BASH BROS SPOILERS (1762)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NEVADA 10304 5 5 0 20 STATELY (1761)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
I would say "well done", Assur, but maybe it would be too inappropriate, so I won't.
-- Statesman
On to a new batch. The Stately days are done. -- Statesman
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
VERMONT was devastated by CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
ALASKA vanquished CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
CHAT ROOM was outlasted by OHIO in a action packed 7 minute fight.
AFTERASKINGFORNONE devastated NEVADA in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
TIME ZONE was luckily beaten by MISSOURI in a 3 minute match.
SERMON devastated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
NEWS overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 15 - 5 - 0 75 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 23 - 10 - 0 70 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 6 - 0 50 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 6 - 1 50 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 19 - 1 46 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 551 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:
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK ALASKA 10305 9 1 0 77 STATELY (1761)
TOTAL PARRY OHIO 10302 8 2 0 51 STATELY (1761)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CHAT ROOM 10307. The most popular warrior this turn
was CHAT ROOM 10307. The ten other most popular fighters were TIME ZONE 10306,
AFTERASKINGFORNONE 10310, SERMON 10309, ALASKA 10305, NEWS 10308, OHIO 10302, VERMONT
10303, NEVADA 10304, MISSOURI 10301, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was MISSOURI 10301. The other ten least popular
fighters were NEVADA 10304, VERMONT 10303, OHIO 10302, NEWS 10308, ALASKA 10305,
SERMON 10309, AFTERASKINGFORNONE 10310, TIME ZONE 10306, CHAT ROOM 10307, and 0.
NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA
Algernon, who had NOT gotten the name change he'd asked for, looked at the latest
petitioner. This was a typical gladiator, big, muscular, and scarred, with a frown.
"Ah, what can I do for you?"
"Name change. I heard we can do that. I'm tired of being Jane Doe."
"I'd think you would be," Algernon said faintly. "The Commission has actually
been thinking about this. It isn't FREE, mind you! It takes money to run our office,
you know, and we want to buy some goats--"
"I don't care about goats!" He made a crude suggestion about goats.
"Gladiators, teams, it will cost you two dollars to make a change--"
"I had a talk with my manager. He'll find the money. I want to change my name
to Jane Ralph. I'm no doe!" He thumped a fist on the counter.
"Er, yes. Jane Ralph. Fill out this form, please." He pushed the paper across
the counter. "The changes start on the 15th of April--that's the Ides, you know, and
can be submitted through the end of May. With the payment. No change without the
goat, ah, the gold."
* * * * *
Warrior and team name changes will be accepted beginning April 15 and continuing
throughout the month of May. The cost will be $2 per name change. All proceeds will
be used to buy goats via Heifer International and will be matched up to $500.
If you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI