DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/10/2020 Duedate: 04/23/2020
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 554
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
POSITION IS EMPTY
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY POSITION IS EMPTY
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
CLEANING CLEANING
BASH BROS DISHES (1764) BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
(93-10316) [2-1-1,23] (93-10316) [2-1-1,23]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. FOX FORCE FIVE (1770) 100
2. MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788) 32 DARK TOADS II (725)
3. BASH BROS DISHES (1764) 26 Unchartered Team
4. FAMOUS PETS (1765) -5
5. FINAL FRONTIER (1784) -37 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*FOX FORCE FIVE (1770) 4 1 1 80.0 1/ 2*BASH BROS DISHES (1764) 7 8 1
2/ 0*MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788) 3 2 0 60.0 2/ 1*FAMOUS PETS (1765) 6 9 0
3/ 2*BASH BROS DISHES (1764) 7 8 1 46.7 3/ 0*FOX FORCE FIVE (1770) 4 1 1
4/ 1*FAMOUS PETS (1765) 6 9 0 40.0 4/ 0*MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788) 3 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
A Mail-In
Tournament Scenario
or
John Dillinger
Runs The Numbers
or
Tournaments Are
Fun, Fun, Fun
In a recent DM93 newsletter, I offered The Consortium Total Parry spotlight.
With a Tournament Mailer coming shortly in April, it seems only appropriate to offer a
spotlight explaining Mailers and how one Consortium Total Parry from DM93 fared in a
Mailer.
Key things you will learn:
1. 4 tournaments plus their type and timing
2. FE = Fight Equivalents
3. Tournament Prep
4. Some basic Consortium scum strategies
5. Aimed Blow/Scum relationships
6. Stat raising and burning skills
So, on to the spotlight........................................................
The purpose of this spotlight is to give newcomers to D2 a sense or feeling or
information about tournaments, in this case a Mail-In tournament. Hence, John
Dillinger of Famous Hoosier, a former Noblish Island warrior, was selected as the
guinea-pig. (Note: Famous Hoosiers was a previous entrant here for The Consortium.
River Rats led by Commodore Perry was the Consortium rep. Of that day.)
So, a tournament. Four times a year RSI holds tournaments. Winter and Summer are
Face-To-Face Tournaments where managers compete on-site against and can change
strategies each and every fight if they wish. The winter Face Site has always been in
Tempe, AZ, (the RSI Home Site) while the summer event in held in varying cities east
of the Mississippi. (The last one was in Tampa, FL and summer of 2020 will be in
Cincinnati or Minneapolis -- Covid-19 allowing it.) The Mail-In Tournaments are done
completely via mail and managers submit predetermined strategies for their entered
warriors. (Each warrior is allowed a primary strategy and also a secondary strategy
which will be employed against selected styles.) Both events cost $7.00 per warrior
and are great fun. Warriors compete in classes, thereby allowing similarly experienced
warriors from all arenas to be fairly matched with each other. In tournaments, a
warrior's chance to learn skills or earn stat increases is half that in normal arenas.
Supposedly, the chances of dying are also halved.
I entered John Dillinger of Famous Hoosiers from Noblish Island in The Spring
Mailer. Prior to fighting JD in The Mailer, I wanted to give him the best possibility
to succeed. I prepared to fight him in the Apprentices class. Classes are segregated
by FE -- Fight Equivalents. What is a fight equivalent? Each arena fight counts as one
fight and any tournament fights count as a half fight. The Apprentices Class is for
warriors with 1-4 FE. Having no tournament fights prior, I wanted to b maxb JD for
Apprentices. By "max" I wanted him to fight with the maximum FE possible in that
class. By doing so, I optimized his chances to succeed. In order to assure that he was
maxed at tourney time, I had to sit JD out one fight on Noblish. Had I fought him, he
would have acquired 5 FE and would have had to compete as one of the least experienced
members of the Initiates Class. (5-10 FE)
Pre-Tournament, JD looked like this: 19(+1)-19(+1)-13-3-21(+1)-3-9, a Total
Parry who was Very Stupid, Ambidextrous, Clumsy, had Awesome Endurance, could take
Tremendous Damage, could carry Tremendous weight in armor and weapons and did Great
damage. Many would call this warrior a scum. I hesitated to call John Dillinger that
to his face.
JD did quite well in the tournament, finishing 5-3 against the best Apprentices
in the land. He also learned/trained very well, earning 4 stats and a skill. Perhaps a
general fight-by-fight summary would prove of value?
First, let me list for you the two strategies I chose and my training regimen I
mailed in for JD.
Normal strategy:
3-3-3-3-2-3-3 APA/F
3-3-3-3-2-1-3 0+ = LG & FI
5-5-5-5-7-8-5 bu = DA & WH
P-P-P-P-P-N-P
Alternate strategy: (against TP)
1-1-1-1-1-1-1 ASM/F
1-1-1-1-1-1-1 0+ = SM & FI
1-1-1-1-1-1-1 BU = FI & WH
P-P-P-P-P-P-P
Training Regiment = DF, DF, DF, WT, WT, WT, skill the rest of the way (e.g. round one
through three train DF, round four through six train WT, round seven and on skill.)
Strategies, armor, weapons, backups, tactics, alternate strategy against, training,
etc, etc are all variable, and explaining MY choices or normal Consortium choices
would require a much, much longer spotlight. Perhaps another day.
As to JD's tournament action:
Fight one against a sz14 ambi LU -- JD parried 19, and absorbed 5 hits to win with no
swings in 3 rounds. He earned a DF train. (His DF to 10 which also came with a riposte
skill)
Fight two, another lunger sz8 who chose a longsword he had neither the ST nor DF to
wield. JD parried 18, and absorbed 3 hits, winning in four without swinging. He earned
another DF train! Lucky! (The math on that train for 21 WL, 2nd trained DF, tournament
halfing ratio = 105% x 50% x 50% = 26.5% chance.) AND, that DF was 11 for him, so it
came with 2 attack, 2 parry, and 2 defense skills)
Fight three, an aimer, and the bane of all scum. Sz5, scimitar, lacking strength.
While JD parried 13 attacks, he was hit by 9 regular and 3 critical swings and lost in
three rounds. He missed the DF train, which was only at a 13% probability.
Fight four a plunger at sz5 with ale/l and a scimitar. JD actually dodged one, was hit
five times -- one a crit, but parried 21, before breaking his SC. Then the opponent
swung twice with fists, JD parrying both, one which did damage to the opponent.
Finally the opponent pulled a backup scimitar and swung five times all parried. JD won
in round 8 without swinging. JD did not get his WT train at appx 50/50.
Fight five is a scum similar to JD. The opponent is smaller at sz10 and too low WT for
the BS/ME he holds. Both of these are advantages to the scum opponent as points are
distributed elsewhere rather than in WT or SZ. Remember -- JD is going to use his
alternate strategy against TPs. The opponent is as this: ASM/H, BS/ME (lacks WT) with
a backup SH and SM. The fight goes 23 minutes and JD wins on endurance. The first
swing of the match was in round eight by the opponent. Through 19 rounds the only 2
swings were by the opponent which JD dodged and parried. By round 20, both are tiring
and able to hit. The opponent has 2 BS hits and a ME hit which caused JD to drop the
shield. JD was able to get in 2 SM hits, 1 WH hit, and 2 FI hits during that time.
This time JD does get his WT train and moves from very stupid to just plain stupid.
JD is starting to feel good about his 4-1 record and is gloating like a gangster. His
downfall is coming.
Fight six is a sz9 striker with a scimitar, which JD defeats in six minutes with no
swings and 30 parried swings. He was hit five times and had to suck up 2 normals, 2
crits, and 1 extra value blow. JD earned the 2nd WT train of his tourney (26.5%)
taking him to 5 WT and collecting the five skills at 5WT -- Init, Rip, Attack,
Defense, and Decise.
Now JD is 5-1. He thinks he is Godfather.
Round seven is against a sz6 aimer, another bane to all scum. JD was celebrating way
too early! The aimed blow came out in asm/s and a dagger and ripped up JD in six
bloody minutes. The aimer's actions were like this: 10/32/2. (crits, swings extra
value blows) JD parried 13, amazingly dodged 9, but took too much damage otherwise and
lost. Sadly, he did not get any skills in his first ever skill train either. JD eighth
and final fight was a sz7 striker who obviously knew how to fight a TP like JD. The
opponent was in ale/l ba/-. The opponent banged away for 4 minutes and finished JD
with a devastating blow. JD parried 21, 2 of which were crit parries -- one each with
LG and WH. But he was hit 8 times, of which 3 were crits and 4 were EHB's. JD did
learn a defensive skill.
Such is JD's Mail-In tournament saga. He was a solid 5-3. He earned 4 stat increases,
which added 12 skills and he learned one additional skill. He now is a meaner (Can
John Dillinger be any meaner?) 19-19-13-5-21-3-11 TP.
-- Written by: John Wooden, Famous Hoosier Manager (Consortium affiliated)
Amended by: Whisper, Manager, Famous Pets (Consortium affiliated)
SPY REPORT
So why do I have this bag over my head? Because I am The Unknown Spymaster and
I'm going to give you a spy report!. Say good-bye to FAMOUS PETS, as they are pushed
from the coveted top team spot by the BASH BROS DISHES stable. FOX FORCE FIVE seems
to have it's eye on the top team spot, and if they continue having 4-1-1 weeks they
may get it! Hey everybody, watch out for VIXEN, who flew up 21 points in the
rankings after mashing LASSIE like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. Ya know,
some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. SHAMU was defeated by CRACKED and
drops 9 points. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but an onion a day keeps T.P.s
at bay.
Here is other news that is of note. Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the
big, bad FAMOUS PETS? Big bad FAMOUS PETS. Big bad FAMOUS PETS. NOBLISH ISLAND's
afraid of the big bad FAMOUS PETS. Tra la la la la! Okay, so I may not be funny,
but catch BASH BROS DISHES' act in the arena. Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft
at running from FAMOUS PETS. Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, MR. ED
would be president. Although it may be a contest he doesn't want to win.
Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). Knowing when to use the right tactics at
the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.
I think I had better cut this one short. It's been nice chatting to those of
you whom I have not offended yet. Okay, so I may not be the world's best comedian,
but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. Its been real, and its been fun,
but it hasn't been real fun...-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BROKEN 10318 3 0 0 23 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CLEANING 10316 2 1 1 23 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
VIXEN 10346 1 0 0 21 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
FERAL 10350 1 0 0 21 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
KITSUNE 10347 1 0 1 20 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
KUMIKO 10348 1 0 0 19 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
FENNEC 10351 0 1 0 19 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
CRACKED 10317 1 2 0 16 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
SWEENEY TODD 10449 1 0 0 11 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
MR HYDE 10451 1 0 0 11 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
THE RAVEN 10452 1 0 0 8 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
PUNXSATAWNY PHIL 10323 2 1 0 7 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
SHAMU 10321 2 1 0 7 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI 10447 0 1 0 7 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DISCONTINUED 10320 1 2 0 5 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
MR. ED 10325 1 2 0 5 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
UNMATCHED 10319 0 3 0 3 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
LASSIE 10324 0 3 0 3 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
GRIM REAVER 10448 0 1 0 1 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
THOMASINA 10322 1 1 0 FAMOUS PETS 1765 CLEANING 10316 553
DR JEKYLL 10450 0 1 0 MACABRE MARAUDE 1788 KITSUNE 10347 554
PERSONAL ADS
Round 1 -- Pets.
Round 2 -- Pets.
Seems to be a pattern, Dishes. -- Whisperer, Mgr Famous Pets
Cracked, I almost broke you completely! -- Mr. Ed
Broken, you Rat! Swinging before the bell rings is very mean and cat-like. grrrrrrr.
-- Lassie
Unmatched, har, har. You looked so funny in that mismatched outfit. And you fought the
same way!. Har. -- Punxsatawny Phil
Discontinues, they don't make that style of weapon you had anymore. I wonder why? --
Shamu (Actually, after that fight, I know why.)
Thomasina rose from a 10-11-13-9-10-12-5 to a 11-11-13-15-15-12-7 Lunger. Mean ole
Cleaning of Bash Bros Dishes put her down and under. Rats! -- Thomasina The Dead
Actually, Mr. Assur, I have only you to thank for the 9-8-13-16-12-5-7. So I say,
thank you. -- Whisperer
Health. Humility. Honor. -- Whisperer of Famous Pets; Consortium affiliated
Greetings all -- Thanks for helping us get back up to speed in your lovely training
facilities. -- Paradox, mgr Fox Force Five
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
MR. ED was viciously subdued by CLEANING in a 7 minute amateur's Bloodfeud fight.
CRACKED overcame SHAMU in a action packed 1 minute bloody novice's Challenge match.
BROKEN devastated FENNEC in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
UNMATCHED was demolished by SWEENEY TODD in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
DISCONTINUED lost to THE RAVEN in a exciting 1 minute amateur's fight.
PUNXSATAWNY PHIL was bested by MR HYDE in a 2 minute novice's competition.
LASSIE was overcome by VIXEN in a action packed 1 minute gruesome melee.
KITSUNE slaughtered DR JEKYLL in a 1 minute gruesome uneven fight.
KUMIKO defeated RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI in a 2 minute fight.
FERAL overpowered GRIM REAVER in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 6 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 - 1 100 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 4 - 0 78 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 AIMED BLOW 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 18 - 14 - 1 56 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 4 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 7 - 7 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 17 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 554 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 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 4 3 STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 AIMED BLOW
AIMED BLOW 2 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL
1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CLEANING 10316. The most popular warrior this turn
was CLEANING 10316. The ten other most popular fighters were DISCONTINUED 10320,
RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI 10447, CRACKED 10317, PUNXSATAWNY PHIL 10323, VIXEN 10346, THE RAVEN
10452, KUMIKO 10348, BROKEN 10318, SWEENEY TODD 10449, and MR HYDE 10451.
The least popular fighter this week was MR. ED 10325. The other ten least popular
fighters were GRIM REAVER 10448, DR JEKYLL 10450, LASSIE 10324, UNMATCHED 10319,
FENNEC 10351, SHAMU 10321, FERAL 10350, KITSUNE 10347, MR HYDE 10451, and SWEENEY
TODD 10449.