DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/08/2020 Duedate: 05/21/2020
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 556
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
FERAL
FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
(93-10350) [3-0-1,41]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY FERAL
FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
(93-10350) [3-0-1,41]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
CLEANING KUMIKO
BASH BROS DISHES (1764) FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
(93-10316) [4-1-1,37] (93-10348) [3-0-0,27]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789) 34
2. FOX FORCE FIVE (1770) 25 RAGE (388)
3. FAMOUS PETS (1765) 24 Unchartered Team
4. LOLPERLOL (1787) 16
5. FINAL FRONTIER (1784) 15 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789) 3 1 0 75.0 1/ 2*FOX FORCE FIVE (1770) 11 4 2
2/ 1*FOX FORCE FIVE (1770) 11 4 2 73.3 2/ 1*BASH BROS DISHES (1764) 9 6 0
3/ 3*BASH BROS DISHES (1764) 13 12 1 52.0 3/ 3*FAMOUS PETS (1765) 7 8 0
4/ 4*FAMOUS PETS (1765) 13 12 0 52.0 4/ 4*MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788) 6 7 0
5/ 5*FINAL FRONTIER (1784) 5 5 1 50.0 5/ 5*FINAL FRONTIER (1784) 5 5 1
6/ 2*MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788) 6 7 0 46.2 6/ 0*THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789) 3 1 0
7- 6*MERCENARIES (1766) 1 4 0 20.0 7- 6*MERCENARIES (1766) 1 4 0
8/ 0*LOLPERLOL (1787) 1 4 0 20.0 8/ 0*LOLPERLOL (1787) 1 4 0
9/ 0*SMOL FLAME (1786) 0 1 0 0.0 9/ 0*SMOL FLAME (1786) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
WHAT THEY WON'T TEACH YOU IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SO COME TO NOBLISH ISLE TO REALLY, REALLY LEARN
Any warrior that loses a fight can die. Dead. Gone. One can die by being
mercilessly killed by the opponent, and, sadly, every loser has a small chance
(estimated odds 1 in 50) of dying in the infirmary. Note: There is NO chance of dying
if one wins! So WIN!
Any warrior can use any weapon. Not a problem. However, there are undefined
penalties for using marginal, unsuited, inadequate wit, inadequate size, inadequate
strength, and inadequate deftness weapons. One can certainly win with an improperly
suited weapon, but, is it worth the chance? Usually not, I say. (I said usually!)
Warriors are born with certain skills which are dependent on the base 70 point
stat sheet and the style selected. The 14 points of added stats also add skills to
those base skills. You really need to know which skills come from what stat. (So check
out that C.I.C. or Assur's site, or Terrablood.com)
RSI seldom makes input errors. I said seldom. The best thing a manager can do to
help avoid input errors is to fill out the strategy sheet accurately and legibly with
good penmanship. Yes, we have doctors in the warrior management ranks (Slugbait and
Grimm come to mind) and they probably regret their yucky penmanship. These are
considered the four best ways to acquire info, knowledge and "secrets" about D2:
* Terrablood.com
* Noblish Island (DM93) newsletters
* Assur's site
* Reality.com
There is more to strategy than filling out the warrior's initial armor and weapon
selection and offensive effort and activity level and kill desire and tactic
selection. Challenges and avoids are an important way to attempt to give your warrior
an advantage. Challenge warriors (warrior ID) that your warrior is likely to defeat
and learn a lot from, and avoid teams (team ID) with warriors whom are likely to
defeat you. (Remember, if you lose, you could die!) Indeed, your warrior can be
provided with an alternate strategy for challenging or when being challenged or both.
A warrior does not have to ever challenge, bloodfeud, or avoid, but it is almost
certainly in his best interest to do so.
Ask dumb questions! Often managers, especially new managers, have a doubt or a
question, but they feel "asking for help/advice" is a sign of weakness or lack of
intelligence or knowledge about D2. Do not let this be you! Ask! We dumb veteran
managers ask each other dumb questions all the time. One man's dumb is another man's
smart. (You heard it here first!)
What are the best ways to ask?
* On the Reality.com site
* On the D2 Chatzy blog site
* In personal ads in the arenas (especially Noblish Island)
* By diplo to another manager in D2 (Certain managers will almost
always respond; some may not)
No matter what any veteran, friend or expert tells you about design or strategy
or concept, it is not necessarily the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. It may be good or great or common advice, but it is not necessarily the only
good (or bad) advice. Some advice is best learned first-hand.
D2 is a normally a friendly atmosphere. While managers are very competitive, most
of the vets know each other, see each other at FTF Tournaments, chat with each other
on line, and even help each other out with advice and ideas. The fount of knowledge
available now, about D2, was acquired by a collective "working together" and sharing
info. Be advised that an overly mean, overbearing, threatening, haughty, unfriendly
character/manager is likely to be colluded against and ostracized by D2 regulars.
Smack talk is desirable and a part of the game. Personal threats, harsh meanness, or
overbearingness is not at all welcomed. You are forewarned!
Noblish Island is a great learning atmosphere. What comes after Noblish? Choose
wisely an arena (or two!) in which to participate.
* Fast (two week turnaround) or slow (four weeks)
* Large (15+ teams participating), medium (8-14ish), small (7 or less)
* Friendly (usually Andorian arenas are up for role-playing and up for helping
newbies, and down on down-challenging or taking advantage of newbies),
or Cutthroat (Delarquan arenas tend to be win-at-all-cost).
You can participate in as many arenas as you want. You can also participate in
separate tournaments, held quarterly, which allow warriors from all arenas to compete
with each other for acclaim and prizes.
There are many other things they apparently didn't teach you, you say? Well send
a personal ad or diplo to Assur, or The Consortium rep in DM93 Noblish Isle and give
them a shot at answering in the newsletter.
-- Whisperer of 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!. We now have a new top team for all of you guys
to dogpile on. FOX FORCE FIVE now holds the crown and they are betting they can keep
it. It looks like the guys(?) at FAMOUS PETS had a good week as they went 4-1-0 to
put them in 3rd place. I guess steroids help! Call it luck at the right time or
bribes in the right hands, but the new team THE HAIRY BUNCH scored a 3-1-0 record
this week. Hey everybody, watch out for FERAL, who flew up 14 points in the rankings
after mashing BROKEN like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. Ya know, some days it
doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. DISCONTINUED was subdued by PUNXSATAWNY PHIL
and drops 5 points. In front of all the crowds, FERAL took the Duelmaster's crown
for hers own. I give the bum two weeks. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but
an onion a day keeps T.P.s at bay.
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the NOBLISH ISLAND arena.
Did you hear that FAMOUS PETS was most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the
personal hygiene of FAMOUS PETS' warriors, I'm not surprised! And you guys like to
boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause BASH BROS DISHES beats feet every time
FAMOUS PETS smiles at them. Try farming, eh? Well just about everybody wants a
piece of CRACKED, who was this week's most challenged warrior.
Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). Well, just when you thought it was safe to
put a new warrior in the arena. No no! BROKEN, a mere boy, was slain by FERAL this
turn. Ask not the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no. Silly
buggers, eh?
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in NOBLISH ISLAND
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. See
ya next time I'm on this circuit!-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FERAL 10350 3 0 1 41 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CLEANING 10316 4 1 1 37 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CRACKED 10317 3 2 0 32 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
KITSUNE 10347 3 0 1 30 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
SHAMU 10321 4 1 0 27 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
KUMIKO 10348 3 0 0 27 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
THE RAVEN 10452 3 0 0 26 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PUNXSATAWNY PHIL 10323 4 1 0 25 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VIXEN 10346 1 2 0 23 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
FENNEC 10351 1 2 0 23 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
MR. ED 10325 3 2 0 21 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
VENUS 10426 1 1 0 21 FINAL FRONTIER (1784)
THEBE 10429 2 0 0 17 FINAL FRONTIER (1784)
PLUTO 10427 1 1 0 14 FINAL FRONTIER (1784)
YONDARR 10444 1 0 0 12 LOLPERLOL (1787)
B BETTY 10453 1 0 0 11 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
LASSIE 10324 1 4 0 10 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
DOLLY 10454 1 0 0 10 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
ANT MAN 10456 1 0 0 10 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
-RED DAWN 10328 1 0 0 10 MERCENARIES (1766)
SATURN 10428 0 2 0 10 FINAL FRONTIER (1784)
DISCONTINUED 10320 2 3 0 9 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI 10447 0 3 0 9 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
JUPITER 10458 1 1 1 5 FINAL FRONTIER (1784)
GRIM REAVER 10448 1 2 0 5 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
SWEENEY TODD 10449 1 2 0 5 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
MR HYDE 10451 1 2 0 5 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
UNMATCHED 10319 0 5 0 5 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
SHE RA 10455 0 1 0 3 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
MILLY JONES 10437 0 1 0 3 SMOL FLAME (1786)
-PERCY 10330 0 1 0 1 MERCENARIES (1766)
-RICHARDS 10327 0 1 0 1 MERCENARIES (1766)
JARETT 10442 0 1 0 1 LOLPERLOL (1787)
-BRUTUS 10326 0 1 0 1 MERCENARIES (1766)
SAD SIRI 10443 0 1 0 1 LOLPERLOL (1787)
SAREN 10446 0 1 0 1 LOLPERLOL (1787)
SAREPH 10445 0 1 0 1 LOLPERLOL (1787)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BROKEN 10318 4 1 0 BASH BROS DISHE 1764 FERAL 10350 556
THOMASINA 10322 1 1 0 FAMOUS PETS 1765 CLEANING 10316 553
DR JEKYLL 10450 0 1 0 MACABRE MARAUDE 1788 KITSUNE 10347 554
BLADES 10329 0 1 0 MERCENARIES 1766 JUPITER 10458 555
PERSONAL ADS
Lookey here! Lookey here! We got some playas! Yoweee! Whadaya think, Assur? And
looking at some of those one-fight recognition points, and realizing one team has at
least two sz4 warriors, (Haven't seen that roll up sheet yet.) we got some teams with
some experience and moxie. Well, welcome, y'all and good luck. Have fun. Ask some
questions. Meanwhile, we Famous Pets will see you on the sands. -- Whisperer
Mr. Hyde, perhaps things might had gone better if you had brought Dr Jekyll along? --
Shamu
Kumiko, I thought you were a snake, but now I see you are a Fox. No wonder you put it
to me! -- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Kitsune, nice fight, Pal. Next time, let me get at least one bite in. -- Lassie
Vixen, my dear, how nice of you to visit with me. I enjoyed sending you away so
quickly. (wink) -- Mr. Ed
Percy, I like your name. Do you realize how long it takes me to sign mine? (And to
remember the correct spelling?) But, anyway, thanks for being there. -- Punxsatawny
Phil
Keep the faith. Your day will come. -- Whisperer (Consortium affiliated)
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
FENNEC was devastated by CLEANING in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
FERAL killed BROKEN in a 1 minute veteran vs. novice Challenge Title melee.
VIXEN was bested by CRACKED in a 2 minute veteran vs. novice upset Challenge contest.
RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI was savagely defeated by KUMIKO in a 2 minute Challenge competition.
LASSIE defeated UNMATCHED in a 4 minute bloody novice's Challenge struggle.
VENUS handily defeated GRIM REAVER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
PLUTO won victory over MILLY JONES in a action packed 1 minute duel.
SATURN was vanquished by KITSUNE in a 1 minute gruesome uneven fight.
THEBE defeated SWEENEY TODD in a 1 minute fight.
MR. ED outlasted SHE RA in a popular 11 minute novice's melee.
PUNXSATAWNY PHIL demolished DISCONTINUED in a 1 minute mismatched match.
SHAMU handily defeated SAD SIRI in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
THE RAVEN demolished JUPITER in a 2 minute bloody one-sided brawl.
MR HYDE was handily defeated by YONDARR in a 6 minute uneven fight.
SAREN was overpowered by B BETTY in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
SAREPH was handily defeated by DOLLY in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
ANT MAN devastated JARETT in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 11 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 2 - 0 75 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 8 - 3 - 1 73 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 TOTAL PARRY 12 - 6 - 0 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 5 AIMED BLOW 12 - 7 - 0 63 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 8 - 1 58 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 18 - 1 47 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 STRIKING ATTACK 21 - 24 - 1 47 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 556 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:
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 2 BASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 7 2 STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 3 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 AIMED BLOW
1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
BASHING ATTACK FERAL 10350 3 0 1 41 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
STRIKING ATTACK CLEANING 10316 4 1 1 37 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
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 KUMIKO 10348. The ten other most popular fighters were SHE RA 10455, LASSIE
10324, CLEANING 10316, FERAL 10350, VIXEN 10346, CRACKED 10317, UNMATCHED 10319,
VENUS 10426, PLUTO 10427, and KITSUNE 10347.
The least popular fighter this week was MR. ED 10325. The other ten least popular
fighters were MR HYDE 10451, JARETT 10442, SAREPH 10445, SAREN 10446, JUPITER 10458,
SAD SIRI 10443, SWEENEY TODD 10449, SATURN 10428, GRIM REAVER 10448, and DISCONTINUED
10320.
STORM POINT
Storm Point, DM 86, is now open! This arena will process on a two-week cycle. Orders
for inaugural battles are due on May 11, 2020.
Jasper Gulch, DM 85, is now closed to new teams, effective immediately. Any new teams
that arrive are being rerouted to Storm Point. DM 85 will continue to process on its
normal cycle and teams may continue to add new replacement warriors as necessary.
-- RSI