DM 093 Newsletter

DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date : 10/09/2020 Duedate: 10/22/2020

NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA

DM 93 TURN 567

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

GREGORY GOYLE
HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
(93-10486) [7-1-0,78]

Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader

POSITION IS EMPTY GREGORY GOYLE
HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
(93-10486) [7-1-0,78]

Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite

ANT MAN CHARLES SPURGEN
THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789) THE REFORMERS (1801)
(93-10456) [6-3-1,26] (93-10530) [0-1-0,1]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CHAOS II (1796)

TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. CHAOS II (1796) 62
2. FUNGUS AMONG US (1802) 44 S.O.N. (28)
3. PRAE DELORE SINCERAM (1800) 31 Unchartered Team
4. HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794) 15
5. D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795) 14 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*FUNGUS AMONG US (1802) 4 1 0 80.0 1/ 4*CHAOS II (1796) 11 4 3
2/ 1*HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794) 26 14 2 65.0 2/ 1*HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)10 5 0
3/ 5*CHAOS II (1796) 15 10 3 60.0 3- 2*THE CONDEMNED (1798) 8 2 1
4- 2*THE CONDEMNED (1798) 15 10 2 60.0 4/ 7*PRAE DELORE SINCER (1800) 6 4 0
5/ 3*PRAE DELORE SINCER (1800) 6 4 0 60.0 5/ 3*D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795) 5 10 0
6/ 4*D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795) 16 14 0 53.3 6/ 6*BRAVO SIX (1799) 5 10 0
7/ 7*THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789) 20 24 1 45.5 7/ 0*FUNGUS AMONG US (1802) 4 1 0
8/ 8*BRAVO SIX (1799) 11 19 0 36.7 8/ 5*THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789) 4 6 0
9- 9*BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797) 9 16 0 36.0 9- 8*BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797) 2 8 0
10/ 6*THE REFORMERS (1801) 1 3 0 25.0 10/ 9*THE REFORMERS (1801) 1 3 0

'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

TEAM SPOTLIGHT

NOBLISH ISLE GRADUATION FINAL EXAM

25 True/False Questions
90% = Passing Grade
Special Assist = All answers Are FALSE

1. D2 is all work and no play or fun.
2. You may bloodfeud only once.
3. The WF (war flail aka whiffle) is probably the best weapon available.
4. Scum warriors are not allowed.
5. A warrior's hit points are only determined by CON.
6. One must challenge warriors by name only on the strategy sheet.
7. D2 is only for those under age 30.
8. A warrior must be a designed godling to enter into tournaments.
9. All warriors are born with the same amount of stats and skills.
10. One cannot use a weapon unsuited to the warrior's style.
11. A manager may have only one team in D2.
12. Parry riposte (rippers), parry lungers (plungers) and parry strikers (pikers) are
the easiest styles to run.
13. Endurance plays no factor in D2.
14. Assur and The Consortium rep are allied.
15. There are four skill and eight stat types.
16. When a warrior dies, your team is reduced by one.
17. One secret strategy works best for each style of warrior.
18. All Face-To-Face Tournaments are held near the fancy office headquarters in Tempe,
AZ.
19. The arena Duelmaster may challenge any other warrior in the arena.
20. Female warriors are better fighters than male or neutral warriors.
21. A warrior must wear armor.
22. In general old-time managers in the game dislike each other and never communicate.
23. There are no luck factors in the game.
24. The RSI Customer Service people are mean and uncaring people.
25. It is impossible for a warrior to have an expert on its initial design roll.

NOTE: Certain of these questions are discussed thoroughly in Noblish Island
Newsletters. So tune in!

Brought to you by Namedropper of D2 Names To Know (A Consortium representative)

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Staying Alive

Death is part of dueling. This sport is dangerous! But there are things that a
manager can do to help keep his warriors alive. Nothing is a sure thing, and a
warrior with maximum hit points (21 con/siz/will) can still die. There is some luck
involved regardless, and luck can run both ways. But here are the experiences of
Assur with keeping warriors alive.

One interesting stat is kill %. Note that I use a kill % that is kills/wins.
Some people prefer kills/fights, but since you can't kill if you don't win, losses are
irrelevant to killing. In the same way, deaths/losses would measure mortality. I can
say with certainty that a manager who runs a 10% kill ratio over a lot of fights is
trying to kill his opponents. In the one arena where I try to kill, I have been able
to keep my kill % just over 10% (without a lot of augmentation from killing in the
Dark Arena). At the time of this writing, my other arenas have a 3.95% kill ratio
(which includes sending most of my lord protectors to the DA when they graduate). In
that one arena, I don't run scum and all my warriors run 10 kill desire in every
minute and desperation. They also aim for HE, CH, or AB every minute. Contrast that
where I will run scum and every warrior uses 5 (usually) or less kill desire in every
minute and always attacks limbs. These numbers (and similar in other teams/managers)
are what makes me conclude that 5% is on the low side while 10% is on the high side.
Why do I share all this? Because if you lose 10 times in the arena (for example, a
20-10 warrior), you can expect your warriors to die somewhere between 34% and 65% of
the time. (1-.96^10 to 1-.90^10 -- using a range from 4% to 10% chance of dying with
every loss, 10 losses)

1) WIN! It is impossible to die unless you lose a fight. In fact, some of the
suggestions later on may hinder your ability to win somewhat, so this should be the
first and highest priority in keeping your warriors alive.

2) Wear armor. Any armor. Especially a helm. It is Assur's experience that warriors
with NO armor die way more often than warriors who wear armor. On the other side
of that, Assur has no conclusive proof that APA gives any additional protection
against death than ALE. It likely does (damage mitigation is damage mitigation),
but the benefit from none to ALE is much greater than ALE to higher armors. SO...
ALE/L at minimum.

3) Lower your KD, especially in desperation. There are tons of theories about what
different KD does, but nobody is completely sure. But Assur has found that is does
change your ability to kill and be killed. Want to live? Go low, really low. Want
to die? Go high, really high. Assur guesses that it changes your desire to keep
fighting (both winning and losing) and the arenamaster respects that and lets the
fight continue or ends it sooner.

4) Protect HE and/or BD. If it is a warrior that Assur really wants to live, he'll
often protect one of these areas during minutes 1-6, and another in desperation.

5) Hit Points, especially Size and Will. Smaller warriors seems to die more often.
it is also believed that Will is directly related to the stat the is checked when
your warrior enters the infirmary.

6) Stay away from known killers. See that 3rd number in your opponent's record? It
means something. If that number is anything greater than 0, it means your opponent
has killed before. When that number is 2 or higher, it suggests that you may not
want to fight that warrior (or if you do, make sure you win).

7) Look for managers that aren't killers. You will definitely see patterns over time.
Divide kills by wins for a team's career record. That is a great indicator as to
how bloodthirsty a manager is. .10 is a very high kill ratio. .05 is a manager
who probably tries NOT to kill.

8) Stay away from huge mismatches. For whatever reason, it happens over and over
again. Young upstart challenges or is matched against very old veteran. The end
is an early demise for the arrogant young upstart. (Dinosaurs are dangerous)

9) Fight warriors that aren't going to kill. The opposite of #6, but this goes one
further. Pure scum Total Parries that let a warrior run himself to exhaustion
don't kill very often (since they don't attack very often). However, see the final
item.

10) Stay out of exhaustion. Warriors seem to die much more often when they are
completely exhausted. Your opponent starts hammering down the blows and your
warrior takes blow after blow.

11) Higher total fights. As your warrior gets older (more fight experience) and will
mitigate damage better from his experience. This has a side effect of lowering
death. I really notice this around 25 fight equivalent (arena wins + arena losses
+ roughly half of tourney fights). Again, something that don't really control
other than by continuing to fight warriors. The good thing is that this means
warriors you invest time and money into don't die as often.

As I began, you can't ensure your warriors will never die, but you can do everything
in your power to prevent it. If you can't handle the death of your favorite warriors,
I recommend you find another pastime. Death happens, sometimes to your favorites.
Even if you do everything on this list, you sometimes can't prevent the worst.

DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.

I bet once I finally graduate from Noblish Island, then I will get a real opponent
(well a non-NPC). Also, thanks to my teammates, we will all be fighting for free in
this arena because of all the awards we won last turn, as long as we don't get a
detention. Thanks to everyone for helping (including our opponents from last turn).

-- Gregory Goyle
Hogwart's Students
3-time Duelmaster of Noblish Island

SPY REPORT

You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf
Modeen. I return to NOBLISH ISLAND once again! Biff! Pow! NOBLISH ISLAND watched
with glee as HOGWART'S STUDENTS got knocked off top spot by CHAOS II! Up 'n down.
Up 'n down. Rankings always change. Up 'n down. I think I'm gonna be... Well,
CHAOS II's 1st moved them up to 5-0-3 place. Welcome to NOBLISH ISLAND, FUNGUS AMONG
US! We need more teams who can get a 4-1-0 their first time out! What's with
TEMPEST? He actually beat BRAVO SIX's CODY, and walked away with 18 more points from
the fight. Major screwup at THE HAIRY BUNCH. ANT MAN lost 13 points to EZWIND.
Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe ANT MAN will provide more easy wins... Try as
he might, KHALHUMS DWARF wasn't good enough at persuading GREGORY GOYLE to step down
from the Duelmaster's throne... Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to
practice on? I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.
If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. How
well I know the feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of
practive, BB SOCIAL DISTANCE! The bums at THE HAIRY BUNCH couldn't face the
challenges from BB SOCIAL DISTANCE! No excuse for that! What do people see in
COLOSSO? His 2-3-1? CHAOS II ain't talkin', but he's got 32 points. Taunt your
opponent GHOST! That was my lucky charm when I was unfairly challenged. (and by 22
points!) B BETTY should have an easy win. B BETTY won victory over GHOST. I bet B
BETTY could beat two-year-olds, too. Well, BRAVO SIX knows who to set their sights
on. Maybe PRAE DELORE SINCERAM's MORNING STAR is one of those guys who likes pain,
or something. That's what he'll get next week, after challenging up 31 to VINCENT
CRABBE. MORNING STAR overcame VINCENT CRABBE (MORNING STAR getting 23 points,
too!)--Ooh baby! Now dat I likes!
There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit. Do you want the fighters
to walk away, or not? I like to see warriors put young whippersnappers in their
place. I guess you could say CHAOS II'AMITHIUS did just that. Right D2 NAMES TO
KNOW? Many a warrior has met his fate in a hungover stupor. You young rapscallions,
take note!
Who knows what the future holds for a warrior. More fights, there's no doubt.
The end of another Spyreport! That's cause for celebration in my book! Remember--a
good fighter needs both good skills and good luck. Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen

DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GREGORY GOYLE 10486 7 1 0 78 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HARRY POTTER 10483 7 1 0 65 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)

ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
AMITHIUS 10502 5 0 1 50 CHAOS II (1796)
EZWIND 10501 3 2 0 40 CHAOS II (1796)
HOWLIN WOLF 10497 4 2 0 35 D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795)

ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-6 FEET 10504 3 2 0 35 BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797)

CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COLOSSO 10499 2 3 1 32 CHAOS II (1796)
HERMIONE GRANGER 10484 5 3 1 30 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
-BAIT 10520 3 0 1 28 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
B BETTY 10453 5 4 0 27 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
ANT MAN 10456 6 3 1 26 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
SONYA 10531 3 0 1 25 CHAOS II (1796)
VINCENT CRABBE 10482 4 4 0 24 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
-SWALE 10509 3 2 0 24 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
TEMPEST 10500 2 3 0 24 CHAOS II (1796)
MORNING STAR 10524 1 1 0 24 PRAE DELORE SINCERA (1800)

INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CLOSED SPACES 10508 2 3 0 23 BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797)
ERIC 10521 2 0 0 23 PRAE DELORE SINCERA (1800)
WOLF 10517 4 2 0 22 BRAVO SIX (1799)
-HONED 10510 4 1 1 21 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
TIN MAN 10489 4 2 0 21 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
TDO 10496 4 2 0 19 D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795)
ECHO 10539 2 0 0 19 BRAVO SIX (1799)
LICHEN THROPE 10533 1 0 0 16 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)
-MARTIN LUTHER 10529 1 0 0 13 THE REFORMERS (1801)
SPORETICUS 10534 1 0 0 13 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)
CODY 10516 3 3 0 12 BRAVO SIX (1799)
-DOMINIXX 10511 3 2 0 11 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
IMA FUN GUY 10536 1 0 0 11 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)
PYKE 10523 1 1 0 11 PRAE DELORE SINCERA (1800)
DOC STEELE 10495 2 4 0 10 D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795)
TMM 10493 2 4 0 10 D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795)
REX 10515 2 4 0 10 BRAVO SIX (1799)
MAZIKEEN 10525 1 1 0 10 PRAE DELORE SINCERA (1800)
THE BLIGHT 10522 1 1 0 8 PRAE DELORE SINCERA (1800)
-BADGER 10512 1 4 0 7 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
-HUGS 10505 1 4 0 7 BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797)
-MASKS 10506 1 4 0 7 BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797)
OH SHITAKE 10535 1 0 0 3 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)
-MIDDLE OF PATH 10532 0 2 0 2 BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797)
GHOST 10538 0 2 0 2 BRAVO SIX (1799)
CHARLES SPURGEN 10530 0 1 0 1 THE REFORMERS (1801)
-THOMAS CRANMER 10528 0 1 0 1 THE REFORMERS (1801)
PSYCHOCYBIN 10537 0 1 0 1 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)
JOHN WESLEY 10527 0 1 0 1 THE REFORMERS (1801)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SHAKE HANDS 10507 2 1 0 BB SOCIAL DISTA 1797 HERMIONE GRANGE 10484 564
MANNEQUIN 10519 3 1 0 D2 NAMES TO KNO 1795 AMITHIUS 10502 567
TUM 10494 1 1 0 D2 NAMES TO KNO 1795 HONED 10510 563 REVENGED
NEVILLE LONGBOT 10498 3 4 1 HOGWART'S STUDE 1794 COLOSSO 10499 567
MIGRAINE 10513 1 1 0 THE CONDEMNED 1798 ANT MAN 10456 563 NOT REVENGED
BYE BYE 10540 0 1 0 THE HAIRY BUNCH 1789 DARK CHAMPION 567 NONE
CUTIE PIE 10490 2 4 0 THE HAIRY BUNCH 1789 SONYA 10531 567

PERSONAL ADS

Agent R, that wasn't very nice of us making you the only one to offer personal ads
last turn. Keep up the good work! -- Namedropper

Rex? You challenged? I'm better than that! But thanks, I needed a win badly. -- tDO

Swale great challenge, you meanie! I hurt. -- TMM

Closed Spaces, I didn't like that. I didn't like it at all. You came within six feet
of me, you cheater! -- Doc Steele

Amithius, you showed me who's boss. I congratulate you. -- Howlin Wolf

Thomas Cramer of The Reformers, you got me at my very best. -- Mannequin

A salute to yet another new team on Noblish Isle. Welcome Reformers. -- Namedropper,
Mgr of D2 Names To Know

Health. Humility. Honor. (The Consortium motto.) -- Namedropper, Consortium affiliated

Hermione -- My first attack in a real fight! I was so excited that I lost it for a
moment. Then I realized that in spite of a tremendous blow to your throat, that you
were still standing. I lost my composure and sure enough, wasn't able to seal the
deal. Next time... -- Middle of Path

6 Feet -- You should have stayed that far away from my short spear. -- Harry Potter

Wolf -- I shouldn't have called wolf. Now no one listens to me! -- Neville
Longbottom

Middle of the Path -- Get out of the road, my Hatchet needs space to get by! --
Hermione Granger

Ezwind -- If your name has 'win' in it, you should take advantage of that. -- Vincent
Crabbe

Noblish Island -- Come on! Let's write personal Ads! -- Agent R, Headmaster of
Hogwart's Students

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TURF WAR TEASER

No masks required!
No testing required!
No riots allowed!
Nothing but love and fights and death!

Hey, Oz here. Rumor has it you haven't yet signed up for the Turf War 12 in North
Fork. Why not? The Turf Wars are the longest running event in all the D2 lands! Yes,
indeed! How can you pass up a chance to be one of the most revered winners in all the
lands. Get with it! Pick a teammate. Announce your intent in the DM47NL or on the RSI
site. Send your certs to me via RSI. You will be glad you did. Oz, The All-Soliciting

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LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BYE BYE was dealt death by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
MANNEQUIN was butchered by AMITHIUS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
HOWLIN WOLF overcame WOLF in a popular 1 minute gruesome Challenge match.
NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM was dealt death by COLOSSO in a popular 1 minute Challenge contest.
DOC STEELE was demolished by ECHO in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
B BETTY vanquished GHOST in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
SONYA killed CUTIE PIE in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
THE BLIGHT was overcome by TIN MAN in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
MAZIKEEN was unbelievably bested by TDO in a 3 minute Challenge melee.
MORNING STAR won victory over VINCENT CRABBE in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
GREGORY GOYLE won victory over KHALHUMS DWARF in a slow 6 minute Title fight.
ANT MAN was beaten by EZWIND in a 2 minute veteran vs. novice upset melee.
HARRY POTTER demolished DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute mismatched match.
HERMIONE GRANGER demolished TMM in a 1 minute mismatched match.
REX was beaten by PYKE in a 1 minute bloody conflict.
CODY was overpowered by TEMPEST in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
ERIC vanquished PSYCHOCYBIN in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
SPORETICUS devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
OH SHITAKE outlasted CHARLES SPURGEN in a exciting 12 minute brutal novice's bout.
IMA FUN GUY overpowered JOHN WESLEY in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
LICHEN THROPE devastated PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided contest.

BATTLE REPORT

MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 7 AIMED BLOW 33 - 19 - 3 63 |
|AIMED BLOW 7 TOTAL PARRY 24 - 17 - 0 59 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 30 - 29 - 3 51 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 38 - 40 - 2 49 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 WALL OF STEEL 9 - 10 - 1 47 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 BASHING ATTACK 28 - 32 - 1 47 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 21 - 25 - 3 46 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 5 - 0 44 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 12 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |

Turn 567 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:

SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 1 AIMED BLOW 3 - 4 3 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 3 2 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 3 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
1 LUNGING ATTACK
1 WALL OF STEEL

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY GREGORY GOYLE 10486 7 1 0 78 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
STRIKING ATTACK HARRY POTTER 10483 7 1 0 65 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
AIMED BLOW AMITHIUS 10502 5 0 1 50 CHAOS II (1796)
BASHING ATTACK HOWLIN WOLF 10497 4 2 0 35 D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ANT MAN 10456. The most popular warrior this turn
was CHARLES SPURGEN 10530. The ten other most popular fighters were HOWLIN WOLF
10497, MAZIKEEN 10525, MORNING STAR 10524, TIN MAN 10489, EZWIND 10501, HARRY POTTER
10483, TEMPEST 10500, COLOSSO 10499, THE BLIGHT 10522, and PYKE 10523.

The least popular fighter this week was GREGORY GOYLE 10486. The other ten least
popular fighters were OH SHITAKE 10535, VINCENT CRABBE 10482, JOHN WESLEY 10527,
PSYCHOCYBIN 10537, REX 10515, TMM 10493, ANT MAN 10456, TDO 10496, CUTIE PIE 10490,
and GHOST 10538.