DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 07/14/2023 Duedate: 07/27/2023
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 639
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
PROFITEROLE
SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
(93-11085) [7-1-0,82]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY PROFITEROLE
SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
(93-11085) [7-1-0,82]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
SALMON MUD PIE
HUNGER GAMES (1882) SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
(93-11022) [5-4-0,52] (93-11087) [5-3-0,33]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SAY WHAT (1880) 49
2. HUNGER GAMES (1882) 20 BRUTE STRENGTH (491)
3. AGONY OF D'FEET (1897) 17 Unchartered Team
4. MY DIET FOOD (1900) 15
5. FIVE DAYS (1887) 14 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*MY DIET FOOD (1900) 19 10 1 65.5 1/ 1*SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893) 10 5 0
2/ 3*SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893) 24 16 1 60.0 2/ 3*MY DIET FOOD (1900) 9 5 1
3/ 2*BASH BROS TBALL (1899) 20 15 0 57.1 3/ 2*BASH BROS TBALL (1899) 9 6 0
4/ 4*SAY WHAT (1880) 23 18 4 56.1 4/ 4*SAY WHAT (1880) 8 4 1
5/ 8*FIVE DAYS (1887) 10 9 2 52.6 5- 5*BANGERS & MASH (1901) 5 5 1
6/ 5*MOUSE HOUSE (1881) 23 22 1 51.1 6/ 6*MOUSE HOUSE (1881) 4 11 1
7/ 7*HUNGER GAMES (1882) 13 13 2 50.0 7/ 8*FIVE DAYS (1887) 3 3 0
8- 6*BANGERS & MASH (1901) 10 10 1 50.0 8/ 7*AGONY OF D'FEET (1897) 3 7 0
9/ 9*AGONY OF D'FEET (1897) 9 16 0 36.0 9/ 9*HUNGER GAMES (1882) 2 2 0
10-10*PLASTIC BOYS (1866) 0 2 0 0.0 10-10*PLASTIC BOYS (1866) 0 1 0
11-11*XXX (205) 0 1 0 0.0 11-11*XXX (205) 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
"Strategy question: Suppose you are a basher who gets the jump on a lunger. You use a
WH. But then you find out that you favor a GA or a Maul. Should you now use the bigger
weapon even if that lunger wears only leather? Or if you are a lunger and find out
that you favor a shortsword, should you use that against plate armor? Which is more
important--using your favorite weapon or using the weapon best suited for the opposing
armor? -- Struder of Bangers & Mash"
The basher -- do you really know you favor the maul or greataxe? Even if you do,
realize that both are "slower" than a warhammer, and they could reduce your chance to
jump. If your WH hits well and often then I would favor continuing with it at the
lesser opponent armor levels. In general, though, this is really a question of choice
and what works best, and you will need to work that out in subsequent fights.
The lunger SH question, again I ask are you sure the warrior favors the SH? There are
not many/any lunger weapons that really like plate armor. The Consortium favorite for
that duty is the longsword. However some warriors surprise us with what they do with
weapons. You really have three choices -- your warrior's favorite weapon (as defined
at birth by RSI), the weapon/s best suited for the armor, and the one/s which is
getting you the most criticals and wins. Consortium folks tend to favor the third
option.
Realize, choices and strategies can be quite different in regular Duel2 as compared to
Advanced D2 (e.g. after graduation as a Freshman on up to Primus). You will find many
managers not fighting with the RSI given "favorite weapon" as they are sometimes just
not the best choice.
Your question is a great one, and not one easily answered by anyone. Each warrior is
so unique in ways that often the only way to confirm the best strategy is empirically.
(Fight and gather data.) Good luck.
-- Parry and Carry -- A Case Study
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The effects of carrying too much are somewhat hard to quantify. I recently
decided to test the effect on parry of being woefully over-encumbered. This started
when I showed a so called friend the following replacement setup: 3-10-13-3-13-15-13.
He challenged me to run it with both of the 3's left as 3's. Great. So I'm going to
run a 3 str/3 wit warrior. Well my past experience prepared me well! Nobody stands
around with no skills better than a total parry scum. Delays, 3-16-13-3-19-15-15 TP
was born. Normally, I would have poured some of those points into strength, but not
so here.
Delays starts with 9 parry, 43 hit points (takes tremendous), normal endurance,
and CAN ONLY CARRY A VERY LITTLE WEIGHT in armor and weapons. In fact, the minimum
amount of weight. The most commonly and easy to remember formula for carry is STR +
Lesser of STR/CON - 6. 3+3-6 = 0 weight according to the formula. I happen to know
this formula is broken down there from other experiments. 4 strength is more than
enough to carry DA ALE/LE without penalties.
Off to the races. Delays comes out with APA/F SM/SM. Strategy 1-1-1 parry
Fight 1: Zaius (1-1-0), APL SH/SH PR.
M1: Zaius makes 3 attacks and flails once. Delays DODGES 2 of them and takes a hit.
M2: Zaius flails four times. M3: Zaius attacks twice, Delays dodges and parries (not
sure what is going on with the dodges, but I'll take it. Zaius is getting tired. M4:
Zaius attacks, parry. M5: 2 attacks, 1 flail, 2 dodges. M6-M9: 2 attacks, 1 flail,
some weary armed attacks. 1 dodge, 1 parry. M10: Delays attacks twice, gets his
first tired message and a weary armed attack. Zaius falls from exhaustion. So from
an attack deficient PR, Delays defends just fine. 10 attacks, 5 dodges, 4 parries,
and 1 hit. Train Will.
Fight 2: Rose of Sharon (Consortium) challenges Delays with Lilac ALE/L LO AB.
M1: Ok, now we see a real warrior fight. 6 attacks (1 of them a crit), 3 hits, 2
parries, and 1 dodge. I would have expected zero dodging from Delays, but that isn't
the case. M2: 5 attacks (1 crit), 1 hit, 4 parries, 1 broken SM. M3: 1 crit, hit and
knockdown, another crit and attack for 2 more hits and the fight is over. 14 attacks
(4 crits), 6 parries, 1 dodge, and 7 hits. Train Will. I expected to lose this fight,
but the defenses were not terrible.
Fight 3: Rose of Sharon does the mean thing again...
M1: 8 attacks (2 crits), 4 parries and 4 hits. I am a bit discouraged, because I
didn't need to run a 3 str TP to see that AB's can beat scum. Train Con.
Fight 4: Boozy Soozy (3-1-0) ALE/S LS LU (Not this is what I want to see!!!).
M1: 7 attacks, 6 parries, 1 hit. M2: 4 attacks, 4 parries. M3: 8 atttacks, 7
parries, 1 hit. M4: 3 attacks, 3 parries, drops from exhaustion. 22 attacks, 20
parries, 2 hits. Sweet, except no train.
Fight 5: Julian (2-3-0) ALE/H LO/HA PR (the most bizarre fight of the bunch).
M1: 10 attacks (2 crits), 7 parries, 3 hits. M2: 8 attacks, 2 parries, 1 dodge, and 5
hits. M3: 6 attacks, 1 parry, 3 dodges, 2 hits. M4: 8 attacks, 4 parries, 3 dodges,
1 hit. M5: 6 attacks, 2 parries, 3 dodges, 1 hits. M6: 3 attacks, 1 parry, 2 dodges.
THEN... 1 attack, Delays is too tired to defend. This is the first indication of an
endurance issue. Not a single tired message before this. Very strange. Delays
parries the next attack. M7-8: Delays actually attacked once, but it was all Julian.
Delays loses in 8. Julian learned 5 skills, so likely a high wit PR that has a
favorite weapon of LO. Nice warrior. 41 attacks, 17 parries, 12 dodges, and 12 hits.
No Train.
Fight 6: Osric (4-3-1) APM/F WH BA.
M1: 9/7/0/2. M2: 5/3/0/2. M3: 6/6/0/0. M4: 4/2/2/0. M5: 3(1)/2/0/1. 27 attacks, 20
parries, 2 dodges, 5 hits. No Train.
Fight 7: Isham (1-4-0) ALE/L GS BA.
M1: 8/7/0/1. M2: 4/3/0/1. M3: 2/2/0/0. 14 attacks, 12 parries, 2 hits Train
Deftness.
Delays, for his last two fights upgrades to LG/LG.
Delays sadly lacks the strength to use this weapon!
Delay's strength is woefully inadequate for his off-hand weapon!
Fight 8: Bladderwrack (7-2-0) ACM/H SH/SM TP.
Delays outlasts (huh?) Bladderwrack in 16 minutes. Train Deftness.
Fight 9: Crepe Myrtle (3-1-0) N/N WH BA.
M1: 7(1)/6/0/1. M2: 7/6/0/1. M3: 7/5/0/2. M4: 5(1)/3/0/2. 26 attacks, 20 parries,
6 hits. Train Con.
All total: Delays saw 162 attacks. Delays parried 103 of them and dodged 20. Not
counting Lilac, Delays was 6-1. Even with Lilac, 6-3. Even scummed another total
parry (making rolls is a GOOD thing -- 21 will helps you make those rolls).
My conclusion is that encumbrance has almost zero impact on parry. I've suspected
this for a long time. Others have noted it as well. This case study supports that
theory well. Surprisingly, Delays dodged much better than I would have expected,
also. If you can't move because of your armor and weapons, you "shouldn't" be able to
dodge. From past experience (and examples), I know that the most measurable impact of
being overencumbered is on endurance. And sure enough, Delays had endurance troubles.
How do I explain Fight #8? 21 will helps you make the rolls to stay standing.
In practice, what this means is that if you are making a scum setup, that can't carry
much, 7 strength is now a cutoff. You don't get any parry skills after 7 until 15.
I'm certainly not suggesting that 7 strength is better for a scum total parry. (The
17-21-3-3-17-12-11 guy is super fun as a total parry.) But it does open up some
strategies that perhaps you wouldn't have thought of before.
-- Assur
SPY REPORT
Welcome NOBLISH ISLAND. I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well. Many the
fights have I fought here. The celebrations, the disappointments... SAY WHAT showed
NOBLISH ISLAND what they were made of as they fought with a vengeance to walk off
with 3-1-1. What's with POTATO? It actually beat MOUSE HOUSE's MIGHTY MOUSE, and
walked away with 20 more points from the fight. Major screwup at MOUSE HOUSE.
MIGHTY MOUSE lost 17 points to POTATO. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe MIGHTY
MOUSE will provide more easy wins... CONVICTED ASSASSIN was reminded on the sands
why PROFITEROLE is Duelmaster. Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... How well I know the
feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, BASH BROS
TBALL! Management must be dealin', as the boys at MY DIET FOOD ain't reelin'! BASH
BROS TBALL's mad! How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged warrior,
HOFFA!!!! Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you.
A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing. Some fighters
don't accept this. The best do. I like to see warriors put young whippersnappers in
their place. I guess you could say SAY WHAT'GET OUT did just that. Right BASH BROS
TBALL? CHICKEN SAUSAGE of MY DIET FOOD got 13 points for removing another young
punk. Tough luck, BASH BROS TBALL! How long have I been here? I got people to see,
places to go...
Who knows what the future holds for a warrior. More fights, there's no doubt.
All work and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter. Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.
Olaffighterwork and no play. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PROFITEROLE 11085 7 1 0 82 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GET OUT 11006 8 1 2 77 SAY WHAT (1880)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TUESDAY 11058 6 3 1 64 FIVE DAYS (1887)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NOT NOW 11120 6 2 1 56 SAY WHAT (1880)
FRIDAY 11055 4 5 1 54 FIVE DAYS (1887)
SALMON 11022 5 4 0 52 HUNGER GAMES (1882)
MAISEY MOUSE 11020 4 5 0 48 MOUSE HOUSE (1881)
POTATO 11124 4 2 0 46 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
WHAT? 11007 5 4 1 43 SAY WHAT (1880)
CANNOLI 11086 6 2 0 42 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
SNACK DUTY 11115 5 2 0 40 BASH BROS TBALL (1899)
MINI MOUSE 11015 4 5 0 40 MOUSE HOUSE (1881)
MICKEY MOUSE 11019 5 4 1 38 MOUSE HOUSE (1881)
RE-HOUSED MOUSE 11016 5 4 0 37 MOUSE HOUSE (1881)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MUD PIE 11087 5 3 0 33 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
CHICKEN SAUSAGE 11127 4 2 1 33 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
HOFFA!!! 11008 3 6 0 29 SAY WHAT (1880)
MIGHTY MOUSE 11014 5 4 0 25 MOUSE HOUSE (1881)
CREAM PUFF 11089 4 4 1 25 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PORKY 11134 3 1 0 25 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHUPACAPYBARA 11105 4 1 0 23 AGONY OF D'FEET (1897)
-EYE SCREAM 11130 3 1 0 21 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
SALAD 11125 4 2 0 20 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
PIGSQUATCH 11109 2 3 0 18 AGONY OF D'FEET (1897)
HARD BOILED EGG 11128 4 1 0 16 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
DIET MT. DEW 11126 3 3 0 16 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
-XENA 11133 2 2 0 15 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
TOO COLD 11118 3 4 0 13 BASH BROS TBALL (1899)
COOKIE DOUGH 11136 2 2 0 13 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
BORED KIDS 11137 2 0 0 12 BASH BROS TBALL (1899)
PIGBAG 11106 2 3 0 9 AGONY OF D'FEET (1897)
-GIBRALTER 11132 1 3 1 7 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
KEBAB ROSS 11108 1 4 0 7 AGONY OF D'FEET (1897)
-WALTER 11131 1 3 0 6 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
PIGTOOTH 11107 0 5 0 5 AGONY OF D'FEET (1897)
-SIGMUND 10929 0 2 0 2 PLASTIC BOYS (1866)
-KELTHAN 1128 0 1 0 1 XXX (205)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BAD COACH 11117 6 1 0 BASH BROS TBALL 1899 GET OUT 11006 639
COMPETITIVE DAD 11119 0 5 0 BASH BROS TBALL 1899 GIBRALTER 11132 637
WINDY 11116 4 3 0 BASH BROS TBALL 1899 CHICKEN SAUSAGE 11127 639
BRISKET 11027 2 5 0 HUNGER GAMES 1882 MICKEY MOUSE 11019 637
TEXAS TWINKIE 11024 3 3 1 HUNGER GAMES 1882 GET OUT 11006 636
NO 11011 1 4 0 SAY WHAT 1880 FRIDAY 11055 635 NOT REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
A salute to Profiterole, Duelmaster. -- The Thin Man
I have no idea why Hard Boiled Egg did not fight last round. None. Coulda been my
fault for not sending a strategy? Don't think so. Coulda been an inaccurate or
somewhat illegible ID number? Don't think so. But this does bring out the warning --
make sure your strategies are complete, accurate, and legible. Do it!
Probable reasons why Hard boiled Egg did not fight:
1. RSI wizardettes don't like hard boiled eggs.
2. Assur hacked in and shut down Hard Boiled Egg whom he fears greatly.
3. H. Egg decided to play hooky. (Never trust an egg, but us eggheads are o.k.)
4. The strategy sheet was misplaced by someone with a milk shake in each hand.
5. Leprechauns were at work.
6. The dog ate it. (Not MY dog!)
-- The Thin Man
Assur, nice turn, you Meanie. -- The Thin Man
Hoffa! You are mine. -- Salad (no meat for you, Bud)
Gibralter, The Commission's portrayal of our fight as "crowd pleasing 1 minute
gruesome one-sided duel" was unfair for you. Why, you are a famous rock! -- Potato (Am
I from Idaho)
Xena, what the heck, that was my line! -- Diet Mt. Dew
Windy, I hope a fan blows away all your boss's papers at the next Face! -- Chicken
Sausage
Health. Humility. Honor. -- The Thin Man (quoting The Consortium motto)
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
CREAM PUFF was devastated by MAISEY MOUSE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
DIET MT. DEW unbelievably bested TOO COLD in a 6 minute Challenge battle.
MUD PIE savagely defeated HOFFA!!! in a crowd pleasing 4 minute bloody Challenge duel.
PROFITEROLE overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
GET OUT viciously butchered BAD COACH in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brutal fight.
TUESDAY devastated RE-HOUSED MOUSE in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided competition.
SALAD was vanquished by WHAT? in a 1 minute uneven duel.
NOT NOW won victory over CANNOLI in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
MIGHTY MOUSE was vanquished by POTATO in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
MICKEY MOUSE was handily defeated by FRIDAY in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
SNACK DUTY was subdued by SALMON in a 2 minute match.
HARD BOILED EGG was devastated by MINI MOUSE in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
WINDY was murdered by CHICKEN SAUSAGE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
PIGSQUATCH narrowly defeated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute amateur's conflict.
KEBAB ROSS was defeated by EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute novice's duel.
PIGTOOTH was bested by COOKIE DOUGH in a 2 minute beginner's duel.
PIGBAG was outlasted by BORED KIDS in a unpopular 18 minute gory amateur's brawl.
CHUPACAPYBARA overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 9 SLASHING ATTACK 24 - 11 - 3 69 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 13 - 0 57 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 42 - 36 - 2 54 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 16 - 15 - 1 52 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 4 - 0 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 STRIKING ATTACK 24 - 24 - 1 50 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 BASHING ATTACK 23 - 24 - 3 49 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 AIMED BLOW 18 - 20 - 2 47 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 11 - 0 35 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 3 - 0 25 |
Turn 639 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:
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 5 5 SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 3 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 2 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK PROFITEROLE 11085 7 1 0 82 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
STRIKING ATTACK TUESDAY 11058 6 3 1 64 FIVE DAYS (1887)
LUNGING ATTACK SALMON 11022 5 4 0 52 HUNGER GAMES (1882)
BASHING ATTACK MICKEY MOUSE 11019 5 4 1 38 MOUSE HOUSE (1881)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SALMON 11022. The most popular warrior this turn
was MUD PIE 11087. The ten other most popular fighters were TOO COLD 11118, NOT NOW
11120, POTATO 11124, PROFITEROLE 11085, GET OUT 11006, SNACK DUTY 11115, SALMON
11022, MINI MOUSE 11015, MAISEY MOUSE 11020, and TUESDAY 11058.
The least popular fighter this week was BORED KIDS 11137. The other ten least
popular fighters were PIGBAG 11106, PIGTOOTH 11107, KEBAB ROSS 11108, WINDY 11116,
HARD BOILED EGG 11128, SALAD 11125, RE-HOUSED MOUSE 11016, HOFFA!!! 11008, DIET MT.
DEW 11126, and CREAM PUFF 11089.