DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/11/2023 Duedate: 08/24/2023
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 641
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
PROFITEROLE
SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
(93-11085) [8-2-0,82]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
PROFITEROLE CHICKEN SAUSAGE
SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893) MY DIET FOOD (1900)
(93-11085) [8-2-0,82] (93-11127) [6-2-1,58]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
SALAD COOKIE DOUGH
MY DIET FOOD (1900) SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
(93-11125) [5-3-0,18] (93-11136) [3-3-0,20]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BANGERS & MASH (1901) 30
2. PLASTIC BOYS (1866) 12 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
3. SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893) 9 Unchartered Team
4. MY DIET FOOD (1900) 6
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*THE NORSE (1864) 5 0 0 100. 1/ 4 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893) 8 5 0
2/ 2*MY DIET FOOD (1900) 24 14 1 63.2 2/ 2*MY DIET FOOD (1900) 8 6 1
3/ 3 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893) 29 19 1 60.4 3/ 5*BANGERS & MASH (1901) 6 4 0
4- 4*BASH BROS TBALL (1899) 22 16 0 57.9 4- 6*THE NORSE (1864) 5 0 0
5/ 7*BANGERS & MASH (1901) 16 14 1 53.3 5- 3*BASH BROS TBALL (1899) 3 5 0
6- 0*AGONY OF D'FEET (1897) 10 20 0 33.3 6- 0*AGONY OF D'FEET (1897) 3 7 0
7/ 0*PLASTIC BOYS (1866) 1 2 0 33.3 7/ 0*PLASTIC BOYS (1866) 1 0 0
8- 0*UBER ACES (1903) 1 4 0 20.0 8- 0*UBER ACES (1903) 1 4 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
How to Make a Loser Win
One of the most common problems new (and even old) managers face is what to do when
their young promising warrior keeps losing. Understanding how to turn a warrior
around is a skill that once acquired, will be invaluable.
One of the first things to understand is that warriors improve their abilities by
learning skills and training stats. This means your opponents are improving, too. A
warrior with lower wit is at an inherent disadvantage. Once you leave Noblish Island,
21 wit is a lot more common than you'd care to think about. That said, not every
warrior has 21 wit, but the way things have progressed, most managers are highly
focused on tourney success and in basic, that usually means 21 wit. So if you are a
lower wit warrior (say 13 or less), your opponent likely has been learning faster than
you have. But wit and skills are not the only thing that you need to win. Plenty of
warriors with low wit are very successful. Even offensives can do very well with 11
wit (maybe even lower, but I don't recommend it).
Use your challenges and use your avoids. That alone will do much to improve your
record. Looking at how you have won and lost will give you clear clues. Especially
how you've won. These are the fights you want to replicate. Your warrior's strengths
and weaknesses determine who you want to challenge and avoid.
Next, what you've been doing isn't working. Start to change things up. Even some
offensives fight better when you start to lower the numbers. And hybrids and
defensives can dramatically change their careers by altering the numbers just
slightly, especially offensive effort. As to whether you want to increase or decrease
numbers, there is no hard and fast rule. I will say that very low activity level is
usually the first thing you want to remove on most warriors. Those super low activity
levels aren't the best unless you are a scum or are facing a scum (scum being a total
parry that tries only to wear you out). I've had numerous warriors magically start to
fight better when I run on certain numbers, though.
Weapon selection is another key item. Weapons have different attributes. Changing
weapons can help your warrior. Almost every weapon has circumstances where I'll use
it. The only weapon I'll never use is the MS (but the bashing weapons in general are
worse than the slashing and lunging weapons). Learn what weapons are good for what
circumstances.
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The last thing I'll mention in this article is optimizing a warrior. This is key for
your losers. I started this article by hinting that all warriors are not equal. This
is the only way you can make a truly inferior warrior win: Optimize him for a single
way to win. Ignore all other fights and hope he faces someone that he can beat in his
way to win. There will always be someone who can beat you, so if you try to make a
loser win all his fights, you won't succeed. We publish many articles on what makes a
good 'this type of warrior' articles in these newsletters. Choose the type that best
matches your warrior's strengths and optimize your strategy for that -- then look for
warriors that can lose to your strategy. And if all else fails, look for other losers
to beat up!
This article assumes that you actually WANT to try and make your loser win. There is
another, perfectly acceptable solution. The Dark Arena is your friend!
SPY REPORT
Greetings, warriors of NOBLISH ISLAND! Once again I've been called out of
retirement for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting. Bein' on top is great
while it lasts, SAY WHAT. But how many friends do you have now? Ya gotta be quick
on yer feet! Keep your elbow off the table! Thrust! Block out the pain! SIMPLY
DESSERTS is now ranked 1st with a 3-1-0 turn. What's with CHICKEN SAUSAGE? It
actually beat SIMPLY DESSERTS' CANNOLI, and walked away with 23 more points from the
fight. Major screwup at SIMPLY DESSERTS. CANNOLI lost 19 points to CHICKEN SAUSAGE.
Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe CANNOLI will provide more easy wins... I can
barely restrain my enthusiam for SIMPLY DESSERTS' outstanding member, Duelmaster
PROFITEROLE. 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,
PORKY! Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you.
Warriors of NOBLISH ISLAND unite. You have only your games to lose! Is it my
imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day? To die so young, so
gloriously!
Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors. Any plans here? Are
you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it? Actually, I guess I'm writing it
before you read it. Oh, well. I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PROFITEROLE 11085 8 2 0 82 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHICKEN SAUSAGE 11127 6 2 1 58 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MUD PIE 11087 7 3 0 51 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
-SNACK DUTY 11115 6 2 0 50 BASH BROS TBALL (1899)
PORKY 11134 5 1 0 39 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
CANNOLI 11086 7 3 0 36 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
EYE SCREAM 11130 5 1 0 33 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
POTATO 11124 4 4 0 30 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
WALTER 11131 2 4 0 25 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-TOO COLD 11118 4 4 0 22 BASH BROS TBALL (1899)
DIET MT. DEW 11126 5 3 0 20 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
-PIGSQUATCH 11109 3 3 0 20 AGONY OF D'FEET (1897)
COOKIE DOUGH 11136 3 3 0 20 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
SALAD 11125 5 3 0 18 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
-CHUPACAPYBARA 11105 4 2 0 15 AGONY OF D'FEET (1897)
-HARD BOILED EGG 11128 4 2 0 14 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
SIGMUND 10929 1 2 0 14 PLASTIC BOYS (1866)
-ASSURS HONOR 11145 1 0 0 13 UBER ACES (1903)
GIBRALTER 11132 2 4 1 11 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
-PIGBAG 11106 2 4 0 11 AGONY OF D'FEET (1897)
XENA 11133 2 4 0 10 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
-SKARDE 10921 1 0 0 10 THE NORSE (1864)
-BORED KIDS 11137 2 1 0 9 BASH BROS TBALL (1899)
-KEBAB ROSS 11108 1 5 0 8 AGONY OF D'FEET (1897)
-ERIK 10917 1 0 0 6 THE NORSE (1864)
-GORM 10919 1 0 0 6 THE NORSE (1864)
-ASMUND 10918 1 0 0 6 THE NORSE (1864)
-PIGTOOTH 11107 0 6 0 6 AGONY OF D'FEET (1897)
-BJORN 10920 1 0 0 5 THE NORSE (1864)
-ZULUNI 11143 0 1 0 1 UBER ACES (1903)
-PROTON 11144 0 1 0 1 UBER ACES (1903)
-DAME JEDI 11147 0 1 0 1 UBER ACES (1903)
-BIG LUG 11146 0 1 0 1 UBER ACES (1903)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
COMPETITIVE DAD 11119 0 5 0 BASH BROS TBALL 1899 GIBRALTER 11132 637 NOT REVENGED
WINDY 11116 4 3 0 BASH BROS TBALL 1899 CHICKEN SAUSAGE 11127 639
PERSONAL ADS
Get Out and Say What, congrats on the Duelmaster Title, and adios. May you achieve
much success in the arenas of Dueling. -- The Thin Man
Agnar The Red, welcome! Great start for your Norse. Kudos! -- The Thin Man
Cookie Dough, thanks for the challenge, I needed the win. -- Salad
Pigtooth, now wasn't that fun? I had fun. -- Diet Mt. Dew
Friday, well, you showed me how to slice an Idaho! -- Potato
Mud Pie, I challenged? How stupid! -- Hard Boiled Egg
Pigbag, I didn't find any chicken in that bag, but I did find a "w". Nice -- Chicken
Sausage
Health. Humility. Honor. (The Consortium Motto) -- The Thin Man
Agnar the Red -- Welcome! We'll hopefully give you enough for you to be successful
and enjoy this game as much as we do! -- Assur
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
GIBRALTER was bested by COOKIE DOUGH in a 3 minute Challenge fight.
XENA was unbelievably bested by DIET MT. DEW in a monotonous 11 minute Challenge duel.
PROFITEROLE subdued VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute Title fight.
CHICKEN SAUSAGE vanquished CANNOLI in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
POTATO was overpowered by MUD PIE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
SALAD was viciously subdued by WALTER in a 2 minute gruesome brawl.
PORKY luckily beat CAPTURED ORC in a exciting 7 minute bloody struggle.
EYE SCREAM handily defeated OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
SIGMUND vanquished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 24 - 10 - 3 71 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 BASHING ATTACK 28 - 21 - 2 57 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 LUNGING ATTACK 47 - 39 - 2 55 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 14 - 0 53 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 20 - 18 - 2 53 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 17 - 18 - 0 49 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 23 - 27 - 1 46 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 5 - 0 44 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 12 - 0 33 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
Turn 641 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 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 3 SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 3 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 2 3 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK PROFITEROLE 11085 8 2 0 82 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
BASHING ATTACK CHICKEN SAUSAGE 11127 6 2 1 58 MY DIET FOOD (1900)
TOTAL PARRY PORKY 11134 5 1 0 39 BANGERS & MASH (1901)
LUNGING ATTACK CANNOLI 11086 7 3 0 36 SIMPLY DESSERTS (1893)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SALAD 11125. The most popular warrior this turn was
COOKIE DOUGH 11136. The ten other most popular fighters were GIBRALTER 11132,
PROFITEROLE 11085, SALAD 11125, CHICKEN SAUSAGE 11127, MUD PIE 11087, WALTER 11131,
EYE SCREAM 11130, SIGMUND 10929, CANNOLI 11086, and POTATO 11124.
The least popular fighter this week was DIET MT. DEW 11126. The other ten least
popular fighters were XENA 11133, PORKY 11134, POTATO 11124, CANNOLI 11086, SIGMUND
10929, EYE SCREAM 11130, WALTER 11131, MUD PIE 11087, CHICKEN SAUSAGE 11127, and
SALAD 11125.