DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/15/2023 Duedate: 12/28/2023
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 650
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
HOWDY DOODY
CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909)
(93-11176) [5-2-1,45]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY HOWDY DOODY
CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909)
(93-11176) [5-2-1,45]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
COSMETIC SURGERY QUINTUS FABIUS
BASH BROS SUPERSTARS (1908) ROMAN REPUBLIC (1911)
(93-11173) [5-2-0,34] (93-11192) [2-0-0,19]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BASH BROS SUPERSTARS (1908)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909) 52
2. ROMAN REPUBLIC (1911) 32 THE NEST (286)
3. SANGUIS ITER (1894) 5 Unchartered Team
4. BASH BROS SUPERSTARS (1908) -16
ROMAN REPUBLIC (1911)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*ROMAN REPUBLIC (1911) 9 1 2 90.0 1/ 1*BASH BROS SUPERSTA (1908)10 5 0
2/ 2*BASH BROS SUPERSTA (1908) 25 10 1 71.4 2/ 3*ROMAN REPUBLIC (1911) 9 1 2
3/ 4*CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909) 17 18 1 48.6 3/ 2*CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909) 6 9 0
4- 5*UBER ACES (1903) 14 20 1 41.2 4- 4*UBER ACES (1903) 2 2 0
5/ 0*SANGUIS ITER (1894) 0 5 0 0.0 5/ 0*SANGUIS ITER (1894) 0 5 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
Lanistae and gladiatores of Noblish Island,
Greetings from the senate and the people of Rome. Today, the republic is sending its
finest sons to master the art of combat in the arena. Others, I doubt not, will mould
bronze more delicately. I doubt not, will draw forth living faces from the marble more
skilfully. But it is for us, Romans, to rule the nations with our authority, to show
mercy to the vanquished and to fight down the proud. Verily, I declare forth: let us
fight with honour, refrain from hubris when the Gods show favour, and seek for their
Grace when biting the dust.
In nomine Senatus Populusque Romanus,
Valerius Flamma
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BASHING BASHERS!!!!
Is Purely Discrimination!
Recent Chat (Dec 6, 2023) on Chatzy Inappropriately Degrades Bashers
Are Bashers misunderstood? Well, The Consortium Family certainly thinks so; therefore,
let's examine some facts and a few opinions. (Note: so does Hammer, so you may wish to
go back to Noblish Isle DM93 newsletter, turn 581 -"Another Look At Bashers"-, and
reread his comments.)
First, what, typically, is said about bashers? Sadly, I have heard these statements
all within the past month. "Don't make bashers." "Bashers are the worst style."
"Bashers are a no no, since they have a lousy weapon selection," "Anyone who makes a
basher ought to be shot!" "Bashers are worthless; they can't TC." "Bashers don't win
much." Enough of those discriminatory words, I say! Let's get to some facts.
Can bashers TC? Well, certainly; and they do. Bashers have TC'd 26 times. (Yes, 26 and
not zero as some imply.)
Once in the 1980's.
Fourteen times in the 1990's.
Four times in the 2000's.
Six times in the 2010's.
Once already in the 2020's.
Only two bashers (Piledriver and Baffle) have TC'd twice, hence twenty-four different
bashers have TC'd. Six of those TC's were as immortal warriors (One in Primus) and
twenty were as mortals in classes Rookie through Champions.
The Consortium knows first-hand that bashers can TC, as:
Daniel Webster -- October 1998 Mailer
Skulk -- October 2003 Mailer
Bismuth Bender -- July 2011 Face-To-Face (Milwaukee)
have all done it. The Consortium is believed to be the first and only three-time
basher TCer. What did those three particular Consortium warriors have in common? None
were significantly blessed; all were godlingish designs; all had 17 Will (WT/WL =
21/17, 17/17, 21/17); and all were run by The Consortium Conglomerate.
Well, then, sure, those three TCs were sort-of godlings, but "normal" bashers cannot
win, can they?. Do they? Listen to this! The Consortium is running 22 non-sandbagger
bashers in current arenas and their overall arena record is 121-57-8, w/l = .680.
(They also have an overall tournament record of 46-33-1 = .582, with 3 TVs.)Let's
randomly select half of those and examine the facts. (note: data as of June 1, 2021.)
The roll of the die selected the following 11, which had a total arena record of 56-
23-6 = .709. These are the designs:
13-5-15-15-15-14-7
21-6-14-5-9-12-7
17-8-11-15-9-9-11
13-10-14-15-17-4-11
13-8-12-7-21-16-7
12-10-11-15-17-12-7
13-4-11-21-15-9-11
15-5-13-11-21-12-7
15-4-9-15-21-9-11
18-4-9-17-17-12-7
14-4-11-13-21-8-13
What do these arena warriors have in common? All have high ST. (12+) Most have high
WL. (although 9 works.) None are small. (all 9+ SZ.) Most have low CN. (ranging from 4
to 10.)(The "average" of these warriors would make an approximate 14-6-12-15-17-11-9
fighter.) So, bashers CAN fight and bashers CAN win!
A lot is said about "lousy basher weapon selection". And, in a way, that might be so.
One reason for that feeling may be that bashers are not suited for the scimitar (SC),
the weapon many (or most) consider the best weapon in the game. After all, bashers
don't slice and dice, they whack! And bashers are suited for the two weapons most feel
are the worst in the game -- the war flail (WF), commonly called the "whiffle", and
the morning star (MS). Here are the basher weapons: GA, GS, HL, MA, ML, MS, QS, WF,
WH, and the 3 shields. Some are hard to "qualify" for, as they require 15+ ST. (GS,
HL, ML) But when they hit, they hit hard! That strength need can be a disadvantage for
many designs, taking away points more desirable elsewhere in design. Two, as mentioned
above, are considered the worst in the game. (WF, MS) That leaves few to choose from,
and all but one "require" 13 ST to use suitably. But, The Consortium is a big user of
the quarterstaff (QS), war hammer (WH), and great axe (GA), and not at all adverse to
the mace (MA). He has also been known to often use, and win with, those three
regularly on styles other than bashers:
QS on strikers (ST)
WH on strikers (ST), total parries (TP) and pikers. (PS)
GA on wall-of-steels (WS)and slashers (SL)
So, maybe those weapons are not quite so bad as some managers think. Which brings us
back to the title of this spotlight "Bashing Bashers". Bashers do get bashed and
discriminated against. And perhaps, as was outlined above, that is one large pile of
bashed cow patties.
Enjoy bashers -- they get it done.
-- Tank, a Consortium affiliated Manager (December 2023)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Howdy Doody was an American children's television program (with circus and Western
frontier themes) that was created and produced by Victor F. Campbell and E. Roger
Muir. It was broadcast on the NBC television network in the United States from
December 27, 1947, until September 24, 1960. It was a pioneer of children's
programming and set the pattern for many similar shows. One of the first television
series produced at NBC in Rockefeller Center, in Studio 3A, it pioneered color
production in 1956 and NBC (then owned by RCA Television) used the show to promote
color television sets in the late 1950s.
And NOW Howdy Doody is Duelmaster. "It's Howdy Doody time."
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, NOBLISH ISLAND? Ain't you never seen Snide
Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Of course, we're all terribly
impressed to see FLASH GORDON win a fight and gain 22 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk,
FLASH GORDON beat ENTITLED and ENTITLED lost 12 points. You're breakin' my heart.
Our Duelmaster has lost, folks, lost to VENEMOUS CONCUBINE, BUT HOWDY DOODY is still
the Duelmaster because he has the most recognition points! Kickbacks and bribes,
kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their fights?
Skill? Ha!
Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.
CHILDHOOD T.V., I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided
team. Care to know who is the most afraid of you? And who led the way in this mass
act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was BASH BROS SUPERSTARS. Ha
ha ha ha! NO LOYALTY was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster. Now
was the DM insulted or feared? Heh, heh.
Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and
gone, and get to see if their team cared. Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess
what brave team is developing these kinds of weapons?
There's got to be a better place in NOBLISH ISLAND to get a drink than The
Swinging Aardvark! Any suggestions? Well, I've had enough of this drivel, and I'm
sure you have too. Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather. I see the crowds are
getting restless, I must leave now-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HOWDY DOODY 11176 5 2 1 45 CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DAME JEDI 11147 5 2 0 40 UBER ACES (1903)
-BIG LUG 11146 4 3 0 36 UBER ACES (1903)
COSMETIC SURGERY 11173 5 2 0 34 BASH BROS SUPERSTAR (1908)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MAVERICK 11179 3 4 0 33 CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909)
FLASH GORDON 11177 3 4 0 32 CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909)
-ASSURS HONOR 11145 2 5 1 29 UBER ACES (1903)
OVERPAID 11174 5 2 0 27 BASH BROS SUPERSTAR (1908)
PERRY MASON 11178 4 3 0 24 CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TIBERE GRACCHUS 11189 2 0 0 23 ROMAN REPUBLIC (1911)
APPIUS CAUDEX 11190 2 0 0 21 ROMAN REPUBLIC (1911)
CONCEITED 11170 6 1 0 19 BASH BROS SUPERSTAR (1908)
QUINTUS FABIUS 11192 2 0 0 19 ROMAN REPUBLIC (1911)
ENTITLED 11171 5 2 1 18 BASH BROS SUPERSTAR (1908)
-PROTON 11144 3 4 0 17 UBER ACES (1903)
NO LOYALTY 11172 4 3 0 15 BASH BROS SUPERSTAR (1908)
MARCUS CATO 11191 2 0 1 13 ROMAN REPUBLIC (1911)
PUBLIUS SCIPIO 11188 1 1 1 12 ROMAN REPUBLIC (1911)
TWILIGHT ZONE 11175 2 5 0 11 CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909)
MATHEO ALAD 11091 0 1 0 1 SANGUIS ITER (1894)
HJALMAR 11092 0 1 0 1 SANGUIS ITER (1894)
VRIKT CENDRI 11090 0 1 0 1 SANGUIS ITER (1894)
DOMINICA CELER 11093 0 1 0 1 SANGUIS ITER (1894)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SAIGH EUBHA 11094 0 1 0 SANGUIS ITER 1894 PUBLIUS SCIPIO 11188 650
PERSONAL ADS
I guess I simply don't have it. I am an embarrassment to all The Consortium. Shucks.
-- Tank (Who is currently going through a name change and soon entering the Witness
Protection Program to later testify against the secrets of the Assur empire.)
You fought bravely, sons of the Republic. Juno laid Her gaze upon you. -- Valerius
Flamma, lanista
Sit tibi terra levis, Thief. -- Cato
Scribe, try the quill for your next fight. -- Gracchus
Who cares about the disquiet of defeat when solace is found in the company of women? I
surely do not. Tomorrow, another fight shall come. If I don't have the favour of Mars,
I'll have that of Venus. -- Scipio
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
HOWDY DOODY was bested by VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Title fight.
COSMETIC SURGERY vanquished TWILIGHT ZONE in a 1 minute uneven battle.
NO LOYALTY was subdued by PERRY MASON in a 2 minute fight.
ENTITLED was vanquished by FLASH GORDON in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
CONCEITED was defeated by MAVERICK in a 2 minute fight.
OVERPAID demolished OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
MARCUS CATO won victory over VRIKT CENDRI in a 4 minute brutal amateur's fight.
APPIUS CAUDEX devastated DOMINICA CELER in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
TIBERE GRACCHUS handily defeated MATHEO ALAD in a 4 minute gruesome uneven melee.
PUBLIUS SCIPIO slaughtered SAIGH EUBHA in a 1 minute uneven fight.
QUINTUS FABIUS viciously subdued HJALMAR in a exciting 4 minute novice's fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 4 TOTAL PARRY 15 - 4 - 0 79 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 9 - 3 - 0 75 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 16 - 10 - 1 62 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 10 - 0 52 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 15 - 2 52 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 7 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 STRIKING ATTACK 18 - 20 - 2 47 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 16 - 19 - 2 46 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
Turn 650 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-STRIKE 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 2 - 2 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE
1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK HOWDY DOODY 11176 5 2 1 45 CHILDHOOD T.V. (1909)
BASHING ATTACK COSMETIC SURGERY 11173 5 2 0 34 BASH BROS SUPERSTARS (1908)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is COSMETIC SURGERY 11173. The most popular warrior
this turn was QUINTUS FABIUS 11192. The ten other most popular fighters were
MAVERICK 11179, TIBERE GRACCHUS 11189, MARCUS CATO 11191, COSMETIC SURGERY 11173,
FLASH GORDON 11177, OVERPAID 11174, MATHEO ALAD 11091, HOWDY DOODY 11176, NO LOYALTY
11172, and PERRY MASON 11178.
The least popular fighter this week was HJALMAR 11092. The other ten least popular
fighters were SAIGH EUBHA 11094, DOMINICA CELER 11093, VRIKT CENDRI 11090, CONCEITED
11170, ENTITLED 11171, TWILIGHT ZONE 11175, PUBLIUS SCIPIO 11188, APPIUS CAUDEX
11190, PERRY MASON 11178, and NO LOYALTY 11172.
SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN MINNEAPOLIS!
Our summer Face-to-Face is in the midwest again this year, and we're going back to the
Twin Cities! We hope you will join us at our summer FTF in Bloomington, MN on July 12-
14, 2024! It will be held at the Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport (800-317-8143).
Room rates are $164/$174 for king and 2 doubles suites respectively, and all have free
high speed internet and all the Embassy goodness (free made-to-order breakfast,
complimentary manager's reception, airport shuttle, indoor pool, business center and
on-site restaurant. The rooms are blocked and the code is "915."
The official block cutoff is June 21 so make your reservations ASAP!
The hotel reservation site is: https://tinyurl.com/FF71inMinneapolis
Please note that doubles are limited. As always, if the block is full, please make
your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let
us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation.
We look forward to seeing you in July! -- RSI