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DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date : 12/13/2024 Duedate: 12/26/2024

NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA

DM 93 TURN 676

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ASTRID
EMU'S STRAIN (1931)
(93-11332) [6-0-0,61]

Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader

POSITION IS EMPTY ASTRID
EMU'S STRAIN (1931)
(93-11332) [6-0-0,61]

Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite

DAHLIA DAHLIA
EMU'S STRAIN (1931) EMU'S STRAIN (1931)
(93-11330) [3-3-0,28] (93-11330) [3-3-0,28]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BASH BROS COUNTRY (1939)

TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BASH BROS COUNTRY (1939) 28
2. COLORITES (1938) 19 ONLY HUMANS (147)
3. EMU'S STRAIN (1931) 7 Unchartered Team

BASH BROS COUNTRY (1939)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*BASH BROS COUNTRY (1939) 8 1 0 88.9 1/ 3*BASH BROS COUNTRY (1939) 8 1 0
2/ 2*COLORITES (1938) 8 7 3 53.3 2/ 1*COLORITES (1938) 8 7 3
3- 3*FRESH MEAT (1929) 17 18 4 48.6 3/ 5*EMU'S STRAIN (1931) 5 4 0
4/ 5*EMU'S STRAIN (1931) 17 25 1 40.5 4- 2*FRESH MEAT (1929) 3 2 1
5- 0*JJKIER (1935) 0 4 0 0.0 5- 0*JJKIER (1935) 0 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

With the Face-To-Face Tournament coming up shortly (January in Tempe/Phoenix, AZ), it
seems only appropriate that I give you all a feeling or understanding of what it is
all about.

-- Colonel Mustard (With a candlestick in the Library)

An FTF Tournament Scenario
(And info about tournaments)

The purpose of this spotlight is to give newcomers to D2 a sense or feeling or
information about tournaments, in this case a Face-To-Face tournament, held in Tempe
near the RSI offices. Hence, our friend and Consortium associate warrior Billiken of
College Mascots and his manager Cheerleader were selected as the guinea-pigs. Rah,
rah, Billiken!

So, a tournament. Four times a year RSI holds tournaments. Winter and summer are Face-
To-Face Tournaments where managers from all arenas compete on-site against each other
face-to-face and can change strategies each and every fight if they wish. (Note: One
does not actually have to appear face-to-face, as warriors can be mailed in or proxied
to fight also.) But, there is such fun and excitement looking your fellow manager in
the eye when you fight. And, it is a wonderful way to meet the many great managers in
the game, along with the very helpful RSI personnel. The winter Face Site has always
been in Tempe, AZ, (The RSI Home Site) while the summer event in held in varying
cities east of the Mississippi. (Recent ones were in New Orleans, LA, and in
Minneapolis, MN, Washington, DC, and Cincinnati, OH, etc.) The Mail-In Tournaments are
done completely via mail and managers submit predetermined strategies for their
entered warriors. (Each warrior is allowed a primary strategy and also a secondary
strategy which will be employed against selected styles.) Both events cost $7.00 per
warrior and are great fun. Warriors compete in classes, thereby allowing similarly
experienced warriors from all arenas to be fairly matched with each other. In
tournaments, a warrior's chance to learn skills or earn stat increases is half that in
normal arenas. Supposedly, the chances of dying are also halved.

Why might I, or any new manager, want to do this? I had four real reasons.

(1) Tournaments are fun; a real rush, as the warrior and manager gets lots of fights
in a very short period (minimum three fights)

(2) Seeing one's warrior compete against warriors from many other arenas is fun and a
good judge of the skill and status of one's own warrior.

(3) The warrior acquires fights plus skills and/or stat raises that are "hidden",
meaning that those fights and resultant learnings cannot be seen in the arena status
listing of the warrior. For example, Billiken was 3-0-1 on the Noblish Island
newsletter prior to the tournament, and despite fighting several fights in the
tournament, will be listed at 3-0-1 after the tournament.

(4) The chance to meet other managers, especially experienced managers, and possibly
to learn from them, is priceless.

Cheerleader entered Billiken from Noblish Island in the 2017 Winter FTF. Prior to
fighting him in The FTF, she wanted to give him the best possibility to succeed. She
prepared to fight him in the Apprentices class. Classes are segregated by FE (fight
equivalents). What is a fight equivalent? Each arena fight counts as one fight and any tournament fights count as a half fight. The Apprentices Class is for warriors with 1-4 FE. Having no tournament fights prior, Cheerleader wanted to try to "max" Billik

Pre-Tournament, Billiken looked like this:
11-13-5-15-21-8-11,
a Lunger who was right-handed, intelligent, incredibly quick and elusive, did normal
damage, had good endurance, and had an expert in attack on the roll. He earned expert
defense after one learn in the arena, so I also knew he was +2 to 4 attack skills and
+4 defense. Nice, but not a godling.

Billiken did o.k. in the tournament, finishing 3-3 (1 a grudge match) against the best
Apprentices in the land, even though he was only 75% maxed. He also learned/trained
well, earning 1 stat (CN, moving endurance to great) and 7 skills. (Mostly initiative)
Perhaps a general fight-by-fight summary would prove of value?

First, let me list for you the one strategy Cheerleader chose:

8-9-9-7-7- 4- 4 ASM/S
10-9-6-3-3- 1-10 0-13 = SS & N
6-6-6-7-7-10- 4 14+ = LO & N
N-L-N-N-N- L- N b/u = DA
D-N-N-N-N- N- D

Strategies, armor, weapons, backups, tactics, training, etc, etc are all variable, and
explaining Cheerleader choices or normal Consortium choices would require a much, much
longer spotlight. Perhaps another day.

As to Billikens's tournament action:

Fight one against a sz13 scum TP -- Billiken swung 26 times with the LO, 1 crit, but
with his only normal damage could not take the scum down and lost in six rounds,
earning an init and attack skill.

Fight two, a sz8 aimer (ale/l sc/-) with a lot of dodging and back and forthing, the
aimer was a winner; Blliken was 0/10/0 with the SS earning a riposte and init skill.

Fight three, which Billiken has to win or he is out! (3 losses and done) another
aimer, also sz8, who was ale/l and using fist. The fight was nearly identical to the
previous fight except Billiken won, going 0/9/0 with the SS and earning one init
skill.

Fight four, a striker at sz11, naked, and with a scimitar. Billiken dodged his
advances in the first round, traded strokes with him in the second, finally getting
his best crit of the tourney, knocking him down, and finishing the win in three
rounds. He was 1/10/0 with the SS. (one init skill)

Fight five, another scum, sz8, and Billiken did not know he was fighting a scum.
(APM/F SH/ME) Had he known, in the FTF, he could and would have changed his strategy
to slow down and hopefully take out the scum. But instead, although Billiken
performed well with the LO, going 4/20/0, he lost in 4 rounds. He finished at 2-3,
earning another init. BUTb&b&..

A final special grudge match is allowed at FTFs, so Billiken brokered a match up with
a basher. A sz 11, naked, HL wielding basher. Scary! For the grudge Billiken wanted to
test a different strategy. Since he was pretty defensive skilled and not so much of a
damaging hitter, 6-6-2 dodge, with ale/l sh/- (low armor, and LO high armor). He
learned the basher was going 10-10-7 decise in the first round. Amazingly, Billiken
dodged the first two swings of the massive halbard, then jabbed him twice for the win
and a decent 3-3 record. He was training for a CON stat and got it, not only adding to
hit points, but giving him great endurance.

Billiken says he was glad to get out of the FTF alive! Such is Billiken's Face-To-Face
tournament saga. He was an OK 3-3. He earned 7 skills, and a stat increase which
enhanced his hit points and endurance.

So, key things you learned from this article:

* 4 RSI tournaments held plus their type and timing
* FE = Fight Equivalents
* Tournament Prep
* Some basic Consortium lunger strategies
* The value of tournaments to your warriors (and you)
* Stat raising and burning skills

-- Initially written by: Cheerleader of College Mascots, Consortium affiliated.
Edited by: Colonel Mustard of Colorites, Consortium affiliated.
(December 2024)

SPY REPORT

It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. Say good-bye to COLORITES, as they are pushed from the coveted top
team spot by the BASH BROS COUNTRY stable. Hey everybody, watch out for LADY
SCARLET, who flew up 17 points in the rankings after mashing AURORA like a melon.
Keep your eye on this gal. Try as hard as the FRESH MEAT stable might, they were
unable to find their warrior (and ex-Duelmaster) WILD BOAR BIN before this week's
fights. In front of all the crowds, ASTRID took the Duelmaster's crown for hers own.
I give the bum two weeks. Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger
halberd!
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the NOBLISH ISLAND arena.
Here's a song for you: Who's afraid of the big, bad COLORITES? Big bad COLORITES.
Big bad COLORITES. NOBLISH ISLAND's afraid of the big bad COLORITES. Tra la la la
la! For those of you who like math, try this one: COLORITES + Weapons That go Boom
= BASH BROS COUNTRY + Avoid City. Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes,
LAME would be president. Although it may be a contest he doesn't want to win.
DAHLIA of EMU'S STRAIN had better have a good reason for challenging down 10 points
in a challenge which she won. I thought DAHLIA showed great skill and promise when
she subdued MISS PINK. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day
drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Knowing when to use the right
tactics at the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.
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. C'mon, Leadfoot, let's
make some tracks. Its been fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos). Now that I've
got you worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster

DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ASTRID 11332 LU 6 0 0 61 EMU'S STRAIN (1931)

ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-WILD BOAR BIN 11292 BA 4 3 1 52 FRESH MEAT (1929)
-HERBIE HANBARK 11296 SL 3 4 1 44 FRESH MEAT (1929) *
LADY SCARLET 11352 ST 3 0 1 44 COLORITES (1938)

CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SALLY SQUIRREL 11295 LU 5 2 2 28 FRESH MEAT (1929)
DAHLIA 11330 LU 3 3 0 28 EMU'S STRAIN (1931)

INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LAME 11357 TP 2 0 0 20 BASH BROS COUNTRY (1939)
-BOBBIE BRISKET 11294 WS 3 4 0 19 FRESH MEAT (1929)
DRAWL 11355 ST 2 0 0 19 BASH BROS COUNTRY (1939)
PICKUP TRUCK 11358 LU 2 0 0 19 BASH BROS COUNTRY (1939)
-PETER RABBIT 11293 SL 2 5 0 17 FRESH MEAT (1929)
ANNA 11305 LU 1 8 0 17 EMU'S STRAIN (1931)
MR BRASS 11353 AB 2 1 1 16 COLORITES (1938)
MISS PINK 11349 AB 1 2 0 11 COLORITES (1938)
DRINKING 11359 TP 2 0 0 9 BASH BROS COUNTRY (1939)
DOCTOR BROWN 11351 BA 1 2 1 6 COLORITES (1938)
SGT BLACK 11350 BA 1 2 0 5 COLORITES (1938)
-BASHER 11338 0 1 0 1 JJKIER (1935) [BA-PS-ST-TP]
-SHIELDER 11336 0 1 0 1 JJKIER (1935) [BA-PS-ST-TP]
SELMA 11354 0 1 0 1 EMU'S STRAIN (1931) [ST-WS]
-STRIKER 11337 0 1 0 1 JJKIER (1935) [BA-PS-ST-TP]
-BLOWER 11334 0 1 0 1 JJKIER (1935) [BA-PS-ST-TP]

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

THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
STEREOTYPE 11356 0 1 0 BASH BROS COUNT 1939 MR BRASS 11353 675
AURORA 11331 3 3 1 EMU'S STRAIN 1931 LADY SCARLET 11352 676
NAGINI 11290 5 5 0 HOGWARTS VILLAI 1928 WILD BOAR BIN 11292 673

PERSONAL ADS

A salute to Weather Delay. Well done, Assur. -- Colonel Mustard

Stereotype, dang! Sorry about that. I didn't mean to get so brash -- or was it brass?!
Anyway, I surely hope Assur doesn't get another scum for a recruit! -- Mr. Brass

Nice start, Assur. Now the fun begins. -- Colonel Mustard

Welcome Jjkier. It WILL improve. Read all the past newsletters. Get that CIC from RSI.
Ask questions. -- Colonel Mustard

Weather Delay -- I don't think I am ready just yet. -- Astrid

Colonel Mustard -- Fresh from the botched jewel heist, aye? There is no color on this
isle save red... and gray. -- Emu

For Christ's Sake, Mistakes, FALL DOWN! -- Dahlia

LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DAHLIA bested MISS PINK in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gruesome Challenge fight.
ANNA demolished SGT BLACK in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
ASTRID savagely defeated FRATSFA SLAVE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bloody Title duel.
LADY SCARLET assassinated AURORA in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
DOCTOR BROWN was devastated by PICKUP TRUCK in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
MR BRASS defeated SELMA in a 1 minute novice's struggle.
DRAWL devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
LAME handily defeated PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a crowd boring 4 minute uneven melee.
DRINKING outwaited CONVICTED THIEF in a dull 8 minute beginner's fight.

BATTLE REPORT

MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 7 - 0 67 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 2 - 0 60 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 25 - 18 - 3 58 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 25 - 18 - 2 58 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 STRIKING ATTACK 24 - 19 - 2 56 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 10 - 0 52 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 20 - 26 - 2 43 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 AIMED BLOW 6 - 8 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 6 - 0 33 |

Turn 676 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:

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

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK ASTRID 11332 6 0 0 61 EMU'S STRAIN (1931)
STRIKING ATTACK LADY SCARLET 11352 3 0 1 44 COLORITES (1938)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DAHLIA 11330. The most popular warrior this turn
was DAHLIA 11330. The ten other most popular fighters were ASTRID 11332, MR BRASS
11353, MISS PINK 11349, ANNA 11305, LADY SCARLET 11352, DRAWL 11355, PICKUP TRUCK
11358, SGT BLACK 11350, AURORA 11331, and DOCTOR BROWN 11351.

The least popular fighter this week was DRINKING 11359. The other ten least popular
fighters were LAME 11357, SELMA 11354, DOCTOR BROWN 11351, AURORA 11331, SGT BLACK
11350, PICKUP TRUCK 11358, DRAWL 11355, LADY SCARLET 11352, ANNA 11305, and MISS PINK
11349.

NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.

RIFF RAFF (82-37476) ROOKIE ARMADA 6 II (6212)
MAURICE BRITT (84-6039) MEDAL OF HONOR T10 (1140)
RIMGARR (84-57625) ALGOPHOBIACS (6250)
FIVE (85-43995) FAST TRACK III (8036)

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes