[all Class Melee] Just Melee - Topic

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Apr 5 2025 02:04am

Dear Melee Players,

Hey, I’m Ozymandias. I’ve been dueling in D2R all-class melee for a long time, and I want to bring my vision of fairness to life.
For years, I’ve believed that fun, competitive play starts with a fair playing field—because without fairness, what’s the point?

I’ve pushed for key changes in D2R melee, and while they’ve been adopted by many groups, they weren’t always welcomed at first.
I’ve even been banned from some ladders for challenging the status quo—but in the end, the game is better for it:

✅ Voting in D2R ladders – Before, admins made all the decisions. Now, many groups let players vote on rules.
✅ Class balancing – Melee used to be wildly unbalanced, but we’ve made progress:

1️⃣ Barbs went from irrelevant to a viable class.
2️⃣ Zeals used to get steamrolled by Furies, but with Death, they actually stand a chance.
3️⃣ Zons were tearing through everyone with Inner Sight 20—lowering it to Inner Sight 10 made matchups much more reasonable.

But there’s one more change I’ve always wanted to make. It’s been controversial, so I’m launching a new ladder to make it happen.

Let’s cut to the chase—there’s nothing fair about getting smacked around by $10 weapons.
🎉That’s why I’m starting a GM Melee ladder with NO EDC🎉

If you’re tired of the “I’m too poor for a good weapon” excuse from players decked out in expensive gear while swinging an EDC,
this is your chance to break free from the nonsense.

Let’s make D2R melee as fair and fun as it should be.

- Ozy -
⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

⚔️JUST Melee Rules⚔️

CHECK THE RULES HERE

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

⚔️Just Melee Ladder Season 1 Roster⚔️

⚜️ 1. ozymandias31153 - othello (zeal) (5-0)

2. wolfbarb - wolfbarb (wolfbarb) (2-2)

3. bbs2 - pala (zeal) (0-3)

🔥🔥🔥 can only challenge one up from here🔥🔥🔥

4. Jive777 - Thicc (zeal) (1-0)

5. zunks - BenitoMussolini (zeal) (1-0)

6. lordofthorns - zoro (zeal) (0-1)

7. JFZ - JFZ (Conc) (0-2) *skip. away until April 15th*

8. JaggerSwagger74 - seventeen (zeal) (2-0)

9. TheNeb19 - spinyguy (wolfbarb) (1-3)

10. Pavel0404 - The_Punisher (zeal) (0-1)

11. Gorn007 - Pimlstoß (zeal) (0-0)

12. XXBOWKILLERXX - BallaPalla (zeal) (2-0)

13. Madafak - Тодор (zeal) (1-1)

14. Wedgies - Weedgies (fury) (0-1)

# indicates a dodge
2 consecutive dodges = Removal from the ladder.

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

💥Pending Challenges💥

2. wolfbarb - wolfbarb (wolfbarb) (2-2) vs 1. ozymandias31153 - othello (zeal) (5-0) extension April 9th

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

🎯Challenge Rules🎯

You can only challenge 2 up.

If you were challenged and won, you may challenge immediately.
If you were challenged and lost, you must wait 24 hours to issue your next challenge.

If you issued a challenge and won, you must wait 12 hours to issue another.
If you issued a challenge and lost, you must wait:
24 hours to issue a new challenge.
48 hours to re-challenge the same person.

🎯Dodge Rule (4-Day Rule)🎯
AFK / No-reply / No-show = Auto-loss.

*It is the challenger’s responsibility to contact an admin if the opponent cannot be reached.

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

💰Season 1 Pot💰

🔥TOTAL POT: 7k🔥

Ozymandias 5k
hyphema 2k <-- 🙏🙏🙏much appreciated brudda!

If you would like to donate💰💰💰 to the ladder pot, please contact Ozymandias

Trophies and Prizes awarded to 1st and 2nd
🏆1st 50%
🥈2nd 25%
🎖️Remaining 25% given to the person with the most duels

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

If you want to be added to the ladder,
please leave your JSP ID -- Character Name -- Class

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#122

Apr 5 2025 08:33pm

8. JaggerSwagger74 - seventeen (zeal) (2-0)

Challenge

6.

lordofthorns

- zoro (zeal) (0-1)

LordOfThorns

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#123

Apr 6 2025 07:28pm

Quote (MFJaGGeR @ 5 Apr 2025 22:33)

8. JaggerSwagger74 - seventeen (zeal) (2-0)

Challenge

6. ^lordofthorns - zoro (zeal) (0-1)

Run it

Ozymandias31153

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#124

Apr 6 2025 08:33pm

Dear Melee Players,

Hey, I’m Ozymandias. I’ve been dueling in D2R all-class melee for a long time, and I want to bring my vision of fairness to life.
For years, I’ve believed that fun, competitive play starts with a fair playing field—because without fairness, what’s the point?

I’ve pushed for key changes in D2R melee, and while they’ve been adopted by many groups, they weren’t always welcomed at first.
I’ve even been banned from some ladders for challenging the status quo—but in the end, the game is better for it:

✅ Voting in D2R ladders – Before, admins made all the decisions. Now, many groups let players vote on rules.
✅ Class balancing – Melee used to be wildly unbalanced, but we’ve made progress:

1️⃣ Barbs went from irrelevant to a viable class.
2️⃣ Zeals used to get steamrolled by Furies, but with Death, they actually stand a chance.
3️⃣ Zons were tearing through everyone with Inner Sight 20—lowering it to Inner Sight 10 made matchups much more reasonable.

But there’s one more change I’ve always wanted to make. It’s been controversial, so I’m launching a new ladder to make it happen.

Let’s cut to the chase—there’s nothing fair about getting smacked around by $10 weapons.
🎉That’s why I’m starting a GM Melee ladder with NO EDC🎉

If you’re tired of the “I’m too poor for a good weapon” excuse from players decked out in expensive gear while swinging an EDC,
this is your chance to break free from the nonsense.

Let’s make D2R melee as fair and fun as it should be.

- Ozy -
⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

⚔️JUST Melee Rules⚔️

CHECK THE RULES HERE

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

⚔️Just Melee Ladder Season 1 Roster⚔️

⚜️ 1. ozymandias31153 - othello (zeal) (5-0)

2. wolfbarb - wolfbarb (wolfbarb) (2-2)

3. bbs2 - pala (zeal) (0-3)

🔥🔥🔥 can only challenge one up from here🔥🔥🔥

4. Jive777 - Thicc (zeal) (1-0)

5. zunks - BenitoMussolini (zeal) (1-0)

6. lordofthorns - zoro (zeal) (0-1)

7. JFZ - JFZ (Conc) (0-2) *skip. away until April 15th*

8. JaggerSwagger74 - seventeen (zeal) (2-0)

9. TheNeb19 - spinyguy (wolfbarb) (1-3)

10. Pavel0404 - The_Punisher (zeal) (0-1)

11. Gorn007 - Pimlstoß (zeal) (0-0)

12. XXBOWKILLERXX - BallaPalla (zeal) (2-0)

13. Madafak - Тодор (zeal) (1-1)

14. Wedgies - Weedgies (fury) (0-1)

# indicates a dodge
2 consecutive dodges = Removal from the ladder.

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

💥Pending Challenges💥

2. wolfbarb - wolfbarb (wolfbarb) (2-2) vs 1. ozymandias31153 - othello (zeal) (5-0) extension April 9th

8. JaggerSwagger74 - seventeen (zeal) (2-0) vs 6. lordofthorns - zoro (zeal) (0-1) expires on April 10th

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

🎯Challenge Rules🎯

You can only challenge 2 up.

If you were challenged and won, you may challenge immediately.
If you were challenged and lost, you must wait 24 hours to issue your next challenge.

If you issued a challenge and won, you must wait 12 hours to issue another.
If you issued a challenge and lost, you must wait:
24 hours to issue a new challenge.
48 hours to re-challenge the same person.

🎯Dodge Rule (4-Day Rule)🎯
AFK / No-reply / No-show = Auto-loss.

*It is the challenger’s responsibility to contact an admin if the opponent cannot be reached.

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

💰Season 1 Pot💰

🔥TOTAL POT: 5k🔥

Ozymandias 5k

If you would like to donate💰💰💰 to the ladder pot, please contact Ozymandias

Trophies and Prizes awarded to 1st and 2nd
🏆1st 50%
🥈2nd 25%
🎖️Remaining 25% given to the person with the most duels

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

If you want to be added to the ladder,
please leave your JSP ID -- Character Name -- Class

ex) Ozymandias31153 Othello Zeal

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#125

Apr 6 2025 10:18pm

Quote (LordOfThorns @ Apr 6 2025 08:28pm)

Run it

Tomorrow buddy

BBS2

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Joined: Nov 12 2010

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#126

Apr 7 2025 02:52am

bbs2 pala challenging wolfbarb - wolfbarb

Ozymandias31153

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Joined: Dec 19 2021

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#127

Apr 7 2025 08:44am

Dear Melee Players,

Hey, I’m Ozymandias. I’ve been dueling in D2R all-class melee for a long time, and I want to bring my vision of fairness to life.
For years, I’ve believed that fun, competitive play starts with a fair playing field—because without fairness, what’s the point?

I’ve pushed for key changes in D2R melee, and while they’ve been adopted by many groups, they weren’t always welcomed at first.
I’ve even been banned from some ladders for challenging the status quo—but in the end, the game is better for it:

✅ Voting in D2R ladders – Before, admins made all the decisions. Now, many groups let players vote on rules.
✅ Class balancing – Melee used to be wildly unbalanced, but we’ve made progress:

1️⃣ Barbs went from irrelevant to a viable class.
2️⃣ Zeals used to get steamrolled by Furies, but with Death, they actually stand a chance.
3️⃣ Zons were tearing through everyone with Inner Sight 20—lowering it to Inner Sight 10 made matchups much more reasonable.

But there’s one more change I’ve always wanted to make. It’s been controversial, so I’m launching a new ladder to make it happen.

Let’s cut to the chase—there’s nothing fair about getting smacked around by $10 weapons.
🎉That’s why I’m starting a GM Melee ladder with NO EDC🎉

If you’re tired of the “I’m too poor for a good weapon” excuse from players decked out in expensive gear while swinging an EDC,
this is your chance to break free from the nonsense.

Let’s make D2R melee as fair and fun as it should be.

- Ozy -
⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

⚔️JUST Melee Rules⚔️

CHECK THE RULES HERE

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

⚔️Just Melee Ladder Season 1 Roster⚔️

⚜️ 1. ozymandias31153 - othello (zeal) (6-0)

2. wolfbarb - wolfbarb (wolfbarb) (2-3)

3. bbs2 - pala (zeal) (0-3)

🔥🔥🔥 can only challenge one up from here🔥🔥🔥

4. Jive777 - Thicc (zeal) (1-0)

5. zunks - BenitoMussolini (zeal) (1-0)

6. lordofthorns - zoro (zeal) (0-1)

7. JFZ - JFZ (Conc) (0-2) *skip. away until April 15th*

8. JaggerSwagger74 - seventeen (zeal) (2-0)

9. TheNeb19 - spinyguy (wolfbarb) (1-3)

10. Pavel0404 - The_Punisher (zeal) (0-1)

11. Gorn007 - Pimlstoß (zeal) (0-0)

12. XXBOWKILLERXX - BallaPalla (zeal) (2-0)

13. Madafak - Тодор (zeal) (1-1)

14. Wedgies - Weedgies (fury) (0-1)

# indicates a dodge
2 consecutive dodges = Removal from the ladder.

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

💥Pending Challenges💥

8. JaggerSwagger74 - seventeen (zeal) (2-0) vs 6. lordofthorns - zoro (zeal) (0-1) expires on April 10th

3. bbs2 - pala - (0-3) vs 2. wolfbarb - wolfbarb (2-3) expires on April 11th

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

🎯Challenge Rules🎯

You can only challenge 2 up.

If you were challenged and won, you may challenge immediately.
If you were challenged and lost, you must wait 24 hours to issue your next challenge.

If you issued a challenge and won, you must wait 12 hours to issue another.
If you issued a challenge and lost, you must wait:
24 hours to issue a new challenge.
48 hours to re-challenge the same person.

🎯Dodge Rule (4-Day Rule)🎯
AFK / No-reply / No-show = Auto-loss.

*It is the challenger’s responsibility to contact an admin if the opponent cannot be reached.

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

💰Season 1 Pot💰

🔥TOTAL POT: 10k🔥

Ozymandias 5k
MFJaGGeR 5k <--- thank you so much brudda! :hug:

If you would like to donate💰💰💰 to the ladder pot, please contact Ozymandias

Trophies and Prizes awarded to 1st and 2nd
🏆1st 50%
🥈2nd 25%
🎖️Remaining 25% given to the person with the most duels

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

If you want to be added to the ladder,
please leave your JSP ID -- Character Name -- Class

ex) Ozymandias31153 Othello Zeal

This post was edited by Ozymandias31153 on Apr 7 2025 08:45am

Ozymandias31153

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Joined: Dec 19 2021

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#128

Apr 7 2025 08:46am

2. wolfbarb - wolfbarb (wolfbarb) (2-2) vs 1. ozymandias31153 - othello (zeal) (5-0) extension April 9th

ozy wins 10-8

super close GFG :hug: