DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/02/2025    Duedate: 12/15/2025

KALTOS ARENA

DM 5    TURN 1052

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ALEXANDRA SAITOVA
DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)
(5-5487) [12-3-0,104]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ALEXANDRA SAITOVA              VOMIT ROCKET
DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)           CARNIVAL OF BLOOD (640)
(5-5487) [12-3-0,104]          (5-6524) [6-3-0,68]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

JAWS                           ALEXANDRA SAITOVA
JAMES BONDAGE (531)            DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)
(5-6392) [21-26-0,101]         (5-5487) [12-3-0,104]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)          34 
2. CARNIVAL OF BLOOD (640)       31    DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)
3. FANTASY TEAM 10 (637)         21    Unchartered Team
4. JAMES BONDAGE (531)           21 
5. ERRATA (619)                  11    CARNIVAL OF BLOOD (640)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*PBR (645)                  6   2  0 75.0   1/ 4 DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)      7  7 0
 2- 3 ATTACKERS (641)           16  11  0 59.3   2/ 1 JAMES BONDAGE (531)       6  3 1
 3/ 4 DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)     585 406 40 59.0   3/ 3 FANTASY TEAM 10 (637)     5  3 0
 4/ 2*CARNIVAL OF BLOOD (640)   10   7  0 58.8   4/ 6*CARNIVAL OF BLOOD (640)   4  2 0
 5- 5 SISTER MARGARET'S 2 (629) 12   9  0 57.1   5- 2*PBR (645)                 2  0 0
 6/ 6 BLACK BULLDOGS (11)      493 396 25 55.5   6- 5 SISTER MARGARET'S 2 (629) 1  0 0
 7/ 7 JAMES BONDAGE (531)      145 136 14 51.6   7- 7 PHILANTHROPISTS! (552)    1  1 0
 8- 8 PHILANTHROPISTS! (552)     9   9  0 50.0   8/10 ERRATA (619)              1  1 0
 9/ 9 FANTASY TEAM 10 (637)     27  34  1 44.3   9- 8 ATTACKERS (641)           1  2 0
10/11 ERRATA (619)              26  42  1 38.2  10/ 9 BLACK BULLDOGS (11)       1  8 0
11/10*OF WOLF & GNOLL (638)      7  12  0 36.8  11/11*OF WOLF & GNOLL (638)     0  2 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

              CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT -- Kolact DM 10 and Stormcrowe DM 45

Masked Mayhem Approaches! Choose Your Champion? If You Dare!

Attention, warriors and managers of ALASTARI!

A new game begins--not of brute strength alone, but of wits, will, and whispers. The 
Masked Mayhem contest begins on Turn 1046 in Kolact (DM 10)! Each manager will 
secretly select one of their warriors to don the metaphorical mask and fight for glory 
in the shadows.

Double points await your masked gladiator--but beware! No one will know who walks 
masked among us until the contest ends... Will your foes guess your masked warrior and 
try to bring them down? Or will you distract them with feints and fodder?

To get started, send your masked gladiator selection (include warrior name and ID#) to 
Master Darque at darquesorcery@gmail.com before Turn 1046 (DUE February 9, 2026), and 
submit TWO (2) Team Roll Up Certificates (contact RSI by email CSR@reality.com). Then, 
make sure your masked fighter shows up each round--they can't earn double points if 
they--re sitting in the infirmary. Team maintenance is recommended for all 
participating teams.

Will your mystery fighter rise in blood-soaked triumph? Or fall in obscurity?

Let the shadows stir, and the games begin?

Thanks,

Master Darque
Contest Coordinator

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RULES and ENTRY GUIDELINES

A. CONTEST SCHEDULE

1. Duration: 12 turns

2. Start:  Turn 1046 (due February 9, 2026)

3. End:  Turn 1057 (due July 13, 2026)

4. Submissions Needed:
     a. Masked Gladiators (your team champion) must be sent to Master Darque no later 
        than February 9, 2026.  Teams may participate without declaring a champion, 
        but it will be impossible for these teams to receive the bonus modifier. 
        Please send to darquesorcery@gmail.com.
     b. Submit two (2) Team Roll-Up Certificates to Master Darque via RSI CSR.

5. Reveal:  Masked Gladiators will be revealed in the Turn 1057 newsletter.

B. SCORING

1. Win:  +3
2. Kill:  +1
3. Lose:  -1
4. Death:  -1

Masked Gladiators score X2 each turn. (e.g. Masked Gladiator wins and kills his 
opponent, so he would earn (+3 Win + 1 Kill) x 2 = 8 points. Similarly, a Masked 
Gladiator for another team died. His point total would be (-1 Lose + -1 Death) x 2 = -
4 points.)

C. ADDENDA

1. If a Masked Gladiator dies during the course of the contest, all is not lost! 
   Managers may designate a second Masked Gladiator; however, their scoring will only 
   offer a multiplier of 1.5 for the duration of the contest.

2. If a Masked Gladiator GRADUATES during the course of the contest, managers may 
   designate a second Masked Gladiator. The multiplier will be reduced to 1.5 for the 
   duration of the contest.

3. Teams may not designate more than TWO (2) Masked Gladiators during the course of 
   the contest.

4. Once a gladiator is chosen as the Masked Gladiator, managers may NOT alter their 
   selection unless the designated warrior dies or graduates.

5. Masked Mayhem is a SINGLE-MANAGER event. You do not need a partner or team to 
   participate. It is every man and woman for themselves!

6. Managers may only field ONE (1) team in the contest.

D. Prizes

1. Endurance Award - Every participating Team will receive one (1) +1 Bonus Potion for 
   participating in all 12 rounds of the contest and in at least 55 of the 60 
   scheduled fights.
   In addition, teams that participate in ALL the scheduled 60 fights will receive a 
   single ZAP Potion.

2. First Place Manager (choose 3 from the following)
     a. LIMITED Max Damage (one-time only; not perpetual; warrior must be from DM 10 
        and have participated in the contest)
     b. Move a warrior from another team (that you own) to your DM 10 squad (warrior 
        must be NATURAL and UNMODIFIED; there must be an open spot via death/dark 
        arena or graduation, warrior must be alive)
     c. Know Favorites (Initiates classed warrior or above)
     d. Reroll one (1) warrior's favorite LEARN
     e. Limited Immortality (one (1) resurrection following death in DM 10)
     f. Two (2) +1 Skill Pots (added to warrior's base; no out of bound warriors)
     g. Reroll one (1) warrior's Endurance (keeping the roll only if it improves)

3. Second Place Manager (choose 2 of the following)
     a. LIMITED Max Damage (one-time only; not perpetual; warrior must be from DM 10 
        and have participated in the contest)
     b. Know Favorites (Initiates classed warrior or above)
     c. Reroll one (1) warrior's favorite LEARN
     d. Two (2) +1 Skill Pots (added to warrior's base; no out-of-bound warriors)
     e. Reroll one (1) warrior's Endurance (keeping the roll only if it improves)

4. Third Place Manager (choose 1 of the following)
     a. Reroll one (1) warrior's favorite LEARN
     b. Two (2) +1 Skill Pots (added to warrior's base; no out-of-bound warriors)
     c. Reroll one (1) warrior's Endurance (keeping the roll only if it improves)

5. Roll-Up Certificates
     a. 40% - First Place Manager
     b. 30% - Second Place Manager
     c. 20% - Third Place Manager
     d. 10% - Masked Gladiator Champion (scored the most points during the contest)
          i. Tie Breaker 1: Win/Loss Percentage
         ii. Tie Breaker 2: Kills
        iii. Tie Breaker 3: Head-to-Head Win/Loss vs. other team(s)
         iv. Tie Breaker 4: Thunderdome! Two men enter; One man leaves! Let's hope it 
             doesn't come this far!

** Note:  This contest will also be offered in DM 45. You may sign up for either or 
both. DM 45 will be the same, but it will only run for 10 turns rather than 12.

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, KALTOS?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Later days, JAMES BONDAGE, since 
DAPHNE'S LADIES took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  DAPHNE'S 
LADIES turned their 4-1-0 turn into a 1st place rank in the listings this turn.  Any 
better than this, and you get put on hit lists.  Of course, we're all terribly 
impressed to see STAFFORD win a fight and gain 13 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, STRAY 
beat RHESUS and RHESUS lost 10 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And it's out with 
the old, in with the new, as ALEXANDRA SAITOVA takes the Title and last week's bar 
tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  I'm not in a very good mood today, but why 
am I telling you this?  You want to know what's new, don't you, KALTOS?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
BLACK BULLDOGS, 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 JAMES BONDAGE.  Ha ha ha 
ha!   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  JAMES BONDAGE has cause to pause today, as MONEYPENNY 
was sent to the Dark Arena, and came back--though not in the best of moods, I'll 
wager.  Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use.  Certain 
nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     What does the KALTOS arena have in common with the inns?  It's just as 
comfortable to sleep in either place.  Ha ha ha ha!  Just wait 'till next time I show 
up here, I won't be so nice!  So nyaaah!  Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide 
Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ALEXANDRA SAITOVA 5487       12   3  0 104         DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)      

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BOOTHE 6396                  12   6  0 111         SISTER MARGARET'S 2 (629) 
 JAWS 6392                    21  26  0 101         JAMES BONDAGE (531)       
-SILVER SOMETHING 5632         7   3  0 100         PHILANTHROPISTS! (552)    
 CONKLIN 6489                 11   7  1  91         FANTASY TEAM 10 (637)     

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STAFFORD 6529                 9   4  0  79         FANTASY TEAM 10 (637)     
 BLACK DEFILER 6438           15  24  0  69         BLACK BULLDOGS (11)       
 VOMIT ROCKET 6524             6   3  0  68         CARNIVAL OF BLOOD (640)   

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RUNAWAY PONY 6525             4   2  0  54         CARNIVAL OF BLOOD (640)   
 MONEYPENNY 6429               5   4  2  48         JAMES BONDAGE (531)       
-BUCKED OFF 6571               3   1  0  48         PBR (645)                 
 BLACK RAPTOR 6485            12   9  1  46         BLACK BULLDOGS (11)       
-BLITZ 6537                    3   1  0  39         ATTACKERS (641)           
-INVADER 6536                  6   3  0  37         ATTACKERS (641)           
 ODDJOB 6530                   4   2  0  36         JAMES BONDAGE (531)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ELDOG 6494                    2   4  0  30         OF WOLF & GNOLL (638)     
-FORAY 6538                    5   3  0  27         ATTACKERS (641)           
-YELLOW JACKET 6572            3   1  0  25         PBR (645)                 

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STRAY 6515                    1   1  0  24         ERRATA (619)              

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BRANDY SCOUSE GIT 6588        2   0  0  19         DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)      
 IDDA VAN MUNSTER 5606         3   3  0  18         DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)      
 WONDER WOMAN 6568             2   3  0  16         DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)      
-ZAAZ 5356                     2   1  0  16         PHILANTHROPISTS! (552)    
 ALICE THE GOON 6577           2   2  1  11         DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)      
 RHESUS 6580                   1   2  0   5         BLACK BULLDOGS (11)       

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CARNY 1 6587            0  1 0 CARNIVAL OF BLOO 640 ARENAMASTER TROK      1052 NONE
DOOMSCROLLER 6522       0  1 0 CARNIVAL OF BLOO 640 HIGH ELF              1052 NONE
WURM KIN                0  0 0 DARK ARENA           MONEYPENNY 6429       1052 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MONEYPENNY viciously butchered WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DOOMSCROLLER was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
CARNY 1 was murdered by ARENAMASTER TROKTAI in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
JAWS was viciously subdued by ALEXANDRA SAITOVA in a 1 minute veteran's Title contest.
BLACK DEFILER was devastated by STAFFORD in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven brawl.
CONKLIN overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
VOMIT ROCKET overcame BLACK RAPTOR in a 2 minute gruesome melee.
ELDOG was vanquished by RUNAWAY PONY in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
ODDJOB defeated IDDA VAN MUNSTER in a 2 minute fight.
STRAY overpowered RHESUS in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
WONDER WOMAN overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided match.
ALICE THE GOON bested MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute amateur's conflict.
BRANDY SCOUSE GIT demolished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         WALL OF STEEL     12 -   4 -  0      75  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         TOTAL PARRY        2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         STRIKING ATTACK   26 -  26 -  1      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    21 -  23 -  2      48  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK    16 -  21 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         AIMED BLOW         6 -   9 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   6 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1052 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   ALEXANDRA SAITOVA 5487     12   3  0  104 DAPHNE'S LADIES (33)
STRIKING ATTACK  CONKLIN 6489               11   7  1   91 FANTASY TEAM 10 (637)
SLASHING ATTACK  RUNAWAY PONY 6525           4   2  0   54 CARNIVAL OF BLOOD (640)
WALL OF STEEL    ODDJOB 6530                 4   2  0   36 JAMES BONDAGE (531)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is JAWS 6392.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
ALEXANDRA SAITOVA 5487.  The ten other most popular fighters were STAFFORD 6529, 
CONKLIN 6489, VOMIT ROCKET 6524, MONEYPENNY 6429, RUNAWAY PONY 6525, ODDJOB 6530, 
IDDA VAN MUNSTER 5606, STRAY 6515, WONDER WOMAN 6568, and ALICE THE GOON 6577.

The least popular fighter this week was RHESUS 6580.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were CARNY 1 6587, DOOMSCROLLER 6522, ELDOG 6494, BLACK RAPTOR 6485, BLACK 
DEFILER 6438, JAWS 6392, BRANDY SCOUSE GIT 6588, ALICE THE GOON 6577, WONDER WOMAN 
6568, and STRAY 6515.