DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/08/2025 Duedate: 12/20/2025
TALCAMA ARENA
DM 18 TURN 1043
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
INVERNESS
WOMB OF HORRORS (766)
(18-11575) [28-15-0,118]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
INVERNESS SATANIC JULIP
WOMB OF HORRORS (766) KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773)
(18-11575) [28-15-0,118] (18-11730) [3-1-0,22]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
BARON BARYON PHOUKA
MAD SCIENTISTS (75) THE EMERALD ISLES (765)
(18-11634) [14-17-1,60] (18-11513) [13-16-2,101]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. STORM SHADOWS (757) 41
2. MAD SCIENTISTS (75) 35 STORM SHADOWS (757)
3. INANIMATE TOFU (331) 15 Unchartered Team
4. OF WOLF AND MAN (620) 13
5. COSMIC KARMA (760) 9 KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 STORM SHADOWS (757) 25 7 0 78.1 1/ 2 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630) 7 2 0
2/ 2*KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773) 3 2 0 60.0 2/ 4 OF WOLF AND MAN (620) 7 4 2
3/ 3 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630) 245 179 13 57.8 3/ 5 STORM SHADOWS (757) 6 0 0
4/ 4 WOMB OF HORRORS (766) 82 61 2 57.3 4/ 1 INANIMATE TOFU (331) 6 9 0
5- 5 THUNDR + LITENING (22) 1160 1040 129 52.7 5/ 6 OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549) 5 4 1
6/ 6 MAD SCIENTISTS (75) 878 853 62 50.7 6/ 3 THE EMERALD ISLES (765) 5 4 0
7/ 7 COSMIC KARMA (760) 129 135 5 48.9 7/ 7 MAD SCIENTISTS (75) 5 7 0
8/ 0 ALABAMA BLUES (755) 39 43 2 47.6 8/ 8 COSMIC KARMA (760) 4 8 0
9/ 8 INANIMATE TOFU (331) 189 216 8 46.7 9/10 WOMB OF HORRORS (766) 3 4 0
10/ 9 OF WOLF AND MAN (620) 50 61 3 45.0 10/ 9*KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773) 2 1 0
11/10 THE EMERALD ISLES (765) 79 100 6 44.1 11/ 0 ALABAMA BLUES (755) 2 1 0
12/11 OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549) 61 96 4 38.9 12/11*COVEY XVII (771) 1 9 0
13/12*COVEY XVII (771) 1 9 0 10.0 13-12 THUNDR + LITENING (22) 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
Oh, hi. Its just little 'ol Debby Tonte. Thought I'd check out TALCAMA to see
what's new. Too bad, INANIMATE TOFU, but OF WOLF AND MAN II was just too good to be
stopped. MVP award for POLARIS DAWN? MAD SCIENTISTS' proud of him after beating COW
COW DAVENPORT and getting 18 points. Talk about yer big time losers! TOFU SCRAMBLE
got smashed by COSMIC AMBUSH, and lost 13 points! The Duelmaster isn't going to stop
just cause she's Number One! SPYMISTRESS SHARDA knows this. She was Dark Arena
Challenged by the Duelmaster. Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair? I
think ARYA should let SPYMISTRESS SHARDA be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting
about it. Who was the wiseguy that said TALCAMA's Duelmaster was paying for drinks
at The Original Arthur's Last Stand? Don't look at me!
Look, you guys stick to fighting, all right? STORM SHADOWS was TALCAMA's most
avoided team. Is there some award for that? Is there some deep dark secret why THE
EMERALD ISLES' been avoiding STORM SHADOWS so much? Or is it just that they're too
scared? Like, is DETHAN popular, or what? He was challenged the most in all of
TALCAMA! He's got a 2-5-1, is that good?
Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds. All TALCAMA ever talks about is fighting!
Me, I'm more laid back. Pinch me, I must be dreaming!!! ARYA returns from the Dark
Arena, maybe a "little upset" at hers OF WOLF AND MAN teammates... Fight, fight,
fight. Is that all you guys can do?
I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be
a famous Spyreporter? I'm getting tired of writing this stuff, so I'm calling it
quits. Remember you guys, ease up sometimes! Chill out! Later, Debby Tonte
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
INVERNESS 11575 28 15 0 118 WOMB OF HORRORS (766)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TEAL'C 10055 15 5 3 116 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
PHOUKA 11513 13 16 2 101 THE EMERALD ISLES (765)
LADY LIGHTYEAR 11647 14 8 0 92 MAD SCIENTISTS (75)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NOVA HELIX 11600 16 19 1 90 MAD SCIENTISTS (75)
COSMIC HAVEN 11605 18 20 1 81 COSMIC KARMA (760)
THARIZDUN 11636 17 15 1 71 WOMB OF HORRORS (766)
MAD MC SNUGGLES 11594 16 11 0 69 THE EMERALD ISLES (765)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COSMIC AMBUSH 11703 7 4 0 66 COSMIC KARMA (760)
-HURIN 10030 14 10 1 65 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
BARON BARYON 11634 14 17 1 60 MAD SCIENTISTS (75)
POLARIS DAWN 11702 6 3 0 59 MAD SCIENTISTS (75)
BLUESMAN DAVIS 11521 9 1 0 57 ALABAMA BLUES (755)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DAWNSPEAR 11641 3 1 0 53 STORM SHADOWS (757)
COW COW DAVENPORT 11351 7 4 0 51 ALABAMA BLUES (755)
ALABAMA SHAKES 11479 8 8 1 50 ALABAMA BLUES (755)
TOFU SCRAMBLE 11710 7 5 0 48 INANIMATE TOFU (331)
COSMIC WIDOW 11648 8 3 0 43 COSMIC KARMA (760)
IRON GOLD 11720 2 0 0 40 STORM SHADOWS (757)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-NEPHINAE LUNA 11756 4 0 1 35 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HELL DIVER 11719 2 0 0 33 STORM SHADOWS (757)
DETHAN 11723 2 5 1 26 OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)
SMIDGE 11668 6 5 0 25 THE EMERALD ISLES (765)
MISTRESS TAVEA 11743 3 0 0 25 OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)
-BAXTER 11695 1 2 0 24 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE SELKIE 11652 4 9 1 22 THE EMERALD ISLES (765)
SATANIC JULIP 11730 3 1 0 22 KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773)
LARTEK 11683 1 3 0 20 OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)
AURYONA 11694 1 4 0 17 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
AMYS KITCHEN 11779 1 0 0 15 INANIMATE TOFU (331)
NOKTU 11764 2 1 0 12 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
-DABBLE 11744 1 0 0 11 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
-CLIFT 11745 1 0 0 9 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
SPRING 11691 1 2 0 5 COVEY XVII (771)
-SHENANIGANS 11769 1 0 0 5 THE EMERALD ISLES (765)
GLOBE 11692 0 3 0 5 COVEY XVII (771)
COSMIC GAMBLE 11761 0 3 0 3 COSMIC KARMA (760)
GELATINUS GOOP 11773 0 2 0 2 INANIMATE TOFU (331)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
CRISP FRIED TOF 11749 3 4 1 INANIMATE TOFU 331 DETHAN 11723 1042
DESTINED TO DIE 11774 0 2 0 INANIMATE TOFU 331 DARK CHAMPION 1043 NONE
TOFU NUGGETS 11748 3 2 0 INANIMATE TOFU 331 THE SELKIE 11652 1040
BARON O'GRAYMAT 11704 2 2 0 THE EMERALD ISLE 765 NEPHINAE LUNA 11756 1040
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ARYA butchered SPYMISTRESS SHARDA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DESTINED TO DIE was murdered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
DAWNSPEAR savagely defeated COSMIC WIDOW in a action packed 2 minute Challenge fight.
IRON GOLD devastated DETHAN in a exciting 1 minute bloody one-sided Challenge fight.
PHOUKA was unbelievably bested by INVERNESS in a 4 minute Challenge Title duel.
MAD MC SNUGGLES beat BARON BARYON in a 2 minute gory master's Challenge brawl.
SMIDGE overcame AURYONA in a 4 minute Challenge melee.
PARMESEAN CHEESE vanquished COSMIC HAVEN in a 1 minute uneven duel.
TEAL'C defeated NOVA HELIX in a 2 minute expert's duel.
THARIZDUN was overpowered by LADY LIGHTYEAR in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
TOFU SCRAMBLE was overpowered by COSMIC AMBUSH in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
POLARIS DAWN demolished COW COW DAVENPORT in a 3 minute mismatched competition.
ALABAMA SHAKES devastated THE SELKIE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided battle.
BLUESMAN DAVIS overpowered CAPTURED ORC in a popular 7 minute mismatched conflict.
SATANIC JULIP was vanquished by HELL DIVER in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
MISTRESS TAVEA vanquished GELATINUS GOOP in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided fray.
LARTEK devastated COSMIC GAMBLE in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
GLOBE was savagely defeated by NOKTU in a exciting 2 minute brutal novice's match.
SPRING was overpowered by AMYS KITCHEN in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 9 STRIKING ATTACK 20 - 9 - 4 69 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 8 - 0 68 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 AIMED BLOW 24 - 18 - 1 57 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 SLASHING ATTACK 20 - 16 - 1 56 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 6 - 0 54 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 11 - 1 52 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 36 - 47 - 3 43 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 26 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 7 - 0 22 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 12 - 0 8 |
Turn 1043 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 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 4 BASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 4 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 3 1 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 4 1 PARRY-LUNGE
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 2
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY INVERNESS 11575 28 15 0 118 WOMB OF HORRORS (766)
PARRY-LUNGE TEAL'C 10055 15 5 3 116 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
BASHING ATTACK LADY LIGHTYEAR 11647 14 8 0 92 MAD SCIENTISTS (75)
WALL OF STEEL MAD MC SNUGGLES 11594 16 11 0 69 THE EMERALD ISLES (765)
SLASHING ATTACK COSMIC AMBUSH 11703 7 4 0 66 COSMIC KARMA (760)
AIMED BLOW POLARIS DAWN 11702 6 3 0 59 MAD SCIENTISTS (75)
STRIKING ATTACK DAWNSPEAR 11641 3 1 0 53 STORM SHADOWS (757)
LUNGING ATTACK IRON GOLD 11720 2 0 0 40 STORM SHADOWS (757)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is BARON BARYON 11634. The most popular warrior this
turn was PHOUKA 11513. The ten other most popular fighters were DAWNSPEAR 11641,
NOKTU 11764, IRON GOLD 11720, BARON BARYON 11634, TEAL'C 10055, MISTRESS TAVEA 11743,
NOVA HELIX 11600, MAD MC SNUGGLES 11594, SMIDGE 11668, and LADY LIGHTYEAR 11647.
The least popular fighter this week was BLUESMAN DAVIS 11521. The other ten least
popular fighters were COW COW DAVENPORT 11351, SPRING 11691, SATANIC JULIP 11730,
TOFU SCRAMBLE 11710, COSMIC HAVEN 11605, DETHAN 11723, DESTINED TO DIE 11774, COSMIC
GAMBLE 11761, GELATINUS GOOP 11773, and THE SELKIE 11652.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
TEAL'C (18-10055) OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
ARYA (18-10062) OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
PARMESEAN CHEESE (18-10983) INANIMATE TOFU (331)