DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/05/2025 Duedate: 12/18/2025
RODEKI ARENA
DM 42 TURN 990
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
CREVE COEUR
MI CASA (485)
(42-5523) [11-12-2,78]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
CREVE COEUR WITCHFINDER
MI CASA (485) SAXON (492)
(42-5523) [11-12-2,78] (42-5615) [6-3-0,55]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
BEYOND THE GRAVE FIRE AND STEEL
SAXON (492) SAXON (492)
(42-5614) [4-5-1,38] (42-5626) [1-3-0,11]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SAXON (492)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BETTER BLUES (365) 18
2. GRECIAN FORMULA (486) 17 FURRY FURY (463)
3. SAXON (492) 12 Unchartered Team
4. FURRY FURY (463) 11
5. MI CASA (485) 9 SAXON (492)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1 VOODOO VENDETTA! (483) 21 6 1 77.8 1/ 1*SAXON (492) 9 6 0
2/ 2 FURRY FURY (463) 23 8 1 74.2 2/ 2 MI CASA (485) 8 6 0
3/ 3 MI CASA (485) 84 46 5 64.6 3/ 4 GRECIAN FORMULA (486) 5 5 1
4/ 4 BETTER BLUES (365) 153 112 8 57.7 4/ 3 BETTER BLUES (365) 5 5 0
5/ 5*SAXON (492) 19 23 1 45.2 5/ 6 FURRY FURY (463) 2 0 0
6/ 6 GRECIAN FORMULA (486) 28 34 1 45.2 6- 5 VOODOO VENDETTA! (483) 1 0 0
7/ 7 DELVERS (154) 1217 1744 33 41.1 7/ 7 DELVERS (154) 0 3 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
The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon RODEKI, for I,
Novgorodny Vir, have returned! Good things come to those who fight well, as MI CASA
can attest, moving up by 0. Practice pays for ZORA YOUNG, who pummelled HOPE MILLS,
to pocket 18 points. BEYOND THE GRAVE certainly had a baffled expression on his
face, after losing to EVANSVILLE and losing 9 points in the process! A certain
someone saw LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS at The Swinging Aardvark with the shakes, and now he
fails to show up to defend his throne. What a pathetic slob! What can be a greater
victory? CREVE COEUR has taken hers place as the top, as RODEKI's new Duelmaster.
Word has it one team in RODEKI is using psychics to predict wins. They lead a
charmed life!
My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter.
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights! Perhaps the warriors of BETTER BLUES
should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team... The warriors of
BETTER BLUES found their efforts at combat frustrated as MI CASA apparently had more
important things to do than fight. Is it charming personality? Conversational
abilities? Good oral hygiene? Whatever it is, BUCKET is the most challenged
warrior. Willing to win at any cost is OAK PARK, who challenged FIRE AND STEEL, 13
points junior. Our sympathies, FIRE AND STEEL! I thought OAK PARK showed great
skill and promise when it subdued FIRE AND STEEL. All right, so I slept through it!
Big deal!
Is there life after death? Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after
life! Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.
Do not think spyreporting in RODEKI is the highlight of my life. Keep those
sands bloody and the buzzards fat! Can anything compare to the pleasure of writing
Spyreports for RODEKI? On that giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CREVE COEUR 5523 11 12 2 78 MI CASA (485)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZORA YOUNG 5602 11 6 0 75 BETTER BLUES (365)
HOPE MILLS 5520 20 8 1 69 MI CASA (485)
-BOO BOO DAVIS 5609 6 3 0 68 BETTER BLUES (365)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MYRMIDUS 5537 14 13 0 65 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)
EVANSVILLE 5606 5 4 1 58 MI CASA (485)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WITCHFINDER 5615 6 3 0 55 SAXON (492)
SNOOP DOGG 5597 3 1 0 44 FURRY FURY (463)
BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614 4 5 1 38 SAXON (492)
BUCKET 5585 7 15 0 36 DELVERS (154)
QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621 5 3 0 34 SAXON (492)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HAMMIE NIXON 5611 7 2 0 31 BETTER BLUES (365)
VESTALLA 5600 3 0 1 29 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)
OAK PARK 5625 4 0 0 24 MI CASA (485)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GORGONNE 5594 3 0 0 15 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)
-SHEMEKIA COPELAND 5619 3 3 1 13 BETTER BLUES (365)
FIRE AND STEEL 5626 1 3 0 11 SAXON (492)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LADY IN GRAY 5624 2 4 0 10 SAXON (492)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BURLIOS 5627 0 1 0 GRECIAN FORMULA 486 SPYMASTER 990 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
BURLIOS was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SNOOP DOGG vanquished BUCKET in a 1 minute brutal uneven Challenge battle.
OAK PARK luckily beat FIRE AND STEEL in a 7 minute amateur's Challenge duel.
CREVE COEUR savagely defeated MYRMIDUS in a 2 minute bloody master's Title match.
HOPE MILLS was outwaited by ZORA YOUNG in a unpopular 27 minute fight.
BEYOND THE GRAVE was overpowered by EVANSVILLE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
WITCHFINDER overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute uneven melee.
QUEEN OF HEARTS vanquished CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
LADY IN GRAY was overpowered by VESTALLA in a 1 minute uneven duel.
GORGONNE outlasted CONVICTED THIEF in a dull 8 minute novice's fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 4 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 0 - 0 100 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 24 - 7 - 0 77 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 3 - 0 63 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 10 - 8 - 3 56 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 7 - 7 - 0 50 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 STRIKING ATTACK 10 - 13 - 1 43 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 19 - 0 34 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 3 - 0 25 |
Turn 990 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 2 3 SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY ZORA YOUNG 5602 11 6 0 75 BETTER BLUES (365)
PARRY-STRIKE MYRMIDUS 5537 14 13 0 65 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)
BASHING ATTACK EVANSVILLE 5606 5 4 1 58 MI CASA (485)
SLASHING ATTACK WITCHFINDER 5615 6 3 0 55 SAXON (492)
STRIKING ATTACK SNOOP DOGG 5597 3 1 0 44 FURRY FURY (463)
PARRY-RIPOSTE QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621 5 3 0 34 SAXON (492)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614. The most popular warrior
this turn was FIRE AND STEEL 5626. The ten other most popular fighters were CREVE
COEUR 5523, WITCHFINDER 5615, SNOOP DOGG 5597, EVANSVILLE 5606, BURLIOS 5627, QUEEN
OF HEARTS 5621, VESTALLA 5600, BUCKET 5585, OAK PARK 5625, and MYRMIDUS 5537.
The least popular fighter this week was HOPE MILLS 5520. The other ten least popular
fighters were ZORA YOUNG 5602, GORGONNE 5594, LADY IN GRAY 5624, BEYOND THE GRAVE
5614, MYRMIDUS 5537, OAK PARK 5625, BUCKET 5585, VESTALLA 5600, QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621,
and BURLIOS 5627.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS (42-4099) BETTER BLUES (365)