DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 11/27/2025 Duedate: 12/10/2025
VEASTIAN ARENA
DM 43 TURN 978
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
FARAH
FAR TRAVELERS (553)
(43-5613) [12-1-2,130]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
FARAH POSITION IS EMPTY
FAR TRAVELERS (553)
(43-5613) [12-1-2,130]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
TRISTIAN CARTLE BASALT
PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545) DUREX 100 (546)
(43-5601) [21-14-0,105] (43-5667) [8-5-1,36]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. FAR TRAVELERS (553) 39
2. DUREX 100 (546) 39 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
3. FLYING CIRCUS II (347) 38 Unchartered Team
4. THE FAMILY (116) 8
5. PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545) 3 SIEGMUNDR (416)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 FLYING CIRCUS II (347) 224 129 3 63.5 1/ 1 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545) 9 4 0
2- 2*COVEY IX (454) 12 8 1 60.0 2/ 2 FLYING CIRCUS II (347) 8 3 0
3/ 3 FAR TRAVELERS (553) 29 25 4 53.7 3/ 4 DUREX 100 (546) 6 7 0
4/ 4 PUD POWER (298) 42 38 1 52.5 4/ 5 FAR TRAVELERS (553) 3 2 1
5/ 5 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545) 153 146 10 51.2 5/ 3 PUD POWER (298) 2 3 0
6/ 6 DUREX 100 (546) 138 136 5 50.4 6/ 6 THE FAMILY (116) 1 2 0
7/ 7 THE FAMILY (116) 1329 1528 42 46.5 7- 7*COVEY IX (454) 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
Much has changed in VEASTIAN since last I was here. Never fear, Olaf Modeen
adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters. What's with ROCK SHIELD?
He actually beat VEASTIAN's VENOMOUS CONCUBINE, and walked away with 21 more points
from the fight. Major screwup at PRIDE OF ALASTARI. KETL LOCKBLOCK lost 7 points to
HIPPO SWAN. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe KETL LOCKBLOCK will provide more
easy wins... VEASTIAN has a Duelmaster who doesn't sit back and get lazy. She
challenged FLYING CIRCUS II's ARTHUR LEMMING BDA (9-4-1), which should prove (ahem!)
interesting. ARTHUR LEMMING BDA was reminded on the sands why FARAH is Duelmaster.
I suppose you want to hear some rumors and dirty gossip about your fellow fighters?
Tough!
If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. The
most avoided team was PUD POWER. The bums at FAR TRAVELERS couldn't face the
challenges from PUD POWER! No excuse for that! What do people see in HIPPO SWAN?
His 18-40-0? THE FAMILY ain't talkin', but he's got 99 points. I hate going to the
effort of writing about the kind of fights that TRISTIAN CARTLE gets in. She fights
people like SCRAGG TAGG, 10 points below. I thought TRISTIAN CARTLE showed great
skill and promise when she bested SCRAGG TAGG. All right, so I slept through it!
Big deal!
Warriors of VEASTIAN unite. You have only your games to lose! Who will dare
fight 2, after it returned from the Dark Arena? (For the record 3-2-1 is 33, and has
it points) Here's some advice: study your opponent, master many skills, fight dirty.
Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. All work
and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter. Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.
Olaffighterwork and no play. Time for my medication, so I'll leave now. Practice,
practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FARAH 5613 12 1 2 130 FAR TRAVELERS (553)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TRISTIAN CARTLE 5601 21 14 0 105 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)
-CARVED IVORY 2934 15 6 1 101 PUD POWER (298)
HIPPO SWAN 5568 18 40 0 99 THE FAMILY (116)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SCRAGG TAGG 2937 12 13 0 90 PUD POWER (298)
ARTHUR LEMMING BDA 5649 9 4 1 90 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
ROCK SHIELD 5619 14 21 0 81 DUREX 100 (546)
KETL LOCKBLOCK 5650 7 7 0 71 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)
TERNA MYTOH 5648 9 6 0 70 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
INGOT 5651 12 7 0 53 DUREX 100 (546)
CASTER 5659 8 8 0 46 DUREX 100 (546)
-THE NOID 4547 4 2 1 41 COVEY IX (454)
CARDINAL XIMENEZ 5679 4 0 0 41 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
BASALT 5667 8 5 1 36 DUREX 100 (546)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
2 5636 3 2 1 33 FAR TRAVELERS (553)
IBRAHIM 5639 4 2 0 32 FAR TRAVELERS (553)
CARDINAL FANG 5680 3 0 0 29 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHIPPA KEMNAC 5647 3 12 1 25 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SOFT CUSHION 5691 1 0 0 15 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
NUGGET 5681 1 0 0 11 DUREX 100 (546)
-FRAU BLUCHER 5657 0 1 0 11 COVEY IX (454)
DISH RACK 5682 0 1 0 1 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DARK CHAMPION 0 0 0 DARK ARENA 2 5636 978 NONE
SAMHAIN 5666 0 1 0 FAR TRAVELERS 553 MOUNTAIN TROLL 978 NONE
YUCK 5690 0 1 0 PRIDE OF ALASTAR 545 HIGH ELF 978 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
2 viciously butchered DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
YUCK was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
SAMHAIN was murdered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
FARAH devastated ARTHUR LEMMING BDA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge Title contest.
TRISTIAN CARTLE bested SCRAGG TAGG in a popular 1 minute expert's Challenge brawl.
KETL LOCKBLOCK was devastated by HIPPO SWAN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
TERNA MYTOH handily defeated CASTER in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
CHIPPA KEMNAC was viciously subdued by BASALT in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge duel.
ROCK SHIELD vanquished VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 2 minute uneven fight.
INGOT won victory over IBRAHIM in a 2 minute fight.
CARDINAL XIMENEZ overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven match.
CARDINAL FANG overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
NUGGET demolished DISH RACK in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
SOFT CUSHION devastated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute one-sided battle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 13 - 4 - 1 76 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 3 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 2 - 0 75 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 4 - 0 64 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 4 - 0 64 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 20 - 12 - 1 63 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 17 - 12 - 0 59 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 12 - 10 - 0 55 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 11 - 20 - 0 35 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 8 - 1 20 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 4 - 0 0 |
Turn 978 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 3 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 4 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 3 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-STRIKE FARAH 5613 12 1 2 130 FAR TRAVELERS (553)
PARRY-LUNGE TRISTIAN CARTLE 5601 21 14 0 105 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)
LUNGING ATTACK ARTHUR LEMMING BDA 5649 9 4 1 90 FLYING CIRCUS II (347)
BASHING ATTACK TERNA MYTOH 5648 9 6 0 70 PRIDE OF ALASTARI (545)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is TRISTIAN CARTLE 5601. The most popular warrior this
turn was BASALT 5667. The ten other most popular fighters were INGOT 5651, 2 5636,
FARAH 5613, TRISTIAN CARTLE 5601, ROCK SHIELD 5619, NUGGET 5681, SCRAGG TAGG 2937,
HIPPO SWAN 5568, IBRAHIM 5639, and CARDINAL XIMENEZ 5679.
The least popular fighter this week was DISH RACK 5682. The other ten least popular
fighters were CASTER 5659, KETL LOCKBLOCK 5650, YUCK 5690, SOFT CUSHION 5691, CHIPPA
KEMNAC 5647, TERNA MYTOH 5648, ARTHUR LEMMING BDA 5649, SAMHAIN 5666, CARDINAL FANG
5680, and CARDINAL XIMENEZ 5679.