DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 11/28/2025 Duedate: 12/11/2025
TRICORUS ARENA
DM 51 TURN 936
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ALL ABOUT ME
THIS MODERN WORLD (662)
(51-6557) [9-2-0,83]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ALL ABOUT ME SCHRODINGER
THIS MODERN WORLD (662) OF WOLF & PITT (673)
(51-6557) [9-2-0,83] (51-6648) [2-0-0,29]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
SHAGROT GAFFER GAMGEE
THE FELLOWSHIP (129) THE FELLOWSHIP (129)
(51-6527) [14-8-0,70] (51-6549) [6-10-1,29]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
OF WOLF & PITT (673)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. OF WOLF & PITT (673) 37
2. THIS MODERN WORLD (662) 37 WRATHMEN 21-43 (651)
3. WRATHMEN 21-43 (651) 10 Unchartered Team
4. THE FELLOWSHIP (129) -13
OF WOLF & PITT (673)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2*OF WOLF & PITT (673) 7 1 0 87.5 1/ 2*OF WOLF & PITT (673) 7 1 0
2- 1 DARQUE SOULS 22.B1 (666) 34 8 1 81.0 2/ 4 WRATHMEN 21-43 (651) 3 0 0
3- 3 ALLIES OF RIFF (622) 69 55 4 55.6 3/ 8 THIS MODERN WORLD (662) 3 3 1
4- 4*YUPPIE WIVES CLUB (664) 7 6 1 53.8 4- 3 FURY (643) 3 3 0
5/ 8 WRATHMEN 21-43 (651) 8 7 0 53.3 5- 6 ALLIES OF RIFF (622) 2 2 0
6- 6 FURY (643) 29 28 2 50.9 6- 1 DARQUE SOULS 22.B1 (666) 2 3 0
7/ 7 THE FELLOWSHIP (129) 519 519 29 50.0 7/ 5 THE FELLOWSHIP (129) 2 5 0
8/ 5 THIS MODERN WORLD (662) 18 18 3 50.0 8- 7*YUPPIE WIVES CLUB (664) 1 6 1
9- 9*PHILANTHROPISTS (587) 0 2 0 0.0 9- 9*PHILANTHROPISTS (587) 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
Greetings warriors! It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the
clash and bustle of the weekly TRICORUS games. Former top team DARQUE SOULS 22.B1
was unseated this week as OF WOLF & PITT moved up from 2nd ranking to take the top
spot with a 3-0-0 record for the round. There were bitter words at DARQUE SOULS
22.B1's guildhouse after a 0-0-0 showing this week which dropped the stable into 6th.
Dark Arena anyone? Warriors--remember that glory waits always around the corner!
Witness how this week THIS MODERN WORLD went 2-3-1 to move up 5 in the rankings. My
praise to OF WOLF & PITT for their 3-0-0 week this time out. Indeed, it was a
skillfully fought round deserving of notice! SCHRODINGER caught the eye of many in
the gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested BUTTERBLUR and was awarded 16
points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, SCHRODINGER put down
BUTTERBLUR, causing him to lose 11 points of recognition in the process. Although
SHAGROT made a valiant effort, it did not suffice to topple the reign of victorious
ALL ABOUT ME. Would you believe that over half of the old women in TRICORUS seem to
feel that they could fight better than you gladiators?
Many and various are the arts of battle. In TRICORUS "art" is a word that has
long since passed from the language! My inside sources tell me that the team to beat
in TRICORUS these days is DARQUE SOULS 22.B1. At least, most blades in town are
looking to avoid them. If you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard
pressed to find any of THE FELLOWSHIP last week. Busy avoiding DARQUE SOULS 22.B1?
What warrior does not hone his years, impatiently waiting for the moment of his
foe's mortality? Was I the only one shocked to see the well respected fighter
POCKETBOOK VOTER (3-1-1) appear on the sands of the Dark Arena? He is now dead.
Some guilds are strict but few are as heartless as THIS MODERN WORLD. Witness, last
turn they sent BORDER CZAR, a 3-1-0 fighter, to the Dark Arena! Strange what
qualities come forth in the face of certain doom. 3D CHESS has the town astir with
the news of his Dark Arena victory! Fate is a fickle mistress. She showers the
miserable with fortune but sets enemies against the victorious. Remember this!
The girls are as pretty in TRICORUS as ever I remembered them....and the
fighters as ugly! Don't let your reputation slip! Ahh, but I can hear the spires of
a far off city calling to me. I must away! Till next we meet remember - the pen is
mightier than the sword, but a maul is a different story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ALL ABOUT ME 6557 9 2 0 83 THIS MODERN WORLD (662)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-THOROLUND 6610 10 0 1 96 DARQUE SOULS 22.B1 (666)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
EAGER BEAVER 6430 8 7 0 73 WRATHMEN 21-43 (651)
SHAGROT 6527 14 8 0 70 THE FELLOWSHIP (129)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ANGER 6412 7 10 0 62 FURY (643)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ASTORA 6613 6 3 0 45 DARQUE SOULS 22.B1 (666)
-BALDUR 6609 6 3 0 36 DARQUE SOULS 22.B1 (666)
-FLUX PAVILION 6372 5 3 0 35 ALLIES OF RIFF (622)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FRENZY 6355 4 3 1 33 FURY (643)
3D CHESS 6608 1 0 1 33 THIS MODERN WORLD (662)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CARIM 6612 9 0 0 29 DARQUE SOULS 22.B1 (666)
GAFFER GAMGEE 6549 6 10 1 29 THE FELLOWSHIP (129)
SCHRODINGER 6648 2 0 0 29 OF WOLF & PITT (673)
YAPPER 6647 2 0 0 27 OF WOLF & PITT (673)
-YNG BNZO 6543 5 1 0 24 ALLIES OF RIFF (622)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ENERGY 6356 4 3 0 23 FURY (643)
-CATARINA 6611 3 2 0 21 DARQUE SOULS 22.B1 (666)
-LUPERZA 6646 1 0 0 20 OF WOLF & PITT (673)
-MARA JADE 6649 1 0 0 13 OF WOLF & PITT (673)
BUTTERBLUR 6630 3 3 0 12 THE FELLOWSHIP (129)
PHIPPS 6660 1 0 0 9 OF WOLF & PITT (673)
-POPPY PUDDIFOOT 6651 1 2 0 7 THE FELLOWSHIP (129)
-JAX 5600 0 2 0 6 PHILANTHROPISTS (587)
-THE GRIZZLE 6606 0 1 0 1 ALLIES OF RIFF (622)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
ADELA RIAN 0 0 0 DARK ARENA 3D CHESS 6608 936 NONE
BORDER CZAR 6566 3 2 0 THIS MODERN WORL 662 FREEDOM FIGHTER 936 NONE
DUBIOUS MOTIVES 6576 2 2 1 THIS MODERN WORL 662 THREE-HORN TROLL 936 NONE
POCKETBOOK VOTER 6563 3 2 1 THIS MODERN WORL 662 PRIEST OF KARN 936 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
POCKETBOOK VOTER was butchered by PRIEST OF KARN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BORDER CZAR was murdered by FREEDOM FIGHTER in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
DUBIOUS MOTIVES was slain by THREE-HORN TROLL in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
3D CHESS unbelievably slew ADELA RIAN in a 5 minute gory Dark Arena fight.
ALL ABOUT ME narrowly defeated SHAGROT in a 3 minute master's Title competition.
EAGER BEAVER defeated KUNG FU MASTER in a exciting 1 minute struggle.
GAFFER GAMGEE was unbelievably bested by YAPPER in a popular 6 minute competition.
BUTTERBLUR was vanquished by SCHRODINGER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
PHIPPS won victory over MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute beginner's fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 2 - 0 85 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 1 - 0 80 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 TOTAL PARRY 20 - 9 - 2 69 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 5 - 0 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 AIMED BLOW 7 - 7 - 0 50 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 - 1 50 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 8 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 7 - 12 - 1 37 |
|BASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 936 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:
AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-LUNGE
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-LUNGE ALL ABOUT ME 6557 9 2 0 83 THIS MODERN WORLD (662)
AIMED BLOW EAGER BEAVER 6430 8 7 0 73 WRATHMEN 21-43 (651)
LUNGING ATTACK SHAGROT 6527 14 8 0 70 THE FELLOWSHIP (129)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SHAGROT 6527. The most popular warrior this turn
was GAFFER GAMGEE 6549. The ten other most popular fighters were SHAGROT 6527,
DUBIOUS MOTIVES 6576, ALL ABOUT ME 6557, EAGER BEAVER 6430, PHIPPS 6660, POCKETBOOK
VOTER 6563, YAPPER 6647, SCHRODINGER 6648, BORDER CZAR 6566, and 3D CHESS 6608.
The least popular fighter this week was BUTTERBLUR 6630. The other ten least popular
fighters were 3D CHESS 6608, BORDER CZAR 6566, SCHRODINGER 6648, YAPPER 6647,
POCKETBOOK VOTER 6563, PHIPPS 6660, EAGER BEAVER 6430, ALL ABOUT ME 6557, DUBIOUS
MOTIVES 6576, and SHAGROT 6527.