DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/09/2025 Duedate: 12/22/2025
AMEN-TEI ARENA
DM 63 TURN 876
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MATAMORA
FAR TRAVELERS (407)
(63-3802) [11-4-0,119]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
MATAMORA THE ANGRY MEATBALL
FAR TRAVELERS (407) FURIOUS FOOD (412)
(63-3802) [11-4-0,119] (63-3836) [8-1-0,97]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
PETER RABBIT HOLD
FRESH MEAT (411) SAFE HAVEN (270)
(63-3833) [12-20-2,76] (63-3856) [6-5-2,52]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SAFE HAVEN (270)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. NEON ODYSSEY (402) 32
2. CHAOS KIDS (414) 29 FAR TRAVELERS (407)
3. FURIOUS FOOD (412) 16 Unchartered Team
4. FLEURS DU MAL (415) 14
5. BOP BOP DUWOP (178) 13 FURIOUS FOOD (412)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*FURIOUS FOOD (412) 8 1 0 88.9 1/ 1 SAFE HAVEN (270) 8 7 1
2- 4 LIBATIONS 3 (406) 55 32 1 63.2 2/ 3 CHAOS KIDS (414) 7 7 1
3/ 3 FAR TRAVELERS (407) 24 14 1 63.2 3/ 5 THE SAND TRAP (403) 7 8 1
4/ 5 SAFE HAVEN (270) 313 210 16 59.8 4/ 2 ULFHEDNAR (399) 7 8 0
5/ 6 NEON ODYSSEY (402) 98 69 5 58.7 5/ 8 FAR TRAVELERS (407) 4 3 0
6/ 7 THE SAND TRAP (403) 124 120 5 50.8 6/ 4 BOP BOP DUWOP (178) 4 5 0
7/ 8 ULFHEDNAR (399) 94 94 3 50.0 7/12 NEON ODYSSEY (402) 4 6 0
8/ 9 CHAOS KIDS (414) 21 21 2 50.0 8/ 9*FURIOUS FOOD (412) 3 0 0
9/ 0*FLEURS DU MAL (415) 1 1 0 50.0 9/ 6 FRESH MEAT (411) 3 5 1
10/11 FRESH MEAT (411) 65 78 8 45.5 10- 7 LIBATIONS 3 (406) 2 0 0
11/10 WAYFARERS (248) 1274 1530 27 45.4 11/ 0*FLEURS DU MAL (415) 1 1 0
12/12 BOP BOP DUWOP (178) 16 25 1 39.0 12-11*CRATER (394) 1 4 0
13-13*CRATER (394) 1 4 0 20.0 13/13 WAYFARERS (248) 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
If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of
AMEN-TEI brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. NEON ODYSSEY turned their 3-2-0
turn into a 7th 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 DESMODEUS win a
fight and gain 24 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, DESMODEUS beat PETER RABBIT and PETER
RABBIT lost 19 points. You're breakin' my heart. Due to absence, and inability to
defend the throne, SAUTERNES has lost the Title of Duelmaster. Start setting that
alarm earlier! And it's out with the old, in with the new, as MATAMORA takes the
Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh. The Warty Toad,
humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From
AMEN-TEI's trash dumps?
He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward. NEON
ODYSSEY, 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 ULFHEDNAR. Ha ha ha ha! Ooh, I'm
frightfully impressed, TRASH was this turn's most challenged warrior. Watch that ego
swell, sports fans.
Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and
gone, and get to see if their team cared. And sending SHYLAN to the Dark Arena was
supposed to be one of your better ideas, FAR TRAVELERS? It's about time BYA got beat
for picking on warriors like WILD BOAR BIN. Bravo, FRESH MEAT. See you at The Warty
Toad. Not that I'll be buying the drinks, but I'll be glad to see QUEEN OF HEARTS
and CHAOS KIDS at The Warty Toad tonight celebrating their bloodfeud victory over
AIKO ITO. Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use. Certain
nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.
What does the AMEN-TEI 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
MATAMORA 3802 11 4 0 119 FAR TRAVELERS (407)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SAUTERNES 3781 24 10 0 123 LIBATIONS 3 (406)
LYDIA KO 3798 23 10 0 118 THE SAND TRAP (403)
WILD BOAR BIN 3829 14 18 1 116 FRESH MEAT (411)
THE ANGRY MEATBALL 3836 8 1 0 97 FURIOUS FOOD (412)
BRIER THORN 3740 19 37 0 94 WAYFARERS (248)
DESMODEUS 3828 13 6 0 93 NEON ODYSSEY (402)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BYA 3843 8 9 1 90 SAFE HAVEN (270)
HALSTEER 3772 15 11 0 87 ULFHEDNAR (399)
LUCY 3871 9 1 0 79 CHAOS KIDS (414)
PETER RABBIT 3833 12 20 2 76 FRESH MEAT (411)
CALYPSO 3746 17 9 0 72 NEON ODYSSEY (402)
SCWING 1307 8 10 0 72 BOP BOP DUWOP (178)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LENANDR 3789 11 3 0 59 ULFHEDNAR (399)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
INGVAR 3777 16 10 0 58 ULFHEDNAR (399)
CHENRESIG 3844 7 10 0 58 SAFE HAVEN (270)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CAILAN 3801 6 3 0 55 FAR TRAVELERS (407)
HOLD 3856 6 5 2 52 SAFE HAVEN (270)
TRASH 1310 5 7 0 44 BOP BOP DUWOP (178)
GROWLSK 3748 9 16 0 43 ULFHEDNAR (399)
NAUSICAA 3852 5 2 1 37 NEON ODYSSEY (402)
-ALKES 3678 1 0 0 35 CRATER (394)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HOPE 3870 4 4 1 33 CHAOS KIDS (414)
HYE JIN CHOI 3845 7 9 0 30 THE SAND TRAP (403)
CRASH 1309 3 6 1 28 BOP BOP DUWOP (178)
KALACHAKRA 3851 6 6 1 25 SAFE HAVEN (270)
MYRRDHIN 3855 6 5 0 25 SAFE HAVEN (270)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SCYLLA 3884 3 0 0 23 NEON ODYSSEY (402)
QUEEN OF HEARTS 3877 3 3 0 23 CHAOS KIDS (414)
BLENDER FROG 3872 3 5 1 19 CHAOS KIDS (414)
JI MIN PARK 3900 2 0 0 17 THE SAND TRAP (403)
AIKO ITO 3901 1 1 1 12 THE SAND TRAP (403)
BLACK DAHLIA 3897 1 0 0 11 FLEURS DU MAL (415)
LINEI WANG 3909 1 0 0 8 THE SAND TRAP (403)
NILSTIR 3891 1 3 0 6 ULFHEDNAR (399)
WOLFSBANE 3899 0 1 0 3 FLEURS DU MAL (415)
NAGRANO 3879 0 1 0 1 FAR TRAVELERS (407)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
TREBUCHET 3892 1 1 0 CHAOS KIDS 414 AIKO ITO 3901 875 JUST REVENGED
DOUBTFUL 3857 0 1 0 FAR TRAVELERS 407 BLACK ORC 876 NONE
SHYLAN 3804 4 2 0 FAR TRAVELERS 407 WURM KIN 876 NONE
SALLY SQUIRREL 3831 13 18 3 FRESH MEAT 411 BYA 3843 875 JUST REVENGED
DARK ODDIE 4 3907 0 1 0 NEON ODYSSEY 402 BANDIT PRINCE 876 NONE
MORTEN 3881 1 2 0 ULFHEDNAR 399 CRASH 1309 872 REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
Queen of Hearts --So you challenge CRASH. Bop BOP DUWOP. We win. -- Crash
Growlsk -- It was a bad match up for you. -- Scwing
Myrrdhin -- Didn't know your mom takes out the Trash for you. LOL -- Trash
Trash, Crash, Scwing -- Look, we let you create a branch of We Big Wohpum here in
Amen-Tei, I expect you to hold up the attitude. These other teams will never respect
you. Your Goal is simple: BOP, BOP and Bop again. We will continue to take care of the
Whop whop whop down in OSKSI. -- Little Wohp
SALLY GIRL -- You met your fate at last and your not-so-fresh-anymore meat is feeding
the worms. Tonight we are celebrating your death. -- So So Yun
CHAOS KIDS -- Apologies for the killing of Trebuchet. We dislike putting fellow
fighters to death. May the earth be light on his body. -- So So Yun
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SHYLAN was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DARK ODDIE 4 was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
DOUBTFUL was easily killed by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
QUEEN OF HEARTS defeated AIKO ITO in a 2 minute Bloodfeud duel.
BYA was devastated by WILD BOAR BIN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
CHENRESIG overpowered GROWLSK in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
LENANDR bested HOLD in a popular 3 minute Challenge duel.
KALACHAKRA was devastated by TRASH in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
MYRRDHIN overcame BLENDER FROG in a 4 minute Challenge fight.
BRIER THORN was handily defeated by THE ANGRY MEATBALL in a 1 minute uneven melee.
PETER RABBIT was vanquished by DESMODEUS in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
LYDIA KO won victory over HALSTEER in a 3 minute brutal veteran's fight.
MATAMORA viciously subdued SCWING in a 2 minute brutal veteran's Title bout.
CALYPSO was subdued by LUCY in a 1 minute competition.
HYE JIN CHOI was handily defeated by CAILAN in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
INGVAR subdued HOPE in a 5 minute brawl.
CRASH was beaten by NAUSICAA in a 1 minute conflict.
JI MIN PARK overcame NILSTIR in a 2 minute gory beginner's fight.
SCYLLA devastated WOLFSBANE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BLACK DAHLIA overpowered NAGRANO in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
LINEI WANG unbelievably bested FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 2 minute novice's fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 7 AIMED BLOW 25 - 14 - 0 64 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 3 - 0 63 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 WALL OF STEEL 25 - 17 - 1 60 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 23 - 19 - 0 55 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 STRIKING ATTACK 15 - 14 - 0 52 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 4 LUNGING ATTACK 31 - 32 - 3 49 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 16 - 22 - 3 42 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-STRIKE 15 - 21 - 1 42 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 13 - 1 38 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 23 - 1 36 |
Turn 876 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 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 3 2 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 3 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 1 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 2 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 WALL OF STEEL
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK MATAMORA 3802 11 4 0 119 FAR TRAVELERS (407)
PARRY-STRIKE LYDIA KO 3798 23 10 0 118 THE SAND TRAP (403)
LUNGING ATTACK THE ANGRY MEATBALL 3836 8 1 0 97 FURIOUS FOOD (412)
STRIKING ATTACK DESMODEUS 3828 13 6 0 93 NEON ODYSSEY (402)
TOTAL PARRY HALSTEER 3772 15 11 0 87 ULFHEDNAR (399)
AIMED BLOW LUCY 3871 9 1 0 79 CHAOS KIDS (414)
WALL OF STEEL LENANDR 3789 11 3 0 59 ULFHEDNAR (399)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is PETER RABBIT 3833. The most popular warrior this
turn was HOLD 3856. The ten other most popular fighters were LYDIA KO 3798, MATAMORA
3802, LENANDR 3789, DESMODEUS 3828, JI MIN PARK 3900, WILD BOAR BIN 3829, BLENDER
FROG 3872, BLACK DAHLIA 3897, QUEEN OF HEARTS 3877, and AIKO ITO 3901.
The least popular fighter this week was NAGRANO 3879. The other ten least popular
fighters were WOLFSBANE 3899, HOPE 3870, HYE JIN CHOI 3845, SCWING 1307, BRIER THORN
3740, KALACHAKRA 3851, GROWLSK 3748, BYA 3843, DOUBTFUL 3857, and SHYLAN 3804.