DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/03/2025    Duedate: 12/16/2025

RIZTAB ARENA

DM 12    TURN 1049

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

DAGGER LAMENT
MINNY24N (748)
(12-8136) [13-2-0,157]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

DAGGER LAMENT                  WAZIBA
MINNY24N (748)                 SAVAGE KINGDOM 2 (745)
(12-8136) [13-2-0,157]         (12-8167) [2-0-0,23]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

BUZZSAW                        DAGGER LAMENT
WRECKING CREW (78)             MINNY24N (748)
(12-582) [14-32-1,75]          (12-8136) [13-2-0,157]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PHOENIXGUARD 1015243 (749)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PHOENIXGUARD 1015243 (749)    43 
2. FAR TRAVELERS (740)           40    MINNY24N (748)
3. NEON TERMINUS (741)           30    Unchartered Team
4. MINNY24N (748)                14 
5. SAVAGE KINGDOM 2 (745)        14    SAVAGE KINGDOM 2 (745)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 MINNY24N (748)            13   2  0 86.7   1/ 2 PHOENIXGUARD 101524 (749)10  5 1
 2- 2 HELL-MART (531)          242 139  6 63.5   2/ 1 DREAMERS (142)            7  8 2
 3/ 3 FAR TRAVELERS (740)       35  22  4 61.4   3/ 6 NEON TERMINUS (741)       6  9 0
 4/ 5 PHOENIXGUARD 101524 (749) 26  22  2 54.2   4- 3 THE MASTERS (109)         4  6 0
 5/ 4 DREAMERS (142)           2234 2032 167 52.4   5/ 5 MINNY24N (748)            3  0 0
 6/ 6 2226 BOURBON ST (734)     13  12  1 52.0   6- 4 HELL-MART (531)           3  0 0
 7- 8 THE MASTERS (109)        264 278  7 48.7   7/ 7 FAR TRAVELERS (740)       3  2 1
 8/ 0 WRECKING CREW (78)       103 126  6 45.0   8/10 2226 BOURBON ST (734)     2  2 0
 9/ 9*SAVAGE KINGDOM 2 (745)     8  10  0 44.4   9/ 9*SAVAGE KINGDOM 2 (745)    2  4 0
10/10 NEON TERMINUS (741)       59  74  0 44.4  10/ 0 WRECKING CREW (78)        0  5 0
11/ 7*SATAN'S AFTER PARTY (751)  3   4  0 42.9  11/ 8*SATAN'S AFTER PARTY (751) 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

              **********************************************************

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

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  Nothing is certain in RIZTAB, with changing 
loyalties, changing Duelmasters.  Write this down:  new top team--PHOENIXGUARD 
1015243.  What's a move up by 3 you ask?  (alright, maybe you didn't ask)  Cause for 
celebration, according to NEON TERMINUS.  Say what you will about blind luck and 
dirty fighting, but PHOENIXGUARD 1015243 will tell you 26-22-2 is nothing to laugh 
at...  FAR TRAVELERS had cause to celebrate, after PONIARD got 27 points by beating 
PILEDRIVER.  PILEDRIVER certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing 
to PONIARD and losing 22 points in the process!  Those who hoped for a new Duelmaster 
were disappointed by SADE, of DREAMERS, who despite a 14-9-1 couldn't overcome 
RIZTAB's Number 1.  So who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week and 
ordering milk?  Sounds like a PR stunt to me.   
     So much to report, so little time!  Perhaps the warriors of NEON TERMINUS should 
take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team...  As a woman of good 
breeding scorns the "warriors" of FAR TRAVELERS, so did that sorry team shy from NEON 
TERMINUS  
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     All good things must come to an end.  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond 
my control, I must take my leave of this place.  Like a mixed metaphor, and an 
overtaxed simile, I now bid RIZTAB farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DAGGER LAMENT 8136        TP 13   2  0 157         MINNY24N (748)            

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SHAMWOW 7908              BA  8   1  0 107         HELL-MART (531)           
 KONIEC 8108               AB 13   7  0  99         NEON TERMINUS (741)       
 PONIARD 8068              LU  6   2  2  96         FAR TRAVELERS (740)       
 SADE 8106                 ST 14   9  1  94         DREAMERS (142)            
 WHISKEY SMASH 7960        BA 13  10  1  94         2226 BOURBON ST (734)     

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WORKBENCH 4101            TP 20  23  0  89         WRECKING CREW (78)        
 HMMM 8141                 PR  9   5  1  82         PHOENIXGUARD 1015243 (749)
 BUZZSAW 582               SL 14  32  1  75         WRECKING CREW (78)                       *
-MANGO 3195                   18  18  1  74         THE MASTERS (109)                        [PL-ST-WS]
 PILEDRIVER 7978           AB 12   8  1  72         WRECKING CREW (78)        
 DEMOLISHER 8000           LU  5   4  0  67         WRECKING CREW (78)        

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANAXIMANDER 8155          LU  6   5  1  62         DREAMERS (142)            
 NOX ULTIMA 8101           ST  9   8  0  58         NEON TERMINUS (741)                      *

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 XAMOT 8144                ST  5   2  1  53         PHOENIXGUARD 1015243 (749)
-MT RUSHMOORE 3862             6   0  0  48         THE MASTERS (109)                        ???
 PASCAL 8135               LU  3  11  0  44         DREAMERS (142)            
 THUNDERBALL 7976          WS 10  10  1  41         WRECKING CREW (78)        
 TOMAX 8146                ST  3   5  0  41         PHOENIXGUARD 1015243 (749)               *
 SWALLOW 8148              LU  5   6  0  39         PHOENIXGUARD 1015243 (749)
 ARISTOTLE 8178                3   0  1  39         DREAMERS (142)                           [AB-BA-SL-ST-TP]

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ORSON 8084                LU  3   0  0  37         FAR TRAVELERS (740)       
 ORIOLE 8149                   4   0  0  34         PHOENIXGUARD 1015243 (749)               [AB-TP]

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-VENDITO 3798                  4   6  1  26         THE MASTERS (109)                        [AB-BA-SL-ST-TP]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WAZIBA 8167               LU  2   0  0  23         SAVAGE KINGDOM 2 (745)    
-FERAL CART 8151               2   0  0  23         HELL-MART (531)                          [AB-BA-SL-ST-TP]
-TOMALSON 3786                 4   7  0  19         THE MASTERS (109)                        [AB-LU-PL-SL-ST-WS]
-KARO 8180                     1   1  0  17         THE MASTERS (109)                        [AB-BA-SL-ST-TP]
 PLANTAGENET 8097          PR  2   4  0  16         FAR TRAVELERS (740)                      *
 FINAL HUNT 8189               1   0  0  15         NEON TERMINUS (741)                      ???
 ROAD BLOCK 8161               1   2  0  11         NEON TERMINUS (741)                      [AB-LU-PL-SL-ST-WS]
 CAPOLINEA 8177                0   3  0   3         NEON TERMINUS (741)                      [AB-LU-PL-SL-ST-WS]

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BOULEVARDIER 7961       0  2 0 2226 BOURBON ST 734  XAMOT 8144            1048  
NO WIT 8190             0  1 0 DREAMERS 142         STONE GOLEM MARK      1049 NONE
KALEON 8181             0  1 0 FAR TRAVELERS 740    HEZDLAT THE GIAN      1049 NONE
MOCKOLATE 7939          7  3 0 HELL-MART 531        WHISKEY SMASH 7960    1045 REVENGED
ALPHA & OMEGA 8077     11  7 0 NEON TERMINUS 741    ANAXIMANDER 8155      1047  
BEELZEBUBBA 8172        3  3 0 SATAN'S AFTER PA 751 ARISTOTLE 8178        1049  
NI 8186                 0  1 0 SAVAGE KINGDOM 2 745 GORASH THE ORC        1049 NONE
NU 8187                 0  1 0 SAVAGE KINGDOM 2 745 BUKKA THE TROLL       1049 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

NO WIT was dealt death by STONE GOLEM MARK II in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
NU was butchered by BUKKA THE TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
KALEON was murdered by HEZDLAT THE GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
NI was murdered by GORASH THE ORC in a action packed 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DAGGER LAMENT devastated SADE in a 2 minute one-sided Title fight.
KONIEC demolished BUZZSAW in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
PILEDRIVER was vanquished by PONIARD in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
HMMM savagely defeated WORKBENCH in a unpopular 9 minute gory brawl.
ANAXIMANDER was handily defeated by LI KO THE CLUMSY in a 1 minute uneven melee.
DEMOLISHER was vanquished by WHISKEY SMASH in a 1 minute uneven fight.
THUNDERBALL was vanquished by NOX ULTIMA in a 1 minute brutal one-sided fight.
XAMOT handily defeated PASCAL in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
SWALLOW was narrowly defeated by BLACK BARTOK in a 2 minute bloody match.
ARISTOTLE easily killed BEELZEBUBBA in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
ORSON demolished ROAD BLOCK in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
TOMAX viciously subdued LEOVAR THE PROUD in a 1 minute gory conflict.
ORIOLE unbelievably bested PLANTAGENET in a unpopular 14 minute bout.
WAZIBA vanquished CAPOLINEA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody one-sided fray.
FINAL HUNT devastated WILLIE THE RAT in a 2 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         TOTAL PARRY       14 -   3 -  0      82  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         BASHING ATTACK    10 -   6 -  2      63  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         STRIKING ATTACK   24 -  17 -  3      59  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         AIMED BLOW        14 -  13 -  0      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         WALL OF STEEL      9 -  11 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   3 -  0      40  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK    4 -   7 -  1      36  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK     7 -  15 -  1      32  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 1049 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     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  4         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  4         2  BASHING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     AIMED BLOW         1 -  2         1  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-LUNGE    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      DAGGER LAMENT 8136         13   2  0  157 MINNY24N (748)
AIMED BLOW       KONIEC 8108                13   7  0   99 NEON TERMINUS (741)
LUNGING ATTACK   PONIARD 8068                6   2  2   96 FAR TRAVELERS (740)
STRIKING ATTACK  SADE 8106                  14   9  1   94 DREAMERS (142)
BASHING ATTACK   WHISKEY SMASH 7960         13  10  1   94 2226 BOURBON ST (734)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    HMMM 8141                   9   5  1   82 PHOENIXGUARD 1015243 (749)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BUZZSAW 582.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
DAGGER LAMENT 8136.  The ten other most popular fighters were SADE 8106, SWALLOW 
8148, PLANTAGENET 8097, WAZIBA 8167, NO WIT 8190, PONIARD 8068, XAMOT 8144, TOMAX 
8146, KONIEC 8108, and WHISKEY SMASH 7960.

The least popular fighter this week was ORIOLE 8149.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HMMM 8141, WORKBENCH 4101, CAPOLINEA 8177, ROAD BLOCK 8161, BEELZEBUBBA 
8172, PASCAL 8135, DEMOLISHER 8000, PILEDRIVER 7978, FINAL HUNT 8189, and THUNDERBALL 
7976.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

CREEPY GREETER (12-7884) HELL-MART (531)