DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/28/2025    Duedate: 12/11/2025

ZENSU ARENA

DM 40    TURN 993

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

FLOODS
PANDORA'S BOX (522)
(40-5263) [26-6-0,132]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FLOODS                         MCNERDJOY
PANDORA'S BOX (522)            THIS MODERN WORLD 27 (542)
(40-5263) [26-6-0,132]         (40-5352) [4-2-0,40]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

NEERLY STENN                   HUMPTY DUMPTY
BEYOND THE PALE (337)          DREAMS WORK (538)
(40-5273) [16-24-1,73]         (40-5331) [9-9-0,101]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PANDORA'S BOX (522)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THIS MODERN WORLD 27 (542)    42 
2. DREAMS WORK (538)             32    PANDORA'S BOX (522)
3. DIRTY DOZENS (333)            22    Unchartered Team
4. BIG DATA ENERGY (547)         19 
5. PANDORA'S BOX (522)           19    BIG DATA ENERGY (547)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*BIG DATA ENERGY (547)      1   0  0 100.   1/ 3 PANDORA'S BOX (522)       7  3 0
 2/ 2 PANDORA'S BOX (522)      167  72  4 69.9   2/ 2 DREAMS WORK (538)         7  4 0
 3/ 3 DIRTY DOZENS (333)        97  71  2 57.7   3/ 1 OXY MORONS (537)          7  6 0
 4/ 4 DREAMS WORK (538)         70  57  4 55.1   4/ 8 DIRTY DOZENS (333)        5  5 0
 5- 5 VABOROUGHS (240)          93  84  3 52.5   5/10*THIS MODERN WORLD 2 (542) 3  3 0
 6/ 6 OXY MORONS (537)         102 104  2 49.5   6/ 7 THE SHIRE (321)           3  5 0
 7- 7 AQUARIAN TAROT (235)      56  65  1 46.3   7/ 9 BEYOND THE PALE (337)     3  9 0
 8/ 8 BEYOND THE PALE (337)    1285 1510 36 46.0   8- 6 VABOROUGHS (240)          2  0 0
 9/10*THIS MODERN WORLD 2 (542)  7   9  0 43.7   9/ 0*BIG DATA ENERGY (547)     1  0 0
10/11 THE SHIRE (321)           85 126  4 40.3  10- 4 AQUARIAN TAROT (235)      1  1 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.

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

     Clearly I have been unleashed! That's two Duelmaster Titles in a row. Watch out 
for me; I am big and bold and engulfing.  
     Blame it on The Bible. Blame it on Global Warming.  Blame it on Zeus. Or blame it 
on The Consortium. Man's ability to rationalize is infinite.  
     Make it easy on yourself. Go ahead and avoid me.  

                                          -- Floods, DMII

                                      SPY REPORT

     Good day, in ZENSU a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor.  So 
bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news.  It seems the training can make the 
difference, as OXY MORONS is pushed out of top team by PANDORA'S BOX, who came from 
3rd with a 3-1-0 this turn.  Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there are 
sorrows to drown for AQUARIAN TAROT, whose 0-0-0 this turn dropped them by 6 into 
10th.  THIS MODERN WORLD 27 stable has parlayed this turn's 2-2-0 into a 5 space move 
up the rankings.  This brings them up to 5th place.  Good work, guys!  And let's see, 
KEN fought SWEET SORROW and gained 23 points and contributed to DREAMS WORK's 2-1-0.  
SWEET SORROW has lost to KEN, falling 16 points, while helping make OXY MORONS a 
1-3-0 turn.  This week's Duelmaster bout was between HUMPTY DUMPTY and our Duelmaster 
FLOODS, making a challenge.  Defending its title for another turn, FLOODS kept DREAMS 
WORK's warrior, HUMPTY DUMPTY, from claiming the throne.  By the way, was that our 
Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The Victory Tavern?   
     The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more 
could a warrior ask of life?  Well, besides that.  I also notice that the OXY MORONS 
stable was the most avoided team this turn.  Come on ZENSU, what are you afraid of?  
And avoiding OXY MORONS more than any other team we find PANDORA'S BOX.  ZENSU, are 
we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing?  The most challenged warrior this 
turn was DIRTY DOZENS' warrior CEPHUS.  More fighters challenged him than challenged 
the Duelmaster!   
     We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and 
shave it close?  Is it really true that ZENSU has more dishwashers per capita that 
fighters?  Just thought I'd ask...   
     I like this place, ZENSU, the taverns have old wine, and young serving girls.  
Who could ask for more?  It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep 
your swords sharp and your hammers heavy.  Until the sun next rises and my pen sets 
to paper-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLOODS 5263               TP 26   6  0 132         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EXPRESS MAIL 5323         SL 17   9  0 120         OXY MORONS (537)          
 GLORIA 5298               BA 17  14  2 109         DREAMS WORK (538)         
-DELUGE 5332               SL 10   3  0 104         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
 HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331        LU  9   9  0 101         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 GRANDPA JACK 5311         ST 16   4  1 100         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KEN 5297                  PL 12  19  0  95         DREAMS WORK (538)         

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SWEET SORROW 5335         WS 13   8  1  83         OXY MORONS (537)          
 THE HEDGE 5316            LU 10   7  0  78         THE SHIRE (321)           
 NEERLY STENN 5273         ST 16  24  1  73         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
 DOS JONES 5272            SL 16  24  0  73         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
 DARKNESS 5330             TP 13   1  0  67         PANDORA'S BOX (522)                      *

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SANCHO PROUDFOOT 5255     WS 10  11  0  56         THE SHIRE (321)           
 ROSIE COTTON 5328         LU  6   7  1  54         THE SHIRE (321)           
-DULLES 4264               WS  9   7  0  44         VABOROUGHS (240)          
 MOOR PALE 5373            SL  6   8  0  43         BEYOND THE PALE (337)                    *
-THE HIEROPHANT 2621       ST  8  16  1  41         AQUARIAN TAROT (235)                     *
 MCNERDJOY 5352            WS  4   2  0  40         THIS MODERN WORLD 27 (542)
 DISEASE 5327              BA  8   7  0  39         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHERUB OF JUSTICE 5349    WS  4   7  0  33         DIRTY DOZENS (333)                       *
 CALCULATED RISK 5372      PS  2   0  0  32         THIS MODERN WORLD 27 (542)               *
 BELLADONNA TOOK 5313      LU  6  12  0  30         THE SHIRE (321)           
 WANDA 5376                TP  5   1  0  29         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        
 DEADLY LOCUST 5375        ST  2   3  0  26         PANDORA'S BOX (522)                      *

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WATSON 5394                   1   0  0  19         BIG DATA ENERGY (547)                    [SL-WS]
 CEPHUS 5379               LU  1   1  0  14         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        
 51ST STATE 5371           WS  1   1  0  13         THIS MODERN WORLD 27 (542)               *
 ICEMAN 5385               LU  2   2  0  11         DIRTY DOZENS (333)                       *
 LEAD BALLOON 5391         TP  2   1  0   7         OXY MORONS (537)                         *

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
PRETTY UGLY 5399        0  1 0 OXY MORONS 537       DARK CHAMPION          993 NONE
DA1 5374                0  1 0 THIS MODERN WORL 542 DARK CHAMPION          993 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DA1 was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
PRETTY UGLY was slaughtered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
FLOODS luckily beat HUMPTY DUMPTY in a 4 minute expert's Challenge Title fight.
ROSIE COTTON was luckily beaten by DARKNESS in a monotonous 11 minute Challenge fight.
51ST STATE bested CEPHUS in a popular 6 minute bloody Challenge duel.
CALCULATED RISK overpowered ICEMAN in a popular 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
EXPRESS MAIL handily defeated DOS JONES in a 1 minute uneven melee.
SWEET SORROW was outwaited by KEN in a action packed 7 minute gruesome veteran's duel.
DAN'S GHOST was savagely defeated by GLORIA in a 1 minute veteran's fight.
THE HEDGE was overpowered by GRANDPA JACK in a 1 minute one-sided match.
NEERLY STENN was bested by CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
SANCHO PROUDFOOT demolished DISEASE in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
BELLADONNA TOOK was overcome by WANDA in a 3 minute conflict.
MOOR PALE overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
MCNERDJOY was devastated by CHERUB OF JUSTICE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
LEAD BALLOON was overpowered by WATSON in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched brawl.
DEADLY LOCUST overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         TOTAL PARRY       31 -  12 -  1      72  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         AIMED BLOW        10 -   5 -  0      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         WALL OF STEEL     19 -  14 -  0      58  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         BASHING ATTACK    10 -   9 -  0      53  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-LUNGE       12 -  11 -  0      52  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    26 -  25 -  0      51  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         SLASHING ATTACK   19 -  20 -  0      49  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         STRIKING ATTACK    9 -  26 -  0      26  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 993 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     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         3  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  7         2  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  2                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      FLOODS 5263                26   6  0  132 PANDORA'S BOX (522)
SLASHING ATTACK  EXPRESS MAIL 5323          17   9  0  120 OXY MORONS (537)
BASHING ATTACK   GLORIA 5298                17  14  2  109 DREAMS WORK (538)
STRIKING ATTACK  GRANDPA JACK 5311          16   4  1  100 DIRTY DOZENS (333)
WALL OF STEEL    SWEET SORROW 5335          13   8  1   83 OXY MORONS (537)
LUNGING ATTACK   THE HEDGE 5316             10   7  0   78 THE SHIRE (321)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is NEERLY STENN 5273.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331.  The ten other most popular fighters were SWEET SORROW 
5335, CEPHUS 5379, GLORIA 5298, WATSON 5394, FLOODS 5263, CALCULATED RISK 5372, KEN 
5297, EXPRESS MAIL 5323, GRANDPA JACK 5311, and NEERLY STENN 5273.

The least popular fighter this week was DARKNESS 5330.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were WANDA 5376, LEAD BALLOON 5391, MCNERDJOY 5352, THE HEDGE 5316, DOS 
JONES 5272, 51ST STATE 5371, ROSIE COTTON 5328, DA1 5374, DEADLY LOCUST 5375, and 
MOOR PALE 5373.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

GLORIA (40-5298) DREAMS WORK (538)
GRANDPA JACK (40-5311) DIRTY DOZENS (333)

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

DAN'S GHOST (40-5196) BEYOND THE PALE (337)