DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/27/2025    Duedate: 12/10/2025

ZUWAYZA ARENA

DM 19    TURN 1036

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HANK
UNDER THE SEA (533)
(19-6213) [14-17-3,142]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HANK                           HELL'S HOWITZER
UNDER THE SEA (533)            SATAN'S BIG GUNS (543)
(19-6213) [14-17-3,142]        (19-6307) [6-0-0,71]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

WEIRD TALES                    CARIBEAN RED
THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241)     DEMONIC CHILI'S (518)
(19-6155) [18-43-0,97]         (19-6311) [5-3-1,42]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

UNDER THE SEA (533)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. UNDERWORLD (201)              50 
2. DEMONIC CHILI'S (518)         45    THOUSAND SONS (494)
3. UNDER THE SEA (533)           32    Unchartered Team
4. THE ALLIANCE (542)            31 
5. BLACK MELEE (502)             10    SATAN'S BIG GUNS (543)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*SATAN'S BIG GUNS (543)     6   0  0 100.   1/ 4 UNDER THE SEA (533)       8  4 3
 2/ 2 THOUSAND SONS (494)       82  41  6 66.7   2/ 1 CHAOS KIDS (384)          8  5 2
 3/ 4 BLACK MELEE (502)         67  36  1 65.0   3/ 3 DEMONIC CHILI'S (518)     7  8 0
 4/ 6 CHAOS KIDS (384)         220 206 11 51.6   4/ 6 UNDERWORLD (201)          5  7 0
 5/ 7 DEMONIC CHILI'S (518)    191 182  7 51.2   5/ 5 BLACK MELEE (502)         3  0 0
 6/ 8 UNDERWORLD (201)          34  34  1 50.0   6/ 2 THOUSAND SONS (494)       3  5 0
 7/ 3*DRUNK HISTORY (534)        2   2  0 50.0   7/11*SATAN'S BIG GUNS (543)    2  0 0
 8/ 9 UNDER THE SEA (533)       60  70 14 46.2   8- 9*FAR TRAVELERS 2575 (541)  2  2 0
 9/10*THE ALLIANCE (542)        17  23  1 42.5   9- 8*HOT COVEY (540)           2  3 0
10-11*HOT COVEY (540)            2   3  0 40.0  10/ 7*THE ALLIANCE (542)        2  8 0
11-12*FAR TRAVELERS 2575 (541)   3   6  0 33.3  11/12*DRUNK HISTORY (534)       1  1 0
12/13 THE MAGNIFICENT MAG (241)184 504 35 26.7  12/10 THE MAGNIFICENT MAG (241) 1  9 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

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report.  Sit 
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis.  Say good-bye 
to CHAOS KIDS, as they are pushed from the coveted top team spot by the UNDER THE SEA 
stable.  For every winner there is a loser.  Speaking of losers, lets take a look at 
THOUSAND SONS, who went down to 2nd from 6th.  Life is tough.  Coming up with a solid 
1-0-0 outing, SATAN'S BIG GUNS has advanced 4 places in the rankings.  UNDERWORLD is 
no joke as it posted a 3-1-0 week advancing from 6th place to 4th place.  Hey 
everybody, watch out for CALL GIRL, who flew up 31 points in the rankings after 
mashing JAXSON like a melon.  Keep your eye on this gal.  Ya know, some days it 
doesn't pay to walk out on the sands.  SUL KONTEP was beat by UREA and drops 14 
points.  Drawing on all of his experience as a 10-1-1 warrior, OBYSIS went for the 
Duelmastership against HANK this week.  Well, everybody's pal HANK moved his record 
to 14-17-3 by defeating OBYSIS in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 14 
recognition points.  Can you believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this 
stuff?   
     Here is other news that is of note.  Here's a song for you:  Who's afraid of the 
big, bad THOUSAND SONS?  Big bad THOUSAND SONS.  Big bad THOUSAND SONS.  ZUWAYZA's 
afraid of the big bad THOUSAND SONS.  Tra la la la la!  And you guys like to boo me?  
Well, unsling your rasberries, cause UNDERWORLD beats feet every time THOUSAND SONS 
smiles at them.  Try farming, eh?  And who is this TANYA TUNNELLER you ask, with 46 
points and a 6-9-0 record.  Ooh, the tales I could tell!  Challenging down 23 points 
was BLACK MAUL.  Pretty soon he'll be using two shields and selling 'T.P.:  The only 
way to clean up' pins.  Definition of petty:  BLACK MAUL beat WEIRD TALES, a mismatch 
of 23 points.   
     Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day 
drinking to their memory.  Better tanked than dead!  In the 'Oops, What Have I Done?' 
category, BROAD BILL was mashed by BOB BEGGER, who let BROAD BILL know that killing 
members of UNDERWORLD is a no-no.  Congrats to CARIBEAN RED for revenging the death 
of his teammate (but more importantly, feeding RICOCHET a bit of dirt).  Ask not the 
elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.  Silly buggers, eh?   
     I think I had better cut this one short.  It's been nice chatting to those of 
you whom I have not offended yet.  Well, there goes another Spy Report.  Good luck in 
next week's fights.  And remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick 
your--(loud boos), oh, you've heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HANK 6213                    14  17  3 142         UNDER THE SEA (533)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLACK MAUL 6135              14   3  0 129         BLACK MELEE (502)         
 SWEET ONION 6209             21  13  1  98         DEMONIC CHILI'S (518)     
 GALAXY 6151                  16  49  1  98         THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241)
 WEIRD TALES 6155             18  43  0  97         THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241)
 JAWS 6227                    11  16  3  93         UNDER THE SEA (533)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BRACE 6215                   15  15  3  88         UNDER THE SEA (533)       
 OBYSIS 6009                  10   2  1  88         THOUSAND SONS (494)       
 PORCELAIN DOLL 6273          11   4  0  82         CHAOS KIDS (384)          
 BOB BEGGER 3172               8   4  0  78         UNDERWORLD (201)          

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HELL'S HOWITZER 6307          6   0  0  71         SATAN'S BIG GUNS (543)    

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 UREA 2451                     6   4  0  64         UNDERWORLD (201)          
 ALMANAC 6249                 12  12  1  61         THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241)
 BROAD BILL 6250               9   9  4  61         UNDER THE SEA (533)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PLATINUM 6302                 6   2  0  56         THE ALLIANCE (542)        
 TANYA TUNNELLER 2967          6   9  0  46         UNDERWORLD (201)          
 CARIBEAN RED 6311             5   3  1  42         DEMONIC CHILI'S (518)     
 SUL KONTEP 6024               6   2  2  41         THOUSAND SONS (494)       
 COLONEL TAYLOR 6234           2   2  0  38         DRUNK HISTORY (534)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CALL GIRL 2971                1   0  0  31         UNDERWORLD (201)          
-WEEPY WILLOW 6291             3   4  0  26         FAR TRAVELERS 2575 (541)  
 RIP TIDE 6285                 5   4  1  24         CHAOS KIDS (384)          
 SPICE GIRL 6333               2   0  0  24         DEMONIC CHILI'S (518)     

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RICOCHET 6297                 1   8  1  22         CHAOS KIDS (384)          
-BOILER 6279                   1   0  0  20         HOT COVEY (540)           
 LOMNA 6332                    1   1  0  17         THE ALLIANCE (542)        
 HAMBY 6322                    2   3  1  16         CHAOS KIDS (384)          
-CANDLE 6276                   1   0  0  11         HOT COVEY (540)           
 AUDREY II 6331                1   0  0   5         CHAOS KIDS (384)          
 MUDD 6327                     1   2  0   5         THE ALLIANCE (542)        
 HELLDRAKE 6329                1   1  0   4         THOUSAND SONS (494)       
 JAXSON 6343                   0   1  0   1         THE ALLIANCE (542)        
 CAJUN CHAOS 6337              0   1  0   1         DEMONIC CHILI'S (518)     

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
HAUTE 6310              2  2 0 CHAOS KIDS 384       BISMUTH 6314          1032 REVENGED
BIG TAMALE 6330         0  2 0 DEMONIC CHILI'S 518  RICOCHET 6297         1035 JUST REVENGED
GUMBO 6315              3  2 0 DEMONIC CHILI'S 518  HAMBY 6322            1034 JUST REVENGED
KUNG PAO 6287           4  4 0 DEMONIC CHILI'S 518  SUL KONTEP 6024       1033 REVENGED
PINTO BEAN 6321         1  5 0 DEMONIC CHILI'S 518  ARENAMASTER XHUR      1036 NONE
BISMUTH 6314            1  6 1 THE ALLIANCE 542     BLACK ORC             1036 NONE
IRIDIUM 6313            2  3 0 THE ALLIANCE 542     RIP TIDE 6285         1033  
N MEX MAGAZINE 6231     6 20 0 THE MAGNIFICENT  241 BROAD BILL 6250       1034  
MAULERFIEND 5954       16  5 2 THOUSAND SONS 494    HANK 6213             1034  
PENDULOUS PATTY 2241    8  9 0 UNDERWORLD 201       BROAD BILL 6250       1035 JUST REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Broad Bill -- Pendulous patty now swims with the fishes. You understand we are not one 
of these Arena teams that will allow this to sit easy. that horse head was not ours 
you found in your bed. We don't know who put it there. Retribution might be coming. We 
foretell nothing. -- AL Cappo

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

PINTO BEAN was butchered by ARENAMASTER XHURGJ in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BISMUTH was barely slain by BLACK ORC in a action packed 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
OBYSIS was overpowered by HANK in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud Title duel.
BOB BEGGER bested BROAD BILL in a 4 minute veteran's Bloodfeud fight.
CARIBEAN RED subdued RICOCHET in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Bloodfeud competition.
SPICE GIRL won victory over HAMBY in a 2 minute Bloodfeud fight.
BLACK MAUL devastated WEIRD TALES in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
SWEET ONION overcame BRACE in a 2 minute expert's Challenge melee.
PLATINUM won victory over TANYA TUNNELLER in a popular 1 minute Challenge duel.
GALAXY was viciously subdued by JAWS in a popular 3 minute brutal veteran's duel.
PORCELAIN DOLL handily defeated ALMANAC in a 1 minute brutal one-sided bout.
HELL'S HOWITZER demolished COLONEL TAYLOR in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
SUL KONTEP was demolished by UREA in a 1 minute mismatched match.
RIP TIDE beat MUDD in a 2 minute master vs. novice conflict.
HELLDRAKE was vanquished by LOMNA in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
CALL GIRL vanquished JAXSON in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
AUDREY II bested CAJUN CHAOS in a 1 minute amateur's brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-LUNGE        7 -   3 -  0      70  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         AIMED BLOW        14 -   8 -  0      64  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         LUNGING ATTACK    32 -  25 -  2      56  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         BASHING ATTACK    22 -  20 -  3      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         SLASHING ATTACK   23 -  26 -  3      47  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     13 -  15 -  1      46  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         TOTAL PARRY        8 -  10 -  0      44  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         WALL OF STEEL     17 -  22 -  2      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -  34 -  2      31  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 1036 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     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         2  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  3         2  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  4         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  4         1  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  3     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   BLACK MAUL 6135            14   3  0  129 BLACK MELEE (502)
PARRY-LUNGE      SWEET ONION 6209           21  13  1   98 DEMONIC CHILI'S (518)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    OBYSIS 6009                10   2  1   88 THOUSAND SONS (494)
SLASHING ATTACK  PORCELAIN DOLL 6273        11   4  0   82 CHAOS KIDS (384)
TOTAL PARRY      BOB BEGGER 3172             8   4  0   78 UNDERWORLD (201)
LUNGING ATTACK   HELL'S HOWITZER 6307        6   0  0   71 SATAN'S BIG GUNS (543)
AIMED BLOW       PLATINUM 6302               6   2  0   56 THE ALLIANCE (542)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is WEIRD TALES 6155.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was CARIBEAN RED 6311.  The ten other most popular fighters were JAWS 6227, BOB 
BEGGER 3172, BLACK MAUL 6135, BRACE 6215, BROAD BILL 6250, SWEET ONION 6209, PLATINUM 
6302, RICOCHET 6297, HAMBY 6322, and PORCELAIN DOLL 6273.

The least popular fighter this week was CAJUN CHAOS 6337.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MUDD 6327, SUL KONTEP 6024, ALMANAC 6249, PINTO BEAN 6321, 
AUDREY II 6331, JAXSON 6343, HELLDRAKE 6329, COLONEL TAYLOR 6234, GALAXY 6151, and 
WEIRD TALES 6155.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

GALAXY (19-6151) THE MAGNIFICENT MAGS (241)