The duel challenge in WoW is like the old-fashioned slap in the face with a glove, although often that's where the similarities end. Reading up on duels (the historical sort), I was surprised by the ...

The Code Duello, covering the practice of dueling and points of honor, was drawn up and settled at Clonmel Summer Assizes, 1777, by gentlemen-delegates of Tipperary, Galway, Sligo, Mayo and Roscommon, ...

Our Irish ancestors certainly knew how to organize a fair fight. During the 18th century, the tradition of dueling to settle a dispute became highly popular, either with a firearm or with a sword.

Dueling works great as a dramatic device, but, legally and morally, it proves nothing. So why did so many people use it to settle scores and right wrongs? Take a look at why people would murder each ...