Sniper68, you have to have rules of some kind, or it's not a duel. Think it through. You're in there fighting someone, and another person shows up. They need to know what they're allowed to do. If they can do anything they want, the existing duel is destroyed by a 2-1, 3-1, or whatever. Doesn't take much skill or prove anything to kill someone 2-1. In the DA, probably just shows the perpetrator is an idiot.
I'm not saying the "check 6" thing is ideal, but at least it's a way to arrange 1-1 duels in realtime. I sent an email to HTC to try to find out what their position is on this, based on an experience I had tonight. I suppose they could say they don't give a damn, but that kind of kills their dueling arena concept, so they probably won't.