OH SHUT UP ALREADY!!!!
If you don't like it, quit the game if its a matter between life and death.
Like sdjx22 said, there's 2 ways to play this game, what did you expect from a game called "The West"? Pink ponies on a rainbow across a body of water?
Also, if your a worker who keeps on being dueled, and always the challenger wins, arrange a bank upgrade for your town, work in an area near your town, not on the other side of the map, try joining a town with alot more points, and if duelers are still affecting you, then just leave town! If you want to help the town your in, tell them your sick of duels, and want to change tactics; you want to leave, gain money, then join, and deposit into the town treasury!
Now for crying out loud, are you all immature adults between 20-40?!? Work out how to stop the problem, and if you can't, then this game is not for you, or your just to stupid to be called a human.