The World of Reality Magazine

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Welcome everyone. A while back, the creative and always thinking Gnome Lover and Fable created The RTVG News and Happening Mag which tuned you and your fellow RTVG members into what was new, what was going on, and what was coming soon to the RTVG Forum. Then later, RTVG members voted on a actual name for the Magazine.

Well, I was given the "green light" to bring that to life. Welcome to The World of Reality Magazine brought to you by Gamewinners.com Forums and the RTVG Network. This Magazine will be run by both me and Fable for the time being. As time progresses, help is very welcome. Members can send in anything you want. Articles, rumors, interviews, and whatever else your minds can create. Planned articles are as follows for the Magazine...

Current Sign-ups
Games in Progress
Weekly Ratings
Member Interviews
Special Announcements
Rumors & Speculations
A Month in Review (Special Article, Once a Month)

As said above, you are all welcome to contribute. The first issue of World of Reality will be up and ready for the presses 2morrow night (Wednesday). If you would like to make future contributions, please contact me through PM, AIM (lilgame06), or e-mail (lilgame06@yahoo.com).

Gnome Lover, you are very welcome to take this back over when you are ready to, but i just figure i would lend a hand since this is a great idea that shouldnt be let go. I asked Insane Man and he said it was fine with him and that you were too busy to keep up with this anywayz.

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Welcome to the first Issue of World of Reality. In this issue, you can catch up with whats been going on the past few weeks here in March 2005, and what is going down right now. Check out what games are accepting sign-ups, what games are currently being run, the latest and most recent inductees to the Hall of Fame, as well as special announcements, rumors, and recent events.


Current Sign-ups
Currently, there are seven games accepting sign-ups.

Surviving The Lottery 2 – Al Is My Savior
Hacker Survivor – Capt. Jack Sparrow
Anime Survivor – dark_kite
RTVG Idol – Gnome Lover
Mind Control 2: The Mole – Fable
Mafia – blacklotus
Kenny vs. Spenny 2 – Fable (constant sign-ups over time)

Games in Active Progress
This week’s active games are as follows:

Best Damn Survivor Period! – Fable
The Reality ReMiX – videogamemaniac
Redneck Survivor – Insane Man
Clue 2: Survivor – RashTheStampede
Kenny vs. Spenny 2 – Fable
Moolah Beach 6: Return Of The Temple – videogamemaniac
Project X: Island of Doom – Lord Anubis

Top 5 Weekly Rated
This week has been a rather impressive week when it comes to ratings as a newcoming game takes the number one spot in the charts:

*Ratings are based on the amount of views between the Games in Active Progress. In the future, the ratings base on the growth of the number of views from today*

5) The Reality ReMiX – Videogamemaniac’s 2nd shot at the Reality ReMiX seems to be proving as a success so far. Into the game, it has already pulled strong ratings being that this is one of the first Reality game mix ups in quite a while. Look for the Reality ReMiX to possibly rise in ratings in the coming weeks.

4) Clue 2: Survivor – RashTheStampede brings in his 2nd run in his now patented Clue series of games. Pulling in impressive ratings with it’s suspense on who exactly the killer is, Clue 2 is pulling through as a well put Survivor game with a twist of a mystery board game.

3) Redneck Survivor – Insane Man brings us this wild and rowdy survivor game. The game throws a well played game into a blender with a sense of comedy and out comes Redneck Survivor. Viewers have tuned in and brought Redneck Survivor into the number 3 spot this week.

2) Moolah Beach 6: Return of the Temple – Videogamemaniac has yet another game in the top 5 rated this week. Moolah Beach 6 was pulling strong ratings in the beginning, but the recent ratings boost come from the heated final two weeks remaining in the game. Check out Moolah Beach 6 in the number 2 spot this week.

1) Best Damn Survivor Period! – Fable has taken over the charts with the critically acclaimed “Best Survivor game since Silver Survivor 13” The game has gained huge popularity over the members with it’s intriguing drama and heated competition. And for the first time ever, the winner of the game will win a post reward. With it’s unique style, intense challenges, and surprising twists, look for Best Damn Survivor to keep the number 1 spot for weeks to come.

Recent Events
This week in Recent Events, we talk about the 5th RTVG Awards and winners and yet another return of a veteran.

Reality Gives Awards…for the 5th time...
The 5th Semi-Annual Reality TV Game Awards took place just last week. The highly anticipated awards went extremely well with musical performances, comedic events, and many awards. The big winners of the night included Insane Man winning Best Member of the Year, Fable winning Game of the Year for Kenny vs. Spenny, and both Trepie_4 and Tyron received the RTVG Lifetime Achievement and Legend Award. RTVG Network says that the 6th Semi-Annual RTVG Awards will take place this Summer with voting for nominees beginning late May into early June.

The Captain Returns…Again?
The constantly leaving and returning Capt. Jack Sparrow has made yet another surprising return to the RTVG Forum. His return was proven when he first requested a patent for his classic game series Stargate and Jurassic Park. Then he returns to doing what he does best and brings back the award winning Hacker Survivor. The original Hacker won Best Failed game of 2003 at the 4th RTVG Awards. Now the game is back and the Captain is back too. But for how long? Only time will tell…

Rumors and Speculations
This week, rumors continue to fly around the newest season of the RTVG Championship games. Plus, two classic series may be making a return, and what our two absent mods are planning for their returns…

Who will be Americas next top…RTVG Champion?
Let the rumors continue that work on the 3rd season of the Reality TV Games Championships are still under development. We contacted the RTVG Network and the only info they gave is that the game was given the “Green Light.” When we contacted head CEO of RTVG Network, all he told us was that “The game is in it’s developmental stages.” This is the same thing we have been hearing for weeks now. No word yet on when the RTVG Championship 3 will hit the Network.

A Survival Horror vs. An Action Adventure
This week, Capt. Jack Sparrow made his return to the RTVG Forum. Not too much of a surprise until he requested a patent on two of the most famous RTVG games in history. The Award winning Jurassic Park and the award winning Stargate series. Both games created by Capt. Jack Sparrow are expected to have sequels in the coming weeks following CJS’s current game “Hacker.” Both of the games are officially Patented by CJS which gives a hint at what’s soon to come. When we tried to get a word with him, he refused to talk with us.

For those that don’t know, Jurassic Park was a survival horror game that was based in the world of the movie. It was an original game using a great theme, but the game didn’t finish but did happen to pick up two awards for its greatness. Stargate is CJS’s original Adventure game based on the Stargate movie and show. Up to this point, only two Stargate games have been completed, though there was a Stargate 3 that never finished.

Big plan for Jan
As everyone knows, Janus Scenicus will be making his long awaited return very soon. So what is he planning to actually do to make his return special? Rumor has it that he is currently in development on a game in collaboration with Gnome Lover, who is also on hiatus and will be making a full blown return shortly. Gnome spoke with us about the rumor. “I know nothing of this rumor. I am working on a game, but Janus has no part in it.” But when we spoke to Janus, he had something different to say. “Yes, Gnome and I are working on a special game. He didn’t want to announce to the public, but I figure it was best for our publicity.” With both sides of the story, its hard to believe either one. Keep in touch with World of Reality rumors section for more on the story in the coming weeks.

The Hall of Fame
Your recent Hall of Famers for this week are:

Surviving The Lottery by Al Is My Savior – won by Andy
Fear Factor 2 by Fable – won by Saiyan
Survivor Palau Tiga by Trepie – won by blaze_85_98
GW Amazing Race by Fable – won by Lord Anubis and RashTheStampede
Clue by RashTheStampede – won by Tyron

Fable’s Weekly Review Corner

Welcome to Fable’s Review Corner. Each week, Fable will be reviewing the latest and greatest active games in the RTVG Forum, as well as bringing you his new column, “A Month in Review” In this issue, check out January’s Month in Review

A Month in Review
January,2005


Each month I will be doing a month in review,just a look back at the particulars,the good and the not so good.Fantastic ideas, and whatever else deems noteworthy.January of this year was a very active month.Many games launched their signups after the christmas break.Some were good,and some were, well, not meant to be.

~G~H~O~S~T~ Survivor signups were launched in early January, a co-hosting project by CJS and Self. Though the game received 10 signups in less then a day,it never did reach the production stages of development.
"Hope you sign up so we can get this started ASAP" said the Captain himself.Evidently we were not quick enough.

Who can forget the nOOb olymics short lived idea.RashtheStampede's attempt to rule the nOOb's of GW was quickly and promptly ended,since the rest of the RTVG members were not allowed to school the rookies.The planet nOOb was left without a God to worship.We laughed and nOOb's cried.

Speaking of God,Biblical Survivor was immaculately conceived by Vin Dictive in the month of January,but was crucified with contraversy immediately.With alot of uprising from forum members at stake,the thread was gently laid to rest.

Of course not all the signups failed to begin.Some great game concepts surfaced this month.There were some that made some definate progress.

Beat the Mods,was, in concept,a great RTVG format.Placing the forum mods against its own members , the game got off to a great start.However the quick and punishing gameplay of the mods had the forum members at their mercy.The fear of Modzilla ran rampant, and the game dissolved into nothing more than pure embarrassment for the members.

Perhaps one of the most hyped,talked about, and anticipated games got off the ground in January.Captain Jack's tour bus rolled out with 9 stellar bands ready to compete in the Battle for RTVG fest.With a spot booked at the RTVG award show later in the year,the bands were eager to do there thing.However after unreliable hotel bookings,sketchy contracts,and eventually missing money and equipment,the band members got wise and found a paper trail linking the tour leader at the root of it all.The tour was abrubtly ended, CJS was run off his own bus, and the bands dissolved.U2 took the spot at the awards,and we rejoiced in it.

What went down as one of the most contraversial games to ever reach gameplay was the much talked about Pit of Horror.With a mystery sign up thread the game had high hopes from the start.Once the game was underway everything seemed to hit the fan,as it was noted similarities in the game were very much like the SASM game in progress.A forum vote was held,and it was decided that the games features were in fact to closely linked to its predecessor,and the game was halted.Though the inncident stirred things up somewhat in the forum, it led to the creation of the Game Patent thread,now a mainstay here at RTVG.

Of course it wasn't all unlaunched signups and unfinished games.Two legendary RTVG series marked there return in the month of January.

Surviving a Scary Movie,4, was released by Trepie_4,and is highly touted to be game of the year at the next award show.With brilliant game features and a feel of control in the game,its activity and sucess is a credit to its host.The actual worked involved in maaintaining such a game is astounding.Let the bloodbath continue.

Moolah Beach,5, also got under way in January.With a massive 18 player roster,including a couple of suprise teams entering the game off the start,we knew right away we had a ride in store for us.What a ride it has been.Moolah Beach 5 continued where the others left off.High competition,thrilling twists,and wonderfully designed challenges,videogamemaniac should be commended on his abilities. With an emphasis on the team concept and a cliff hanger
type style to the game,it has maintained its popularity from beginning to end.

Well that about it for this month,I will go more in depth for the month of Feburary.There were some nice game victories obtained,as well as suprises and unforgettable moments.
Remember, if you aren't reading World of Reality,it ain't real.Cya next month.




Thank you for reading Issue 1 of World of Reality. If you would like to contribute articles and such, contact me or Fable through PM or e-mail.

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Current Sign-ups
Currently, there are four games accepting sign-ups.

Murder In Small Town X – Capt. Jack Sparrow
The Ultimate Fighter - baraka
Mafia – blacklotus
Kenny vs. Spenny 2 – Fable (constant sign-ups over time)
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Games in Active Progress
This week’s active games are as follows:

Best Damn Survivor Period! – Fable
The Reality ReMiX – videogamemaniac
Redneck Survivor – Insane Man
Clue 2: Survivor – RashTheStampede
Kenny vs. Spenny 2 – Fable
Moolah Beach 6: Return Of The Temple – videogamemaniac
Project X: Island of Doom – Lord Anubis
DIY 2 – Gnome Lover
Global Supremacy – Fable
Surviving a Scary Movie 4: Raccoon City – Thibideau
Weird Survivor - ?
World Tour: The British Isles – Andy
Hacker – Capt. Jack Sparrow
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Top 5 Weekly Rated
This week's Ratings shifted around just a bit with the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th place spots getting changed up. The #1 spot still seems to be locked though...

Ratings are based on the amount of views between the Games in Active Progress. Ratings over the weeks are based on the growth in the views.

5) DIY 2 – Gnome Lover’s critically acclaimed “laziest game ever” beat out Reality ReMiX in the charts this week to enter the top 5. The show recently picked back up its speed as Fable’s turn to host came. DIY 2 is looking rough as to staying in this top 5 next week as newcomers Global Supremacy and Surviving A Scary Movie 4: Raccoon City should show strong ratings next week.

4) Clue 2: Survivor – RashTheStampede’s 2nd clue game stays in 4th this week keeping a good run with constant ratings. The fast paced challenge that took place this past week may have a part in it that constant boost. As said for DIY 2 though, Clue 2 is being threatened by newcomers Global Supremacy and Surviving a Scary Movie 4: Raccoon City, which are likely to show strong ratings by this time next week.

3) Moolah Beach 6: Return of the Temple – Videogamemaniac falls one spot in ratings due to a slightly inactive week. But ratings still proved strong as the show is nearing its 6th season finale. With the final week of the game approaching, MB6 should be leaving the charts by next week.

2) Redneck Survivor – Insane Man jumps up the ladder in ratings. Redneck Survivor is nearing its first season finale and obviously, members have been tuning in helping Redneck Survivor’s ratings beat Moolah Beach 6 this week.

1) Best Damn Survivor Period! – Fable’s smash hit survivor game had an amazing boost in ratings this week. It gained about 1,500 views in just one week. Ratings stay strong with the many twists and the intense challenges that Fable throws at the contestants. As I said last week, look for Best Damn Survivor to have the Best Damn Ratings for a few more weeks.
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Recent Events
This week in Recent Events, the fourm is getting flushed, plus a new forum wide activity for the bored, and a famous game gets the axe.

Your Posts Are Going Down the Toilet
In the most recent event, Insane Man brought us the news that the Forum will be flushed of old posts. As we know, we cherish our old threads and posts and look back to them for ideas on how to run our current games. So far, no announcement as to when exactly the flush will take place, but it’s likely to happen within the next few days to next few weeks. We do know, that nothing after January 1st, 2005 will be deleted in favor of the upcoming 6th RTVG Awards.

Hang the RTVG Man
Fable, the great mind behind recent games like Global Supremacy and Best Damn Survivor Period has brought the RTVG Forum a new activity. RTVG Hangman. This is where members guess words that are based on the world of Reality TV. So far, Tyron, Thibideau, and Anubis are the only scoring members. The activity should prove as something fun for those sick of playing 50 different versions of Survivor.

The Scary Movie Didn’t Survive
Last Week, Trepie/Thibideau announced that he was giving the axe to SASM 4: Curse of the Moonless Night. Everyone was shocked as it was the best game around for the past two months but he had his reasons. According to him, he claimed that the map he made was way too small and people continued to run around in circles. But the RTVG Members fought to get the game back on air. Thibideau came to us with a compromise and brings us SASM 4: Raccoon City. He promises that this 4th version of SASM 4 will be the version to finish, and claims that he now has more control over what we as players do. Hopefully, these promises live up to what SASM has always been.
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Rumors and Speculations
This week, we wonder, where is Liberty when you need it? Also, Fable to become the official 4th mod?

Libery City meets San Andreas?
Videogamemaniac first became famous for his Liberty City Survivor series before his Moolah Beach series came to life. But what ever happened to the great series? He did announce at the end of the 3rd season, that it was over and there would be no more. But just a year after that, he introduced Liberty City Survivor 4: Liberty Goes Vice. The game combined the likes of Grand Theft Auto 3 and GTA: Vice City. After two unsuccessful attempts, he gave it up. But rumors stirred up recently on a fan site that VGM Production Inc. were in development of another try at a 4th season of Liberty City Survivor. The fansite claims “VGM Productions is making a new Liberty City Survivor. This time, the gangs of Liberty City battle the Gangs of San Andreas...” The fansite continues into unknown details. We contacted Videogamemaniac himself and he turned us away. Look for more on this as it develops…

If Three is a Crowd, Four is a Party!
Rumor has it with all the changes recent temp-mod Fable has been making as of lately, and his great job with his games, as well as his activness, he may become an official 4th mod after the return of Gnome and Janus. If this is to happen, it will be the first time RTVG Forum has had 4 mods since the days of classyguy, cheezy, silverdragon, and tyron as their reigns as mods. When we talked with head RTVG Mod Insane Man, all he had to say was “heh, he’s good, but not better than me.”
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Fable’s Weekly Review & Interview Corner

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>: H5ck3r Surv1v0r.dotX
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In a blur last week CJS hacked into our mainframes to get us involved with his latest and hopefully greatest survivor installment,H5ck3r Surv1v0.rdotX.With an intriguing plotline laid out in the signup,RTVG members were quick to sign up as this game received 13 applications from the would be hackers of the forum in less then a day.
The game got underway way early, the day after the signup was posted. Members are now split into color coordinated teams and working as a unit, and eager to accomplish their goals.
Though it is still early, the first challenge was clever in design and received much activity and praise from the players.
With all its promise the RTVG members are very optimistic this could be Captain Jack's permanent return. A great game, with lots of active players, it has award nominations written all over it. But as the forum members are quick to forgive they do not easily forget the multiple, seemingly great potential games hosted by CJS that have had the same explosive beginning, but never did come to a proper finish. As it stands 4 days have past since the challenge ended in hacker, so we wait and wonder where exactly this game will fall in terms of completion.
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Redneck Survivor is coming close to the finale episode, with 3 players left hoping to be named the forum redneck,yee-haw.With one immunity challenge standing in there way to be in the final,Saiyan, Andy and Fable are anxiously awaiting the next crazy beer drinking challenge to be thrown at them.Insane Man's style of long brutal challenges has proven to be a risk that paid off as the game has maintained its activity from start to finish. Be sure to catch the final few installments of Redneck Survivor.

Best Damn Survivor Period received some of its highest ratings last week. The reason. The return of the Outcasts. With 4 players thought to gone from the game being brought back to the beach to compete, the level of competition was never higher. After a great reward challenge and a lengthy immunity challenge, tribes were put into a tense moment at Tribal Council as an entire tribe was to be sent home. Though they went in without immunity, the Outkast tribe managed to secure there hold in the game as the Pombo tribe had there torches snuffed. With a second shot at the game for some very active players, business is about to pick up in the next few weeks on BDSP.
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He cleaned up at the Awards Show.
He cancelled SASM, curse of the Moonless Night.
He changed his name just recently.
David letterman wanted him.
Good Morning America wanted him.
We got him.
Enjoy as I sit with a true RTVG VET,
my interview with Trepie.

Fable: welcome Trepie thanx for doing this.

Thibideau: No problem.

Fable: For our new readers I'd like to start with some background,a little history of Trepie, if you will.

Thibideau: Ok what do you have in mind Oo

Fable: Do you remember when you first joined RTVG ?

Thibideau: yeah...

Thibideau: I was probably the biggest newb around when i first joined.

Fable: really ? You ? Got any embarrassing moments you recall,that you'd like to share ?

Thibideau: At one point ..... I thought Silverdragon was a girl.

Thibideau: He wasn't impressed. >.>

Fable: thats funny,at one point i thought Insane Man was a boy.

Fable: So what drew you to the forum,what brought you to RTVG ?

Thibideau: Well at that point I was really in to the whole RTVG thing. I watched a lot of the shows and when i saw people playing them over the forums I decided I should play too. Back then i used to play everything. Im a little more reserved in my game joinings now.

Fable: Yes you have been getting a little tight with the word 'in'.

Fable: So, how do you compare the forum of today with the RTVG of the past?

Thibideau: Well I have to say it isn't as tightly knit. Everyone used to know each other and would talk to one another on a daily basis. It was also slightly more active back then. We had a lot of people who used to frequent the forums, but have now vanished. Not that I have anything against the forums today but its just not the same.

Fable: So it was a bit more af a family type atmosphere?

Thibideau: Pretty much. I mean back then people hadn't even really thought much about alliances. Then I came along and changed that :p

Fable: Ahh. The Richard hatch of the RTVG forum.I hope you weren't running around in the buff too Trepie.

Fable: I just realized i am calling you Trepie.That isn't right.You recently had a name change.What brought that on,Thibideau , and is this your first name change?

Thibideau: Well I changed it because Thibideau is a family name which I enjoy the sound of. Trepie had just grown old and stagnent and needed a change. And no that isn't my first name change. I've had Spectre and the Jackal at one point. Both of which i changed pretty fast.

Fable: So the forum has been enjoying some great activity as of late,what games are you enjoying,and which ones are you looking forward too?

Thibideau: Well I'm enjoying Clue survivor and World tour the British isles.

Fable: Both of which have been doing very well.

Thibideau: Yeah, and I can't say im looking forward to any new games. I honestly don't know of any.

Fable : ( your line is ' I can't wait for Fable's new Mole game' )

Thibideau:Nope, I can't think of a single one.

Fable: Aight then.The Awards Show just went by,did you enjoy yourself there?

Thibideau: Ummm yeah I guess I did. Although i stand by the fact that I should've killed more people.

Fable: I agree with that.You did manage to claim your second consecutive best mod award,and you received lifetime acheivement honors.Pround of those?

Thibideau: I am. I mean there are very few veteran players left and Im proud to be one. I enjoyed my Modship at RTVG and it was hard for me to give it up. I guess I'm just happy that people don't still think I'm an ass.

Fable: well with the awards you have earned it would be hard to think that at all.

Thibideau: Well you don't know how mad i used to make people >.>

Fable: I have to get down to it though.The burning question. What happened with SASM,curse of the moonless night? Why exactly was it cancelled and what steps have you taken to help yourself avoid that situation again?

Thibideau: Ok the problem that happened was that I made the map too small, too detailed, and with too few ways to escape. People were just moving around the map in circles and in fact only 1 person had come close to escaping. When its to that point It becomes difficult to write updates. It really drags you down when you lack creative control over a situation. To prevent this in Racoon city I just corrected the problems. The map is bigger, less detailed, and has more ways to escape.

Fable: well I must say,Moonless night,highy thought of as the game of the year,will most likely go down as best failed game ever.I really hope some production assistants got the axe for that one.

Thibideau: heh.Heads rolled, believe me. It couldn't be helped I'm afraid. It was like a chore to update and when it gets to that point theres a problem.

Fable: So, one final thing before we end our time here.World of reality would like to help promote our new mag.With your help,we wanted to award one lucky reader with a prize to be donated by you.Interested in something like that ?

Thibideau: I suppose. Oo

Fable: excellent.

Thibideau: I really have no idea what the prize is though.

Fable: Well, its pink.

Thibideau: OH!

Fable: Very funny.

Thibideau: *grabs pair of Pink polyester socks*

Thibideau: Here you go.

Fable: Most excellent ! I knew you were playing with us.

Fable: Well it has been just great doing this,I thank
you,Thibideau.

Thibideau: Your welcome.

Fable: Always fun to sit down with one of the true vets here at RTVG,you time and honesty has been appreciated.

Fable: To you the reader, these socks that have been kindly donated will be given out to one lucky person at random.
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Insane Sports Lounge
Welcome to the Sports Lounge. Every week, Insane Man brings you the latest in sports news.

Overtime Thrills and Heartbreaks
The day was like no other so far in college basketball with two tremendous games. West Virginia was smoking against number 4 seeded Louisville jumping out to a twenty-point lead. They hit 18 of 26 threes, which would seem to guarantee victory well it was not to be. After being outscored 40-27 in the first half and being down 38-18 at one point, the Cardinals of Louisville stormed back to outscore the Mountaineers of West Virginia 50-37 in the second half. Then in overtime it was not meant to be for West Virginia as they were outscored 16 to 8 in the overtime period to send Louisville to the final four

In the same day, the Arizona Wildcats were taking it to the Fighting Illini of Illinois the number one overall seed of the NCAA Tournament. Illinois and Arizona played a tight a first half with the score 38-36 in Illinois favor. Then after the half Arizona came out and took it to Illinois. The game seemed like back until the scores was 60-57 in favor of the Wildcats and then a 15-3 to put the Wildcats ahead with 4:02 left to play in the game. Everything seemed to be going Arizona’s way the game look like a lock and fans started leaving early. All of sudden the Illini fight back to within 8 with 1:13 left to play and closed the game on 10-2 run to send the game into overtime. In overtime a back and forth game finally went to the Illini after Hassan Adams missed a three which would have won it. A point to make is why Salime Stoudamire did not have the ball in his hand at the end when two nights earlier he hit a game winning jumper to send Oklahoma State packing.

Twice is Extra Nice
It may have been the game of the weekend. For Kentucky fans, it is a moment they would like to forget. Up by three in the closing seconds of the game a shot by Kentucky no good. Kentucky grabs the rebound and kicks out to Sparks as time expires, good for three or is it? We go over to the refs to review the play, which takes 6 minutes, and they conclude it is a three. We are heading into over time with a miracle shot by Patrick Sparks. In overtime, Azibuke gets the ball with 25 seconds left and dribbles holding for the last shot. Time is expiring hr drives to the lane and dribbles out and time expires. Four seconds into the overtime-period Azibuke fouls out which deflates the Kentucky team and they struggle. Although Kentucky hit three field goals to Michigan State’s 1 they still lost because the Spartans outscored Kentucky 11-1 on free throws as the Spartans won 94-88.
In other news, UNC beat Wisconsin in probably the least exciting game of the tourney 88-82.

13 Not Unlucky to One Team
Thirteen years ago Monday in what some call the greatest college game ever played occurred. The year 1992 when Duke faced off with Kentucky to decide who went on to the finals. Great game ended up going into overtime. Let me recreate the play 2.1 seconds left after a timeout Grant Hill inbounds it to Laettner he fakes one way then another then puts up the shot form the foul line its good Duke beats Kentucky. The shot that broke Kentucky’s heart was by Laettner who was 10 for 10 that day. To many people it was the greatest clutch shot ever and makes me happy everytime I see it.

Kobe
Kobe Bryant was called out by pg Chucky Atkins. An announcer wondered why the Lakers were what moves they should make during the off-season. I ain't no GM. Ask Kobe. He's the GM. It's his team," Atkins said. Many people may recall he ran Phil Jackson and Shaq out of Los Angeles. The Lakers have been losers of eight straight. The Lakers stand at 32-37 6 games out of the eighth and final playoff spot.



Thank you for reading Issue 2 of World of Reality. If you would like to contribute articles and such, contact me or Fable through PM or e-mail.

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Current Sign-ups
Currently, there are four games accepting sign-ups.

RTVG Idol – Gnome Lover
Murder In Small Town X – Capt. Jack Sparrow
Mafia – blacklotus
Kenny vs. Spenny 2 – Fable (constant sign-ups over time)
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Games in Active Progress
This week’s active games are as follows:

Best Damn Survivor Period! – Fable
The Reality ReMiX – videogamemaniac
Redneck Survivor – Insane Man
Clue 2: Survivor – RashTheStampede
Kenny vs. Spenny 2 – Fable
Tyrant – RashTheStampede
Sports Survivor 5 – Insane Man
Project X: Island of Doom – Lord Anubis
DIY 2 – Gnome Lover
Global Supremacy – Fable
Surviving a Scary Movie 4: Raccoon City – Thibideau
Weird Survivor - ?
World Tour: The British Isles – Andy
Hacker – Capt. Jack Sparrow
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Top 5 Weekly Rated
Ratings are on the rise this week. Three newcomers enter the Top 5, as well as a tie for 5th place.

Ratings are based on the amount of views between the Games in Active Progress. Ratings over the weeks are based on the growth in the views.

5) Sports Survivor 5 & The Reality ReMiX – Insane Man ties the 5th place spot up with Videogamemaniac this week. Sports Survivor 5 just started this week and already has good ratings in that tied up exactly with Reality ReMiX. Reality ReMiX finished it’s 2nd phase this week and is entering the 3rd this weekend. Next week should be interesting to see if either of these will stay Top 5.

4) Surviving A Scary Movie 4: Raccoon City – Thibideau climbs the ladder with the new version of SASM4. The game put the players in the middle of Raccoon City of the famous Resident Evil games and movies. While players are trying to escape the zombie infested city, SASM4 should possibly be holding up in the Top 5 for weeks to come.

3) Global Surpremacy – Fable grabs the middle spot of the Top 5 with his new game, Global Surpremacy. A new and original game that has players representing 8 world countries and has them battling for control of the world. Original and slick, this should remain Top 5 for a little while longer.

2) Redneck Survivor – Insane Man keeps up the good work with his Redneck Survivor this past week getting over 1,000 views in ratings over the past week. The game is still nearing its end so is likely to be out of the Top 5 in another week of two.

1) Best Damn Survivor Period! – Fable once again grabs the top spot with Best Damn Survivor. BDSP received almost 2,000 views in just over a week. There is still lots of competition left in the game and with the merge of the tribes, its gonna get even more heated.
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Recent Events
This week in Recent Events, Janus returns and two hosts combine for an anticipated game.

Always Jan…Jan, Jan, Jan!
Janus Scenicus finally made his long awaited return. He was away on “personal” business. But now that he has made it back, what will he do. Well, he’s starting out with a bang by introducing his brand new opinion column in this issue of World of Reality. His opinion column, he will express his feelings on the RTVG Forum every week, causing more controversy than the forum can probably handle. As for a new game, we tried to get a word with him on the RTVG Championship Games 3, but unfortunately, he failed to respond.

It’s Fable vs. VGM!
This week, Fable and VGM introduced the sign-ups for a new game. The game, titled as The Host, will have Fable and VGM drafting from the contestants who signed-up in a record time to form teams. Each host will have their team battle the other team in their challenges. The game is acclaimed as being 2 games in one as both Fable and VGM are holding a competition against each other, as well as the teams battling until 1 person remains and can become the next Host. The game is scheduled to start next week.
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Rumors and Speculations
This week, we ask, where’s the Capt, and where is the love?

The Captain comes and goes again…
As many of us know, Capt. Jack Sparrow returned recently with two new games, Hacker and Murder In Small Town X. With the great start off that Hacker had, there was hope that CJS was back home for good. But rumor has it, that he’s planning on another absence yet again. Unfortunately, this might not be just a rumor. His Hacker game hasn’t been updated in two weeks, and sign-ups for Murder have been rather slow too. Though he has recently signed up for games, we heard from a reliable source, “CJS is going to be leaving RTVG again for a personal issue.” RTVG Forum can’t take much more of this, but we’ll get the scoop on the rumor for you by next week.

Controversy on the Rise
This week, Janus Scenicus introduces a new column to the World of Reality. Janus will be working for the mag as an opinionist, and according to his first article, he looks forward to being named controversial. When we talked with him on this, he spoke to us and said “No, I don’t really like drama, I just enjoy speaking the truth and getting feedback from it, whether it is negative or positive. But I expect the negative.” Next week’s article is expected to be pretty bad but it isn’t 100% confirmed. So, be on the lookout for future articles by Janus.
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Fable’s Weekly Review & Interview Corner
This week, Fable Brings you, The Reality Check. A look into the top reality shows on television, covering what you missed in the past week of Reality TV.

Survivor is still big in the ratings, and has been so with a decent show this season. Koror has been ass whipping from day 1 and with only 2 members left, it appears there will be some sort of merge coming to try salvage Ulongs meek hopes at winning. As it stands Tom is the standout favorite to win this game, however lurking alliances are taking shape to perhaps remove him from his powerhold on the game.

The Amazing Race has given one of its most memorable seasons since #2. Rob and Amber have immerged as the clear cut dominant team,and with the other teams getting a hate on for the survivor allstars couple, the rivalry has intensified the game and each episode is almost must see TV. Currently Rob and Amber sit in position 1 with only 5 teams left in the race.it is theres to lose.Very impressive, I think Boston Rob has shown players to come that dirty ruthless gameplay can be rewarded almost anywhere. Whoo.

American Idol just made another cut tonight.Niko Smith, son of baseball hall of famer Ozzie Smith, was the 3rd from the top ten to be let go. With a great group of singers this year each performance has been elivated because of the close competition.There has been mention as it being the best top 10 ever and I may agree. With 5 bonifide superstars in waiting,it is truly up for grabs this year.

The Apprentice has been gearing down as it gets closer to its season finale.The Donald has kept fans on their toes with exemption twists,corporate reshuffles, and recently pulling both teams into the boardroom as neither team won their task.It is hard to pick a clear cut favorite,it will most likely come down to the type of tasks yet to come that will decide who will be the Apprentice.

The Contender has been pulling average ratings. This boxing reality show placing 16 ranked boxers from around America in a competition for a title shot.Hollywood's obvious attempt to grab a share of the reality pie has taken shape with Sly Stallone and 'Sugar' Ray Leanard at the healm.With mediocre challenges and seemingly no twist to the gameplay, the Contender relies heavily on the boxing match itself to score the viewers approval.With such stars as Burt Reynolds, Melanie griffith and James Caan to name a few spotted at ringside, it gives the feel of a high intensity money fight.Catch the Contender whenever you can, the time spot seems to change weekly.

Big Brother has its contestants and will be filming this summer as planned. The now mainstay reality icon is one of my personal favorites for the twists and challenges,and of course the DRAMA.One of the best things about the show is of course the fact that it is a once a year type show. Not overdoing itself by pumping out 3 seasons a year, Big Brother capures its fans with its anticipation. The build up has begun, don't miss it this summer.
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Insane Sports Lounge
Welcome to the Sports Lounge. Every week, Insane Man brings you the latest in sports news.

Selig
Time for baseball to stop acting as if they did not know steroid use was rampant. Bud Selig and Donald Fehr need to get their heads out of their asses and look at what is happening to baseball. Baseball is losing all credibility after the 94 strike, the calling of the All-Star game in 2002, now the steroid scandal. I am one of the many baseball fans calling for Bud Selig’s job. He has to be the weakest commissioner in all of the major sports. Name one good thing Selig has done for baseball can you probably not. The new steroid policy a joke let us just get it over with and fire Bud Selig. Everything Bud Selig does is a joke the guy has ignored claims of steroids and now says he wants testing which we know is complete and utter horse crap. Fire Bud Selig for the good of the game or baseball will have no integrity.

NFL Draft
With the draft, coming upon us NFL fans like me there is much talk over who the number one pick will be. Will it be Aaron Rodgers, Alex Smith, Braylon Edwards, Mike Williams, or Ronnie Brown? But one name the is making the move up the boards of many NFL teams is former Arkansas quarterback Matt Jones who comes in 6-6¼ and weighs 242 pounds and runs 4.37 40. He will be converted into a receiver and quickly impresses many scouts. He has the best hands of the draft according to one of the draft experts and has better speed than wideout Mike Williams of USC. Experts are now saying that he is late first early second round pick, which is a big improvement when he was originally expected to go in the fourth round.

A Return of a Coach
Breathe a sigh or relief Detroit fans Larry brown is expected to return and take over the coaching duties of the Pistons again. Larry Brown has been out for 10 games so far and missed six earlier this season. He has been bothered for the past four and a half months by a hip that he had surgery on earlier this season. He is expected to return Friday against the Clippers and do they need him. They are a .500 team without Coach Brown on the bench and will need Brown’s wisdom to guide them to another ring.

NIT
South Carolina defeated the team everyone was pulling far in St. Joe’s.60-57. After Pat Carroll hit a three to tie the game at 57, Kinsey for South Carolina came back down the floor and hit the game winning three from the right elbow six seconds after Carroll had tied the game up thus giving them the NIT championship. They were the only the second team in the tourney to score 60 points against St. Joe’s and the other was Holy Cross.

Then There Were Two
The championship game will feature Illinois vs. North Carolina in two games that did not live up to the excitement of the elite eight. Now the big question is this finally the year Roy Williams wins his first national championship? This reporter hopes not. In what seemed like a match up of two evenly matched teams the Illini crushed the Cardinals of Louisville. In a close game for most of the first half Illinois took the lead at 31-28. Louisville came out focused as Larry O'Bannon came out and hit a three to tie the game at 31. In a back and forth battle Louisville tied the game up at 42 Illinois fired back on an 8-2 run to get the score to 50-44. Then Louisville answered with a 5-0 run of its own to get within one of Louisville at 50-49. Unfortunately, for Louisville it was as close as they would get to Illinois. After an official TV timeout, Illinois came and fired the shot, which sunk the cardinals as Illinois came out on an 11-0 run. Illinois closed the game and made no room for another Louisville comeback closing the game on an 8-2 run and ending up in St. Louis by a final score 72-57 as Luther Head and Roger Powell Jr., combined for 40 of the 72 Illini points.

In a game that the Spartans had a 5 point, lead at halftime the game was no cause to cheer for Spartan fans. With the score 38-33 at half time things looked to be going the Spartans way and it looked bad for North Carolina. However, as they say it was a tale of two halves. The Tar Heels opened up the half on an 8-4 run getting the score at 42-41 Michigan State. North Carolina had finally taken the lead again at 46-42 and then Michigan State fought back to tie the game up at 49 after a Shannon Brown 3 pointer to answer a Felton 3 pointer for Carolina. Then tied at 49 Michigan State was crushed as UNC went on a 12-0 run to get the score to 61-49. The game was never in question after this as UNC went on to rout Michigan State 87-71 to move on to St. Louis to face Illinois. The difference in the game was the starting five for Carolina as May, McCants, Felton, Williams, Manuel outscored the Spartans starting five 75-55.

Opening Day
Web gems, bats, gloves, and homeruns can only mean one thing opening day in baseball. Who else would face off on opening day but the 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox vs. the New York Yankees. This historic rivalry was not that great as the game was tied at one until the bottom of the third inning when the Yankees scored three runs. The Sox were never able to get things going with David Wells balking in a run, hitting a batter, and allowing 4 runs on 10 hits and in 4 and a third innings of work. On a downside, Alex Sanchez of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays became the first player of the year to test positive for steroids and will be suspended for 10 days.

How Sweet It Is
It started out with a bang as Deron Williams hit a jumper to put Illinois up 2-0 then UNC answered back on a 9-0 run. Then Illinois fired back with a 7-0 run to tie the game up at nine. With 4:58 in the first half the score was 27-25 and that’s when Carolina made their move going a 13-2 run led by Rashad McCants who scored seven points during that stretch ending the half up by thirteen 40-27. Things looked bleak for the fighting Illini. However, sticking true to their name the Illini fought back with a barrage of three pointers getting the score within 2 at 52-50. Then Carolina outscored the Illini 13-5 in a 4 minute stretch getting the score 65-55. Everything looked to be going Carolina’s way until the Illini fought back going on a 10-0 run to tie the game at 65 with 5:34 left in the game the momentum seemed to switch and the Illini had finally gotten their confidence back. Felton came out of the UNC timeout and hit a three while being double-teamed. Then the person who kept Illinois in the game Luther head hit a huge three pointer to tie the game at 70. On the ensuing possession Marvin Williams came up with a huge play tipping the ball back in for two to put the Tar heels up 72-70. Then the Illini came back down the floor got it to Deron Williams for a two pointer, but he missed Carolina gets the rebound and is fouled. They get two free throws Felton misses the first but makes the second giving the tar heels a three-point lead with 26 seconds left. Illinois comes down the floor and gets a wide-open look for Luther Head but he misses Carolina gets the rebound and makes both free throws winning the game 75-70 and giving Roy Williams his first ever NCAA title.
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This is the new opinion column done by RTVG Mod Janus Scenicus. Every week, he’ll serve you his latest thoughts on the RTVG Forum.

Welcome to my mind! I am now a opionist. Enjoy my mind and see things through my eyes. Controversy HERE WE COME!
The Golden Days Reborn?

Some people, okay one or two, say that Reality TV Games are coming back to it's Golden Days <enter angellic music>. What do I think? Puh-shaw!

I came in late in the Golden Days <enter angellic music> of RTVG when I was RPGTeckWhiz4. I got in few games and enjoyed them greatly. I remember my first game ever, I was voted out the first tribal council. Anyways, even though I was out the first round, the game was great. I still checked back on it every time there was a new post. Now adays, if I'm out I unsubscribe.

The majority of the games are no where near the quality of the Golden Days <enter angellic music>. Some games are of that quality, don't get me wrong. But others are just bleh. I'm not going to name names but lets just say I don't like majority of them.

So if you think that RTVG is going towards the Golden Days <enter angellic music> again, please tell me why. We have the potential to go there, we just aren't using it, aight?

Lata
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Weekly Advice
This new column is where RTVG Members can ask for advice on how to play, make, and or host RTVG Games or ask anything related to the RTVG Forum and receive answers the following week. The advice is not given by any of the WOR Staff. It is given by an anonymous member who wishes to remain that way. So, if you have any questions for our Anonymous Advice Man, please PM me with your question. It will be forwarded to him and your questions will be answered here next week.



Thank you for reading Issue 3 of World of Reality. World of Reality has now been moved to Thursdays every week so look out for Issue 4 on Thursday. If you would like to contribute to the mag, please contact Fable or me through AIM, PM, or email...

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Games in Active Progress
This week’s active games are as follows:

Best Damn Survivor Period! – Marwan
The Reality ReMiX – videogamemaniac
Clue 2: Survivor – RashTheStampede
Kenny vs. Spenny 2 – Marwan
Tyrant – RashTheStampede
Sports Survivor 5 – Insane Man
Project X: Island of Doom – Lord Anubis
DIY 2 – Gnome Lover
Global Supremacy – Marwan
Surviving a Scary Movie 4: Raccoon City – Thibideau
World Tour: The British Isles – Andy
RTVG Idol – Gnome Lover
The Host – Marwan and Videogamemaniac
Surviving The Lottery 2: All Bets Are Off – Alu
Fear Factor 3 – Marwan
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Top 5 Weekly Rated
This week’s ratings actually come from last week’s results. Ratings will be back on track next week. Still, very surprising results came in as Marwan takes over 3 of the top 5 spots.

Ratings are based on the amount of views between the Games in Active Progress. Ratings over the weeks are based on the growth in the views.

5) The Host – Marwan and videogamemaniac slips into the top 5 just beating out Sports Survivor 5. The game just took lift off this past week with Marwan and vgm pitting their two rosters against one another. Expect The Host to stick around for a while.

4) Clue 2: Survivor – RashTheStampede gets back into the number 4 spot again. As the game winds down to only a handful of players remaining to this point, activity may be on the edge of slowing or picking up activity.

3) Global Supremacy – Marwan’s original hit Global Supremacy has been doing well lately. Already two countries have been eliminated not to mention a new country entered the battle for supremacy. Yet another game to keep the eyes peeled for.

2) DIY 2 – Gnome Lover gets DIY back up and rolling. The laziest game ever is widdling down the inactives and getting the best out of the game. That surprisingly put it in 2nd place this week with over 700 views up from last week.

1) Best Damn Survivor Period! – Marwan seems to be going for the record this year with most games in the top 5 at once, not to mention the highest rated game for the past month. Best Damn Survivor pulled in over 900 views the past week. Only half the players remain in the game at this point. What’s in store for the highest rated game next week?
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Recent Events
This week in Recent Events, Another surprising return, and guess who just got served? Well it wasn’t B2K…

Guess who’s back…well, he isn’t that famous
This week, a surprising return was made. Well, ok, its not that major because you don’t hear much about him, but he deserves to be recognized. The originator of the Fear Factor games, Jaime_990 returned this week. A long time ago, he made RTVG Forums first ever Fear Factor game. It spawned many sequels and it notarized in the Hall of Fame. Will the originator revive his Fear Factor series to compete with Marwan’s Fear Factor series?

I’m callin you out soldier
This week in Gnome Lover’s RTVG Idol, a game that looks for the ultimate reality tv player, Gnome seemed to have poked a pun at fellow veteran videogamemaniac and his own Reality Remix, which also looks for the ultimate reality tv game player. Its quoted from his game “Insane Man: RTVG IDOL? I thought this was Reality Remix...” Was it just a joke, or a direct it to compete with Reality Remix? We talked to videogamemaniac on the issue and he replied “Heh, Gnomey has no idea what he just started. IT’S ON SUCKA!” Look for more direct hits to be thrown by both hosts in the weeks to come.
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Rumors and Speculations
Unfourtunetly, there are no rumors this week. Check back next week for fresh new rumors.

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Fable’s Weekly Review & Interview Corner

_R.T.V.G.

Reviews

D.I.Y.

The second installment of Gnome Lovers creative craze has been moving along nicely.Excop became the most recent casualty, as the players decided to remove the champion of D.I.Y. one. So far the game has maintained good activity,and with Northern Lights as the next host,the pace is sure to continue.Do-It-Yourselfers will want to keep tabs on this game.

Tyrant

A most original idea from an original member, Rash brings us Tyrant, which recently got under way.The game combines a few known features with a twist on who gains power in the game,and so far it has been met with great approval and activity.Do you have what it takes to gain the aligned powers or will you be destined to Exile ? Find out in Tyrant, now playing on RTVG Network.

Surviving The Lottery 2

A much awaited sequel has finally hit the Network. Alu's smash hit has come back to claim more hard luck losers and this time all bets are off. Though the game is just in the first phases of production, Alu has done a nice job of adding in some extra goodies for us as facing the Lottery has become more then just picking a number.Watch for this game to move up into the top 5 very quickly,and be sure to check out Surviving The Lottery 2.

The Host

Well after working out so productions issues with the RTVG Network Execs, The Host finally got off the ground,and with much approval.Already in the top 5, The Host's complexity of having 2 Hosts battle it out as well as the players to become the next Host,has made it a very active and exciting game.With the Elimination Challenge on right now, don't miss what happens next in this original, stunt - filled game.

Best Damn Survivor Period

Tyron became the first member of the jury last week and now the 8 remaining survivors are in a battle of wits as they manuveur around a survivor game board.Though the Immunity Challenge seems as though it may go for some time,Survivors have stayed strong and active since they know with the host of the game,a twist is always a looming possibility. Don't miss an episode of this, the most intense of Survivors in some time.

He is the Original.
A longstanding GW member and moderater
Well - known and most definately well - liked
With more name changes then most nOOb's have posts
I sit with the legend that is Alu



Marwan : Welcome Alu, thanx for taking time for this.

Alu : Hey, anything to plug my new game . . . I mean chat with a friend.

Marwan : I like to start off with a little background for the readers that don't know you to well.So tell us Alu, how long you have been around, what brought you here, all that good stuff.

Alu : I've been around forever man...right off the bat, joined GW for no reason whatsoever, and just stuck around...well, until I left that is...but I came back, and then ended up having my name randomly changed on me a bunch of times

Marwan : You left? What were the circumstances of that? Why would you ever leave?

Alu : I got bored really...that and people were expecting tons from me...apparently I was "really high up on the chain" according to some people, so I figured I'd just leave, decided to com back when I graduated from highschool, which was last year.

Marwan : You mentioned having your name changed a bunch , how many, roughly, and what has been your favorite name ?

Alu : My name has been changed exactly 24 times now...as for my favorite...hmm...

Marwan : Okay how about funniest ?

Alu : Been a few laughable ones too, tough to pick one.

Marwan : Alright.We'll just call ya Alu. You are definately an active guy here on GW. What forums keep you the busiest, and which one do you enjoy

Alu : The forum that keeps me the busiest is clubs and clans, that forum gets too many posts...
the ones I enjoy are: Chats 'n' Spats (mod sub forum), Idiot Free Zone (sub forum of that subforum), Minus the Morons (forum for Wicked's people who don't suck ass), and RTVG.

Marwan : And for our readers, how many forums are you currently modding?

Alu : Two, Clubs and Clans and Current Events.

Marwan : Excellent.

Marwan : Now, the hype is finally over and Surviving the Lottery has returned, are you excited ?

Alu : I guess I am, I have something to do other than split threads for once, and thats always a plus (I hate splitting threads, its sucks my ass).

Marwan : Yes I don't like anything that sucks my ass. So, anything new the contestants can expect for the sequel? Any twists coming you want to share or foreshadow?

Alu : I'm constantly thinking of new things to add to the game, if I get a clear enough round, I might add it in the middle of the game just to spice things up, nothing too dramatic for now.

Marwan : A work in progress,sweet.

Marwan : You have become one of the more active, or threats ,if you will, in RTVG. What games are you having fun with and which ones do you feel you have a shot at taking the prize?

Alu : Heh, with my past, I never feel like I have a chance at taking the prize, I enjoy all of the games because I do them all for fun.

Marwan : Okay, I'd like to end this with a little word game.This or that, are you familiar with how it works?

Alu : yeah, I'm pretty sure I do.

Marwan : survivor or big brother ?

Alu : survivor.

Marwan : doritos or pringles ?

Alu : doritos

Marwan : coke or pepsi ?

Alu : pepsi (but campus sucks and only has coke).

Marwan : Britney or Biance ?

Alu : I'll go with "or" in that one...

Marwan : Me too. Who writes these things ?

Marwan : XBox or PS2 ?

Alu : PS2

Marwan : NFL or NBA ?

Alu : NFL, by far.

Marwan : Ambiguously Gay Duo or Allah is my Toilet ?

Alu : Allah is my Toilet needs more love, it only lasted for 30 seconds.

Marwan : Adam Sandler or Jim Carrey ?

Alu : Jim Carrey

Marwan : heavy metal or Hard Rock?

Alu : can I take both?

Marwan : you sure can.

Marwan : fav. band ?

Alu : tough one...but I'll go with Tool.

Marwan : nice.

Marwan : fav. movie ?

Alu : The Boondock Saints

Marwan : I see

Marwan : fav. RTVG member to interview you this week ?

Alu : Since the week just started, you're the only one to get one in so far, so that would have to be you

Marwan : You're too kind.

Alu : I try.

Marwan : Thanx for doing this Alu, you are a legend if there ever was one, much appreciated.

Alu : No problem, in fact lets do it again ( when I have another game to hype )

Marwan : I'll see what I can do. Take care.

I would like to note that since the interview Alu has had yet another name change, to AHHHHHHH MY HAND.He claims it was by choice, and is now his favorite by far.


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Insane Sports Lounge
Welcome to the Sports Lounge. Every week, Insane Man brings you the latest in sports news.

Slump No More
I admit I am not much of a golfing fan but the Masters was an exciting event. On a day where Tiger Woods looked, be unstoppable one person battled his way to a sudden death with Tiger. Chris DiMarco who had the lead after the first round going five under par 67, while Tiger struggled all day shooting two over par 74. Things looked bad for former champions Tiger Woods as he hit a putt into the water which he eventually bogeyed the hole. But things would be different much different for Tiger in the second round while Dimarco shot another brilliant 67 to go to 10 under for the masters Tiger fought back to 4 under par six strokes off the lead. Things got bad for Dimarco who shot a 2 over 74 in the third round while Tiger birdied holes 7-13 in round 3 and shot an amazing 65 to put him at 11 under for the tournament while DiMarco was 3 shots off the lead at 8 under. DiMarco still three back after the front 9 in the fourth round fought back on ten as Tiger bogeyed the hole and DiMarco shot par gaining a stroke on the lead. He fought back to within one on 15 but on 16 the shot of the day by tiger Woods who chips the ball it rolls towards the hole looks like it is going to stop right on the hole and does for a little while and eventually rolls in. This looked to be the dagger in the heart of DiMarco but not so fast. Tiger bogeyed the next two holes and left the door open for DiMarco on 18 who hit a chip that hit looked like it was good but just missed. The score tied at 12 under we go to a sudden death playoff hole on the 18th hole. DiMarco just seemed to run out of luck as shots that were on the green would roll off onto the fringe, and Tiger won on the first playoff hole to win the Green Jacket and his fourth Masters putting him in the company of the likes of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer as the only golfers to win four majors.
Retirement
It looks to be over for one of the games greatest golfers as the Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus said he has played his last Masters. Jack won 6 masters and 18 majors in his career and too many is the greatest golfer in the world. Jack is the person who players like Tiger are compared too. It is sad to see one of the games greats retire The Masters just will not be the same without Jack.

Bo Knows
ESPN.com news services. ONTARIO, Calif. -- A Southern California newspaper on Sunday apologized to Bo Jackson and retracted part of a story saying the former football and baseball star used steroids. "Jackson has stated publicly he has never used steroids," the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin said on its Web site. "We retract the quote and the further statement that the speaker personally witnessed this damage to his life. We apologize to Mr. Jackson, without reservation.” In a story published March 24 under sports editor Jim Mohr's byline, dietary expert Ellen Coleman was quoted as saying she knew personally that "Bo Jackson lost his hip because of anabolic abuse." Jackson responded last week by suing the newspaper, MediaNews Group Inc., MediaNews Group Interactive, Inc., Mohr and three other employees for unspecified general and punitive damages in Illinois.

Age Limit
Commissioner David Stern is looking to raise the NBA’s required age limit from 18 to 20. Jermaine O’Neal the power forward for the Indiana pacers think racism might have something to do with it. Here is what O'Neal had to say about the age limit, "As a black guy, you kind of think [race is] the reason why it's coming up. "You don't hear about it in baseball or hockey. To say you have to be 20, 21 to get in the league, it’s unconstitutional. If I can go to the U.S. Army and fight the war at 18 why can't you play basketball for 48 minutes?" O'Neal said. However, the Supreme Court ruled setting age limits is not unconstitutional as they ruled in favor of the NFL when Clarett filed suit.

Someone Needs A T.O.
Terrell Owens, wide receiver of the Philadelphia Eagles, wants a new contract a year after getting a deal, which allowed him to get out of Baltimore to go to the Eagles. Owens did want a new deal according to reports but fired his agent and hired Drew Rosenhaus. Yes the Drew Rosenhuas who represented McGahee and said he would a first rounder and a pro bowler his first year. Owens took a shot at McNabb saying, “I wasn’t the one getting tired out there.”
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Hello, hello one and all. I have a name change but please STILL CALL ME JANUS! Now with that out of the way, here's the rest of my article:

Inactive Little Son of......Girls!
I am so sick of when people sign up to play a game and then don't do a single thing or very little. It's very annoying because it slows down EVERYTHING wether they realize it or not.

When you sign up for a game, you are saying," Hi! I would like to play this game because it sounds really nifty swell and I promise to participate!" (Yes, I did say nifty swell. No, I really don't talk like Leave It to Beaver.) If you don't participate, you are a LIAR. (Had to throw the Liar thing in there :D)

Now, I realize there are some circumstances that someone just cannot play. But for a whole freakin game or the most of it?! Come on! If you think you are going to be busy soon or already, DON'T SIGN UP FOR 50 GAMES. Pace yourself. Do only one or two, maybe three.

Hosts spend a lot of time planning games out, okay some. They still work at it though. Show some respect.

Next week: Same topic, same title, this time....I'm ragging on the hosts
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Weekly Advice
This new column is where RTVG Members can ask for advice on how to play, make, and or host RTVG Games or ask anything related to the RTVG Forum and receive answers the following week. The advice is not given by any of the WOR Staff. It is given by an anonymous member who wishes to remain that way. So, if you have any questions for our Anonymous Advice Man, please PM me with your question. It will be forwarded to him and your questions will be answered here next week.



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Current Sign-ups
Currently, there are no sign-ups available.
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Games in Active Progress
This week’s active games are as follows:

Best Damn Survivor Period! – Marwan
The Reality ReMiX – videogamemaniac
Clue 2: Survivor – RashTheStampede
Kenny vs. Spenny 2 – Marwan
Tyrant – RashTheStampede
Sports Survivor 5 – Insane Man
Project X: Island of Doom – Lord Anubis
DIY 2 – Gnome Lover
Global Supremacy – Marwan
Surviving a Scary Movie 4: Raccoon City – Thibideau
World Tour: The British Isles – Andy
RTVG Idol – Gnome Lover
The Host – Marwan and Videogamemaniac
Surviving The Lottery 2: All Bets Are Off – Alu
Fear Factor 3 – Marwan
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Top 5 Weekly Rated
The ratings are back on track this week and are once again, very impressive. Marwan once again takes over the top 5.

Ratings are based on the amount of views between the Games in Active Progress. Ratings over the weeks are based on the growth in the views.

5) The Host – Marwan and Videogamemaniac round the top 5 out again this week. With a 900 boost in views from last week, The Host is showing itself to be a good competitive game. Let the competition continue as the battle of the hosts rages on.

4) Global Supremacy – Marwan gets the 4th place spot this week with Global Supremacy. This hit war game has been heating up as the shot of world domination gets closer. Its 920 boost in views keeps Global at 4th this week.

3) Sports Survivor 5 – Insane Man’s 5th sports survivor is also proving as a great fast paced game as it received over 950 views in just a week. Insane has been putting his contestants through fast paced drawn out challenges and that brought it up to 3rd this week.

2) Surviving The Lottery 2: All Bets Are Off – Alu gets his first taste of the top 5 with the hit sequel to his hit Surviving The Lottery. The game brought in over 1,100 views in just under a week. Look for this game to stick around for the weeks to come.

1) Best Damn Survivor Period – Marwan once again secures the number 1 spot this week. He brought in a record 2,100 views in just under a week. Now the game is down to the final 6 players and it only gets hotter from there. Best Damn Survivor is the Best Damn Game of the Week.
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Recent Events
This week in Recent Events, LIFE makes an important announcement, the countdown to Excop’s new game, Marwan speaks on his RTVG takeover and Reality TV Games Awards 6 news…

LIFE Rises from the Dead
LIFE, otherwise known as Janus Scenicus, has been back for about a month now. But he hasn’t done anything very notable since his return besides having his own column in the Mag every week. Well, we talked to LIFE a few days ago and got some dirt on what his plans are in the coming months, and he indeed announced that he will have a new game coming soon. He didn’t announce the date for the season premiere, neither did he give any details, but his announcement does back up our rumor a couple issues ago. Next week, we will have a inside scoop article with details on the game.

Best Big Brother Countdown
Just a little less than a month ago, fellow veteran Excop announced and held sign-ups for his new Big Brother game. In his sign-up thread, he claimed that it will be the best big brother game. With such a confident announcement, its obvious that the game has gone through some deep planning. We look forward to seeing what will come from this game and we will bring you the inside scoop on the game in “Fables Review Corner” when the game starts in May.

From Justin to Kelly, and From Fable to Marwan
The famous Fable, now known as Marwan, has proved himself as one of RTVG’s best members hosting 4 good games all at once while being a great competitor in other games and Reviewing and Interviewing for the World of Reality Mag…not to mention taking home the most awards at the 5th RTVG Awards. Well, we briefly talked to Marwan on his upcoming projects for the Forum. When we spoke to him, he started by saying that he is pleased to host all his games, but it is rough. That is probably an explanation for the cancellation of the much anticipated Mind Control 2. But he told us that he will be starting a “Best Damn” Series of games in the coming months. He went on to say that the Best Damn series will include Amazing Race, The Mole, Big Brother, and sequels to his smash hit Best Damn Survivor Period. These series will not start until the majority of his current games have been finished which should be before the summer starts. Look for Marwan to be the top man at the upcoming RTVG Awards.

RTVG Network Gives More Awards
This past week, the RTVG Network put a emphasis on their green light for the 6th Awards show by giving some new details on what’s to come from the show this summer. They announced that this summer, There will be 6 new awards being added to the show which include 3 awards presented by World of Reality as well as 3 others. The specifics on the awards were not given but will be announced in Issue 6 of World of Reality Mag. They also announced that they will give 3 RTVG Lifetime Achievement awards compared to the two they gave last season. Also they say that it is likely there will be at least 2 to 3 more new awards added to the already long list of awards. Check in next issue to get all the details on this.

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Rumors and Speculations
This week in Rumors, we talk about the recent RTVG Championship Games 3 Rumors...

Is it official...
People have eagerly been awaiting a third season of the RTVG Championship Games. Well, in a brief interview with RTVG Mod LIFE recently, he announced that him and his fellow co-mods were hard at work on the game. But with that announcement, the rumors began flying on its season premiere and what games will be in it. Signs point to later this summer but rumors have it that it is set to start in late May or early June. We couldn’t get a word out of LIFE on this subject and the other mods unfortunately were not available. Other rumors that popped up concerned on which games will be included in the championship. The usual games like Survivor, Big Brother, The Mole, and Amazing Race are sure to appear. But will other and newer games like Endurance, The Apprentice, and American Idol beincluded as well. We’ll dig more into this story in the coming weeks.
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Fable’s Weekly Review & Interview Corner

Unfortunately, there are no reviews this week. Check out the next issue next week for Fable’s Month in Review for February 2005, and more…

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Insane Sports Lounge
Welcome to the Sports Lounge. Every week, Insane Man brings you the latest in sports news.

NFL Draft
With the first pick in the 2005 NFL draft the San Francisco 49’ers select quarterback from Utah Alex Smith. Along with this, there were other interesting picks like the Detroit Lions with the 10th overall pick selecting Mike Williams from USC making this there third receiver in three years. A selection that some consider risky was number 21 to Jacksonville picking Matt Jones QB from Arkansas. Aaron Rodgers the other QB who was mentioned in the mix for the number one overall pick fell to number 24 to the Green Bay Packers becoming the heir to Brett Favre. The most interesting pick that had many people scratching their head was the last overall pick of the third round number 101 was Maurice Clarett.

Tillman
One year ago April 22, 2004 Pat Tillman of the Army Rangers died in friendly fire. Tillman should be remembered for what he did he turned down the chance of playing football for millions of dollars to try out for the Army rangers. It would have been easy for him to stay in the NFL and compete for millions instead of serving his country and dying for what he believed in. The events of September 11 changed everything for him and put everything into perspective he did not want the attention for doing but got it anyway. So many times we talk about greedy athletes well this person was not one so lets remember Pat Tillman for his commitment.

When The Saints Go Marching In
Former Saints and Panthers linebacker Sam Mills lost his battle with intestinal cancer last week. Diagnosed with cancer in 2003 and told he had a few months to live but just like everything, he overcame cancer and survived for two more years becoming an inspiration to the Panthers the year they made the Super bowl. He was 5’9 and told he was too short to play but you can measure a man’s heart he would go on to succeed with the saints becoming the face for that organization. The only player to be in the Panthers hall of fame, a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, and there is a statue of him outside the Panthers stadium. He even scheduled chemotherapies for his days off so he could coach the Panthers. Before the Super Bowl in Houston he made an emotional speech "You have your good days and your bad days. I am just glad I am having days, you know?"

Texas Rangers
The woman whose nose was broken last year when she was hit by a chair thrown by Texas reliever Frank Francisco filed a lawsuit Thursday against Francisco, two of his teammates and the Rangers. The suit filed by Jennifer Bueno seeks damages for battery, assault, and negligence. Also named in the lawsuit are Texas pitchers Doug Brocail and Carlos Almanzar, the Texas Rangers Baseball Company and Staff Pro Inc., the company hired by the Oakland Athletics to provide security at the game.

One More Game
The NCAA will allow teams to play 12 games a year but they have avoided a playoff situation. The board of directors approved proposals on Thursday that would add a 12th game to the schedule starting in 2006 which would loosen the requirements for bowl eligibility.

The Color Barrier
On April 15, 1947, one of the most influential athletes of all time broke the color barrier in baseball. This was big for people of color who wanted to play baseball who were not allowed to play. He had a lot to prove and if he had failed, it would have been devastating for blacks. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 1962 in his first year of eligibility. However, Jackie Robinson's contributions go far beyond the baseball diamond. Upon retirement from baseball, Jackie fought tirelessly to improve the quality of life not only for African-Americans, but also for society as a whole. By becoming the first black vice president of a major American corporation, Robinson continued to open doors for African Americans. He had to fight through a lot back then people were as accepting of blacks as they are now. He was not allowed to fight with other players and yell at them. He died at age 53 on October 24, 1972. One of the good things so people never forget his legacy Bud Selig has made April 15, Jackie Robinson day and his number 42 is retired in all of baseball. So let us never forget the sacrifice he made and how influential he was in our time.

Phil to L.A.
Phil Jackson winner of nine NBA title and former coach of the Lakers until Kobe Bryant ran him out has talked to Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss about a possible return. In addition, he has been in talks with the New York Knicks about the coaching vacancy there.
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This is the Weekly Opionist Article brought to you by yours truly, Janus “LIFE” Scenicus

Little Sons of...Fathers!

Last week I ragged on all the little son of mothers that were inactive in the games they signed up for. Now, it's the hosts turn.

You little sons of fathers! You start a game sign-up and say,"Hey! I have this, like, really, like, cool game that, like, you should, like, sign up for, like, like!" Then you say, "Hmm....I SHOULD PLAN THIS OUT!" Then you either A) Plan it out or B) Make it up on the spot.

Well, who are you? Are you the A's or B's? Myself, I'm a B ^_^. But I did continue my games as long as possible but I DID have a life, so they all had to be cancelled. I didn't let it die, I CANCELLED it. There were no awkward times of nothing.....everything was on sched-u-ale.

So what do I have to say about this that I haven't already said? I'll limit it in ONE sentence: GET OFF YOUR BUTTOCKS AND POSTS THOSE CHALLENGES!

So there you go. I have divided the Kingdom of Inactivity into two groups. The Sons of Fathers: The Hosts and The Sons of Mothers: The Competitors. If I wanted to and didn't have a life...I would divide them into smaller groups, but hey I have a life. ;) Lata!

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Current Sign-ups
Currently there are two sign-ups available…

Enter The Cage – Adema
Liberty City Survivor 4: The San Andreas Takeover - videogamemaniac
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Games in Active Progress
This week’s active games are as follows:

Best Damn Survivor Period! – Marwan
The Reality ReMiX – videogamemaniac
Clue 2: Survivor – RashTheStampede
Tyrant – RashTheStampede
Sports Survivor 5 – Insane Man
DIY 2 – Gnome Lover
Global Supremacy – Marwan
Surviving a Scary Movie 4: Raccoon City – Thibideau
World Tour: The British Isles – Andy
RTVG Idol – Gnome Lover
The Host – Marwan and Videogamemaniac
Surviving The Lottery 2: All Bets Are Off – Alu
Fear Factor 4 – Marwan
Bigger Badder Brother – Excop
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Top 5 Weekly Rated
The ratings this week are topped by Marwan once again, but two new entrants make a scare to the top 3.

Ratings are based on the amount of views between the Games in Active Progress. Ratings over the weeks are based on the growth in the views.

5) Tyrant – Adema’s recent original hit game Tyrant makes its way into the top 5 this week just beating The Host by Marwan and videogamemaniac. Tyrant is a different game than usual games like Survivor and Big Brother with unique challenges and eliminations rather than the usual voting process. It scored a good 600 views in just a week but with Bigger Badder Brother, Fear Factor 4, Enter The Cage (which should be starting this week), and The Host hot on it’s tail, don’t look for it to stick around much longer.

4) Sport Survivor 5 – Insane Man gets Sports Survivor knocked back in the 4th place position this week with a good 800 views in ratings this week. Just as I said before for Tyrant, with 4 majorly popular games hot on the trail, it’s hard to see Sports Survivor keeping the number 4 spot in the near future.

3) Surviving The Lottery 2 – Alu moves down 1 spot this week to place 3rd in ratings. Though the ratings were very high this week scoring just over 1500 views, it was beat out by just another 200 views. Alu’s uniquely styled game may be in a tussle come this time next week for a top 3 spot.

2) Global Supremacy – Marwan nabs the 2nd place spot right out of Alu’s hands with the War Reality game, Global Supremacy. It pulled in just 1700 views which just barely beat out Survivng The Lottery 2 and almost beat out the number 1 game of the week. Global should be more safe than any other game come next week when ratings come in for the two new coming games.

1) Best Damn Survivor Period – Marwan locks the top 2 spots this week with Best Damn Survivor Period grabbing the first place spot for the 6th straight week in a row. It’s really starting to seem impossible for any other game to take the number 1 spot. This week, BDSP pulled in 1900 views in ratings. Lower than last week, and a close call with Global being just 200 views short, but its pretty safe to say that BDSP should be able to hold on for at least 2 more weeks of action.
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Recent Events
This week in Recent Events, videogamemaniac’s new game, and LIFE disappearing again.

RTVG Gets Some Liberty
Videogamemaniac hits the RTVG Forum with a bang this week by announcing the sign-ups for a rehash of Liberty City Survivor 4. The game that puts players against each other as gangs rather than traditional tribes and puts them in challenges based around the world of the famous and best selling PS2 game in history, Grand Theft Auto 3. This season will put players in the world of GTA San Andreas. The sign-ups will begin this week and the game is slated to start in about 2 weeks. Look out for Liberty City Survivor 4: The San Andreas Takeover.

LIFE /w No LIFE
This urgent news just in!!!! RTVG Mod, LIFE, otherwise known as Janus Scenicus, has announced that he has been grounded again. So, with him being grounded, its obvious he will not be around the forums much anytime soon. This could also put a holt to the RTVG Championships which were announced officially by him last week. This will also put a stop to his weekly opinionist article “Insert Original Title Here” for the weeks to come. We’ll keep you updated with the status on LIFE and his grounding in future issues.
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Rumors and Speculations
This week in Rumors, it’s the season of the sequels...

Sequels galore…
With the 6th RTVG Awards beginning its voting session in June, many hosts are wrapping up games and planning for sequels. But specifically, 2 games have recently popped up as to having a sequel in the near future. Both games are from RTVG Mod, Insane Man. The first is the 6th season of the 2004 Series of the Year, Sports Survivor. The second is the rumored 2nd season of the surprise smash hit of this year, Redneck Survivor. Redneck Survivor turned out to be a smash hit the past season and it wouldn’t be a shocker to see a Redneck Survivor 2 very soon. Sports Survivor 6 wouldn’t come until a little later though since the 5th season is currently taking place. When we got word with Insane Man on this, he had no comment on either subject. We’ll keep you updated with more word on sequels to come in the near future.
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Fable’s Weekly Review & Interview Corner

Unfortunately, there are no reviews this week. Check back next week for an interview with Excop and A Month in Review for February 2005.
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Insane Sports Lounge
Welcome to the Sports Lounge. Every week, Insane Man brings you the latest in sports news.

McNabb v. Owens Round 2
The start of mini camps today for the Philadelphia Eagles started without Terrell Owens the wider receiver looking for a new contract. This was a sign of bad things to come in the day as McNabb fired back with the comments "I don't play games in the media," "I'm not going to sit here and try to have a war of words. I am a man at what I do. If there's a problem with anyone, and they feel the need to lash out, they know how to get in touch with me and we can handle it like men." “ Just keep my name out of your mouth," McNabb said. "Don't try to throw names or guys under the bus to better yourself. You never heard me say any names in any situation. You never heard me talk about any given players. I'm the guy to be professional and be a man about things." As some of you may remember this was in response to Owens comments, "I played every snap they allowed me to play,” "I wasn't even running until, like, two weeks before the game. But, I made sure I was in the best shape possible. I wasn't the guy who got tired in the Super Bowl."

Antoine Walker
Antoine Walker was suspended for Game 4 by the David Stern for making contact with the ref in game three of the Pacers-Celtics series. This action resulted because of the foul committed by Walker as Jermaine O'Neal was posting up and Walker fouled him hard and threw a forearm shiver at O'Neal who also received a technical. The suspension came because of Antoine walker grabbing the ref by the arm in an attempt to move him out the way.

The Suspended Six
Both the Red Sox and Devil rays each had three team members suspended for their part in the brawl last Sunday. Lou Pinella and Terry Francona were each suspended three games and fined an undisclosed amount. Bronson Arroyo received the harshest penalty receiving six games for his part in the brawl. Dewon Brazelton and Lance Carter both pitchers from the Devil Rays received five game suspensions and Trot Nixon Red Sox outfielder received a two game suspension and all four were fined an undisclosed amount. Also David Ortiz and Tampa Bay Devil outfielder Chris Singleton were both fined an undisclosed amount and both said they will appeal the fine.

Mark Fields
On a somber note Carolina Panthers linebacker, Mark Fields will miss the 2005 season due to the return of Hodgkin’s disease. He missed the 2003 season because of the disease and returned last year to earn a berth in the Pro Bowl. This comes less than three weeks after the news of Sam Mills’s death. He was honored in March at the 27th Annual Ed Block Courage Awards for courage and sportsmanship. One player from every team is chosen for the award by his teammates.

Return the Money
Kellen Winslow's injuries from his motorcycle accident may cost him millions. He wrecked his motorcycle and has torn his ACL and Cleveland could recover some of the bonus because he violated term in his contract. These terms in his contract prevent "hazardous activities" that "involve a significant risk of personal injury ... including, but not limited to skydiving, hang gliding, mountain climbing, auto racing, motorcycling, scuba diving, and skiing." The bonus addendum stipulates that, if Winslow defaults on the contract between Feb. 2, 2005 and Feb. 1, 2006, "the player shall forfeit and immediately return and refund to [the] club," $5 million of his original $6 million signing bonus. In the case of the optional extension agreement, Winslow could be asked to relinquish all of the $4,412,500 option payment if he defaults on or before Feb. 1, 2006.

Shaq v. L.A. (The Saga Continues)
After hearing Dr. Jerry Buss’ comments about Shaq in which he said, “O'Neal found motivation for losing weight only after being traded by Los Angeles to Miami.” Shaq fired back saying "I didn't need motivation," O'Neal said. "I needed a real owner. ... I needed a real owner like Micky Arison. You can quote me on it." Buss also said he does not regret trading O'Neal to Miami. "And I don't regret him losing money and his not making the playoffs," O'Neal said. On Wednesday, Buss said O'Neal was not willing to get into shape when he played for the Lakers. O'Neal, who played at an estimated 370 pounds during his final season in Los Angeles, is down to about 325 in Miami. "It seems that the motivation for him to lose weight was to trade him," Buss said Wednesday. "I suspect if I knew he was going to lose 60 pounds, I might have made a different decision."

Barry Bonds
Reported on his own personal website Barry Bonds had another knee surgery after going to his own doctor instead of the ones the Giants organization wanted him to see. "The surgery went well. Dr. [Arthur] Ting cleaned out the infected area and they are now treating me with antibiotics," Bonds wrote. "I know you have many questions regarding me playing baseball but right now I have to spend the time focusing on getting healthy. I've been through ups and downs before and I will be back." The Giants are frustrated with him but are not really saying much. Dr. Ting served a probation already which he completed in 1998, but now I serving a five year probation for unprofessional conduct.

Larry Cochell
Larry Cochell coach of the Oklahoma Sooners’ baseball team resigned Sunday two days after reports of racial remarks made of now his players. He made these remarks during two off camera interviews with announcer Gary Thorne and ESPN analyst Kyle Peterson. When the freshman returned to the field, Cochell told Thorne, "There's no n----- in him." I for one think he did the right thing you cannot say this kind of language and not expect to be punished for it.

Next edition I will do a month in review of baseball and talk about the NBA playoffs which I have the Spurs over the Heat in 7.
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Unfortunately, there is no update this week and wont be for the weeks to come due to LIFE being grounded. Check back soon for updates on LIFE’s status.
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Thank you for reading Issue 6 of World of Reality. World of Reality will be back next Thursday for yet another issue. If you would like to contribute to the mag, please contact Marwan or me through AIM, PM, or email...

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Current Sign-ups
Currently there are three sign-ups available…

Enter The Cage – Adema
Liberty City Survivor 4: The San Andreas Takeover – videogamemaniac
Best Damn Mole Period – Marwan
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Games in Active Progress
This week’s active games are as follows:

Best Damn Survivor Period! – Marwan
The Reality ReMiX – videogamemaniac
Clue 2: Survivor – Adema
Tyrant – Adema
Sports Survivor 5 – Insane Man
DIY 2 – Gnome Lover
Global Supremacy – Marwan
Surviving a Scary Movie 4: Raccoon City – Thibideau
World Tour: The British Isles – Northern Lights
RTVG Idol – Gnome Lover
The Host – Marwan and Videogamemaniac
Surviving The Lottery 2: All Bets Are Off – Alu
Fear Factor 4 – Marwan
Bigger Badder Brother – Excop
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Top 5 Weekly Rated
The week, the editors in the Weekly Ratings Department want to ask Marwan to retire as he takes over the top 4 as well as has a new number 1 game...finally…

Ratings are based on the amount of views between the Games in Active Progress. Ratings over the weeks are based on the growth in the views.

5) Bigger Badder Brother – Excop hosts this well thought out Big Brother game. This is the first Big Brother we’ve had in quite a while and it was well worth the wait so far as the game seems to be going pretty smoothly. It pulled in 490 views this past week just missing 4th place. We look forward to seeing more of what Excop has to offer in the coming weeks with Bigger Badder Brother.

4) Fear Factor 4 – Marwan’s 4th Fear Factor holds the 4th place spot this week. The game so far is running just as well as the previous ones with its innovative Degree of Fear system. Barely beating out Bigger Badder Brother with a total of 494 views this past week, Fear Factor 4 may be flopping around in the Top 5 come next week.

3) The Host – Videogamemaniac and Marwan heat the competition up in this innovative co-hosted game. The two hosts combined their hosting skills to bring in almost 800 views this past week. As the rivalry continues next week, it should be no surprise to see the game continue to stay Top 5.

2) Best Damn Survivor Period – Marwan may have the top 4 spots, but for the first time ever, his most prized and famous game loses the number 1 spot to one of his newer games. Though BDSP pulled in an impressive 1,100 views with only 4 players left in the game, it fell just a hundred views too short for the 1st place position this week. The game is now winding down to it’s final 3 so it’s possible that it may be the end of the Best Damn Survivor reign very very soon.

1) Global Supremacy – Marwan finally locks the top 4 this week with Global. The game surprisingly pulled in just 100 more views than BDSP. With 1,200 views, the game is finally showing it’s strengths and showing that Marwan is currently RTVG Forums’ most dominant host. Look for Global to be sticking around for the weeks to come.
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Recent Events
This week in Recent Events, just a month before the Awards, and The Best Damn Mole has arrived.

OMG! RTVG AWARDS 6!
Yes indeed, we are just one month away from the greatest spectacle known to the Gamewinners forums…the Reality TV Games Awards. It was recently announced that the voting is slated to begin around the 2nd or 3rd week of June 2005. Many hosts lately have been rushing to throw a few games out of the brackets to get in their last chance at getting a award this season. But with the many categories available, everyone is eligible for something of some sort. Look for more announcements on the 6th RTVG Awards next week.

The Best Damn Sports show…I mean…Mole Period!
RTVG’s currently most dominative host, Marwan, has opened the sign-ups for his newest game. And as he promised us, it’s the next game in the Best Damn series. But, as many people were looking for a successor to the Number 1 Rated game for 6 weeks in a row, Best Damn Survivor Period, that didn’t happen. Instead, we get what seems like is going to be one of the most intriguing games since the days of CJS’s Stargate and Jurassic Park games. That game is The Best Damn Mole Period. From the looks of it, the game will be more of a thriller with the traditional mole style still applied to it. Marwan may already be calling the shots for RTVG Awards 7’s Game of the Year. We look forward to seeing what Marwan is going to hit us with this June.
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Rumors and Speculations
This week in Rumors, More RTVG Championship 3 rumors, and already rumors about the 7th Awards show…

Where Are The Games…
Recently, RTVG has been going through its usual Late May and Early June slump. What is this slump you ask? The Annual School finals slump, where most of the grade school and college players are rushing to study for finals and have no time to spend in the forums. With that, rumors are going around to say that the originally off again and on again Championship games, is once again off again. This comes from a source in the RTVG Network studios that says the Championship games are being brought to a holt until later this season. BUT, there has yet to be any official announcement. We’ll keep you posted on the latest with the Championship Games.

Patience is No Virtue in RTVG Forum
People already cant wait for the 6th RTVG Awards. But it seems that other people are already looking into the future with the 7th RTVG Awards. There are some big players that are coming and being played, that wont be nominated for this seasons Game of The Year since they wont be finished. So that leads them to run for Game of The Year in the late 2005 Awards show. With Best Damn Mole, Liberty City Survivor 4, Bigger Badder Brother, and Surviving the Lottery 2 seeming to fall in that category, RTVG Awards 7 is already looking heated. We’ll keep you updated with the latest in RTVG Awards 7 rumors and news in the months to come.
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Fable’s Weekly Review & Interview Corner

Unfortunately, there are no reviews this week. Check back next week and we may possibly have an interview with Excop and A Month in Review for February 2005.
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Insane Sports Lounge
Welcome to the Sports Lounge. Every week RTVG Mod, Insane Man, brings you the latest in sports news.

NBA Playoffs
The first round is over and now the second round has begun. The Heat and Suns both had very little trouble in their series sweeping their respective teams the Nets and Grizzlies. The Pistons had to go to overtime in one game to avoid the series being tied at two after they dropped Game 3 to Iverson and The Sixers. They would eventually go on to win the series four games to one. The Spurs seemed to be reeling after a game one loss to the upstart Nuggets who played beautifully after George Karl took over. The Series switched momentum after the Spurs clobbered the Nuggets in game two by a score of 104-76. In game four, a hard fought battle between the Spurs and Nuggets ended up in a 126-115 victory for the Spurs in OT. The Spurs would eventually win the series in five with a 99-89 victory. The Baby Bulls making their first playoff appearance since the departure of Jordan took the first two at home, only to fall to the wizards in six by losing the next four games. The Pacers who had been through hell all year after “The Malice at the Palace” fought hard in this series. Boston won the first game and Ricky Davis proclaimed a sweep after clobbering the Pacers 102-82 in Game 1. However, the resilient Pacers fought back like they had all year taking the next two games to take a two games to one lead in the series. It looked as if they had firm control of the series in Game 4 when Antoine Walker was suspended for making contact with an official. The after splitting the next two winning Game five and losing Game six the Pacers crushed the Celtics in the Fleet Center in Boston 97-70. The series that was the best of the first round was the Rockets Mavericks series. Houston appeared in control of the series taking the first two games at Dallas. Things looked bleak for Avery Johnson and the Mavs as Tracy McGrady was scoring at will and shutting down all star Dirk Nowitzki. Then after Drooping the next two games the Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy started to complain about the officiating of Yao Ming. They also dropped Game five to the Mavericks putting themselves in 3-2 hole. Then Dallas dropped Game six to the Rockets by 18, which led to a game seven. The series, which had much excitement and led to a much-anticipated Game 7 however failed to have any excitement as Houston was run out of the building after an embarrassing 116-76 loss in which Yao and McGrady combined for 60 of the Rockets 76 points.

McNabb vs. Owens Round 3
Donovan McNabb thinks the Eagles are perfectly capable of winning a Super Bowl without Owens. "I feel that if he plays or not, we definitely have a chance of making it to the Super Bowl and winning it," McNabb said Wednesday, one day after owner Jeffery Lurie said the team won't redo Owens' contract. "That's nothing against T.O. and it's nothing against anybody else. I just feel confident in the guys that we have. With T.O., I think we can do a lot of great things. Without him, I still think we can do a lot of good things."

Van Gundy vs. the Refs
After a $100,000.00 fine levied by David Stern after Van Gundy’s comments that an unnamed official indicated that Yao Ming was being targeted by referees in the first round. Van Gundy subsequently apologized publicly for the comments. "He has also confirmed directly to an NBA representative that, during the Houston-Dallas playoff series, he did not have any communication with a referee [working or non-working] other than, of course, during an ongoing game," NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik said in a statement Monday. "In fact, his only conversations with league employees during the series were with league personnel in the normal course. "In light of these circumstances, we now consider the matter to be closed. "The National Basketball Referees Association, which represents NBA officials, however, disagrees the matter is resolved and wants Van Gundy fired according to a statement reported by USA Today.

Hail to the King
LeBron James fired his agents Aaron and Eric Goodwin to hire a close friend of his from high school Maverick Carter. This comes as a surprise as the Goodwins negotiated five deals with companies such as Coke, Nike, Juice Batteries, Cadbury Adams, and Upper Deck worth $135 million. In addition, Def Jam records may become involved with James. He is nearing a deal with McDonald's but has yet to sign a deal with a financial institution or a car company.

Month in reviews for basbeall next edition promise.
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Welcome to World of Reality’s own opinionist article brought to you weekly by RTVG Mod, LIFE.

Um...Whee?

Have you ever noticed that people come and go, come and go, come and go, come and go? If you haven't, you probably do so yourself. Which brings up the question: Why do people do this?

Well....why? (I will be putting the best replies {funny and seriuos} in the next issue).

People who have left recently: Self_Content and Captain Jack Sparrow

Just to let ya know.
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Current Sign-ups
Currently there are two sign-ups available…

Reality TV Games Forum Championship 2005 – Insane Man, LIFE, & Gnome Lover
Global Supremacy 2 – Marwan
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Games in Active Progress
This week’s active games are as follows:

The Reality ReMiX – videogamemaniac
Clue 2: Survivor – RashTheStampede
Tyrant – RashTheStampede
Sports Survivor 5 – Insane Man
DIY 2 – Gnome Lover
Global Supremacy – Marwan
Surviving a Scary Movie 4: Raccoon City – Thibideau
World Tour: The British Isles – Andy
RTVG Idol – Gnome Lover
The Host – Marwan and Videogamemaniac
Surviving The Lottery 2: All Bets Are Off – Alu
Fear Factor 4 – Marwan
Bigger Badder Brother – Excop

ANNOUNCEMENT: If there is a game here that you have officially cancelled, please let me know so I may remove it from the list…
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Top 5 Weekly Rated
The week, a very competitive week in ratings as all games pulled in strong showings, but only the Top 5 this week get noticed.

Ratings are based on the amount of views between the Games in Active Progress. Ratings over the weeks are based on the growth in the views.

5) Reality ReMiX – Videogamemaniac finally gets his mix up of the best reality games back in the top 5. After just finishing the 5th phase in the game, Reality ReMiX should be coming to a close in the near future. It picked up a good 450 views just beating out Adema’s Tyrant for the 5th place spot.

4) Best Damn Survivor Period – Marwan ends the first Best Damn Survivor with a good enough bang to get into the 4th place position. The game pulled a good 560 views after it had it’s season finale where the Survivor and winner of the 300 post prize was declared as Videogamemaniac with a 4-3 vote. The reign of the Best Damn Survivor had come to an end…but Is Best Damn Mole ready to redeem its spot?

3) Surviving The Lottery 2: All Bets Are Off – Alu’s original and creative Surviving The Lottery made its way back into the Top 5 this week. The game is serving up quite well with its unique elimination process and off the wall challenges. The game earned a good 660 views and with 9 players left, competition should be heating up, and the Lottery should be ready for more victims.

2) Sports Survivor 5 – Insane Man is another host to climb back into the top 5 this week with Sports Survivor, The Best Series of 2004. The game has come down to an intense challenge with just its Final 3 players remaining and soon to come will be the most dreaded final game ever in the history of RTVG…The Insane Ultimate Sports Quiz! With a good 780 views, Sports Survivor grabbed the 2nd place spot this week.

1) Global Supremacy – Marwan continues to grab the 1st place spot by the balls with Global Supremacy. Marwan has yet to let any other host take the number 1 spot since the start of the World of Reality and the Top 5 list. But with Global also making its season finale soon, it may finally be over for the Marwan reign…until Global Supremacy 2 at least. Congrats to Global for pulling in 900 views and holding on to the 1st place spot this week.
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Recent Events
This week in Recent Events, The RTVG Championship is finally here, and more in RTVG Awards 6 news.

The RTVG Championship Games Have Landed!
Finally, after months and months of rumors and speculations, The Mods of RTVG gear up for the biggest announcement in weeks...The Championship Games are officially here! There are currently sign-ups in the Forum for the games. This year, it will consist of 6 of the best Reality Games. 16 Players of the RTVG Forum will be squaring off and be eliminated one by one. In the Final 8, Static Chu, The first ever RTVG Champion will step in to defend his royal crown and battle for the title of RTVG Champion 2005. The 6 games that will be played were not announced but we will be the first with the news when we are told. Next week, we will have an exclusive one on one interview with LIFE on the upcoming games.

RTVG Awards 6: Co-Hosted by VGM and blacklotus…SIKE!
At the last RTVG Awards, blacklotus was originally responsible for all the nominations, voting, and the final product of the RTVG Awards 5. Well, what started off as a disaster could have been a catastrophe until RTVG’s savior VGM returned and brought the best Awards show since the 4th one…:duh:…But this time, VGM announced that he would be co-hosting the voting and awards show itself with none of than Marwan…Soon to be named Fable once again. Yes, another Marwan and VGM co-production. Both of them work with the Magazine, host the unique game “The Host” and now will be working together on the new Awards show. The official date for voting to begin is now June 12th, 2005, which is a Sunday. We’ll keep you posted on more news as it comes through.
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Rumors and Speculations
This week in Rumors, we want our vets! We want our vets!

More Disappearances…Oh The Tears…
Well, as weeks have gone by, more disappearances have gone over our heads. We already know that the infamous Capt. Jack Sparrow has left us once again only in hopes to get another Best Failed Game of the Year Award. Now Thibideau, host of the great Surviving A Scary Movie 4 has pretty much signed his retirement papers. Or so we think? It’s rumored that the World of Reality is trying to dig up an interview with the famous host to see what he is up to and if he does indeed plan on returning. Hopefully, we will have this interview within the next week or two and we’ll keep you updated.
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Fable’s Weekly Review & Interview Corner

Unfortunately, there are no reviews this week. Check back soon…
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Insane Sports Lounge
Welcome to the Sports Lounge. Every week RTVG Mod, Insane Man, brings you the latest in sports news.

Friends
In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Moss said that the close relationship he once shared with Culpepper in Minnesota had deteriorated after Moss was traded to Oakland in the off-season. "Once you grow to love a person, a breakup is kind of hard," Moss said. "I thought Culpepper was (my friend), but now that everything's happened, it seems to me I lost a friend. "I used to go over to Daunte's all the time. I would call him up after practice and ask him what he was doing. He would say 'You know we are doing it big. Come on over.' I thought I had a friend in Daunte, but obviously I didn't." Culpepper, in town for the team's developmental camp at Winter Park, was clearly puzzled by the remarks. "My phone number hasn't changed," Culpepper said, implying that Moss has not contacted him. “If you’re my friend, why haven’t you talked to me? Know what I’m saying?”

Jack Nicklaus
The time has come for one of the games greats to leave gracefully. After the 2005 British Open, the games greatest golfer will be calling it quits. Jack Nicklaus has publicly said that this will be his last major tournament. He will still play in events like skins game and other minor tournaments. He still holds the record for most career major wins with 18.

Bud Selig v. Donald Fehr
The issue that has been the talk of the sports world for most of this year steroids and is still the talk of the 2005 baseball season. Bud Selig wants tougher testing which will result in a 50 game suspension for a first time offender, 100 dames for a second offense and a lifetime ban for a third offense. If Fehr does not accept this offer Selig will accept Congress’ proposal for a two year ban for a first time offender.

Webber v. Iverson
Chris Webber and Allen Iverson are five months away from crossing paths in training camp. When that time comes, it will be interesting to see what, if anything, Webber has to say to his Philadelphia 76ers teammate. Chris Webber, right, insists he has no qualms with Allen Iverson and intends to help the Sixers win a title. Webber apparently wants out of Philadelphia, reportedly, because he cannot get along with Iverson. Webber on Monday denied the report, which ran in the New York Daily News over the weekend. "It's a lie," Webber said in a statement released by the team. "There's no way it is true. I have no issue with Allen Iverson and I look forward to next season and building a championship team."

Ohio State
The NCAA notified Ohio State on Monday of nine alleged rules violations, including cash gifts, improper academic assistance and failure of the school and coaches to monitor the men's basketball program. Seven of the violations involved men's basketball, including a school booster allegedly giving cash and academic help to a former player. The others involved a booster allegedly giving $500 to a football player, and an orthodontist providing free and discounted services to five women's basketball players.

Month in Review
Lots of surprises and disappointments in baseball in the first month like the White Sox. The White Sox who are 28-12 and led by starter Jon Garland who is now 8-0 with a 2.41 ERA remain one of the hottest teams in baseball. Another surprise is atop the Al East is the Baltimore Orioles who finished in third in the Al East are in first and have who some consider the best player in baseball in Miguel Tejada. The key to this team is Brian Roberts who is batting .376 with 11 HR’s and 33 RBI’s and a OPS of 1.121. The other surprise is the Arizona Diamondbacks who were 51-111 finished in last place in the NL West are now in second place. One of the big disappointments is Braves closer Dan Kolb who has an ERA of 6.48 and an opponent’s batting average of .277 has not been effective in the closer role for the Braves. The Yankees whoa re now winners of ten straight have been disappointments with their 200+ million dollar payroll are behind the Orioles, Red Sox, and Blue Jays. The Giants without Barry Bonds are struggling to hold on, as they are 18-20 five games out of first in the NL West.
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Welcome to World of Reality’s own opinionist column brought to you weekly by RTVG Mod, LIFE.

This week, LIFE wants your best excuses for why people come and go here in the Reality TV Games Forum. Send our beloved RTVG Mod a PM with a few of your best excuses and you’ll be quoted right here in the World of Reality’s opinionist column. Send in by this Thursday.
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Thank you for reading Issue 8 of World of Reality. World of Reality will be back next Friday/Saturday for yet another issue. Staff, you need your articles in by Thursday or Friday Evening. If you would like to contribute to the mag, please contact Marwan or me through AIM, PM, or email...

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Current Sign-ups
Currently there are three sign-ups available…

Reality TV Games Forum Championship 2005 – Insane Man, LIFE, & Gnome Lover
The Contender (Working Title) – Fable
The Insane Apprentice – Insane Man
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Games in Active Progress
This week’s active games are as follows:

The Reality ReMiX – Videogamemaniac
Tyrant – RashTheStampede
World Tour: The British Isles – Andy
The Host – Fable and Videogamemaniac
Surviving The Lottery 2: All Bets Are Off – Alu
Bigger Badder Brother – Excop
Best Damn Mole Period – Fable
Liberty City Survivor 4: The San Andreas Takeover – Videogamemaniac
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Games Coming Soon
The new article is for the games that just finished their sign-ups and will begin in a few days or so…

Jedi Academy – Thibideau
Global Supremacy 2 – Fable
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Top 5 Weekly Rated
This week wasn’t a very competitive week in ratings but we do have a new Number 1 game!

Ratings are based on the amount of views between the Games in Active Progress. Ratings over the weeks are based on the growth in the views.

5) Reality ReMiX – Videogamemaniac places 5th with his mix-it-up reality game. Only 170 views pulled it through which were 20 more views than his own Liberty City Survivor 4 which placed 6th this week. Reality ReMiX is now finishing the game with the Final 4 players so look for more heated competition throughout this week.

4) Bigger Badder Brother – Excop pulls into the 4th place spot this week. His self acclaimed Best Big Brother game is proving itself well by bringing some very original twists and turns to the game only two weeks into it. The game pulled in about 190 views this week.

3) The Host – Fable and Videogamemaniac continue to do great with their co-hosting competitive game The Host. Pulling in 240 views this week while sizing down the competition to the Final 4 players, the game is looking to near the end within another week or so.

2) Best Damn Mole Period – Fable…Just When we thought the Fable/Marwan revolution was ending, one week into his new game and he’s already attacked the number 2 spot. Fable’s new Mole game seems to be a well put together and extremely smart game so far. The game pulled in 270 views and we look forward to what Fable has in store for us the next few weeks.

1) Surviving The Lottery 2: All Bets Are Off – Alu finally grabs the number 1 spot after weeks and weeks of hard work. STL2 has finally paid off for being an innovative and original RTVG. It pulled in a great 630 views…400 more than the 2nd place game. We look forward to seeing Surviving The Lottery out do the competition again next week and hopefully winning lots of awards next month.
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Recent Events
This week in Recent Events, everyone’s favorite vet is back to shut our mouths!

Thibi is Back Again!
Just when we were talking about him last week leaving us with only the hopes of getting an award for “Best Failed Game” just as CJS does every year, Thibideau, better known as Trepie hit us hard with a comeback. That comeback included a new game called Jedi Academy. We always look forward to Thibideau’s original games knowing that they will always prove high in quality and depth and we cant wait to see what Jedi Academy does to back it up.
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Rumors and Speculations
This week in Rumors, No rumors this week, check back next week for plenty more though.
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Fable’s Weekly Review & Interview Corner

Unfortunately, there are no reviews this week. Check back soon…
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Insane Sports Lounge
Welcome to the Sports Lounge. Every week RTVG Mod, Insane Man, brings you the latest in sports news.

Playoffs NBA Style
We start in the East where the Miami Heat squared off with the Washington Wizards. This series was brief although Shaquille O'Neal missed the final two games of the four game series. Miami swept the Wizards in four games the final two in Washington. Wade carried the team averaging 31 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds per game.
Next, a renewal of bad blood between the Pistons and the Pacers, which resulted in a good hard, fought series. Many people expected the Pistons to walk all over the Pacers and some even expected the Pacers to roll over for the Pistons but it was not to be that way. Game one of the series resulted in a huge win for the Pistons by a score of 96-81, which made everyone believe the Pacers were done. The Pacers then shocked the world taking the next two games one at Detroit and the other at Indiana with scores of 92-83 and 79-74. Things seemed to be going the Pacers way but then they dropped the final three games to the Pistons by scores of 89-76, 86-67, and 88-79.
Now to the Western Conference where a physical series took place between the San Antonio Spurs and the Seattle Sonics for the right to advance to the Western Conference Finals. The Spurs took an early hold of the series winning the first two games at home by scores of 103-81, and 108-91. However, the series was not over as the Sonics fought back to take Game 3 and 4 by scores of 92-91 and 101-89. The se