Over the weekend of August 14th, Reality Rush packed its bags and traveled cross-country to Olney, Maryland to run an URBAN HUNT event for over 120 teachers and faculty members at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. When Staff Development Administrator, Gail Donahue, was looking for a unique way to kick off the school year, URBAN HUNT offered the perfect opportunity to unite her staff through teamwork and competition.

On Monday afternoon, August 16th, the staff of OLGCHS divided into 32 teams consisting of 3-4 members per team. Each team was created based on mixing up ages, gender, and school departments to allow the staff to interact with faculty members they may not have worked with in the past. At the start of the hunt, each team was given an envelope with 19 clues worth a total of 50 points. Each clue had a different point value and if successfully completed, would earn the team points. The team that finished with the highest point total and in the fastest time would win a $200 cash prize and be crowned winner of URBAN HUNT.

Over three hours, teams worked together and drove themselves around the surrounding Olney area solving clues, completing challenges, and learning about its historic past. Teams sang karaoke to classic songs such “Sweet Caroline,” and “I Got You Babe”. They went paddle boating and golfing in Rock Creek Recreational Park and blueberry picking in Ashton. They discovered and explored history by taking pictures at sites including a slave log cabin at a stop on the Underground Railroad in Woodlawn Manor and a 1912 Ford Model T Roadster at the Sandy Spring Museum.

In the end Team 1045 led by Captain Skylar was the first team to cross the Finish Line with a perfect score of 50 pts taking home the top prize and more importantly earning bragging rights for the entire school year! Closely behind in 2nd place also with a perfect score of 50 pts was Team 1036 led by Captain Lauren. All teams did such a great job and couldn’t believe how much fun it was to feel like a kid again, to compete with and against one another, and to become closer to staff members in the process.

We can’t thank OLGCHS enough for such an amazing experience and wish them the best of luck in their upcoming school year!

GAME RESULTS:

1st place- Team 1045 Captain: Skylar – 50pts
2nd place- Team 1036 Captain: Lauren – 50pts
3rd place- Team 1031 Captain: Marianne – 50pts
Team 1029 Captain: Pat G. – 49pts
Team 1026 Captain: Debbie McK. – 48pts
Team 1027 Captain: Megan – 48pts
Team 1032 Captain: Nikki – 48pts
Team 1033 Captain: Sean - 48pts
Team 1025 Captain: Jon – 47pts
Team 1040 Captain: Mike H. – 47pts
Team 1047 Captain: Brett – 47pts
Team 1052 Captain: Franny – 47pts
Team 1037 Captain: Amy P. – 46pts
Team 1055 Captain: Patti – 45pts
Team 1030 Captain: Will – 44pts
Team 1044 Captain: Kenny – 44pts
Team 1048 Captain: Jorge – 44pts
Team 1050 Captain: Luis – 44pts
Team 1034 Captain: Rick – 43pts
Team 1038 Captain: Ben Christian – 43pts
Team 1039 Captain: Blair – 43pts
Team 1028 Captain: Nicole – 42pts
Team 1049 Captain: Sylvia – 42pts
Team 1056 Captain: Bob S. – 42pts
Team 1046 Captain: Theresa – 41pts
Team 1041 Captain: Todd – 40pts
Team 1042 Captain: Rich S. – 36pts
Team 1043 Captain: Cathie – 36pts
Team 1053 Captain: Steve 35pts
Team 1054 Captain: Chuck E. – 35pts
Team 1035 Captain: Pat R. – 34pts
Team 1051 Captain: John S. – 34pts

JULY 17-18: Sixteen college friends, family members, and strangers united in Chicago to play Reality Rush’s game called SABOTAGE, a version of TV’s The Mole. Over the weekend, the sixteen contestants worked together to win up to $1000 in prize money, but among them were two Saboteurs secretly working against the group. The Saboteurs’ objective- to hinder the group’s money-making efforts.

The game was divided into rounds and contestants competed in challenges to try and win money for the eventual winner’s pot. After the challenges, the contestants took quizzes on the identity of the Saboteurs and the lowest quiz scorer was executed from the game. In a twist, the two Saboteurs were unaware of the other Saboteur’s identity and were forced to play the game against each other. At a certain point in the game, the Saboteur with the lower cumulative quiz scores was executed from the game.

Early in the game the contestants were all suspicious of one another. It wasn’t until Saboteur, Mike H, made a bold move by throwing a clue in a bush during a picture scavenger hunt that other contestants became suspicious of him. After Mike H was eliminated, surviving Saboteur, Tommy, continued to reek havoc in the game as he did from the start. Tommy masterfully and creatively was able to blatantly throw challenges to the point where everyone dismissed him as being the Saboteur because he was so obvious. It wasn’t until the second to last quiz that Monaca started targeting Tommy and then eventually beat runner-up Julia by three questions on the final quiz to take home the top prize.

Congratulations to winner Monaca Leo, runner-up Julia Gabbert, third place Nicole Haight, and Saboteurs Tommy Walter and Mike Hundgen on a great game! We look forward to more to come!

GAME RESULTS:

	Players Eliminated
Eviction #1	Anne
Eviction #2	Mari
Eviction #3	Ami
Eviction #4	Gus
Eviction #5	Tori
Eviction #6	Kelli	Mike H (Saboteur)
Eviction #7	Pat
Eviction #8	Matt
Eviction #9	Stacey	Bill
Eviction #10	Mike G
Final Quiz	Nicole	Julia (Runner-Up)
	Tommy (Saboteur)	Monaca (Winner)

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On Friday, Reality Rush ran a custom team-building event for the Executive Staff of Teach For America on the sunny beaches of Santa Monica, California! TFA was holding their annual staff training retreat and Reality Rush came in to run an afternoon of team-building challenges for the group.

The TFA Staff split up into five teams including the Yellow Team, Green Team, Gray Team, Red Team and Blue Team. After some hard-fought competitions that challenged their mental, physical, and teamwork skills, as well as reinforced the five TFA “Core Values,” it was the Blue Team that came out on top and won the coveted “Copa de Core Values” trophy.

Thanks to our TFA group for a great afternoon!

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Reality Rush’s Grand Opening Event was a huge success and we can’t wait for more to come! On Saturday, 21 teams of two competed in an afternoon urban adventure / scavenger hunt where they explored Los Angeles by solving clues and completing challenges.

Congratulations to all of our URBAN HUNT participants, especially team Hundglauskas for their impressive first place victory, and team Hair Club For Men for winning the Costume Contest! We hope everyone enjoyed the adventure, meeting new friends, and discovering new parts of Los Angeles!

GAME RESULTS:

1. Hundglauskas- Mike Hundgen & John Kazlauskas 2:29:00
2. I’m Not Gay But My Partner Is- Felicia Cuesta & Marvin Rocha 3:04:00
3. Hair Club For Men- Paul Miller & Brent Hook 3:04:00
4. FOSX- Mirla Urzua & Adriana Rodriguez 3:05:00
5. One Day FC- Alexis Piazza & Stephanie Widmer 3:07:00
6. WOL- Heather McManus & Jonathan Lopez 3:37:00
7. G2- Ryan Griswold & Chelsea Griswold 3:37:00
8. SmallScaleProductions.com- Chris Burt & Chris Cucci 3:38:00*
9. Electric Dream Machine- Jim Cartwright & Lauren Wyckoff 3:38:00*
10. Team BJ- Brianne Trosie & Josh Stickler 3:50:00
11. Sweet Ass- Hamza Maqsodi & Daniel Miller 3:51:00*
12. The Time Chasers- Matt Portman & Sean Brogan 3:56:00*
13. Kick Ass- Elizabeth Salanave & Brenda Bower 3:56:00
14. The Gorillas- Dabo Kabov & Obai Ahmadi 4:00:00
15. Word On The Streets- Eddie Levine & Genevieve Alexander 4:17:00
16. Real Spunky- Kelly Thompson & Adam Davis 4:45:00
17. Kick Ass- Kristen Cuny & Linn McCuiston 4:51:00*
18. Butt Stutters- Evangeline Fabia & Ronnie Jr 5:05:00*
19. New York A- Jen Schassler & Kevin Gribbin 5:15:00*
20. New York B- Jillian Schassler & Nicole De Palma 5:15:00*
21. Notorious- Charles Suozzi & Bob Salatich 5:40:00*
*Teams that incurred a time penalty for incorrect or missing clues.

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Ten players (who were almost all alumni of Ithaca College) played a very strategic game of Eviction this past weekend.

In this game with constantly shifting alliances, a hidden power that players searched for throughout the house, and plenty of twists and turns, it was Cary Kingdom who came out as the winning player, beating out runner-up Rachel Koller in the final vote.

 

GAME RESULTS:

Key	Head Of Household	Nominated	Power of Veto Winner	Original Nominee (saved by POV)	Evicted

The names in the table refer to who each player voted to evict, or in the final round, who the player voted to win the game.

*In this game, there was a hidden power known as the Coup D’eTat which allowed a player to cancel the HOH’s two nominees and choose two replacement nominees (not including the HOH or the POV winner), effectively making them the new HOH. Once found, the Coup D’eTat could be held by the player until they feel it is in their best interest to use it. Brad found the Coup D’eTat and used it in Round 6 to change the HOH’s nominees.

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Twelve contestants gathered in Sherman Oaks, California this past weekend to play Reality Rush’s ultimate game of strategy, Eviction! Based on Big Brother, this game keeps players on their toes as they battle it out to be the next Head of Household or to convince the other players from evicting them from the house.

After close to 30 challenges, the final two players left in the house were Raquel Dalton and Andrew Martincin. Raquel, who proved to be the strategic mastermind and a competitive force in challenges throughout the game, wooed the jury to vote for her to win the game.

 

GAME RESULTS:

Key	Head Of Household	Nominated	Power of Veto Winner	Original Nominee (saved by POV)	Evicted

The names in the table refer to who each player voted to evict, or in the final round, who the player voted to win the game.

*Vote eliminated by Final HOH winner, Raquel before reveal.

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