Real Custom Games was a Halo clan created by unlucky17 in May of 2006. This group is known for creating the second edition of Halo 2's Community Carnage list. Currently, the group on Bungie's website currently possesses about 160 members.
History
The Group/Clan of Halo, Real Custom Games, was founded by Bungie.net user unlucky17 on May 14, 2006, as a second attempt to create a place that developed Custom Games true to Halo's rules and that everyone would agree to play. After starting at a slow pace, the clan membership eventually picked up and was in full swing. It was during this time that former Bungie employee, Jeremiah, came to the group and asked them to create the second edition settings of Community Carnage. Possessing many gametypes, the group was able to come up with 10 exciting games that they would introduce to the entire Halo community. On October 10, the playlist went live and the group and its tight group of active members received excellent feedback and the group member list surged again as many were eager to play more of the game created by the group.
Since the group had become one of the most well known in the Halo community, many challenges were made, resulting in several clanmatches versus The CaveGirls, Tied the Leader, and other various groups. The group maintained a 4-0 record in these bouts and looks to extend its winning streak in Halo 3.
During the time before Halo 3's release, the group membership started to pick up again. Since its release, RCG members have been hard at work to develop new maps and gametypes with more customizable options than ever. Currently, the group has three Halo 3 gametypes but is eager to expand in more horizons as gametype expansion is on the rise.
RCG Administrators
These are the trustworthy people in charge of the Clan. They are the most notable people within it and on Bungie.net.
*Unlucky17
*Cheesecakecrush
*Saint
*Fxt_Redwolf (Stepped Down as of 10/25/07)
*RajTat (Stepped Down as of 03/04/07)
Community Carnage Gametypes
These are the gametypes that were implemented into Halo 2 Matchmaking's Community Carnage playlist. The fame of the clan comes from this very list of gametypes.
*DriverSeat CTF (Capture the Flag)- CTF variant with vehicle operation with flag turned on
*Warthog CTF (Capture the Flag)- CTF variant made for quick rounds on assymetrical maps
*Pistol 1 Flag (Capture the Flag)- CTF variant with six rounds and pistols only
*Heavy Vehicles (Slayer)- Slayer variant with various vehicles and Carbine/SMG start
*Storm (Slayer)- Slayer variant with Needlers and Sentinal Beams
*Covenant Slayer (Slayer)- Slayer variant for Covenant forces
*Crappy Rifle (Slayer)- Slayer variant with Sentinal Beam/Battle Rifle Combo
*Halo: CE (Slayer)- Slayer varient based off of Halo 1 weapons
*Executive (Oddball)- Oddball variant featuring Max. scoring with Shotguns and SMGs
*Brute Assault (Assault)- Assault variant with all Brute weapons
Core Members
The Core Members are those who were with the group before the release of the Carnage playlist. Basically, these are the people who contributed to the start of this amazing Clan. There are also the main sources of the gametypes from Halo 2 and Halo 3.
*Unlucky17
*Saint
*Cheesecakecrush
*Fxt_Redwolf
*RajTat
*Pyrobellum
*The Tofudabeast
*Tenku no Link
*Gtfan92
*Hellfire 969
*Yelzan
*Bigg Nate
*CMJ23
*KwajKid76
*Brotha_Man
*Skulblacka
*Dez10131
*Westi3
*Opey Master
*Canadian Ehhh
History
The Group/Clan of Halo, Real Custom Games, was founded by Bungie.net user unlucky17 on May 14, 2006, as a second attempt to create a place that developed Custom Games true to Halo's rules and that everyone would agree to play. After starting at a slow pace, the clan membership eventually picked up and was in full swing. It was during this time that former Bungie employee, Jeremiah, came to the group and asked them to create the second edition settings of Community Carnage. Possessing many gametypes, the group was able to come up with 10 exciting games that they would introduce to the entire Halo community. On October 10, the playlist went live and the group and its tight group of active members received excellent feedback and the group member list surged again as many were eager to play more of the game created by the group.
Since the group had become one of the most well known in the Halo community, many challenges were made, resulting in several clanmatches versus The CaveGirls, Tied the Leader, and other various groups. The group maintained a 4-0 record in these bouts and looks to extend its winning streak in Halo 3.
During the time before Halo 3's release, the group membership started to pick up again. Since its release, RCG members have been hard at work to develop new maps and gametypes with more customizable options than ever. Currently, the group has three Halo 3 gametypes but is eager to expand in more horizons as gametype expansion is on the rise.
RCG Administrators
These are the trustworthy people in charge of the Clan. They are the most notable people within it and on Bungie.net.
*Unlucky17
*Cheesecakecrush
*Saint
*Fxt_Redwolf (Stepped Down as of 10/25/07)
*RajTat (Stepped Down as of 03/04/07)
Community Carnage Gametypes
These are the gametypes that were implemented into Halo 2 Matchmaking's Community Carnage playlist. The fame of the clan comes from this very list of gametypes.
*DriverSeat CTF (Capture the Flag)- CTF variant with vehicle operation with flag turned on
*Warthog CTF (Capture the Flag)- CTF variant made for quick rounds on assymetrical maps
*Pistol 1 Flag (Capture the Flag)- CTF variant with six rounds and pistols only
*Heavy Vehicles (Slayer)- Slayer variant with various vehicles and Carbine/SMG start
*Storm (Slayer)- Slayer variant with Needlers and Sentinal Beams
*Covenant Slayer (Slayer)- Slayer variant for Covenant forces
*Crappy Rifle (Slayer)- Slayer variant with Sentinal Beam/Battle Rifle Combo
*Halo: CE (Slayer)- Slayer varient based off of Halo 1 weapons
*Executive (Oddball)- Oddball variant featuring Max. scoring with Shotguns and SMGs
*Brute Assault (Assault)- Assault variant with all Brute weapons
Core Members
The Core Members are those who were with the group before the release of the Carnage playlist. Basically, these are the people who contributed to the start of this amazing Clan. There are also the main sources of the gametypes from Halo 2 and Halo 3.
*Unlucky17
*Saint
*Cheesecakecrush
*Fxt_Redwolf
*RajTat
*Pyrobellum
*The Tofudabeast
*Tenku no Link
*Gtfan92
*Hellfire 969
*Yelzan
*Bigg Nate
*CMJ23
*KwajKid76
*Brotha_Man
*Skulblacka
*Dez10131
*Westi3
*Opey Master
*Canadian Ehhh
Reality Check is a youth-led movement in New York State with the goal of exposing the manipulative advertising practices of the tobacco industry. Thousands of teens across the state participate in Reality Check and work towards the organization's stated purpose of alerting other teens about their belief that the tobacco industry specifically markets to minors. Their main goals are to deglamorize tobacco use among teens and to decrease tobacco advertising which they believe targets kids.
Reality Check has been involved in combating depictions of smoking in movies, point of purchase advertisements, and tobacco advertising found in the school setting. Reality Check's main focus is currently on their belief that the tobacco industry targets teens through advertising, sponsorship and promotion of their product through any forms of media or public events.
It is important to note that Reality Check is not against smokers themselves, but against the industry and its advertising practices. It is also commonly misconceived that the movement is anti-drugs; although it is certainly not pro-drugs, it takes no official stand on the issue and deals only with tobacco.
History
Reality Check was established in 2000 by the New York State Department of Health as the state's first anti-tobacco movement that uses the state's youth to promote its message, calling itself "youth-led". In June of 2000, 150 teens from across the state gathered in central New York and worked to name, shape, form, and design what would become a state health department-run program called Reality Check. Since its inception, Reality Check has gained a following of several thousand teenagers across New York State. There are active and defunct chapters in all of the state's 62 counties.
Reality Check's Key Message
According to Reality Check, since the tobacco industry's products are inherently deadly, it needs a generation of new customers to replace the ones dying of tobacco-related illnesses ("replacement smokers"). As a result, they believe, the tobacco industry actively targets teens with various forms of advertising. According to the Master Settlement Agreement of 1998, an agreement several of the largest tobacco companies made with 46 of the 50 United States, the tobacco industry can no longer target any children or teenagers and is prohibited from doing so by law. According to Reality Check, the tobacco industry has not honored this agreement, and continues to actively target youth. Several statewide initiatives have been formed, with this stance as their foundation.
Ways in Which the Tobacco Industry Targets Teens
Reality Check believes the tobacco industry targets teens in a plethora of different ways. Some that they believe are the most prevalent are:
*Point of Purchase Advertising Advertising placed at the location of businesses which sell tobacco products are considered to be "Point of Purchase" (POP) ads. Such ads include those found outside gas stations in the form of signs often stuck in the lawn, or affixed to an elevated surface such as a lamp post or wall. POP advertisements can also be found within businesses. Often, representatives from various tobacco companies that have their advertisements placed in a store will direct where the advertisements are to be placed on a monthly basis. Reality Check claims that said advertisements have been deliberately placed low to the ground, and near candy and other snacks to attract the attention of children.
*Magazine Advertising The tobacco industry has also been known to market their product heavily in various periodicals. It is Reality Check's belief that such advertisements should not be allowed in school libraries, or in magazines with a high percentage of youth readership. Recently Reality Check worked with NY State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the National Association of Attorneys General to adopt policies with Time, Newsweek, People, Sports Illustrated, and the tobacco industries to remove all tobacco advertising in copies of these magazines available in school libraries. In the past, it has also passed down initiatives to its county- and school-level chapters to check these magazines' advertisements to make sure these policies are being upheld.
Criticisms of Reality Check
Marketing style
Reality Check has come under fire by some, both smokers and non-smokers, for a number of their practices. Some believe that their events focus on giving away free merchandise, and attract far too many teens interested in socializing rather than in the cause itself. These methods have been criticized for being very similar to the marketing practices of the tobacco companies that they decry as manipulative, particularly in their marketing to teens. Reality Check itself feels that their brand of marketing is vastly different than that of the tobacco companies, and that the causes are too different to compare marketing styles. This criticism has nonetheless led to some charges of hypocrisy toward the movement, particularly what some see as the inherent contradiction between their slogan "We won't be bought" and their focus on giving away free merchandise to attract teens.
Censorship
Reality Check's campaigns against smoking in movies, much like those of organizations such as Smoke Free Movies, are seen by some to be a form of censorship, and stifling towards filmmakers; some also suggest that smoking in movies is not necessarily a form of product placement. Smoke Free Movies themselves has responded to such criticism in ads.
Teen Led
Reality Check is said to be a teen led movement supported by adults by adults who organize and run Reality Check. Their major claim is that youth leadership takes place at school- or county-level positions of authority. Although recent changes to the organization, including an apparent shift from the slogan "We won't be bought" to "Lead the revolution", the movement's status as "teen led" has come under fire primarily by the teens who are 'leading' it. According to adult coordinators, facilitators, and officials within New York State's Bureau of Tobacco Control, the changes in the movement have primarily involved a more consistent stream of input and adult guidance. However, they still maintain that Reality check is in fact still teen led despite the vast majority of its programming having been created by adults. Adults working for the Reality Check program claim this is because many teens fall out of involvement with Reality Check after they graduate high school. All in all, the issue of teen leadership within Reality Check is hotly debated by many involved.
Reality Check has been involved in combating depictions of smoking in movies, point of purchase advertisements, and tobacco advertising found in the school setting. Reality Check's main focus is currently on their belief that the tobacco industry targets teens through advertising, sponsorship and promotion of their product through any forms of media or public events.
It is important to note that Reality Check is not against smokers themselves, but against the industry and its advertising practices. It is also commonly misconceived that the movement is anti-drugs; although it is certainly not pro-drugs, it takes no official stand on the issue and deals only with tobacco.
History
Reality Check was established in 2000 by the New York State Department of Health as the state's first anti-tobacco movement that uses the state's youth to promote its message, calling itself "youth-led". In June of 2000, 150 teens from across the state gathered in central New York and worked to name, shape, form, and design what would become a state health department-run program called Reality Check. Since its inception, Reality Check has gained a following of several thousand teenagers across New York State. There are active and defunct chapters in all of the state's 62 counties.
Reality Check's Key Message
According to Reality Check, since the tobacco industry's products are inherently deadly, it needs a generation of new customers to replace the ones dying of tobacco-related illnesses ("replacement smokers"). As a result, they believe, the tobacco industry actively targets teens with various forms of advertising. According to the Master Settlement Agreement of 1998, an agreement several of the largest tobacco companies made with 46 of the 50 United States, the tobacco industry can no longer target any children or teenagers and is prohibited from doing so by law. According to Reality Check, the tobacco industry has not honored this agreement, and continues to actively target youth. Several statewide initiatives have been formed, with this stance as their foundation.
Ways in Which the Tobacco Industry Targets Teens
Reality Check believes the tobacco industry targets teens in a plethora of different ways. Some that they believe are the most prevalent are:
*Point of Purchase Advertising Advertising placed at the location of businesses which sell tobacco products are considered to be "Point of Purchase" (POP) ads. Such ads include those found outside gas stations in the form of signs often stuck in the lawn, or affixed to an elevated surface such as a lamp post or wall. POP advertisements can also be found within businesses. Often, representatives from various tobacco companies that have their advertisements placed in a store will direct where the advertisements are to be placed on a monthly basis. Reality Check claims that said advertisements have been deliberately placed low to the ground, and near candy and other snacks to attract the attention of children.
*Magazine Advertising The tobacco industry has also been known to market their product heavily in various periodicals. It is Reality Check's belief that such advertisements should not be allowed in school libraries, or in magazines with a high percentage of youth readership. Recently Reality Check worked with NY State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the National Association of Attorneys General to adopt policies with Time, Newsweek, People, Sports Illustrated, and the tobacco industries to remove all tobacco advertising in copies of these magazines available in school libraries. In the past, it has also passed down initiatives to its county- and school-level chapters to check these magazines' advertisements to make sure these policies are being upheld.
Criticisms of Reality Check
Marketing style
Reality Check has come under fire by some, both smokers and non-smokers, for a number of their practices. Some believe that their events focus on giving away free merchandise, and attract far too many teens interested in socializing rather than in the cause itself. These methods have been criticized for being very similar to the marketing practices of the tobacco companies that they decry as manipulative, particularly in their marketing to teens. Reality Check itself feels that their brand of marketing is vastly different than that of the tobacco companies, and that the causes are too different to compare marketing styles. This criticism has nonetheless led to some charges of hypocrisy toward the movement, particularly what some see as the inherent contradiction between their slogan "We won't be bought" and their focus on giving away free merchandise to attract teens.
Censorship
Reality Check's campaigns against smoking in movies, much like those of organizations such as Smoke Free Movies, are seen by some to be a form of censorship, and stifling towards filmmakers; some also suggest that smoking in movies is not necessarily a form of product placement. Smoke Free Movies themselves has responded to such criticism in ads.
Teen Led
Reality Check is said to be a teen led movement supported by adults by adults who organize and run Reality Check. Their major claim is that youth leadership takes place at school- or county-level positions of authority. Although recent changes to the organization, including an apparent shift from the slogan "We won't be bought" to "Lead the revolution", the movement's status as "teen led" has come under fire primarily by the teens who are 'leading' it. According to adult coordinators, facilitators, and officials within New York State's Bureau of Tobacco Control, the changes in the movement have primarily involved a more consistent stream of input and adult guidance. However, they still maintain that Reality check is in fact still teen led despite the vast majority of its programming having been created by adults. Adults working for the Reality Check program claim this is because many teens fall out of involvement with Reality Check after they graduate high school. All in all, the issue of teen leadership within Reality Check is hotly debated by many involved.
Pedigree of Leka from medieval Albania
According to genealogists, Crown Prince Leka of Albania descends, through his mother, from medieval princes of Southern Albania, particularly the Arianiti family, which provided wife to Skanderbeg - It is known that Mamica Kastrioti, the sister of Skanderbeg married into the Toptani family.
Lineage
* lord Comino Arianiti, married daughter of Nikola Sakati, Lord of Sendir
* prinq Gjergj Comino Arianiti Golem, Lord of Cermenica, Kanina, Elbasan and Shpat, married lady Maria Musaki
* Angeljina Arianiti married Stepan Brankovic (1417-76) , son of Djuradj Vukovic Brankovic and Eirene Kantakouzene
* Jovan Brankovic, Prince of Raitzen, married Jelena Jaksic
* Marija Brankovic of Rascia, married Ferdinand Frankopani, Count of Veglia, son of Bernat Frankopani, Count of Modrus and Veglia, and Luisa Marzano d'Aragona
* Catherine Frankopani de Veglia married Nicholas IV of Zriny, Ban of Croatia-Slavonia, son of Miklos III Zrinyi and countess Ilona Korbavia
* Barbara of Zriny, married Elek II Thurzo, Baron of Bethlenfalva, son of Kristof I Thurzo of Bethlenfalva and Maria Magdalena Rehlinger
* baroness Felizitas Thurzo of Bethlenfalva married count John James of Rottal, son of baron John von Rottal and Katherine Kauger
* count John Anthony of Rottal, married countess Helena z Wrbna of Freudenthal, daughter of George, Count z Wrbna a Freudenthal and baroness Helena z Wrbna a Freudenthal
* countess Eleanor of Rottal married count Ferdinand Ernest of Valdstejna z Vartemberka, son of count Maximiliam of Valdstejna z Vartemberka and countess Catherine Barbara of Harrach
* Ernest Joseph, Count of Valdstejna z Vartemberka, married countess Maria Anna Kokorzowecz of Kokorzowa, daughter of baron Ckristopher Kokorzowecz of Kokorzowa and Eva Catherine Markwart of Hradek
* Francis Joseph, Count of Valdstejna z Vartemberka married countess Maria Marketa Czernin of Chudenitz, daughter of count Herman Jacob Czernin of Chudenitz and countess Maria Josepha Slavata
* Joseph, Count of Valdstejna z Vartemberka, married countess Josepha of Trautmannsdorff, daughter of count Francis Venceslas of Trautmannsdorff and countess Maria Eleanor of Kaunitz
* George Christian, Count of Valdstejna z Vartemberka married countess Elisabeth Ulfeldt of Solvesborg, daughter of count Corfitz Anthony Ulfeldt and princess Maria Elisabeth of Lobkowicz
* countess Elisabeth of Valdstejna z Vartemberka, married Joseph Karolyi, Count of Nagy-Karoly, son of Anthony Karolyi, Count of Nagy-Karoly, and Josepha Harruckeren
* countess Frances Karolyi of Nagy-Karoly married Albert Sztaray, Count of Sztara and Nagy-Mihaly, son of Michael Sztaray, Count of Sztara and Nagy-Mihaly, and countess Maria Anna Eleonora Esterhazy of Galantha
* countess Sophia Sztaray of Sztara and Nagy-Mihaly, married Guyla Apponyi, Count of Nagy-Appony, son of Anthony Apponyi, Count of Nagy-Appony, and countess Theresa Nogarola
* Lajos Apponyi, Count of Nagy-Appony married countess Marguerite of Scherr-Toss, daughter of count Herman of Scherr-Toss and countess Olga Strachwitz of Gross-Zauche and Camminetz
* Guyla Apponyi, Count of Nagy-Appony, married Gladys Virginia Steuart, daughter of John Steuart and Mary Virginia Ramsay Harding
* countess Geraldine Apponyi of Nagy-Appony married Zog I, King of the Albanians (Ahmet Muhtar bey Zogu), son of clan chief prinq Xhemal pasha Zogolli, Lord (beylik) of Burgajet castle and Mat district, central Albania, and lady Sadijé Toptani, Queen Mother of the Albanians
* Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (and prinq Burgajet & Mati), married Susan Cullen-Ward, daughter of Alan Robert Cullen-Ward and Phyllis Dorothea Murray-Prior
* Prince Leka of Albania (prinq Leke), Crown Prince's son and heir;
According to genealogists, Crown Prince Leka of Albania descends, through his mother, from medieval princes of Southern Albania, particularly the Arianiti family, which provided wife to Skanderbeg - It is known that Mamica Kastrioti, the sister of Skanderbeg married into the Toptani family.
Lineage
* lord Comino Arianiti, married daughter of Nikola Sakati, Lord of Sendir
* prinq Gjergj Comino Arianiti Golem, Lord of Cermenica, Kanina, Elbasan and Shpat, married lady Maria Musaki
* Angeljina Arianiti married Stepan Brankovic (1417-76) , son of Djuradj Vukovic Brankovic and Eirene Kantakouzene
* Jovan Brankovic, Prince of Raitzen, married Jelena Jaksic
* Marija Brankovic of Rascia, married Ferdinand Frankopani, Count of Veglia, son of Bernat Frankopani, Count of Modrus and Veglia, and Luisa Marzano d'Aragona
* Catherine Frankopani de Veglia married Nicholas IV of Zriny, Ban of Croatia-Slavonia, son of Miklos III Zrinyi and countess Ilona Korbavia
* Barbara of Zriny, married Elek II Thurzo, Baron of Bethlenfalva, son of Kristof I Thurzo of Bethlenfalva and Maria Magdalena Rehlinger
* baroness Felizitas Thurzo of Bethlenfalva married count John James of Rottal, son of baron John von Rottal and Katherine Kauger
* count John Anthony of Rottal, married countess Helena z Wrbna of Freudenthal, daughter of George, Count z Wrbna a Freudenthal and baroness Helena z Wrbna a Freudenthal
* countess Eleanor of Rottal married count Ferdinand Ernest of Valdstejna z Vartemberka, son of count Maximiliam of Valdstejna z Vartemberka and countess Catherine Barbara of Harrach
* Ernest Joseph, Count of Valdstejna z Vartemberka, married countess Maria Anna Kokorzowecz of Kokorzowa, daughter of baron Ckristopher Kokorzowecz of Kokorzowa and Eva Catherine Markwart of Hradek
* Francis Joseph, Count of Valdstejna z Vartemberka married countess Maria Marketa Czernin of Chudenitz, daughter of count Herman Jacob Czernin of Chudenitz and countess Maria Josepha Slavata
* Joseph, Count of Valdstejna z Vartemberka, married countess Josepha of Trautmannsdorff, daughter of count Francis Venceslas of Trautmannsdorff and countess Maria Eleanor of Kaunitz
* George Christian, Count of Valdstejna z Vartemberka married countess Elisabeth Ulfeldt of Solvesborg, daughter of count Corfitz Anthony Ulfeldt and princess Maria Elisabeth of Lobkowicz
* countess Elisabeth of Valdstejna z Vartemberka, married Joseph Karolyi, Count of Nagy-Karoly, son of Anthony Karolyi, Count of Nagy-Karoly, and Josepha Harruckeren
* countess Frances Karolyi of Nagy-Karoly married Albert Sztaray, Count of Sztara and Nagy-Mihaly, son of Michael Sztaray, Count of Sztara and Nagy-Mihaly, and countess Maria Anna Eleonora Esterhazy of Galantha
* countess Sophia Sztaray of Sztara and Nagy-Mihaly, married Guyla Apponyi, Count of Nagy-Appony, son of Anthony Apponyi, Count of Nagy-Appony, and countess Theresa Nogarola
* Lajos Apponyi, Count of Nagy-Appony married countess Marguerite of Scherr-Toss, daughter of count Herman of Scherr-Toss and countess Olga Strachwitz of Gross-Zauche and Camminetz
* Guyla Apponyi, Count of Nagy-Appony, married Gladys Virginia Steuart, daughter of John Steuart and Mary Virginia Ramsay Harding
* countess Geraldine Apponyi of Nagy-Appony married Zog I, King of the Albanians (Ahmet Muhtar bey Zogu), son of clan chief prinq Xhemal pasha Zogolli, Lord (beylik) of Burgajet castle and Mat district, central Albania, and lady Sadijé Toptani, Queen Mother of the Albanians
* Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (and prinq Burgajet & Mati), married Susan Cullen-Ward, daughter of Alan Robert Cullen-Ward and Phyllis Dorothea Murray-Prior
* Prince Leka of Albania (prinq Leke), Crown Prince's son and heir;
Fairfield Mall was a mall in Chicopee, Massachusetts. It opened in 1974 and closed down in 2001. In 2004, it was reported to have sold for $4.3M. A major contributing factor to the demise of Fairfield was Holyoke Mall at Ingleside, which was touted as 'the third largest mall in America'
The mall was strategically located on Memorial Drive (Rt. 33) in Chicopee. When it closed down, Caldor went into bankruptcy (in 1998) and Bradlee's closed its doors.
The property was redeveloped in 2001 into the Chicopee Marketplace which included Home Depot, Staples, and Wal-Mart. The property is still being developed.
The mall was strategically located on Memorial Drive (Rt. 33) in Chicopee. When it closed down, Caldor went into bankruptcy (in 1998) and Bradlee's closed its doors.
The property was redeveloped in 2001 into the Chicopee Marketplace which included Home Depot, Staples, and Wal-Mart. The property is still being developed.