Mikey's Mock-Draft

After watching hours of tape (aka I watched this link like 5,000 times) and extensive research into each player (googeling "best athlete on the challenge proved to be worthless), I realized I had to go with mainly my gut feeling on this. Now, when I say go with my gut, I am ranking people 90 percent based on how they did on previous challenges and 10 percent on what I have seen on the 4 or 5 commercials MTV has released so far. That being said, a key part of my drafting methodology was to keep in mind that the girls and guys will both have an equal shot at competing in challenges each week. And since I believe a majority of points will come from excelling in challenges, I made sure to have a good distribution of girls and guys in my mock draft.

Check out my mock draft below, its roughly 45 times better than Simeon's...

Simeon's Simulated Draft

So not to call Mike out on his draft order but I have been watching The Challenge since it used to have the words Road Rules in the title. I have been watching the Real World since season 9, the FIRST time they went to New Orleans. MTV Reality TV is my jam and Mike forgets that. These people are my extended family and I know how they would perform at the family reunion picnic games. I based my draft analysis primarily on the ability to compete but for the middle of the pack, where everyone is about the same for ability, it was mostly based on how drunk and stupid the person is. I'm not trying to say my list is better than Mike's but the reality is, I've been watching this garbage for a lot longer.

Season 2: The Challenge Free Agents Scouting Report

With the draft quickly approaching, Mike and I thought it would be best to recap the cast in case someone hasn't been watching for the past 15 years (seriously though who hasn't?). Everything said is to the best of our knowledge and recollection of the Real World and previous Challenges. Soon we will have drafting orders to quickly present who the best picks in the cast are.

Males

CT - Paris

CT has been in the game longest out of all the males with good reason. He went complete beast mode last year and won the whole damn thing. Plus he has a brand new beard which is beautiful. Combine his athleticism with his ability to break hearts and you got one of the best competitors of the league. He's no longer Dan Marino...

Season 2: The Challenge Free Agents Rules

It's the best time of the year. It's time to look ahead to the next season of FR League. Whether you're blowing it this season and can't wait to draft a new team (one that doesn't consist of Chris Catan and Ashley M.), or put together an all star roster and you're just excited to do it all over again, the hope that a new season offers is always so fun. Best of all, IT'S THE CHALLENGE, because lets be honest, the most exciting part of The Real World is getting hyped to see some new dysfunctional drunks that are carrying more baggage than a Southwest flight (bags fly for free!!)compete on The Challenge.

Season 2 will be The Challenge: Free Agents which premiers this Thursday. If you're curious about how the show works, please check our previous post for trailer analysis. Since we are only doing one show this season, we decided to load up The Challenge with tons of rules so brace yourself and get excited. The Challenge will have 28 competitors which means in a four person league, each person will be drafting 7 people. Anyways, follow the jump to see the full list of rules.

Season 1: Real World Explosion Episode 12 Scores

Just like last year, the most interesting episode of the Real World was the last one. Brian and Cory started with a shoving match in the van on the way back to the house (no points awarded) that only blew up into one of the most interesting finales in Real World History. That evening, Jenny doesn't want Brian to sleep in her room so she pours water on Brian's bed to make him sleep outside of his room. The next night, Brian decides for the final outing, he must wear all camo from head to toe to symbolize going to war with Jenny. Literally camouflaged head to toe. He wears camo shoes, camo pants, camo t-shirt, camo hat, and a jacket with a camo liner. It was ridiculous. And what makes it even better? He gets so black out drunk that no one can control him. Cory slams him to the ground at one point but Brian retaliated by slamming Arielle to the ground. That is not a typo, he pulls some shit out of Hulk Hogan's bag and body slams the shit out of Arielle (please note this is not a euphemism for sex). He then jumps around his room like a gorilla while destroying his bed. Black out Brian was one of the most exciting characters this season and it's a shame he only showed up for one episode.

Even with the finale being crazy, very few points were awarded. Almost no one cried when they were hugging and saying their goodbyes which was a huge disappointment. Not to mention barely any hookups were shown either. To end the season, very few points were scored.

Overall, not too surprising, but Jenny was the MVP of the season. Between her hook ups with Cory, which all seemed to take place in water (x2) and her many drunken cries, Jenny made out huge on points this season. A distant second was Ashley C. which was a HUGE surprise considering she was on the show for roughly 30 seconds. Followed closely by Cory and Arielle. The rest of the cast didn't produce points, and the three that left the show early had negative scores.

Season 1 is in the books! The reunion will not be counted as part of the scores. Come back soon for previews and draft analysis Season 2 which includes the newest season The Challenge: Free Agents.

Season 1: Real World Explosion Episode 11 Scores

There is only one episode left in the season and it shows. In classic Real World fashion, there was build up to the fight between Cory and Brian but never shown. After 20 some odd seasons you would think that they would stop blue balling the audience but nope, they still do it. Because the fight didn't happen, barely any points came in. Ashley C and Arielle made out a few times and that's it. Let's hope next week more shit happens.

The one surprise this week was Jenny admitted to being a home owner? And she missed two payments? That house is definitely getting repossessed. Guess we can all hope she gets a cameo on Repo Games.

Season 1: Real World Explosion - Episode 10 Scores

I'll be honest, this episode wasn't that exciting. Hailey finally got Tom's not so subtle hints ("GO HOME HAILEY," yelled Tom) and left the house. Jenny and Brian's contempt for each other resulted in throwing food/drink points.

With the end of this season right around the corner, Jenny clearly has a strong lead for MVP of the Real World Explosion. However, based on the preview for the next episode, it seems like Corey might be making a run for that number one spot. Man, I really hope Brian and Corey get into some serious shit next week. Seeing Corey over take Jenny in the point totals would be AMAZING.

Also, I'm throwing Jenna's name out there for most improved this season. She legit had -5 points for the first 6 episodes, since then she has stepped up her game and is now 8th in the point rankings. Obviously she is not setting the world on fire by any means... but you could be much worse off with scrubs like Ashley M., Lauren, Hailey and Jay. Thank god I have none of those people on my team.