Behind the Screen: Signs You Are Addicted To The Challenge

For over two decades, MTV's The Challenge has been the proving ground where reality TV's fiercest competitors come to cement their legacies. What started as a Real World/Road Rules spinoff has evolved into one of the most physically and mentally demanding competition series on television.

The franchise's expansion — with spinoffs in the USA, UK, Argentina, and Australia — speaks to a global appetite for the brand of cutthroat competition and alliance-driven gameplay that Vevmo's community has been tracking since 2007.

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Signs You Are Addicted To The Challenge

Psy4potato ·
When you hold an Inferno Party after you graduate high school with 29 other friends and have your mother tape it and your sister and her friend play the 'hosts'. We had confessionals, I made people come a day early to take promo pics, we did missions, and we had eliminations and everyone paid $5. The winning team took home all the money. This was summer 2005...... I also have the occasional dream of being on a Challenge.... I need help :o lol
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Psy4potato#32
When you hold an Inferno Party after you graduate high school with 29 other friends and have your mother tape it and your sister and her friend play the 'hosts'. We had confessionals, I made people come a day early to take promo pics, we did missions, and we had eliminations and everyone paid $5. The winning team took home all the money. This was summer 2005...... I also have the occasional dream of being on a Challenge.... I need help :o lol
MTV Junky#33
Vevmo is the first thing I check in the morning.
nevidcm#34
I had a dream last night of challenge 26, I think it was set in a place like Arizona. There was Melinda, Sarah, Nehemiah, Big Easy, Kellyanne (she looked like Lana del Rey), Laurel and Averey. Also, Averey and Laurel were bffs.
Challenge 17#35
This might just be me but when you get mad because someone you like is wearing a Jersey color you hate. Lol I was so mad CT & Wes, and Sarah were in gray on rivals 2
JL81790#36
You own 3 Suck Yeah/Johnny Bananas shirts (they're all different...relax). You've mentally determined which of your friends you'd want to do each elimination round with and how exactly you would beat those ****ers.
Murph#37
CoolerTalk;447300 wrote:
Shoutouts to the Derrick Kosinski Podcast, those at Afterbuzz TV and Brian/Ali with their Challenge RHAP-Ups!!
Derrick's podcast was the best...sadly we will never hear a new episode again.
dagr317#38
I have two pathetic signs: 1) Even though I have every season of the challenges on DVD (some bought from a seller online and some recorded by me), I still check the TV Guide site to see if any of the earlier seasons might be airing on MTV2 during the next 2 weeks. 2) I'm willing to painstakingly make my way through about 30 or so pages in the "Generic" thread every evening in hopes of finding a little nugget or two about my favorite challengers past and present, only to be disappointed to find yet another argument about who the best competitor/player is. They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result... guess I fit that description because I wade into the "Generic" thread every evening. Lather, rinse, repeat.
JayTee#39
Some of you might want to go see a psychologist lol
thomas82393#40
Do you guys have any idea where I can watch real world sydney and austin? You'd be doing me a huge favor if you could help me out.
MTV Junky#41
thomas82393;448004 wrote:
Do you guys have any idea where I can watch real world sydney and austin? You'd be doing me a huge favor if you could help me out.
I'd love to know where I can find Sydney as well. I'd say the same about Austin but I already have it.
Youssarian#42
thomas82393;448004 wrote:
Do you guys have any idea where I can watch real world sydney and austin? You'd be doing me a huge favor if you could help me out.
Publicly sharing links to illegal files of the Challenges, Real World, or Road Rules (or any show) is prohibited on here.
nevidcm#43
Austin and Sydney are both on MTV Canada.
MTV Junky#44
It's 3 am and I'm watching Murtz Jaffer interview Devyn Simone on spreecast.
richjoe92#45
It's been 5 years, and I'm still waiting for TJ to text me a clue about the next challenge...
Euroslavia#46
Psy4potato;447570 wrote:
When you hold an Inferno Party after you graduate high school with 29 other friends and have your mother tape it and your sister and her friend play the 'hosts'. We had confessionals, I made people come a day early to take promo pics, we did missions, and we had eliminations and everyone paid $5. The winning team took home all the money. This was summer 2005...... I also have the occasional dream of being on a Challenge.... I need help :o lol
I'm jealous that I wasn't invited, LOL. (We know each other in real life)
Saloua#47
When you stay awake till 4 am to watch The Challenge on a live stream that doesn't work half of the time.
MTV Junky#48
Your daughter was last on The Challenge 6 years ago, yet you still frequent a forum dedicated to The Challenge.
Psy4potato#49
Euroslavia;451358 wrote:
I'm jealous that I wasn't invited, LOL. (We know each other in real life)
Had I known you were a Challenge buff I would have. There were people from you class, all the way down to the freshman from my senior year. We even had a challenge called 'Name that Musical' which I believe I dominated :P lol most challenges were physical though...it was an epic night, sad you weren't there! I was 'the Miz'...naturally because me and him are so similar (sarcasm)
ColiesMom;451361 wrote:
My daughter found some pictures of the cast on my laptop and she was all like "who are these people?". It was so embarrassing!
lol thats too funny! She should come back, then she'd know who they are :P (*fingers crossed for hell to freeze over so she'll return*)
MTV Junky#50
Psy4potato;451370 wrote:
Had I known you were a Challenge buff I would have. There were people from you class, all the way down to the freshman from my senior year. We even had a challenge called 'Name that Musical' which I believe I dominated :P lol most challenges were physical though...it was an epic night, sad you weren't there! I was 'the Miz'...naturally because me and him are so similar (sarcasm) lol thats too funny! She should come back, then she'd know who they are :P (*fingers crossed for hell to freeze over so she'll return*)
This is probably the first time you've ever heard this. You are such a cool person. :)
Semisweet#51
Psy4potato;447570 wrote:
When you hold an Inferno Party after you graduate high school with 29 other friends and have your mother tape it and your sister and her friend play the 'hosts'. We had confessionals, I made people come a day early to take promo pics, we did missions, and we had eliminations and everyone paid $5. The winning team took home all the money. This was summer 2005...... I also have the occasional dream of being on a Challenge.... I need help :o lol
You need help.... in getting a job in production <-- sounds like good planning to me! Charge more next time!!
Saloua#52
When you fangirl when a cast member replies, favorites or retweets your tweet.
gamer73#53
Lol. Y'all are too much.
Psy4potato#54
when you're in rehearsal for a musical number that involved telephone wires, and while watching the couple in front of you wrap them around their wrist and start spreading apart you immediately get excited and tell the person next to you about how Ev quit to let KellyAnne stay in The Ruins to something that looked like this and that person next you just stares and you just don't care because it was like the Challenge came to life in front of you. :o
Semisweet#55
Psy4potato;451930 wrote:
when you're in rehearsal for a musical number that involved telephone wires, and while watching the couple in front of you wrap them around their wrist and start spreading apart you immediately get excited and tell the person next to you about how Ev quit to let KellyAnne stay in The Ruins to something that looked like this and that person next you just stares and you just don't care because it was like the Challenge came to life in front of you. :o
I really hate it when things like that happen... in the office... in a meeting... and no one knows wtf I am talking about!! :.( Luckily I am mostly professional and valuable to the clients - whew
TheKorean#56
When you joined Tubescan Board back in 2003. When you joined Speak Reality just the following year & was on a season of Road Rules & later went on to do Challenges. When you joined Reality Zone & did Road Rules again & the Challenges. I've been obsessed with this show for over 10 years. Crazy, I still remember getting hooked on BOTSexes during the Puck vs David fight. I was 12 years old and would tell anyone "Go shave your back", because one of them said it in the fight. LMAO
Psy4potato#57
Semisweet;451944 wrote:
I really hate it when things like that happen... in the office... in a meeting... and no one knows wtf I am talking about!! :.( Luckily I am mostly professional and valuable to the clients - whew
I feel ya 100%. Luckily in theatre it's okay to be a little weird and mention random things :P lol
TheKorean;451945 wrote:
When you joined Tubescan Board back in 2003. When you joined Speak Reality just the following year & was on a season of Road Rules & later went on to do Challenges. When you joined Reality Zone & did Road Rules again & the Challenges. I've been obsessed with this show for over 10 years. Crazy, I still remember getting hooked on BOTSexes during the Puck vs David fight. I was 12 years old and would tell anyone "Go shave your back", because one of them said it in the fight. LMAO
Ha! Rachel got me hooked from Battle of the Sexes 1. I was watching the whole season, but this quote for some reason made me stay with the show ever since, 'This Game is Ugly! The Inner Circle Is Ugly! And I Don't Want to Be A Part of It Anymore!'
ewright006#58
I know a lot of The one liners by heart from the g3 and a couple others. Coral is my fav so I find myself watching the inferno and fresh meat a lot lol. Man I wish g3 was played different
laparker#59
1. When some of your favorite quotes and challenge moments never leave your head no matter how long ago. My all time favorite: Brad imitating Tonya after she fell through the tires."I told you I wasn't comfortable with tires, it's like yeah Tonya no one here is comfortable with tires. 2. You spend your free time searching high and low for old seasons that you have probably watched a million times. 3. You would never miss a new episode airing to go out with your friends because recording it and watching it later is just not an option. 4. You want nothing more than to be on the challenge and are coming to grips with the fact that this will never happen. Challenge Addicts for life!
WESANDNANYFAN#60
laparker;453079 wrote:
1. When some of your favorite quotes and challenge moments never leave your head no matter how long ago. My all time favorite: Brad imitating Tonya after she fell through the tires."I told you I wasn't comfortable with tires, it's like yeah Tonya no one here is comfortable with tires. 2. You spend your free time searching high and low for old seasons that you have probably watched a million times. 3. You would never miss a new episode airing to go out with your friends because recording it and watching it later is just not an option. 4. You want nothing more than to be on the challenge and are coming to grips with the fact that this will never happen. Challenge Addicts for life!
LOL agreed to all of these especially 3. I would wait until Free Agents was over to go out that is why I hated it airing on Thursdays. I have to watch it while it airs so I can see all the cast members tweets during the episode.
Youssarian#61
laparker;453079 wrote:
1. When some of your favorite quotes and challenge moments never leave your head no matter how long ago. My all time favorite: Brad imitating Tonya after she fell through the tires."I told you I wasn't comfortable with tires, it's like yeah Tonya no one here is comfortable with tires.
This is literally me. I have so many Challenge quotes that I just slip into daily conversation. "THIS IS ******* BULL****!" -Frank R on Gauntlet 3 "WHAT IS SHE DOING?!" -Veronica on Inferno And there's sooo many more but they aren't coming to mind right now hahaha

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