Reality Check Network started it's roots as a promotional magazine for a game group called Legacy. Many people may disagree with me but if you go through the early issues you can see many reports that focused around this group, whether it is press releases or simply attacks against other competing groups. The first thirteen issues of Reality Check Network shows their innocence when they actually reported the news instead of creating it. These issues are worth looking back on just to see what started it all off. The issues contain a few good reports and interviews with people some who would eventually become leaders in the scene.
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By the time RCN died after issue 13 it had already built up a massive following within the mainstream scene, as well as with the members and leaders of the established scene groups. But when RCN returned in May 1996 they decided that being the biggest and the best wasn't enough, they wanted more. So they did everything in their power to increase their readership, through advertising and other means. Though unfortunately this activity was fround upon by a selective and secretive underground scene that was essentially involved in illegal activities. And when there wasn't enough news to complete an issue then these guys at Reality would simply stir the pot, so to speak to create something to report on.
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Even though Reality Check Network managed to create it's hard core haters of the magazine, it still managed to gain critical support from all the main groups from around the world. Well for a while at least.