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This information is only supplementary; relevant data about the universe will be presented in-story as it arises, if you'd prefer to learn as you read. Information in this encyclopedia is subject to change without warning as the story develops.

Realities (And citizens)

• "Home"
  • Meiko Mirai
  • Eiko Mirai
  • Lorelei
  • Kisei
  • Mallory Heisenberg
• Antiparadisia
  • Auntie Mae
  • Mike
  • QwikSlvr
• Arboria
  • Duke
• Aquarius
• Drome
• Grep
  • Xyzzy
• Grünwald
  • Josef Heisenberg
• I's Land
  • Mellow Fellow
• Nippon
  • Ryo Noyori
• Nocturn
• Pia Pia
• Reality Prime / RealWare
  • Gillian Bates
  • Mr. Tanner
  • Multi
• Restless
• SubUrbana
• "The First Reality"
• Tribal Alpha
  • Steel Blades
  • D3THL0RDZ
  • Campers
• Urbana

Terms & Tech

• "Blue Sky of Death, The"
  (And other RealWare problems)
• Passport Processing
• Docks
• Multiverse
• NullSpace
• Open Engines
• Points (Economy)
• Realities
• RealNet
  • Audio Receivers
  • Nodes
  • Messaging
  • Video Network Sets
  • Workstations
• Reality Engines (for Mobiles)
• Reality Engines (for Realities)
• Reality Engineers
• RealWare
• REC Test
• Safety Mode (see BSOD)
• Transients

Culture

• 8 Bit Commandos
• Drugs
• Hawt Stuph!
• Joe's
• Krap
• Love & Hate
• Onsen-of-the-Month
• Open Reality Movement
• Ping Pong
• Religion
• The Last Word
• Twoday's Guidebook

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Ping Pong

Some may see the 'sport' of bapping a hollow plastic ball back and forth a bit childish, but let's look at the facts:

• You need to have sharp reflexes and good eyesight to know where the ball is and move to meet it.
• It's a high speed, high intensity sport that's spectator friendly and has plenty of dramatic comebacks and lucky breaks.
• The game can be played on damn near any oblong, flat surface if you have a cheap clip-on net and some cheap paddles.
• Once the basic back-and-forth gets boring, you can start adding all sorts of crazy rules, conditions and additional game elements until you're playing Extreme Electrified Net Flying Razor Blade Deathmatch Ping Pong.

Ping Pong has evolved into the most popular sport in the multiverse. Betting on matches is fierce, and the top player from Nippon, Misato Kobashi, is revered as a ping pong god by many after his crushing last minute defeat of reigning champion Misawa Chono in a Two-Paddle, Four-Ball, Exploding Net Extreme Ping Pong Showdown on live Video Network stream.

Of course, most casual fans prefer one ball, two paddles, and nothing that lights on fire or shoots rockets.