Problem storing GameObject reference in script - PUN

Hello!

I'm currently networking with the newest version of PUN, and I'm quickly running into trouble finding a way to access the player's attached scripts.

Some background - The game is a 2D card game. When each player joins, I instantiate their deck, junk pile, hand interface, etc. through PUN using PhotonNetwork.Instantiate.

However, I need to spawn the battlefield after both players join. I then need to assign references from the spots in the battlefield where cards can be played to public variables on both players.

Note: The battlefield consists of three smaller fields that I'm calling Realms.

This is where the problems begin. My NetworkController script can't seem to store a reference to Player1, even though I've tried both static and non-static variables. So when the field is made, neither Player1 nor Player2 receive the variable assignments.

I've tried GameObject.Find but, even though I set the name of each object after it is instantiated, the Player still does not recieve the assignment.

Here's the important part of the script.

         GameObject re1 = PhotonNetwork.Instantiate ("Realm1", Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity, 0);
         GameObject re2 = PhotonNetwork.Instantiate ("Realm2", Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity, 0);
         GameObject re3 = PhotonNetwork.Instantiate ("Realm3", Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity, 0);
         AddToRealms (re1, re2, re3); //Function that adds items to List.
         //The items are then randomized and put in predetermined transforms.
 //In the randomizing code, re1 - re3 are turned into realm1 - realm3.
         realm1.name = "Realm1";
         realm2.name = "Realm2";
         realm3.name = "Realm3";

 GameObject p1 = GameObject.Find ("Player1");
         GameObject p2 = GameObject.Find ("Player2");
         p1.GetComponent<PhotonView>().RPC ("TheSCode", PhotonTargets.AllBuffered);
         p2.GetComponent<PhotonView>().RPC ("TheSCode", PhotonTargets.AllBuffered);

In another script:

 [PunRPC]
     public void TheSCode (){
 
         if (playerInt == 1) {
         
             GameObject q1 = GameObject.Find ("Realm1/S1"); 
             s1 = q1;
             GameObject q2 = GameObject.Find ("Realm1/S2"); 
             s2 = q2;
             GameObject q3 = GameObject.Find ("Realm1/S3"); 
             s3 = q3;
             GameObject q4 = GameObject.Find ("Realm2/S1"); 
             s12 = q4;
             GameObject q5 = GameObject.Find ("Realm2/S2"); 
             s22 = q5;
             GameObject q6 = GameObject.Find ("Realm2/S3"); 
             s32 = q6;
             GameObject q7 = GameObject.Find ("Realm3/S1"); 
             s13 = q7;
             GameObject q8 = GameObject.Find ("Realm3/S2"); 
             s23 = q8;
             GameObject q9 = GameObject.Find ("Realm3/S3"); 
             s33 = q9;
         }else if (playerInt == 2) {
             
             GameObject q1 = GameObject.Find ("Realm1/2S1"); 
             s1 = q1;
             GameObject q2 = GameObject.Find ("Realm1/2S2"); 
             s2 = q2;
             GameObject q3 = GameObject.Find ("Realm1/2S3"); 
             s3 = q3;
             GameObject q4 = GameObject.Find ("Realm2/2S1"); 
             s12 = q4;
             GameObject q5 = GameObject.Find ("Realm2/2S2"); 
             s22 = q5;
             GameObject q6 = GameObject.Find ("Realm2/2S3"); 
             s32 = q6;
             GameObject q7 = GameObject.Find ("Realm3/2S1"); 
             s13 = q7;
             GameObject q8 = GameObject.Find ("Realm3/2S2"); 
             s23 = q8;
             GameObject q9 = GameObject.Find ("Realm3/2S3"); 
             s33 = q9;
   
         }
 
 
     }

s1 - s33 are what I need to set. I'm incredibly confused, as everything I try fails when it comes to resolving this. Any help would be greatly appreciated!