Just got out of Base Worship this morning… great experience. We sang a few songs and then we got together and we prayed for each other. At first it was really confusing (no plan… well… we had a plan… but it was bad one) but by the third round of prayers everyone knew the drill.

So… what happened? Well… we’ve been in the LDC three weeks now, so I basically know the faces of everyone here at the Base in Scotland, maybe not names, but I have faces down. So three people prayed for me: Nancy, Rita, and Sarah (I find it funny that they were all women… is God trying to hint at something here??? :p) so… three prayers, three prophecies. Very nice.

First Nancy prayed for me (along with my Dad) and that was great… I missed a decent bit of the prayer, but I knew the second she began to speak I it was the Holy Spirit… mostly she was just confirming some of the things that God has given to me in the ways of spiritual gifts. Then Rita prayed for me… apparently (and I agree with it, and look forward to it) I am to be a builder of nations (ya! I get to be in charge! :D)… powerful prayer… finally, Sarah prayed over me… I got a rock! (with gold letters on it) it was a prayer of encouragement, God promising me that well… I’m more important than sparrows and flowers. It was also great… I’ve been wondering what’s going to happen at 4him with Jay and Jackie leaving, and us sorta not having a “real” Youth Pastor… Pastor Asa is there, and he really loves sharing, but he is so busy… Deborah is there, but she is, well… Jay was better (no offense to Deborah… but its true…). Hopefully, some of the older guys will step up and help me with the issues I’ll have in my life, or better yet, we’ll get a replacement for Jay. Now… it may sound a bit arrogant for me to say this… but I’m going to need someone pretty smart… because well… I know a lot… I’ve realized that my past year with Jay, I know a LOT about the bible… it’s an amazing thing to think about, but I’ve read nearly every book in the Bible (something most of my friends haven’t done) and I probably know more than any of them (besides maybe Jacob… but even then, it’s pretty close). Not to say that I don’t want a mentor, or new Spiritual Father (or whatever you call it…) but I need someone like Jay who’s been anointed to teach people, or Mark or Evans, who I know really well and I know wants to help me learn about God.

To a degree, it’d be great if it was just us 4himers doing this… me Mark, Evans, Julius, Jacob, Austin, Matt, Max… that could be very interesting. But we do need someone to oversee us… Saion is there but Jay was better. Jay was just… well… wise… he’s 56 and been around the block a few times.

Anyways… those are my thoughts on what happened….

As for the rest of life… its good… I’m enjoying stuff here in Scotland… I’m playing Medieval Total War II… I’ve won two campaigns in the game, a short and a long one, and attempted many others. My English Campaign ended with me ruling: Great Britain, Scandinavia, France, Spain, Germany, some of Eastern Europe, Jerusalem, and a bit of Northern Italy. I would have, eventually, taken Italy, but darn… those Italians are TOUGH! LOTS of Soldiers…

My Danish Campaign was great… ended with me destroying the Germans and Poland, and ruling a nice chunk of Eastern Europe and well… Germany.

My other Campaigns… not so hot. Turkey was doomed to failure. Easy in the beginning, but then crusaders attack you and the Mongols and Timurids (Timur the lame… or Tamerlane) and well… I’m pretty sure it would have gone to really bad really fast.

My Scottish Campaign was horrid… I ran out of money lost, badly. My Venetian campaign was equally bad… I want to try it again, but the campaign just didn’t work very well. Maybe I should try another Italian state… like Milan… or maybe Sicily. Spain and France are also tempting… heck… I like the sound of Poland and Hungary, or Russia… TOO MANY CHOICES!

Well… that’s all for now… I’m going to take a shower and then get started on school.

1st may update...

I can’t wait for summer.

Well, correction, I CAN wait for summer, I do so for most of the year, but still, you get the picture.

Anyways… you know, I’ve just realized how much I LOVE roleplaying. I mean, I don’t care if I get labeled a geek, but it is darn fun. Right now I’m involved in 3 active, two on hold/cancelled and 1 just about to begin Roleplays… all of them rock.

Surviving Earth… amazing game. I love the banter that all the PCs have, and well, the way we’ve evolved as characters. Apparently, Josh Foreman (my PC) is a wacko-jouralist who is going to chop everyone to bits with his katana and such… (fun?). As for the others, they are cool too, we are in a fight for our lives in Mymirdia’s Fury, which is sorta funny, because we’re basically all getting mugged in a dark alley way… and I’ve very afraid that my PC will get killed or critically wounded… you know what I mean? If you don’t, let’s put it this way, I have no fortune points (to-hit rerolls) and half wounds, no way to dodge or parry attacks and well… just a normal hand-weapon. Luckily, we have a pair of dwarves (melee masters!) and a mage (who just pwned someone with a magic missile!) so we should win. Whether or not I survive is another story…

My Dark Heresy games… you know, I love Warhammer 40,000, and Dark Heresy did the setting justice very nicely. So my character, Skak “Stubber” is now a member of the inquisition and will be attempting to free his master from his imprisonment on a prison world (where the prisoners have turned the tables on the guards). My companions? One messed-up psyker(wizard/telepath), a pair of guardsmen (or some sort of combat guys), maybe an assassin, one arbitrator (policeman) and me! Hive Ganger and master of pistols! (or at least, that’s the plan… I need to work on getting lots more pistols and the like).

And then, fireborn. AMAZING SYSTEM!!!!ONE!!!11! You understand? I don’t care if I’ve hardly used it… it just IS THAT GOOD. I mean… if the matrix ever met fantasy, this would be it… (so yes… we have the coolness of Neo pwning Agent Smith and the like, but instead of Neo, it’s a supernatural warrior in human form, and instead of Agent Smith it’s a demon of evilness)I mean… what isn’t cool about a character who can breathe fire and packs a pair of H&K USP pistols? Or better yet… MP5s?

As to the rest of my life… its good. Dean Sherman (read: famous speaker) just visited and spoke on what he always does, spiritual warfare… it was good, 2^nd time I’ve heard him, and he speaks on some really good stuff… confirming that my entire philosophy about life is right (:D)

What else? I’m playing Company of Heroes… hunting panthers down near some random French town (St Lo)… it’s a good game, very fun.

Hmm… I’ve nearly finished a lot of school, just about 3 more weeks of Math and English… I’ll be doing Latin into the summer and I might do some History, but well… other than that… I’m free!

Write more later… I’m going to have a walk with my dad and then eat dinner… see some of you readers soon! (others… much later, :p)

Life in Scotland

Well… for the last few days I’ve been in Scotland… you know, that northern, mountainous, and well… British place? With a bunch of guys in skirts running around speaking with a really thick accent that makes it impossible for you to understand a word they are saying???

Wait… not all of that is true… yes, people are supposed to have a pretty thick accent, and yes, it’s cold and hilly, but I haven’t seen any kilts… yet!

But, wait, why am I in Scotland you ask? Well, my parents are taking the LDC (Leadership Development Course) here… it’s a Six-week thing that I assume will help them understand their role as leaders to the people they work with.

Anything else I want to add? Well… hmm… not much I can add… I’m playing as the Turks in Medieval Total War II which is well… interesting… I’m defiantly conquering land faster, since I don’t have to worry about the Pope telling me what to do (it’s rather nice, I must admit!). I’ve almost destroyed the Byzantine Empire, which is pretty neat, and I’m at war with Venice (fun, fun) and the Egyptians. My army, as it is has no proper infantry except a few militia units… so I’m learning how to fight with an all-archer army! Javelins, Archers, and Horse Archers… very interesting.

But what else? Oh, did I mention the place where I’m living? It’s a Manor! I’m in the process of uploading pics… so I’ll try to get some up on photobucket and link them to this blog here…

I’ve been reading through WFRP Tome of Salvation… its awesome, and it’s already given me some ideas for running a Religious based campaign… I need to brainstorm it a bit more… maybe I’ll run it on PBP House…

Oh, and its official, I have over 2 gigs of music! It is very nice… POD, Disturbed, Demon Hunter, Thousand Foot Krutch (including The Flame in All of Us), Kutless, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hillsong, Hillsong United, Switchfoot, Dead Poetic, Creed, Evanescence, Jeremy Camp, Jimmy Eat World, Linkin Park, Pillar, Relient K, Skillet, Sonic Flood, Grateful Dead, Metallica and Zoegirl all grace my Windows Media Player…

And what can I say except, I NEED MORE!!!! Umm… More Dead Poetic, more Disturbed, Demon Hunter, Switchfoot, Kutless, Jimmy Eat World, Linkin Park, Pillar, Relient K, Grateful Dead, Metallica… and other bands… RED, a bit of Korn, maybe some Godsmack, As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage… anything that has the words Metal, Rock, Rap, or Metalcore in their Genre I will listen to… or at least give a chance to…

On a final note, I’m in the process of finishing up school… just a few more weeks! I have… 2 more chapters in Geometry (that means 4 weeks right there, plus another weekish for my Final Exam), I have a bit more English, finish up Much Ado About Nothing, and a project on that… then I’ll be done that too! I’ve almost completed Science… just have about 3-4 more days of work with that… my plan is to take the Test for the final Module on next Monday, and then have 5 weeks of History and Bible… which is all rather fun if you ask me. Latin… not so good, I’ll probably be doing a bit of it into summer, but it won’t be too much work, and even if it is… well, I do need to graduate from High School…

Well… that’s all I have time for… I’ll write more later.

School... it sucks

Its finally sinking in… I have a LOT of school that I’ll be doing next year.

What is a lot of school? Well let’s see if I can get all the classes:

Latin II – This will be hard because I probably won’t be completely ready for it by the time the class begins.

Advanced Comp – An English Course that involves writing a essay EVERY WEEK… they essays will be 500-1000 words long… that’s a lot of work!

Programming I – this will be interesting, not necessarily hard, but it will be a lot of work.

Algebra II – This will be hard to. Lots of work, lots of theorems and formulas to remember and apply, hopefully though, I’ll be getting the same grade as my Geometry, or at least an increase to a Sold B+ (IE a score of 88-90 on most of my tests).

That is all my Potter School Classes… it’ll be interesting to see what happens with all of them… is a sorta bad way, lol. As for the rest…

Psychics – At least, I think Psychics, that or chemistry… both I which I don’t want to take… not that I don’t think they will be useful, but I just don’t want to take them…

And umm… that’s all I can think of for the moment… I’ve probably missed a class… because I remember taking more than 5 credits this year… I think I’m taking something like Economics and Music appreciation as well… which will give me 1 more credit. Now, while that might sound like a very small amount of classes, the work in these classes will be HARD. Advanced Comp is supposed to be one of the best High School Writing Classes ever… so… pray for me… or more likely, my social life… it’ll suffer a bit.

Until next time,

Isaac, self proclaimed Masterofweirdness

Stuff

Well… life is good.

My bro got a Wii. Yes, I still want an Xbox 360… but a Wii is good I guess. It’s fun so far… besides, I still have a PC… so I’m good. Right now we just have Wii Sports, which is fun for some random enjoyment. We’re working on getting a WORKING (as in, our copy doesn’t work!) copy of Zelda and perhaps Metroid Prime Corruption or Fire Emblem for the Wii too… all good stuff…

Also I had Medieval Total War II: Gold Edition! YES! TOTAL WAR!!!!! I WILL CONQUER ALL!!!!

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Okay… real me is back… :D. My insane side got lose for a bit to long… :p. Total War… you must know what this is? Turn-Based 3D (for Rome Total War and Medieval Total War II, the previous titles are a 2D map) map, 3D real-time large scale battles? Managing empires as you conquer all who oppose you in time periods of Total War? Assassinating enemy generals and faction heirs and then swooping in for the kill? Making alliances with factions and then destroying a common enemy, only to then turn on your weakened neighbor/ally? That my friends is Total War.

So yes, I am England, I’m currently conquering Wales and France, and after that I think I’ll go ahead and take Ireland and try killing the Vikings. If that fails… well… Scotland looks really nice.

In other news… I should be holiday soon, fun, fun.

Demonhunter rocks. Metalcore rocks. Rapcore Rocks.

Hmm… the above… what does it mean? Well… I’ve been “acquiring” music for the past… umm… few months. Some of it I’ve actually bought, the rest my relatives have given me. So I now have a lot of music, all the good real stuff… metal/rock/raprock

So…

Most of POD

Storm the Gates of Hell – Demonhunter (amazing band!!!!)

Some Pillar

Skillet – Comatose (another amazing band!)

Most of Switchfoot

Hmm… that’s the best that I’ve gotten.

So… on with life

Update and stuff

I’m back in Texas, which means I’m back in a stable location. This is a good thing.

Now… my trip is nearing an end, I have many things I need to do.

1. Figure out how to pack 40k, RPGs, and the like

2. Order last 40k and paints

3. Buy random stuff

Yep… that’s my list… anyways…

My fantasy world is going great! I have a good bit of info set up and hopefully I can start finishing up some cities soon. Right now I have four locations that I need to build on

NYC – Gang infested land

Mumbai – City of Wolfs

The Great Plains of America – Biker Gangs and Rogue Vamps/Wolves

The Valley of the Dead - Not much…

Ya… so that’s what I’m doing with that. Also, working on how an RPG system would work with this place. I’m think how a dice pool system would work, probably using a D6s or D10s, leaning towards the D10 since it’s an easier number generator… but the D6 is more common…

If I don’t use a Dice Pool system I’ll probably end up using a Percentile system. I like the tactical nature of a Dice Pool.

Wait… what is a dice pool you ask? Well I’ll give an example.

I’m in a fight and I chop a guy with my axe. My axe chopping comes from my strength. Let’s say I have a strength of 5, which means I can role 5 strength dice before I run out of dice. So I could role on die every round or 5 dice in one round or any combination thereof. After that, I need to wait until I get my dice back. This can happen in a vartiety of different ways. Right now I’m thinking a stat that effects the speed of which you gain your dice back. Something like Luck or Fortune… and for every point of Luck you get your dice back faster. Something like this:

Luck 0 – You never regenerate your dice. You are as good as dead.

Luck 1 – You regenerate one die per stat per day. You have bad luck, watch out!

Luck 2 – You regenerate 2 dice per stat per day. You do not have good luck, be wary.

Luck 3 – You regenerate 1 die per stat per hour. You have average luck.

Luck 4 – You regenerate 2 dice per stat per hour. You are lucky, the goods smile on you.

Luck 5 – You regenerate 3 dice per stat per hour. Your luck is above average, you can afford to be careless.

Luck 6 – You regenerate 4 dice per stat per hour. Your luck is expetional, your life will be long.

Luck 7 – You regenerate 5 dice per stat per hour. Your luck is akin to that of the God of Luck Himself!

Luck 8 – You regenerate 1 die per stat per minute. You are a god!

After that you just keep adding dice, so luck of 9 is 2 dice per stat per minute and Luck of 10 is 3 dice per stat per minute and so on.

I like this system because it makes the players think, how should I use my dice? Basically, you will only have as many dice as your dice pool is at max for one round of combat. So a Strength of 5 character will only have 5 dice before he needs to rely on a secondary skill. Some powers could borrow dice from other stats perhaps…

Anyways… I’m going to go brainstorm. If you want to comment, do so here.

Easter Update

Wow… I haven’t blogged in a LONG time…

HAPPY EASTER! I guess that’s the first thing that’s in order, since Easter was yesterday. It was a good Easter, right now I’m with the Pilong Von Alfred family, and its rather fun. CJ (17, male) is, as always, awesome. Cherith (8, Female) is wow… really grown up and Lindsay (15?, Female) is cool I guess… I dunno… haven’t really talked to her.

So… what have I done whilst here? Lol… I just used whilst… rofl… anyways... back on topic. First off, I got all of POD’s albums, plus a few other bits of stuff, I’ll work on getting some more music later. Second off, I went to Church with the Pilongs, very interesting service. Really good worship… and the sermon was decent. I’d go again for sure.

What else? I was with the Garrets last week… with my cousins Mikey (6, Male) Joey (3 or 4, Male) and Jacob/Jakey (2, Male). They are something else… Mikey is the only six year old I know who has the word “dude” in his vocabulary. Joey is really cute, as is Jacob.

Also, I’ve pursued my GM’s handbook for Fireborn and I have a pretty good idea of how I’d run a campaign for my PCs if I do. Lol, it’ll be interesting seeing which ruleset we use for our Rps in Dhaka… 40krpg, WFRP, or Fireborn? Fantasy, Cyber Punk, or Modern+Magic? Low-born heroes? Servants of the Inquisiton? Or Dragons Reborn?

Oh… POD definitely rocks.

Anyways… fantasy world is going good, got two decent pieces of fiction going. One is set near what is now New Delhi, India, the other in New York City.