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    SciO Comp. #4

    By Nara,

    My team did really well! =D
     
    As did I! Placed in all my events.
    First place in Experimental Design
    First place in Write It Do It
    Second place in Geologic Mapping
    Third place in Entomology
    The WiDi was a great surprise too, having never placed in the past two years that I've been doing it. =D
     
    Got another competition next week, hopefully we do just as well. Half the team'll be gone, though. =P
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    Name Change and SciO

    By Nara,

    Decided to change my name because I've stuck with my old username for the entire time. I don't think it'll mess with people, since I've had my avatar and sig for a while now.
     
     
    Now, more SciO stuff! Another invite tomorrow, really freaking out about this one but I'm determined to win in Forestry.
     
    Surprisingly, my partner and I won fifth in Fermi last time, not sure how that happened. 10th in Experimental, 8th in Forestry, and 8-13th in MagLev. Ranks will be increasing tomorrow. They better. =D
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    More Progress Updates

    By Nara,

    I should probably make a RotR tag. Hm.
    Anyway, more updates.
     
    Hidden for those who want to play blind.
     
     
    If you've got any suggestions, please comment. More likely than not I'll consider and implement it.
     
    Should I make a topic in OTC? I'm not sure if it'd be allowed, actually, but I'm wondering. A topic would be easier to navigate than my blog.
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    Birthday Weekend Loot

    By Nara,

    Best weekend ever. I feel like I say that a lot. =P
     
    But here's what I got for my 16th.
    My driver's license
    $120
    Sweet new PC
    A little ceramic salt shaker turtle

    Plus, entered my first BZPc and won, though under some unexpected circumstances. Either way, it was a lot of fun. c: Also, it was RotR's anniversary.
     
    It was a nice little weekend.
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    Naracraft

    By Nara,

    As people have called it, Naracraft is back online. Sorry about the downtime, though I'm sure nobody noticed. =P
     
    If anyone new wants to be whitelisted, leave your minecraft name in the comments and I'll get you asap. There's not really any activity on the server but it's there if you want.
     
    EDIT: Also, as the 1.7.4 Chicken Jockeys cause tremendous amounts of lag, mobGriefing will be turned off to prevent the zombies from picking up eggs. This will also prevent creepers from breaking blocks and endermen from picking stuff up. It'll stay off until there's a fix for the chicken jockeys, but if people really want we can revert the server back to 1.7.2.
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    BZPc #17

    By Nara,

    Natural regen = false
     
    Tons of fun, Orange Team nearly got a kill. I looked around in creative and found a spawner right near our spawn, Blade, with horse armor and saddles. If we found that, we probably could've gotten a kill.
     
    Also, the seed we used was really something else. 4 Jungle Temples, 2 Desert Villages, and about 8 pink sheep in a swamp. Plus, a plains biome with a ton of horses and donkeys.
     
    Excited for next time.
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    BZPc

    By Nara,

    I won't say it was my favorite. Sorry for screwing up, Clag and Chols.
     
     
    Good luck to everyone, though!
     
    Congrats Unit!
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    SciO

    By Nara,

    SciO season's in the air. That's Science Olympiad, and yes, I'm in it. =P
     
    I've got another invitational tomorrow, third one of the year. This year, my events are Entomology, Geologic Mapping, Experimental Design, and Write It Do It.
    Entomology is the study of bugs. In the event, a partner and I identify and answer questions about an insect (preserved or in a photograph) within 2-3 minutes, and we rotate around stations. It's been pretty easy so far, placed 1st and 2nd the past two invites.
    Geologic Mapping is exactly what it sounds like, a partner and I are required to be proficient in geographic maps, geologic cross-sections, topographic maps, know geologic structures, and calculating stuff. I was thrown in to it last invite and we placed second to last. It's pretty fun, though, hoping to get in the top five tomorrow.
    Experimental Design is an event where you and two partners are given a bunch of stuff and we have to design an experiment and write a lab report, in under 50 minutes. They score us based off of a rubric and they give the rubric out. I've consistently placed in this for two years now as well as the past two invites. I personally think it's the easiest event since all you have to do to place is memorize the rubric and do the lab fast, but it seems like other schools don't have it down yet. =P
    In Write It Do It, one partner (me) sees a contraption built out of random things, and I have to write how to build it for my partner, 25 minute time limit. My partner then comes into the room while I exit and sees a pile of stuff, containing all the things in the contraption and extras. Scoring is based off of how closely your partner builds the thing, and it gets really specific. It seems like there's nobody who consistently places in this.
    It's fun. This year my school's team has been pretty good, with varsity placing 7th out of 42 and 3rd out of 12. Hopefully we can make it to State this year, having missed it be less than a point the past two years. =P
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    Been a while. Got back into the country about a week ago, still having major jet lag, but it's improving.
     
    So, like everyone else, I caved and bought Animal Crossing: New Leaf. First Animal Crossing game for me, got it about 5 days ago. Tortimer just invited me to his island, I don't know if I'm going slowly or fast. =P My villagers think I'm stalking them, since I just talked to them all day before I could get a fishing rod. =P
    I got Cherries as my native fruit, but also have Apples and Permissions.
     
    Friend Code: 1762-2682-8247
    Shoot me a PM or comment if you want to be friends. c:
     
    Minecraft. 1.6. Having a lot of fun playing around in Vanilla, it's a lot more fun than I remember. FTB-wise, I ventured into the Nether to get Ghast Tears, flew over some Pigmen in an new chunk. They randomly started attacking me, I died, and have no idea where I did at all since the death point seems to have tracked my death to OW coords, not nether. :c So yeah, reduced activity in that server, I'm ready for a reset! xD
    Also got addicted to the Minecrackers, but I think that happens to everyone.
     
    I wish I could go to Brickfair too, but it happens at a horrible time for me. August is band camp month, and my band director will kill me if I miss anything. =P Oh well.
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    This Has Pleased Me

    By Nara,

    Someone created a tool to edit the maps in Gen 4. This is amazing and saddening news.
     
     
    Because now, I [will] have a stable platform to base RotR2 on, but it's so well developed, I almost want to switch RotR onto it.
     
    So there. As for updates on the game, it's almost ready to be released as a demo. Going to shoot for next week, I'll release the bare bones of it.
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    Final Fantasy

    By Nara,

    After listening to the ending theme for Final Fantasy VI I wanted to (finally) jump in. I've started Final Fantasy I but don't have much progress; just defeated Garland and obtained the lute.
     
    Playing the remake for GBA. I'm having a great time getting used to the controls and setup for a game released.. 10 years ago, I think? Almost 10 years now.
     
     
    Anyway, this is my party setup:
    Level 4 Theif
    -108 HP/0 MP
    -Rapier
    -Leather Armor
     
    Level 4 Red Mage
    -36 HP/31 MP
    -Rapier
    -Chain mail Armor
    -Thunder
     
    Level 4 White Mage
    -65 HP/34 MP
    -Hammer
    -Clothes
    -Cure, Dia
     
    Level 4 Black Mage
    -48 HP/50 MP
    -Staff
    -Clothes
    -Fire, Thunder
     
    I realize that I should probably have a warrior but meh.
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    Assassins and Updates

    By Nara,

    No not assassin's creed.
     
    So, our SciO team wins a spirit award at this one invite every year, and this year, we're winning it by having a game of Assassins. All day, secret alliances, winner gets a bag of skittles.
     
    And I intend to win.
     
     
    Also, that BZP countdown thing is nice. I like it.
     
     
    Also, basically no progress on the RotR game. My chance to go to state for SciO is on the line, so.. yeah. Not to mention that I'm getting this odd glitch that I'm not sure how to fix, but the maps are done. I guess I could give out an awful demo, I'll put in some NPCs if you guys want.
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    Unfortunate Event(s)

    By Nara,

    So there's this kid at my school who tweeted, "I think Mrs.------ is single handedly the worst teacher". Probably thought it was funny until he came into class, and the tweet was projected to the front of the room, with the teacher posing in front of it.
     
    Best part? She got a video of his reaction.
     
     
    Sometimes, I really can't stand the English department in my school, but I've gotta say, most of the English teachers are the craziest, fun filled people I've ever met that know how to play up their sarcasm instead of avoiding it.
     
     
     
    In other news, I'm having trouble finding an appetite for anything recently. This happens every once in a while, but I hope it passes over soon. >.<
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    Premier

    By Nara,

    I'm Premier! Feels good to give back.
     
    Still working on the blog, doesn't help that I've changed it every anniversary I've had it.
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    Band Things

    By Nara,

    As in, concert band. =P
     
    My concert band was invited to play at the Midwest Clinic, an international conference for band/orchestra. A professor from Cornell University will be conducting our rehearsal as an opportunity to show new methods of teaching to band directors and showing off how to use iPads and Google Glass during rehearsals.
     
    She came in during school today to meet us beforehand, and she's hilarious. =P Google Glass doesn't look as silly as I imagined it, it's actually really awesome and I kinda want it now.
     
    Oh, and one of the songs we're playing during the rehearsal is from Frank Ticheli, one of the most well known concert band composers. Plus, one of my favorite composers. Apparently he's supposed to be there and may be watching us play one of his songs. Excited and nervous as the same time. D=D
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    Art

    By Nara,

    For now, most of the art I'll post will be of my RotR characters. But I'll categorize it anyway.
     
    RotR
    Justin and Sparks Color
    ---Updated design for Justin. Again. Kind of a throwback to his original design, but with a haircut and cooler shirt.
    Zac and Melon Color
    ---Updated design for Zac. I keep forgetting how old he's getting.
    Eric and Slush Color
    ---Personally, I think he looks better without color.
     
     
    ..Yeah, that's all I got.
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    The school isn't allowing sophomores (me) to pick an AP English class for next year, and basically making all of us go to English 3 Honors next year and one AP English class senior year.
     
     
    nononononononononononono NO. This is not good.
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    Rollerskates

    By Nara,

    So, as a "reward" for basically making it through PE this semester, the week before spring break is going to be spent rollerskating. It sounded great at the time but very quickly I learned that I cannot skate for my life.
     
    Seriously, if I had a pair of skates glued to my feet and I had to flee from a collapsing bridge, I would probably try to get away, fall to the ground, then fall with the bridge.
     
     
    I must've fallen five times or so. Three of those were consecutive, from me trying to get back up.
     
    It's going to be a long week. e.e
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    Progress3

    By Nara,

    100% of the Gen 4 Pokemon are complete! Woo! Except for icons, but I'll get to that sometime
     
    Other than that, there really hasn't been too much significant work on the game.
     
    I'm debating on whether to start mapping or finish inserting the Gen 5 stuff. Leaning towards mapping so it looks like I've actually done stuff.
     
     
    I figured some screenshots would prove that I've got stuff done. Granted, it really doesn't show much, but I've got stuff. =P





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    Little Things

    By Nara,

    You know, it's the little things that you take for granted. Like lights that turn on instantly instead of ten seconds later, or air conditioning that you understand the working of. Or heck, even a fan in the bathroom.
     
    Out of the country right now, wish I had a mouse but I left the USB for it at home. :c Not that the WIFI here is particularly strong enough for a lot of things anyway.
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