I was thinking about taking wall of spears out.  It doesn't because it doesn't have any attack.  But I was forgetting something.

One thing I have been finding is that The Wall of Spears has been getting me points in Warstorm.  But Earthpaladin, it doesn't have any attack.  How could it get you points?  Ah my friend, that is see that is a nice little thing called Retaliation.  See I find it helps eliminate creatures I wouldn't other wise be able to take out.  Or sometimes other players have cards that injure themselves.  Wall of Spears keeps them from attacking me therefore they keep damaging themselves.  Also some cards have effects that they heal or get back a life a turn.  This helps me to eliminate them.

See sometimes your must eliminate an obstacle before you can complete an objective.  That's exactly why I keep it in my deck.  So it will help eliminate an obstacle.

Personally, I think Lady Tsunata should get married and have children in Naruto.  For one thing, the Leaf Village needs strong leadership, who will succeed her lineage?  The third hokage, and the fifth were both the descendants of the first.  Without her line what will happen to the leaf village?  She has a duty to the Village to give birth to a kid, or a several dozen.

However, I don't think she should marry a subordinate.  That would, not set a good example.  She should marry an equal.  Someone who would bring an advantage too the Leaf Village.

Enter Naruto Nara, someone who isn't under her.  His sage-jutsu would benifit the Leaf Village.  He be a tutor to children who weren't part of a family or bloodline.  Also he could start a dojo, to train people to defend themselves.  This would come in handy in an event of attack.  As if there were more people to defend the village the better the chances for survival for all would be.  Many hands make light work.

When he's not doing that he could spend his time practicing japanese organic agriculture.  That way the village would reap a double benefit.  They would get a martial arts teacher, and an someone to grow crops for them.

Why would a ninja village want an organic farmer?  An army marches on it's stomach.  To feed an army you must have adequete supplies.

Why would he want to marry an older woman?  Perhaps she would appreciate him.  Perhaps he is tired of younger woman who just use him.

I also think that Viz should come out with the Neji Chronicles.  It could tell the story of what it was like for him growing up without a father.  Personally, I think that would be better then to have a bunch of filler.  Then they could have the Kiva chronicles.  Then perhaps the Chika Nara chronicles.  Then perhaps the Oni chronicles.  

So I played this game on Facebook called Warstorm again. It was going well till my opponent used "Sneak Attack". Basically it gives a bonus to their attack.

I used my elf squad and was able to beat the squad. So what I'm going to do is have different squads have different focus. For example, my main human squad is going to be a "cleric squad". The reason I like cleric's is that they can heal and they can attack at the same time.

Another thing is zap doesn't work like I thought it would. It's okay, but I'm not as impressed by it. Warstorm is more like how I thought Magic: The Gathering would play. Now if would just fix whatever problem they are having.

Been playing Warstorm, I think ShonenJump the makers of Naruto Collectible card game should come out with an application like it but for Naruto. In it you have "squads". You can then send out each squad, post them to defend, change the cards on each squad, etc. Then you get cards you can change on the squads.

Personally one of my main problems is that my "squads" take too long to get out. I was doing fine until I got up against a squad that uses zap. Then I used my second string. Then the next round I played a "squad" that uses "Flame."

However most of the time, what ends up happening is that I get beat down in the early game. Then in the later game I have a bunch of cards left. Usually I win by decking or by running them out of cards.

The nice thing is that I've been playing the campaign which is like a tutorial. So it does alot of the stuff for you. Then it keeps adding stuff to it.

So James came over and we played three games or so. The first time I played, I almost won against his fire wind deck. If I had attacked with one of my shinobi he wouldn't be able to block.

However, when I played against his Deep Forest Creation I didn't do so hot. I made several mistakes. One of which I attacked, if I hadn't attacked I could have gotten a few more battle rewards on a later turn.

Also I piled shuffled after a game. Then I got bad draws. So I'm probably going to have to do it again in a tournament.

With Ninja Saga, I have to take the Chunin test to get more experience. So I'm going to concentrate on getting more powerful jutsu's. Maybe I can do it alone, if I get powerful enough. The thing is the jutsu's take time to earn. However this gives me time to make enough money to learn them.

So I've been posting my ideas for naruto cards on the team's site. I must say there is quite a collection so far. I've got more to go.

Don't know if they will ever get used. But hey they might just make it into the Naruto Collectible Card game. I have an especial favorite.

Let's all go to worldcon everybody. So yeah, I found out the only game the creator of Apocalarp is running is at Worldcon. So I want to bring everyone but it's going to take some major fund raising.

This way, if we all go then we are all on the same page. For instance everyone who goes will get to know the Apocalarp rules. Then when we try and put on our own games we will have a group of people who know how to play.

Also, I can be an npc, and get some experience helping run the games. That way that will also help me put on better events. So also I may get some ideas.

But to do it we will have to start funraising. So yeah, I have a few ideas. Perhaps Team Awakening will want to go with me. Maybe they could play in a Naruto Tournament.

So I am planning to give away some of the cards I don't use on Listia.com. My hope is that this help out other people. As they will be able to get cards they might want need. Also this way it will help Team Awakening. For example, I can use those credits to bid on wal-mart gift cards for the team. Then give them to James as prizes for the team when they go to the tournaments. That will be my way of contributing to the team.

Also I am planning to make up leather binders. However, I want to make it in a style people want. I'm planning to give these binders away as a way to market my leatherworking. Also to improve my leatherwork.

So I made an image for Team Awakening today. I'm hoping James will like it. I could really see it on a t-shirt, or mug.

Also, I think the Team ought to be organized in Squads. For example if there are 8-10 people in a team, there could be four or five people in a squad. Then each of the cocaptains could pick a squad. Then they will be each squad's "sensi". They can help the get rides, help with cards, advise on decks, etc. That way, it will be less work for both of the captains.

Also then once they do get someone who can be a sensi, they can have more people. Also I don't think they should just take anyone on the team. They should have to win a turnament to be on the team. That way they will have genin status. Also they will be like they went through a test. Then if they win a chunin tournament then they are a chunin on the team, so on and so forth.

I was thinking of selling my naruto cards, however I've decided to keep playing it for right now. So James Utterback gave me the cards back. I am going to try to join Team Awakening. It's a team that James and his friend Chris started.

They go to turnaments then divided up the prizes. That way everybody on the team get's a prize. Everyone body has a main deck type to play in tournaments. James is fire/wind. Other people's deck include a puppetmaster deck, a mental power deck, etc.

So me and James put together a Bykugan deck tonight. I took four cars out of my mental power deck and James gave me a bunch of cards. What it seems to do really well is hand control.

I played James Utterback's deep forest creation and his firewind deck and lost both times. But James was very encouraging with it. He said he thinks we can make it better. Some cards out.

James brother Michael also made a deck. A mono-water deck, I believe and it took a long time for him to make it. James and Michael squrred off using my deck verses Micheal's. James beat Michael two out of three times using my deck. I put in some Air Palm's and took out some 64 palm rotations.

Then James and Michael played a game Michael's mono-water deck versus Jame's growth deck. Well Michael beat James with his mono-water deck. However this help James improve his decks.

I'm hoping that people on the team can buy cards in bulk, and save some money. I had promised to buy a box with him, so I gave him a check for some money to buy a box with. That way he can go to Tournaments and might be able to bring stuff back for me. Also perhaps people on the team might be able to use some of the cards as well.

Another thing is I'm hoping Team Awakening can get a sponsor. For example, the entire team could wear t-shirts as advertising. A business may want to sponsor the team to get their name out there. For example, if the team goes to conventions to play tournaments that's alot of time people who will see us.

Also perhaps the team could do fundraisers. For example, collecting aluminum cans to sell for cash. That way it could help to pay for the cards. Also, that builds good work ethic.

So I played a few games of naruto with mr. James. First I played against tempo with my deck. Basically, James ran out of cards so I won. Then he switched to his fire/wind deck, and I played his brothers water/lighting deck. He won because I got a really bad hand.

The problem James is having in tournaments is that he gets bad hands. So one thing I've thought of is writing how many times he shuffles by what card he gets. That way see if there is a pattern to how many times he should be shuffling.

So we didn't go to a prerelease tournament, the other people thought the cards were to expensive and their was nothing they wanted. So, I went over to James's house and me and him played a few games, then me and Michael played.

Then we played a game of switch deck. Basically, we would roll to see who would roll, then roll to see who played which deck. I played Michael's water/lighting deck, while James played my mental power deck, and Michael played James's Tempo deck. A tempo deck focusing on early game battle rewards.

Anyway, one thing I've heard with the new sets is that there isn't alot for mental power, and lighting, and earth. What I think they are doing is focusing on the more powerful colors because that's what people play. Yet James had a point, in that it doesn't make the game as interesting for the people who do play those colors.

So I played a few games of Naruto with James. He brought over Michael's water and lighting deck and I won 2 out of three games. Then I played his fire and wind deck. I won a game and was close to winning another won. It still needs a few things before going to a tournament.

I'm planning to stick too the pre-release tournaments till with Naruto till I get enough "trading fodder" (stuff other people will want trade for). You see with the Pre-release tournament you get a starter deck, plus six booster packs. There is a good chance of getting a rare in one.

Then I might consider going to some tournaments, but I want to have some my deck in tip top shape. Another thing is I have learned that you can buy cards at Wal-mart but they aren't as value as those you can get other places, and they don't come out as fast. So.. the best thing too do is to buy cards off ebay.

To me if a card's not in my deck, I would be willing to sell it. If I can make some money, that is more money I can use to buy more cards to sell. Plus, I don't want to be a guy who holds on to everything, and it gets destroyed anyway. Who knows someday I may open my own cardgame/rpg/videogame/larp shop.

So me and James played a few games of Naruto. I beat his five pronged seal deck. Then he took out his tournament deck. Then he beat me, but I one round. I almost beat his tournament deck. I'm still learning of course.

So Mr. James talked me into playing Naruto with him. So i've bought a few starter decks, a booster pack. Mr.James gave me a some cards too.

I played Mr. James with his 5 pronged seal deck. He won some, I won one. So I played Mr.James with his tournament deck, and he showed me how it stood up too a tournament deck. My deck still needs some improvements, but I'm getting harder to beat. Who knows I might be going to a few tournaments sometime as well.

A new technique I learned

So my friend James came over. He showed me a technique for figuring out the problem with his deck in naruto. Basically you place all the cards out by the turn they come out. I figure this would work for other types of decks too.

Dojo Days

I talked with the guy at Labryth Games about it and gave him a printout of it. He said he would talk to the L5R players. So we'll see how it goes. One thing is the samurai fund is like 16,000 dollars. It would be nice to see someone from the area getting a chunk of that.

Battletech cardgame

I really wish wizkids would come out with an expansion for the cardgame. I'm a fan of the books, so it would be nice to have other people to play it with. Not many people if any play the game. Oh well, have to play Naruto.