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Examples? ET is the best game to learn about WWII. You wanna know how I know this?

Simple: We started the WWII unit in Social Studies today. And I was kickin’ ass.

So okay, after we take care of a quick geography lesson, we ge started on our notes. I’m extremely bored because I know all this stuff already lol.We watch a video clip showing a little bit about D-Day (you know, the invasion at Normandy that practically sealed our victory against the Axis), and then we move on. Mr. Parrish’s notes have notes, and pictures to illustrate his concepts. The picture that comes up is that of a soldier holding a potato masher (for all of those that don’t know, a potato masher, is a German grenade, shaped mainly like a potato masher). Mr. Parrish asks us “Okay, which side is this soldier on?”

I practically jumped out of my seat. “It’s a German soldier!” I said. The rest of the class half-heartedly chimed in.
“Good. Can you tell how?”
“Because of the grenade: it’s a German potato masher!” I said. Steve looks at me like I’m completely insane. The rest of the class says “the helmet.”
“Yes, that’s a potato masher,” the teacher said pointing out the grenade, “and the german helmets look different from the allied…”

So then we watched another clip. this one had “Big Bertha” in it. Up until that point I wasn’t sure of what exactly it was, but then I saw a clip of it rolling out and firing a round.

“That’s a rail gun,” I spoke in almost awe, mainly to myself. Unbeknownst to me, Mr. Parrish happened to be right behind me, lol, leaning on the radiator watching the clip making sure we’re behaving.

“Yes, that’s a rail gun,” he replied to my comment. He looked kinda surprised, and he looked like he was contemplating something.

So, I spent the class period naming off stuff, like the third theatre in which WWII took place (everyone else said Europe, Pacific, and then I said North Africa), a few names of important ppl, like Churchill of Britain, Mussolini of Italy, FDR of us. When we talked about Hitler’s attempt to invade the USSR, he asked if we knew why they failed. I piped up: “Because the Russian retreated into their own country, and the Germans freezed to death.” He asked what Hitler did during a battle when Mussolini and his family was hung. “He committed suicide.” Why? “Becuase he did not want to end up like Mussolini.” US bombed where? Hiroshima and? “Nagasaki.” Who was ruling Japan? “...”

I didn’t know that one. Turns out it was Hirohito, LOL.

I feel a lil like a nerd: but I can’t help it! ET is awesome! I can’t wait until tomorrow, I’ll be naming off more stuff, lol. What a way to bring up my average easily! I’m so very glad that I have an interest in it, and that I read about it on occasion. I’ll use it to my advantage.

That and my knowledge of the weapons used, due to my experience as a “soldier” during the “war” myself XD

I’m gonna blow everyone away.

Oh yea, and pass this unit with flying colors. I’ll wait until I ace the test, and then tell Parrish about ET. And I’ll sign my test [Ars]Shorty.

I can hardly wait.

Last night’s session of Enemy Territory was… interesting…

Well, let’s start from the beginning; I got on ET and attempted to get on my dad’s team (he was on the Axis). There were to many Axis players, so I contented myself with spectating and bitching about a previous event that occured earlier that evening. I had most of the players laughing when I finished (and I didn’t use anyone’s names). They told me I should “use a panzerfaust on the guy who threw the rock”. I told them “I’m a medic, I’ll just use a syringe”. And the next few minutes were spent on thinking up ways to kill the “guy who threw the rock”, cause they all knew that I was PISSED.

After that, one of the players asked me “how old are you?” I answered 15, and then another player told me he was 15 too. Turns out he’s in Long Island too. Tre coolness. Anyway, the first player tells me he’s 17. And after that people got all confused with me and my father ( {Ars}Argent), cause they thought I was Argent’s SON… And now we are all calling my dad Papa [Ars]... don’t ask, lol.

Anyway, after THAT, the first player sends me a message asking me what my father thought of marriage. I told him what I knew dad would probably say “How old is he, how much money does he make a year (minimum $100,000 a year)” Typical, right?

So, the first player gave me his email address and asked me to email him some pictures and stuff. And it’s obvious that he’s interested. :::sigh::: Now I don’t know what to do, cause well, he lives in Colorado, and well, I have a crush on someone else, who actually lives in the same state as me. Well, I guess I’ll just play it by ear and see what happens.