Summer's End

I haven't really brought my personal life into this Buddyfight blog yet, but as summer is ending and I'm forced to deal with reality, this will be a good chance to talk a bit more freely about myself and what's coming ahead.

I started this blog in June and was able to spend a lot of time and resources into this blog because summer is awesome. I tried to pace my articles 3-5 days apart, even though in the beginning I could have easily published daily. And to be honest, I wasn't expecting to really make a blog. It was originally just going to be that one article on card advantage. So this entire project has been a complete surprise to myself as I had no idea where I could be headed with this website. But I was sure of one thing.

August = school = hell.

I'm less a part of this generation...

My age has been tossed out there on the internet, but I can clarify and confirm that I am currently a freshman at a private university in the United States. In fact, I am typing this from my dorm room while preparing for my classes which begin next week. For those interested, my major is going to be in Computer Science with a special emphasis on Game Design. Basically what I've always wanted to do since I was in like 4th grade. It's pretty nice.

...and more a part of this generation

However, this definitely means that BF Theory is going to be less of a priority than it was before. I'll still publish articles and keep the site going - expect a huge amount of articles come EB02 - but they won't be published at the same rate and consistency as they were before. In fact, if I manage to put up one article a week it would be something of a miracle.

Being a freshman at a university means that I have no clue what the hell is going on. They say that your freshman year is the year you truly get to experience college simply because everything is going to be unpredictable and new. I'm not sure how taxing my classes will be or how many organizations I'm going to be a part of, so I have no idea how much time I can dedicate to other things outside of school. It's going to be an adventure for me and will probably take a lot of adjusting.

On the other hand, thanks to my unique major, I'm allowed to take a lot of game-related classes on combinatorics, game theory, and a host of cool topics like that. You can expect some pretty sophisticated stuff down the line as I "study" by applying classes to Buddyfight.

So now you know a little bit more about the guy behind Blaise, the blogwriter. Even with so much going on in my life, I hope you readers will still support me and my efforts! It's been a blast so far and I don't plan to stop.

I'll end by announcing the winner for the deck naming competition. There were some pretty neat names entered, and I particularly liked "A Certain Scientific Drum" and "For Whom the Drum Tolls" (the second one sounds amazing for another deck). However, the winner goes to Bradley Stone who offered the name "Supercell". I love names that have a depth to them, something beneath the surface that makes it special. And plus I can post a cool related picture.