See Yas

[InCreator]

Good luck... And watch where you step! IF you hear a sudden click, don't raise your foot!

[Wormmaster]

Good luck there...
And kill many peoples!!!
MUHAHAHAHAW!!!

Sorry, joke...
Hehe...

[Matt Brown]

good luck and stay safe.
you are doing what so many of us, myself included, cannot do. godspeed.

[Akumayo]

May Thor give you strenght, brave warrior, as you venture into the region of Jotenheim...
um....anyone here Norse.... ~Runs off~

[Kinoko]

Good luck and take care! Like someone else said, come back and make a game about your amazing heroic adventures ^_^

[dasjoe]

good luck.

but remember:
you're over there for making and keeping peace, not war.  :

[Czar]

good luck.

but remember:
you're over there for making and keeping peace, not ADVENTURES!

well, just be careful if the shopkeeper knows a swordmaster there. I hear Iraqi swordmasters are a pain.

Anyway, about going in Iraq is a good thing and all, i would NOT agree, but I dont want this to be a politics infected thread.

[Alynn]

I just wanted to let you all know that I made it here safe... I don't know how much access I'll have to come on here and chat... but I will when I can

[Andail]

As much as I wish no american soldier ever sat their foot in the middle east, I guess you have to clean up your own mess....

Good luck, share your experiences with us afterwards

[m0ds]

See you sooner rather than later Alynn, best of luck. Come back ASAP! I look forward to your return.

[Alynn]

I feel the love here I really do... then again that might be the malaria pills giving me the runs again...

It's hot, its dusty, and its boring as hell. I wanna work on AGS damnit!!!!

I guess I should just focus on the 600 extra bucks a month i'm making for being deployed....

* Alynn resurects old topics, and is glad he doesn't have to be resurected yet.

[jetxl]

Don't get kidnapped, ok?

[Las Naranjas]

Keep bringing us proof of lifes if you can buddy.

[Peter Thomas]

you get an extra $600 dollars a month?

*runs to Iraq*

[Karimi]

If you ever go to Bahrain which is an island thats pretty close to Iraq and has a US Base don't be afraid to look me up.

[Alynn]

225 Family seperation pay
250 Hazardous Fire pay
100 Combat pay
-----
575 Total

Plus while deployed I pay no federal taxes... which is about 150-200 a month on top of that... so make it a grand total of about 700 dollars

Oh and I earn that pay buddy.... so far in the one week I've been here there have been 4 rocket attacks and about 2 mortar attacks.... not bad for a week

[Haddas]

Just don't do anything stypid, okay?

[Migs]

I have nothing but the utmost respect for our armed forces.  You dedicate your service to your country selflessly, so that others may enjoy freedom.  Wow.  My best wishes are with you, Alynn, and I pray for your safety.

[Alynn]

Thanks to all the well wishers Sometimes things can be kinda hairy around here....

But anyway the other day I was thinking, how can I turn my experience here into an AGS game, and I thought long and hard, and really, there is nothing long and complex about what I do here. If there is a mortar/rocket attack, there is no long drawn out process to avoid it, you run, you run fast under something hard put on your armor and helmet (if you have it on you can omit this step)... and thats about it, run to the nearest hard thing and hope you don't get hit on the way...

I've gotten good at running...

But then I came up with another idea, I may go with it after I get back (and I finish STR) basically an adventure game where the sole mission is to avoid the Drill Sergents, get out of work without getting caught, and still Graduate Basic Training... That would be GREAT!!!!

[Wormmaster]

Good ideas...
Might even work!