[Mod]4emersons's Introduction

 
So I had a terrible start because this was my first multiplayer server I have ever played on and I had no clue what any commands or this super cool "god mode" thing was. I ended up stranding myself for a couple hours on top of a castle at spawn not wanting to jump off because I would die and I had no clue I could warp anywhere. 

Some time later, maybe a couple months (if that) I started getting very active in the community, both in-game on the forums. I was on 8+ hours a day. I spent so much of my time doing stuff for others just because I didn't know what to do. I became known as the Potatoman in the 1.7 map which spawned the name for my best town to date, Potatoville, that was made with the help of birdiebug02. I was co-owner for "Hood" with coaltrain615 as the main owner but I wasn't too involved in the planning of the town. I consider Potatoville to be my first real town because I wasn't too involved with Hood and my only town before that was this stupid little flat flab of land floating in the sky. My first town that I have now in 1.8 is Kartoffel, but my main town this map is Potatoville 2.0. The warp for Potatoville 2.0 is simply /warp Potatoville, though.

I'm an adventurer. I've always loved caving, running around inland and exploring areas. I've spent a lot of time watching other people's builds and being in awe of their skill. I've never been much of a builder before I got Jrmod. I tried to build stuff, but no matter how I planned it in my head, it would never turn out well. I finally started building more a month or two after I got Jrmod; and I was enjoying it. Later, I developed my style. I've built a lot since I got Mod. Could get screenshots, butnaw. My largest building (not counting the couple castles) I've built is the spawn building at /warp Kartoffel, my current town.

I spent a good portion of my early time playing for ranks. I was genuinely nice to players, and love hanging out with them, but I tried too hard for ranks. I had a few Vet or staff apps that I'm not proud of, then when I finally got the picture that I wasn't going to get a rank that way, I let it go. I didn't stop my activity in the community, though, but instead I got more involved. Spent a few months hanging with the people and completely forgot about ranks. One day, I got nudged by someone to apply for Jrmod (Guide at the time), but since I was only Trusted, I went for Veteran instead. I got Veteran the first month I was picked for a Veteran Candidate. Not even a month passed after that when I was nudged again by a couple staff to apply for Jrmod, so I did, and got the privilege to join the staff team March 29th, 2014, two months after I got Veteran. Took a few months, but I got Mod on September 17th that year.

I love sports. Basketball is my favorite, and with being tall and having a dad who loves basketball, I've gotten pretty darn good at it. I like to play rough inside, fighting for the rebound. On offense, I'm good at close and mid-range shots, but perimeter shots are my crap. I can hit three-pointers with a good percentage even with someone guarding me, as long as they aren't in my face.

I've been in baseball my whole life, too, but other than pitching, I've never been as good at it as I am at basketball. I was a great pitcher, but was never fast enough to be great at the outfield. They'd put me in the outfield a lot, though, because I was good at guessing where the ball was coming down and I had a solid arm. When I wasn't pitching or playing outfield, I was at 3rd base or 1st base. On the offensive side, I could hit decently well, but never was fast enough to run the bases very swiftly. A couple years ago, I just stopped enjoying baseball as much, though, and haven't played it a lot this past summer. I'm joining my church's softball team this following summer, though.

I love love love playing dodgeball. It is a close second to basketball for me. With being a pitcher for 6 years, I can throw it well, even though the balls are rather different.

I play a variety of other sports, but just casually. My youth group does a large variety of sports; kickball, dodgeball, football, soccer, and broomball. I do all these casually, but never did any of them competitively, although, with my build, I could have been a good football player.

I'm a die-hard music fan. I'm a metalhead, rap fanatic, rock addict, dubstep/electronic nut, and I like some pop, folk, and other random stuff. The average day, I listen to music around 10-14 hours. I'm not going to try to give an order for these, but some of my favorite bands are Demon Hunter, Lecrae, Imagine Dragons, Coldplay, Breaking Benjamin, Linkin Park, Red, Skillet, Andy Mineo, OneRepublic, and some of Disturbed's music. One thing about me: I don't listen to music that promotes bad morals or swears much. With my religion being what it is, I can't stand surrounding myself with that kind of atmosphere in something that influences me as much as music does. When listening to genres of music that is full of that type of stuff, such as rap and pop, I tend to stick with Christian bands/artists in that genre, with some exceptions. I have a decent singing voice, with my super duper high squeak of a voice, but I haven't sang in front of much people before. I'm a pretty good rapper, though; and that I have done in front of friends a lot. 

I'm a devout Christian Baptist. I believe that I'm a dirty sinner. I believe God created the world and everything in it.I believe that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, who was fully God yet fully man at the same time, to earth to die on the cross and rise again three days later, thus conquering death, for my sins. I believe that I deserve death for my sins, because the punishment for sin is death, but that Jesus Christ bore my sins, and the sins of the world, on the cross when he died, giving me life with God forever in Heaven. All I have to do is repent and believe. My personal relationship with God gives me so much joy that love fills my veins and overflows into my actions and words every day. I need to strive for Christ, though. I believe that God is a personal God. My prayers are like me talking to Him, and the Bible is His Word talking to me. If anyone wants to have a deeper understanding of this, or of what I believe in more depth on different things, feel free to PM me and I'd be happy to have a conversation with you about it.