Aaaah ok

It's up to you, though, anyway.

Let's put it this way: I'll certainly think about it.  We still have to take weapons, fog of war and other player's ships into account, plus the fact that a shadow going straight over/through a tree or a rock is totally ridiculous.  So I'll think about it, but I don't want you to cry if we can't do it

That sounds really cool.

So far I've heard triangle, tom-tom (gong), marimba (plastic mallets sound maybe?), chimes, bells (not literal bells, just not sure what the technical name is), shakers, and timpani. Anything I miss or was wrong about?

Also, what software did you use? Sibelius? Again though, it sounds really cool.

I used Finale 2010.  It's because I was able to get Finale cheap, and Sibelius doesn't allow one to make all the technical changes to the music layout.

Instrumentation: 2 Xylophones, 2 Vibraphones, 2 Orchestral Bell sets, Marimba, Chimes, Drum Set, Crash Cymbals, Tam Tam, 2 Triangles, 4 Timpani, Bass Drum and Afuche Cabasa.

This is a piece I wrote last year for percussion.

I'm answering because I'm posting a composition of mine this afternoon...I do exactly the same thing that cooliojazz does, except that since my teacher is encouraging me to write "21st century classical," I use less theory than most people.  It's a matter of "as long as you know the rules, you can break them"

What an awesome job!  Keep it up!

PROTAR


Role: Ground-Based Assault
Cost: 12 Belthium Crystals Each (Can Be Swarmed)
Health Points: 15 per Protar
Damage Per Second: 1 for Ground Units
Weapon Range: Melee
Speed: 20
Fuel Capacity: N/A
Sephrane Gas Capacity: 20 for all Protar put together
Rate of Overheat: 1 HP per second per Protar

Because most units during the Tosonian War involved ships with ranged weapons, the Ptaloids have only two weapons pertaining to live Ptaloid soldiers.  The Protar is one of them.

The Protar organization was developed by Zhas for the good of the Ptaloid race.  They are the "FBI", "Section 31", "Dark Templar", etc. of the Ptaloid race, doing the underground work and "dirty work" of the Ptaloids.  They are, however, sworn to an oath to uphold the principles of justice and honor, and thus few individual beings in the galaxy are bothered by the existence of the Protar order.  In fact, many lives have been spared and many convicts proven innocent thanks to the Protar.

Because of the techniques used by the Protar to "stay hidden in the shadows," they entered the war effort as soldiers about 2 years before the Battle of Calsiah.  In addition, many Ptaloids offered themselves to be trained as Protar simply for the war, instead of becoming war pilots.

Protar can be equipped with special cloaks that allow them to camouflage themselves.  It is a permanent cloak that does not require sephrane gas.  However, Protar, like Creepers, cannot attack while using their cloak. 

With their entrance into the war, Protar were equipped with a special form of Sephrane Gas, which acts like a stim pack.  Protar can temporarily gain a speed of 40 when the appropriate upgrade, Stimmed Adrenaline, is used.  Considering that Protar have a melee attack rather than a ranged attack, Stimmed Adrenaline will automatically activate when a Protar or a group of Protar is in pursuit of another unit.  It will deactivate when the Protar has "caught up," after which the Protar will resume their normal speed.
 

Is TI doing this because of complaints from teachers, or is there another reason?