I already have some screen shots of what the actual screen I work with looks like:

Yes, Blender is easier for me now that I actually know how to use it, and even a professional dosen't use all of the buttons, just most.

Yes, as it so happens it is. Good observation there.

Also, could anyone (Leo, maybe?) answer this: when I click the animate button, the playback works great, but when I look at the saved .avi it only shows a black screen the whole time. Help?

Im excited to see where this goes! look cool btw

Where's a wincing emoticon when you need one?

I found a likely solution to my problem: I animated it when it wasn't at frame 1, and since no frames were locked past where I animated it, it could only show black even though it rendered fine because it showed what the screen was showing.

Nice Job dude. My suggestion is maybe you should make that scene just a tad bit brighter just so it can be easily seen because it blends in with the bg a little.

Does anyone know if you can make "paths" like BGanimations did in Carrara?  It would awesome if you could!

Ok, we'll have to ask them then...

Can you change the title to 'Separatist' instead of 'Speratist'? It's really bugging me.