So what would be a good foundation to have before one started trying.? I come from a time and place without such useful apparatuses. I have been cramming to learn as much as possible, but I find myself overwhelmed by everything available to me here.

[In a good way mostly. It was exciting to see the ways in which ideas which were just seeds in his homeland had blossomed to something almost magical in their complexity and power.]

I understand. Is there a limit to names you can enter? And what if they have multiple names? Or titles?