Scripting beginner

[kittyzilla90]

Hey guys, I'm new to create custom games, and scripting here. And I'm trying to learn the scripting part a bit better. I would like to know where a good place to start would be for me to learn scripts for the engine. I don't want to just copy and paste from the wiki, I want to actually learn the whole scripting thing from the beginning, and I want a good place to start. I know that the wiki said to try java, but after studying it for a bit, it didn't seem like it would help, as java was only teaching me how to script paragraphs, ect., and game scripting seems very different. Is java really the best place to start, have I just not gotten far enough in? But anyways, I would just like to know where to start learning. Thank you.