Carl G. E. von Mannerheim Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Ok, judging from things like Kuni's site, theres quite a gathering for the SC Subculture in the larger wargaming Culture. In following this audience, i thought it might be interesting for a little sac-religious spin off. THE SC BIBLE Anyone is free to contribute to the books of the Bible, I ask that contributions be made 1 chapter at a time atleast, as an example, and to see if this little zaniness has a place or not, I have decided to go out on a limb (and right angering Moon ) and Post the following: The Strategic Command Bible The Book of Creation Chapter One The Creation 1. 1 In the beginning God created the PC War Game. 2 And the Genre was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of 3R and CoS moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be the game: and there was the game. 4 And God saw the game that it was good: and God divided the game from the lame. 5 And God called the Game ‘SC’, and the darkness he called ‘everything else’. And the hexes and the Dutch Gambits were the first game. 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the game community, and let it divide the players from the newbs. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the players which were under the firmament from the nwebs which were unworthy of the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament the Strategic Command Forum. And the posts came forth in multitudes, the second phase. 9 And God said, Let the game be made available to the masses, and let them experience this. And it was so. 10 And the critics called the game ‘CoS’; and the gathering of gamers became the community and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the forum bring forth a special few, who shall bring forth fruit: and it was so. 12 And the members brought forth custom campaigns, and mods yielding graphics of every kind, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And God said, Behold, I have given you every mod bearing member, which is upon the face of all the forum, and every post, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 14 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given this game for meat: and it was so. 15 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the third phase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Does this mean SC2 = The New Testament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl G. E. von Mannerheim Posted May 5, 2004 Author Share Posted May 5, 2004 Originally posted by SeaMonkey: Does this mean SC2 = The New Testament You're catching On Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les the Sarge 9-1 Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Oh man I soooooo want to get a copy of the Mormon SC Bible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl G. E. von Mannerheim Posted May 5, 2004 Author Share Posted May 5, 2004 Originally posted by Les the Sarge 9-1: Oh man I soooooo want to get a copy of the Mormon SC Bible As long as that means we all get as many wives as we want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les the Sarge 9-1 Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Well that would be akin to belonging to an isolated league I think Carl But a more precise interpetation, would be to assume that according to the Mormon SC bible, all other Grand Strategy games were simply in denial of the one true game. They had all fallen away from the straight and narrow. They had embraced ideas, practices and beliefs that would surely damn their advocates. And truely, Hubert is the Prophet. And only those he sanctions are given true authourity to go forth and design real mods. And I was obviously a Mormon to long for my own good heheh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les the Sarge 9-1 Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Oh by the way, I was a Mormon, yes Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am an Aronic Priest. Oh and no, I don't care what you say about them, as the important part of this post is "I was" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Hillarious Mannerheim! Almost as good as the "I'm the real Rambo" song. I'm kindly asking for permission to post this on my websiter(If I remember how to log in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiver Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 OBSERVING THE SABBATH Being Church of Scotland, all this theological stuff got me worried - But its OK because Wargaming is like sex you can do it on a Sunday as long as you dont enjoy it. Reiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Dave Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 And for all the old Grogs, There is the Church of... AAWRP. (... Association of Aimlessly Wandering Retired People) Where the whole church is made of Styrofoam In the event of ooops, the inevitable Spills and falls, And the Altar is kept quite brightly lighted, And the icons in niches are old stuffed dolls, And kneeling is not a matter of if, but when, But... not really required at all, Since you’d need far too many ushers, So the crowd could unstiffen... upright again! And the litany is only a very few words Croaked out, over and over and over: "Accept my humble donations And my closely approximate prayer, But taketh not O Lord my reading glasses, my Hearing aid, or... my favorite TV easy-chair." And the communion consists of: Viagra Concealed in marshmallows, and for a chaser, It’s Milk of Magnesia Supped from a shallow Dixie Cup, And in the end, When the morning sun becomes a midnight moon, The Grogs will mighty! arise as one, Hup, 2, 3, hup - Up! And sing out appropriate praises: "Please O Hubert give us SC2 ... and soon! We’ve been waiting since forever, or so It seems to us, And don’t argue you - young guns! Yer elders know a thing or two! We ALL need... a little, a LOT more! Armchair war-gaming fun! Ummm, and... oh yeah... Amen. [ May 05, 2004, 11:45 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl G. E. von Mannerheim Posted May 6, 2004 Author Share Posted May 6, 2004 Originally posted by Kuniworth: Hillarious Mannerheim! Almost as good as the "I'm the real Rambo" song. I'm kindly asking for permission to post this on my websiter(If I remember how to log in). permission granted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Too bad you're not this excited the same way for God's words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les the Sarge 9-1 Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Obnoxious post deleted. When I get scolded by Kuni, I have gone to far. [ May 07, 2004, 01:20 PM: Message edited by: Les the Sarge 9-1 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 Les, arguing like this is pointless and only serve too offend Rambo and his beliefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Dave Posted May 7, 2004 Share Posted May 7, 2004 In that SC Bible, that CvM hath so wryly provided, I do remember reading something... hmmmm, something... about "Thou shalt not cast aspersions on yer fellow war gaming enthusiasts, in the likely event that the mote in yer eye is actually the size of a boulder." Besides, God does not dally in the very, very, VERY tiny doings of the Human, He wishes to allow us FREE WILL so that we might MUCK UP all and everything as we please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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