Snake, Mouse, Fish, Bird. *beep* *beep* The sacrifice you have dialed is no longer in use. Please try a different sacrifice or dial, Virgin, Virgin, Virgin to contact your local antediluvian god-entity.
I have to wonder where they keep getting all these cultists. It seems unlikely that there’d be THAT many people who so earnestly wish the end of themselves and all life in the world. Is there some sort of bargain-bin catalog where you can hire generic mooks for you to mold into the minions of the dastardly plot of your choice?
Armageddoncon would seem to suggest that they are just as much geeks playing with lights and knives as we are. We are quite a countless many, and some of the things we do seem quite “Culty” to me.
If they had good loot, then they wouldn’t be mooks…They’d be bosses or mini-bosses. Besides that, if they had good equipment as loot, they’d be *using it against you*
Hey, if I was a new player in some big fantasy mmo, I’d totally join them cause’ it meant (presumably) free robes and a nifty little dagger, plus a bunch of cool spells. A lot of them are probably new players who want all these things, or it could just be npcs.
Gotta like how that cultist keeps his composure enough to be sarcastic about his comrade being killed right next to him. Takes a certain strand of snarkiness.
well, he does have a job to do. and we all want to be effective in our professions. plus hes trying to summon the raid boss, and scip is getting in the way of eldritch horrors.
You didn´t read your instructions, brother. Yours is `distraction group one`.
No seriously.
Did you really think you can summon a demon-ridden adventurer with a bag of dead rodents ?
You can call yourselves lucky you managed to summon a live one.
Scipio’s blood lust can never be sated, it can only be temporarily contained by a cigar. Unless one of those cultists has a stogie, they’re all doomed.
Well, the success of a cult leader has never required the survival of the cult minions (even true in real life, sadly…).
So for all we know, wholesome slaughter of the lesser members of the cult is part of the plan and yes, it’s working out great so far…
Buddy, come on, was that really necessary? You can say ‘I’m just saying’ all you want, but dissing people’s faith (and such a specific one, since no one mentioned catholics) just aint cool, man.
realy depends on wath you understand under cult you seem to go for the littl (unaccredited maybe) religous group insted of a group under a religious or otherwise “one truth worldview concept”(say alien based cults?) premise that institute a social dependence upon their members to achive money,further ones ego, to fullfill ones delusion
but the second one offcourse could be just the nowadays vibe ppl like to conect to the term so dunno
also my english is rather mehh in gremmer and stuff as its just a secondery thing so exuse me if it sounds some wath offbeat and weird and maybe some words are used inacurate o-o
also spelling is a mix of random kay smashing and wath i might fell its supposed to sound o-o
Okay. Lesson time, I guess. Here we go, cultus deorum. It means Cultivation Of The Gods (Or Divine). This is where the term cult comes from, and is how religion was originally referred to. This was eventually shortened, into the term cult, in 1617, and also shared in common the french Culte, which basically meant “Worship”. A cult is basically a religion that has a heavy focus on ritual, ceremony, and the specification of places of worship. Expanding further, cults are any religion that is not the accepted religion of the majority. In Roman Catholicism, Cultus is the devotion or worship given towards specific saints (Such as Saint Mary). In Eastern Orthodox, or Catholicism, These worships are separated into Latria, the veneration given to God, and Dulia, that given to Saints.
What does this mean? The short and dirty of it is this:
All religions start out as “cults” under new-age definitions, until they become a majority religion. When the Pantheon was worshiped, Catholicism was a cult. When Catholicism took hold, Christianity was a cult, under this term.
Under old definitions, every religion that has either a place of worship, or ascribes to specific rituals, is a cult. This means Judaism, Scientology, Catholicism, etc.
Fun fact here, Just going to add this in, it’s not particularly relevant to the topic at hand, but it’s slightly related, and is something that is commonly misunderstood. Satan is not Lucifer, but the Archangel Samael. Samael was “The adversary of man”, he was the Right Hand Man of Yahweh (God). Like a barrel tester, who must make sure the barrel can hold liquid and is not shoddy, it was his job to test man’s soul, to see if he was fit for Heaven, hoping that they would pass, but expecting them to fail. When the Heavenly Host rebelled, with Lucifer at the lead, Yahweh required a Warden to keep them trapped in Hell (Literally “The Bowels Of The Earth”). Samael volunteered at Yahweh’s beset, and willingly fell, becoming Satan. Now, how is this relevant? Well, most of this comes from very, very old versions of the bible, and Judaism… because Catholicism started out as a branch of Judaism.
Judaism also pretty much invented modern chemistry. They called it Alchemy, but it was pretty much chemistry.
Why do I know all this stuff? Simple. I used to be a hardcore Catholic when I was much, much younger. This led to me reading everything related to the bible, and everything related to Catholicism front to back, cover to cover, inside and outside of the lines. Which led to me studying Judaism, because it’s a lot like Americans studying the pilgrims and why they left England. At one point, I really had a dream to head to the Vatican and attempt to become clergy. Eventually, however, I decided that the religion wasn’t for me, after I had studied so much of it. This simply means that I have a very strong understanding of the religion, despite not practicing it. Eventually, I moved on to studying other religions as well, and I’m very happy with that decision, because it gives me a much better view of our world, and the people in it.
Snake, Mouse, Fish, Bird. *beep* *beep* The sacrifice you have dialed is no longer in use. Please try a different sacrifice or dial, Virgin, Virgin, Virgin to contact your local antediluvian god-entity.
FAQ’s: (1) I cannot call carrier to cull.
A: Consider combinations containing cats, caimans, capybaras, cottonmouths or crows.
-or- contact cultist call center
(2) Crimson commando is ckilling comrades.
A: Contort to ckiss yer coochie “ciao”
I was rereading this chapter and I just had to log on and reply to you.
That is very nicely done. :-)
I have to wonder where they keep getting all these cultists. It seems unlikely that there’d be THAT many people who so earnestly wish the end of themselves and all life in the world. Is there some sort of bargain-bin catalog where you can hire generic mooks for you to mold into the minions of the dastardly plot of your choice?
They are a cult doing culty cult things drinking the culterade.
The countless many is what makes a cult a cult, any less would just be a bunch of geeks playing with lights and knives.
Armageddoncon would seem to suggest that they are just as much geeks playing with lights and knives as we are. We are quite a countless many, and some of the things we do seem quite “Culty” to me.
I know that this is waaaay late and doesn’t have to do with the thread, but It seems I got your old avatar. Cool!
Their limb based platform is proving quite popular with the arm and a leg voters.
Armageddoncon seems to show that Armageddon has a large fan-base in the game.
Think of them as Gastonia’s sillier equivalent to bandits. (Not Bandit herself, but the actual bandits)
Respawns. They need something to populate a zone after a swarm of PCs go through. Too bad most of them have terrible loot.
If they had good loot, then they wouldn’t be mooks…They’d be bosses or mini-bosses. Besides that, if they had good equipment as loot, they’d be *using it against you*
Hey, if I was a new player in some big fantasy mmo, I’d totally join them cause’ it meant (presumably) free robes and a nifty little dagger, plus a bunch of cool spells. A lot of them are probably new players who want all these things, or it could just be npcs.
I’m leaning towards the latter.
Just don’t walk under the latter, that’s supposed to be unlucky.
Gotta like how that cultist keeps his composure enough to be sarcastic about his comrade being killed right next to him. Takes a certain strand of snarkiness.
When you’re set on seeking oblivion, death doesn’t really bug you.
I really love that he was looking forward to death and is now complaining like a tourist on an all-inclusive-vacation.
well, he does have a job to do. and we all want to be effective in our professions. plus hes trying to summon the raid boss, and scip is getting in the way of eldritch horrors.
You didn´t read your instructions, brother. Yours is `distraction group one`.
No seriously.
Did you really think you can summon a demon-ridden adventurer with a bag of dead rodents ?
You can call yourselves lucky you managed to summon a live one.
Never use dial-up summoning.
I don’t think they have an actual landline connected. Might be some atmospheric conditions interfering with their wii connection.
“Can you hear me now?”
*silence*
“Can you hear me now?”
*silence*
“Well, damn.”
“Can you hear me now?”
“It’sa Mario!”
Wii connection established
Scipio’s blood lust can never be sated, it can only be temporarily contained by a cigar. Unless one of those cultists has a stogie, they’re all doomed.
I know what kind of bird they have: Two Cull a Mockingbird.
Cultist One: “There’s Adventures everywhere!!!”
Cultist Two: “Don’t worry, I’ve got your back”
STABBORN SCIPIO STABS…..
Cultist Two: “Never mind…”
And what could POSSIBLY go wrong with a plan like that?
Our heavily armored guy with the giant shield is pulling stealth duty. I guess he put his cigar so they wouldn’t see it burning.
Sounds like how I tend to play D&D. Why tank when you can handle things quietly?
WD40 and some cotton batting do wonders for tank stealth…
Exactly. A good soldier knows when to fight, and when to slit throats.
If you’re gonna fuck with the scorpion, don’t complain when it stings.
“It’s gonna work out great, they said”
Well, the success of a cult leader has never required the survival of the cult minions (even true in real life, sadly…).
So for all we know, wholesome slaughter of the lesser members of the cult is part of the plan and yes, it’s working out great so far…
The catholic religion started out as a cult, as did most religions. Just saying.
Buddy, come on, was that really necessary? You can say ‘I’m just saying’ all you want, but dissing people’s faith (and such a specific one, since no one mentioned catholics) just aint cool, man.
As a Catholic: What’s your problem with the statement?
It’s not a Diss, it’s a fact. Look it up some time. Even Buddhism was a cult, once.
realy depends on wath you understand under cult you seem to go for the littl (unaccredited maybe) religous group insted of a group under a religious or otherwise “one truth worldview concept”(say alien based cults?) premise that institute a social dependence upon their members to achive money,further ones ego, to fullfill ones delusion
but the second one offcourse could be just the nowadays vibe ppl like to conect to the term so dunno
also my english is rather mehh in gremmer and stuff as its just a secondery thing so exuse me if it sounds some wath offbeat and weird and maybe some words are used inacurate o-o
also spelling is a mix of random kay smashing and wath i might fell its supposed to sound o-o
Okay. Lesson time, I guess. Here we go, cultus deorum. It means Cultivation Of The Gods (Or Divine). This is where the term cult comes from, and is how religion was originally referred to. This was eventually shortened, into the term cult, in 1617, and also shared in common the french Culte, which basically meant “Worship”. A cult is basically a religion that has a heavy focus on ritual, ceremony, and the specification of places of worship. Expanding further, cults are any religion that is not the accepted religion of the majority. In Roman Catholicism, Cultus is the devotion or worship given towards specific saints (Such as Saint Mary). In Eastern Orthodox, or Catholicism, These worships are separated into Latria, the veneration given to God, and Dulia, that given to Saints.
What does this mean? The short and dirty of it is this:
All religions start out as “cults” under new-age definitions, until they become a majority religion. When the Pantheon was worshiped, Catholicism was a cult. When Catholicism took hold, Christianity was a cult, under this term.
Under old definitions, every religion that has either a place of worship, or ascribes to specific rituals, is a cult. This means Judaism, Scientology, Catholicism, etc.
Fun fact here, Just going to add this in, it’s not particularly relevant to the topic at hand, but it’s slightly related, and is something that is commonly misunderstood. Satan is not Lucifer, but the Archangel Samael. Samael was “The adversary of man”, he was the Right Hand Man of Yahweh (God). Like a barrel tester, who must make sure the barrel can hold liquid and is not shoddy, it was his job to test man’s soul, to see if he was fit for Heaven, hoping that they would pass, but expecting them to fail. When the Heavenly Host rebelled, with Lucifer at the lead, Yahweh required a Warden to keep them trapped in Hell (Literally “The Bowels Of The Earth”). Samael volunteered at Yahweh’s beset, and willingly fell, becoming Satan. Now, how is this relevant? Well, most of this comes from very, very old versions of the bible, and Judaism… because Catholicism started out as a branch of Judaism.
Judaism also pretty much invented modern chemistry. They called it Alchemy, but it was pretty much chemistry.
Why do I know all this stuff? Simple. I used to be a hardcore Catholic when I was much, much younger. This led to me reading everything related to the bible, and everything related to Catholicism front to back, cover to cover, inside and outside of the lines. Which led to me studying Judaism, because it’s a lot like Americans studying the pilgrims and why they left England. At one point, I really had a dream to head to the Vatican and attempt to become clergy. Eventually, however, I decided that the religion wasn’t for me, after I had studied so much of it. This simply means that I have a very strong understanding of the religion, despite not practicing it. Eventually, I moved on to studying other religions as well, and I’m very happy with that decision, because it gives me a much better view of our world, and the people in it.
ALL of the internets.
You’ve won them.
Hyuk hyuk hukkk!
You know, with the sounds of battle going on all around, it is not unplausable that he could sneak here.
This looks like Camerone and the Themopylae combined … :-S