Philosophy of the Frog

[LunarEffect]

Dont know if I can post this here, but yeah, the frog is great ^^

http://people.freenet.de/greg_p1/thefrog.jpg

[SDV Rider]

My understanding is you aren't supposed to post screenshots of character names unless they are your own.

[Xitoahc]

I think that may be his. o.o

Philosophy of the frog huh? Wonder if a religion can be made from it. Frogism :O

[LunarEffect]

Yes, thats my ign:laugh:

[DBZVelena]

I think that may be his. o.o

Philosophy of the frog huh? Wonder if a religion can be made from it. Frogism :O

All hail "The Frog"!

*bows before the frog*

Ow great Frog of Frogs, tell us your wisdom today!

XD

[Karuro]

I'm surprised I haven't seen any Frog-cults in-game.
Or don't they show up in public? *shady look*

[Auntie I]

THE FOLLOWING IS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL POST.

The 10 Frog Commandments
As originally posted by the Frogs Prophet Copperthorn at GW Online.

And it came to pass that the Pick-Up Group found itself Wandering in the Desert, which is indeed the Traditional Venue in which to Wander. And in the Fullness of Time, they did come across the Ancient Weapon, and did spend some time Puzzling over its Nature and Application, a mystery which indeed no Mortal has Solved to this day.

And out of the Great Flame which issued from the Ancient Weapon, there sprang the Green Image of the Holy Frog of Tyria. And it did Address the Party in a Voice, or at least a Croak, like Thunder.

(The Mesmer, whose mind ran along more Intellectual Lines than the others, was heard to mutter something about what a Frog was doing in the Desert. But nobody paid him any Attention, for this was Nitpicking.)

And the Holy Frog did speak thus: "Hie thee to the Mesa on the Far Side of the Arid Sea, for there shall be found the Tablets of Stone bearing My Commandments to My People." And the Party, knowing which side of their Bread was Buttered, did hasten to Obey.

It must be recorded that along the Way, the Party sighted a Cohort of Mobs, and the Warrior did Aggro them, and verily, did get Pwned. And the rest of the Party did Shrug and make no Comment, for this was Par for the Course. The Necromancer did summon a pair of Bone Minions from the remains of the Warrior, and the Party was much Cheered, for not only was it Larger than it had started out, but also more Intelligent.

And in the Fullness of Time, the Party did climb the Mesa and traverse the Fallen Statue (not without the occasional Complaint of, "But I've already done the 15 point quest!"), and did find ten Tablets of Stone where formerly there had been only two Piles of Wreckage and a Snake Dude. And they took up their Duty of Transporting the Tablets to Civilisation. Except for the Elementalist, who was heard to say, "Carry those great heavy lumps of rock? Totally bogus, dudes, I'll break my nails!" And the Holy Frog did Strike her with Lightning, which she was not Expecting, being a Lazy Type who had been Run to Droknar's and thus missed out on unlocking that Skill.

And the remaining members of the Party were once again Cheered, for there were now two more Bone Minions to help with the Heavy Lifting.

But moving ten Lumps of Rock from A to B is still a great deal of Work, and the time came when some of the other Party members began to mutter to the Holy Frog about Breaks and Cold Beers.

And the Holy Frog said, "Just Keep Taking The Tablets."

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1. I am the Lord thy Frog, and thou shalt have no other Amphibians before Me.

2. Thou shalt remember that all Professions are of equal Merit in My Sight, and of equal Effectiveness when properly Played, both against other Human Beings and against the Computer Generated Hazards of the World of Tyria. Thou shalt not be heard to say, "Class X is useless, don't invite any of them," nor indeed be heard to say, "We need another Class Y, we only have three of them so far," for this Sort of Thing merely indicates to thy Fellow Players that it is Thyself who is likely to be the Weakest Link.

3. Thou shalt remember that the Game is a Game of Teamwork, and shall place the Good of the Team above the Selfish Ends of the Individual at all times, lest thou get Smitten by the Wrath of the Gods, or failing that, by the Skills of the Better Organised Team on the Other Side of the Arena.

4. Thou shalt not Criticise the way thy Neighbour plays the Game, if it does no Harm to the Enjoyment of Others. For verily, it is one of the Great Strengths of the Game that there are many ways to Enjoy it, and none of them is the One True Way. The Holy Frog, having tried many times to Cross the Road in the Antediluvian Days of Video Games, hath conceived an Intense Dislike of One Way Streets.

5. Thou shalt not Aggro unnecessarily, for this does not only Royally Peeve thy Teammates, but in all likelihood also Severely Endangers thy chances of Completing thy Mission.

6. Thou shalt not draw Images of a Dubious Nature upon thy Radar, for nothing convinces thy Teammates more quickly that thee is a Terminal Noob.

7. Thou shalt not Spam outside the Trade Channel. Thou shalt be Very Careful about Spamming inside it too, if thou knowest what is Good for thee.

8. Thou shalt not Covet thy neighbour's Drops, for verily, the Devs have ordained that the Drops droppeth equally for All, and All Things shall come to those who Wait. And besides, Arguing with a Random Number Generator maketh thou look like a Twerp.

9. Thou shalt not Call for the Nerfing of every new Build that someone comes up with, for verily, Inventing new Ways to use the old Skills is indeed the very Spirit of the Game. When thou has Trouble coming up with a Counter to the latest Uber Build, thou shalt Remember that all Builds that have seemed Uber in the Past have fallen, and in the words of the Ancient Prophet, This Too Shall Pass.

10. Thou shalt not engage in Second Guessing and Uninformed Prophesying concerning the Dates and Contents of Future Upgrades, for verily, the Holy Frog is not only the Authorised Representative of the Creators of the World of Tyria, but is also an Animal possessed of Mysterious Natural Wisdom and All That Crap, and knows Perfectly Well when Summer begins and ends, Thank You Very Much.




(Disclaimer: The preceding is a work of fiction. No actual frogs were involved in the creation of this post.)

[Xitoahc]

...I'm not even sure what to say about that :laughing:, but omg...Guild Wars Bible xD

[Mr De Mento]

amennn revrend.... halijuaha

[Salome]

ROFL!!!!!!!!

All praise the holy frog for he is most wise!!!!

*kneels*

[Asgar]

Brilliant, Auntie I! rofl, etc.
Thank you for posting this!

[shadowhand]

That was marvelous, Auntie I, I love it. :)

[Seyfert]

i could be wrong but i smell a frogism guild coming soon...

[Micharus Emrys]

Very clever :)

The Frog would be impressed, I think.

[Darakus]

I'm surprised I haven't seen any Frog-cults in-game.
Or don't they show up in public? *shady look*

No frog cults ? Our guild frogs have been named and are worshipped as revered members thank you :grin:

[the grieving terror]

Auntie I, that well and truly made me roflmao... to use such an abbreviation.

Thank you for brightening my morning :grin:

[drpnif]

All Hail to the Frog.. Auntie, you made my day

[Zamyle]

favorite line :Animal possessed of Mysterious Natural Wisdom and All That Crap

This bible should be a sticky somewhere. It makes you laugh and you learn something, its like an after school special.

[DBZVelena]

i could be wrong but i smell a frog-ism guild coming soon...

That is a very good idea.
And we could use those Frog-ten commandments as a play guideline.

There is already the [boat] crew who worships the virtual stones Gaile walks on.

So how about a [frog] guild...
we could name it "Followers of The Frog" or something like that.
Of course potential members would have to be reviewed to see if they indeed follow those commandments...
:grin:

Question though,
who wants to be our priest of Frog-ism (Leader of the guild/creator)

And who would actually really want to join...

I would, the guild i'm currently in sucks monkeyballs.

Anybody else think this is a good idea?

[Xeronage]

When Factions get released.. Ill make a Followers of the Frog clan ;)

[CrispyCritter]

Very nice!

One of my pet ideas is to have a "stockade" town: a place an Anet rep could send misbehaving players for 15 minutes because of anti-social behavior (swearing, noob talking, etc). I envision it having a number of NPC's with amusing behavior guidelines. This would be perfect!

[Auntie I]

Just to be completely clear...I didn't write the Commandments another GWonline member did.
Check it out here http://forums.gwonline.net/showthread.php?t=366731&highlight=commandments

I am glad you all enjoyed it though. I know I did and that's why I had a copy on hand when this thread showed up.

[DBZVelena]

When Factions get released.. Ill make a Followers of the Frog clan ;)
I would be interested in joining...
Mostly since the guild i'm in doesn't do **** in keeping it active.
Anybody else wanting to join such a guild?

[LunarEffect]

lol, dont tell me I'm the first to have asked the frog a philosophical question XD

yeah, sounds like a good idea with the guild, I cant join though, cos I love the one I'm in to bits.

[Seyfert]

if anyone seriously makes that guild... msg me ill join in a second, IGN: Heimdall Atreus

[DBZVelena]

lol, dont tell me I'm the first to have asked the frog a philosophical question XD

yeah, sounds like a good idea with the guild, I cant join though, cos I love the one I'm in to bits.

there is always the potential for an alliance...

[LunarEffect]

there is always the potential for an alliance...

yes, I'd definitely join in that ^___^

[DBZVelena]

I've thought this guild thing over and this are my conclusions:

We need a long list of things to make the Guild work and active.
A list of things and my thoughts.

Cape: we should either wait for the new guild logo's and hope it has a frog in those, or a cape with plant life as logo.

Guildhall: there should be a vote on which hall to take, and it should have a frog and water in it.

team speak: If somebody knows how to get it for the guild it would be nice, but no reqirment.

type of guild: a Guild that is in essence pasifist, just like "The Frog". This means a guild with no intrest for competative GvG. PvP-ers would not be excluded but, focus would be on Roleplay mostly.
It would also mean the Guild would not chose a side in factions, staying neuteral. Same would be for the Alliance. Individuals of course could still chose a side, but the guild would not. (we have to stay in theme after all)

Website: We would need a nice website, with those 10 commandments ofcourse... (pm-ing him to ask if we can use it, its his work after all.)

Forum: Eh.. the lot of us already hang out in this forum, don't we? But our own forum would be nice.

Recruiting: Potential new members should before joining, first read those 10 commandments. If they can't agree with those, and follow those, they would not be good members for the guild.

Anybody else have any thoughts on this subject?

[Mr Blue Sky]

I'de join. post somthing when/if you make it.

[Kitty Go Rawr]

LOL Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's drops. I loved that one! XD

I'm interested in joining~ when would u make the guild?

[Seyfert]

i have a website we can use that i pickyback off one of my dad's domain but on the plus side... tons of storage

[DBZVelena]

i have a website we can use that i pickyback off one of my dad's domain but on the plus side... tons of storage
Are you good at building websites then?
And what is the domain name?

[Seyfert]

uh im decent im not much of an artist so it might be better if u simply showed me what u wanted it to look like but as for coding... well that's my cup of tea as for the domain not confirmed which one yet im working on it, ill post it here later, also is this somethign i would need to get the admin's permission to host?

[DBZVelena]

duno, i don't know the set up ya got.
as for grafix, i can do some ok stuff but i'm no Rembrandt or VanGogh.
If there's anybody here that can do virtual magic with pix, that be awesome.

[DBZVelena]

Is anybody even still interested in this or did it die before it was born?

[Noldor Numbwit]

Frog Links

Frog Events/Festivals/Clubs & Organizations/Collectors' Museums
http://www.frogstore.com/frogfest.htm


Toodles,

Noldor Numbwit
Frog Worshipper

[DBZVelena]

Frog Links

Frog Events/Festivals/Clubs & Organizations/Collectors' Museums
http://www.frogstore.com/frogfest.htm


Toodles,

Noldor Numbwit
Frog Worshipper

that website is totally off topic.
we're not worshiping just any frog, but THE Frog!

[Oliver Seal]

Is anybody even still interested in this or did it die before it was born?

I'm still interested, but there's a catch. I'm rather devoted to my current guild. And since the Order of The Frog would probably be the optimist neutral that its idol maintains, an alliance with my guild may not be exactly feasible.

On another note, I am a designer. If the guild members could be patient, I could try to build the site in my free time. (http://www.shoelessperiod.com)

Also, check out www.freehostia.com. Free hosting with subdomains. You could have otf.freehostia.com (otf = Order of The Frog). It allows SQL databases, php, and plenty of nice features you don't normally get for free. I'm running phpBB2 on a site there with no problems.

Just some thoughts.