Curse

Hiawatha · Aug 19, 2005, 02:47 AM // 02:47

Shalom =) Refugee here! I was a GW addict right up until the release date, and, until today, the only GW forum I'd really been active on was tGH. I've been out of the loop for several months now, but I find myself itching to play again, and so I've decided to give things another try. A re-invention if you will, which is also why I'm here and not on tGH, which appears to have gone a tad bit sour over the months.

Loving the clean look and the friendly atmosphere, I must say!

Anyway, the purpose of this thread isn't to introduce myself but to spam you with a little story which I find very appropriate given the tragic obsession with spirit-spamming builds, and, indeed, all the other tragic transgressions that may have taken place since release. That is, of course, why I'm posting it here instead of the OT forum!

Rangers, take note.

Quote:

One day Solomon decided to humble Benaiah ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister. He said to him, "Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. I wish to wear it for Sukkot which gives you six months to find it."

"If it exists anywhere on earth, your majesty," replied Benaiah, "I will find it and bring it to you, but what makes the ring so special?"

"It has magic powers," answered the king. "If a happy man looks at it, he becomes sad, and if a sad man looks at it, he becomes happy." Solomon knew that no such ring existed in the world, but he wished to give his minister a little taste of humility.

Spring passed and then summer, and still Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring. On the night before Sukkot, he decided to take a walk in one of he poorest quarters of Jerusalem. He passed by a merchant who had begun to set out the day's wares on a shabby carpet. "Have you by any chance heard of a magic ring that makes the happy wearer forget his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?" asked Benaiah.

He watched the grandfather take a plain gold ring from his carpet and engrave something on it. When Benaiah read the words on the ring, his face broke out in a wide smile.

That night the entire city welcomed in the holiday of Sukkot with great festivity. "Well, my friend," said Solomon, "have you found what I sent you after?" All the ministers laughed and Solomon himself smiled.

To everyone's surprise, Benaiah held up a small gold ring and declared, "Here it is, your majesty!" As soon as Solomon read the inscription, the smile vanished from his face. The jeweler had written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: gimel, zayin, yud, which began the words "Gam zeh ya'avor" -- "This too shall pass."

At that moment Solomon realized that all his wisdom and fabulous wealth and tremendous power were but fleeting things, for one day he would be nothing but dust.

Hope this hasn't fried your cheese-detectors completely. And I hope you can excuse some cheese in the first post

And with that, I'm off!

Peace.

-- P

Serpreme · Aug 19, 2005, 03:20 AM // 03:20

... Shalom back at ya!

spiritofcat · Aug 19, 2005, 06:50 AM // 06:50

Wow, nice story!
Welcome to the forum! I hope you enjoy your stay here.

Hiawatha · Aug 19, 2005, 01:58 PM // 13:58

Oh I intend to! Had a bit of a shock when I tried replying to a thread only to find it's been deleted, though.

Everyone needs to just chill out

What I've seen of GW forums so far is that the site admins and mods are all extremely dedicated, and, because of the nature of the community (the members of which are after all only tied together by one or two common interests), forced to be quite controlling. That said, because these sites are like their children, they can be a little too controlling and protective. With time, they'll learn to chill out too

I'm surprised a clear cool critical mind like Scaphism's managed to confuse critical thinking with making value-judgements, however. But hey maybe he was just having a bad day.

Tah!

-- P

That was the reply, I'm not gonna write something out and not post it

What's a newcomer have to know about the community spirit, here? Not the forum rules, but the unwritten guidelines so to speak.

salja Wachi · Aug 19, 2005, 03:37 PM // 15:37

shalom lecha chaver. ata yisraeli??

MSecorsky · Aug 19, 2005, 03:43 PM // 15:43

Words of wisdom. Very cool.

Welcome to the fold.

Hiawatha · Aug 19, 2005, 03:49 PM // 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by salja Wachi

shalom lecha chaver. ata yisraeli??

Bengal operating from Sweden. I just think "shalom" sounds nicer than "salaam" =)

Baaah to you, amigos! Who's our shepherd?

salja Wachi · Aug 19, 2005, 03:50 PM // 15:50

ahhh very nice

glad to have you here. i hope your gaming experience is better than the first time around