It began with the forging of the Great Threads. Three were given to the Developers; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Moderators, great miners and craftsmen of the forum halls. And nine, nine threads were gifted to the race of Posters, who above all else desire power. For within these threads was bound the strength and the will to govern over each forum.
But they were all of them deceived, for a new thread was made. In the land of Xbox, in the fires of the Red Rings, the Dark Lord MO MOSS forged in secret, a master thread, to control all others. And into this thread he poured all his wisdom, his insight and his will to dominate all forums. One thread to rule them all. One by one, the free peoples of Xbox Forums fell to the power of the Thread. But there were some who resisted.
A last alliance of Posters and Moderators marched against the armies of MOSS, and on the very slopes of Red Rings, they fought for the freedom of the GamerParents thread. Victory was near, but the power of the thread could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Ethanjude, son of the king, took up his father's sword. And MO MOSS, enemy of the free threads of Xbox forums, was defeated.
The Thread passed to Ethanjude, who had this one chance to destroy off-topic spam forever, but the hearts of men are easily corrupted. And the thread of power has a will of its own. It betrayed Ethanjude, to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand Posts, the thread passed out of all knowledge.
Until, when chance came, the thread ensnared another bearer. The thread came to the creature JD BUCK, who took it deep into the tunnels under the Gamerscore Mountains, and there it consumed him. The thread gave to JD BUCK unnaturally high completion percentage. For five hundred Posts it poisoned his mind; and in the gloom of JD BUCK's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless achievement, and the Thread of Power perceived. Its time had now come. It abandoned JD BUCK. But then something happened that the Thread did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable. An iconless hobbit, Nien Numb, of the Forum. For the time will soon come when hobbits will shape the fortunes of all...
The veiling shadow that glowers in the East takes shape. MO MOSS will suffer no rival. From the summit of Xbox.com his eye watches ceaselessly. But he is not so mighty yet that he is above fear. Doubt ever gnaws at him. The rumor has reached him. The heir of Major Nelson still lives. He fears what he may become. And so he will strike hard and fast at the world of Posters.
War is coming. the GamerParents must defend themselves, and therein lies our first challenge, for the last thread is weak and ready to fall. The OP's mind is enslaved; it's an old device of MOSS's. But, for all their cunning, we have one advantage. The Thread remains hidden. And that we should seek to destroy it has not yet entered their darkest dreams. And so the weapon of the Enemy is moving towards an Icon in the hands of a hobbit Ambassador. Each day brings it closer to the fires of Red Rings. We must trust now in Xenocidic. Everything depends now upon speed and upon the secrecy of his quest. Do not regret your decision to leave him. Xenocidic must finish this task alone.
One Thread to rule them all,
One Thread to find them,
One Thread to bring them all
and in the greenness bind them.
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GamerParents 5.0 - Game on! =) I'm humbled to take us boldly towards our 1000th page, our 30,000th post. And, contrary to popular expectation, I didn't mention my blog,
http://xenocidic.com , at all in this post!
oops. I'd like to extend a warm welcome to all the new gamer parents that will be joining us this year, in this, the 5th incarnation of the Fellowthreadship of the GamerDads & GamerMoms. I hope you'll find as much support for your new parenthood quest as I did, and still do.
confessions of an xbox 360 gamerdadThis post is provided "as-is" and confers no rights.
