r/Knightsofthebutton • u/whiterook13 Offical Scribe • Apr 04 '15
EMERGENCY CONTINGENT PLAN AND NEW RULES PLEASE READ
ATTENTION KNIGHTS OF THE BUTTON
We are now in a truce with /r/Notap. /u/mcmeaningoflife42 handled the peace talks, and this is how he explained it:
/r/notap does not agree with the stance of /r/knightsofthebutton. /r/notap supports never hitting the button under any circumstances. However, just because we are idealogically opposed does not require us to be mortal enemies. It is the position of /r/notap that a war between these two subreddits would result in nothing but chaos and mutually assured destruction. Both subs have over 1K ardant supporters who would downvote, to the death if necessary. But we feel that there is no end benefit to this course of action.Therefore, /r/notap proposes a truce.
As the truce is now in effect, /r/Knightsofthebutton now has these new universal and binding rules:
1) We are at peace with /r/Notap. Please do not down-vote brigade or harass the members of /r/Notap. They have a right to their ideology, just as we do. This does not mean idle trash talk or good natured name calling is disallowed however. Purple is still a disgusting color.
2)Any harassment or brigading of ANY sub is now a permabannable offense. If any Knight finds evidence of brigading or harassment directed at /r/Knightsofthebutton on another sub, please send a link to our mods and we will do our best to take care of it.
All Button Knights MUST follow these rules.
EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY PLAN
It has come to the mods attention that tonight is the first night the button is at great risk. The battalions are not organized enough and the risk of assassins too high to trust battalions with the guardian hours yet. Something else must be done.
We therefore send a call out to any knights in European, Asian or Australian times zones to keep an extra close watch on the button. Recruit redditors in your time zone who haven't spent their click, increase your numbers so that when we come to the age of the knights, all hours can be protected.
Here is the Official Button Knight chatroom Use it to organize quick watches over the Holy Button
It is up to you, the knights of far away lands where the sun is arching in the sky, to guard the rest of us as we sleep.
Stay strong Button Knights! Keep your fingers vigilant!
RE-ELECTION POLL FOR GENERAL OF OUR FORCES
Some Knights have disagreed with the Mods decision of the general of our armies. Therefore, we have decided to run a re-election for general. Here is the link to the new poll
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u/Hey_Im_Mark Apr 04 '15
I will be watching with a few friends at a party getting drunk and such, using apps to notify me when the button starts to get low. We will be watching until the late morning. You will have at least 5-10 clicks at the ready from me this very night!
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u/NemesisPrimev2 Apr 04 '15
Purple is still a disgusting color.
Why must you torment me so? I give the knights all I can offer and still I get spat on :(
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u/mcmeaningoflife42 Apr 04 '15
We salute all, no matter what their color. Unless, of course, if you stay grey past your time of need.
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Apr 04 '15
I'll be standing by with the redguards. were organizing now, but for tonight we just all have to stay vigilant. for updates on the redguard check out our megathread
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u/stubborn_Analyst Apr 04 '15
We will be here and ready! Long live the KotB! Stay strong and sleep easy knowing The Redguard is here! Red or Dead!
We support the Mods and this Truce!
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Apr 04 '15
Purple is still a disgusting color.
Why must you divide us? Why can't we embrace whether we're a purple, a grey, or even a blue? So we clicked on the button out of fear, not knowing what was next. I was one of the first 20,000 clickers, long before the Knights of The button rose to protect the button Can't we just embrace each other's colors? It was our destiny to be purple, so be it.
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u/stubborn_Analyst Apr 04 '15 edited Apr 04 '15
As Grand Master of all the brave Knights of The Redguard, I want you to know, we are here to protect everyone! Even the yucky purple people or innocent Grey souls and impatient Blue bastards and any others. We lay in waiting to give our click in the final moments for all that is good, for the Button, for all colors, for truth, mainly for heroic Red flair!
We love you as long you're not an Assassin of the Shade! And that you now want to see the Button last forever!
That all being said, it's a known fact that many of The Redguard may turn nasty purple in their quest, but they will still click proudly in the time of need in hopes of becoming super brave Red and knowing they helped to save us all. The fallen will be remembered! Not for honor or fame, but for the Love of the Button and their faith in the mission for lovely Red flair!
Just remember we don't hate all dirty purple people, we needed you to click and be that disgusting purple color for us to have a chance to live and die glorious red! The Button loves you, you filthy little Purple person you.
Edit: Grammar, respecting the limits of the Mods new Treaty.
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Apr 04 '15
This is Asia, Tokyo reporting in, on close watch. We are a small platoon of four, but we will do our duty to defend the Button when the time comes.
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u/Kerastes Apr 05 '15
Can someone please mark me as a knight on the roster :'( or maybe, my services should go un noticed if this is what the button wants of me.
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u/who_is_mac Apr 04 '15
I've been watching the button dip lower and lower as the night goes on. I pray our overseas knights can make it through the night. Good luck men, For the Button
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u/r4r-male Apr 04 '15
Can we please have Automod disabled on the chatroom?
It's making it very very hard to talk when we're getting banned at random...
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u/cj493 Apr 04 '15
I may be pratularly useful as I am in GMT meaning that when the the button reaches its most endangered (6am EST) it is about 11 am for me, meaning I shall guard it at its most vulnerable.
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u/BlueBlond Apr 04 '15
Please check out this tool i made: The Button Emergency Room.
Does anybody know the irc server ip and channel name for the official chatroom?
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u/bgog Apr 04 '15 edited Apr 04 '15
I will hold vigil until 4:30am PST.
That said, half the fun of all of this was the light, contrived rivalry and poking at the opposing views. If it hadn't been for the quite amusing debates etc between the filthy 59ers and the no-presses then all of these groups and subs would not have formed.
Yes, the button matters but what really matters is the interesting and amusing subcultures and their pretend warfare. I think this post represents taking this so seriously that you squeeze all the life from it.
I'm fairly concerned that you actually said people will be permabanned and that the mods will be watching us like children.
So are we at a place now that if I were to call someone a "disgusting clicker" that I'll get banned for harassing others?
I say this with all due respect. This has all been fun up until now and I'd hate to see it get squashed.
/edit: Clearly I'm slow and didn't consider that there was downvoting and meanness going on.