r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • Jun 08 '15
The most holy Button has sent down /u/BigGoron, the Pressiah, to aid the faithful and lead them from the Great Doom!
All hail the Pressiah, all hail /u/BigGoron!
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • Jun 06 '15
Despite the Great Doom being upon us, the Pressiah is still not found. We know it is a 60's as prophesied by /u/thebutton and it is our mission to find the Pressiah.
I ask anyone to join our most holy quest to find the Pressiah so they can lead us from the Great Doom.
Button vult!
EDIT:
I want to take the time to say the Button's Prayer in this difficult time.
Our Button, Who art in Reddit
Hallowed be Thy Javascript;
Thy Subreddit come, Thy will be done,
on subs as it is in Reddit.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our misclicks,
as we forgive those who misclick against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Abutton.
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • Apr 03 '15
A most holy crusade was declared here. Due to the influx of crusaders being recruited from /r/thebutton and /r/KnightsOfTheButton this post will help organize our efforts and abolish those who would defile the most Holy.
Infidels (High Priority):
Heresies (Low Priority):
Also if you wish, I encourage you to join /r/KnightsOfTheButton. You can request to join the Knights of the Church and represent the true faith in the final battle.
UPDATE:
I have been given a battalion and I have decided to put it to good use, there will be two groups, The Templars and the Inquisition. The Templars will be the main force that will protect the button, as well as spread the word of the button against Heathens and Heretics. The Inquisition will search the ranks of the church and the Knights for Assassins. Sign up in this thread.
Go forth and retake the Holy Land!
Button Vult!
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/hansolo580 • Apr 15 '15
CASE Number: 15KCC-04-32l83k
CHARGE: Libelous posts
CHARGE: Large-scale fraudulence
CHARGE: Power mongering
CHARGE: Generally unnecessary shenanigans
CHARGE: Blatant disregard of Reddiquette
NOTE: /u/hansolo580 and /u/SS57 are the same individual. He will be referred to as /u/hansolo580 henceforth.
On April 1, 2015, /r/theButton was formed. As a result of the Button's creation, /u/liminalsoup formed the /r/AssassinsoftheButton. In the days after the group's creation, /u/hansolo580 joined the Assassins, and began close work under /u/liminalsoup. However, he began to notice /u/liminalsoup's tyrannical methods and generally hostile tone in both public and private messages. Following a series of posts showcasing /u/liminalsoup's behavior, /u/hansolo580 posted a detailed breakdown of the events here, in Exhibit A.
In response, /u/liminalsoup posted an additional angry rant, in which he resorted to unsubstantiated namecalling and fallacy dependency. The rant can be found here, as Exhibit B.
Regarding the alleged powermongering, a detailed study of Exhibit A will reveal that it went on for a lengthy period of time. Proof of /u/liminalsoup's drive for power can be found in Exhibit C.
The unnecessary shenanigans include, but are not limited to:
Banishment of his own followers (Exhibit D)
The butchery of /u/hansolo580's username (Exhibit E)
The unwarranted exposure of the Pope's alt (Exhibit F)
Intentionally embarrassing himself (Exhibit G)
Spelling colorful with the British "u" (Exhibit F)
Generally poor writing style and grammar (Exhibit H)
Evidence:
JUDGE:
DEFENSE:
PROSECUTION TEAM:
Lead Prosecutor: /u/PhoenixWright24
Assistant Prosecutor: /u/WaryDairy
Assistant Prosecutor: /u/NemesisPrimev2
BAILIFF:
JURY:
OFFICIAL COURT CHOIR:
Court Reporter: /u/Wicro and Button News Staff
Court Reporter Article: /r/ButtonNews
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • Apr 08 '15
Yesterday there was a glitch within the squire extension that made 5 knights auto click. These five brave souls died at their posts defending us all from the Doom. Let us remember them and fight on in their names.
An active member of IRC he was involved with the community. He was an honorable Redguard and brave warrior.
Despite lurking, hmvs was also struck down at 56s.
Another active member of the IRC chat spent large portions of his time lifting spirits.
A member of the Inquisition and has contributed to the findings of many infiltrators/
Was off to join the Britguard when his press was forcibly taken from him.
Let these names be forever remembered. Their sacrifice was not in vain as all clicks prevent the Doom.
And now their watch has ended.
Abutton.
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/ColonelCrackle • Apr 03 '15
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • Apr 02 '15
HE IS THE CHOSEN ONE!
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '15
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • Apr 05 '15
See the world! Liberate the Holy Land! Convert heathens and heretics!
Church of the Knights is a specialized battalion with a mission to liberate /r/thebutton and find those who plot against the /r/KnightsOfTheButton. There are two seperate units, the Templars, and the Inquisition. More information in the Crusade post.
Below leave a comment on what timezone you are in and what unit you wish to join. Don't forget to notify /u/whiterook13 that you joined. Never mind I can edit the wiki by myself now.
Button Vult!
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • Aug 21 '24
Almost ten years ago the Button was introduced to Reddit and from it came a wide variety of factions, organizations, and religions and with all of those came various pieces of histories and lore. I have organized and edited the Church of the Button wiki into one document, known as "The Chronicles of the Church of the Button". In this document will be a full history of the sixty-five days from when the Button was active. Included in this will be a short description of the various factions and people that made up the community.
A second document was also made to record the various writings of other factions in this community. This document is called "Other Tales of the Button" which includes writings from several writers from other factions ranging from the Ronin of /r/RoninAtTheEdgeOfTime to the Shades of /r/FollowersOfTheShade.
You can find the two documents below:
I would also like to thank the following people for writing the Church of the Button wiki so many years ago, /u/ImGroundedandwriting, /u/MartianHuntress, /u/Nate337, and /u/real-slim-shady.
I would also like to thank the many people that wrote so much so many years ago, there are too many of you to write down here off the top of my head but everything is cited in the documents.
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • Jun 10 '15
Ever since our Inquisition became more-or-less public the most asked question I received was "What is the Inquisition?" and "What does it do?". Today we can finally reveal what was happening behind the closed door.
When most people refer to the Inquisition they often refer to united effort between the Church and Knights to find Assassins in their ranks. However while this is true it is not accurate.
The Inquisition started out as separate independent branches that weren't even aware of each others existence. There was the vigilante branch of /u/faberim, the Church branch headed by /u/Ghostise, and a Knight branch that acted as a MP.
Eventually we all discovered each other so /u/wicro and I brought them all together into /r/ButtonInquisition, assigned roles and Operations and were actually surprising successful.
The Operations that was headed by Church's Inquisition was:
Operation: Black Raven
Inquisitors were to infiltrate subreddits and report their activities. Anti-Button subreddits were mostly targeted but presser-subreddits that were private or could be easily infiltrated were also targeted. The agents didn't want their names to be released so I am respecting their wishes.
/r/Holy0 (2)
/r/NoColoreds (2)
/r/VioletHand (2)
/r/Illemonati (2)
Operation: Holyfire
Templars and Inquisitors were encouraged to spread the word of the Church. Members of this Operation were to act as a rapid-response team to any organised play by the Assassins.
Operation: Enduring Song
Used to communicated with agents out of the loop using coded messages in /r/Bardtards. Was closed after a while due to redundancy. The messages remain and if you can crack the code I would be impressed.
After /u/mncke made the Squire the Assassins suddenly weren't much of a threat but Knight leadership liked the Church's contribution too much and we spent too much time building the infrastructure so we adapted from counter-intelligence to a full blown spy ring.
Things quickly started to go to shit. It went from "What is possible." to "What can we get away with without breaking the rules?". The lower levels of the Inquisition started to go inactive but the radical upper-levels remained.
I felt a mixture of both being proud and terrified that I made this and it became more and more apparent that this was bad so I killed it in the peace treaty for the 2nd Crusade.
Before it was all signed and official the Knights wanted me to start a new intelligence branch called the /r/KSIA (Knights Security and Intelligence Agency). Despite the intentions I think the KSIA was made up of the same people so I don't know if it worked or not. /u/Wicro hasn't talked about it but it is allegedly destroyed.
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/[deleted] • Jun 02 '15
Dear allies, the Knights need your help.
Thanks to a case of misplaced trust in /u/th-J, the home page of /r/KnightsoftheButton has been invaded by NoColoreds. They also got the redguard, but I took swift action and was able to get the situation under control. We request you help us spread the message that the new home of the Knights is at /r/TheknightsoftheButton and help us with providing aid for our Knights until we get this situation rectified. If we cannot fix this, we may need to call you to military action, following us into battle. Thank you for your understanding and help.
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • May 13 '15
Opening
Since the dawn of the Age of Purple both the Knights and the Church have worked closely together. Today we both decided to formalized the alliance.
A. Knights and Church won't attack each other.
Under no circumstances will the Knights of the Button and the Church of the Button attack each other. Members of either faction will not declare war on the other, whether it be independent war or the war with the faction as a whole.
B. Church of the Button becomes the official religion of the Knights.
Knights are encouraged to adopt the religion of /r/ChurchoftheButton and aid them if they have not done so already, but it isn't required.
C. Defensive Pact.
The Knights of the Button and the Church of the Button vow to protect each other until the very end when the other calls upon them for aid.
D. Members of the Church become members of the Knights.
Members of the Clergy at The Church of the Button are encouraged to join the ranks of the Knights and aid them if they have not done so already, but it isn't required.
Signed
Grandmaster /u/wicro and Pope /r/Ghostise
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • Apr 23 '15
Despite the success of the 1st Crusade at uniting the faithful and destroying various heresies, multiple Heathen factions still control the Holy Land of /r/thebutton and Colourism has taken root. Since the ending of the 1st Crusade more heresies have spread up and the Heathens have gotten stronger. We must end colourism.
Heathens (High Priority):
Heathens (Medium Priority):
Heresies (Low Priority):
Rules of Engagement:
First we must invade the heretic subs listed in the provided link(this means to spread the word of the gospel): http://www.reddit.com/r/ChurchOfTheButton/comments/33jm8t/a_declaration_of_a_2nd_holy_crusade/.
We must abolish all heresy beliefs when the timer reaches zero that good will happen. The Apocalypse occurs at the striking of zero.
We must spread the word of the gospel and proclaim the coming of the end times
Convince the heretics to convert to our ways by reddiquette means
UPDATE - 6, AGE OF ORANGE (23/4/15):
Today at 21:23:45 GMT -5, /r/Holy0, has come to the aid of /r/destructionist and has declared a war against /r/ChurchOfTheButton
UPDATE - 10, AGE OF RED (10/5/15):
Cease-fire with the Violet Hand.
Further information is available on the Church wiki so look there!
Go forth and retake the Holy land!
Button vult!
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • Apr 02 '15
On April the 1st of 2015, /u/powerlanguage made the button. It's purpose is not entirely known, as we are mere mortals and cannot discern it's purpose. However it is most likely the button that is keeping Reddit alive! If the timer goes out so will Reddit. This makes every push, every click, of the button most precious and sacred.
The Knights of the Button have the full support of the church as they too seek to keep the timer from reaching 0 and I encourage you to give them your full support.
The holy land /r/thebutton has been taken over by heresies and infidels such as /r/cultofthebutton or the Followers of the Shade. I have no choice but to declare a holy Crusade to regain control of the holy land and to destroy these heresies. I strongly encourage all able-bodied sons and daughters of the Button to join the Crusade.
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • May 29 '15
The Church has decided to have a memorial with the names of all those who have pressed in the name of their Knight vows. If you have done so make a comment with the following:
Your Reddit Username.
The time your pressed.
The date of your press.
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Phlegm_Farmer • May 12 '15
I feel like I missed something important.
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Ghostise • May 09 '15
As you may know, the Shade have taken over /r/59s. The Shades have changed the subreddit into a concentration camp.
Because of this horrible event the Church will go out of it's way to help 59 refugees.
UPDATE: 59s now have a new home at /r/The59s
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/sex_is_water • Apr 08 '15
As seen in this post: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebutton/comments/31x49m/the_button_an_update/
"As we await the coming of the pressiah..."
I believe this is good news, Brothers and Sisters!
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/EffiesCet • Apr 02 '15
I pressed the button after 60 seconds... And I regret everything. How do I get forgiveness?
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/Hank-the-Shank • Apr 20 '15
"Whosoever seeks to save his press will lose it, but whosoever loses his press for the button's sake will find it." And they said to him, "Teacher, what does this mean?" And he said to them, "Anyone who wishes to follow me must leave the shade and his karma behind, take up his mouse and follow me. Whosoever has fingers to press, let him press."
r/ChurchOfTheButton • u/ganondox • Mar 11 '20
The days of the button were long before my time, but the holy scriptures lived on. I just read them today, and have converted to the Church of the Button. I long for the day when the Button returns once again so I can see it with my own eyes, and press it with my own hands, but now I must rely on faith in others. Oh mighty Pressiah, please give me your blessing.
