Crawlprayer

[Zicher]

Our RNGod, who art in Code,
Hallowed be Thy maps,
Thy artifacts come,
Thy dice be rolled in Vaults,
As they art in Shoals.
Give us this day our Poison Arrow,
And forgive us our YASDs,
As we forgive our developers,
And lead us not into the Abyss,
But deliver us from Sigmund,
For thine is the Roguelike,
the Orb and the Victory,
now and forever.

(Heavily inspired by Doomprayer from DoomRL here

[Grimm]

Nice.

"Art" in the fifth line should be "are". "Art" is the second person singular.

thou art
they are

[Confidence Interval]

"Art" in the fifth line should be "are". "Art" is the second person singular.

Sir, your talents and knowledge are wasted here.

Alternatively:
Sir, I can think of no better use for your talents than correcting grammatical errors in earlier forms of English on the DCSS message board.

[Grimm]

If I had a job I'm sure that that and not a forum for an obscure computer game would be filling my days.

[Confidence Interval]

"obscure but brilliant", surely?

I wish you luck in your search for better remunerated, though perhaps ultimately less worthy, employment.

[Bim]

hahaha awesome Zicher!

I don't think of myself a religious man, but that prayer was being shouted to the high heavens earlier today trying to avoid 2 elf annihilators.

Also, in terms of correcting 'olde' English, are we going to start correcting Shakespeare as he had no consistent spelling?

[Confidence Interval]

Also, in terms of correcting 'olde' English, are we going to start correcting Shakespeare as he had no consistent spelling?

Yes. I think I can say, with some confidence, that we occupy the cultural high ground here.

[Zicher]

Nice.

"Art" in the fifth line should be "are". "Art" is the second person singular.

thou art
they are

Yep, you're right. Live and learn .

[Grimm]

"obscure but brilliant", surely?

That's understood.

I wish you luck in your search for better remunerated, though perhaps ultimately less worthy, employment.

I'm not actually looking. I don't like having jobs.

[Confidence Interval]

I'm not actually looking. I don't like having jobs.

Can't blame you there. I'd have a lot more time for Crawl if I didn't have to turn up in an office most days, working stiff that I am.

[Grimm]

The trick is to reduce expenses, rent being the foremost.

[Confidence Interval]

The trick is to reduce expenses, rent being the foremost.

It's my big fat mortgage that's the problem. That and the need to buy clothes and food and things for my kids. No wonder I suck at DCSS.

[Grimm]

Priorities, man, where are your priorities???

[Confidence Interval]

Priorities, man, where are your priorities???

I know, right? WHAT WAS I THINKING?!

[Zicher]

This got a bit off-topic. Quite a large bit.

[Confidence Interval]

This got a bit off-topic. Quite a large bit.

Not at all. Your prayer focused our attention on the broader spiritual and societal context of DCSS, upon which we are now communally reflecting.

Wasn't that your intention?

[galehar]

This got a bit off-topic. Quite a large bit.

This is Crazy Yiuf's Corner. Who cares about topics?

[Zicher]

This got a bit off-topic. Quite a large bit.

This is Crazy Yiuf's Corner. Who cares about topics?

Well, if you put it this way ...

[Bim]

I sacrificed my worldly possessions to Nemelex and all I got was this lousy plain deck of destruction.

[Zicher]

I sacrificed my worldly possessions to Nemelex and all I got was this lousy plain deck of destruction.

... Our Nemelex, who art in Code ... ?

[Confidence Interval]

... Our Nemelex, who art in Code ... ?

Hallowed be thy decks...

[Zicher]

... Our Nemelex, who art in Code ... ?

Hallowed be thy decks...

Hmmm ...

... thy decks come,
thy cards be drawn in 0.8,
as they are in trunk ...

[Zicher]

Makes me wonder if we can make a prayer to every Crawl god .

First try:

Our Trog, who art on D:2,
Hallowed be Thy rage,
Thy corpses come,
Thy berserk be in stable,
As it is in trunk.
Give us today our +7,+11 katana of electrocution,
And forgive us our spellcasting,
As we forgive our orc wizards.
And lead us not into renouncing you for the endgame,
But deliver us from Nessos,
For thine is the Roguelike,
The Orb and the Victory,
now and forever.

Feel free to take another shot!

[Roderic]

Yep ! I though about it some days ago. For the long description of an altar a prayer or hymn to each god is displayed. They should be of different styles rather than joke-adaptations of the Christian prayer, mostly based on ancient religions.

[Grimm]

Roderic, that's a brilliant idea. Please join the DCSS Text Improvement Taskforce and help get that ball rolling.

[Roderic]

Ok, Grimm. I'm going to gather some ancient prayers from different civilizations spread in the Internet. Then I'll adapt in some sense for a first version. I'm short of time until August however.

[Zicher]

Yep ! I though about it some days ago. For the long description of an altar a prayer or hymn to each god is displayed. They should be of different styles rather than joke-adaptations of the Christian prayer, mostly based on ancient religions.

Awesome idea!

Perhaps, the good gods (TSO, Zin and Ely) could still benefit from Christian prayers. Berserker rage is linked with Viking gods, especially Odin. Makhleb, perhaps, could be linked with Lovecraftian novels, so may be Yred or Kiku, as the evil gods (but from my limited knowledge of Lovecraft's work, I don't recall any prayers there). I even think that a nameless, shapeless horror theme of Lovecraft would suit Jiyva as well.
Maybe this brings some inspiration, if the Taskforce would take this seriously.

Maybe, we might add a wow of behavior, instead of the prayer, when joining a god. For inspiration, here's the text of Viking-related The Warrior's Prayer (by a heavy-metal band Manowar):

Gods of War, I call you. My sword is by my side.
I seek a life of honor, free from all false pride.
I will crack the whip with a bold mighty hail.
Cover me with death if I should ever fail.

Glory, Majesty, Unity
Hail! Hail! Hail!

Here, "God of War" would suit Okawaru, but the text itself would IMHO fit more to TSO.

Again, Roderic, thanks for the great idea!

[Grimm]

Let's a) not use pop music lyrics and b) take this to the Text Improvement thread.

[Zicher]

Let's not use pop music lyrics ...

Sure. The Manowar lyrics were just used for inspiration.

[Grimm]

Also, in terms of correcting 'olde' English, are we going to start correcting Shakespeare as he had no consistent spelling?

It's grammar and not spelling that is at issue. Shakespeare's grammar is of the first water.