Orc-draught is spot on, no? Brandy Hall is also a bit funny because of the brandy part.

Spicy

ORC-DRAUGHT- Yep.
UTUMNO- Meh.
THORONDOR- Meh.
LONGBEARDS- Heh heh.
BEOR THE OLD- *snicker*
BULLROARER TOOK- Maybe.
CRAM- Heh.
BRANDY HALL- Nice.
GREAT GOBLIN- Meh.

So, toss out a few which leaves a simpler list-

FOR REAL

Orc-Draught

FOR FUNNY

Longbeards
Beor the Old
Cram
Brandy Hall

There's a clear choice for the real category, with Brandy Hall perhaps straddling the real and humor, and so far as humor goes it's all down to what is striking at the moment (is it funnier to call Beor, Cram, or Dwarves "spicy"?).

Round 24 will be our last round. By then most will be down to no more red taters or just 1 left.

Now taking bribes.

Quite disappointed in this severe lack of bribing.

If you pick one of the list of four tp offered as funny I promise to make an AKM article on 2013 about the gifted T-I-G player GwathWolf. If you pick mine I'll promise to tell how great player he is ine every match-analysis the AKM produces.

How's about that for bribing? :)

Oh, and of course the funniest one needs to be something that is along the lines of a "for real" answer while being anything but... :D

Not nearly as disappointed as I am.

Excellent. But, unfortunately, they just aren't that funny, and so I'm going to have to go with:

ORC-DRAUGHT

G55 trying to make a late surge, scores again. :D

Tally

Gwath- 4 (Neglected, Charming, Rank, Conceited)
the phantom - 3 (Honest, Insane, Violent)
Nogrod - 2 (Extraordinary, Peaceful)
Menel - 2 (Cuddly, Ridiculous)
sally - 2 (Chewy, Dangerous)
Kitanna - 2 (Deadly, Sensitive)
Kath- 2 (Attractive, Dashing)
G55- 2 (Radiant, Spicy)
Lhuna - 1 (Weary)
Lottie- 1 (Melodramatic)

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ROUND 22

Kath, choose your "cranky" winner amongst:

Bill Huggins
Balin
Caradhras
Goldberry
Thranduil
Withered Heath
Moneybags
Osgiliath
Armenolos
Mathom House
Balrogs

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ROUND 23

Green tater: Bold (courageous, daring)
Judge: Lhuna

My immediate kneejerk reactions there were Caradhras and Moneybags - however, I am willing to be swayed by good arguments for other options! Boro has the current winner if I don't make it back by deadline but I certainly intend to so give me some strong defences to read please. :smokin:

I would add both Thranduil and Balin to the list of the best picks. Just think of that meeting of Bilbo & the dwarves and Thranduil at the Elvenking's Hall! :)

Also, I'm not sure Moneybags is such a good choice - while agreeing with Caradhras a lot.

Just seeing the PM and...

Balrogs is also added with the note "as plenty of evidence shows they don't like waking up early."

Spot On
Bill Huggins
Balin
Caradhras
Thranduil
Balrogs (courtesy of the note)


Meh
Goldberry
Withered Heath
Moneybags
Osgiliath
Armenolos
Mathom House

Caradhras or Balrog for my money.

Definitely Caradhras for a legit pick. Goldberry for the best joke.

It seems most people have Caradhras as one of their favourites...

Haha you have all been terrible at convincing me otherwise so Caradhras it is! :)

And the owner of Caradhras...

Lottie! :D

Last and final round posted in roughly an hour.

Hah, only now on board... And you Kath didn't se the ingenuity of picking Thranduil, the cranky elven king?

I mean, as a child when I read the book the first time I hated him being such a cranky old man who for his crabbyness didn't even investigate the issue and locked the dwarves and Bilbo in for no good reason but his crankyness... :)

Tally

Gwath- 4 (Neglected, Charming, Rank, Conceited)
the phantom - 3 (Honest, Insane, Violent)
Nogrod - 2 (Extraordinary, Peaceful)
Menel - 2 (Cuddly, Ridiculous)
sally - 2 (Chewy, Dangerous)
Kitanna - 2 (Deadly, Sensitive)
Kath- 2 (Attractive, Dashing)
G55- 2 (Radiant, Spicy)
Lottie- 2 (Melodramatic, Cranky)
Lhuna - 1 (Weary)

*Heh, Lottie is Melodramatic and Cranky...sorry! :p
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ROUND 23

Ok Lhuna, you're next up and have "Bold"

Shadowfax
The Bald Hill
Osse
Durin's Bane
Wilderland
Elros
Turin
Grond
Beleriand
The Black Arrow
Farthing Stone

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ROUND 24

Green tater: Creative (imaginative, artistic, original)
Judge: Nogrod

Since Nogrod has no more remaining he will judge the final round. After this everyone should have either none or 1 left, and we'll be finished.

If you have 1 left, please still PM it to me, just to make sure it matches with what I have down. A few times I repeated some of the red taters and I believe I caught those times before there were any mix-ups. But I would just like to double-check. Thanks. :D

Haha, Bald Hill rocks! :D

Somebody misread. The Green Tater was Bold, not Bald.

Exactly.

I'd say, shortly (just going to sleep), that Ossë and Túrin make perfect sense.

Wilderland and Beleriand are interesting options thinking it outside the box.

Shadowfax is a nice one - and one could think of Grond fitting the description - as well as Durin's Bane.

I'd pick from those...

And Lhuna is weary. Funny how the only round I've won has the adjective that best describes me right now among all the words.

No strong candidates jumping out at me so far for this round. I'm very much pliable. Send me a cup of coffee and I'll pick your tater.

A cup of nice hot java! *here*

I hope you enjoy it and that it refreshes. And well, if a thought can refresh, then I hope it works, whatever the taters.

Personally, I probably would go with Bald Hill. Never pass up an opportunity to anthropomorphize inanimate objects. Plus, as my dad says, "Bald is beautiful."

My favorites for bold are definitely Turin and Shadowfax. They both repeatedly dashed into peril with confidence.

I have my moments. :p

Apologies for deciding too early, but I need my sleep and I've already made up my mind on ++Túrin. The others just don't have, or at least were not able to show, the same daring - most of the time even reckless - nature.

No worries Lhuna, thanks for remembering in your daily hecticness. :D

Lottie's long saving of Turin pays off, that's back-to-back. :)

It's okay. I can't win, but I can at least tie the phantom. :smokin:

Tally

Gwath- 4 (Neglected, Charming, Rank, Conceited)
the phantom - 3 (Honest, Insane, Violent)
Lottie- 3 (Melodramatic, Cranky, Bold)
Nogrod - 2 (Extraordinary, Peaceful)
Menel - 2 (Cuddly, Ridiculous)
sally - 2 (Chewy, Dangerous)
Kitanna - 2 (Deadly, Sensitive)
Kath- 2 (Attractive, Dashing)
G55- 2 (Radiant, Spicy)
Lhuna - 1 (Weary)

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ROUND 24

Several realms and places for you Nog, but many of which fit for creative, in my opinion. :)

Formenos
Woodwoses
Hennuth Annun
Helm's Deep
The Wooden Whale
The Golden Hall
Sinking of Numenor
Doriath
Undying Lands
Mordor

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I would like to thank all the little people whose names I can't remember...

As for 'creative', Helm's Deep, maybe, or The Sinking of Numenor strike me as particularly good choices.

Creative (imaginative, artistic, original)

Just the first impressions before going to sleep.


The Undying Lands, for sure.

Sinking of Númenor, for a funny - or creative - answer.

Formenos, for a pretty good one.

Mordor or the Golden Hall, maybe...


Or any other option if you can make me think it that way.

With Formenos leading off the list it was rather easy to eliminate the ones that came after- until reaching the Undying Lands. Both of those are very good. Formenos as the home of the ultra-creative Feanor and the Undying Lands as the home of the Ainur who sang creation into existence.

For a Feanor-phile Formenos probably wins, and for others the Undying Lands is the choice.

I like to think a lot of creation went into building the Wooden Whale...

Last round, less than ten minutes and no arguments made on behalf or against anyone / -thing since the beginning... :(

HOw do you think I will choose if you don't help me out?

Hirilondë - the most creative thing in that was the size... dismissed.

Mordor - anything Sauron "created" was a mock image of the real artistry of creation... twisted imitations, so nothing original. Dismissed.

The Golden Hall - doesn't even come near... dismissed.


Formenos - a great triumph of creativity (the fortress) where a lot of talent lived. A good one.

The Undying lands - A lot of the same as with Formenos, but with larger scale. A very good one.


But as no one rfeally put themselves into arguing anything the winner is

++ Sinking of Numénor

Just for the entertainment value of the idea of that being Eru's most imaginative idea of how to get rid of the too self-confident and vain Numénorians...

and you know what the liberalists talk nowadays about the "creative destruction"! To the point! :eek::smokin: