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Forum: The Books 05-27-2011, 03:22 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 13,579
Posted By Shelob
Having been accused of chronic honesty, I rarely...

Having been accused of chronic honesty, I rarely find myself outright lying about what I have, or haven't, read.

I do, however, often fudge the truth by saying "I'm familiar with...
Forum: The Books 05-24-2011, 02:51 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,795
Posted By Shelob
That's basically where I stand on this...

That's basically where I stand on this discussion.

I've never held a particularly strong belief in any "real" mythology, instead turning to whichever set of stories best helps me deal with the...
Forum: The Books 04-23-2006, 11:54 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,000
Posted By Shelob
I think "adopting" new terms is simply a form of...

I think "adopting" new terms is simply a form of evolution, the same as creating them. English has for the most part got it's roots in other languages and yet it's "realness" isn't be questioned...
Forum: The Books 04-22-2006, 05:46 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,000
Posted By Shelob
Yet still there's a difference between an...

Yet still there's a difference between an evolution that is in one person's mind and one that takes place between people. A person, in their mind, can work through the steps of evolution, can justify...
Forum: The Books 04-22-2006, 03:57 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,000
Posted By Shelob
I always reckoned that "real" languages were...

I always reckoned that "real" languages were those which were not created by any one person. Languages spoken daily by people everywhere mostly evolved on their own, over time, have roots somewhere...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 03-17-2006, 02:25 PM
Replies: 3,244
Views: 583,133
Posted By Shelob
I would like to take a moment and assign the...

I would like to take a moment and assign the idiotic behavour of my school peers to Mordor. For four years now they have lost us one privilage after another and not only did their actions recently...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-13-2006, 05:23 PM
Replies: 403
Views: 197,527
Posted By Shelob
And as far as game play goes the statistics...

And as far as game play goes the statistics probably can't help you that much. Since much of the game is random (who gets what role for example) you can't really look at something and say "Oh well...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-10-2006, 03:32 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
My lived/died record looks like this: (numbers...

My lived/died record looks like this:
(numbers represent the game number, w=wolf, s=submod)

Tol-in-Gaurhoth
died: 1,3w,11,12,17
lived: 9w
mod: 8s,18

WWJ
died: 3
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-08-2006, 05:46 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
More than you ever probably cared to know about the references in this game...finally

Finally, about 4.5 hours after I started (though I did take about half an hour to eat) I have finished this bloody thing. Remind me never to volunteer to explain the references I use again...or just...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-08-2006, 03:00 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
(started typing up references at ~2.30pm (EST)) ...

(started typing up references at ~2.30pm (EST))

Please note that it is now ~4pm (EST), and that I haven't taken a break.

(still typing)
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-08-2006, 01:11 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
No, it was rather sad...though I did catch myself...

No, it was rather sad...though I did catch myself refering to myself in the third person as "Modlob" once. Which was rather odd, and was right before my dad asked me get a saucepan for pudding, my...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-07-2006, 08:57 PM
Replies: 5,208
Views: 822,107
Posted By Shelob
Speaking as an all-powerful mod who witnessed...

Speaking as an all-powerful mod who witnessed this I must say that I could easily see both sides of the secret message issue...however so far as that went it took everything in my power not to post a...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-07-2006, 04:52 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
Well the Play I stole that scene from (everything...

Well the Play I stole that scene from (everything from the "look not so fierce") Christopher Marlow's Doctor Faustus ...in which the three scholars who come to visit Faustus (three villagers) find...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-07-2006, 04:37 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
No, but if you want to come clear the pile of...

No, but if you want to come clear the pile of plays off my floor that'd be grand...it's probably not a good thing if I can't get from point to point in my room because there's a pile of Shakespeare,...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-07-2006, 04:29 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
^Morm That wouldn't have been the "I've had...

^Morm

That wouldn't have been the "I've had this horrible feeling that SpM and Aiwendil are wolves." Night would it? Because that was probably the most amazing thing all game...and if it was how...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-07-2006, 04:12 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
Wherein I'll catch your conscience and reign king

Scene xxvi
(The day’s discussions had been short, for the most part the villagers were uncertain and defensive. They did not know who to suspect and so the voting had been hastily done, better to...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-06-2006, 08:25 PM
Replies: 5,208
Views: 822,107
Posted By Shelob
As much as it's promising to see a list of mods...

As much as it's promising to see a list of mods up, I would like to make a brief announcement regarding my game, so I'm sorry to interrupt all your planning and plotting, but if you'll forgive me.
...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-06-2006, 03:56 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
The End of the Fishy Puns

(The villagers begin this day by entering the home of their esteemed fishmonger, as with wolf kills before things within the house seem slightly dishevelled and they were greeted by a corpse. In this...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-05-2006, 03:56 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
It wasn’t easy being green…

(The village had been quiet but, then again, there had been little for them to discuss. With only 5 remaining villagers and one of them a wolf there was no longer much need for long analysis of...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-04-2006, 04:05 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
Honesty’s a fool and loses that it works for.

(The villagers began their days, as they had not in the past week, by looking at their calendars, given the excitement this past week most of them had quite forgotten to change the calendars from the...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-02-2006, 04:08 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
For I myself will hunt this wolf to death

(The House of the town’s beekeeper. The bees know something is up but it hasn’t kept them from doing their normal bee thing. The villagers, similarly, know something is up and, similarly, must do...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-01-2006, 04:12 PM
Replies: 2,034
Views: 473,655
Posted By Shelob
Not really, but it was...

Not really, but it was my-grandmother's-house-in-a-dream-world. Unless I'm much mistaken the whole porch (pond and all) later turned into a car...but that wasn't barrowdowns related and made too...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-01-2006, 04:09 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
The wood has come against her.

(As compared to the other days this one has been rather {read: very} quiet. Only during the morning was there anything resembling the heated discussions of previous days.)

Farael: I fear I’ve done...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-01-2006, 01:26 PM
Replies: 2,034
Views: 473,655
Posted By Shelob
It beats my most recent barrowdowns related dream...

It beats my most recent barrowdowns related dream though Form.

In mine a group of downers, of whom I can only remember you (Form), Wayne, Abercrombie/Malka and myself specifically, were at my...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 02-28-2006, 04:25 PM
Replies: 647
Views: 78,443
Posted By Shelob
Before the Magistrate for trial did come..

(After another rainy night the villagers gather in the square. As expected they are short another member, however the realization of this fact takes somewhat longer than usual as the vast majority of...
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