The Downs is one year old today! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mithadan*** · 05-01-2001, 05:55 AM

The forums at the Downs opened one year ago! Lets all show the Wight our appreciation! One the main page there is a link to seng Tolkien postcards. Lets all wish Wight a Happy Birthday! Thanks Wight!

red · 05-01-2001, 01:49 PM

Woohoo!! Happy B-day!!

-réd

Lady Eowyn · 05-01-2001, 07:43 PM

YAY Happy Birthday!!!

Zoe · 05-02-2001, 12:46 AM

Happy birthday to you,
You live in a tomb.
You look like a wi-ight,
and you haunt like one too!

Do we get a cake with candles and pink icing?

enep · 05-02-2001, 02:33 AM

Mmm...

Cheers BW!

burrahobbit · 05-02-2001, 09:30 AM

More importantly, I've now been here for a year.

enep · 05-02-2001, 11:46 PM

:lol

burrahobbit · 05-03-2001, 11:23 AM

Slightly less importantly than that, Balin999's been around for a year now.

enep · 05-04-2001, 04:22 AM

Hear ye, hear ye.

And I've only been here...what...four months? I'm still a newbie

***Gilthalion*** · 05-04-2001, 10:07 AM

Looky at how many posts Enep has!

HerenIstarion · 05-04-2001, 12:06 PM

Happy was the day when the forum was established, and happy was the chance that brought me to it 4 months later. congrats

enep · 05-04-2001, 07:00 PM

Hmm...now we look forward...to the future

{dramatic music ON}

the Lorien wanderer · 05-09-2001, 07:25 AM

Oops.
Oops, oops, oops.
But I have a valid excuse.
I was on holiday and I JUST saw this. I have an alibi. The receptionist will vouch that I was in a hotel in a little town with no cybercafes. I plead 'not guily'.

Anyways, CONGRATS BW and the Team!!!! I feel like this site's been around forever. I cannot imagine life without the Downs. *sniffs*
Waitaminute, let me end on a happy note. Congrats once more!!!!

***Sharkû*** · 06-05-2001, 05:58 PM

Alright, on to serious things.
Sharkey has now been here for a whole year.

red · 06-05-2001, 06:20 PM

Woah!!!! Those are way cool smilies!!!!!

Congratulations on your jaw dropping achievement.

-réd

***Sharkû*** · 06-06-2001, 08:50 AM

*Sharku pokes réd with the sharp end of a twig*

red · 06-06-2001, 10:05 AM

You'll pay for that, Old Man!! buahahahahahaha!!!

***Mister Underhill*** · 06-06-2001, 12:24 PM

300 posts, réd!! Woohoo!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!! Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the muuuuuuusic!

(We hobbits like to get in on the fun.)

Bêthberry · 05-21-2005, 07:26 PM

This must be what parties on the Downs were like before RPGs

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-22-2005, 08:20 AM

Fea nods.

Stick poking. I approve. Did we have any of that at the last party? I can't remember... Limerick competitions, music playing... davem being hauled out in a wheelbarrow... There may have been a stick involved with that one.

Amanaduial the archer · 05-22-2005, 12:08 PM

Quote:

300 posts, réd!! Woohoo!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!! Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the muuuuuuusic!

(We hobbits like to get in on the fun.)

Aww. Bless.

Thank god for RPGs...

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 05-22-2005, 12:28 PM

I think I prefer this type of party; a lot less effort is needed.

But wouldn't it be cool if we all had a real party? In the same room with cake and everything!

Kath · 05-22-2005, 01:33 PM

That would be very cool, then we could all meet each other and see if the opinions we get of people online match them in real life.

Oh, and cake would be great too!

Anguirel · 05-22-2005, 02:31 PM

One year? Goodness. It seems far longer. I'm not being pretentious, by the way; reading the forums has been part of my routine for ages and ages...

But it was the Name Generators that first attracted me! I must have been about, say, twelve...maybe thirteen...

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-22-2005, 02:49 PM

Check out the original date of the first post - the Downs forum was one year old four years ago!

Anguirel · 05-22-2005, 02:54 PM

Ah! How embarrassing. That makes much more sense...

Amanaduial the archer · 05-22-2005, 03:15 PM

Quote:

I think I prefer this type of party; a lot less effort is needed.

But wouldn't it be cool if we all had a real party? In the same room with cake and everything!

Dude, have you seen the number of 'meet-up' threads scattered over The Barrowdowns?! Cool...yet impossible. However, I suppose something complicated with webcams could be arranged....annything for the Cake!

Some things in life, y'know, they're just too precious, too serious to be joked about.
Cake...cake is one of those things.

*nods wisely*

HerenIstarion · 05-23-2005, 03:13 AM

All give thanks to BW for sweeping this thread clean from the cobweb of old code too

Snowdog · 09-02-2025, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithadan

The forums at the Downs opened one year ago! Lets all show the Wight our appreciation! One the main page there is a link to send Tolkien postcards. Lets all wish Wight a Happy Birthday! Thanks Wight!

May 2000 - Why do I remember EZ Board Downs then? I was all over EZ Board with my 'global' Snowdog EZ account along with being on most all the Tolkien sites of the day. I remember wandering back here in 2002 and the 'main page' and all. I still have the Barrow Downs t-shirt (fits a bit snug these days), had a couple coffee cups (one broke a week after receiving it, and the other was lost in the house clean-out after a divorce in 2007).

In May 2000, I was most active on The One Ring . com (TORc - now a 'pay-to-play' site at $4 a month) until I was banned in 2003 (marriage politics). I was also quite active on the seemingly competitive site 'Minas Tirith . com (Just checked that url and Go Daddy has it for sale for $5199 or 'lease to own' for $434 am month). Other places I remember from that time was 'The White Council' on EZ Board, 'The Tolkien Forum' (still going strong), and DarkStarr on EZ Board (they were a rebel mob from The One Ring . com, and begat Board77 which begat Hall of Fire which is still around.

Anyway, I digress. Just waxing nostalgic here. Three cheers for the Barrow Wight!

05-01-2001, 05:55 AM	#1
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,397	The Downs is one year old today! The forums at the Downs opened one year ago! Lets all show the Wight our appreciation! One the main page there is a link to seng Tolkien postcards. Lets all wish Wight a Happy Birthday! Thanks Wight! __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land. Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:48 PM.

05-01-2001, 01:49 PM	#2
red Spirit of Mischief Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Land of the free and home of the brave Posts: 366	Woohoo!! Happy B-day!! -réd __________________ "Cats are like greatness: Some people are born into cat-loving families, some achieve cats, and some have cats thrust upon them." -William H. A. Carr Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:49 PM.

05-01-2001, 07:43 PM	#3
Lady Eowyn Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 98	YAY Happy Birthday!!! Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:49 PM.

05-02-2001, 12:46 AM	#4
Zoe Wight Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 223	Happy birthday to you, You live in a tomb. You look like a wi-ight, and you haunt like one too! Do we get a cake with candles and pink icing? Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:49 PM.

05-02-2001, 02:33 AM	#5
enep The Ghastly Leprechaun Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 406	Mmm... Cheers BW! __________________ - enep Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:50 PM.

05-02-2001, 09:30 AM	#6
burrahobbit Hidden Spirit Join Date: May 2000 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,424	More importantly, I've now been here for a year. __________________ What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways? Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:50 PM.

05-02-2001, 11:46 PM	#7
enep The Ghastly Leprechaun Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 406	:lol __________________ - enep Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:50 PM.

05-03-2001, 11:23 AM	#8
burrahobbit Hidden Spirit Join Date: May 2000 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,424	Slightly less importantly than that, Balin999's been around for a year now. __________________ What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways? Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:51 PM.

05-04-2001, 04:22 AM	#9
enep The Ghastly Leprechaun Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 406	Hear ye, hear ye. And I've only been here...what...four months? I'm still a newbie __________________ - enep Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:51 PM.

05-04-2001, 10:07 AM	#10
*Gilthalion* Hobbitus Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: South Farthing Posts: 635	Looky at how many posts Enep has! __________________ Please read my fan fiction novel THE HOBBITS. Wanna hear me read Tolkien? Gilthalion's Grand Adventures! Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:51 PM.

05-04-2001, 12:06 PM	#11
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Happy was the day when the forum was established, and happy was the chance that brought me to it 4 months later. congrats __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:52 PM.

05-04-2001, 07:00 PM	#12
enep The Ghastly Leprechaun Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 406	Hmm...now we look forward...to the future {dramatic music ON} __________________ - enep Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:52 PM.

05-09-2001, 07:25 AM	#13
the Lorien wanderer Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 276	Oops. Oops, oops, oops. But I have a valid excuse. I was on holiday and I JUST saw this. I have an alibi. The receptionist will vouch that I was in a hotel in a little town with no cybercafes. I plead 'not guily'. Anyways, CONGRATS BW and the Team!!!! I feel like this site's been around forever. I cannot imagine life without the Downs. sniffs Waitaminute, let me end on a happy note. Congrats once more!!!! Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:52 PM.

06-05-2001, 05:58 PM	#14
*Sharkû* Hungry Ghoul Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,719	Alright, on to serious things. Sharkey has now been here for a whole year. Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:53 PM.

06-05-2001, 06:20 PM	#15
red Spirit of Mischief Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Land of the free and home of the brave Posts: 366	Woah!!!! Those are way cool smilies!!!!! Congratulations on your jaw dropping achievement. -réd __________________ "Cats are like greatness: Some people are born into cat-loving families, some achieve cats, and some have cats thrust upon them." -William H. A. Carr Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:53 PM.

06-06-2001, 08:50 AM	#16
*Sharkû* Hungry Ghoul Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,719	Sharku pokes réd with the sharp end of a twig Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:53 PM.

06-06-2001, 10:05 AM	#17
red Spirit of Mischief Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Land of the free and home of the brave Posts: 366	You'll pay for that, Old Man!! buahahahahahaha!!! __________________ "Cats are like greatness: Some people are born into cat-loving families, some achieve cats, and some have cats thrust upon them." -William H. A. Carr Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:54 PM.

06-06-2001, 12:24 PM	#18
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	300 posts, réd!! Woohoo!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!! Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the muuuuuuusic! (We hobbits like to get in on the fun.) Last edited by The Barrow-Wight; 05-21-2005 at 07:54 PM.

05-21-2005, 07:26 PM	#19
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	This must be what parties on the Downs were like before RPGs __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-22-2005, 08:20 AM	#20
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Fea nods. Stick poking. I approve. Did we have any of that at the last party? I can't remember... Limerick competitions, music playing... davem being hauled out in a wheelbarrow... There may have been a stick involved with that one. __________________ peace

05-22-2005, 12:28 PM	#22
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	I think I prefer this type of party; a lot less effort is needed. But wouldn't it be cool if we all had a real party? In the same room with cake and everything! __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

05-22-2005, 01:33 PM	#23
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	That would be very cool, then we could all meet each other and see if the opinions we get of people online match them in real life. Oh, and cake would be great too! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

05-22-2005, 02:31 PM	#24
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	One year? Goodness. It seems far longer. I'm not being pretentious, by the way; reading the forums has been part of my routine for ages and ages... But it was the Name Generators that first attracted me! I must have been about, say, twelve...maybe thirteen... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

05-22-2005, 02:49 PM	#25
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Check out the original date of the first post - the Downs forum was one year old four years ago! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

05-22-2005, 02:54 PM	#26
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Ah! How embarrassing. That makes much more sense... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

05-23-2005, 03:13 AM	#28
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Who aboot what, me aboot sweeping... All give thanks to BW for sweeping this thread clean from the cobweb of old code too __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

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