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08-12-2005, 12:06 AM
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Deadnight Chanter
Join Date: Sep 2000
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I may hazard a guess:
10 path to adventure 25 Getting the hang of it 50 No fool of a Took 100 Faithful as Samwise 200 Wisdom of Gandalf 500 Fame of Frodo 900 Aragorn's Court 1200 Elrond's Council 1500 Straight Road 2000 Sits on High Taniquetil These are are previous titles (as far as I remember point/title correlation, I may err) As follows may be the new titles (repeating the sequence of 10-25-50-100, that's why it changes so fast, having in mind members' increased giving power): 4010 Steals taters from gaffers 4025 Wonders what happened to the system 4050 Stalked by petty dwarves 4100 Terrorizing the wood elves 4200 Misplaced by forgetful maia 4500 ~ 4900 ~ 5200 ~ 5500 ~ 6000 ~ It seems to me that new titles (WHY starting with 4000 points? I've calculated thus far judging on what davem gives out - latest rating of his I've got, just before he left Taniquetil, was 44 points) mirror purport of basic titles, but with a funny twist to them, giving almost opposite (but not opposite as in negative rating, mocking, kind of, rather) definitions. Indeed, 'path to adventure' may lead young hobbit to steal mushrooms from Maggot or 'taters from gaffers', 'getting the hang of it' is mirrored by opposite state of being at loss to see thing once familiar come out with strange titles, being 'stalked by petty dwarves' is quite a stupid situation, so 'no fool' is mirrored by being placed into it, seeing as Sam was awed to see elves in a wood, to be terrorizing them is quite an opposite to feeling of admiration Sam was known for, Wisdom of Gandalf gives us 'forgeftulness of a maia'. I may hazard further guesses as to what may follow: 4500 is almost forgotten in his own country 4900 got drunk and was thrown out of the court 5200 is happily asleep and snoring amidst the important meeting 5500 is having a roadside picnic 6000 has fallen off a mountain
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08-12-2005, 12:10 AM
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Shadow of the Past
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I think Fame of Frodo is 300 points, not 500. HerenIstarion has the answer anyways, I bet.
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08-12-2005, 12:37 AM
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Haunted Halfling
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 Cheers! Lyta (sitting in the hedge, eavesdropping at Elrond's Council)
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08-12-2005, 01:08 AM
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Deadnight Chanter
Join Date: Sep 2000
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ashould amend, than
Thanks for the tips, ladies and gentlemen. Let us alter the list, than:
10 path to adventure 25 Getting the hang of it 50 No fool of a Took 100 Faithful as Samwise 200 Wisdom of Gandalf 300 Fame of Frodo 600 Aragorn's Court 900 Elrond's Council 1200 Straight Road 2000 Sits on Hight Taniquetil 4010 steals taters from gaffers 4025 wonders what happened to the system 4050 is stalked by petty dwarves 4100 is terrorizing the wood elves 4200 was once misplaced by forgetful maia 4300 is almost forgotten in his own country 4600 got drunk and was thrown out of the court 4900 is happily asleep and snoring amidst the imortant meeting 5200 is having a roadside picnic 6000 has fallen off a mountain
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08-12-2005, 04:28 AM
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Night In Wight Satin
Join Date: May 2000
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Wow, Heren-Istarion, I can't believe you thought I put that much effort into it
You've generated quite a list there, but it's not nearly so complicated as that. All of the newest title names (well, most of them) have one root source.
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08-12-2005, 04:30 AM
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Deadnight Chanter
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Pity, I thought that was a good theory
Well, there is a plan B for that case:
You have't generated all that in Middle-Earth magnets, have you? 
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08-12-2005, 07:18 AM
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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4010 steals taters from gaffers
4025 wonders what happened to the system 4050 is stalked by petty dwarves 4100 is terrorizing the wood elves 4200 was once misplaced by forgetful maia It could very well be as simple as Mister Wight picking (going in order of race) things that are improbable of actually happening. Perhaps that would be too easy. The next one probably has something to do with a Vala. Perhaps a cowardly one.
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08-12-2005, 09:40 AM
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Regal Dwarven Shade
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I wonder if it has anything to do with these things being ways that someone in Middle earth could go about losing reputation and respectability.
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08-12-2005, 10:15 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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08-12-2005, 12:15 PM
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Shadowed Prince
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Thulcandra
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A Very Short and Quite Unlikely Theory Courtesy of TGWBS
The Barrow Wight is offering a 100 point reward to whoever tells him how he created the new reputation titles.
The Barrow Wight has not claimed the 100 points himself. Therefore, it stands to reason that The Barrow Wight doesn't actually know how he came up with the new reps.  Am I close, B-W? |
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08-12-2005, 01:32 PM
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Alive without breath
Join Date: Jan 2003
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4010 steals taters from gaffers 4025 wonders what happened to the system 4050 is stalked by petty dwarves 4100 likes terrorizing wood elves 4200 was once misplaced by forgetful maia 4400 Drinks at the Green Dragon (or 'Get's drunk at the Green Dragon') 4600 is no wizard's pupil 5000 Is a merry old fellow. 5500 Eats Barrow Wights 6000 Lives in Bag End
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08-16-2005, 12:17 PM
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Fluttering Enchantment
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08-16-2005, 08:06 PM
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Stormdancer of Doom
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I still expect it to be Turin Turambar, only I've forgotten how he could be remotely connected with Gaffer's taters.
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08-16-2005, 09:23 PM
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Regal Dwarven Shade
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Mim was carrying a sack of what I assumed was taters (and something else) when Turin caught him. However, I don't think that Mim would qualify as a gaffer.
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