Battle of the dorks - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 02-15-2006, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

So when are you playing again? You're sorely missed over there, y'know. ... Or better yet...when are you modding?

Since playing werewolf is dorky, I guess we can talk about it here.

I plan on getting my feet wet as soon as ATM1 is done; after that I want to mod one: dueling wizards, if there's enough interest....

Nilpaurion Felagund · 02-15-2006, 05:31 AM

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[A]fter that I want to mod one: dueling wizards, if there's enough interest.... (LpM . . . errr . . . lmp)

I assure you, there is.

Encaitare · 02-15-2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Lhuna

Anyways, I also talk about Werewolf to my non-LotR-reading friends, and occasionally they ask me if I'm still alive or whatever's been happening. Something tells me they're just trying to be polite, or not make me look like a complete Lhunatic.

Hah, I've gotten some of my friends to ask me about Barrow-Downs dealings... I told a friend that my character is getting out of Mordor and he said "Yay! Go you!" Because AtM was all I talked about for quite some time.

CaptainofDespair · 02-15-2006, 05:00 PM

I rock out to the song Minas Morgul, while I run around my room deciding wear I'd mount an entire replica set of the Witch-King of Angmar's battle armor. Well, besides pondering all the times I could wear it in public...

Hello, my name is CaptainofDespair, and I am a Witch-King fanatic.

Oddwen · 02-15-2006, 06:27 PM

Hi. My name is Alice and I had a problem.

I read The Hobbit when I was eight or nine, but didn't have a problem 'til 1999, when my Dad read aloud LotR to us every night 'til it was read through.

Then, even as he finished and my brother and I were discussing the end, Dad revealed to us that he had read in the paper that a movie was being made. I shall never forget the Look my brother and I shared, for it was the beginning of the rest of my life.

First of all, after memorizing entire poems and lines of text, I scanned the papers every day for mention of this new movie. Every time we went to town, I went with bated breath and pumping heart, hoping that we would make a stop at a bookstore so that I may ogle the many copies of the LotR. I thought about LotR, I dreamt about LotR, all I talked about was LotR. My mother had many talks with me about my "obsession", but there was no stopping me, for I was fourteen and in love.

Finally at one trip to Borders, on my beeline towards the Fantasy Section, I spotted a small sign advertising the Lord of the Rings movie. My heart stopped, and I spent nearly all my time there staring at the now-famous silhouette of the Fellowship, and I jotted down the two website addresses that were there.

At my next trip to my Grandparent's (for we had not the Internet then), I visited those two sites, and lo! on one page was a rudimentary cast list, so early in the production that Stuart Townsend was still listed as Aragorn!

And thus came a full-force obsession, for I would scan the tv-guide listings in my paper every day and cut out the names of actors and actresses,
and any mention of LotR at all. When we finally got the Internet, I would spend all my precious half-hour allotment searching out LotR.

And then - I read that Burger King would be doing a LotR promotion, and that someone's sister and brother whom I knew years ago were working there and liked it - I *had* to get a job there.

Once secured of a job, I proceeded to collect all the toys, goblets, tray liners, cups, fry cartons, posters, etc. that was humanly possible. On the offchance that one of my co-workers would read LotR, I would pounce on them and Tolkien their ears off. Ironically, the only real big LotR fan there left a few months after I started, and days after I discovered he was a fan.

Then I got the Internet. Whooieeeee! During the previous years, I had written several parodies, so I searched out parodies then. There I found the Barrowdowns, but I did not realize the significance of this discovery yet. I did find a small messageboard dealing with the works of Tolkien, where I first found my little space of the Web.

Things escalated from there, and after several other websites, I found this forum waaaaaay back in the day when it was "Middle-earth Mayhem", but even then I didn't realize the worth of the place until the start of "Make Your Own Crazy Scene With Pics!" started up, and then the rest is history.

I still have every article, comic, or mention of LotR actors/actresses that appeared in my local paper.

I remember begging my restaurant owner if he knew if we would do the TTT promotion after FotR was done. He laughed.

I have seen FotR seven times in the theater. The first time was a week after it opened.
I saw TTT five times. The first time was opening day.
I saw RotK three times. I made a cloak and dressed up for the midnight showing.
I own all three DVDs, as well as the EE DVDs.
I still have all the BK stuff somewhere in my closet.
I have eight posters, ten or so bookmarks, three different copies of LotR, the LotR soundtracks, and still a head full of Tolkien knowledge.

I remember the sad, sinking, futile feeling when the FotR release date was pushed back a week - I remember thinking a year before the original date "Oh, I have to wait a year and a week instead of a year...how will I stand it?!?"

In short, I owe everything I have now - job, friends, life, depression, sense of humor, music - to LotR.

I don't know when I lost the huge obsession, but I'm rather glad it's gone. It was exhausting.

I pick up LotR every once in a while and read a chapter, usually I start again when I finish, so I never really stop reading it.

So yeah, I guess I'm still a dork.

Lhunardawen · 02-16-2006, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Elempi

Since playing werewolf is dorky, I guess we can talk about it here.

I plan on getting my feet wet as soon as ATM1 is done; after that I want to mod one: dueling wizards, if there's enough interest....

Ooh...count me in!

What do you mean I'm off-topic?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilhelmi- er, Enca

Hah, I've gotten some of my friends to ask me about Barrow-Downs dealings... I told a friend that my character is getting out of Mordor and he said "Yay! Go you!" Because AtM was all I talked about for quite some time.

What a pleasant change! I'm sure a lot of BDers are quite envious...

02-15-2006, 06:27 PM	#5
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	This is really long. And boring. Wow. snooze Hi. My name is Alice and I had a problem. I read The Hobbit when I was eight or nine, but didn't have a problem 'til 1999, when my Dad read aloud LotR to us every night 'til it was read through. Then, even as he finished and my brother and I were discussing the end, Dad revealed to us that he had read in the paper that a movie was being made. I shall never forget the Look my brother and I shared, for it was the beginning of the rest of my life. First of all, after memorizing entire poems and lines of text, I scanned the papers every day for mention of this new movie. Every time we went to town, I went with bated breath and pumping heart, hoping that we would make a stop at a bookstore so that I may ogle the many copies of the LotR. I thought about LotR, I dreamt about LotR, all I talked about was LotR. My mother had many talks with me about my "obsession", but there was no stopping me, for I was fourteen and in love. Finally at one trip to Borders, on my beeline towards the Fantasy Section, I spotted a small sign advertising the Lord of the Rings movie. My heart stopped, and I spent nearly all my time there staring at the now-famous silhouette of the Fellowship, and I jotted down the two website addresses that were there. At my next trip to my Grandparent's (for we had not the Internet then), I visited those two sites, and lo! on one page was a rudimentary cast list, so early in the production that Stuart Townsend was still listed as Aragorn! And thus came a full-force obsession, for I would scan the tv-guide listings in my paper every day and cut out the names of actors and actresses, and any mention of LotR at all. When we finally got the Internet, I would spend all my precious half-hour allotment searching out LotR. And then - I read that Burger King would be doing a LotR promotion, and that someone's sister and brother whom I knew years ago were working there and liked it - I had to get a job there. Once secured of a job, I proceeded to collect all the toys, goblets, tray liners, cups, fry cartons, posters, etc. that was humanly possible. On the offchance that one of my co-workers would read LotR, I would pounce on them and Tolkien their ears off. Ironically, the only real big LotR fan there left a few months after I started, and days after I discovered he was a fan. Then I got the Internet. Whooieeeee! During the previous years, I had written several parodies, so I searched out parodies then. There I found the Barrowdowns, but I did not realize the significance of this discovery yet. I did find a small messageboard dealing with the works of Tolkien, where I first found my little space of the Web. Things escalated from there, and after several other websites, I found this forum waaaaaay back in the day when it was "Middle-earth Mayhem", but even then I didn't realize the worth of the place until the start of "Make Your Own Crazy Scene With Pics!" started up, and then the rest is history. I still have every article, comic, or mention of LotR actors/actresses that appeared in my local paper. I remember begging my restaurant owner if he knew if we would do the TTT promotion after FotR was done. He laughed. I have seen FotR seven times in the theater. The first time was a week after it opened. I saw TTT five times. The first time was opening day. I saw RotK three times. I made a cloak and dressed up for the midnight showing. I own all three DVDs, as well as the EE DVDs. I still have all the BK stuff somewhere in my closet. I have eight posters, ten or so bookmarks, three different copies of LotR, the LotR soundtracks, and still a head full of Tolkien knowledge. I remember the sad, sinking, futile feeling when the FotR release date was pushed back a week - I remember thinking a year before the original date "Oh, I have to wait a year and a week instead of a year...how will I stand it?!?" In short, I owe everything I have now - job, friends, life, depression, sense of humor, music - to LotR. I don't know when I lost the huge obsession, but I'm rather glad it's gone. It was exhausting. I pick up LotR every once in a while and read a chapter, usually I start again when I finish, so I never really stop reading it. So yeah, I guess I'm still a dork. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

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02-15-2006, 05:00 PM	#4
CaptainofDespair Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 413	I rock out to the song Minas Morgul, while I run around my room deciding wear I'd mount an entire replica set of the Witch-King of Angmar's battle armor. Well, besides pondering all the times I could wear it in public... Hello, my name is CaptainofDespair, and I am a Witch-King fanatic.