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mark12_30 · 11-06-2009, 05:48 PM

Oh.

Eeew.

......................

Mith... Flanders Fields. I love your sig.
"....And in the sky,
the larks, still bravely singing, fly
scarce heard amod the guns below."

Mugwump · 11-21-2009, 10:39 AM

Hello, everyone. Some of you here may (or maybe not) know me by this name. My introduction to fantasy and the Tolkien world began in 1976 when I first started playing Dungeons & Dragons. Mugwump was the name of a Dwarven character from "Talwaithe," a PBM (play-by-mail) fantasy game I ran in the early 1980s, reviewed in Space Gamer magazine, issue 60 (February 1983). I met the player of this character at a gaming convention sometime later, and he looked exactly like Mugwump: short, stocky, with long red hair and beard--not actually a human dwarf, but a perfect fit for a fantasy dwarf. I lost track of him after that, but thereafter I appropriated "Mugwump" as a Dwarven character for playing FRP games.

I'm currently playing Mugwump in LotRO (Lord of the Rings Online) on the Nimrodel server. Since then, I've noticed other "Mugwumps" springing up on other servers.

But that's just a bit of trivia about the name. I've loved The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion for a long time.

Inziladun · 11-21-2009, 11:14 AM

Welcome, Mugwump!

I know very little about RPGing and whatnot, but I think you'll find that whatever interests you about Tolkien, this is an excellent spot for discussing it.

Mnemosyne · 11-21-2009, 11:23 AM

Welcome to the 'Downs, Mugwump! I hope you enjoy your death.

We do have a couple or three members here who have been on LOTRO, though I don't know if any of them are currently playing. There's a thread on it here, back when it was still in beta, if you want to check it out.

Morsul the Dark · 11-21-2009, 05:55 PM

Mugwump welcome I give one simple warning once you're on the downs you can't get away... it's too addicting!

Nogrod · 11-21-2009, 07:03 PM

Hi Mugwump!

And welcome! It's always "fresh" to see older people join...

I hope you enjoy your time here. Just try everything... even the stupid-looking things. They're mostly fun and at best addicting, as Morsul already witnessed.

Mugwump · 11-22-2009, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Hi Mugwump!
And welcome! It's always "fresh" to see older people join...

Whom are you calling "older"? I'm quite young by Númenórean standards!

Pitchwife · 11-22-2009, 09:35 AM

Welcome among the ranks of the undead, Mugwump! Hope you like it here!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Just try everything... even the stupid-looking things. They're mostly fun and at best addicting, as Morsul already witnessed.

Indeed, it's a perfect place, whether you like discussions or games or role-playing or riddles best, or weird humour and good-natured banter, or just reading and thinking, or a pleasant mixture of them all.

Mugwump · 11-21-2009, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Morsul the Dark

Mugwump welcome I give one simple warning once you're on the downs you can't get away... it's too addicting!

Yeah, that almost happened to Frodo and his friends, didn't it? Except Bombadil helped them get away.

Mnemosyne · 11-22-2009, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mugwump

Yeah, that almost happened to Frodo and his friends, didn't it? Except Bombadil helped them get away.

But at. What. COST??? [/Shatner]

*tries and fails to scrub images of nekkid hobbits from her brain*

Bêthberry · 11-22-2009, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mugwump

But that's just a bit of trivia about the name. I've loved The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion for a long time.

And now myself, I thought of the 60's rock band The_Mugwumps, which produced members of The Mamas and The Papas and Lovin Spoonful. Now I'll have to get their music out of my head and consciously think "dwarven" when I read your posts.

Welcome to the Downs, Mugwump!

Bethberry ~ otherwise known by her dwarven rpg name, Riverkindler

skip spence · 11-22-2009, 10:59 AM

Yeah, welcome Mugwump!

Did you ever read William S. Burroughs Naked Lunch by the way? You should because it's quite brilliant and also because there are Mugwumps in that novel, but since this is a family friendly site I will not link to any descriptions of these rather unsightly creatures.

Bes · 11-24-2009, 02:33 PM

Hey folks. I heard about this place from Roa, and it sounds like you guys have a lot of fun. I thought I'd come and give it a try.

Mnemosyne · 11-24-2009, 02:56 PM

Hooray, another fresh corpse!

Enjoy your death, Bes!

Pitchwife · 11-24-2009, 03:02 PM

Yay! Another new Downer! And another new Werewolf player as well!
Welcome to the black-and-green netherworld, Bes! You may find there's a lot of fun to be had here besides WW, too - so tuck in and enjoy!

Mugwump · 11-25-2009, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skip spence

Did you ever read William S. Burroughs Naked Lunch by the way? You should because it's quite brilliant and also because there are Mugwumps in that novel....

Yes, but the word's derivation is much earlier than that. Mugwump was an Americanism, an early 19th century revival of the Massachusett Indian word mugquomp, a syncopated form of muggumquomp, meaning war leader. About 50 years later mugwump was used to refer to any Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James Blaine, in the presidential campaign of 1884. Thereafter it was used to refer generally to a person unable to make up his mind, or who was neutral on a controversial political issue. The great cartoonist Walt Kelly used the word mugwump in this sense in his comic strip Pogo, to refer to the type of person who can never quite make up his mind, a fence-straddler.

Now is that more than you needed or ever wanted to know, or what?

Gwathagor · 11-25-2009, 11:17 AM

Welcome, one and all. I would like to wish you my customary greetings and salivations.

Thinlómien · 11-26-2009, 03:07 PM

Welcome, Mugwump and Bes.

skip spence · 11-26-2009, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mugwump

Now is that more than you needed or ever wanted to know, or what?

Not at all... Though I did not think that Burroughs invented the word I nevertheless feel enlightened by that very Tolkenian derivation of your username. Cheers!

Mugwump · 11-26-2009, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skip spence

I nevertheless feel enlightened by that very Tolkenian derivation of your username. Cheers!

Well... thanks, but I'd never claim that Mugwump was more Tolkienian than Skip.

11-06-2009, 05:48 PM	#1
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Oh. Eeew. ...................... Mith... Flanders Fields. I love your sig. "....And in the sky, the larks, still bravely singing, fly scarce heard amod the guns below." __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

11-21-2009, 10:39 AM	#2
Mugwump Wight Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Taconic Mountains Posts: 111	Hi from Mugwump! Hello, everyone. Some of you here may (or maybe not) know me by this name. My introduction to fantasy and the Tolkien world began in 1976 when I first started playing Dungeons & Dragons. Mugwump was the name of a Dwarven character from "Talwaithe," a PBM (play-by-mail) fantasy game I ran in the early 1980s, reviewed in Space Gamer magazine, issue 60 (February 1983). I met the player of this character at a gaming convention sometime later, and he looked exactly like Mugwump: short, stocky, with long red hair and beard--not actually a human dwarf, but a perfect fit for a fantasy dwarf. I lost track of him after that, but thereafter I appropriated "Mugwump" as a Dwarven character for playing FRP games. I'm currently playing Mugwump in LotRO (Lord of the Rings Online) on the Nimrodel server. Since then, I've noticed other "Mugwumps" springing up on other servers. But that's just a bit of trivia about the name. I've loved The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion for a long time.

11-21-2009, 11:14 AM	#3
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Welcome, Mugwump! I know very little about RPGing and whatnot, but I think you'll find that whatever interests you about Tolkien, this is an excellent spot for discussing it. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

11-21-2009, 11:23 AM	#4
Mnemosyne Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Between the past and the future Posts: 1,159	Welcome to the 'Downs, Mugwump! I hope you enjoy your death. We do have a couple or three members here who have been on LOTRO, though I don't know if any of them are currently playing. There's a thread on it here, back when it was still in beta, if you want to check it out. __________________ Got corsets?

11-21-2009, 05:55 PM	#5
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	Mugwump welcome I give one simple warning once you're on the downs you can't get away... it's too addicting! __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

11-21-2009, 07:03 PM	#6
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Hi Mugwump! And welcome! It's always "fresh" to see older people join... I hope you enjoy your time here. Just try everything... even the stupid-looking things. They're mostly fun and at best addicting, as Morsul already witnessed. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

11-22-2009, 10:59 AM	#12
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	Yeah, welcome Mugwump! Did you ever read William S. Burroughs Naked Lunch by the way? You should because it's quite brilliant and also because there are Mugwumps in that novel, but since this is a family friendly site I will not link to any descriptions of these rather unsightly creatures. __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan

11-24-2009, 02:33 PM	#13
Bes Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 42	Hey folks. I heard about this place from Roa, and it sounds like you guys have a lot of fun. I thought I'd come and give it a try.

11-24-2009, 02:56 PM	#14
Mnemosyne Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Between the past and the future Posts: 1,159	Hooray, another fresh corpse! Enjoy your death, Bes! __________________ Got corsets?

11-24-2009, 03:02 PM	#15
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Yay! Another new Downer! And another new Werewolf player as well! Welcome to the black-and-green netherworld, Bes! You may find there's a lot of fun to be had here besides WW, too - so tuck in and enjoy! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

11-25-2009, 11:17 AM	#17
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Welcome, one and all. I would like to wish you my customary greetings and salivations. __________________ Stories and songs.

11-26-2009, 03:07 PM	#18
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Welcome, Mugwump and Bes. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

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