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Macalaure · 05-23-2007, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Nope, Mac mistyped it - he wrote twice http there in the link. The thread is here.

My hero!

Rikae · 05-23-2007, 08:00 AM

I see it now! Thank you Legate.

My goodness, I've never seen that side of Anguirel before...

The discussion of the "historical accuracy" of the Silm and whether to dismiss a passage from it more or less readily than "bleak factual marginalia" was quite interesting; ah, yeah, there's probably already a thread where it's been all hashed to death years ago, though.

Macalaure, you shouldn't act so sheepish, dear. Sheepish deer?

It looks like you won the argument, after all, at least by default...a year and no one's responded to your last point!

Thinlómien · 05-24-2007, 02:14 AM

Hmmm... Ang, are you implying that was your first post ever here? Have you forgotten about this one in the Lalwende & davem wish to announce their engagement -thread?

Brinniel · 05-24-2007, 01:12 PM

Alrighty, my first post was on the All About You thread. I wrote it June 9, 2002, three days after I joined:

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Originally Posted by A Very Young Me

Name:Erin
Age:14 on June 28
Occupation:a fresh 9th grade student
Future Aspirations:journalist, writer, photographer, archeologist............
Goal in life:to live a long and happy life
Short term goals:do well in high school and college
Passion:music and dance and art
Hobbies:writing, drawing, dancing(jazz, ballet, lyrical, and hip hop), photography, playing the violin, reading
Famous for: dancing and being in the journalism staff at school
Fave book:Lord of the Rings, Speak, Lurlene McDaniel books
Fave movie:Fellowship of the Ring, Rat Race, Meet the Parents, the Mummy Returns
Fave sport:dance(some may not consider it a sport, but I do)
Fave store:Bath and Body Works, Barnes and Noble
Fave music:Top 40 and some kinds of rock
What I can't stand:People who think they're all that, people who won't get off your back, spiders, and nails screeching on chalkboard
What I dislike:math, science, homework in general
Who I admire:My parents-they work so hard to let me do the things I like
What I would most love to do:see the world
What scares me:spiders, really big bugs, not doing well in school
Quotation:none
Comments:I live in the state of Idaho with my 17 year old sister and my parents. I first became interested in LOTR when the movie came out and read the book and the Hobbit in 10 days. I recently discovered this awesome site and come here almost every day. I hope to get to know more fans of Tolkien on this forum.
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Ithaeliel-
We seem a lot alike, don't you think? I guess that's why we're friends!

Oh boy, how have I changed since then... Btw, for anyone who doesn't know, Ithaeliel was the one who recommended me to the BD, which is why I mentioned her.

My first post was followed by this:

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Originally Posted by me again

I almost forgot!
Flaws:I'm shy around people I don't know well, but when I'm with friends and family, I talk way too much and don't let anyone squeeze a word in. As you see, I do that when I write too.

Apparently, the newbie me did not yet know how to edit posts.

I also made two more posts that day elsewhere:

What's A Vanyar?
Left-handed

Pretty simple and boring. If I made more posts that first day, I can't find them.

I never made an actual introductory post, and it appears that is because the introductory thread didn't even come into existence until six months after I joined.

I feel so old (BD-wise, that is). I guess that's what happens when you've been decaying for almost five years...

Boromir88 · 05-26-2007, 08:13 AM

I have no hopes of finding my first ever post, but I do have my first ever thread (which was one of my first posts). It was anything but what I had hoped. After writing up some ideas on Gothmog (a character who ever since the movies I have been obsessed with

), SpM and SoN both point me to the search engine. And Squatter calls the thread redundant (which was true

)and points me to the FAQ. Needless to say I was scarred for life and didn't create another thread for a very long time.

Anguirel · 05-26-2007, 08:47 AM

Good catch Lommy, I was indeed mistaken...

Durelin · 05-26-2007, 11:08 AM

*cough*

Umm...yeah.

That's at least one of my first. I do not remember posting that, or really posting much of anything more than a couple years old, as a matter of fact. Poor long term memory, possibly by choice.

If you want a really good laugh, or have some bizarre desire to make yourself feel ill, read my first RP post.

It's been a long 4 years and 7 months, about...

Mattius · 06-13-2007, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Brinniel

Alrighty, my first post was on the All About You thread. I wrote it June 9, 2002, three days after I joined:

Oh boy, how have I changed since then... Btw, for anyone who doesn't know, Ithaeliel was the one who recommended me to the BD, which is why I mentioned her.

My first post was followed by this:

Apparently, the newbie me did not yet know how to edit posts.

I also made two more posts that day elsewhere:

What's A Vanyar?
Left-handed

Pretty simple and boring. If I made more posts that first day, I can't find them.

I never made an actual introductory post, and it appears that is because the introductory thread didn't even come into existence until six months after I joined.

I feel so old (BD-wise, that is). I guess that's what happens when you've been decaying for almost five years...

I remember that post! In fact it was on the discussion thread to that RPG that I posted my first (and possibly most cringeworthy) words here at the Downs. Cringe-ho!

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Hello you lot. I am fasinated by your idea for a good RPG, the others seems very thin and titter out too easily. I would like to add my charchter if I could and then if you don't mind I could add the 1st part of the RPG, if that is okay with you..? Anyways get back to me on that, here is my character-

NAME: Mattius

AGE: 19

RACE: Elf buts acts as a Man (see below)

APPEARNCE: Short spikey blonde hair with icy blue eyes. Six foot tall clad in black and dark green. His long sword is 'Angamarth'- Iron Doom in Elvish (his fathers sword, given to him by the Elves of Lorien). He also carries many knives and a medium length bow. Attached to his belt and hidden under his cloak is his adaopted father's great Black Mace.

BIOGRAPHY: Mattius was born in the woods of Lothlorien ten years before the War of the Ring. On his first birthday his parents (names unknown) travelled to Rivendell bearing important news for Elrond from the Lady of the Wood. The two of them decided to take young Mattius along with them to show him to the Elves of Rivendell and in particular Elrond. Upon passing the Misty Mountains they were attacked by a creature of great stregth and darkness. Mattius' mother was killed and although his father battled gallantly he was also slain by the beast. Baby Mattius, however, fell down the mountainside and against all odds survived to be found by a young married couple travelling from Bree to Minas Tirith. Selsfihly they took Mattius with them and brought him up as their own (although seemingly selfish they could bear no child of their own and they took it as fate that this child had been put in their path). Indeed, it was them that named him Mattius. They both saw he was an elf but decided to raise him as a man of Gondor and reveal to him the truth on his 18th birthday. Unfortuantly his adopted parents did not live to see this as, when Mattius was only ten, Sauron unleashed his armies from Mordor upon Minas Tirith. Only ten was Mattius yet he marched to war with his father and his mother, such was the need at the time. Both of his parents were killed in the war yet some elves saw the Elven child in the battlefield and after the war was over they took Mattius to Lorien to discover from Galadreil that he was an elf and his true parents had been killed nine years ago. Up untill his 18th birthday Mattius was ordered to remain in Lorien, never knowing his true elvish name as he never wanted to know it. The elves taught him all he wished to know and on his 18th birthday the elves gave him leave of Lorien and allowed him to live his life as he would. He decided to find out whom killed his true parents and now searches ME in hope of acting out revenge on behalf of his Elvish parents.

I loved that Freestyle RPG Section, we could write completly bonkers stuff!

Azaelia of Willowbottom · 06-26-2007, 09:01 PM

*Shows back up after being away for far too long...*

A long, long time ago (2001?!), I made this quite unimpressive, though not horribly embarrassing first post:

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Originally Posted by Newbie Azaelia

I think that Merry and Pippin are good. Foolish, yes, but generally good. I'd even go so far as to say that Pippin is my favorite character. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

It was in some thread about Merry and Pippin being good or bad.

In fact, I am not sure I ever formally introduced myself to the Downs.

Now I kind of wish I had made some kind of horribly embarrassing, typical 14-year-old girl sort of statement, so that I could laugh about it now. :P

Rumil · 06-27-2007, 01:53 PM

Here's my first,

Hello and where's Mount Gram?

I guess unduly precocious as I started on a new post and new thread at the same time. I only got 3 replies though. Is this a record and if so do I win a prize?

05-23-2007, 08:00 AM	#2
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	I see it now! Thank you Legate. My goodness, I've never seen that side of Anguirel before... The discussion of the "historical accuracy" of the Silm and whether to dismiss a passage from it more or less readily than "bleak factual marginalia" was quite interesting; ah, yeah, there's probably already a thread where it's been all hashed to death years ago, though. Macalaure, you shouldn't act so sheepish, dear. Sheepish deer? It looks like you won the argument, after all, at least by default...a year and no one's responded to your last point! Last edited by Rikae; 05-23-2007 at 08:21 AM.

05-24-2007, 02:14 AM	#3
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Hmmm... Ang, are you implying that was your first post ever here? Have you forgotten about this one in the Lalwende & davem wish to announce their engagement -thread? __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

05-26-2007, 08:13 AM	#5
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	I have no hopes of finding my first ever post, but I do have my first ever thread (which was one of my first posts). It was anything but what I had hoped. After writing up some ideas on Gothmog (a character who ever since the movies I have been obsessed with ), SpM and SoN both point me to the search engine. And Squatter calls the thread redundant (which was true )and points me to the FAQ. Needless to say I was scarred for life and didn't create another thread for a very long time. __________________ Fenris Penguin

05-26-2007, 08:47 AM	#6
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Good catch Lommy, I was indeed mistaken... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

06-27-2007, 01:53 PM	#10
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	long, long ago in a galaxy far away... Here's my first, Hello and where's Mount Gram? I guess unduly precocious as I started on a new post and new thread at the same time. I only got 3 replies though. Is this a record and if so do I win a prize? __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

05-26-2007, 11:08 AM	#7
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	cough Umm...yeah. That's at least one of my first. I do not remember posting that, or really posting much of anything more than a couple years old, as a matter of fact. Poor long term memory, possibly by choice. If you want a really good laugh, or have some bizarre desire to make yourself feel ill, read my first RP post. It's been a long 4 years and 7 months, about...