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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor
May 5 2014, 8:32am
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*Gollum* What has preciouses gots in their pocketses
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We don't want no manfood, eh? Creepily, Gollum was a mental squatter in my previous go-around due to my fanfic about the hunt for him so we gets it, we does...
Fan of both books and movies. Oh, and it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment. Thranduil Appreciation: I, II, III, IV "BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Starling
Half-elven
May 5 2014, 8:42am
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I was quite proud of that sentence, which I made all by myself. I cannot say the same of the biscuits.
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Starling
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May 5 2014, 8:46am
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We are famished! Famished we are precious...
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Lurker in the Mirk
Valinor
May 5 2014, 10:01am
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I wish there was a "LIKE" button for posts.
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In lieu, how about some starlight from the earth?
Fan of both books and movies. Oh, and it seems I have severely misnamed myself... for the moment. Thranduil Appreciation: I, II, III, IV "BoFA"= The Battle || "BotFA"/"tBofTA" = The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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The Foehammer
The Shire
May 29 2014, 12:52am
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Use this thread to introduce yourself to the boards and tell us a little about yourself, whether you're a new newbie or an old newbie, or a new oldbie, erm... oh heck, you know what I mean, lol! Feel free to post a piccie of yourself too, if you like. (p.s. thanks for suggesting this in Feedback all). Cheers! Hello all, I am an avid Tolkien fan since early childhood in the 80's, but am new to this site, I am really big into sports forums but have now branched out here, and to scified to enjoy some awesome middle arth discussion. :) Nice to meet you all! One question, why are there so many more views in The Hobbit forum when compared to the LOTR forum? Was this site not up and running until after the first trilogy? Just awfully curious, it would make sense that it would be the other way around.
"My teeth are swords, my claws spears..." - Smaug, The Magnificent
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SirDennisC
Half-elven
May 29 2014, 1:00am
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Hmmm good question. I think it's because the board was redone in 2007, about 2 years after LOTR wound down and 1 year before the Hobbit was announced. TORn has been around since 1999 (just had the 15th anniversary party). Everything before 2007 is called the old boards: for obvious reason LOTR dominates there rather than the Hobbit. At it's heart TORn is a Tolkien fan site, but Sir Peter's movies do get a lot of attention. Incidentally, for a good while before the first Hobbit movie was released in December 2012, "Off Topic" was the forum with the most posts.
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Lothiriel
The Shire
Jul 20 2014, 9:08am
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I'm brand-new to this forum, my (real) name is Juliette. I'm French, so please forgive my mistakes . I'm currently living in Tours (200 km in South-West of Paris) where I'm a first-year medicine student. I have been a Tolkiendil since I'm eleven. Bye!
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BlackFox
Half-elven
Jul 20 2014, 9:21am
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I'm always glad to welcome fellow Tolkien fans and students to these boards. I hope you enjoy your stay.
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” - Henry David Thoreau
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Meneldor
Valinor
Jul 21 2014, 3:32am
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Bonjour et bienvenue, Lothiriel! //
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They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.
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Lothiriel
The Shire
Jul 21 2014, 6:04am
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Someone who speaks French! :D
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Meneldor
Valinor
Jul 22 2014, 2:23am
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I grew up in eastern Canada; French was a required course in school.
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I've never used it in all the decades since school, so I've already used a significant portion of my vocabulary.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.
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Lothiriel
The Shire
Jul 22 2014, 6:47am
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I heard about these lessons but I thought it was only in Quebec ^^
"Ils ne savaient pas que c'était impossible, alors ils l'ont fait." Mark Twain
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Meneldor
Valinor
Jul 22 2014, 7:01pm
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which is the only officially bilingual province. Quebec is officially French, and the others are officially English.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.
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Lothiriel
The Shire
Jul 22 2014, 8:27pm
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French and English languages in Canada
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I didn't know that there were so many differences between canadian provinces for languages! I thought Quebec was bilingual and other provinces only English-speaking...
"Ils ne savaient pas que c'était impossible, alors ils l'ont fait." Mark Twain
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Lothiriel
The Shire
Jul 22 2014, 8:45pm
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Being bilingual must be really convenient but I don't know if French is actually useful in your everyday life ^^.
"Ils ne savaient pas que c'était impossible, alors ils l'ont fait." Mark Twain
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theodwyn
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Aug 1 2014, 3:14am
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Well, this is my first time on the message board of TORn, so i'll share a little about myself... I've been a fan of the movies, books, and the like for years now.. I'm a 30 yr old female who lives in Georgia (USA) and I'm a proud mom to my six cats (I AM the crazy cat lady!).. hehe.. I have been a member of another website's message board for a looooong time now and have made a couple friends through there.. it's not very active anymore though.. i'd love to make even more friends; you can never have too many! So, anyways.. that's all that comes to mind right away.. if you might have questions, ask away.. I'm generally an open person.. Take care!
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Silverlode
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Aug 1 2014, 3:28am
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Glad you've decided to join us. This is a friendly place, though the Hobbit board does see its share of opposing opinions these days! If you need help or information about anything, the Site Rules, FAQ, and TORN Dictionary can be found in the Welcome section, and you can get answers to all kinds of TORN-related questions or problems by posting on the Feedback board. But mostly, dive in and have fun! See you around the boards.
Silverlode Want a LOTR Anniversary footer of your own? Get one here! "Dark is the water of Kheled-zâram, and cold are the springs of Kibil-nâla, and fair were the many-pillared halls of Khazad-dűm in Elder Days before the fall of mighty kings beneath the stone."
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theodwyn
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Aug 1 2014, 3:34am
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Thanks so much! I'm already a little confused about some things.. the configuration of this message board is a bit different than I'm used to, but I'm sure i'll learn my way around.. :P
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Silverlode
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Aug 1 2014, 6:39am
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Obviously, the Main Index shows you all of our forums, each dedicated to a different category of discussion. Most of us wander happily back and forth between them, joining in any conversation that seems interesting, but there are some who find they're most interested in one section and spend most of their time there. You can change the way the forums look to you by going to Edit Profile (one of the rings at the top of the screen) and then Display Settings. For your Default Post Display, you can choose Flat (when you click on a thread, posts all load in a line, sorted by time stamp) or Threaded (posts display in outline form by subject lines, with replies to each post indented and you click on each post to read it). Default Forum View allows you to set the main forum display to Collapsed, which will only show subject lines of root posts until you click into the thread, or Threaded, where you can scroll down the page and see the subject lines in each thread before clicking into it. That may sound confusing, but it's not hard to play around with the settings a little until you find the arrangement that suits you best. Our forum setup is a bit different than most and takes a little getting used to, but it works well for us. Also, you may notice that threads don't "bump" here when people reply to them. There are reasons behind this. But if you want to see the threads with the most recent replies when you enter a forum, look at the top right of the green bar. You'll see Age (creation). If you click on "creation", it will toggle to "activity" and bring the active threads to the top. Don't click on "Age" though, or it will sort with oldest posts first and you'll find yourself reading threads from 2007! Hope that's helpful.
Silverlode Want a LOTR Anniversary footer of your own? Get one here! "Dark is the water of Kheled-zâram, and cold are the springs of Kibil-nâla, and fair were the many-pillared halls of Khazad-dűm in Elder Days before the fall of mighty kings beneath the stone."
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BlackFox
Half-elven
Aug 1 2014, 9:15am
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I hope you'll enjoy your stay!
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” - Henry David Thoreau
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theodwyn
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Aug 1 2014, 11:55pm
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That was very helpful, thank you!
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theodwyn
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Aug 1 2014, 11:57pm
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Thank you, I think I will..
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TricksyHobbitses
The Shire
Nov 8 2014, 8:53pm
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I'm an Aussie-turned-American living in New York, and an all-round nerd (math, physics, robotics, you name it ) as well as a Tolkien fan. I've been lurking here for a few months and lurked the old boards way back in the LOTR movie days but finally decided to join so I could geek out with everyone over the impending release of TBof5A. Can't wait for December
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BlackFox
Half-elven
Nov 8 2014, 9:00pm
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Welcome, welcome and thrice welcome!
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Glad to have you de-lurk.
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