Join the CbC discussion! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-01-2005, 02:09 AM

Have you read posts on the Chapter-by-Chapter discussion and not dared to participate among the experts? Or did you start earlier and lose track somewhere down the line? Have you been unable to keep up with rereading LotR for the discussions? Then this is a good time to jump in and join us there!

This week we begin with Chapter 1 of Book 4, over halfway through TTT. We now join Frodo and Sam on their journey to Mordor, leaving the others and their part of the story behind. I'd like to encourage you to read the chapter and share your thoughts with us - what's important to you? What touches you? Do you remember reading it the first time and how you felt then? You don't have to be an expert to write down your impressions; your point of view is unique and enriching for all others who read it.

I look forward to many interesting posts!

davem · 03-02-2005, 02:58 PM

Will it last? Will we get to The Grey Havens (let alone to Aragorn & Arwen)? I know the last chapter provoked a long discussion but (& I think this may have been my fault) it did get a bit off-topic & most of the posts seemed to be unconnected with the events of the chapter itself! We're nearly half way through the week of our discussion of The Taming of Smeagol & currently have FIVE posts!

Looking at the CbC board we not only seem to be getting fewer & fewer posts with each chapter (generally speaking) but also fewer & fewer views.

Thinking back to the fate of our HoME Chapter by Chapter companion thread I hope the main CbC discussion doesn't go the same way so can I here & now second Esty's plea for new contributors?

Please join us!!

mark12_30 · 03-02-2005, 03:04 PM

I am desperately trying to catch up. I am struggling to get through book 3 so I can get to book 4 (I am a Frodo addict, after all) but I mustn't start reading book 4 til I've posted all my comments from book 3... I'm almost there. I have one more chapter to read (Palantir) and must also post my comments from the previous 3 (Voice of Saruman, Flotsam, Road to Isengard.)

Formendacil · 03-02-2005, 03:12 PM

I don't know if this is the case with anyone else, but on my computer (actually, both of my computers), when I look at the Chapter-by-Chapter forum, I see either a ghost or a locked-forum sign, both of which I took to mean, for the longest time, that the CbC forum was a forum only opened once in a while for discussion by members who were a part of a select group or something.

Does anyone else seen icons of that nature on the CbC forum? If so, maybe that would account for part of the problem. After all, who would bother trying to post in a forum that appeared to be locked? I didn't for quite a while.

mark12_30 · 03-02-2005, 03:21 PM

Whoa!! The ghost (or lock) means that only certain persons (mods) can open new threads. It doesn't mean that you cannot post to the existing threads. The Shire is likewise locked because only the mods can open new games. But there's plenty of activity there.

Esty always opens each new thread. (And she does a marvellous job.)

Go into the sub-forum, and you will see unlocked threads!

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-02-2005, 03:23 PM

Hmmmm, if it shows up as a locked forum, then that's only because the ability to open threads there is limited to the moderator and administrators. However, anyone can post there, and I hope to encourage many to try it - it's fun!

PS - Cross-posted with Mark12_30, who already explained the reasons...

Formendacil · 03-02-2005, 03:25 PM

Well yes, I discovered that eventually, and as the written record will show, posted a few times (although I must confess that I belong more to the respond to responses crowd than to the initial responders).

My initial confusion arose from experience elsewhere, and so I wondered if that might have had any bearing on other people posting.

03-01-2005, 02:09 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Join the CbC discussion! Have you read posts on the Chapter-by-Chapter discussion and not dared to participate among the experts? Or did you start earlier and lose track somewhere down the line? Have you been unable to keep up with rereading LotR for the discussions? Then this is a good time to jump in and join us there! This week we begin with Chapter 1 of Book 4, over halfway through TTT. We now join Frodo and Sam on their journey to Mordor, leaving the others and their part of the story behind. I'd like to encourage you to read the chapter and share your thoughts with us - what's important to you? What touches you? Do you remember reading it the first time and how you felt then? You don't have to be an expert to write down your impressions; your point of view is unique and enriching for all others who read it. I look forward to many interesting posts! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

03-02-2005, 02:58 PM	#2
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Will it last? Will we get to The Grey Havens (let alone to Aragorn & Arwen)? I know the last chapter provoked a long discussion but (& I think this may have been my fault) it did get a bit off-topic & most of the posts seemed to be unconnected with the events of the chapter itself! We're nearly half way through the week of our discussion of The Taming of Smeagol & currently have FIVE posts! Looking at the CbC board we not only seem to be getting fewer & fewer posts with each chapter (generally speaking) but also fewer & fewer views. Thinking back to the fate of our HoME Chapter by Chapter companion thread I hope the main CbC discussion doesn't go the same way so can I here & now second Esty's plea for new contributors? Please join us!! __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

03-02-2005, 03:04 PM	#3
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	I am desperately trying to catch up. I am struggling to get through book 3 so I can get to book 4 (I am a Frodo addict, after all) but I mustn't start reading book 4 til I've posted all my comments from book 3... I'm almost there. I have one more chapter to read (Palantir) and must also post my comments from the previous 3 (Voice of Saruman, Flotsam, Road to Isengard.) __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve. Last edited by mark12_30; 03-02-2005 at 03:29 PM.

03-02-2005, 03:12 PM	#4
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,326	I don't know if this is the case with anyone else, but on my computer (actually, both of my computers), when I look at the Chapter-by-Chapter forum, I see either a ghost or a locked-forum sign, both of which I took to mean, for the longest time, that the CbC forum was a forum only opened once in a while for discussion by members who were a part of a select group or something. Does anyone else seen icons of that nature on the CbC forum? If so, maybe that would account for part of the problem. After all, who would bother trying to post in a forum that appeared to be locked? I didn't for quite a while. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

03-02-2005, 03:21 PM	#5
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	Whoa!! The ghost (or lock) means that only certain persons (mods) can open new threads. It doesn't mean that you cannot post to the existing threads. The Shire is likewise locked because only the mods can open new games. But there's plenty of activity there. Esty always opens each new thread. (And she does a marvellous job.) Go into the sub-forum, and you will see unlocked threads! __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

03-02-2005, 03:23 PM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Hmmmm, if it shows up as a locked forum, then that's only because the ability to open threads there is limited to the moderator and administrators. However, anyone can post there, and I hope to encourage many to try it - it's fun! PS - Cross-posted with Mark12_30, who already explained the reasons... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...' Last edited by Estelyn Telcontar; 03-02-2005 at 03:26 PM.

03-02-2005, 03:25 PM	#7
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,326	Well yes, I discovered that eventually, and as the written record will show, posted a few times (although I must confess that I belong more to the respond to responses crowd than to the initial responders). My initial confusion arose from experience elsewhere, and so I wondered if that might have had any bearing on other people posting. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.