How did you end up here? - Page 2 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Peri · 01-24-2003, 11:53 AM

Well, I found while I was also looking for LOTR stuff. I came across this website where people were talking about their elcish names and where they got them. Someone said they got theirs from a name generator at the barrow downs site, so I decided to check it out. That's how I ended up here.

Aphrodel Baggins · 01-24-2003, 12:27 PM

my sister "airehiriel" siad it was cool and i had to join. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Nevcairion_of_Rivendell · 01-24-2003, 06:03 PM

My friend told me that i could find out my Elvish name so i came here because i like Elves and here i am

Falagar · 01-24-2003, 06:12 PM

I found a link on the net to the Name-generator some months ago, but when I tested it I didn't like it, and thought of the Barrow Downs as another unserious Tolkien-site.
(you shall not judge a site by the first impression [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] )

Then, someone posted a link to this site, and I clicked at it again for some weird reason. But then I discovered that the Barrow Downs had a forum! I entered, and here I am [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Mithril · 01-24-2003, 09:32 PM

I was looking for Lord of the Rings sites on Yahoo and found this and it looked interesting so I registered and have been here since.

*Anuion* · 01-25-2003, 07:45 AM

Well,

I saw two monkey's running to a grave and I like monkey's so I followed them. When I enteed I could not get out any more and was trapped. I starved to death and am here ever since.

Nah just kidding. I am here for a long time(Hell I started this tread personaly), but because I can't log in for the moment I am using this account.

Greetings,

Anuion

Guinevere · 01-25-2003, 07:45 AM

I am certainly an exception here!
Until last spring I had never even touched a computer!! But then, because I am such a huge Tolkien fan, my son showed me how to use the internet so I could get in touch with other Tolkien fans. I was first on a German Tolkien-site and forum (Since I live in Switzerland).

The address of the Barrowdowns I actually found in a German book "Tolkien's World",(By Michael Nagula) at the end of it there was a list of the best internet addresses concerning Tolkien.

*Anuion* · 01-25-2003, 07:51 AM

God bless your son guinevere,

Welcome to the downs!(altough I can see your here for quite a time already)

Hm maybe I should have children when I grow up. (If I ever will that is) [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Greetings,

Anuion

Evenstar1069 · 01-25-2003, 10:10 AM

My friend was looking for legolas pictures and came across this site. Then she found the comics and pictures. She told me to check it out so I did and I found this board and here I am.

Balin999 · 01-25-2003, 10:14 AM

Good question!
I surfed the internet and tried to find a LotR site. I found the Barrow-Downs. First I only looked at the pictures and the quizzes, then I discovered a little-frequented forum on the site where I was member number 4 or 5. That was almost three years ago.

*Anuion* · 01-25-2003, 12:55 PM

Dear Balin999,

Quote:

Good question!

Thank you! It is always nice when people say you are doing a good job. Really apreceate that. Love you and will be seeing you arround.

Greetings,

Anuion

Inderjit Sanghera · 01-27-2003, 11:32 AM

Is the B-D the largest Tolkien forum on the web? Hundreds have joined in the last two weeks alone!It is certainly my favourite forum.

Vardadurwen · 01-27-2003, 12:43 PM

A friend of mine kept going on and on about this place where you could find out your Middle-Earth names and such. So I went to the Barrow Downs generator and played around on it for a while before entering other sections of the site. I saw the forum and it intrigued me so much that I decided to join! There ya have it, folks.

Nuranar · 01-27-2003, 04:51 PM

I was searching for Lord of the Rings pictures (not from the movies) and initally found this site. I went back to it when my friends asked me if I'd checked out the forums. I am glad I did!

Elfchick7 · 01-27-2003, 06:50 PM

I was talking to my cousin about a different name generator and he said he knew were a better one was. I didn't believe him so he showed me The Barrow-Downs. I thought that the sight was totally awesome and started hanging out here eventually I stumbled onto the forum and I liked it. I've really only been in the forum for like a week. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

lord of dor-lomin · 01-28-2003, 09:21 AM

I've liked LOTR since junior high, and I met a fellow LOTR fan in high school (the phantom) and after he found this site he told me about it, so then I joined.

JenFramp · 01-28-2003, 10:49 PM

I was helping a friend do a huge Tolkien project..while I was of course already a fan..I had not yet delved into the online tolkien world yet..i stumbled across this site and was hooked!

Ebony · 01-29-2003, 01:29 PM

Hello. I first discovered Barrowdowns about a year ago when someone from the forum I normally post to (at sf-fandom) gave a link to the name generator. I added the site to my favourites, but just visited occasionally to check out other things - I didn't visit the forum. Then last December, things on my forum were getting kind of slow, so I joined up over here.

Like Redshelob, I first read the books while Tolkien was still alive, and have enjoyed them many times over the years.

Must confess though, I'm here today because sf-fandom is down. (ducks)

Helkahothion · 01-29-2003, 01:51 PM

*curses his bad aim and mourn's about the broken fase*

Stop ducking!

[img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Greetings,

Anuion
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Ebony · 01-29-2003, 02:32 PM

[img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Oh yeah, I guess since I'm dead it doesn't really matter if you hit me anyway. hehehe. Fire away!

Or in Tolkienese, Release Arrows!

Laialthriel · 01-29-2003, 04:13 PM

My cousin showed me the name generator and I thought it was a very cool idea. I liked the look of the site and haunted it for a few weeks playing 'hanghobbit' pretty much every day (Dang that game's addicting...), checking out the drawings, etc. Then one day I scrolled a little too far down looking for the hanghobbit button and happened to see the beautiful little button labelled 'Forum'. Needless to say, I got hooked and here I am to stay.

Laialthriel

alaklondewen · 01-29-2003, 08:27 PM

I took a Children's Lit class because The Hobbit was required reading. We had to write a 'research project' and link it to something we read in class, so I wrote the history of Hobbits. While looking for any and everything about Hobbits on the web, I came to B-D. I haven't left since. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Pallando B.C · 01-29-2003, 09:23 PM

My friend was laughing at me when he told me I was a struggling Olog-Hai, on a LotR web site. After about a month fiddling around with the quiz topics i dicovered this forum. I never looked back! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

harlindon · 01-30-2003, 06:19 PM

Well, My friends came here and told me about it. I was here for a while and then I left, and then my friends still kept talking about it so I decided to check it out agin and now bada bing bada boom I'm here.(and staying)

01-24-2003, 11:53 AM	#41
Peri Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 124	Well, I found while I was also looking for LOTR stuff. I came across this website where people were talking about their elcish names and where they got them. Someone said they got theirs from a name generator at the barrow downs site, so I decided to check it out. That's how I ended up here. __________________ "Ah, but I'll begowk ye there!" cried the gentleman. "Play me false, and I'll play you cunning."

01-24-2003, 12:27 PM	#42
Aphrodel Baggins Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hobbiton Posts: 12	my sister "airehiriel" siad it was cool and i had to join. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ We could let HER do it. - Gollum

01-24-2003, 06:12 PM	#44
Falagar Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 69	I found a link on the net to the Name-generator some months ago, but when I tested it I didn't like it, and thought of the Barrow Downs as another unserious Tolkien-site. (you shall not judge a site by the first impression [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) Then, someone posted a link to this site, and I clicked at it again for some weird reason. But then I discovered that the Barrow Downs had a forum! I entered, and here I am [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Auta i lomë! Aurë entuluva! "Take no heed! We speak as is right, and as King Finwë himself did before he was led astray. We are his heirs by right and the elder house. Let them sá-sí, if they can speak no better." -Son of the Therindë

01-24-2003, 09:32 PM	#45
Mithril Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 21	I was looking for Lord of the Rings sites on Yahoo and found this and it looked interesting so I registered and have been here since. __________________ Education is the progressive realization of your ignorance.

01-25-2003, 07:45 AM	#46
Anuion Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: All out trough Arda Posts: 19	Well, I saw two monkey's running to a grave and I like monkey's so I followed them. When I enteed I could not get out any more and was trapped. I starved to death and am here ever since. Nah just kidding. I am here for a long time(Hell I started this tread personaly), but because I can't log in for the moment I am using this account. Greetings, Anuion __________________ This is just a temporarely account for until my real one works again. Sorry to it this way. My real account is Helkahothion.

01-24-2003, 06:03 PM	#43
Nevcairion_of_Rivendell Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lincoln,NE Posts: 15	My friend told me that i could find out my Elvish name so i came here because i like Elves and here i am

01-25-2003, 07:45 AM	#47
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	I am certainly an exception here! Until last spring I had never even touched a computer!! But then, because I am such a huge Tolkien fan, my son showed me how to use the internet so I could get in touch with other Tolkien fans. I was first on a German Tolkien-site and forum (Since I live in Switzerland). The address of the Barrowdowns I actually found in a German book "Tolkien's World",(By Michael Nagula) at the end of it there was a list of the best internet addresses concerning Tolkien. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

01-25-2003, 07:51 AM	#48
Anuion Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: All out trough Arda Posts: 19	God bless your son guinevere, Welcome to the downs!(altough I can see your here for quite a time already) Hm maybe I should have children when I grow up. (If I ever will that is) [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Greetings, Anuion __________________ This is just a temporarely account for until my real one works again. Sorry to it this way. My real account is Helkahothion.

01-25-2003, 10:10 AM	#49
Evenstar1069 Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 15	My friend was looking for legolas pictures and came across this site. Then she found the comics and pictures. She told me to check it out so I did and I found this board and here I am. __________________ Here you will dwell, bound to your grief, under the fading trees

01-25-2003, 10:14 AM	#50
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	Good question! I surfed the internet and tried to find a LotR site. I found the Barrow-Downs. First I only looked at the pictures and the quizzes, then I discovered a little-frequented forum on the site where I was member number 4 or 5. That was almost three years ago. __________________ ...Nichts ist gelber als Gelb selber... ...The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, but conformity... ...Everything is possible, except to ski through a revolving door...

01-27-2003, 11:32 AM	#52
Inderjit Sanghera Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wolverhampton, England Posts: 716	Is the B-D the largest Tolkien forum on the web? Hundreds have joined in the last two weeks alone!It is certainly my favourite forum. __________________ “If I’m more of an influence on your son as a rapper then you are as a father then you've got to look at yourself as a parent” ~>Ice Cube. "Life is so beautiful"->Don Vito Corleone

01-27-2003, 12:43 PM	#53
Vardadurwen Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 102	A friend of mine kept going on and on about this place where you could find out your Middle-Earth names and such. So I went to the Barrow Downs generator and played around on it for a while before entering other sections of the site. I saw the forum and it intrigued me so much that I decided to join! There ya have it, folks. __________________ 'In this phial,' she said, 'is caught the light of Earendil's star....May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out...' - Galadriel 'Now there's an eye-opener and no mistake!' - Samwise Gamgee

01-27-2003, 04:51 PM	#54
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	I was searching for Lord of the Rings pictures (not from the movies) and initally found this site. I went back to it when my friends asked me if I'd checked out the forums. I am glad I did! __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

01-27-2003, 06:50 PM	#55
Elfchick7 Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the Greenwood Posts: 201	I was talking to my cousin about a different name generator and he said he knew were a better one was. I didn't believe him so he showed me The Barrow-Downs. I thought that the sight was totally awesome and started hanging out here eventually I stumbled onto the forum and I liked it. I've really only been in the forum for like a week. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ "Yesterday is history. Tommorow is a mystery. Today is a gift from God. That's why it's called the PRESENT!"

01-28-2003, 09:21 AM	#56
lord of dor-lomin Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: dor-lomin, of course Posts: 167	I've liked LOTR since junior high, and I met a fellow LOTR fan in high school (the phantom) and after he found this site he told me about it, so then I joined. __________________ I used to be indecisive. Now, I'm not so sure.

01-28-2003, 10:49 PM	#57
JenFramp Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Zionsville Posts: 90	I was helping a friend do a huge Tolkien project..while I was of course already a fan..I had not yet delved into the online tolkien world yet..i stumbled across this site and was hooked! __________________ And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out,"Momma, he's got some scars just like me." And he knew it was love, It was one he could understand He was showing his love, And that's how he hurt his hands.

01-29-2003, 01:29 PM	#58
Ebony Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: between a hard and a rocky place Posts: 22	Hello. I first discovered Barrowdowns about a year ago when someone from the forum I normally post to (at sf-fandom) gave a link to the name generator. I added the site to my favourites, but just visited occasionally to check out other things - I didn't visit the forum. Then last December, things on my forum were getting kind of slow, so I joined up over here. Like Redshelob, I first read the books while Tolkien was still alive, and have enjoyed them many times over the years. Must confess though, I'm here today because sf-fandom is down. (ducks) __________________ Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

01-29-2003, 01:51 PM	#59
Helkahothion Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The inside of Legolas' lungs Posts: 1,005	curses his bad aim and mourn's about the broken fase Stop ducking! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Greetings, Anuion ________ Volvo S60 Picture Last edited by Helkahothion; 03-07-2011 at 01:59 AM.

01-29-2003, 02:32 PM	#60
Ebony Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: between a hard and a rocky place Posts: 22	[img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Oh yeah, I guess since I'm dead it doesn't really matter if you hit me anyway. hehehe. Fire away! Or in Tolkienese, Release Arrows! __________________ Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

01-29-2003, 04:13 PM	#61
Laialthriel Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wherever my mind has currently taken me Posts: 48	My cousin showed me the name generator and I thought it was a very cool idea. I liked the look of the site and haunted it for a few weeks playing 'hanghobbit' pretty much every day (Dang that game's addicting...), checking out the drawings, etc. Then one day I scrolled a little too far down looking for the hanghobbit button and happened to see the beautiful little button labelled 'Forum'. Needless to say, I got hooked and here I am to stay. Laialthriel __________________ "Let us run with patience the race that is set before us." --Phil 3:14 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." --Gandalf the Gray

01-29-2003, 08:27 PM	#62
alaklondewen Song of Seregon Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Following the road less traveled Posts: 1,193	I took a Children's Lit class because The Hobbit was required reading. We had to write a 'research project' and link it to something we read in class, so I wrote the history of Hobbits. While looking for any and everything about Hobbits on the web, I came to B-D. I haven't left since. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ At last I understand why we have waited! This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away!

01-29-2003, 09:23 PM	#63
Pallando B.C Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rhûn, Tasmania Posts: 521	My friend was laughing at me when he told me I was a struggling Olog-Hai, on a LotR web site. After about a month fiddling around with the quiz topics i dicovered this forum. I never looked back! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ {JHart} Support The Aussies!

01-30-2003, 06:19 PM	#64
harlindon Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 42	Well, My friends came here and told me about it. I was here for a while and then I left, and then my friends still kept talking about it so I decided to check it out agin and now bada bing bada boom I'm here.(and staying) __________________ Naneth lîn mant hû nîn