New Members - Introduce Yourself Here - Page 86 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Thinlómien · 10-07-2009, 07:21 AM

I think it's only appropriate to welcome our mass-poster back with such a flood of posts.

(Although, I must say the SPM-level quality is still missing.

)

Anyway, glad to see you're back, Saucie.

Mirkgirl · 10-15-2009, 05:26 PM

I'm not really new... but I did use to be online on the chat more and for many years to count not even that... was wondering if there's anyone here still remember ol' me...

Otherwise I'm from Bulgaria, got my education in Germany. Nice to meet you.

Morsul the Dark · 10-15-2009, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirkgirl

I'm not really new... but I did use to be online on the chat more and for many years to count not even that... was wondering if there's anyone here still remember ol' me...

Otherwise I'm from Bulgaria, got my education in Germany. Nice to meet you.

Sorry Yu may have been before me or My memory stinks but at any rate YAY Someone who isn't a spambot!!! YAY

Mirkgirl · 10-15-2009, 05:35 PM

If I only had the energy of a spambot...

happy to get a better welcome tho... I guess the whole tolkien business did die these days... not the best example myself I must admit

Bêthberry · 10-15-2009, 05:41 PM

Hi there Mirkgirl. I remember you from chat. There's still a few of us who carry the torch here.

Welcome back.

Mirkgirl · 10-15-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Hi there Mirkgirl. I remember you from chat. There's still a few of us who carry the torch here.

Welcome back.

Spiffy, hi Bethberry

How've you been doing?

Thinlómien · 10-16-2009, 04:57 AM

Welcome back Mirkgirl. I remember you vaguely, if that helps.

Hope to get to know you better now.

Pitchwife · 10-16-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Morsul the Dark

YAY Someone who isn't a spambot!!! YAY

Really nice for a change, isn't it? Hi Mirkgirl, pleased to meet you!

Estelyn Telcontar · 10-16-2009, 12:22 PM

Hi, Mirky! Oh my, it's been awhile! Nice to see you around again!

11-02-2009, 10:43 AM

I am a newbie in this forum, so i would like to make a new member and contribute my ideas and improve my knowledge from the others.I was registered at your forum. I have printed the test message. Do not delete, please.Gee! this thread will attract many people to give more info

Inziladun · 11-02-2009, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by cisnynix

I am a newbie in this forum, so i would like to make a new member and contribute my ideas and improve my knowledge from the others.I was registered at your forum. I have printed the test message. Do not delete, please.Gee! this thread will attract many people to give more info

Please forgive my suspicion, if it is unwarranted. I have a few questions though, as your 'introduction' appears rather generic. Do you know what this forum is about? What we discuss? What do you think about the forum theme?

EDIT- Ah, banned already. It's so hard to be a spammer these days.

Pitchwife · 11-02-2009, 11:11 AM

They're getting more and more cunning these days. This one even introduced himself on the proper thread - and he almost sounded like "Nice Downerss, please don't ban poor Spamgol from their nice forum, we promises to be very nice, yes we doess, my precioussss!"
Kudos to the Security Forces for quick action!

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-02-2009, 12:19 PM

I was going to delete the spam post, but as it seems to be entertaining for the moment, I will leave it there for a short while.

Inziladun · 11-02-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

I was going to delete the spam post, but as it seems to be entertaining for the moment, I will leave it there for a short while.

I wouldn't say it was entertaining, so much as pitiful. You'd think after being banned many times they'd get the message. Surely there are other fora out there where they could post things like that with impunity. As it is, our mods and members have precious little patience with such obvious huckstering.

alatar · 11-02-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

As it is, our mods and members have precious little patience with such obvious huckstering.

Nah. I'm just trying to up my post count...

Giving infractions do count, don't they?

mark12_30 · 11-06-2009, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Back again! Evening all.

Saucie??? SAUCIE?????

And there was dancing on the riverbank!

Does it have something to do with Daylight Savings TIme...?

mark12_30 · 11-06-2009, 05:11 PM

Okay, now for the silly question. Whatsa spambot?

Mithalwen · 11-06-2009, 05:30 PM

a flaming nuisance... though occasionally diverting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spambot

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 · 11-21-2009, 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

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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*

Mugwump · 11-22-2009, 08:31 AM

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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!

Nogrod · 11-22-2009, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Mugwump

Whom are you calling "older"?

One of them older guys...

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.

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

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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.

Inziladun · 11-27-2009, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by thomasstuart

My name is Thomas and I'd just like to say hi to everyone. As everybody knows that nowadays forums are the best source of Knowledge, and through forums we can learn a lot. When I heard of the community I thought it would be wonderful to expand to a new community, meet like minded people and share thoughts and services with fellow members.I am sure there's a lot of interesting topics and discussions happening on this forum and wanted to check it out.I was looking for a new forum to join and the higher powers of Google has brought me here!
I look forward to meeting you all and wish you the best of success.

What's funny about this one is he tried to put a spam link in his sig and couldn't manage it.

10-07-2009, 07:21 AM	#3401
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I think it's only appropriate to welcome our mass-poster back with such a flood of posts. (Although, I must say the SPM-level quality is still missing. ) Anyway, glad to see you're back, Saucie. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

10-15-2009, 05:26 PM	#3402
Mirkgirl Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 84	I'm not really new... but I did use to be online on the chat more and for many years to count not even that... was wondering if there's anyone here still remember ol' me... Otherwise I'm from Bulgaria, got my education in Germany. Nice to meet you. __________________ "Hobbits! Well, what next? I have heard of strange doings in this land, but I have seldom heard of a hobbit sleeping out of doors under a tree. Three of them! There's something mighty queer behind this."

10-15-2009, 05:35 PM	#3404
Mirkgirl Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 84	If I only had the energy of a spambot... happy to get a better welcome tho... I guess the whole tolkien business did die these days... not the best example myself I must admit __________________ "Hobbits! Well, what next? I have heard of strange doings in this land, but I have seldom heard of a hobbit sleeping out of doors under a tree. Three of them! There's something mighty queer behind this."

10-15-2009, 05:41 PM	#3405
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,997	Hi there Mirkgirl. I remember you from chat. There's still a few of us who carry the torch here. Welcome back. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

10-16-2009, 04:57 AM	#3407
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Welcome back Mirkgirl. I remember you vaguely, if that helps. Hope to get to know you better now. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

10-16-2009, 12:22 PM	#3409
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Hi, Mirky! Oh my, it's been awhile! Nice to see you around again! __________________ '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...'

11-02-2009, 10:43 AM	#3410
cisnynix Guest Posts: n/a	I am a newbie in this forum, so i would like to make a new member and contribute my ideas and improve my knowledge from the others.I was registered at your forum. I have printed the test message. Do not delete, please.Gee! this thread will attract many people to give more info
	$Received Infraction$

11-02-2009, 11:11 AM	#3412
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	They're getting more and more cunning these days. This one even introduced himself on the proper thread - and he almost sounded like "Nice Downerss, please don't ban poor Spamgol from their nice forum, we promises to be very nice, yes we doess, my precioussss!" Kudos to the Security Forces for quick action! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

11-02-2009, 12:19 PM	#3413
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I was going to delete the spam post, but as it seems to be entertaining for the moment, I will leave it there for a short while. __________________ '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...'

11-06-2009, 05:11 PM	#3417
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	Okay, now for the silly question. Whatsa spambot? __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

11-06-2009, 05:30 PM	#3418
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	a flaming nuisance... though occasionally diverting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spambot __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

11-06-2009, 05:48 PM	#3419
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	#3420
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	#3421
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	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	#3422
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	#3423
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	#3424
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	#3431
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	#3432
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	#3433
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	#3434
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	#3436
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	#3437
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