The Future of the Downs

[the phantom]

"Is the forum losing members?"

"When the movies are done coming out, will we still get new members?"

"Will we eventually cover every possible topic having anything to do with Middle Earth?"

I've seen these type of questions asked before, and I imagine they are not going to stop any time soon. It seems everyone is interested in what the future holds for The Barrow-Downs and its members.

So, here is a place to post your predictions.

You prediction can be serious- I believe that BW is going to retire next year and leave the site to Sharku.

Your prediction can be silly- I think that the members of this site will eventually get together and form their own little island nation.

You can make predictions about members, threads, and anything else you want (related to Tolkien or the forum, that is).

Have fun!

the phantom predicts-
- burrahobbit receives 1000 rep points for a three word post
- Sophia the Thunder Mistress gets struck by lightning
- Tigerlily Gamgee is cast as Eowyn in the broadway production of Lord of the Rings
- after complaining about Eowyn's limited stage time, Tig is demoted to Orc #43
- the 1000th Balrog Wing thread started by Newbie91
- BW, who has been growing more vicious over the years, tracks down Newbie91 and eats him
- The Saucepan Man realizes he is a better reader now than when he was five
- Bethberry learns how to put aside her baggage and rereads LOTR, she enjoys it more than ever, Davem says "I told you so"
- Bethberry kills Davem
- Lalwende makes Bethberry into Bethberry Pie
- Mark12_30 arrested for an act of extreme debauchery
- Lush joins a convent, says she's always been a puritan sort of person at heart
- Eomer of the Rohirrim slain by a warg rider
- the phantom becomes more arrogant
- Gil-Galad walks into an open manhole, investigators say he didn't see it due to the cape over his face
- Fea wins international acclaim for her life-size Statue of Liberty replica, constructed entirely out of pop cans
- true to his name, Mister Underhill is buried beneath a landslide
- Esty begins demanding that her family call her "Fiona", insists she is part ogre, put into an institution
- the guy who be short's doctor informs him that his screen name is stunting his growth
- the first manned expedition to Mars discovers life on the red planet- hobbits!
- Steven Spielberg directs a blockbuster hit about a doomed colony on Mars that is attacked and eaten by hobbits, Tolkien purists cry foul
- thanks to breakthroughs in chiropractic knowledge, the stiff necks of the elves and dwarves are cured
- littlemanpoet is killed by a werewolf
- the phrase "Doing an HI" becomes entrenched in modern business lingo as a term for reviving old projects
- the phantom is overwhelmed with reps and pms praising his idea for this thread as well as his immensely enjoyable first post
- after a brief period of popularity, BW is forced to close the thread down, mainly because of pointless off-topic posts written primarily by Ainaserkewen, Dancing Spawn, and perplexingly- Mister Underhill

[the guy who be short]

I predict: The phantom edits the above post to stop it looking like a list thread. :p

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I predict that every member of this forum will at some point be forced to under-go extreme psychiatric evaluation because of recurring WW dreams.

Burrahobbit will inherit the site from BW, immediately closing it with his only words of explanation being "It's done."

Estelyn will burn her passport and live in a private hole in the middle of nowhere.

Peter Jackson will become a devoted member of the forum, and realizing the error of his Faramir-warping ways, will create a privately funded re-make of his films, catering to every opinion here stated. His balrogs will have flashing wings (sometimes there, sometimes not), his Boromir will have black hair, his Arwen will sit quietly in a corner embroidering a banner.

The phantom will admit to the world that Fea is smarter and sneakier than him. He will then stop flirting with all of the female members.

:p

[Orominuialwen]

I predict that every member of this forum will at some point be forced to under-go extreme psychiatric evaluation because of recurring WW dreams. I'd second that one. I had one last night which I can't remember for the life of me, but I'm positive was WW-related.

I predict that within the next five years or so, Feanor and the phantom will get married and we will have yet another Barrow-Downs wedding on our hands.

Eventually nobody will ever be able to get any more rep points because we will all have so many.

[the phantom]

The Future of the Downs, Middle Earth style-

October, 2005- the phantom begins forging, in secret, his Ring of Arrogance.

November, 2005- the phantom recruits nine ring wraiths to serve as his primary generals. Among them are Fea, Kuruharan, The Only Real Estel, and their captain- The Saucepan Man of Angmar.

February, 2006- the phantom openly declares his intentions of taking over The Barrow-Downs. King Barrow-Wight and his sons, Sharku and Mithadan, lead the resistance against him.

March, 2006- Gil-Galad and his elven host arrive to help.

June, 2006- the phantom and his minions are forced back into their fortresses in the Middle Earth Mirth forum.

July, 2006- BW and Gil lead an assault on the Werewolf Threads, the phantom's primary base. the phantom comes out to do battle with them. During the duel, the phantom shoots Gil with his own pun, and strikes BW with his own Thread-Closing Hammer, but as BW falls, he strikes the phantom directly in the IP, rendering him temporarily inactive. Sharku takes full advantage of the moment and takes the phantom's Ring. the phantom's forces flee.

August, 2006- The forum is split in two. Sharku becomes Administrator of the Northern Forum, while Mithadan becomes Administrator of the Southern Forum. On his way to the Northern Forum, Sharku loses the Ring and is unable to find it.

January, 2007- Mithadan retires from his position as Administrator. His heirs, lindil and Child, slay each other in a contest to determine who would inherit the throne.

February, 2007- Davem and Lalwende are elected as Stewards, and are charged with keeping the forum running until the day that the Administrator returns. Their son, Davem Junior, is angry that his father is only called a "steward" rather than an "administrator".

April, 2007- The Northern Forum, which had been losing members steadily, became little more than a chat room- but the line of Administrators remained unbroken.

July, 2007- Rumors begin to circulate about the reemergence of the phantom.

September, 2007- the phantom openly declares himself on the All About You thread, and attacks the forum. Legions of pro-Feanor and anti-Galadriel posts begin seeping into The Books. Winged and unwinged Balrog threads pop up everywhere. Chat speak runs rampant.

October, 2007- To assist the beleaguered site, Valinor sends HerenIstarion.

January, 2008- Just as The Books are about to fall to the phantom's forces, Rimbaud, the heir of Sharku, and HerenIstarion come out of the Northern Forums, along with Eomer of the Rohirrim leading his army of warg riders.

February, 2008- Rimbaud and HI realize that their victory was only temporary, and that they will soon fall to the phantom if his Ring is not found and destroyed. Knowing that haste is needed, they ask burrahobbit to do the job. Later that day, he finds the Ring, and before it has a chance to corrupt him he chucks it into Mount Deletion.

Villagers win!
Peter Jackson will become a devoted member of the forum...will create a privately funded re-make of his films, catering to every opinion here stated
That would be nice.
He will then stop flirting with all of the female members
The least likely prediction I've seen thus far. ;)
I predict that within the next five years of so, Feanor and the phantom will get married and we will have yet another Barrow-Downs wedding on our hands.
How do you know we haven't wed already and have just been keeping mum? :p

Or perhaps we are the same person, and I created the Fea account to interact with just to make myself look more popular?

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Very funny.

I predict that, within the year, Werewolf Games will join Balrog Wing threads in the Land of Shadow.

I also predict that, within 3 or 4 years, there will be a massive Barrowdowns party (in real life) most likely held in America in summertime. Including rambunctious antics and lewd behaviour.

[Meneltarmacil]

The Fortunately/Unfortunately thread will keep going for a while, at least until Gil-Galad, the Elf-warrior, and the guy who be short start a gigantic fight to the death on it.

Nilpaurion Felagund and myself will wind up bombing each other out of existance in the Quiz Room eventually.

Also, is it just me, or are more and more people forgetting about Boromir the Disco King lately?

[Formendacil]

Sometime in the distant future, Formendacil will become known as one of the "Old Guard"...

A new forum will be created when the Silmarillion goes into the public domain.

Eomer of the Rohirrim, The Saucepan Man, and the Phantom will all be consigned to the "the old fuddy-duddies group".

The Barrowdown's colour scheme will switch to purple and green to match the Barrow-Wight's new avatar.

Formendacil will have his rep jewels reset for perpetuating a religious argument, as will Alatar, Lalwende, Bethberry, and Davem.

Feanor of the Peredhil will legislate for a name-change to Feanor of the Quendi.

Fordim Hedgethistle will be seen wearing Indy's fedora.

Lhunardawen will replace Estelyn Telcontar as curator of the Chapter-by-Chapter discussions.

The Crazy Captions will reach 300 pages. (12000 posts....)

[Lhunardawen]

We'll see page after page of eleven green boxes in the Member List.

[Alcarillo]

We'll see page after page of eleven green boxes in the Member List.

I sure hope so. I so far have only one green box. But if everyone has eleven green boxes, wouldn't reputation then be meaningless? We would then might as well have no little boxes at all, because everyone's equal.

[Rumil]

Bill Ferney, Gwaihir the Windlord and Nazgul Number Nine re-appear ;)

[Oddwen]

Sometime in the future, the next level in the Rep scale will be "______ has reunified the Entish Bow".

Corpses with enough rep points will be able to use colored text in their signatures, however said text must be a quote from Tolkien's works.

Once the rep box limits are reached, boxes start diminishing. Davem, Lalwende, and SpM are soon "Acting a bit like Ted Sandyman", and post many off-topic nonsense posts in hopes to once again be on top of Taniquetil (and the Member's List).

Any new topic with the words "Balrog", "Elf", "Bombadil" or "Barrowdowner" will be automatically deleted.

When the phantom is head of the boards, anyone who doesn't post at least once a day will have their account deleted.

He will also rename the mods "Guardians", appoint Feanor of the Quendi as Immortal Hunter, and hold daily votes to delete newbie accounts.

Ilpaurionay Egalundfay's alter egos will eat his soul, and then occupy equal halves of his body. They will be at odds with each other, and we will see some very wierd posts.

Boromir the Disco King will be nothing but a faded signature in Elrond's Guestbook. Only two people will remember it, and when it is mentioned, one of them will start hissing and muttering "Squid" deep in her throat. The other will merely eat the bananas thrown through his cage and "ook" thoughtfully.

Someone will have as their signature these lines:

Hey, remember that old Predictions thread, and how we laughed?
How naive we were then, children,
My account was lynched this morning.

[Lhunardawen]

We'll see page after page of eleven green boxes in the Member List. After which there will be a Big Bang, sending us all back to square one (or ten points). In a period of a few years this would have happened several times already.

We'll have another BD wedding...whose it will be remains to be revealed. :D

Peter Jackson will become a devoted member of the forum...will create a privately funded re-make of his films, catering to every opinion here stated And he will choose his actors among the BDers!

BDers will be coming like swarms to the CbC discussion threads for RotK. (How I wish...)

As for the near future...HI will be back, along with Mrs. Istarion.

[Gil-Galad]

I predict that more puns will come from me...and the dragon comes in the niiiiiight!(now the song is stuck in my head)

{i preditct that you will go to my site and see some of my preditcions...}

I predict that somebody will try to log in as The Barrow-Wight after he has closed their 5th "What happened to Tom Bombadil" Thread, and fail only to be laughed at by The Phantom...and me...The ever-loveable Gil-Galad

[Bêthberry]

the phantom predicts-
. . .
- Bethberry learns how to put aside her baggage and rereads LOTR, she enjoys it more than ever, Davem says "I told you so"
- Bethberry kills Davem
- Lalwende makes Bethberry into Bethberry Pie
. . .


Here's to your blarney stone, the phantom:


Four and twenty blackbirds will arise from Lalwende's Bethberry pie and sing the story of events from an eyewitness account, therebye putting to rest davem's conceit, of the Translator variety as well as others.

Amanaduial the Archer will edit all her RPGs for eucatastrophes, under the expert auspices of Helen 12_30.

Kuruharan will show Thenamir how to run a hugely inflated profit-making Barrow Downs store.

Aiwendil and lindil will be hired by the Tolkien Estate to publish the results of the Silmarillion project on the basis of Christopher Tolkien's acknowledgement that their rhyming names reflecting a previously unknown elvish dialect referred to as Black Elvish because of its similarity to an old Irish language.

the phantom will hack the Squatter smilie to replace it with his own name.

The Squatter of Amon Rudh and Fordim Hedgethistle will engage in a battle of canonicity, posting mainly in Old English--as the youngsters here understand Old English, being erudite, eloquent, and long-sentenced, with words over five syllables long.

Child of the 7thAge will forsake RPGs as a postmodern muddle of the true history of Middle earth and piosenniel will unlock The Shire, deciding that Aragorn had the wrong idea how to save the hobbits. Mithadan will invite Cuthalion and Maikadilwen back to help him run The Shire.

Legolas will volunteer to help Estelyn write The Light at the End of the Entish Bow, or, The Simarillion Condensed into Five Easy Ages.

Mr Underhill will retire from the Downs when he realises that Neil Gaiman is a better fantasy writer than Tolkien.

Sharku will start speaking again in chat, but this time in tongues which no one can understand, not even those who have studied Quenya with the guy who be short. burrahobbit will translate.

[Amanaduial the archer]

When the phantom is head of the boards When? When?! There is no hope! Run for the hills, get the women and children in the lifeboats first, and many more panicked mixed metaphors!

However...

piosenniel will unlock The Shire, deciding that Aragorn had the wrong idea how to save the hobbits. Well now there's a thought for you...*evil*

[The Saucepan Man]

the phantom becomes more arrogantThat's the only really credible prediction so far (and he should know). :p ;)

[Amanaduial the archer]

That's the only really credible prediction so far (and he should know). :p ;)
I wouldn't say so - how can an impossibility be credible? Surely one head can only take so much swelling...surely... :p

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I've got this theory that the 'Downs will one day spontaneously combust, due to all of the flaming balrogs debates that have been tucked away into a frictiony little corner of the forum.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

On CbC

The CbC thread, after finishing LR and The Hobbit, will go into HoMe.

Esty, after hearing the thousandth newbie ask what HoMe is, will go on a newbie lynching spree.

Because of Form's post # 8, my sister the Lhunatic will seize her chance to become mod/curator.

She will lose, as Princess Fiona knows martial arts, and she knows only how to summon slugs (don't ask).

Ach. My mind is too busy. Can't . . . think . . . predictable . . . predictions.

[Oddwen]

Sometime in the future...The Barrow-Wight will put up audio clips on the main page, greetings from actual Downers.
Some of these clips would be:

The Mighty Wighty: Welcome to the Barrowdowns, the best place to discuss Tolkien and his works. Stay on topic and no-one will get hurt.
Burrahobbit: Hi.
the phantom: This is the phantom.
Sharku: *blank silence*
Lalwende & Davem (alternating words): Welcome to the Barrowdowns! Enjoy your stay! *which button do I push?* *No, not that one!*
Mormegil: Ook Ook eeeeeeeeeek! *gunshot*
Sometime after the phantom's insurrection is crushed, it will be discovered that banned member Helkahothalion has been posting happily for many years...as Estelyn Telcontar!

[the guy who be short]

I find it very likely that a new member will appear, calling himself the anti-phantom. The arrogance of the phantom and his anti-self will clash, causing a great rift in the Downs, with each member joining one of the two sides.
Much flaming will ensue as BDer turns on BDer, and the forums descend into chaos and punnery.
Eventually, as the situation becomes so ban that the B-W announces the closing of the forums in the very near future, the phantom declares that he created the anti-phantom to boost his popularity.

Oddwen will have more terrible puns in her signature that I shall invariably steal.

Fea and tp will be wolves together in Tol-in-Gaurhoth. :eek: :eek:

*Shameless Plug*
I predict people will click the link in my siggy and decide they want to learn Quenya to better understand Tolkien. Especially men... so far we have about 10 women and me. I'm not sure why...

[Shelob]

"I find it very likely that a new member will appear, calling himself the anti-phantom. The arrogance of the phantom and his anti-self will clash, causing a great rift in the Downs, with each member joining one of the two sides." ~TGWBS

Like combining Acids and Bases? Or maybe it would be more like that Star Trek (http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/TOS/detail/68700.html) episode? Either way it wouldn't suprise me much...

As for Making my own prediction...Maybe I'll click that link in The Guy Who Be Short's signature...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Burrahobbit and obloquy will morph into one, and have conversations with hims-self much like this:

You think?
Nope.
Why?
Because.
Bad answer.
Fine. It's because I said so.
You're still wrong.
Am not.
Prove it.
Book IV, Chapter 3, Line 22. See?
Whatever.

Upon trying to follow this concise and Gollumesque conversation, many BDer's heads will explode. The two will laugh.

[zifnab]

I predict in the future, that I will still not have read this entire thread.

[Durelin]

A forum member with the name 'Legolas' and the letters 'luv' in their screen name shall be a moderator of the 'Spam' forum.

'Spam' will officially be changed from a creepy meat-like fabrication to my middle name.

I will learn how to run an RPG without having to take anitdepressent medication to treat neurosis.

Piosenniel will start her own RPG with the word 'Blood' in the title.

The Barrow Wight will initiate an IQ test in which you must score a 150 or higher to join the forums. A purging will begin.

Speaking of BD weddings, I will marry CaptainofDespair.

Tolkien's troubled soul will rise from the dead and plague the Barrow-Downs as a Wight, mysteriously resurrecting topics to set everyone straight on whether or not Balrogs do in fact have wings.

Saruman will be seen on the forums bearing a lightsaber and stealing rep from Lalwendë, davem, The Saucepan Man, Bethberry, Fordim, Estelyn, and others who are rich with reputation and giving to the poor, Errol Flynn style.

A new roleplaying forum will open called 'The Houses of Healing' and will be solely for RPGs of the romance genre.

Potatothan will return in an all new RPG of fiery elfish romance called Dirty Nancing.

CaptainofDespair will roleplay as a young hobbit lass in search of the perfect husband.

the phantom will pull an Uma Thurman, don yellow and black spandex (which, according to him, he will look spectacular in), and will slaughter many a BDer wearing suits and small black masks for impersonating him.

It will be discovered that the guy who be short is so short because he's really a hobbit.

It will be shockingly revealed in the tabloids that The Barrow Wight in fact has a copy of Dude Where's My Ring saved in a special folder on his desktop.

I will be mauled by werewolves...again.

[The Only Real Estel]

November, 2005- the phantom recruits nine ring wraiths to serve as his primary generals. Among them are Fea, Kuruharan, The Only Real Estel, and their captain- The Saucepan Man of Angmar.

I think I should feel honored, but most of me thinks that that list was completely random :p (except for maybe Fea ;)).

The future will be sad on the barrowdowns.

the phantom will actually mellow with age, becoming reclusive & hermetly, suffering from shrinking ego-iteis and will consequently not be nearly as funny or quotable.

I will stop making up words, like hermetly & ego-iteis.

The Saucepan Man and Eomer will actually swap views on PJ's wargs.

Due to mounting responsibilities, The Barrow Wight will temporarily turn over management on the 'downs to a randomly selected bder - Newbie107, & comes back to find the site in shambles (Scouring of the Downs, anyone?).

Tol-In-Gaurhoth will eventually die out, believe it or not. And so will everyone's wonderful werewolf-related sigs.

Meela will grow to hate Denethor (don't quote me on that one though).

Lalwende, Mithalwen, Eomer, & Meela will all decide that Crazy Captions is kiddy stuff & vacate the thread, depriving it of there very original & extremely funny posts.

On a cheerier note the Downs will somehow withstand the tests of time to become the #1 Lord of the Rings site on the net & Peter Jackson will frequently post here. The downside of that of course is that we'll have to listen to more of his rhetoric in defense of some of the bigger changes that he made. ;)

[Meela]

Meela will grow to hate Denethor (don't quote me on that one though).

The Downs'll have to be here for another century at least, I've only just begun adoring him again.
As for the Captions... that's the only thread I post on now. So I predict that in the future I will have faded away entirely, having come to a complete posting standstill. The Downs will erect a statue of me in Middle-earth Mirth, and open a new board named after me, dedicated entirely to Captions and Denethor worship. And only one person will post there, and only because they mistook it for the Role-playing board.

*wishful thinking...*

[the guy who be short]

It will be discovered that the guy who be short is so short because he's really a hobbit.
Unfortunately, I have surpassed even the tallest hobbit... I barely qualify for dwarf anymore. :(

I predict that people will watch "The Phantom" film which is on next Friday, just to get quotes to use against the phantom is a huge festival of punnery.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Crazy Captions will get so big that it will swallow and crush the rest of the website in a display of power usually shown only by black holes. Barrowdowns.com will have to start agin anew.

Over the next four years SamwiseGamgee and myself will slowly drag The Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread onto an 11th page. ( :D )

Oh, and High King Fingolfin will successfully restrain himself from ever posting on a thread that does not concern Wargs.

[HerenIstarion]

Burrahobbit and obloquy will morph into one, and have conversations with hims-self much like this:

You think?
Nope.
Why?
Because.
Bad answer.
Fine. It's because I said so.
You're still wrong.
Am not.
Prove it.
Book IV, Chapter 3, Line 22. See?
Whatever.

Upon trying to follow this concise and Gollumesque conversation, many BDer's heads will explode. The two will laugh.

I can imagine. But you haven't provided for me following the two around and supplying quotes and prolonged analogies for each 'because' and 'line 22', thus spoling the fun for the two. For relief or grievance of the rest of the audience, remains to be seen

As for the near future...HI will be back, along with Mrs. Istarion.

Quite just - well, I'm back (wonder now, may Sam have had bulging muscles and be known as Saminator to some? Than in the remake made by PJ privately, his role may have been given to Arnold Schwarzenegger :D). Mrs. Istarion is around too :)

[obloquy]

Burrahobbit and obloquy will morph into one, and have conversations with hims-self much like this:

You think?
Nope.
Why?
Because.
Bad answer.
Fine. It's because I said so.
You're still wrong.
Am not.
Prove it.
Book IV, Chapter 3, Line 22. See?
Whatever.

Upon trying to follow this concise and Gollumesque conversation, many BDer's heads will explode. The two will laugh.


How can two people who are never wrong disagree?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

No doubt it's a ploy to secure the occurence of the second part of the prophecy.

[Orominuialwen]

Oh, and High King Fingolfin will successfully restrain himself from ever posting on a thread that does not concern Wargs.
I'll say that again. I was just bugging him the other day, saying that he should post more often, and some more on a thread other than The Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread. He just gave me a very annoyed look. (He's my little brother, in case anyone was wondering.) Never the less, I have extracted a promise from him that he will post sometime today.

[burrahobbit]

the phantom predicts-
- burrahobbit receives 1000 rep points for a three word post

That already happened.

[High King Fingolfin]

Eomer's prediction about me will prove completely correct.

The Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread will eventually be abandoned by everyone except Eomer, SamwiseGamgee, and me.

Do the Wave for Boromir th Disco King will eventually be completely forgotten, until someone else makes it up again.

[Gil-Galad]

*ah-Hem* i shall post some Predictions Conan O'Brien-esc


The Saucepan Man will confront The Phantom with statistics that he is getting more arrogant and state "Numbers don't lie", The Phantom will respond by putting on a number Four outfit and run around yelling "I'm the number five!"


Eomer of the Rohirrim will become more dominant on the downs and strive to learn all the secrets, and when the Barrow-Wight decides to pass it down, he passes it to Eomer and gives Eomer the many secrets of the downs that Mr.Wight has been hiding, unfortunatley it is only a Apple-Crisp recipe that B-W found in Grocery-newstand magazine last week

Feanor of the Peredhil will find a Scythe in her dumpster and beleive that Death visited her house that night causing major hysteria, Elronds_Daughter will find a Light-Saber in her dumpster and accidently cut her head off while showing off to friends

Gwaihir The Wind Lord, Legolas, and Sleepy Ranger will return and cause major reform that will bring the Barrowdowns to the front pages, unfortunately Mithadan will try and gain credit from it, thus making it a complete failure and a huge scar to the downers community...again

Gil-Galad will join forces with Nimrodel_9, Kath and Esgallhugwen, forming Gil-Galads Angels, originally named Gil-Galads Black Turnips of major-and-hurtful doom

maybe more later...

[Nimrodel_9]

Gil-Galad will join forces with Nimrodel_9, Kath and Esgallhugwen, forming Gil-Galads Angels, originally named Gil-Galads Black Turnips of major-and-hurtful doom Oh! Oh! Sounds like fun! :D

Here's a strange thought:

Someday we will all be dead in the 'real world' and the BD will be taken over by completely new downers. :eek:

I predict that Nimrodel (myself) will move out of the house, have her own computer, and get on the BDs whenever she wants. Never again will her mother say, "No more internet until September!" She will no longer have to wait until her mom leaves the house to get on... *evil*

EDIT: I also predict that evil smiley will come back. *hopeful grin*

[The Only Real Estel]

I think I can make a fairly safe prediction that one day in the future Morsul the Dark will regain the ability to have an avatar and start up the 'one avatar per day' tradition that he created.

p.s. On another Morsul note. I'll bet that, contrary to his signature, he will say 'BOOYAA' at least once more. ;)

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I predict that Eomer will actually become a werewolf one day! :D We'll know this when his posts start to look a little strange, i.e. he can't hit the keys properly with wolf paws...

The phantom will kill Gil-gallad [EDIT: and vice verca] because no one else could be bothered. And The Barrow Wight will never give the sight to anyone; he'll continue to run it when he's old and grey with a beard the size of the Downs themselves.

The Guy who be short will turn out to be a stone giant and throw rocks at us all. Also, Sleepy Ranger will finally admit to being a narcoleptic, to the surprise of no one. And Morsul the Dark will turn out to be quite a bright chap.

And of course, Hookbill the Goomba will have been driven out of town for posting on Crazy captions too often.

[Kath]

Gil-Galad will join forces with Nimrodel_9, Kath and Esgallhugwen, forming Gil-Galads Angels, originally named Gil-Galads Black Turnips of major-and-hurtful doom

I prefer the original name :D .

As for predictions I will continue to sidle in and read the CbC discussions before sidling out again due to being terrified by davem and his intense posting.

TGWBS will go on a major recruiting campaign for the Quenya thread, not stopping until he has an entire fora devoted to it and at least as many male learners as female.

Eomer will have his nubbin removed resulting in a memorial service for the loss of one of the finest captioners the Downs has.

[Gil-Galad]

Gil-Galad will join forces with Nimrodel_9, Kath and Esgallhugwen, forming Gil-Galads Angels, originally named Gil-Galads Black Turnips of major-and-hurtful doom

and Hookbill the Goomba will insist on joining as Bosley, but will fall down a manhole the very first day

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Gill, I have no idea what the angband you are talking about... I'm not even sure what a "Bosley” is, so I'll assume it was abuse.

In the future of the downs, Gil-gallad will explode for no reason... and there was much rejoicing! :p no offence Gil.

The Saucepan man will still refuse to cook anything or let anyone use his pans.

[the guy who be short]

TGWBS will go on a major recruiting campaign for the Quenya thread, not stopping until he has an entire fora devoted to it and at least as many male learners as female.What do you mean, will go. I'm on it now, aren't I?

The fora isn't really an issue. But men - sign up now I shall decapitate you... :smokin: I NEED MEN, DARN IT!! :rolleyes:


Eventually, B-W will become bored of repetitive threads and go insane. He'll start off small, neg-repping people for no reason, then build up to nonsense posts. Eventually he'll be created 10 ridiculous threads per hour. People will leave and he will be satisfied...

Small monkeys may also invade the Downs.

Various Barrow-Girls will form an official Eomer fansite.

Feanor will start up her own fansite in rivalry.

Eventually, Encaitare will be an old crone.

I shall force all the Quenya students to swear fealty to me, then lead an assault on the Houses of Parliament to instate Quenya as Britain's official language. We will be locked up, and the Downs deprived of our presence.

Some men will volunteer to learn Quenya. If they don't, TGWBS will force them to through blackmail and intrigue... *where's that evil smiley, darn it*

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Eventually, there will come a time that Eomer of the Rohirrim shall live until the end of a game of WW.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I was just about to make that exact same post. :D

Maybe all the original Downers will come back to fight for their annexed realm. Methods would include cruel putdowns of any new thread.

O, I also predict that I will unintentionally offend more people by posting ill-placed jokes.

[CaptainofDespair]

I will be given new powers, and I will bring chaos to the internet, as I seek to increase new membership to the Downs by 1000%. This will lead to the Downs becoming the most visited site on the Internet, prompting the UN to recognize the Downs as its own nation-state. :D

Or...

All will remain the same, for a very, very long time.

[The Only Real Estel]

Eventually, there will come a time that Eomer of the Rohirrim shall live until the end of a game of WW.

I was just about to make that exact same post. :D

It's like one of my old sigs: If you're too smart you're too smart for your own good & you're going to get killed unless you make yourself very suspicious - and then you'll probably be lynched :p.

I better add a prediction onto this: Some day I will play in another WW game.

[Nimrodel_9]

Eventually, B-W will become bored of repetitive threads and go insane. He'll start off small, neg-repping people for no reason, then build up to nonsense posts. Eventually he'll be created 10 ridiculous threads per hour. People will leave and he will be satisfied... Now that will be something to see! :cool:

Various Barrow-Girls will form an official Eomer fansite. There's an idea.... ;)

I better add a prediction onto this: Some day I will play in another WW game. Yes! Me too! And this time I won't get lynched! Hahahaha!!! :D

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I predict that one day I shall return to the Green Dragon RPG. But that’s not going to be any time soon. :(

I also predict that I will eventually buy / steal / make my own Barrow Downs t-shirt! :) Also, Gill-gallad will show his face on the *New* B-downs photo page! :p

[Kath]

I predict that one day I will be an innocent in a WW game and not be killed on the first day!

[Lhunardawen]

You being a Guardian and being killed right away seems to be a recurring theme, Kath.

I predict that in some future Werewolf game, Eomer will no longer be an ordinary villager.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I predict that one day there will be an Invitational Tol-in-Gaurhoth with selected members of long-winded and argumentative status. One game will exceed the length of Crazy Captions.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I predict that some day, hopefully in the far future, there will no longer be any serious discussions taking place on the forum and Esty will join a werewolf game in desperation, just to be posting again...

[Gil-Galad]

i predict that Hookbill will never understand my puns and continue to try to make himself better over me... :rolleyes:

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I predict that Esty will give in to the insatiable urge quite a lot earlier and join up just to see what all the fun is about. I predict that this will happen during WWVII. I also predict that nobody will know what to do with her, so she will last to the end of the game. If she is a wolf, she will win.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I predict that Hookbill will refuse to be drawn into an insult contest with Gilgallad. :p Ha ha ha!

Moreover, I predict that there will one day erupt a war on the downs between the Wings and non wings Balrog theorists. This war will last for three years until the Downs are flattened out into a vast plane and the final battle occurs in which all seems lost of the non-winged side until the Bombadill theorists ride in on lumpkins and thwart the Wingers! :D

[Orominuialwen]

Eventually WW signatures will be remembered only by old members as a fad that happened long ago, such as the latin and eeenie-meenie-miney-moe ones are now thought of.

[Firefoot]

...starting a poll will be called "pulling a Fordim."

[Oddwen]

...and everytime someone is said to "Pulls a Fordim" or "Pulls an HI", Fordim and HI will demand royalties.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Eventually, The Barrow Wight will get so fed up of People asking, "Who is Bombadill" and "Do Balrogs have wings" that he will invent a Time machine and find out. Good for him!

Also, in the year 2150, after the Dalek invasion of earth, the barrow Downs will become the world’s primary source of information and knowledge. Far surpassing its closet rival, the Encyclopaedia of Arda. :P

[Formendacil]

I will die.

T'is a fated world, and t'is fated that I shall die.

~With a free will,

Formendacil~

[Elennar Starfire]

~Elennar Starfire will get a faster internet connection, start coming back every day again, and join a Werewolf game.

[narfforc]

I predict that The King of Arda, Melkor will return at the head of an army dressed all in black, and outlaw this elven propaganda site.

P.S I may be wrong, As I once thought Screaming Lord Sutch would be Prime Minister.

[wilwarin538]

Wilwa will finaly figure out exactely how the Werewolf games actually work and attempt one. :D

[Lhunardawen]

tgwbs will have dreamt of every single active BDer.

[the guy who be short]

Lhunardawen will eventually be a werewolf, allowing a whole load of lunar-Lhuna jokes and puns to be made.

Tgwbs's BDer dreams will start coming back... (it must have been a week since the last one! :eek: )

The phantom will return and see how popular his thread has been. This will be the cause of his ego growth.

Kath and tgwbs will become the new Fea and the phantom. ;)

Eventually, everything that could have been discussed about the Books and Movies, and every question a newcomer could ask, will have been discussed and answered. These forums will turn into archives and be abandoned. The only forums to live on will be Mirth, by which time we will be addressing questions such as "Would the fellowship have succeeded if Gimli were a small apple pie?" (These would primarily have been created by the Barrow Wight after his lamentable descent into lunacy.)

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I will die.

T'is a fated world, and t'is fated that I shall die.

~With a free will,

Formendacil~
I will attempt to choose my own death, have it tweaked by Eru, still think it's my choice, and die accompanied only by Fordim Hedgethistle.

[Encaitare]

The only forums to live on will be Mirth, by which time we will be addressing questions such as "Would the fellowship have succeeded if Gimli were a small apple pie?" (These would primarily have been created by the Barrow Wight after his lamentable descent into lunacy.)

*assumes stuffy scholar voice* Clearly the Fellowship would have suffered a severe loss were Gimli a small apple pie, because undoubtedly he would have been consumed by Pippin early in the story. On the other hand Gimli is not commonly acknowledged as the most vital member of the Fellowship and therefore the Quest itself might not have been adversely affected. Some might say that one single orc Gimli might have slain could have killed Aragorn, thus effectively destroying the plot of the Lord of the Rings as we know it, and having Gimli around even in the form of a small apple pie would have kept the plot in order. I say to these naysayers, have you ever seen a small apple pie slay anyone? Granted, he could have thrown himself down the throat of an orc in a selfless display of heroics, and choked the creature to death. But even then he would have perished in the act, leaving us in precisely the same situation as before -- a Fellowship sans Gimli. What does this mean? "Even the wisest cannot tell."


See? We can still have [semi]serious discussion about silly things if we all assume stuffy scholar voices. :p

[Orominuialwen]

I predict that one day this forum will contain 1,000,000 posts. The current count is at 335,933, and will become 335,934 once I submit this post.

[Lhunardawen]

Lhunardawen will eventually be a werewolf, allowing a whole load of lunar-Lhuna jokes and puns to be made. Just think of the deaths one could come up with! :D

The Books and Mirth and the whole forum will be filled with poll threads, and every BDer will look to polls for a highly effective method of reconciling ideas under debate.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Maybe Inktomi Slurp Spider will rise from the dead and lead his spider minions to Great Battle with The Barrow-Wight, who had originally killed him (with the aid of Galadriel) and taken his lands.

[Lhunardawen]

Maybe Inktomi Slurp Spider will rise from the dead and lead his spider minions to Great Battle with The Barrow-Wight, who had originally killed him (with the aid of Galadriel) and taken his lands. Nay, by the omnipotence of the great Barrow-Wight, forever they shall remain as wandering critters.

Roggie of Morgoth will become a more active BDer, scaling the heights of rep points by the sheer allure of his black eyeliner.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I believe, as does Eomer, that a day shall come when Inktomi is no longer afraid of Galadriel's Phial. [S]he shall rise again, and, with the aid of BaiDu Bot and MSNBot (perhaps Googlebot as well?) with their legions of Guests, they will conquer the worl-- I mean 'Downs.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

The eyeliner trend will sweep the Downs and mark12_30 will chuckle long and loud.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I believe that one day, in a time not so far from never, Eomer and Mario will reconcile their differences and Mario will appear in avatar form as a token of Eomer's affection.

I believe that a wave of foreign language signatures will entirely wipe out WW ones...at least until the next game (fully of quotable members, as it were) ends. Those who actually go through the trouble of translating these signatures will stare in wonder. They will, with any luck, keep their findings secret. They will keep them safe. And not in the Shire.

I believe that all of the photos on Tig's page will systematically be replaced by artistically enhanced versions.

I believe that one day, one of our members will step forward and admit to being Christopher Lee. Actually, I believe that if Saruman's alter ego were a member, he'd never reveal his identity for fear of either becoming the center of attention for such great portrayal of Saruman, or the center of attention because he's a fan and should have told PJ where to stuff some of his less brilliant ideas (why, oh why, did Arwen have to steal Glorfindel's horse?).

Speaking of that, I believe that I should head over to Esty's thread and post how I believe that Sharku is Christopher Lee.

[Gil-Galad]

More Downers will post about my Avatars and Signatures...because i have excellent taste in Avvies?

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

I'll come back to CbC and make good posts.

It's a worthy enough ambition.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

The Downs will get into the Guinness World Records book due to an amazing dedication to Werewolfing: a hundred games in a row! After that everyone's so sick of it that anyone who mentiones it gets banned.

Werewolvers will start using "Werewolf" as a verb.

Thog The Avenger (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/member.php?u=4784) will get eleven green boxes under his [her?] name.

Quenya students, mainly TGWBS, will make a bill for getting Quenya to England's second official language. (They don't succeed.)

[Kath]

Quenya students, mainly TGWBS, will make a bill for getting Quenya to England's second official language. (They don't succeed.)

Possibly not. But we will succeed in getting education boards to recgonise it so qualifications can be got in it.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

In the year 2130, I will change my Avatar back to the unanimated one! :D

PLUS

The Reputation titles will soon descend into the obscure. Soon people will have titles like “steals taters from confused gaffers” *shock horror* :p

[Gil-Galad]

A mischevious Gremlin will emerge on the Downs, and give everyone bad reps, mostly the downers with 6 or more boxes, and everyone will blame Gil-Galad for this, and give him bad reps, thus ruining his reputation in the downs

[The Only Real Estel]

Encaitare will eventually step forward and proclaim that all this time she has, in fact, been Brad Dourif. How else do you explain 'her' unwavering support of Grima?

Eventually someone will have a rep box hovering title that reads "_____ has more rep points than Lalwende". But I wouldn't count on that one. ;)

[The Saucepan Man]

Perhaps one day the "Who has the best ..." threads will cease functioning as ad hoc chat-rooms ...

... nah, pure fantasy! :rolleyes: :p

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Never have I heard such a far-fetched suggestion Sauce.

[the guy who be short]

A link to the FAQ will be put up, in huge characters and bright colours, reading "READ THIS FIRST!!" at the top of the forum page.

An alliance of Farming Folk will exact vengeance upon poor Lalwende.

TGWBS will translate everybody's Quenya usernames into English for fun, and proceed to call people by them.

[Boromir88]

I'll come back to CbC and make good posts.~Nilpaurion
Umm...ya, same for me...

On some others, Mithalwen will some day learn how to manage the avatar feature.

Peter Jackson will join this forum the day Rodney Dangerfield gets some darn respect.

Umm...some more later.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

One day a real warg will appear and have his say on the "Warg and Warg rider appreciation thread" then all will be laid to rest.
Likewise, a real Balrog will make a deal with the Barrow Wighty to hold a press conference on the downs to tell everyone about his bad experience of small people chasing him and trying to see if he had wings. He will, of course, break down into tears as he tells this story. I think it will go something like this;

Balrog: They chased me down the street, and then, they beat me up. *sobs*

B-W: Who beat you up?

Balrog: All those little people from your web site. They came and grabbed my face. One of them screamed in my ear! *weeps*

Also, one day Gil-gallads ego will grow and become one of the few man made objects viewable from space. :p

One day, Crazy captions will explode, killing me *and there was much rejoicing*. :D

[The Only Real Estel]

Also, one day Gil-gallads ego will grow and become one of the few man made objects viewable from space. :p

Only even in that moment of glory he will be overshadowed by the phantom's ego, which will look nearly the size of a new planet from space. :p

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

davem will join a Werewolves game.

Due to his remarkable powers of insight, despite being an ordinary villager, he will predict the roles of all the players after seeing just one post from each.

Unfortunately, nobody will believe him, and davem will be lynched. Quite horribly.

Meanwhile, Lalwendë will think of joining the next game.

You will go to sleep.

[Encaitare]

The guy who be short will moderate a game of Werewolf conducted entirely in his dreams. (http://www.forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=402425&postcount=99)

[Gil-Galad]

My ego and TP's Arrogance can become mighty allies...

[Lhunardawen]

There would be so much Werewolf games that a BDer unfortunate enough to be a Seer so many times will eventually have real life dreams regarding the players' roles.

Nilp shall have an actual role. :p

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

the phantom will realise that this:

You will curse the day you did not do
All that the phantom asked of you.

fits him well, and will turn it into his sig.

He will thank me, and I will become an special member of The Phantom Fan Club International (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=369285&postcount=558).

Or is it The Phantom Sidekick Club International?

[Oddwen]

...Oddwen will write, record, and somehow upload a song extolling the virtues of the Barrowdowns. She will be offered a contract, and go on tour opening for the likes of Howard Shore's symphony and oddly, KISS.
She will recruit Nilp as a backup choir, TorEstel on accordion, The Barrow Wight and Saucepan Man as dancers, and The Phantom as the face of the band.
It will flop. Miserably.

[the phantom]

Good prediction on my siggy, Nilp.

I actually spent part of my vacation looking for new sigs, and that one was near the top of my list- though I have actually had it before (maybe a year ago or so).

And since I'm here I'll make a prediction.

Not in the next game, but the one after that- the phantom will return to the world of werewolves.

*TORE, Fea, Spawn, Eomer, and many other WW players cheer*

*SPM, Fordim, and BW groan*

[the guy who be short]

Somebody will produce "Is this the way to Alcarillo?" to raise money for the Downs. It will be a relative success.

The Barrow Wight will start posting again, other than to close threads.

Once we reach 3000 members, I believe B-W will go on a deleting spree and cut us down to perhaps 500 (possibly closer to 1000).

People will take TGWBS seriously despite his new avatar.

TGWBS will do his utmost to be "stalked by petty dwarves" and will then attempt to maintain his rep.

Fordim Hedgethistle will create more polls. Please? They're ever so good! Perhaps a Balrog Wing thread... :eek:

[Encaitare]

Poll: Do Balrogs Have Wings? (http://www.forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=11534)

[mark12_30]

The canonicity thread will be closed and placed in Haudh-En-Ndengin.

But somebody will resurrect it, according to the directions, and it will go for another very long stretch.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Esty has been mentioned, but I for one am eager to see Lal and davem join a game of Werewolf! :D As well as Formendacil, Bethberry and HerenIstarion.

Future moderators of Werewolf games include: the phantom (hopefully), SamwiseGamgee (though the game will be deleted due to obscenity) and the combination of my beautiful and wondrous cousins Nilpaurion and Lhuna.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

One day, there will be a Barrow wide Werewolf game, including every single Downer, three of whom will be Wolves. The game will last three days. Nilp will be a wolf and will be lynched in the first day.

Also, the Barrow Wight will ban all people from the Books Forum unless they have a high-ranking degree in Tolkienology.

[Durelin]

The collective ego of male Downers will exceed the legal limit.

[Alcarillo]

Somebody will produce "Is this the way to Alcarillo?" to raise money for the Downs. It will be a relative success.

That gives me some ideas for a personal title for myself: Fervent Fundraiser, Desperate House-Wight, Shameless Scourge . . . :p

[Lhunardawen]

Future moderators of Werewolf games include: the phantom (hopefully), SamwiseGamgee (though the game will be deleted due to obscenity) and the combination of my beautiful and wondrous cousins Nilpaurion and Lhuna. Nilp is indeed considering modding a game, but count me out. I'd much rather play and go after specific people to get them lynched. :p

Or maybe not. What say you, Nilp? ;)

Wait...cousin??? *narrows eyes contemptuously*

:D

[The Elf-warrior]

Someday soon The Barrow-Wight will be a wolf. The Fortunately/Unfortunately thread will fall into a plot hole while Kath and yours truly :D fight over it. This plot hole will also mysteriously erase my reputation points and take a few non-posting members with it. The Balrog wings question will be resolved as much as humanly possible here first when one of our members discovers a letter from J. R. R. Tolkien himself resolving the question once and for all, except for canonicity issues. Someday The Barrow-Wight (May his arm always stay green.) will close the Crazy Captions thread and eventually the Canonicity and the Reader thread will be larger than the Crazy Captions thread.

[Gurthang]

Someday...

...Crazy Captions will have to be closed, deleted, but then replaced because it was so huge it couldn't be kept up anymore.

...no one will remeber or understand why everyone has eleven green boxes placed underneath their names. :eek:

...smilies will include complex motion and even sound.

...the Balrog Wings debate will become its own sub-forum.

...the phantom's fanclub will have more than 2,000,000 official members. :D

[Hookbill the Goomba]

...the phantom's fanclub will have more than 2,000,000 official members

All of who will be the Phantom with different moustaches and beards as disguises. :p

When the Balrogian theory is finally solved to the Winged or none winged camp, the whole Forum (and indeed, the world) will collapse in on itself, for no universe can exist where Balrog defiantly do or do not have wings.

[Lhunardawen]

The Create Poll function will be revealed to have been deviously concocted and added to the forum by Fordim Hedgethistle, and its nature only he himself knows.

Except for the Wise...like the phantom, I would suppose.

[The Only Real Estel]

The 'Downs will have its place in history for creating widespread playing of "The Werewolf Game" (no more Mafia :p).

One day very far into the future a conversation between a schoolteacher & a young student will probably go something like this:

Teacher: "Now, who can tell me who the most infamous traitor of all time is? Yes, Johnny?"

Johnny: "Benedict Arnold, for switching sides during the Revolutionary War?"

Teacher: "No I'm sorry, that's a good answer but he wasn't nearly the most infamous. Anyone else? All right. A long time ago, during Tol-In-Gaurhoth (Isle of Werewolves) Seven--"

Class: "Seven!? That was a long time ago!!"

Teacher: "--yes, it was. Now in Tol-In-Gaurhoth Seven the village was betrayed by a villager named 'The Only Real Estel,' who pretended to be innocent & helpful until the last - when he revealed that he was the Cobbler & handed victory to the wolves."

Class: "BOOO!!!"

Serves me right, I suppose. :o

[Gurthang]

In the future of the Downs, posts will no longer be typed/printed. They will be recorded voice messages left by each individual and then listened to by the others when they have time.

Ironic note: Using voice messages will make editing very difficult! :D

[HerenIstarion]

In the future of the Downs, posts will no longer be typed/printed. They will be recorded voice messages left by each individual and then listened to by the others when they have time

How do you know we foreigners have comprehensible accents? Or, on the other hand, what we poor foreigners should make out of some some native speaker who's wpm (word-per-minute) rate exceeds 300? Unless, of course, there would be video files and subtitles provided...

[Hookbill the Goomba]

One day, The New Silmarillion Forum will publish their work! :D

There will also be a book realised called "My life as a Dead man" by The Barrow Wight. It will be a best seller for three years until a scandal arises about the Barrow Wight not actually being dead.

[Gurthang]

Originally posted by HerenIstarion
How do you know we foreigners have comprehensible accents? Or, on the other hand, what we poor foreigners should make out of some some native speaker who's wpm (word-per-minute) rate exceeds 300? Unless, of course, there would be video files and subtitles provided...

Hmmm. I hadn't thought of that. It might be rather difficult since this forum has members from around the globe. The video would help a bunch; although the subtitles would somewhat defeat the purpose, since we'd most likely have to type them up ourselves. :p ;)

[the guy who be short]

Very soon, a new thread will be created in N&N entitled "What do you un-assign to Mordor?" Most replies will centre on Johnny Depp.

The B-W will decide we're all idiots and tell us how he made the new reps!

or

The phantom will take one look at the reps thread and figure it out. ;)

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Make sure you buy Mr Wight's Book! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/hukbillgoomba/Wightbook.jpg)

Buy it from Amaz.co.uk (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/hukbillgoomba/Amaz.jpg)!

Or you shall be cast out of the Downs!

[Child of the 7th Age]

Much to my delight, the copyright covering the Professor's works will finally expire. Those posters composing fanfiction and rpg's will be able to publish their awe-inspiring tales and collect the monetary rewards they so richly deserve.

Piosenniel , in particular, will be fabulously wealthy, having figured out a way to syndicate the Shire's rpg's to a burgeoning number of cable channels. Estelyn Telcontar will follow close on her heels, acclaimed for her ten-volume "History of the Hobbit Folco" and her personal reminiscences "My Life as a Tolkien Fan," which was actually a download of her blog. Mark12_30 will be represented in a number of newspapers with a syndicated comic strip on the continuing adventures of Bolco. B-W will be living in a fortress that resembles Minas Tirith. This is the result of having struck a deal that all literary works with their origins on the Downs must kick back at least 25% of publishing profits if the respective authors wish to maintain their BD accounts.

After much arm twisting, Ms. Bethberry and Master Fordhim will have persuaded Harold Bloom to publish their seminal literary study The Death of the Author When Viewed in Light of Contemporary Tolkien Emulators (a.k.a. "rip-off artists") as part of the Modern Critical Interpretations Series. But even their fame will pale in comparison with that of Mithadan. His Tales from Tol Eressea topped the best seller charts for over seventy weeks with yet no sign of letting up! He has purchased a large sailing ship, renamed it the "Lonely Star II", and retired from the legal profession.

And let us nor forget that Mr. Underhill finally made the long-awaited and fabulously lucrative Hobbit pre-quel--the one that PJ filched on--of which he is the scriptwriter, director, and plays the role of Bilbo as well as filling in occasionally for Smaug.

Alas, others have fared more poorly! Master Davem had a hissy fit when he learned that a flood of Middle-earth 'wanna-bes' would soon hit the market. After a series of spirited and doggedly stubborn appeals in the BD books forum that pointed out the dangers of this heretical approach, he was locked out of his own account (no one is saying by whom) and has taken up life as an itinerant "preacher", accompanied by his spouse. The pair travel the backroads of rural England and warn readers against the danger of adulterating the purity of the author's original text.

P.S. It is sadly acknowledged that Child the Hobbit, who is threating to challenge Bilbo's record for longevity, is being temporarily detained at a holding facility, euphemistically termed a rest and retirement home. This followed closely on the publication of her life's work: It's All True! HoMe as the Real History of Our Planet . Unfortunately, she can not be reached for further comment.....

P.P.S. Only Child would be silly enough to make a post this long in mirth!

[the phantom]

Here's an idea for this thread- how about a few people write their posts like an online article from the future? Something like this-

THE BARROW-DOWNS NEWS
Date: 9/17/07

"This has really gotten out of hand!"

Those were the frustrated words of The Barrow-Wight following today's press conference.

"Those two seem to enjoy putting on this sort of circus act."

"Those two", of course, refers to Feanor of the Peredhil and the phantom, two longtime Barrow-Downs members who have, over the years, been both a blessing and a curse to the famous website.

For those of you that did not keep up with the news over the weekend, it was reported on Saturday that Fea had given birth to a baby boy. One of our photographers managed to get a few shots of the child, and that is when the mayhem began.

Everyone who saw the pictures immediately noticed the child's glowing eyes and preference for black cloaks. Then, our lead reporter on the story did some digging and discovered that Fea and the phantom had secretly met face to face for the first time almost exactly nine months before the birth. Understandably, rumors began to circulate throughout the online community, and in response to the rumors Fea and the phantom announced that they would hold a joint press conference the next day in The Barrow-Downs chat room.

The conference was held at 10:00 AM this morning, but it did nothing to answer the questions surrounding the story.

Fea opened up the conference by saying "My baby does indeed look exactly like the phantom, and yes it is true that phantom has obtained joint custody of the child." Then the phantom added "Everything she has told you is correct, and we have decided to name him either Phantom Junior or The Phantom Who Be Short."

But then, perplexingly, the phantom denied any involvement in the child's birth, and to further complicate things, Fea then announced that she was not the mother of the child, and then they both hastily exited the chat room.

There was an immediate outcry of annoyed confusion amongst other Downers. An outraged Saucepan Man proclaimed "Those two should never be allowed in the same conference ever again!"

Another prominent member, Eomer of the Rohirrim, gave his thoughts on the matter. "I'm not sure what to think. I don't know if they're working together or not. Perhaps this is all a clever bluff?"

But mormegil disagreed, saying he thought it was a double bluff.

"Either way," said Evisse, "This is definitely werewolfish behavior."

Fordim Hedgethistle's only response was "+ + Fea & phantom".

We here at Barrow-Downs News will post further updates as the story develops.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

9/19/07

Rumors abound that the baby belongs to neither famous 'Downer but is actually a hoax. The child, whose eyes shine like fabled crystals, seems to have a purely evil heart, if any of the rumors are actually true. Feanor of the Peredhil was unavailable for comment, but an anonymous 'Downer close to her has given us some new food for thought. "The child could not possibly belong to Fea as she has spent the last 12 months in a Junior Year Abroad program aboard my pirate vessel The Great Warg, conquering the seas and adding benevolance to my dictatorship."

9/20/07

Photos have been deemed to be the work of Adobe Photoshop 9.3. A search has been activated to discover whose sense of humor this could possibly be.

9/21/07

It has been proven by an in depth experiment with the Barrow Downs Name Genercombineator that The Phantom Who Be Short was simply a joke. Conclusive proof can be obtained when one combines the names "the phantom" and "the guy who be short". One hundred rep points are being offered to the first to discover the identity of the joker.

'Downers are outraged that they were taken in and immediately withdraw their blessings and good will. Burrahobbit responds concisely that "this is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen." Fordim creates a poll to find out once and for all whether this joke was tasteless or hilarious. Bethberry and davem respond that it was neither and there should be an option C) for those who were never taken in at all. Esty submits that the child should have been named Falco. Lush's baby names thread is over-run with spoof submissions along the lines of "Wilwaberry" and "Burrobloquy". The Barrow-Wight issues the following statement: "The joke ends now or Inktomi's Phial of Galadriel will be resurrected faster than Gil-Galad (TTM) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth."

[the guy who be short]

I predict: The phantom edits the above post to stop it looking like a list thread.Sort of. It half came true, then!

We'll see page after page of eleven green boxes in the Member List.We already have one whole page, so half true.

As for the near future...HI will be back, along with Mrs. Istarion.One more point for Lhuna.

I predict people will click the link in my siggy and decide they want to learn Quenya to better understand Tolkien.And one for me... see a pattern emerging?

Over the next four years SamwiseGamgee and myself will slowly drag The Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread onto an 11th page.New blood.

Some men will volunteer to learn Quenya.I'm winning...

Eventually, there will come a time that Eomer of the Rohirrim shall live until the end of a game of WWAnd he was a wolf... grr...

I better add a prediction onto this: Some day I will play in another WW game.As a cobbler... sigh.

I predict that in some future Werewolf game, Eomer will no longer be an ordinary villager.Lhuna catching up!

Tgwbs's BDer dreams will start coming back...The werewolf ones are scary...

Werewolvers will start using "Werewolf" as a verb.Strange how most of the predictions that came true are Werewolf-related.

There would be so much Werewolf games that a BDer unfortunate enough to be a Seer so many times will eventually have real life dreams regarding the players' roles.You forgot the Mods, though.

the phantom will realise that this:

You will curse the day you did not do
All that the phantom asked of you.

fits him well, and will turn it into his sig.Perhaps Sight runs in the family?

Fordim Hedgethistle will create more polls.Well, alrgiht, that one was obvious. I won't give myself points for that.

The phantom will take one look at the reps thread and figure it out.

TGWBS - 4.5 predictions.
Lhuna - 3.5 predictions.
Eomer, Fea, Estel, spawn, Nilp - 1 each.

I hereby appoint myself High Seer of the Downs. Lhuna shall be my UnderSeer, the other five shall be our apprentices...

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

mr. short, could I decline the role of apprentice? My "Sight" just came from a really creepy eye technique and its ability to hypnotise. :smokin:

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I want to be on that list of accurate predictions! ... I predict that this topic will move onto a Fourth page! Hay I did it! :D

Okay, back to (possible) reality...

I think that eventually people will return to Barrowdowns.com and start asking Lord Wight to add more themes and make new games as well as updating the barrow comics.

[Durelin]

The Barrow Wight will be knighted for creating The Barrow-Downs.

[Orominuialwen]

9/22/07
It was discovered today that The Phantom Who Be Short hoax was entirely perpetrated by one Hookbill the Goomba. Mr. Goomba, aged 19, who resides in an unspecified location in Britain reportedly confessed to a Barrow-Downs Tribune reporter today that he was the one behind the entire hoax.

"It was a natural next step for me," he is quoted as saying. "For years I'd been altering photos with Photoshop as a source of entertainment for myself and others. After such smash hits as Tol-in-Gaurhoth: The Movie (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/hukbillgoomba/isle.jpg) and The Barrow-Wight's book (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/hukbillgoomba/Wightbook.jpg) for sale on Amaz.co.uk (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/hukbillgoomba/Amaz.jpg), I couldn't pass up the opportunity to capitalise on the phantom-Fea rumors. I first contacted the pair, to see if they were interested, then when they said they were, I created the image. The scandal created by its release has been immense fun, but right now I think I'm just going to go back to the quiet life coming up with Crazy Captions."

The Barrow-Wight could not be reached for comment on this new development, but a press conference is expected from him before the end of the week. A Barrow-Downs moderator, who spoke on condition of anonymity denied rumors that The Barrow-Wight was contemplating retirement in light of recent events.

"His Wightlyness has no intention of leaving his post as head of The Barrow-Downs. He has not suffered a nervous breakdown from this scandal, and he has not died and been replaced by a body double. Honestly, I don't know where you people get these ideas," the moderator told the Tribune.

[Lhunardawen]

tgwbs is trying to associate himself with me. And since I am obviously innocent, I think he may be a werewolf pretending to be the Seer. Thus, my vote:

++THE GUY WHO BE SHORT

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Oromin, I actually use Microsoft Image Composer! :p

[the guy who be short]

Hmm, mutinous UnderSeer? Rebellious apprentices? :eek: The Seer establishment is crumbling around me...

There will be a game of werewolf in which everybody is a werewolf, werebear, werehamster, wereduck or some other werecritter.

[Gil-Galad]

The new game of Werewolf, Village of Werewolves!

there are werewolves tryingto survive the villagers that are hunting them! a total twist that fails... Were-The Barrow Wight

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

The new game of Werewolf, Village of Werewolves!

there are werewolves tryingto survive the villagers that are hunting them! a total twist that fails... Were-The Barrow Wight
Actually...

Fea ponders for a moment.

That's a neat idea. I wonder if we could make it work.

[Gil-Galad]

we could try, though we can't say it would suceed

[the phantom]

I predict that Fordim will think to himself "Are there too many polls here on the Downs?"

To answer the question, he will consider starting a poll.

But he will be nervous about how the poll would be received, so to see if others think such a poll would be a good idea, he will, of course, take a poll.

[Gil-Galad]

Another idea i had, WereWerewolves! a vilalge of werewolves is cursed by some werewerewolves

[Durelin]

Another idea i had, WereWerewolves! a vilalge of werewolves is cursed by some werewerewolves
Now that would be a bloody mess...

I predict that Gil-Galad will keep having ideas until they stop working. I predict this will happen soon.

:p

[the guy who be short]

I predict that Gil-Galad will keep having ideas until they stop working. I predict this will happen soon.I think that already happened, you know.

[Durelin]

I think that already happened, you know.'Twas kinda my point. ;)

</chattiness>

I predict the rabid chat skwerl will be making a visit here soon... :eek:

[the guy who be short]

The love lives (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=10503&page=27&pp=40) of the BDers will get so intricately complex that not even the phantom will be able to comprehend it all.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

2008: The site is sued by the Tolkien Estate when it becomes clear that the entire Tolkien corpus can be compiled from quotations in The Books. The site is defended by a terrifying alliance of members from the legal profession, and as a side effect the Downs comes to own the rights to every word Tolkien ever wrote. Mithadan's ruthless enforcement of these rights leads to most of the English language becoming unusable for commercial purposes. It is replaced in television adverts by an obscure dialect of Swahili.

2010: A new forum is opened in which students may study for a Barrow degree in Tolkien Studies. Eventually this eclipses all of the world's major universities, to the extent that all of the most respected academics are employed by the Barrow-Wight. Oxford and Cambridge vie in a contest of forged documents as each attempts to prove that it set up the site in the first place.

2013: The Downs is awarded nihil obstat status by the Pope.

2015: Owing to a mix-up at the printer's, the fortieth Harry Potter book consists of two days' worth of logs from the chat room. It is nominated for the Booker Prize, but defeated by Green Thoughts in the Heliotropic Spiral by Eustacia Psmyth. The number of Downs members accessing the site in a single hour exceeds the latter's entire readership elevenfold.

2018: The Re-unification of the Entish Bow finally reaches its conclusion. Owing to the philosophical depth of its closing posts, it forms the basis of a new religion, which is the first to exist only on the Internet. The chief prophet of this cult is Vogonwë Brownbark, and the liturgy consists entirely of rambling doggerel, the commission for writing which makes Diamond18 the richest Downer in history. The entire writing team is excommunicated, and nihil obstat revoked. The site's member list exceeds the length of the electoral roll of Greater London within a month.

2019: The canonicity debate spreads beyond the forum and causes an uprising in Derbyshire and civil war in Switzerland. Eventually the entire world puts aside every other difference in favour of either the reader's opinion or the author's intent. The resultant conflict causes the destruction of several major cities, the collapse of the United Nations and a slight lag in the chat room.

2021: The Best Avatar thread is made into a feature film. It breaks all previous records, but is accused of dumbing down the original by many members.

2030: Sharkû is appointed Professor of Comparative Germanic Philology at the Sorbonne. For some reason he begins to write at least thirty posts a day, and rapidly accumulates the largest count of any member.

2033: The Downs declares its independence from the World Wide Web and becomes the world's first virtual state. Citizens of the Barrow-Downs cease to be subject to the laws of their own countries and instead are required only to observe the forum regulations. A dot-matrix print-out of these becomes the basis of a constitution so convoluted and riddled with inherently contradictory amendments that the word 'Byzantine' is supplanted by 'Downsian' in common English usage.

2525: (if Man is still alive), the discovery of some long-lost back-up discs throws new light on the social history of the early twenty-first century. In particular, Middle-earth Mirth is interpreted as a single composition: an extended post-modernist allegory of the chaos of human existence. It becomes a standard text in the study of English literature, but eventually is dropped from the syllabus when twenty-first-century English is deemed too challenging for undergraduates.
By this time, the English of the forum is studied as a foreign language. The official academic standard has become what we term 'chat-speak', with all SMS abbreviations and most of 1337 having been absorbed into everyday speech. The forum records are well known among senior academics, and are hotly debated in philological journals. One of the most contentious issues is the meaning of Estelyn's personal title.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

2013: The Downs is awarded nihil obstat status by the Pope.

But only because,

2012: The Barrow Wight is made Pope. :p

[Boromir88]

Ok, I've finally have had a vision of what will happen to the downs...

Lalwende and davem will join forces and be a Reputations monopoly, forcing all of us underlings to go out of business and enslave us only to work to their benefit to get more reps. Then one will betray the other and control everything.

[Lhunardawen]

I was supposed to have predicted here that the next wave of personal title receivers will include my OverSeer the guy who be short ;), The Only Real Estel, mormegil, and dancing spawn of ungoliant, but I see I'm already too late.

Congratulations to all of you! :)

[the guy who be short]

Oh, suuuuuuuuure Lhuna, but predicting something after it's happened ain't exactly my idea of Seeing. ;) I'm afraid I'm going to have to send you back to basics, despite your natural talent, if you can't grasp these basic concepts.

Thanks. :)

I predict I will make a prediction in this post to bring it back on topic. Oh, look at that!

[Hookbill the Goomba]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/hukbillgoomba/BarrowNews.jpg
Story reads:

Audiences at the annual 'the phantom fan-club' meeting were astounded to see one of the phantom's fellow Barrow Downers stand up and public shot their hero. Gill-gallad has been regarded as 'a rather amusing, yet at times unstable, character [Gill Gallad's Psychiatrist ]'. But this act was unforeseen by anyone. The Barrow Wight commented by saying,
"We at the Barrow Downs are shocked... and stunned. We do not encourage such acts, but are fully aware that they do happen. So we have to try and keep a balance"
Mourners gathered around the phantom's home to lay flowers and hooded cloaks at the gates of his fifty-five bed roomed mansion in the south of Spain. One such mourner said that this was 'the worst thing that could have happened. I don't know what I'm going to do now... Perhaps I'll take up golf.'
Gill-gallad was unavailable for comment, but his lawyer gave a statement in which he said, "My client is still in search of some marbles he lost as a child and will be ready for court in five days." But the observant saw Gil-gallad sniggering quietly as this was said and rubbing his hands in an evil manner.
All charges against Gill-gallad were dropped after the phantom rose from the dead two days later.

[Glirdan]

I predict that no one will stop making predictions within the next few months. Hey!! Look at that! It already happened! :p

I also predict that I won't be the bear (if there is one) in the next Werewolf game I'm in.

[Gil-Galad]

i predict that everything the Phantom says will be true, except where ever it says "The Phantom" will be replaced by "Gil-Galad"

[Ainaserkewen]

Aina will once again be a fully functioning and active member of this website...
I'm working on it...

Oh, in 10-15 years some young downer will realise the overall error of the Peter Jackson movies and another set of movie adaptations will immerge totally rejuvenating the Movies forum and bringing hoards of freckle-faced ragscallions to the site.

[The Perky Ent]

I predict that The Perky Ent will soon come out with a new RPG in the shire about corsairs and gondorians....

[Lhunardawen]

I predict that the all-powerful OverSeer the guy who be short will update the predictions-that-came-true list...and will see that I should become the OverSeer in his place! :p

[the guy who be short]

I predict that Lhunardawen will prove it. :p

[Bergil]

somebody's going to confuse me with gil-galad. He wil be yelled at by both of us.

[Gil-Galad]

somebody's going to confuse me with gil-galad. He wil be yelled at by both of us.


aba-butta? thats all i got...

[Glirdan]

I predict that I will eventually understnad Gil. The likeliness of that happening is slim to none. :D

[Ainaserkewen]

I predict that I will eventually understnad Gil. The likeliness of that happening is slim to none. :D

Are you kidding? I understand him perfectly. In fact, I predict that out of everyone's frustration of not understanding him, I shall write a dictionary that will make millions.

...ahem. But I digress.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

http://forum.barrowdowns.com/images/chatskwerl.jpg

Too much chat, too little genuine content and humour. Back on topic, please!

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I predict that at least one of us will pause upon discovering a skwerl out in that scary place called the Rëàl Wörld and halt our conversations to study it. It will not grow green, but will stare evilly at us through beady black eyes, warning us not with words, but with actions, that our shenanigans are not welcome near it's humble stash of nuts. We will study it to no avail, wondering how this skwerl came to be there, with no higher-ups on site. We, in turn, will be studied by the counselors inhabiting our particular locations. There will be a mass switch of location, such as from "with Queen Mab" or "with the whiskey in the jar" to "dreaming about Queen Mab as I drown my sorrows in a jar of whiskey while locked in a cozy padded room and guarded by Biff."

We will have nightmares and hallucinations of skwerls. From where have they come? To what destination to they go? Do they have an agenda of their own? Are they simply pawns, and should we stage a rescue attempt of the poor innocents, saving them from the brutal and unconventional use put by them by the All-Might Barrow-Wight (may he live forever).

A day will come when the skwerls must go to war. They will fight, and they may fail. But that day is not this day. A day will come when their very existence will be questioned, challenged, and taken very much for granted. But that day is not this day. Backed by the mighty mods and the admirable admins, the skwerls will fight on, valiantly and a terror for all to see, with teeth flashing in the dim greenness of the morn, with claws outstretched, tearing off-topicness from the very sky! But as I have stated... it's not going to be today. It's just too early in the morning for that sort of thing.

♥ Fea

[Lhunardawen]

I predict that Lhunardawen will prove it. :p It would be more proper for you to count, you know.

(Read: I'm lazy. :D)

I predict that the Werewolf games will remain up and running even after classes start for the rest of you.

OR...the grown-ups will take the place of those who are stuck in school, and they will run amok in Wereland or Whatever-you-call-it-ville! :eek:

[Oddwen]

As part of his "great songs in my signature" series, the phantom will have these immortal lyrics there:

I found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you.
His fanbase will suddenly consist only of pre-teen girls. The forum will be filled with bitter and cynical people who lament about backstabbers, betrayal and "the people you have to deal with these days".

The Barrow-Wight will be furious, because it's four lines long instead of the required three. Also furious, because his favorite line is then edited out.

BW laments in his blog, saying he wants to go hide in a cave somewhere. He does so, and nobody can convince him to come out. His friends all call him a "stick-in-the-mud" and don't want to spelunk with him anymore. Fortunately, he has taken a laptop with him. His iTunes playlist is filled with the likes of Enya, AC/DC, Biff Rose, Leon Russell, and every night Argent's "Hold Your Head Up" is blasted out the mouth of the cave.

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The phantom and Fea will meet. Phantom will be extremely disappointed to discover that Fea is actually an overweight balding man with acne who can whistle with his bellybutton. TP leaves in disgust and despair, but Lhuna is smitten.

Nilp, Alice and Adam beat Pseudo-Fea down and kill him. Lhuna swears revenge and wages eternal war against her brother. The entire CbC forum is on her side, but Nilp keeps the Quiz Room. Mirth is not able to decide between the two, and they hide in the hills of N&N. Lhuna pronounces a curse on them, and whenever the phantom lynches one of the Cursed, they turn into Werewolves and start to argue about which chapter is the most important.

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THE Ka's work "The Jester" is noticed by a very influential art critic, and eventually ends up in the Louvre and becomes the eighth wonder of the world, reckoned only after André the Giant.

Enca, while walking down the street in her hometown, is recognized as the face of the Jester, and becomes one of those high-society types gorging herself on wine and cheese. She eventually dies due to a tin of bad caviar.

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Because the Barrow-Wight is sick and tired of messing with peoples signatures, he lays down the law and the 250 character limit is lowered to 4 CPS. An exception is made for the phantom, on the condition that he has the entire lyrics to "My Heart Will Go On".

Twelve people now have "OMFG" as their signatures. "waah" is also very popular. TGWBS is crushed because he discovers the word "Quenya" has six letters, not four.

The "Best Signature" thread turns into a list where people list all the four letter words they know. After sixteen posts in a row by The Squatter of Amon Rûdh, the thread is closed down.
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Nilp and Lhuna finally meet on the hill of Active Users. The battle is terrible, but before the moment that one of them could take to become the victor, Meneltarmacil appears throwing lightning bolts, killing them both.
Later, their names are ever there on the active users list, albeit they are said to be "Viewing Thread: The Halls of Mandos".

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Herin lies the tale of Newbie91.

Now it was said that Newbie91 joined the Barrowdowns in the summer of 2008, Seventh Age, and immediately he began to post nonsense and nonesuch, and the Mods and Admins were not able to contain him, such were his h4c|<312 s|<yllz. And lo, he posted his fifteenth "Balrog Wing" thread in Gondor, and as he did so he passed the Cave of Théitoons Shôffl, and lo again! a deep and ghostly voice sang strange things to him:

"Met a girl, thought she was grand..."

And again I say lo! for a ghostly green ghoul floated out of the cave, and Newbie91 was consumed, for the Wight was emaciated with hunger. And there was much rejoicing. *yay*

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Unfortunately, the "Fortunately/Unfortunately" thread will be closed down with the words "Fortunately, it is over". Fortunately, the people most active in the thread will continue it via signature. Unfortunately, nobody can read the four-letter acronyms and the whole "Fortunately/Unfortunately" thing is forgotten until Newbie91 brings it up in far years hence. Fortunately, due to his horrible spelling, nobody knew what he was talking about and the thread died immediately.

Unfortunately, eight people's heads exploded upon reading that paragraph.

[Glirdan]

Unfortunately, the "Fortunately/Unfortunately" thread will be closed down with the words "Fortunately, it is over". Fortunately, the people most active in the thread will continue it via signature. Unfortunately, nobody can read the four-letter acronyms and the whole "Fortunately/Unfortunately" thing is forgotten until Newbie91 brings it up in far years hence. Fortunately, due to his horrible spelling, nobody knew what he was talking about and the thread died immediately.

Unfortunately, eight people's heads exploded upon reading that paragraph.

MY HEAD!!! YOU MADE MY HEAD EXPLODE!!!!! AHHH!!!!!!

Ok, getting back on topic.

I predict that I will eventually stop contradicting myself in my posts.
I also predict that due to what Oddy said about the Fourtunately/Unfourtunately thread, those eight members will track Oddy down, me being the first!!!! ;)
I predict that after we have tracked Oddwen down, we will continue the Fourtunately/Unfourtunately thread and eventually people will be quoting them in their sig's.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I predict that the 'Fourtunately/Unfourtunately' thread will be followed by the 'Fivetunately/Unfivetunately' thread.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I predict that one day, Crazy captions will become so vast that it becomes its own forum, split into character caption areas. :D

[Bêthberry]

I predict that the 'Fourtunately/Unfourtunately' thread will be followed by the 'Fivetunately/Unfivetunately' thread.

Will that represent a sixnificant development Esty or would it be part of a long defeat?

[The Elf-warrior]

I predict that the hidden meaning of the misspelling Fourtunately/Unfourtunately will be revealed.

[Encaitare]

Will that represent a sixnificant development Esty or would it be part of a long defeat?

No doubt it would become a thread of such might that not seven the Barrow-Wight could stop it. :rolleyes:

[Gurthang]

I predict that WereWolf XXIX (29): Johnny Depp the Werewolf Strikes will have 78 participants, but the wolves will win because all 10 shirrifs will come forward on Day 1, everyone will try a mass lynching on that day, resulting in 57 deaths, but only two out of the 8 werewolves die. That night, five innocents die(from Werewolves, Black Beorning, Vampire, and two other undecided special characters), leaving 8 wolves and 8 innocents; Wolves Win! :D

The shortness of the game causes a complete collapse in it's popularity. The next game(WW XXX: Not for Virgin Eyes!) has 5 participants. :(

[the guy who be short]

I'm pretty certain that Werewolf Fever will die down now that so many of us students have been forced to return to learning institutions. Games will probably die out in maybe a few months, before erupting again in the Summer holidays.

[the guy who be short]

TGWBS is crushed because he discovers the word "Quenya" has six letters, not four.Hehe. ;) I've already gotten round that, as you noted. However, in the tengwar, Quenya actually only has four letters.

No doubt it would become a thread of such might that not seven the Barrow-Wight could stop it.No, the Barrow-Weight will indeed be powerless. I'll warrant the thread will come nine to vanquishing him. :p

I predict that TGWBS, Mith, Oro, Wilwa, Beth and Alca constantly hijacking the Signatures thread for debates on French grammar will be attacked by a mod. The aforementioned will therefore form a Francophonic Union, the F.A. (which would also stand for Fumbledo- Sorry, Frodo's Army) to protect their French-speaking rights.

TGWBS will quickly realised the power of Unions after a week long boycott of the Books forum, and form his own Quenya Union to protect the rights of Quenya speakers all over the site.

The B-W will lose patience will the Unions, declare himself Unquestionable Ruler of All the Downs, dissolve the Unions under punishment of banning, and restore peace and order to the land.

[Alcarillo]

I predict that TGWBS, Mith, Oro, Wilwa, Beth and Alca constantly hijacking the Signatures thread for debates on French grammar will be attacked by a mod.

Actually, for me it was Latin, not French.

I predict that the Francophonic Union and the Latin League will form a loose alliance, the Romance Language League of Unions, and will annex Announcements and Obituaries. However, their invasion plans will be halted by the Barrow-Wight's power.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I predict that this thread will move on to a 10th page and then grow and grow until it becomes a thread of Crazy Captions proportions. By then, Crazy captions will be it's own country as will The Isle of Werewolves.

[Gil-Galad]

I predict that this thread will move on to a 10th page and then grow and grow until it becomes a thread of Crazy Captions proportions. By then, Crazy captions will be it's own country as will The Isle of Werewolves.

ah the wonderous land of captions, where Gandalf roams un-cloaked and is know as Gandalf the Creepy Uncle, and where PJ frolics with Gimli, and Aragorn runs into glass elevators, they were truly magical times...but then... the pixilated oliphaunts came and Denethor blamed it on the toaster

[Glirdan]

I predict that I will eventually talke part in the CbC threads. Eventually.....

I also predict that Gil and I will stop dragging everyone's name who participates actively in the Fourtunately/Unfourtunately thread.

[the guy who be short]

I predict that the hostility created in the "Favourite Hobbit" thread between the Bilbo and Sam camps will spread like wildfire. Eventually, the entire Tolkien community will be engulfed in this debate, and will be further divided into one of four groups, namely:
Wingers - Bilbo
Wingers - Sam
Non-Wingers - Bilbo
Non-Wingers - Sam.

Bethberry with delete all her "Unforbidden" threads (except the RPG, obviously).

Morm will teach his baby all about LotR before she can walk. She will be able to quote the Silmarillion at six.

[Glirdan]

I predict that LOTR Survivor will move on to a 12th page. I also predict that I'll be getting rid of Celeborn in the next few days and have my RETRIBUTION!!!!

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I predict that one day, The Barrow Wight will encourage all Downers to save up money in order to buy our own little country and make it all Shire-e. Or Rivendel-e. Either way, there will be a Green Dragon inn, where people will have to narrate their every action. Like so;

"I walked into the inn and sat down at the table. I looked down at the questionable meal that the barmaid had just brought me and frowned. The Green Dragon's food had been going down lately and the staff were beginning to resemble frogs [... ... ... ... ...] I awoke several hour later with a throbbing pain in my head, it was dark outside."

[THE Ka]

THE Ka's work "The Jester" is noticed by a very influential art critic, and eventually ends up in the Louvre and becomes the eighth wonder of the world, reckoned only after André the Giant.

Enca, while walking down the street in her hometown, is recognized as the face of the Jester, and becomes one of those high-society types gorging herself on wine and cheese. She eventually dies due to a tin of bad caviar.



HEY! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT YET! :eek: :mad:

How... How?! Have you been paying my brother to sneak into my portfolio and tell you about my latest work?!


Ah! Fine then! I'll become the next Rossetti and won't exhibit any of my current works, then when I finally die at the wonderful age of 40, from a self-performed surgical accident while giving a lecture on The Pub Beautiful, I'll leave all of it to an obscure poet, or just have it donated to The Downs to decorate our future forum's country/island.

How did you know I was working on 'a' jester?! :(

~ Nervous disorder Aesthete

[Gil-Galad]

Glirdan will over use the word Retribution and nobody will like it anymore

[THE Ka]

Glirdan will over use the word Retribution and nobody will like it anymore


Frankly, I've never liked it.



It's too 'black and white' for a Socratic method, which I prefer. Having someone admit their wrong, then strive with others to fix it is much more enjoyment.

~Aesthete

[Eonwe]

~less than a year from now:

I sue the Barrowdowns for my soul back.

[Glirdan]

I predict that I will eventually last over three Days in a WW game and that when I tell the village I'm innocent, they'll believe me!!!! :mad:

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Foresight came upon me, and I saw that soon, I shall develop a technique to remove unwanted alter-egos from someone's brain.

Your days are numbered, Adam Smith. :p

Just try me, Nilpaurion Felagund.

On a totally unrelated note, some of the greatest Werewolf players will meet in Stockholm for the 1st Annual Real-Life Tol-in-Gaurhoth: The Isle of Werewolves game, moderated by His Wightyness. The participants will soon break down due to a lack of posts to analyse during the NIGHT, and this will result in a total bloodbath--gamewise, that is.

For the first time, a moderator will be able to say, MODERATOR WINS! He ends up taking the prize of $750 and a Barrowdowns T-shirt.

[the guy who be short]

Nilp will continue posting links to huge non-mammals whenever they are mentioned in a thread.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

One day, some of the Barrow Downs dreams will start to come true! :eek:

[The Only Real Estel]

Posted by Glirdan:

I predict that I will eventually last over three Days in a WW game and that when I tell the village I'm innocent, they'll believe me!!!! :mad:

This sounds exactly like a certain other Downer who than stabbed the innocent villagers in the back when they finally believed his cries of innocence.

Therefore, I predict that the villagers will most likely not be taking anyone's word without any evidence supporting it anytime soon. :p

[CaptainofDespair]

Rather than buying a country for all the Downers, the Great and Powerful Barrow-Wight will merely relocate us all to Germany, in a remote castle. Once there, we will be free to dress in-character, and wander around doing our own Downer-bred version of LARP.

And then, the fun begins...

In a bid for power, I will attempt to oust the Great Wight from his throne (I am prone to attempting oustings and coups). No one will join my cause, however, and I will be locked away in the Darkest of Dungeons, my name never to be uttered again. You will all laugh at me once a year, as well, in honor of the Wight's victory over the Nameless One.

This series of events will all occur starting on May 7th, 2008-and continue until the Downfall of the Wight (see Book XIII of "Downer Mythology and Prophecy").

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Nilp will continue posting links to huge non-mammals whenever they are mentioned in a thread. (short guy) Hehe, just slugs, snakes and frogs. But I do mammals too, foxes/wolves and racoons only, though. :p

[Hookbill the Goomba]

When the Barrow Wight becomes Lord master of the World and all the surounding islands, he'll order some scientists to resurect Tolkien so he can teach us all Qwenya. And tell us if those Balrogs have wings.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

One day, the Forums will be so massive, that there is at least one Wight's birthday everyday of the year!

[the guy who be short]

Semi-prediction, semi-request.

His Barrowship will somehow create a Deathday Icon with names at the bottom of the BD homepage to accompany (or replace) the Birthdays.

[The Perky Ent]

I predict there will be a WWXI

oh, and Bethberry will turn Rohan into the BD's first interactive theme park!

[Sleepy Ranger]

Gil-Galad predicted I'd return and start a major reform. Amazing, I plan to restore Quotes to its former glory and I doubt anybody can steal my self-proclaimed title of 'King of Quotes'.

Anyway I predict that Sleepy Ranger will stay this time and not mysteriously vanish for long periods of time any more. I also predict that within a week Sleepy Ranger will be back to posting where ever he feels like. I also predict that nobody will break Sleepy Ranger's 9 second record. :D

[Hookbill the Goomba]

In regards to Sleepy's avatar; I predict that player 2 will win the game of pong.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Happy 100 post to me ! ! ! :)

I am so happy!

and what is this? with this post i suddenly get the abilety to see in to the future of the downs.

And here is the first sight allready: It is me, no longer am i to be that anoying newbie, with the stupid/easy questions. I am going to be that anoying pseudo-newbie with the stupid/easy questions.

And even futher into the future: my rep points is rising and rising! what a joy!
See i am siting on High Taniquetil, having sophist. . . ehm. Conversations with such admirebel people as:

The Perky Ent
Gil-Galad -The ever loveable (They will be there to at this point)
the guy who be short
The Only Real Estel
and
The Saucepan Man

(Just to mention some)

[Gil-Galad]

Gil-Galad -The ever loveable


Flattery will get you no where...except a new car!

[the guy who be short]

I will manage a French siggy that is... wait for it... perfectly accurate in every way. As a result, Mith, Wilwa et al will allow me into the clandestine French movement on the Downs that is plotting to usurp English as the primary language used here.

Yes, I do know you exist. So there. Let me in!

[The Only Real Estel]

One day The Saucepan Man will pull a phantom/Eomer and play us all for fools as he wins a WW game as a wolf.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

One day a genie or other magical person will find the "Be careful what you wish for (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=12267)" thread and start granting random wishes for real! :eek:

[wilwarin538]

I will manage a French siggy that is... wait for it... perfectly accurate in every way. As a result, Mith, Wilwa et al will allow me into the clandestine French movement on the Downs that is plotting to usurp English as the primary language used here.

Yes, I do know you exist. So there. Let me in!


I don't think so buddy. :p You just revealed our plan. Now the whole thing is ruined. :rolleyes:

[Eorl of Rohan]

One day, someone other than me will come back after two year's absence, read the first post, the sentence 'I believe BW is going to retire next year and leave the place to Sharku', panic, post desperate messages, and made a general fool. :confused: Again, OTHER THAN ME. 0_0 Then I might feel better.

[THE Ka]

will allow me into the clandestine French movement on the Downs that is plotting to usurp English as the primary language used here.


Don't you know? Francophilia is the new Quenya...

~ mal du siecle Ka


Yes, I am taking french classes, taught by a teacher who hops across the classroom sometimes... Very odd.


I predict that within the next three years, we will see a rise and demand for barrowdowns head ornaments or tracking devices to better spot a fellow member the next time you're out on the town.

That is all.

[Glirdan]

I predict that the Wolves ing both the WW and WWJ game will win. Again....

[Lhunardawen]

One day The Saucepan Man will pull a phantom/Eomer and play us all for fools as he wins a WW game as a wolf. Do you realize the horrors of this, Estel?

Of course you don't. After all, you were instrumental in Eomer's victory...you, you, traitor, you.

I suppose in doing the latter he'll need someone as treacherous - I mean cobblerish :p as you were. And someone who will desperately try to convince the villagers of his lycanthropy, but unsuccessfully...like someone I know. ;)

[The Only Real Estel]

Of course you don't. After all, you were instrumental in Eomer's victory...you, you, traitor, you.

You'll never let me foget that, will you Lhuna? :p

But I'm sure eventually Saucie will find a way to do the same thing...if he's not doing it now. ;) I've had him wrongly pegged as a 'helpful wolf' several times already-eventually I'll be right.

Oh, and I predict that someone will stumble onto Fea's drawing of 'Wolf Eomer' and offer to buy it.

[Lhunardawen]

You'll never let me forget that, will you Lhuna? Of course not, Estel dear. I fully intend to make you and your conscience suffer as much as I did - still do. :p

Oh, and I predict that soon there will be another Downs 'photo album' thanks to Enca and her bright ideas, as well as to those who jumped into her bandwagon. ;) Of course, some BDers will be portrayed more than once, and differently in each. Like a wolf-Eomer, Eomer in a kilt and with bagpipes, Eomer with a warg, and Eomer with Biff. Or maybe all of them at once. :D

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Someday, someone will immortalise some of the more famous Werewolves games in poetry. My sister and I made this one for WWVII:

Eomer is a BDer that tarried in Meldor.
There he found a cobbler named Estel to help him.
Daga sila pareho.
the guy called them Cobwolf.

[Cailín]

For my hundredth post, I have some predictions to make.

- A short time from now, after about fifty more werewolf games, all regular Tol-in-Gaurhoth players will know each other's style so thoroughly, the werewolves will be lynched on Day 1 by default.
There will be no more lengthy discussions and the voting will resemble something like this:

It's ++Boromir. Duh.

The only unpredictable player left will be WaynetheGoblin and he will quickly take control of all werewolf related threads by winning six successive games in a row, solo.

- After a particularly boring afternoon, Folwren, Glirdan and Morsul the Dark will decide to crack the reputation system, just for fun. This plan immediately backfires, setting all members’ reputation back to zero, except for, strangely enough, the phantom's, whose arrogance will largely increase when he finds out he's the only one who still can give out rep points and therefore is now the unquestionable ruler of the Downs.

- Anguirel will get the hang of the Survivor game and will host a The Hobbit, Unfinished Tales, Characters That Never Made It To The Actual Series and a My Imaginary Friends version in rapid succession. Curiously, the number of loyal viewers and voters will only seem to increase, despite the fact that less and less Downers know what they're talking about.

- The complete Crazy Captions thread will be bundled and published, immediately beating all sales records and get higher on the bestselling list than LotR itself, to the great dismay of all authors involved.

- Within a few years, the Barrowdowns will turn into a static, never-changing place and only the What do you assign to Mordor? thread will thrive, seeing everyone will always find new things to complain about. Feanor of the Peredhil will because of this shocking development have the largest post count in no time and after another ten years, will decide to buy the abandoned Downs and turn it into a timeless piece of art involving chopsticks, hobbit-feet and a dramatic, impressionistic sketch of The Barrow Wight.

- Concerning myself: Cailín will actually really read the Lord of the Rings and everyone will eventually forget she got basically all her rep points by playing werewolves (and this will probably go straight to my Most Embarassing BD Moment :o ).

[Glirdan]

- After a particularly boring afternoon, Folwren, Glirdan and Morsul the Dark will decide to crack the reputation system, just for fun. This plan immediately backfires, setting all members’ reputation back to zero, except for, strangely enough, the phantom's, whose arrogance will largely increase when he finds out he's the only one who still can give out rep points and therefore is now the unquestionable ruler of the Downs.

Now there's a thought!!! :rolleyes: I say we go for it!!! What do you say Morsul? Folwren? Or do I still have to call you Jack??? :p

I predict that malka will do an excellent job in modding the WWJ II game and that I'll be given a good role. Hint hint!!! :D

I predict that the Fourtunately/Unfourtunately thread will move into a second thread and that the only participants will be the top eight posters of this thread. Rune and 1,000 Reader will post every so often as well.

I also predict that Crazy Captions will become so immense that it will have a whole forum to itself.

Another one is that I'll create an alter-ego for myself named Bill. Eventually.....

[Kath]

I predict that everyone who posts in the Fortunately/Unfortunately thread will learn to spell it correctly!

[Glirdan]

Originally posted by miss Everlasting Whiteness
I predict that everyone who posts in the Fortunately/Unfortunately thread will learn to spell it correctly!

Well that took me long enough to realise!!!! :rolleyes: Sheez!!! I need to pay attention more often!!!!

Another prediction, I'll finally realise stupid little things and mistakes.

No you won't, you little imp!!!

Hey!!! It's Bill!!!!

Shut up you fool!!!! I'm not Bill!!! I'm Bill the Conquereor!!!!

Here we go again. :rolleyes:

[Kath]

Well that took me long enough to realise!!!!
Sorry! I just thought this was a little more subtle than PMing you and saying learn the flipping spelling!

[wilwarin538]

No you won't, you little imp!!!

Hey!!! It's Bill!!!!

Shut up you fool!!!! I'm not Bill!!! I'm Bill the Conquereor!!!!

I predict that Glirdan will stop using so many exclamation marks.......eventually. :p

[Gil-Galad]

I predict that Glirdan will stop using so many exclamation marks.......eventually. :p


there is only hope my dear Wilwa...


i hope that Glirdan will become more mature as he posts more

[Glirdan]

Oh don't worry, sheez. Stop nagging why don't you. I'll calm down. :rolleyes: (Ya, like that's ever going to happen! :rolleyes: )

I predict Gil will eventually stop nagging. The likelyhood of that happening, slim to none. :p

[The Only Real Estel]

Eomer is a BDer that tarried in Meldor.
There he found a cobbler named Estel to help him.
Daga sila pareho.
the guy called them Cobwolf.

Brilliant, Nilp & Lhuna. If it was three concrete lines I might even consider making it my signature for a time. :p

I predict the phantom's upcoming game of WW will be one of the most followed WW games because (a) he will be a great mod (b) he is refusing to reveal is special list of players so we will all be very curious & (c) because he's the phantom.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I predict the phantom's upcoming game of WW will be one of the most followed WW games because (a) he will be a great mod (b) he is refusing to reveal is special list of players so we will all be very curious & (c) because he's the phantom.
I predict that, due to his close-lipped policy on sharing names of players, predictions of who all are on the list will begin soon.

Personally, I entertain the notion that he convinced Sharku to play. :D

[Formendacil]

I predict that, due to his close-lipped policy on sharing names of players, predictions of who all are on the list will begin soon.

Personally, I entertain the notion that he convinced Sharku to play. :D

And I predict that, due to his closemouthed policy, the game will start and none of the players will know if they are allowed to play, thus making for a very random, or very orchestrated game, which will go down in Downsian memory as...

memorable...

:D I predict that the Phantom will somehow find a way to simultaneously be the Mod and a regular player at the same time....

[The Only Real Estel]

Hmm, perhaps with phantom modding a WW game this would be a good time for me to pull out all those phantom quotes that I keep saying I'm going to use as sigs eventually.

Yes in fact I will predict that when the games start, so will the quotes. :cool:

[Glirdan]

I predict that Lhuna, Nilp, Boro, Eomer, TGWBS and Menel are part of the phantom's game. That's just a start, let's get some more predictions on that in here. I have others in mind, but I'm not so sure about them.....

[The Only Real Estel]

Of course you should know of all people, Glirdan that I could very well be a part of the game & the whole "hmm, I wonder" front is just a bluff. :p But I'm off the topic.

I think it's a safe prediction that Eomer will be in the next game.

p.s. I don't suppose anyone is wanting to lay down any money on BDers who might be in the game? ;)

[Glirdan]

Oh you probably are TORE, as is Fea most likely. But take Nilp off the list. Read his sig to figure out why.

Safe to say Saucy and Eomer are on it.

Other possibilities: Shelob, Kitanna, Kath, Oromin, Holby and maybe even B-W!! Now wouldn't that be a neat little surprise.

[the phantom]

I predict that the Phantom will somehow find a way to simultaneously be the Mod and a regular player at the same time....
But of course! :D
perhaps with phantom modding a WW game this would be a good time for me to pull out all those phantom quotes that I keep saying I'm going to use as sigs eventually
Yes, please. I am extremely curious to know what quotes of mine made it into your sig collection.
I don't suppose anyone is wanting to lay down any money on BDers who might be in the game?
I'll put some money down, though I doubt anyone would bet against me. ;)

I predict that the next WW game will be viewed by many people. I mean- with all the publicity it's getting on this thread it seems like a good bet.

I also predict that when I post the rules, more than one person will suggest some sort of minor change.

I also predict that I will say "No" to every proposed change.

In addition, one or two people will ignore my "No" and continue trying to convince me to change the rules. In response, I will assign them to be the Seer and the Ranger- and then send the Wolves a pm revealing the identity of the Seer and the Ranger.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I predict that if the right person were to try, the phantom could be convinced to change some rules. :p

♥Fea♥

[The Saucepan Man]

I don't suppose anyone is wanting to lay down any money on BDers who might be in the game?What odds would I get on Estelyn Telcontar?

[Lhunardawen]

Brilliant, Nilp & Lhuna. If it was three concrete lines I might even consider making it my signature for a time. Maybe you could just remove the line "Daga sila pareho," as I doubt you know what that means. :p

I predict that Lhuna, Nilp, Boro, Eomer, TGWBS and Menel are part of the phantom's game. Me? What gave you that idea? I haven't even played for long ages past.

Hmm...I predict that the phantom is beaming from ear to ear reading all those predictions on his game.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

What odds would I get on Estelyn Telcontar?
Based on this:

Why on earth is everyone thinking I'd be so foolish as to disregard RL considerations (to say nothing of the fast-paced RPG I'm leading :rolleyes: ) and join a game just when I'm about to answer an invitation negatively?!
I'd say that you, like Austin Powers, like to live dangerously.

I submit that The Saucepan Man has either forgotten to pay attention to the "facts" when posting his suspicions, a bad system, for WW. I predict that this will lead to an early demise, as I also predict that his name is one of the first on the list.

On the other hand, I have one of my baseless feelings that his little statement there might hold more truth than meets the eye. Why else would he write it? I predict that Saucie's been using his inside sources to learn that which is not common knowledge. Of course... I could always be wrong. :cool:

[Kuruharan]

Some of us already know the vast majority of those on the list...

I predict that some others of us are going to look rather silly if they keep this up much longer.

[Anguirel]

Some of us already know the vast majority of those on the list...


*innocent smile* Do we?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

*innocent smile* Do we?
*big grin* Of course not.

[Lalaith]

Oh, do stop gloating, you lot. :rolleyes:

[Kuruharan]

Oh, do stop gloating, you lot.

Says the person who has been gloating through her sig for weeks now.

[Anguirel]

Now, now, Kuru...we were beaten fair and square, we mustn't be bitter...be a sport...

And prepare to serve cold dishes...

[Lalaith]

Fair dos.
But I was only obeying orders.

[Kuruharan]

*Kuruharan stands with a sense of humor meter*

*holds it up to Anguirel*

It is as we thought, sir! He has no sense of humor whatsoever!

See...

*holds it up to self*

...me-10. Anguirel-0. ;)

And I won't be serving any cold dishes in this game because I'm going out of town for most of next week. :(

[Lalaith]

And I won't be eating any because *sniff* being a mere D lister, I haven't been invited on "I'm A Barrowdown Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here."*

(*apologies if this title bemuses Downers across the Atlantic, I'm not sure if you've had this particular reality tv ghastliness inflicted on you yet)

[The Only Real Estel]

Oh you probably are TORE

Nope. Invited but not enough time.

Saucey, you must've sneaked a peek at the guess list to guess Esty. :p

[Lhunardawen]

Nope. Invited but not enough time. That's too bad...you could have filed a temporary leave of absence from real life to make way for the game. :D

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Mr. Underhill will be sorely tempted to use admin powers in the current game of Werewolves. He will succeed in resisting said temptation, but he will be lynched by . . . DAY 3, I guess.

Lhunardawen will experience terrible things in this game. First, the death of his brother Eomer of the Rohirrim during the 2nd NIGHT will hit him hard. Then the following NIGHT Formendacil will be mauled, adding grief to the already-grieving maiden. She will be so distraught that she will have been reduced to posting mad ramblings, until one DAY one of the Wolves will approach her, asking her to heal his wounds (which he received after an encounter with the Hunter) in exchange for bringing Eomer and Form back to the game. But the Ranger will hear of this meeting, and he warns her that if she helps the Werewolves, she will be lynched.

One NIGHT she will meet with the Wolf that approach her, and feigning to heal her she intends to put poison into the bloodstream of the Wolf. But the other Wolf will have guessed her intention, and will try to stop her. This will set the stage for one of the greatest encounters in Werewolf history.

Moderator wins!!!

Wow, nice story. Enedwaith, will Lhuna summon the slug in the end?

Shush.

[the phantom]

Moderator wins!!!
Shush! You're giving away the big surprise ending for my game! :p

[Lhunardawen]

Kuya, I knew not that you are a man foresighted! :eek:

[the guy who be short]

To make up for lost rep, davem will join a Werewolf game.

People will dream about tgwbs - not nearly enough dreams feature me.

Due to popular demand, SpM will change his avatar back to a grinning man wearing a pan. There will be much rejoicing.

This thread will never die.

A Moderator will actually win a Tol in Gaurhoth game.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I predict that one day Crazy captions will send people crazy.

*Looks at self* Good grief, I think it already happened!

Also, I think that one-day, when the Barrow Wight goes, "Down, down to Goblin town" he'll find some goblins! :eek:

[Estelyn Telcontar]

A Moderator will actually win a Tol in Gaurhoth game. Ahem! You were there - you saw it happen! An administrator and a moderator did win the last WW game for the villagers!

Oh, you mean the moderator of the game? :confused: ;) :p

[Valesse]

I foresee an unsuccessful uprising of Orkish Poetry to compete with tgwbs's Quenya thread.

Also Rimbaud will mysteriously turn up missing (or not turn up at all, considering thats what you usually do when you're missing) After he translates the Return of the King's index into an anagram explaining how to make some very fine Jharlsburg cheese-snacks.

And Estelyn Telcontar will break down and admit that she really, really loves the Silmarillion... okay, maybe not. :p

[Lhunardawen]

Ahem! You were there - you saw it happen! An administrator and a moderator did win the last WW game for the villagers! Which makes me wonder...was said administrator, as Nilp predicted, tempted to use his powers? ;) :p

Due to popular demand, SpM will change his avatar back to a grinning man wearing a pan. There will be much rejoicing. When that happens, I predict that a lot of BDers will experience a déjà vu of sorts.

[the guy who be short]

TGWBS will unexpectly revive this thread. :D

Hookbill will be offered Moderatorship.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Hookbill will be offered Moderatorship.

If that happened, the forum would fall apart. :p

One day, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/hukbillgoomba/Zoom.jpg Mount Zoom will be a message icon. :D
Oh, and The Off-Topic Owl (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/hukbillgoomba/Owl.jpg) will be awarded an OBE.

[Gil-Galad]

Boromir88 will reveal that the reason why he has such a high rep count is because he is actually Davem, Eomer and Saucey in disguise


also

Gil-Galad will make a return to the Werewolf Games to confuse the fair citizens of whereever they are this time...

[Lhunardawen]

TGWBS will unexpectly revive this thread. :DAnd take a recount to determine who the rightful Overseer is. :p

[Oddwen]

How appropriate to revive this for the New Year!

2006 will bring:

1. Twelve more variations of Werewolf. Barrowdowners against Flaming Fangirls, anyone?

2. Eleven more positive rep boxes, including the appropriate levels, including XX Is A Raving Lunatic, XX Needs To Get Out Of The House More, and XX Is Probably Reading LotR At This Very Moment.

3. Ten more pages in Crazy Captions per week. This is probably an understatement.

4. There will be Nine more engagements in the coming year. There will be debate wether Sauron is holding their rings or not.

5. The Eight new polls of Fordim Hedgethistle will do very well.

6. Seven people will join within an hour of each other on May ninth. They will all be friends of Morm and they'll be there for "Werewolf VL: When Monkeys Shoot At You".

7. Six more people will sign up for the Walk to Rivendell. Only a third of their number will get anywhere near.

8. Five BD'er meetups (besides the engagements) will happen this year. Esty will be present at three.

9. Four new posts in the New Movie Script will be added. Only one is not Meneltarmacil's, and he finally ends the romp with


Sam: Well, I'm back!

Menel: Well, that's the end. *throws bricks at Nilp and Oddwen* You guys are no fun anymore! *runs away crying* 10. Three topics concerning Legolas will be started up. Only two will be shut down however, as one of them is a Fordie poll.

11. It'll be two years before two certain agencies come to an agreement and The Hobbit will be in production.

12. We will continue to be One great site. The One Great Site to Rule Them All.


Happy New Year, my dear friends!

[Hookbill the Goomba]

There will appear a group called "CoBDaGGU" Or "Citizens of the Barrow Downs against Gandalf the Grey Uncloaked". They will stage protests against this abomination. However, they will all get run over by Mount Zoom.

Someone will one day make an animated TV series of the Barrow Downs. It will chronicle the adventures of the Barrow Wight and his moderators as they attempt to rid the Downs of 'Trolls'. It will be cancelled after the pilot.

[Eluchíl]

*high-pitched voice* In the year two-thouuuusaaaand...

:D

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I predict that the record-length "Reunification of the Entish Bow" RPG will finally finish in 2006. Am I willing to bet on it? Not any substantial sum... ;)

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I will start a group called "CoBDpGGU" Or "Citizens of the Barrow Downs pro Gandalf the Grey Uncloaked".

[Lalwendë]

Mystic Meg (what happened to her?) predicts that in the year 2006 at least one Barrow-downer will attend a Tolkien convention costumed as Gandalf The Grey, Uncloaked.

:eek: