Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs

[The Only Real Estel]

As well, every time AMP is mentioned in my AP Bio class, I think LMP.

Well, everytime I see the abbreviations for World War Two (I forget how to do the roman numerals) I automatically wonder how Werewolf Two (WW2) got into my history book. :rolleyes:

[Glirdan]

My main symptom is I keep wanting to sign myself "Mith" elsewhere....and noone in my real life would have a clue...

I have solved that wee little problem. I created two accounts for MSN which is the only other thing that requires signing in.

I just watched a Charlie Brown movie. Whenever they would call Snoopy by his name I'd be thinking "But his name is Eomer."

Now there's something I've done when I watched the comercials for those movies. And every time I take out a pan I think of SpM and everytime I see the Shrek movies Esty pops into my head.

Another symptom (for me at least) is when your at school talikng to your friends and you zone out and start thinking "Hmmm... I wonder who's posted on *Insert thread name here*?"

[Formendacil]

When you discover "Formbi" in a book, and immediately assume that you have found the Star Wars equivalent of your 'Downs username...

[Kath]

My main symptom is I keep wanting to sign myself "Mith" elsewhere....and noone in my real life would have a clue...
Obviously I was psychic and had anticipated this problem when I joined up, therefore choosing my own name for a nickname! (Or, you know, I just have no imagination).

You realise you're addicted though when the site takes precedence over practically anything else in your life. Eating, sleeping, talking to friends, doing all that nasty homework - guilty of all. 2am I went to bed last night after getting hooked reading an old thread.

And after reading through here, what is this Chat that people speak of?

[HerenIstarion]

2:21 AM

[Alcarillo]

When you've just spent half an hour looking for Barrow-Downers' names on Middle-Earth Magnets. I found fifteen.

[Valesse]

When you find yourself at the public library checking the forum on one computer... and then signning into another beside it just to see your name in its proper place of the nick-list... And when you think that the weird looks people are giving you will be cured by quickly starting work on a long anagram.

[Eonwe]

um, you just spent an hour refreshing you browser over and over again, to no avail. :) that is when you are addicted!

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

When you have been online allmost every night ever since you died and have yet to go to bed before 1 AM. (the last thing because you want be online at the same time as all those americans)

It is really quite disturbing. . .

[The Only Real Estel]

um, you just spent an hour refreshing you browser over and over again, to no avail. that is when you are addicted!

Um, actually I think that means you're involved in a great game of Werewolf & it's getting close to the voting deadline. :D

[Eonwe]

yeah i guess that's what it means now. ;) only this time i've spent like three hours...

[Mithalwen]

When you abscond from your group on an overseas trip in order to find internet access and check in at the downs....

[Boromir88]

When you abscond from your group on an overseas trip in order to find internet access and check in at the downs....
I'm sure that's not as dorky, or as bad as, calling work saying you're sick. :p

Though I did that when I first came to the downs, I hope I've matured and calmed down since then. :rolleyes:

[Kath]

When you quite happily skip a lesson under the pretence of being ill to make sure you haven't missed something on werewolf! That did occur yesterday I'm ashamed to say.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

When you quite happily skip a lesson under the pretence of being ill to make sure you haven't missed something on werewolf! That did occur yesterday I'm ashamed to say.
Yeah. :o

I didn't go to theatre with my class tonight, so I could have time to write a death scene for one villager...

[Lalaith]

When you are watching a rivetting, award-winning West End production of Schiller's Mary Stuart, and as the faithless Leicester turns in his fellow conspirator, you nod and think to yourself, hmmm, how very like Werewolf....

[Cailín]

When you doze off during an afternoon lecture (because it was too late last night and too early this morning) and you wake up suddenly when you hear someone say Barrow Downs from faraway, you ask your neighbor for confirmation on what you have just heard and get informed you just missed a very interesting tutorial in which you were supposed to analyze Gaelic Folk tales and find comparisons with The Lord of the Rings.

This shows definite obsessiveness because

1) I instantly realized it was the first time I ever heard anyone say the Barrow Downs out loud - a realization which made me grin rather foolishly.
2) Because I immediately thought I could use this incident as an excuse to post something non-substantial here.
3) I only started caring about missing the class when I was already halfway through typing this post.

:rolleyes:

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

I find, though, that threatening teachers and upcoming exams still have some influence on me and therefore I must conclude that I am not hopelessly addicted yet. -Cailin earlier in this thread

Didn't take too long did it Cailin?

This only shows moderate obsessiveness but, having forum.barrowdowns.com set as your homepage on your home and school computer.

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

Well, I would say that doing this (http://fakeurl.com/caladre/people/thisthing.JPG) definitely shows an extreme case of obsessiveness (or an extreme case of , "Nerdy Child with too Much Time on her Hands".)

Of course this leads to all sort of interesting discussions, like Balancing Barrowdowners and Barrowdowner Reactions.

E.X.:

Balance the folowing equations:
1. Celegorm2Hilde Bracegirdle6 + Oddwen2 --> Hilde Bracegirdle2Oddwen + CelegormOddwen2
2. THE KaOddwenHilde Bracegirdle + Hilde Bracegirdle3PiosennielOddwen4 + Hilde Bracegirdle2Oddwen

And I'm no chemist but I'm fairly sure that a Lalwende-Davem combination would be disastrous to the world. ;)

[Formendacil]

WHOA!!!

Abercrombie, that Periodic Table is hilarious!

Where did I put that rep button.....

[Lalwendë]

So I'm Lanthanum?

The metal reacts directly with elemental carbon, nitrogen, boron, selenium, silicon, phosphorus, sulphur, and with halogens. It is a component of, misch metal (used for making lighter flints).

Lanthanum and Dysprosium are apparently both radioactive and often found in combination, being difficult to split apart. I like the sound of that - it's potentially evil as you say. ;) :eek:

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

Thank you, thank you, but alas, I'm not the only one who deserves such accolades. Shelob helped me a great deal in the deciding of the names and would have helped even more but she was stabbed by a small hobbit with a bright sword.* So thank you Shelob!

*Shelob broke down and was sent to Best Buy. She has now returned and is still broken.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I think I have to add this:

"Whenever you see someone shocked or disgusted, you ask them if they have just seen Gandalf the Grey Uncloaked!" :D

[arcticstorm]

You are obsessed when you print off and hang Abercrombie's periodic table on the wall of your dorm room at college ad when you surf the downs instead of studying for finals.

[Captain Grishnahk]

You know your obbsessed when you can right fluently in the Runes of Daeron {the angerthas} (which i can do) ;)

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

You are obsessed when you print off and hang Abercrombie's periodic table on the wall of your dorm room at college ad when you surf the downs instead of studying for finals.

Not only does it show that you are obsessed, but it gives me a reason for comming over there and beat you with a wet newspaper.

Start Studying ! ! !

[Lhunardawen]

Balance the folowing equations:
1. Celegorm2Hilde Bracegirdle6 + Oddwen2 --> Hilde Bracegirdle2Oddwen + CelegormOddwen2
2. THE KaOddwenHilde Bracegirdle + Hilde Bracegirdle3PiosennielOddwen4 + Hilde Bracegirdle2OddwenShould I admit how tempted I am to actually balance these? :D

That was eerily wonderful, Abercrombie.

Hmm...let's see...

1. 2 Celegorm2Hilde Bracegirdle6 + 7 Oddwen2 --> 6 Hilde Bracegirdle2Oddwen + 4 CelegormOddwen2

2. THE KaOddwenHilde Bracegirdle + Hilde Bracegirdle3PiosennielOddwen4 + Hilde Bracegirdle2Oddwen --> I'll get back to this.

Oops... :o

[Anguirel]

I am silver. How unbelievably classy. Shame I'm generally unreactive, but the shininess is compensation...

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

1. Celegorm2Hilde Bracegirdle6 + Oddwen2 --> Hilde Bracegirdle2Oddwen + CelegormOddwen2
2. THE KaOddwenHilde Bracegirdle + Hilde Bracegirdle3PiosennielOddwen4 + Hilde Bracegirdle2Oddwen

Took these straight from my Chem homework. It was mostly just a ploy to get people to do my work for me. Now if only you had been week earlier... :p

[Lalaith]

Hmmm...my place in Abercrombie's wonderful table means I have the highest specific heat of any solid element. I believe I am often used in batteries and in treating depression...

[Aiwendil]

Apparently, I don't melt until 1283.15 K and don't boil until 3400.15 K - no wonder I'm so cold and unemotional!

I seem to be a bit dense, too . . .

[The Only Real Estel]

Sweet, I'm Tellurium. :)

Not surprisingly, the phantom is Helium, validating all those "hot air" comments. ;)

[mormegil]

I'm Magnesium which is the power mineral and the fourth most common mineral in the body. Also it's a very strong metal.

Thanks Abercrombie.

And I think that looking at this thread shows that I am addicted to it.

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

Not surprisingly, the phantom is Helium, validating all those "hot air" comments.

Actually, I chose Helium for Phantom because the symbol abbreviation for it is "He." Of, course, "He" does tend towards some religious connotations (i.e. "He" refers to God.) Which leaves me with a terrifying conclusion to Fordim's question (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=12387). :eek: ;)

[Meneltarmacil]

And I, as molybdenum, apparently have one of the highest melting points in nature and am often used to make various types of steel alloys.

Quite an interesting idea.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

The posts concerning the elements listed on the periodic table have sparked my curiosity. I had no idea what "Es" is (as far as chemistry goes, that is - I'm familiar with Freud's usage of the German word as a psychological definition - an interesting connection, actually!), so I googled it and found some fascinating information. Einsteinium is radioactive rare earth metal named after Albert Einstein. It is of no commercial importance and only a few of its compounds are known. Hmmm, no commercial importance, only few compounds known - that has an uncanny relativity to me! Flattering to be named after a genius, of course - and that in a year dedicated to his memory. It was identified in debris from the first large thermonuclear explosion - now what could that say about me? Actually, there is something interesting in there.

Melting point, boiling point, density and color unknown - hmmm... (The latter is probably metallic and silvery white or grey.) Classification: Metallic.

Thanks for an interesting excursion into an area I do not normally enter voluntarily, Abercrombie! When I have time, I'll explore the other elements and their connections to the Barrowdowners you chose to be represented by them.

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

When I have time, I'll explore the other elements and their connections to the Barrowdowners you chose to be represented by them.

Don't strain yourself too hard my dearie. I simply chose BDer's for their element because the symbol abbreviation was similar to their name. Mg for Mormegil; Fm for Formendacil. So, if you can actually find any similarities between the element and the BDer, (all the more points to you) but it's purely coincidental.

[The Saucepan Man]

I simply chose BDer's for their element because the symbol abbreviation was similar to their name.Glad to hear it, given that the only thing I know about Sulphur is that it's used to make stink-bombs ... :eek: :D

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

Oh, I forgot to mention that Sauce is the special exception to that rule... :p ;)

[Lhunardawen]

Took these straight from my Chem homework. It was mostly just a ploy to get people to do my work for me. Now if only you had been week earlier... :pAww...too bad. Sorry I had to see it so late. :D

That gives me an idea what to do the next time I'll have a Calculus or Chemistry homework... *where's that evil smilie?*

I see I'm the last of the Actinide series. Geesh, I don't want to be a transition metal. They're all either very much confusing with all their oxidation states, hopelessly unreactive, or prone to spontaneous decay.

But does that mean some BDers can undergo decay and transform into some other BDer? :eek:

[Parmawen]

I've got another: You check Barrow-Downs before you go to church, and when you go to church, you bring your Tolkien books instead of your Bible.(This may not apply to everyone)

I tried that once, and found myself singing one of Merry and Pippin's old songs instead of a hymn!

You find yourself constantly refreshing the page, only seconds after you've posted, in the hopes that someone's responded already.

[Elu Ancalime]

You find yourself constantly refreshing the page, only seconds after you've posted, in the hopes that someone's responded already.
That is definatly me.
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[Oddwen]

You know you're obsessed when you...you think how a hobbit lass would never shave her feet.

[Amanaduial the archer]

I am silver. How unbelievably classy. Shame I'm generally unreactive, but the shininess is compensation...

Lol, perfect, dear sir, perfect ;)

I am Americium, apparently, named, unsurprisingly, after America. Hmm...*waves St George's cross and whistles the National Anthem patriotically and maybe a little pointedly* ;) How did you decide on who was who? Brilliant idea, Abercrombie, absolutely fantastic!

[Mithalwen]

When you look at the stars and think of their elvish names? One day I know I will refer to the Plough as the Sickle of the Valar.....

[Mithalwen]

Ooh I have (rather late) discovered the periodic table. I don't think I will try again to set up an avatar because Meitneriun is somewhat elusive in appearance

meitnerium.

Standard state: presumably a solid at 298 K
Colour: unknown, but probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance
Classification: Metallic
Availability:

Element 109, meitnerium, is a synthetic element that is not present in the environment at all.

Isolation

Only a few atoms of element 109, meitnerium, have ever been made. The first atoms were made through a nuclear reaction involving fusion of an isotope of bismuth, 209Bi, with one of iron, 58Fe.

209Bi + 58Fe 266Mt + 1n

Isolation of an observable quantity of meitnerium has never been achieved, and may well never be. This is because meitnerium decays very rapidly through the emission of a-particles.

Very appropriate....grey, dilapidated ... I dispute the synthetic ......

[Lhunardawen]

You click on the "Who Posted?" link of almost every active thread to see who posted the most and how you rank in posting. This proves most interesting when done with Werewolf threads to see who's the most talkative. ;)

My most "memorable" discoveries:

1. Fea is the most frequent poster in both Shire- and Mordor-assignment threads. I find the fact a bit contradictory.

2. In all Werewolf games I have ever played, mormegil is ALWAYS one of the most talkative. Quite unsurprisingly, he also has the greatest number of posts in the original thread.

3. Gil-Galad posted the most in Know Yer Mates.

4. Hookbill has the most Crazy Captions posts...but you already know that. Okay then, let's try Fortunately/Unfortunately.

5. Same person above has the most number of BD predictions. Tight race for second place between Lhuna and tgwbs.

6. tgwbs finds the most amusement in typos or Freudian slips, whichever they are.

7. Oddwen, Menel, and Nilp are the top three contributors to the New Movie Script. No surprise there.

Okay, I'll stop now.

EDIT: I have to thank tgwbs for letting us (in Werewolf VII? VI?) know about this. The link and what it does, I mean.

[the guy who be short]

5. Same person above has the most number of BD predictions. Tight race for second place between Lhuna and tgwbsTight race indeed! :p

In French, in a sentence to do with hobbies, I translated "lecture de BDs" as "reading the Barrow Downs." Apparently, it means comics, though there are comics on the Downs, so in a sense I was perfectly correct.

[narfforc]

Due to moving caves, and having my new dungeon renovated, I have been off-line since August. Days pass into weeks,and weeks into months. A horrid thing called work took over my miserable existance. Then I got the call, my abode was ready. The first box out of storage was the one that read computer. I plugged it in, set it up the Internet and I nearly experienced joy (to near for a Narfforc). The first site I visited was The I Hate Tree-Hugging Elves Society, to see if there had been another member apart from me joined in my absence. Then it was straight here, before going on to The Hobbit Cooking Society ( Only to see if there was any new ways to cook em mind)

P.S I do love this site (But don't tell anyone)

[Moksha]

You know you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when, for the first time in about a year, you have nothing to do on a Friday night and decide to log back on.

[Thinlómien]

I think waking up voluntarily half an hour (or more) before you normally would (in a school/work morning) just to visit the Downs.

Or when you don't have anything else to do, you try to remember as many Downers' names as you can.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I think waking up voluntarily half an hour (or more) before you normally would (in a school/work morning) just to visit the Downs.

I do that EVERY DAY :eek:

[Thinlómien]

I do that EVERY DAY :eek: You're mad, I say. :) I'm such a late-sleeper, that I couldn't.

[Thinlómien]

Or maybe if there's a course you should get a good grade for in order to improve your final grade of the subject, and you even like the subject, but you still hang in the 'Downs and don't concentrate.

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

You know you in deep, when you are looking to buy a new computer and are being sensible about it, but when you see that one with a black case and green glowing lights, you feel like you met a long lost relative, and sense goes by the wayside. (I wonder if they make gilt CD-DVD drives as well?)

[Anguirel]

You click on the "Who Posted?" link of almost every active thread to see who posted the most and how you rank in posting. This proves most interesting when done with Werewolf threads to see who's the most talkative. ;)

My most "memorable" discoveries:

1. Fea is the most frequent poster in both Shire- and Mordor-assignment threads. I find the fact a bit contradictory.

2. In all Werewolf games I have ever played, mormegil is ALWAYS one of the most talkative. Quite unsurprisingly, he also has the greatest number of posts in the original thread.

3. Gil-Galad posted the most in Know Yer Mates.

4. Hookbill has the most Crazy Captions posts...but you already know that. Okay then, let's try Fortunately/Unfortunately.

5. Same person above has the most number of BD predictions. Tight race for second place between Lhuna and tgwbs.

6. tgwbs finds the most amusement in typos or Freudian slips, whichever they are.

7. Oddwen, Menel, and Nilp are the top three contributors to the New Movie Script. No surprise there.

Okay, I'll stop now.

EDIT: I have to thank tgwbs for letting us (in Werewolf VII? VI?) know about this. The link and what it does, I mean.

Lhuna, how do you do this? I've been racking my brains...

[the guy who be short]

Lhuna, how do you do this? I've been racking my brains...You click on the "Who Posted?" link of almost every active thread to see who posted the most and how you rank in posting.'Tis a link upon thy right, good sirrah.

On the right hand side of a forum, there's a "Replies" column. For each thread, there is a number. Clicking on this presents a breakdown of who's posted most. :)

[Anguirel]

Thanks a lot. This opens up a...world of discovery...

[Lhunardawen]

Thanks a lot. This opens up a...world of discovery...:eek: I've (with tgwbs this time) created another monster!!!

[Hookbill the Goomba]

When you can't be bothered posting for yourself, you spend hours flicking between 'Who’s online' and 'User CP' just in case someone posts on a thread you're involved with.

[Lhunardawen]

When you can't be bothered posting for yourself, you spend hours flicking between 'Who’s online' and 'User CP' just in case someone posts on a thread you're involved with.Ouch.

You know you're terribly addicted when you post a Crazy Caption on the Deathday thread. :o :D

Go figure how that happened.

[Mithalwen]

When the easiest to remember alpha-numeric combinations for passwords are barrow-downers screen names? When you need an eight letter password and your RPG spouse's name works perfectly....

Yes I know.. I need to get out more.....

[Kath]

When you're writing an RPG post in the middle of a very boring lesson, and then realise that you've written your characters name on the piece of work you've just handed in instead of your own.

Getting it back was interesting!

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

When the easiest to remember alpha-numeric combinations for passwords are barrow-downers screen names? When you need an eight letter password and your RPG spouse's name works perfectly.... (Erenor)You still remember--even use--the very first password BD gave you.

Yeah, that random six-letter thing, it's permanently engraved in my head. :smokin:

[Hookbill the Goomba]

When you see a picture of anyone looking surprised or horrified, you instantly say that they have just seen Gandalf the grey uncloaked.

I've had some very strange looks.

Or

At school / collage, you attach small wheels to a paper mashie volcano someone in another class has made and label it 'Mount Zoom'. Yes, I did do it! :D

Or indeed:

Whenever asked to write your occupation, you nearly write 'Downer'. :p Not guilty... yet.

[Lhunardawen]

When your Chem lab instructor asked you to come up with a code name for your unknown analysis, you choose Alumìne Umfuìl - partly because you just realized the wittiness of the name the previous night (thanks to your brother), but for a larger part because you want to hear your lab instructor fumble as he tries to pronounce the name. *insert evil smilie here* :D

Fea, if you ever read this, I want you to know that you are one of the most brilliant people I had the honor to know. ;)

[Glirdan]

When you start thinking twenty four/sevem about who the Wolves will decide to attack at Night and if they'll get lucky and get a Gifted. Oh, and lets not forget when you start talking out loud to yourself about the games. I admit it, I'm obsessed. :o

[Lhunardawen]

I think this is not so much what an "addict" does...maybe more like masochist. :rolleyes:

Out of sheer boredom, you search for your oldest posts that the Search function can come up with, and spend a lot of time cringing at the posts of your newly-deceased self.

Hasn't this been mentioned before?

[elfearz1]

You rush to downs as soon as you recieve a message that there was a reply to a thread you're subscribed to. :D

[elronds_daughter]

You lose sleep on account of the latest game of Werewolf....did you vote to lynch the wrong person!?!??

[Thinlómien]

Hanging the whole day after school in the 'downs with a few pauses of max.15 minutes. That's 7 hours and 20 minutes by now...

Completely mad. ;)

[the guy who be short]

You have an MSN group on Messenger called "Downers."

[Hookbill the Goomba]

You have an MSN group on Messenger called "Downers."

Guilty. :D
Adding to that: At least 40% of your contacts are in that group. ;)

[Valier]

When your partner tells you to be quiet, he's heard enough about the Downs!:D

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

Adding to that: At least 40% of your contacts are in that group.

Or 100% of your contacts... :p

[Lhunardawen]

Or 100% of your contacts... :p
Or the Downs is the reason you got an MSN account in the first place! :o

[Hookbill the Goomba]

You actually plan for 'Downs Time' in your daily routine.

[Lhunardawen]

You actually plan for 'Downs Time' in your daily routine.Guilty as charged. My everyday to-do list always has something Downs-related in it.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

You travel half way around the world to be in one of the most magnificent citys ever, you are only 500 meters away from beaches and all kinds of fun, yet you still have to check what is going on at the downs once in a while.

[Eonwe]

You fully intend to join the next werewolf game, even though you can calculate an actaully percent your grade will drop as a result. :rolleyes: ;)

[Celuien]

You've been awake for about 30 hours, you're dead tired and have reading to do, and you're still clicking the refresh button on the forums index.

You work on posts by saving them in your email so that so you can work on them while away from home.

You once typed a fairly long RPG post on your tiny PDA screen while you were supposed to be listening to a lecture. Granted, it was a very borrrrring lecture that I had absolutely no interest in hearing and that had no educational value for me, but still... :)

[Cailín]

1) When you have a folder on your computer named 'Werewolves'.

2) When you jump up every time you hear someone say anything vaguely Tolkien-related.

3) When you try to think of a way to subtly incorporate in a post that you have finished the Silmarillion, just so you will always remember the exact date.

4) When you know the screen-names of all members on the first and second page by heart, including their personal titles - if they have one. (Though this is not as obsessive as it may sound - I have an extremely good memory when it comes to names. No really!).

5) When, on a rather uneventful night, you start reading ancient threads to know what all the 'oldies' are always referring to. I must say, it was a revelation. It's quite unbelievable to see how many Downers, now greatly esteemed for their eloquence, used to type things as lol and u every once in a while (I shan't name names). And ha - he might hate me forever for this - but the guy who be short was so cute!

6) When you start writing posts like these, just to have something to say even though you are too weary to make much sense.

7) When a 'Downers MSN group' and 'Downs Time' sound strangely appealing.

I'm sure there are more points to come some other day. :o

--

P.S. I know, I know. I cringe when I read some of my earlier posts as well.

P.P.S. I am clearly guilty of all the above, with the possible exception of the first since I just saw it isn't actually called werewolves, but plain wolves.

P.P.P.S.

You've been awake for about 30 hours, you're dead tired and have reading to do, and you're still clicking the refresh button on the forums index.

You work on posts by saving them in your email so that so you can work on them while away from home.

Add those as 8 & 9.

[Lhunardawen]

4) When you know the screen-names of all members on the first and second page by heart, including their personal titles - if they have one. (Though this is not as obsessive as it may sound - I have an extremely good memory when it comes to names. No really!).Glad to hear I'm not alone. I swear, it scares me how I remember names and personal titles...

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

When you have Downers on your phonebook.

[the guy who be short]

It's quite unbelievable to see how many Downers, now greatly esteemed for their eloquence, used to type things as lol and u every once in a while (I shan't name names). And ha - he might hate me forever for this - but the guy who be short was so cute! (Cailín) Typing "u" and "lol" make me cute? :confused: Bewildering, but a distinct lack of hatred. ;) I also remember having something of an aversion to capital letters.


You know you're obsessed when you have recurring BDs dreams. Well, the dreams don't recur, but the BDs theme does.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

When you spend a lot of your time messing with Lord of the Rings related pictures and editing them for amusement with he sole purpose of posting them on the Downs.

OR

Whenever you see snoopy on the Television you feel inclined to say "Wow, Eomer!"

[the guy who be short]

Whenever you see snoopy on the Television you feel inclined to say "Wow, Eomer!"Or you keep dreaming of Eomer as Snoopy!

[Maeggaladiel]

You're working on your online schoolwork, when suddenly you realize something wonderful you could do for your RPG over on the Downs!!

You're supposed to be studying for said online class' midterm tomorrow, and somehow you magically find yourself on the Downs, talking about how you're supposed to be studying for an online class... waaaaaait...

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Or you keep dreaming of Eomer as Snoopy!

I can see where you might make that mistake.

[Lalaith]

When you know the screen-names of all members on the first and second page by heart

Out of interest Cailín, how do you arrange your member list? By last visit, number of posts or reputation? What about the rest of you?

[Glowing Stone]

Okay, I got some!

You are here for more than four hours...

Your mom or husband or whoever you have always assummes where you are on the internet.

They have gone accustomed to you talking about certain people on here...

If you go somewhere else, ( huh, me??? ) then you hear the explitave," The world is coming to an end!!!." and very oh-so- tentavily correct them that "Arda is coming to an end."

People who see what your Christmas tree looks like politely offer to buy you another one.

The only friends you now have know about this site.


K

[Formendacil]

Okay, I got some!

You are here for more than four hours...

Your mom or husband or whoever you have always assummes where you are on the internet.

They have gone accustomed to you talking about certain people on here...

If you go somewhere else, ( huh, me??? ) then you hear the explitave," The world is coming to an end!!!." and very oh-so- tentavily correct them that "Arda is coming to an end."

People who see what your Christmas tree looks like politely offer to buy you another one.

The only friends you now have know about this site.


K

This is your first post on the 'Downs...

You're hooked already?

I'm impressed. It took me eight months of membership to achieve that level of 'Downs 'Ddiction.

[Lhunardawen]

This is your first post on the 'Downs...

You're hooked already?

I'm impressed. It took me eight months of membership to achieve that level of 'Downs 'Ddiction.Which, I'm sure, coincided with your first Werewolf game.

Did it not?

[Formendacil]

Which, I'm sure, coincided with your first Werewolf game.

Did it not?

It helped.

Actually, to be perfectly honest, it wasn't the first Werewolf game I played that got me addicted, but the second one... which was actually my worst showing thus far!

[Cailín]

Out of interest Cailín, how do you arrange your member list? By last visit, number of posts or reputation? What about the rest of you?

I arrange it by reputation… Guess it's the most practical because it instantly show the most active Downers all together.

Typing "u" and "lol" make me cute? Bewildering, but a distinct lack of hatred. I also remember having something of an aversion to capital letters.

Actually, it was more the things you were trying to say beneath all the chat speak. ;)

[Thinlómien]

...when you start enjoying maths lessons.

[Lhunardawen]

You will consider it one of your life's most satisfying moments when you see Anguirel include a smilie in one of his posts. Hint, hint. ;)

[Thinlómien]

You will consider it one of your life's most satisfying moments when you see Anguirel include a smilie in one of his posts. Hint, hint. ;)
Can't believe this! :eek: When and where?

[Lhunardawen]

It hasn't happened yet; hence, the "hint, hint." ;)

[Thinlómien]

So I was too utopistic, I see. :rolleyes:

[Lhunardawen]

We'll just have to catch him off guard.

You know you're terribly addicted if you toy with the idea of forming an elaborate plan to get Anguirel to put a smilie on a post of his. *evil smilie*

[Thinlómien]

Lhuna, if you need help with your plan, you have my sword.

[Lhunardawen]

We'll see how it fits. ;)

[Hookbill the Goomba]

You know you're addicted to the Barrow Downs when you find yourself attaching THIS (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/hukbillgoomba/BelikeGandalf.jpg) to your collage / school / work place notice board. Or something like that.

OR

You nearly fall off your chair when you see that The Saucepan Man has overtaken Lalwendë as the top reputation person! :eek:

[Cailín]

You nearly fall off your chair when you see that The Saucepan Man has overtaken Lalwendë as the top reputation person! :eek:

No! It cannot be! Nothing makes sense anymore in this world. :eek:

[Thinlómien]

You nearly fall off your chair when you see that The Saucepan Man has overtaken Lalwendë as the top reputation person! :eek: So that's why she's posting in the books right at the moment trying to be intelligent! :eek: ;)

[Lhunardawen]

Oh sorrow for the once invincible Lalwendavem...

Look what you and your lycanthropy have done, Wolfman Sauce. For shame! :p

[Thinlómien]

Oh sorrow for the once invincible Lalwendavem...
But if you add Lal's and davem's reputations, they surely ARE invincible...

[The Saucepan Man]

No! It cannot be! Nothing makes sense anymore in this world.Not quite sure how to take that ... ;)

Actually, I feel rather a fraud as my reputation has been fattened on naught but a diet of Werewolf, Crazy Captions, Survivor and a certain parody RPG. Not one Tolkien-based discussion related rep in sight (probably because I have not engaged seriously in any Tolkien-based discussion for a while). :rolleyes:

But just imagine how invincible Lalwendë would be if she also played Werewolf ... :eek:

And, to bring this back on topic, you know you're addicted to the Downs when you spend precious hours not just strategising about and playing Werewolf, but also posting a thread with a lengthy analysis of each game.

As Mith said, borderline Aspergis ...

[Lhunardawen]

Actually, I feel rather a fraud as my reputation has been fattened on naught but a diet of Werewolf, Crazy Captions, Survivor and a certain parody RPG. Not one Tolkien-based discussion related rep in sight (probably because I have not engaged seriously in any Tolkien-based discussion for a while). :rolleyes:

Don't say that, SpW...you'll be dragging in a lot of us as well! :o

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I think THIS is a sign that I'm obsessed (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=453910&postcount=10000)! :D

[Kath]

Spending half an hour trawling through the member's list in order to find an answer, and making a list of those PT's that caught your eye as you went so you could use them as MSN names later.

[the guy who be short]

One of your motives for learning Latin is that everybody on the Downs does, and you want to fit in and understand them.

[Anguirel]

Every self-respecting Tolkien fan should be able to say odi et arceo profanum vulgum...

[Thinlómien]

When you think peace has been restored, when Lalwende has reclaimed her place at the top of the reputation list.

[Diamond18]

Actually, I feel rather a fraud as my reputation has been fattened on naught but a diet of Werewolf, Crazy Captions, Survivor and a certain parody RPG. Not one Tolkien-based discussion related rep in sight (probably because I have not engaged seriously in any Tolkien-based discussion for a while).

Eh, they're overrated. From one Mirth/Roleplaying addict to another, never be ashamed of rep points gained from being creative rather than canonical. ;)

I think THIS is a sign that I'm obsessed!

Yes... yes it is. It's quite lovely, though. I had just noticed today how gigantic the Crazy Captions thread is, and my eyes popped out. Like this: :eek:

As for my own contribution... I know I'm obsessed when I leave for months only to be drawn back in by the insidious charms of the black and green... even though green text on black background gives me headaches. :rolleyes:

[Thinlómien]

As for my own contribution... I know I'm obsessed when I leave for months only to be drawn back in by the insidious charms of the black and green... even though green text on black background gives me headaches. :rolleyes: GREEN? It's light blue, or turqoise, but not GREEN! :eek:

[JennyHallu]

Green like grass, Lommy...sorry.

You know you're addicted to the barrowdowns when you find yourself referring to RL things that happened toNight and realize no one else understands the concept of 24 hour days, rather than 12.

[Thinlómien]

Green like grass, Lommy...sorry. No! You're colorblind! Look at your reputation boxes. They are green. The text is light blueish(?) turqoise.

[JennyHallu]

I forget you're European...

Find a picture of Kentucky bluegrass...

The text has more blue in it than the lime green boxes, I would never call it a jewel tone, but I think it's green. Maybe I'm crazy...

I'm probably crazy but I live in a democracy...majority rules, and it's green. ;)

[Thinlómien]

The text has more blue in it than the lime green boxes, I would never call it a jewel tone, but I think it's green. Maybe I'm crazy...

I'm probably crazy but I live in a democracy...majority rules, and it's green. ;)
Lime green! No way!

The first picture is lime green. The secong picture is green. The ball at the beginning of this post is green.

[JennyHallu]

This (http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/colorcube/pngs-gamma22/66cc99.png) is the exact color of the text on the forum. It looks greener when it isn't surrounded by all the black, gold, and grass-green of everything else.

[Diamond18]

You know you're obsessed when you argue about the exact shade of the text, and provide samples.....

:D

Jenny's right though (like me :p), it's green, though kind of a turqoise green rather than a straight green. The rep boxes and the ball icon are different shades of green. But still, if you ask the Barrow-Wight, the color scheem is green/gold/black. G'ahead, PM him. :p

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

I was listening to a song called Core N'Gato (Cor-ay nin gato) and every time they sang the chorus I thought they were saying Tol-in, Tol-in Gaurhoth. :rolleyes:

[Hookbill the Goomba]

You know you're obsessed when:

- The Barrow Downs is your home page.

- When you tell your teacher at school / college (Or boss at work) that you think s/he should be lynched.

- You spend a long time making a collage of as many crazy captions pictures as you can be bothered getting hold of.

[Thinlómien]

Okay, I agree it's not light blue, but it's clearly turqoise, not green. Whatever even the BW says. Unluckily, all sensible persons who can tell turqoise from green happen to be somewhere else so your democracy, Jenny, really isn't democracy.

Hey, Hookbill, you visit this thread quite often! What do you (or anyone else) think about the colour?

[JennyHallu]

Actually, this is the color of turquoise (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Turquoise.pebble.700pix.jpg/300px-Turquoise.pebble.700pix.jpg)...

See how blue? The site is definitely green.

EDIT: And that's the definition of democracy. Majority among whoever votes rules, regardless of how many people don't vote. An abstention (not voting) is counted as a vote for the majority side. Robert's Rules.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Hey, Hookbill, you visit this thread quite often! What do you (or anyone else) think about the colour?

I think its irrelevant. :p

A sign that you’re addicted to the Downs...

You are happy when you’re sick because you go green and look Wightish! :D

[Thinlómien]

Actually, this is the color of turquoise (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Turquoise.pebble.700pix.jpg/300px-Turquoise.pebble.700pix.jpg)...

See how blue? The site is definitely green.
They're nearly the same color! (The text and the gemstone.)

I think this is a sign of being badly addicted: you debate with a person you don't really actually even know about the text color of the forum.

And Hookbill, I hope you get better, though you will lose your wightish color... :)

[JennyHallu]

;) :rolleyes:

Try thinning food dye with water, Hookbill. With a large paint brush you could easily maintain your Wightish shade.

[Thinlómien]

Thin: no it isn't. I've started to see the text as greenish turqoise, and that's entirely your fault! :eek:

And that's the definition of democracy. Majority among whoever votes rules, regardless of how many people don't vote. An abstention (not voting) is counted as a vote for the majority side. Robert's Rules. What if most of probable voters don't even know about the "election"?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I've had a cold all week and it got a bit worse today so I came home from College. :(
I used to be all pale, (more than usual) but the green Wight colour is cool! :D

Lets crawl back on topic, shall we?

[Thinlómien]

I think this is a sign of being badly addicted: you debate with a person you don't really actually even know about the text color of the forum. That's not surely off-topic, is it?

[JennyHallu]

Oh fine. (But it's still green. :P)

You know you're addicted to the barrow downs when you compulsively hit refresh and you're not even playing werewolf...

[Diamond18]

You know you're addicted to the barrow downs when you compulsively hit refresh and you're not even playing werewolf...

Hahahahahaha! *oh dear* I've been doing that, too.

[Kath]

You know you're addicted when you come home from a long day at school and rather than doing the coursework you swore you'd do in return for a lesson off, you come on here and spend the next hour refreshing the page to keep up with a werewolf game you're not even in anymore!


And to drag this ever so slightly back off topic, I always thought the text was green, but that may have been due to popular opinion!

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

How about 'Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to a Barrowdowner'? ;)

Oh, brother . . .

[the guy who be short]

You spot Downer lookalikes on your way to school. I regularly see my Eomer and Orominuialwen lookalikes.

[Mithalwen]

You have a panic attack when some technical glitch means you can see the Downs but not post or read PMs. It happened this lunchtime but I don't know if the problem was with the computer I was using or the site. My hotmail inbox disappeared too..

[Hookbill the Goomba]

When you are walking around town and see someone in a large Snoopy costume and cry out (a little too loudly) "Its Eomer of the Rohirrim!"
I then had to explain to a friend of mine what I meant. :o

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

You spot Downer lookalikes on your way to school. I regularly see my Eomer and Orominuialwen lookalikes. (daga'y)Heh, in youth church I often see Aimè, Hookbill, and Menel.

[Thinlómien]

You can help hysterical laughing when you read the following passage from LotR: Gandalf's eyes flashed. 'It will be my time to get angry soon', he said. 'If you say that again, I shall. Then you will see Gandalf the Grey uncloaked.' He took a step towards the hobbit, and he seemed to grow tall and menacing; his shadow filled the little room. :D But it's translated to Finnish: "Then you will see Gandalf the Grey face to face." and that's not half as funny as the English one...

[elronds_daughter]

...when your best friends are 'Downers you've never met.

...when the love of your life is a 'Downer you'd never met. (coughlalwendeanddavemcough)

...when you go away on vacation without internet access for a weekend, and you can't stop thinking that you should've posted that brilliant crazy caption before you left, because while you're away someone will either take your caption or change the picture!

Okay, so maybe that last one is just paranoia.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

You can help hysterical laughing when you read the following passage from LotR: Gandalf's eyes flashed. 'It will be my time to get angry soon', he said. 'If you say that again, I shall. Then you will see Gandalf the Grey uncloaked.' He took a step towards the hobbit, and he seemed to grow tall and menacing; his shadow filled the little room. :D But it's translated to Finnish: "Then you will see Gandalf the Grey face to face." and that's not half as funny as the English one...Ah, but seeing Gandalf face to face while he's uncloaked... that must be something.


You're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you clean your desk and everywhere you look, you find pieces of paper, envelopes, old magazines and whatnot filled with scribblings such as LotR p. 615, Isildur IIIII I, #340 or Gurthang -> Nonnacedak. (I just recently found my notes from WW2. It was pretty cute. :D )


You know you're addicted to the barrow downs when you compulsively hit refresh and you're not even playing werewolf...Or when you compulsively hit refresh although you are the only member online...

[Lhunardawen]

Or when you compulsively hit refresh although you are the only member online...

...something only we from weird time zones understand...

[Kath]

...something only we from weird time zones understand...
Not so Lhuna. I've been the only member here a few times. Try coming online at 2am GMT, it's like a graveyard.

You know you're addicted to the Downs when your mum has been tidying up all round the computer and there is now a whole box full of various pieces of paper with notes from WW games, or Palantir quotes, or just general random information that you can barely remember the use of!

[Mithalwen]

Ah, but seeing Gandalf face to face while he's uncloaked... that must be something.


.


Does give a rather wierd mental image considering that normally Gandalf is twice the size of a hobbit - maybe uncloaking makes him shrink.. :p

[Kath]

Oh, and, when you read a book and the whole way through misread the main characters name as Cailín rather than Carlin every time, and only realise the mistake when someone else is talking about Carlin and you have no idea who they mean!

[Nogrod]

You know you're addicted to the Downs, when your variable piles of A4-papers (I'm not sure, whether this is an international standard, but I think so) that should be your working papers, come up, time after time, infected with sheets of a RPG or WW copies - with all those addenda, made by a ballpoint pen, sometimes being so small (because of the lack of free space), that you can't read them anymore...

and also:

You know you're addicted to the Downs, when you find out, that after being killed in a WW, the RPG having a stalemate and in the GD you are waiting for an answer, you just wonder, that you have so much work to do in so little time (RL) - and kind of wonder, how did you manage, when you were playing the WW, when you were due a post to the RPG and the GD just called for your post... :rolleyes:

So much fun, I say, being addicted.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

You know you're addicted The Barrow Downs when you're like this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/hukbillgoomba/Computingwithgollum.jpg

Enough said.

[Diamond18]

You know you're addicted when...

You snatch every chance you can to get online at work, just to check on the progess of a Werewolf game, even though diddling around on a forum is NOT what you're supposed to be doing. :rolleyes:

[Firefoot]

...when you go away on vacation without internet access for a weekend, and you can't stop thinking that you should've posted that brilliant crazy caption before you left, because while you're away someone will either take your caption or change the picture! Nah, when I go on vacation I wonder if I won't just happen to meet a random Downer. No luck yet... :rolleyes:

When on the rare occasions you happen to wake up in the middle of the night (like 3 a.m. my time) and decide to wander over to the computer and just to see what Downers are on at that time of night.you debate with a person you don't really actually even know about the text color of the forum. Or about the color of the smilies. :D <- this guy is mostly blue, sort of aqua :rolleyes: <- this guy is definitely green.

[Diamond18]

Rolling eyes man is yellow!

[Lalwendë]

When you even go on walks to see Barrows! (http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/41387)

It was not foggy, but there was bright sunshine, gales, hail and rain all at the same time and we had to shelter under the embankment of Arbor Low (http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/82). Bizarrely, one side of the ditch was dry and I was able to sit on the ground, nice and warm, whereas if I stood up I almost got blown off my feet - but the Barrow Wight did not appear. :eek:

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

When your RL friends know of certain 'Downers by name and sometimes location though they have no interest in Tolkien or his work, it perhaps goes to show that your hobbies have infiltrated your daily life.

"What do you mean you don't know much about Catholic dogma?" she asked, surprised that she'd asked a random question and I didn't actually know the answer. Brainwave! "Can't you ask that guy? What's his name... the Canadian one. PM him."

"Why do you keep hitting refresh?" she asked in my dorm room, irritated because my mind is on things I've not disclosed, rather than on the conversation I'm almost having with her.

"I'm waiting for a response." I reply simply, irritated that I'm not multi-tasking as efficiently as usual: she actually noticed that I'm doing like ten things at once.

"Oh, did you send that draft to LMP, then?" She figured it out.

"What do you mean mormegil helped get you killed?" she asked in the middle of campus on our way to the post office by way of a large group of lacrosse players. Stares ensued, though perhaps that had more to do with me tripping over my own foot, my flip flop mysteriously flying away, me chasing it, spinning excitedly (due to non-wolvery) and nearly falling over again, all when completely sober. "Oooh, next time you're up against him, you should kill him. What's he thinking. Him and Boro... So what if the Seer dreamt of you! They should have let you live. I was living vicariously through you!"

"You could always register and play." I offered. It would be fun to play a game against someone I'm with every day.

"No!" she responded really quickly. "The phantom would kill me."

"Of course he wouldn't. He hasn't played lately. He's been busy." My logic was infallible.

"Then TORE would. You remember when the two of you almost pulled off that trick in WWJ. He's smart! Or Nogrod would kill me. I'm quiet and nobody knows me. They'd kill me to simplify things." A dean walked by with the president of the school. They politely pretended not to hear.

"Somebody actually bothered debating the existence of good and evil with you? Oh, it was Eomer. Never mind." She rolled her eyes and changed the subject deftly to that paper we should have written while I was busy explaining the non-existence of social constructs.

:rolleyes: Maybe I should get a life.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

it perhaps goes to show that your hobbies have infiltrated your daily life.

Or indeed, Hobbits. :p

[Lhunardawen]

I'm in Mordor, anyway...

While watching the local version of the Big Brother show one boring night, I found two people tasked to name 50 eggs (among others), and right away I began reciting names of BDers.

I wonder how those 50 people I came up with would feel... :p

On a more serious note, you know you're addicted when you and your mom had a Downs-related argument, and out of her earshot - and your sheer annoyance at her stubbornness - you mutter, "I'm definitely siding with Fea now." You even contemplated sending her to Mordor...

...nah! *hugs mom*

[Gurthang]

You know your addicted when you stay up until 2:30am every other night for a week, just so you can be on the Downs for a Werewolf game. :rolleyes: :D

Nice that it was Spring Break so that I could sleep in at least.

[Cailín]

When your brother contacts you on MSN because you have not posted on the Downs for four days (stalker!)

And when you admit to not having time for the Barrowdowns presently, he says (and I quote) "Wha? There's always time for the Downs!"

In short: when you are so addicted that it somehow has passed on to a brother who does not even have an account here.

[Celuien]

When your RL friends know of certain 'Downers by name and sometimes location though they have no interest in Tolkien or his work, it perhaps goes to show that your hobbies have infiltrated your daily life.

On a related note, when your sister (who doesn't even visit this site) asks you what your RP characters have been up to lately and what the RP characters of other Downers (identified by name) have been doing.

When your other sister walks up to you whenever you're on the computer and says "Let me guess. The Barrow-Downs." And she's usually right!

When a major motivation for you to register your Pocket PC with the university computer services department is so that you can check the Downs on any slow moment during your workday, even if the screen is too tiny to post efficiently. And when you're annoyed with the new site where you're working, even though it's a really nice place, because it doesn't provide a wireless network for said activity.

[Lhunardawen]

When your mother's incentive for you to do a certain task in her office is giving you time to spend on her computer...

...you know what comes next. ;)

Geesh, mothers. They're so confusing. :p

[Eonwe]

When your dad insists you need to break your addiction to 'that Lord of the Rings site', and you argue that you have no addiction. Why, I could stop coming here tomarrow, if I wanted to! No, really, I could!

... ... ...

Ok, I'm hopelessly addicted. But I like it that way! :D

[Kath]

When your dad understood so little of the conversation you had with him regarding werewolves and various forum members that he almost joined just to be able to know what you're talking about!

Poor guy :D

[Lhunardawen]

When your dad understood so little of the conversation you had with him regarding werewolves and various forum members that he almost joined just to be able to know what you're talking about!

Poor guy :DI one talked to my dad about Werewolf, too, and he barely understood it! He didn't say anything about joining though.

[Celuien]

When you try to log in to your university accounts using your Downs screen name. And it takes you several failed attempts before you realize what's wrong. :rolleyes:

[Cailín]

When you almost post in the new werewolves game to yell at everyone. Almost. :o

[JennyHallu]

When your week is going so insane you don't know if you have time to sleep...and you join WW anyway. With full intentions of spending far too much time on it.

[the guy who be short]

I've actually started worrying about myself - seriously - for going onto other websites before BDs when I come on the internet. Could myspace possibly be more addictive than Downsing?

[Lhunardawen]

I've actually started worrying about myself - seriously - for going onto other websites before BDs when I come on the internet. Could myspace possibly be more addictive than Downsing?
:eek: Do we have a doctor on board? It's an emergency.

[Thinlómien]

:eek: Do we have a doctor on board? It's an emergency. I'm not sure if we have, but he could be given therapy (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=460986&postcount=315).

[Thinlómien]

I give in. It's green. I tried copypasting it on a white page. *sigh* It looked so light buish turqoise!

Well, it's turqoiseish green...

[Hookbill the Goomba]

When you stay up almost all night planning future games for the Barrow Downs!
That’s how the Mount Zoom Challenge came about as well as others I have planned :D Muhahaha!

Also,

You know you're addicted when you wonder if wearing a Saucepan on your head makes you more intelligent. :p

[Lalaith]

When you receive the most massive mobile phone* bill ever...because you were trying to download the Barrowdowns onto it, while on holiday in France, via its hideously expensive internet facility, to see if the wolves in DWWW had succeeded in getting you lynched. Particularly annoying because the pages never downloaded properly so I had to get someone back in the UK to log on for me, in the end...

* Translator's note for Yanks: cell-phone

[Thinlómien]

When a 'downer who has just returned to the 'downs from a long (half a year?) pause tells you in MSN: "You're a lot more active in the 'downs than before I left."

And: Your first two weeks of summer holiday consist 90% of BD.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

And: Your first two weeks of summer holiday consist 90% of BD.

I'm on 98%
:p

[Thinlómien]

I'm on 98%
:pI'd be 99% if I didn't sleep... ;) :p

[Lhunardawen]

When five years after hating a book with passion, you read it - and actually enjoy it. Or them, for that matter. And one of the reasons you even considered reading them is to be able to understand an RPG character. This is partly your fault, Anguirel. :p

[Kath]

When five years after hating a book with passion, you read it - and actually enjoy it.
Mwahahaha! Gotcha :D Glad you enjoyed it though.

I'd say have the 'Downs as first port of call on a procrastination spree is a good sign of addiction.

[Lhunardawen]

Mwahahaha! Gotcha :D Glad you enjoyed it though.
Oh, thanks for reminding me. You're to blame, too. :p

[Hookbill the Goomba]

You are defiantly addicted to the mirth part of these good forums when you can't help but laugh heartily at this part of The Lord of the Rings films:
Click, if you dare! :p

[Thinlómien]

18 days from playing in a ww-game and 10 from modding one... And you alredy feel that something important is missing from your life and you enviously stalk other people's game and read thorugh who has signed in an upcoming game.

And it will maybe take nearly two months 'til I get to werewolf again... I don't even wan't to know what is my mental condition like then... :eek:

[Thinlómien]

You get aggressive when nothing happens in the 'Downs for 20 minutes... :rolleyes:

[Mithalwen]

When quite possibly your favourite birthday present is a virtual gift from RPG characters......

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Okay, Mith:

When you very seriously consider (at least for a few seconds) adding an apostrophe to your name due to conversations with Formendacil and TGWBS wherein you realize that the meaning of L'aura (the glowing light) is way cooler than the meaning of Laura (laurel-crowned). ;)

[Mithalwen]

Okay, Mith:

When you very seriously consider (at least for a few seconds) adding an apostrophe to your name due to conversations with Formendacil and TGWBS wherein you realize that the meaning of L'aura (the glowing light) is way cooler than the meaning of Laura (laurel-crowned). ;)

and it is very close to Laure/ laurina in quenya .... but I still like my virtual present... from people who seem quite real to me...

And I know what my name is in Elvish ..thanks to Davem.... Adanverieth :D

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Things like this does not help me. I think I am to addicted to the Barrow-Downs, but then I read this and think: I am not addicted at all, I am quite normal.

Wich of course is rubbish, but still. . .

[Kath]

When, in an attempt to ask a friend if you think Henman will be going out today, you accidentally substitute the word Henman with Eomer :rolleyes:

[Firefoot]

You think of World Cup teams in terms of their Downer supporters... i.e., England is Sauce, Germany is Esty, Brazil is Morm, etc. :D

[Celuien]

When you set up elaborate e-mail contingency plans with other members to keep you informed about Downs happenings on the chance that you won't be able to access the forum for a while.

[Formendacil]

When deciding how Celuien's name is supposed to be pronounced is the intellectual feat of the day...

When you start thinking that "Nogrod" must mean something in Finnish...

[the guy who be short]

When deciding how Celuien's name is supposed to be pronounced is the intellectual feat of the day...At the risk of going off topic, I would venture Kel-oo-i-en. Though a more French Kel-wee-en could be on the table.

[Kath]

When deciding how Celuien's name is supposed to be pronounced is the intellectual feat of the day...

I always had it as a 'c' so it's soft, and goes Cell-wee-en.

And that has me joining the addicted ranks :rolleyes:

[Mithalwen]

French would be as Kath says ..... soft initial C like Celine.....

But if it is Elvish it has to be the hard .... but I never remember that when I think names.......

[Firefoot]

I've always said it "Kel-oo-ee-en".

[Formendacil]

Well, I think I can blame this on Latin and Italian... but I've found myself saying "Chel-oo-ien".

But the Tolkienist says "No, blockhead, you have to use the Elven Hard C." So I alternate with "Kel-oo-ien".

And then there's Joe Bloe's English: "Sel-oo-ien".

Yup. Addicted.

[Celuien]

So I alternate with "Kel-oo-ien".
That's how I've always pronounced it. Elvish hard C. :)

Ah. I am now both addicted and a sign of addiction. :cool:

[Formendacil]

That's how I've always pronounced it. Elvish hard C. :)

Ah. I am now both addicted and a sign of addiction. :cool:


And you know you're addicted to the 'Downs when you think being a cause of being addicted to the 'Downs is cool...

You also know you're addicted when you both to post a sentence like the one previous.

[Oddwen]

The Barrow-downs and Barrowdowners have influenced in decisions or directly caused me to try:

Terry Pratchett
Neil Gaiman
marmite
MySpace
Xanga
MSN, Yahoo, AIM

Thanks to the Barrowdowns, I'm never leaving the house again, which was my aim all along. :p

[Firefoot]

I can't even tell you how many books I've picked up because they were recommended in the "What other fantasy books do you read?" thread...

[mark12_30]

Active Posts.
Who's Online.
Active Posts.
Who's Online.
Active Posts.
Who's Online.
Active Posts.
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Active Posts.
Who's Online.
Active Posts.
Who's Online.
Active Posts.
Who's Online.

[Thinlómien]

On a serious thread you first write Mount Doom as Mt. Zoom, and only when rereading the post you notice the mistake... :rolleyes:

And I wasn't even involved in the Mt. Zoom challenge.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

On a serious thread you first write Mount Doom as Mt. Zoom, and only when rereading the post you notice the mistake... :rolleyes:

And I wasn't even involved in the Mt. Zoom challenge.

I've done that a few times. :D

Curses on whoever invented that concept! Yeah... Whoever it was... Curse him... Deserves a slap I say. Whoever he is... *shifty eyes*

[Thinlómien]

I've done that a few times. :D
But that's less serious! :p You know... there's something creepily similar in you and the guy who invented it...
:D

[Kath]

When you spend a car journey trying to explain the concept of reps to your parents, something strangely difficult without a computer around for visual aid, and not stopping until they understood it.

[Kath]

Eww to the double post, but:

When you're flicking through the music channels and get very excited at the caption; "Oasis Live at Barrowdowns". However, as you joyously point this out to your father he gives you a despairing look, and you realise that in fact is says; "Oasis Live at Barrowlands."

I was bitterly disappointed.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

When all of your friends has The Barrow-Downs as a "bookmark" and they did not make it one them selves. . .

(it makes it easier for me to take a quick look at what is going on)

[Formendacil]

The whole "you know you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you only have 'Downers on your MSN list" has been done before... but I sadly never realized how true this was for me until I organised my contacts into categories yesterday (for the first time). The breakdown was, as follows:

'Downer Girls: 9
'Downer Guys: 5
Not 'Downers: 5

But if you want to know what's REALLY pathetic about that... of those five "Not-Downers" (and yes, those are the categories I named them and moved them into), one is a sibling, and so doesn't count- and Two of them are people who are friends of 'Downers. Had it not been for the 'Downs and the people THEY chat with... well, my stats for non-'Downers would look even worse.

Really, it's just... sad.

It's also a sign of addiction when your favourite newspaper is "The Downer".

[Hookbill the Goomba]

It's also a sign of addiction when your favourite newspaper is "The Downer".

Well, you're only human. :p

Another sign could be that you have The Barrow Downs set as your home page. Also, (I realised this today) when you sort your history by most visited, The Barrow Downs come far, far above the others.


Moreover, your main disappointment in not going to Oxon moot is that you wont get to meet some Downers. :(

[Thinlómien]

Another sign could be that you have The Barrow Downs set as your home page. Hey! That's perfectly normal! :p

Top ten signs you're addicted to werewolf...
You can't help bursting to a laugh during your history lesson when the teacher says that the king would have been lynched". :rolleyes:

[Valesse]

Is isn't really about addiction of the barrowdowns, but...

You know you're addicted when you wake up from a nap snuggled close to a copy of the Silmarillion as if it were a plush animal, but you have to admit it was some pretty good sleep.

[Lalwendë]

Loggin on from a ruddy Internet cafe just to tell you all that I've seen 'em filming Northern Lights. I am, admittedly totally beside myself with excitement as I do love the books!

Anyway, I'd better get back to the pub, hadn't I? :D

[Hookbill the Goomba]

You start using analogies such as;

It gives you a warm fuzzy feeling, like giving a reputation point to a newly deceased! :)

I've only said this once, though. :p

[Formendacil]

...when you start thinking in Philosophy class: "hey! that person reminds me of so-and-s0"- from the Barrowdowns.

My Philosophy class has:

a "Feanor of the Peredhil"
a fat "Rune son of Bjarne"
an "Anguirel"
a "Kath"

Of course, this couldn't stay contained in Philosophy... it had to spread to English and Art History as well...

English has:

an "Encaitare"
another "Anguirel"
a "Valier"

Art History has:

a "The KA"
a "Bêthberry" (actually, that's the teacher...)
a "Mithalwen"
a "the guy who be short"

It's an addiction, I fear...

[Lhunardawen]

My Anthro class has a Fea. Really creepily Fea, at least in my mind.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

A fat me !? Now I cannot think about how I would look weighing a lot more than I do now.

[Kath]

You start thinking in posts rather than normal thought.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

How does that work ?

[Kath]

Well it keeps happening, I start complaining about something in my head in a disjointed 'argh' type fashion, and then it becomes a properly worded 'What do you assign to Mordor' post. Hard to explain actually, but there is a clear difference.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I do something like that once in a while, but I always forget it again. . .

[Valier]

a "Valier"

I am interested to know why this person reminded you of me....I can just imagine all the possibilities now.... :rolleyes: :p

[Oddwen]

You start thinking in posts rather than normal thought.
Or dreaming in posts...Or dreaming of posting.

[elronds_daughter]

...You just keep coming back...again...and again...and again...and again...and again.......

[Hookbill the Goomba]

It's only now that I realise how sad it is...

You know you're addicted to The Barrow Downs when you're computer's desktop looks like this:

[Brinniel]

You know you're obsessed with the BD when:

-Your professor assigns the class to write a journal entry about a community they're part of and on first instinct you choose to write about the Downs.

-You own a BD t-shirt and wear it at least once a week.

-You print out copies of Hookbill's P&A comics and insist that your suitemates should read them too for a good laugh. :p

-You meet someone new and the first place you take them to is your computer which just happens to be opened up to the BD forum page. Then you take them on a full tour of the site and show off your best RPG posts. They claim you're really not that much of a freak, but deep down you just know they're saying that to be nice... :rolleyes:

[Kath]

You forget that other people aren't quite as obsessed as you are, and mention names and facts from the site without a second thought, only realising your mistake when whoever you're talking to gives you a strange look and goes "huh?", having not understood a word.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

-You print out copies of Hookbill's P&A comics and insist that your suitemates should read them too for a good laugh.

Good gracious me! :eek:

You know you're addicted when people get fed up of you starting an analogy with the phrase, 'On the Barrow Downs...'

[Thinlómien]

You update the page everytime you rep someone with only a few rep blocks just to see if the person's rep blocks increase. It's really satisfying to see the reputation status change.

[Mithalwen]

When a TV advert featuring a little girl who loves penguins makes you think "I wonder if Lommy was like that when she was a moppet".

[Thinlómien]

When a TV advert featuring a little girl who loves penguins makes you think "I wonder if Lommy was like that when she was a moppet".:D Awww... I guess I started my penguinism in the age of 7 or 8.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I fuess it could be a sign that I am checking the names of streets to find refferences to other BD'ers. . . I do this because I discovered a road name "Volosvej" the other day. (Volo's way)

[Rikae]

You update the page everytime you rep someone with only a few rep blocks just to see if the person's rep blocks increase. It's really satisfying to see the reputation status change.
Heehee...I've been known to do that. I'm not quite a saint, though, since I've also done the reverse with certain less-than-courteous posters (only those that really deserve to be cast into the void, of course.)

[ninja91]

I visited on Thanksgiving Day. I...I think that is a sign... :D

[Hookbill the Goomba]

You want to buy a pair of shoes solely* because they have the words 'Downs' on the sides. Unfortunately, someone else was wearing them. :rolleyes:


*Ho ho ho!

[Farael]

You are feeling too sick to study, but never too sick for the 'downs!!!

[Thinlómien]

There's nothing more you need or want to check on the 'downs, but you can't just leave it. You go to the who's online place and start updating it about every second. Then you start: "Ooh! Rune is viewing now N&N! Ooh! Now he started PMing! Ooh! Menel came online! Aha, he goes to mirth! I knew! Ooh, he's viewing TiG junior thread. Ooh, Mith came online! Rune's still PMing, I wonder what's he doing. Ah, Mith's viewing that Buckland -thread, I'll check it too. Ooh, Legate has appeared while I've been away. Rune's still PMing, Menel's still in the mirth section and Mith is viewing her user cp! Ooh!" etc...

:p :D ;)

And now back to... viewing who's online of course!

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Can a guy not PM a nice girl with out being watched these days !?

What have these Barrows come to. . .

[Lhunardawen]

There's nothing more you need or want to check on the 'downs, but you can't just leave it. You go to the who's online place and start updating it about every second. Then you start: "Ooh! Rune is viewing now N&N! Ooh! Now he started PMing! Ooh! Menel came online! Aha, he goes to mirth! I knew! Ooh, he's viewing TiG junior thread. Ooh, Mith came online! Rune's still PMing, I wonder what's he doing. Ah, Mith's viewing that Buckland -thread, I'll check it too. Ooh, Legate has appeared while I've been away. Rune's still PMing, Menel's still in the mirth section and Mith is viewing her user cp! Ooh!" etc...

:p :D ;)

And now back to... viewing who's online of course!

And all the BDers turned invisible ever after. The end.

[doom_hammer]

wow O_O i do most of these things

[Naria]

When one's whole family is in town for Christmas and she decides to hang out in the Downs for awhile. I have to say though, that I am taking a much needed break before the turkey and all the fixins need to be delt with :eek: :D Mmmmmturkey dinner!!

[Rikae]

When you eagerly await the day after Christmas, and the return of a werewolf game you're already dead in.

[Celuien]

When you eagerly await the day after Christmas, and the return of a werewolf game you're already dead in.
I've been doing the same thing. :D

[Nogrod]

When you eagerly await the day after Christmas, and the return of a werewolf game you're already dead in.And I thought waiting for that while still alive was bad... :D

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

And I thought waiting for that while still alive was bad... :D

It is !

[Thinlómien]

You know, you're all hopeless...

[Farael]

I just realized I have posted on the top 12 threads of Mirth... and 28 of the first 40!!! It either means that good threads never die... or that I've spent far too much time posting in here !! =P

[THE Ka]

... When amoungst the million odd things you are multi-tasking in your mind, you start a semi-exact time table of when your turn on paper telephone will be, because previous players note how bloody spectacular it is...

~ Ka

[The Might]

hmm...I seem to be addicted even though I don't exactly meet all the points presented :D

I guess the fact that I keep looking who is online and what they're doing is a pretty good sign

[Thinlómien]

This happened last autumn.

It had been a very depressing situation in werewolf. I had left school and thus my chance to get online before the deadline and I went home. Needless to say, my thoughts were mostly around werewolf, speculating and forming theories. I went to toilet. I found myself washing my teeth though I was supposed to be washing my hands! I had been so deep in thought that I hadn't given a second thought to what I was doing.

Maybe dentists should start recommending werewolf totheir patients... ;)

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I just realized I have posted on the top 12 threads of Mirth... and 28 of the first 40!!! It either means that good threads never die... or that I've spent far too much time posting in here !! =P

I'd hate to imagine what my statistics are. :p

You know you're addicted when you are really annoyed at missing the earlier train home because it means you can't get on The Downs as quickly as you would like. :rolleyes:

[littlemanpoet]

You've been around for a year and you notice your daily posting rate is visibly climbing....