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

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

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

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

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

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

Well,

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

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

Greetings,

Anuion

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

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

God bless your son guinevere,

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

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

Greetings,

Anuion

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

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

Dear Balin999,


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

Greetings,

Anuion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stop ducking!

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Greetings,

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

Or in Tolkienese, Release Arrows!

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

Laialthriel

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

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

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