wow do i feel special now... and of course not SPice, i could never hamr you, i mean the...umm... Spice-wannabes! thats it! they wanted to replace you but i showed them! :smokin:

Greeting and Salutations to everyone. I am fairly new here. I arrived last week sometime and I leaped immediately into the conversations on the books and a few on the movies.

I have to admit that I've only read a few books by Tolkien...The LotR, naturally, and The Hobbit, and the Sil, though that was some time ago, and most of the Lays of Beleriand, and then Farmer Giles of Ham, Smith of Wootton Major, Tree and Leaf, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, which is a collection of poetry by Tolkien. So, though I don't know the history of Middle-Earth much before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, I do know those four books well.

I'm still getting to know my way around the Down's, so any advise on PMing, signatures, how to converse without making enemies, or any other complicated thing would be thankfully accepted.

Welcome to the Downs Folwren and enjoy yourself!

Welcome to the Downs Folwren, I think I have seen you around.

PMing - for advice or to speak about an off-topic point usually.
Siggies - ignore the current battle for Tol-in-Gauroth ones, it's too confusing!
Avoiding enemies - do not post 'your ideas are stupid' and you should be safe.

Newbie
 

Hello everyone!

I am also new here. I have been reading your discussion for quite some time and could not resist signing up. I have only read the Lotr trilogy and the Hobbit, so I really don't know much about Middle Earth, but I'm a big fan of the story and especially the Hobbit I can read a hundred times. :cool:

I guess I will just start posting and getting to know the site a little. See you all soon.

~ Cailín (which, by the way, is Irish Gaelic for girl. Not so romantic)

Welcome Folwren and Cailin.
PMing: it's fun. Don't be afraid to send a PM to anyone, because the secret is, we all get this warm and fuzzy feeling (like swallowing a cat ;)) when we see that somebody wrote something just for us. :)

Signatures: many times they're your favorite passages from books, but they can also be random silly quotes, references to weird things... really anything. Mine comes from The Saucepan Man, who was not-so-subtly hinting that the phantom and I needed to get serious.

Conversing without making enemies: Don't talk to burrahobbit. :p No, just kidding. As long as you are polite and willing to learn, you'll do wonderfully.

Welcome both of you, and enjoy your time here.

Welcome Cailin as well!


And if you don't want me as an enemy, don't get me mad, or try to under-post me

(if you don't know what Under-post means, PM me and i'll tell you)

Aww heck, Gil. I'm not even sure what you mean by under-post. You may as well put it here for us all to learn.

*sigh*
 

Under-posting is basically trying to outdo a previous post, or trying to make yourself feel superior by making a previous post feel stupid, for example, "This is how it really went and you should re-read the books before you post here again you loser"

i've seen this in alot of other forums and its a major member-killer

Hey Barrowdowners.
I have been reading these forums for quite sometime now and I really like the RPG's in here , so I decided to join up . I have only read the LOTR triology so I have'nt got much knowledge on the subject.
But I hope I will learn something about LOTR in here.

Welcome Sauron The Great! Enjoy being dead!
I'm sure you will :)

Thank you Feanor and Gil-Galad, for the kind welcome.

Welcome Brim, Folwren, Cailin and Sauron! Enjoy your deaths on the Downs!

anytime Cailin, and welcome Sauron the Great! or should i say Sauron the So-So...just joking, its a joke from Clone High

WHOLPGH! Cobalt ReRises.
 

SOrry it took so long to get back to here, if I dont Subscribe to threads I'll never remember to remind myself to get around to a polite reply or two.

Now to catch up on al that, lol.
]C0BALT[ Rising!

Welcome ]Cobalt[...you have chosen...wisely...
and which mmorpg is this? [Verizon's Minibrowser game of Lord Of The Rings: Middle-Earth War, a "WAP" game (Web Access Protocol) Role playing game. It's a little frustrating at first, but it begins t take large parts of your life and sanity awa, like wearing the ring I'd guess, lol.]

Welcome Turinqualie and ]Cobalt[, may you enjoy you find happiness and wealth (well maybe not that) here at the downs. [I'll take Smiles And Dollars, large denominations, groovy, thanks, lol.]

Welcome, Turinqualie and ]Cobalt[. I hope your deaths weren't too tragic and that you'll find this reincarnation pleasant. [That would depend on which deaths you were referrign to, I'm from the land of the redying, reliving, and the Limbo dancers, heh.]

Welcome Turinqualie and ]Cobalt[ ! Enjoy the downs! [Syndrome? lol, jk, nawh it's ADHD actually, and dont suffer from it, I enjoy it immensely!]

Welcome to the Barrow-downs Turinqualie and ]Cobalt[!
aye we do need recruiting...and a hug would be nice...
Maybe we should call 'em New Meat then?
...and a hug would be nice... [I'll go with the Hug option, I'm not touchy feely, but ten again, I'm not tasty mealy either, lol]

[Thanks all for the waaarrm welcome, and I will be Trying to bring a few of my fellow warriors to the other side with me. I know they're dying for a place like this.]

Quite literally eh? AHAHAHAHAHAHA yeah i'm the funny one... :smokin:

Well at least he thinks he is :D .

Welcome Cailin and Sauron the Great, hope you are enjoying yourselves.

Okay, now that it looks like I am coming back here regularly, figured I should probably introduce myself quickly in here, since I've been away for the better part of six months or so, so most of the newbies probably don't know me.

So, hello, I'm Rachel - mostly called Van or Vanima on here. I first started coming to the Barrow-Downs about three and a half years ago, when I was fourteen. I was involved in a lot of roleplaying and was a regular on the chat (not so much now). I'm just starting to try to get back into roleplaying in the White Horse Inn, and I'm starting to look in on the other boards.

Well, that's basically it.

Welcome back, Rachel, er Van. Which do you prefer to be called? I am Larien, A.K.A. Amy. I'm new here, joined a few weeks agp. It' nice to meet you!

Whichever - I've grown used to responding to both. People have called me Van, Vanima, VanimaEdhel, Vanny, Vani, VE, Rachel, Rache, Rach...RachelAyn (one of my screen names on a different board). If you just throw out some variety of my real name or my screen name, I'll notice you referring to me - I mean I change up what I call different people from time to time to, depends on how the moment strikes me.

Anyway, nice to meet you, Larien!

Welcome back...again Van...and i know i'm funny... :cool:

Just keep telling yourself you're hilarious and you'll be fine. ;)

And, you want to be a cowboy, huh (reading your signature)? Should start watching Deadwood on HBO. Great show.

*stands up* Hi, my name is out_of_focus, and I'm new here. *flashes award-winning smile; sits down*

Welcome indeed out_of_focus...does your avatr imply that you are canadian?

naw...I'm not canadian...I'm from Kansas (so no "Toto and Dorothy" jokes!) *glares at people in the room*, and the reason I picked that avatar was it was the only one I could find that would fit. If I find another one, I'm gonna change it...

Welcome anyway, but if you need an avvie, tell me what you like in a pm and i'l lsend one over to you

Empress here!
 

Heya,
I'm Han (nah!) friend of Kath. This place seems cool but it's so weird to be a newbie on a site again! I hang out at 'roes generally (www.sheroescentral.com) so I think I understand these places!
I'm ever so slightly crazy and you might want to take this opportunity to run away screaming!
much love
Han X

welcom empress_han, almost though that said Shoecentral...

Hey Han nice to see you here!

You mean it doesn't? *blink* I am queen of the shoes..bow down...mwhahaha

I'm a bit crazy but if Kath fits in then hopefully so will I.

Kath- thanks for introducing me to Barrow-Downs! ( Do you call it anything shorter like BD or the downs?)

Hello, there. I'm Alcarillo, and I've been here for only a day or two. I've read The Hobbit, all of The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and I've done some skimming in the Histories of Middle Earth, so I guess that I'm pretty familiar with Tolkien's books.

welcome Alcarillo and enjoy yourself!

Computers. *sigh*
 

I don't know where else to ask this question, except on this thread. It's not really a topic of its own, you might notice.

How does a chap set up his aviator? Some are really cool...but I can't figure out how to put one on. If there is no easy solution to explain on how to do it, don't try (it'll likely confuse me) and tell me to figure it out on my own. However, if there is an easy fix, say it and I'll be more than happy.

Ok Folwren this be what you do;

Go to User CP

On the left hand side of the screen there is a list that says Control Panel

Click on where it says Edit Avatar

Then you can upload an image from your computer by finding the box that gives you that option and clicking Browse.

Or if you know the address of the picture you want you can enter that into the box that gives you that option.

If the site refuses to let you upload a picture it is likely to be because it is too large, your picture can't be more than 64x64 pixels.

How can you change the size of the picture to make it small enough?

That I truly don't know. I couldn't work it out when I did mine so I just chose a smaller picture.

If you have Adobe, find the Resize Image option and you can change it there. If not, you can copy and paste an image into Paint, and simply select it with the dotted-line-box-thingy (I know what I'm talking about, so I hope you do, or I'll have to go check out the real names) and resize it that way. then you shrink the canvas (there are little squares in the corners... go to the bottom right-most one and click and drag until it frames your picture. Save it as a GIF (what I usually do), and if it's small enough, it should work fine.

Thank you! I shall certainly attempt this sometime or other. :D

Welcome back Vanima(I won't call you Van :( because I always hated it when people call me that). Welcome out_of_focus, empress_han and Alcarillo! Enjoy your deaths!

I too am looking for an avatar. I found a good-sized image on Google, but when I typed in the URL, I got a message saying that it wasn't valid or something like that. I also saved it to my computer and accessed it with the Browse button, but it still didn't work. Are there any specific avatar requirements besides the size/memory and the sort of file it must be? Can my computer not let me somehow? Is there anything I can do?