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Morthoron · 09-09-2008, 11:29 PM

I can't speak for everyone, and certainly not the moderation here,

*bows dutifully with a hint of a smirk*

but generally speaking, there are no off-topic discussions regarding other authors (or anything else off-topic, for that matter); however, there have been discussions of other authors in comparison to Tolkien. So if you phrase your points correctly, you can subtley allude to your literary interests without anyone's feathers being ruffled (as long as it remains in context with Tolkien)...sort of a 'stealth discussion', as it were.

As far as the LotRO game, it is not Tolkien, but some hybrid, bizarro Middle-earth where aliens landed and ate the brains of the Hobbits. I played it in Alpha and Beta stages, and was more repulsed by it than by the liberties taken within the films. From a Tolkienist's standpoint, it was very disappointing.

P.S. Don't I know you?

09-09-2008, 11:29 PM	#2
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	I can't speak for everyone, and certainly not the moderation here, bows dutifully with a hint of a smirk but generally speaking, there are no off-topic discussions regarding other authors (or anything else off-topic, for that matter); however, there have been discussions of other authors in comparison to Tolkien. So if you phrase your points correctly, you can subtley allude to your literary interests without anyone's feathers being ruffled (as long as it remains in context with Tolkien)...sort of a 'stealth discussion', as it were. As far as the LotRO game, it is not Tolkien, but some hybrid, bizarro Middle-earth where aliens landed and ate the brains of the Hobbits. I played it in Alpha and Beta stages, and was more repulsed by it than by the liberties taken within the films. From a Tolkienist's standpoint, it was very disappointing. P.S. Don't I know you? __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.