Downsaholic Anonymous - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lindolirian · 03-29-2004, 05:34 PM

Well I suppose it's some of my Novia-et-Newia coming out when I look at those of you with less than 200 posts or regstered less than six months ago and I say, "You are a Downsaholic?? You have no idea...You're still a newbie!" However, I firmly believe that I have the most advanced form of Quiz Roomitis that anyone has ever seen. Out of my 1400 some number of posts I wonder if perhaps at least eleven or maybe twelve-hundred of them are Quiz Room material. If you don't believe me, go ahead, check my profile and read where my posts are. I have been doing this for two and a half years now, and the quicksand is well over my head by a few fathoms I should guess. I am a Downsaholic, but it is quite easy to combat. I get bored of it sometimes because a lot of people who haven't been around ask some genuinely tough questions, but I've heard them all before from years or months past...

O well, sometimes it's fun to toy with them. OI! There goes that Novia-et-Newia again

The Perky Ent · 03-29-2004, 09:00 PM

Lindolirian, you think you have the worst case of Quiz Room-itis ever? One word. Finwë. He was about 2000 posts in the Quiz Room! Oh wel...anyways, I was going to say that if you have found a cure symptom, or better way to describe a disease, PM me or post it and i'll add it to my list!

-The Perky Ent

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 03-29-2004, 09:14 PM

Quote:

One word. Finwë. He was about 2000 posts in the Quiz Room!

Heh... another one's fallen for it.... I hate to disillusion you, Perky, but our beloved Finwë is female....

I think Novia-et-Newia is hardly avoidable, really, in those who have been here for more than a year. You say it's rare, but you might be surprised.....

Lindolirian · 03-29-2004, 09:20 PM

Eh, you're right, Finwë is a very exceptional case. She's got the highest posts per day (don't quote me on that) and is the sixth highest poster! Not to mention she's only been here for 10 months. That is insane... she's crazy. But yeah, she posts in many more forums than I do. I'm about 98% percent Quiz Room; I think she's a bit more eclectic.

Morgul Queen · 03-29-2004, 10:15 PM

I wasn't complaining, so much as begging someone to help me become a 'Downs-a-holic again...

Thorongil · 03-30-2004, 01:52 AM

I have the Quiz Room-itis, though not as strong as certain others, but it's coming along. I think I'm also a bit quotaphobic.

luthien-elvenprincess · 03-30-2004, 05:47 PM

Hi, I am luthien-elvenprincess and I am a downsaholic.
AT first, I simply played the quizzes on the Barrowdowns web site, and I was satisified just experiencing that. But, one day my eyes strayed over the site and found the 'forum' section. Little did I know that day that I would fall into an endless cycle of quizzing. Simple curiousity was the excuse I would use. But, soon I had to come up with something better...somehow, I had to pacify my family..."Why, why, why?" they would ask as I sat in front of the computer searching through Tolkien books to find a quiz answer. "What is the point of this all?" they would ask. "Good literature is never a waste of time", I would self-righteously answer. "Hey, at least it keeps me off of e-bay" I reasoned aloud. My husband was satisfied with this truth...for awhile; until he caught me at the book store searching for Tolkien reference books!
Now, I find that even when I am not on-line...I am re-reading beloved Tolkien books...with a pen to mark pages that have a good trivia question or quote. Or, to write in a notebook that I now keep handy to record pages and information that I can use for a question on any of a number of quiz threads---if I ever get the correct answer first and have oppurtunity to post a question.
Will I ever find a cure...do I even want a cure?

03-29-2004, 05:34 PM	#1
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Well I suppose it's some of my Novia-et-Newia coming out when I look at those of you with less than 200 posts or regstered less than six months ago and I say, "You are a Downsaholic?? You have no idea...You're still a newbie!" However, I firmly believe that I have the most advanced form of Quiz Roomitis that anyone has ever seen. Out of my 1400 some number of posts I wonder if perhaps at least eleven or maybe twelve-hundred of them are Quiz Room material. If you don't believe me, go ahead, check my profile and read where my posts are. I have been doing this for two and a half years now, and the quicksand is well over my head by a few fathoms I should guess. I am a Downsaholic, but it is quite easy to combat. I get bored of it sometimes because a lot of people who haven't been around ask some genuinely tough questions, but I've heard them all before from years or months past... O well, sometimes it's fun to toy with them. OI! There goes that Novia-et-Newia again __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

03-29-2004, 09:00 PM	#2
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,297	Lindolirian, you think you have the worst case of Quiz Room-itis ever? One word. Finwë. He was about 2000 posts in the Quiz Room! Oh wel...anyways, I was going to say that if you have found a cure symptom, or better way to describe a disease, PM me or post it and i'll add it to my list! -The Perky Ent __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.'

03-29-2004, 09:20 PM	#4
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Eh, you're right, Finwë is a very exceptional case. She's got the highest posts per day (don't quote me on that) and is the sixth highest poster! Not to mention she's only been here for 10 months. That is insane... she's crazy. But yeah, she posts in many more forums than I do. I'm about 98% percent Quiz Room; I think she's a bit more eclectic. __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

03-29-2004, 10:15 PM	#5
Morgul Queen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dontgonearthe Castle Posts: 414	I wasn't complaining, so much as begging someone to help me become a 'Downs-a-holic again... __________________ Athrabeth is still doing the wave for Boromir the Disco-King Oh...and call me Morgy!

03-30-2004, 01:52 AM	#6
Thorongil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Elvenpath Posts: 780	I have the Quiz Room-itis, though not as strong as certain others, but it's coming along. I think I'm also a bit quotaphobic. __________________ To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. ~Sun Tzu

03-30-2004, 05:47 PM	#7
luthien-elvenprincess Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: what are you doing here? did you come here to eat my popcorn? Posts: 1,031	Hi, I am luthien-elvenprincess and I am a downsaholic. AT first, I simply played the quizzes on the Barrowdowns web site, and I was satisified just experiencing that. But, one day my eyes strayed over the site and found the 'forum' section. Little did I know that day that I would fall into an endless cycle of quizzing. Simple curiousity was the excuse I would use. But, soon I had to come up with something better...somehow, I had to pacify my family..."Why, why, why?" they would ask as I sat in front of the computer searching through Tolkien books to find a quiz answer. "What is the point of this all?" they would ask. "Good literature is never a waste of time", I would self-righteously answer. "Hey, at least it keeps me off of e-bay" I reasoned aloud. My husband was satisfied with this truth...for awhile; until he caught me at the book store searching for Tolkien reference books! Now, I find that even when I am not on-line...I am re-reading beloved Tolkien books...with a pen to mark pages that have a good trivia question or quote. Or, to write in a notebook that I now keep handy to record pages and information that I can use for a question on any of a number of quiz threads---if I ever get the correct answer first and have oppurtunity to post a question. Will I ever find a cure...do I even want a cure? __________________ York Peppermint Patties taste better than Pearson's Peppermint Patties! But, Junior Mints are the best!

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