The Future of the Downs

[the guy who be short]

I will manage a French siggy that is... wait for it... perfectly accurate in every way. As a result, Mith, Wilwa et al will allow me into the clandestine French movement on the Downs that is plotting to usurp English as the primary language used here.

Yes, I do know you exist. So there. Let me in!

[The Only Real Estel]

One day The Saucepan Man will pull a phantom/Eomer and play us all for fools as he wins a WW game as a wolf.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

One day a genie or other magical person will find the "Be careful what you wish for" thread and start granting random wishes for real!

[wilwarin538]

I will manage a French siggy that is... wait for it... perfectly accurate in every way. As a result, Mith, Wilwa et al will allow me into the clandestine French movement on the Downs that is plotting to usurp English as the primary language used here.

Yes, I do know you exist. So there. Let me in!

I don't think so buddy. You just revealed our plan. Now the whole thing is ruined.

[Eorl of Rohan]

One day, someone other than me will come back after two year's absence, read the first post, the sentence 'I believe BW is going to retire next year and leave the place to Sharku', panic, post desperate messages, and made a general fool. Again, OTHER THAN ME. 0_0 Then I might feel better.

[THE Ka]

will allow me into the clandestine French movement on the Downs that is plotting to usurp English as the primary language used here.

Don't you know? Francophilia is the new Quenya...

~ mal du siecle Ka


Yes, I am taking french classes, taught by a teacher who hops across the classroom sometimes... Very odd.


I predict that within the next three years, we will see a rise and demand for barrowdowns head ornaments or tracking devices to better spot a fellow member the next time you're out on the town.

That is all.

[Glirdan]

I predict that the Wolves ing both the WW and WWJ game will win. Again....

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Estel

One day The Saucepan Man will pull a phantom/Eomer and play us all for fools as he wins a WW game as a wolf.

Do you realize the horrors of this, Estel?

Of course you don't. After all, you were instrumental in Eomer's victory...you, you, traitor, you.

I suppose in doing the latter he'll need someone as treacherous - I mean cobblerish as you were. And someone who will desperately try to convince the villagers of his lycanthropy, but unsuccessfully...like someone I know.

[The Only Real Estel]

Of course you don't. After all, you were instrumental in Eomer's victory...you, you, traitor, you.

You'll never let me foget that, will you Lhuna?

But I'm sure eventually Saucie will find a way to do the same thing...if he's not doing it now. I've had him wrongly pegged as a 'helpful wolf' several times already-eventually I'll be right.

Oh, and I predict that someone will stumble onto Fea's drawing of 'Wolf Eomer' and offer to buy it.

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by The Only Real Estel

You'll never let me forget that, will you Lhuna?

Of course not, Estel dear. I fully intend to make you and your conscience suffer as much as I did - still do.

Oh, and I predict that soon there will be another Downs 'photo album' thanks to Enca and her bright ideas, as well as to those who jumped into her bandwagon. Of course, some BDers will be portrayed more than once, and differently in each. Like a wolf-Eomer, Eomer in a kilt and with bagpipes, Eomer with a warg, and Eomer with Biff. Or maybe all of them at once.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Someday, someone will immortalise some of the more famous Werewolves games in poetry. My sister and I made this one for WWVII:

Eomer is a BDer that tarried in Meldor.
There he found a cobbler named Estel to help him.
Daga sila pareho.
the guy called them Cobwolf.

[Cailín]

For my hundredth post, I have some predictions to make.

- A short time from now, after about fifty more werewolf games, all regular Tol-in-Gaurhoth players will know each other's style so thoroughly, the werewolves will be lynched on Day 1 by default.
There will be no more lengthy discussions and the voting will resemble something like this:

It's ++Boromir. Duh.

The only unpredictable player left will be WaynetheGoblin and he will quickly take control of all werewolf related threads by winning six successive games in a row, solo.

- After a particularly boring afternoon, Folwren, Glirdan and Morsul the Dark will decide to crack the reputation system, just for fun. This plan immediately backfires, setting all members’ reputation back to zero, except for, strangely enough, the phantom's, whose arrogance will largely increase when he finds out he's the only one who still can give out rep points and therefore is now the unquestionable ruler of the Downs.

- Anguirel will get the hang of the Survivor game and will host a The Hobbit, Unfinished Tales, Characters That Never Made It To The Actual Series and a My Imaginary Friends version in rapid succession. Curiously, the number of loyal viewers and voters will only seem to increase, despite the fact that less and less Downers know what they're talking about.

- The complete Crazy Captions thread will be bundled and published, immediately beating all sales records and get higher on the bestselling list than LotR itself, to the great dismay of all authors involved.

- Within a few years, the Barrowdowns will turn into a static, never-changing place and only the What do you assign to Mordor? thread will thrive, seeing everyone will always find new things to complain about. Feanor of the Peredhil will because of this shocking development have the largest post count in no time and after another ten years, will decide to buy the abandoned Downs and turn it into a timeless piece of art involving chopsticks, hobbit-feet and a dramatic, impressionistic sketch of The Barrow Wight.

- Concerning myself: Cailín will actually really read the Lord of the Rings and everyone will eventually forget she got basically all her rep points by playing werewolves (and this will probably go straight to my Most Embarassing BD Moment ).