New Members - Introduce Yourself Here - Page 15 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nimrodel_9 · 12-31-2004, 09:28 PM

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well have fun...

Come now, Gil-Galad! Is that all you can say to welcome the newbies?

They`ve been a bit scarce lately! Hopefully it`s just because of the holidays.

Welcome Captain and King! Hope you enjoy being dead as well.

Gil-Galad · 12-31-2004, 09:46 PM

bah humbug...

i joke cause i can

elronds_daughter · 01-01-2005, 08:55 AM

Welcome Captain of Dispair and King of the North! Enjoy being dead!

01-09-2005, 09:52 PM

hi, im new, and i dont know what else to say... lol. so you're all deceased huh?

ah well, i guess i am too. lol.

Gil-Galad · 01-10-2005, 08:13 AM

hmm.. i wonder if i'm considered an old grumpy wight...heck probaly after i died, i reek so bad that when the elves came back they dumped me in the downs here...

and welcome Orlandoscowgal! have fun enjoying the pleasure of deceased!

Boromir88 · 01-10-2005, 02:41 PM

Welcome Lolidir and orlando, may you enjoy the downs and rise through the echelons of.....death. :corny dreadful music:

Finwe-89 · 01-10-2005, 03:25 PM

Welcome Lolidir and orlando,

Hope you're gonna like it here! Cya around

Encaitare · 01-10-2005, 03:32 PM

Greetings, Orlando. Yes, we're all dead and in various stages of decay. But we're happy about it because we're morbid little wights.

Egads, it smells in here...

Mumak o' Harad · 02-25-2005, 02:12 PM

Hello, Middle Earth lovers! I am Mumak o' Harad and I am a Brazilian fan of Tolkien.

As many of you, I have only acknowledged Tolkien's work after the release of the first movie (after all, Brazil is a Portuguese language speaking country and we have a vast literature in our own language which concerns to our particular culture).

Notwithstanding, I was astounded by the inconceivable world and characters created by Master Tolkien and after watching "The Fellowship of the Ring", I decided to get deeper into the story and read the Portuguese translation of the first book, but I was a bit disappointed, because the translation is terrible (they even changed the names of the characters/places, for example: Rivendell is "Valfenda", Strider is "Passolargo" can you believe it?) and, therefore, I decided to buy the original English books and was delighted to read them.

I am reading them for the second time and I have been anonymously visiting the Barrow-downs for some time and loved the high level discussions (especially the Chapter-by-chapter threads).

I hope I can join you (despite my bad english, of course) and learn more from Tolkien and his state-of-art books.

Best regards,

Mumak o' Harad

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-25-2005, 02:19 PM

Welcome, Mumak - and all other recent newcomers! It's very interesting to hear of your experience with the translation of the Lord of the Rings, and if you can read it in English, your linguistic abilities are excellent! You're not alone on the forum; there are quite a few international members whose native language is not English, and it's wonderful to have the unique point of view each of them brings to the discussions here. I hope you'll enjoy yourself and post away; don't worry about little mistakes - the more you practice, the better you'll get!

Formendacil · 02-25-2005, 02:32 PM

Welcome, Mumak o' Harad.

I just wanted to say not to worry too much about your English being substandard. Your above post was as fine as pretty much any native speakers, and better than some.

Sad as it is, quite often those who speak English as foreign language do better in these forums than those for whom it is their native language, due in the main, I suppose, because they take better care to write it properly than those who deal with it every day.

wilwarin538 · 02-25-2005, 03:01 PM

Welcome Mumak and TPotSS to the Downs! Enjoy your deaths!

Glirdan · 02-25-2005, 03:21 PM

Welcome to teh 'Downs Mumak. Hope you enjoy your death!

Glirdy

P.S. Thanks for the welcome Nimrodel and Gil-Galad and yes, Wilwa has done a good job of recruiting people. Im one of her victims. Just kidding.

03-07-2005, 08:16 PM

Hi, i'm olivier and this is my first time on barow-downs. The site is a incroyable mine of informations. And i wish that i'm going to learn a much of things with you on this and talks about our favorite adventure.

Long live to LORD OF THE RINGS!

Lolidir · 03-07-2005, 09:30 PM

Welcome to the after life Olivier. i am sure that you will learn a lot of things if you just look around. i hope you have fun being dead.

Gil-Galad · 03-08-2005, 08:07 AM

yea welcome Olivier...be sure to have fun on the downs, you are dead by the way

Encaitare · 03-08-2005, 02:49 PM

Hi, Olivier! Welcome -- I hope your barrow is nice and comfy.

malkatoj · 03-08-2005, 05:50 PM

I am Malkatoj. I enjoy hitting people with swords and having romantic, candlelit conversations in Esperanto.

Other than that, I believe the most important thing you guys should know about me is that Sam Gamgee is my hero.

04-04-2005, 07:30 AM

hey i just joined. hi everybody! im glad to be a newly deceased (is that right?)

Lathriel · 04-04-2005, 04:37 PM

Welcome everyone. Its great to see new people join. I hope you bring lots of ideas for interesting discussions. The longer you are deceased the funner it gets.

Encaitare · 04-04-2005, 07:10 PM

Welcome, Flame_of_Udûn, Strider of Eriador, and LadyEowynofRohan!

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The longer you are deceased the funner it gets.

Hear, hear!

Gil-Galad · 04-04-2005, 10:49 PM

Welcome LadyEowynofRohan to the downs! oh and Enca, i found a Ford pic that you might enjoy, PM me if yo ustill want it

THE Ka · 04-04-2005, 11:04 PM

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I hope you bring lots of ideas for interesting discussions. The longer you are deceased the funner it gets.

Indeed! We need some new stuff, being dead for so long, even though it's a hoot, does have it's downs...

Anyways, Welcome, welcome! I hope that your stay, for however long is enjoyable. Let death be kindly to you all!

( And do not be afraid to make some new threads...)

~ Welcoming Ka

Melkor · 04-06-2005, 07:00 PM

Hi I am Carey Chastain I love the lord of the rings i have read the 3 books 3 times each and the hobbit 8 times it i9s my favorite book

06-03-2005, 10:30 PM

Hello everyone! I'm glad to be back at Barrow Downs. Some might know me but most probably don't. My name is Elise and I live in Kentucky. I love reading, photography, music, and lots of other things. I plan on going to college and majoring in history... yeah yeah yeah. I love LOTR and my favorite character is Merry and I wanna be like Arwen..ha!

mormegil · 06-03-2005, 11:01 PM

Welcome to the downs Eledhewin and fairygirl05 enjoy the downs.

Glirdan · 06-04-2005, 06:34 AM

Welcome back to the Downs fairygirl05.

Gil-Galad · 06-04-2005, 11:42 AM

Welcome to the downs FairyGirl05!

(read my siggy for my introduction)

Nimrodel_9 · 06-04-2005, 12:51 PM

Welcome to the Barrow-Downs fairygirl05! Have fun!

07-12-2005, 07:48 PM

Hello I'm new.
The classic opening line for a newcomer I guess...

I've read and loved the LOTR, on my first reading I devoured all the book including the hobbit in probably under a week. I havn't yet got around to reading Tolkiens other works and so I feel slighty overwhelmed by the amount of informtion all you people have! But I like learning and I'm looking forward to learning and discusing the Tolkien charecters. I just hope you can put up with me making silly mistakes and saying stupid things for a while..

But hey! How you all doing?

Encaitare · 07-12-2005, 10:18 PM

Welcome, Lougwen.

Kath · 07-13-2005, 04:25 AM

Welcome to the Downs Lougwen - have fun!

Gil-Galad · 07-13-2005, 07:20 AM

welcome all that i missed...sorry, but i'm getting mad cause i always get passworded off the computer for no reason, makes me really mad

Nonnacedak · 08-04-2005, 12:04 PM

Well Im glad I found out about this whole thing. Mormegil is a friend and co-worker and he is the one that introduced me to the website. Anyways I live in SLC, UT and I am single and I work in a Hospital. I am 23 years old as well. I enjoy fantasy everything and I spend a lot of my free time on World of Warcraft (lvl 60 Undead priest, Server Deathwing). So its great to be here!

Nimrodel_9 · 08-04-2005, 12:11 PM

Welcome to the Barrow-Downs Nonnacedak! Enjoy being dead!
Cool beans, I am also from Utah. Now there's about 5 or 6 of us.

08-04-2005, 09:04 PM

hey everyone!
I am Lithui and I am def new to all of this! i've never been on any forums or done any RPG's so i'm excited. my friend has been on here for some time and she has coersed me into this.
ok little bout me...i am a junior in college and I am training to be an airline pilot...i have my commercial instrument single engine and flight instructor ratings and so that is my first love. my second loves are writing and music...my friend and I have written a couple stories based on Tolkien.
I look forward to meeting new peeps on here...this seems really fun!

Encaitare · 08-04-2005, 09:31 PM

Welcome to Nonnacedak and Lithui.

Alcarillo · 08-04-2005, 11:22 PM

Greetings, Lithui and Nonnacedak. Have an enjoyable afterlife!

belinda-lee · 09-05-2005, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

Greetings to all new members! This is the place to introduce yourself and be welcomed by other members. Feel right at home! (The old thread is closed due to its length.)

If you haven't read any information about posting on the Downs yet, please check out the Forum FAQ thread. Should you have questions that aren't answered there, you're welcome to send a PM (private message) to me or to Legolas, moderators of this forum, or to the moderator(s) of the forum on which you'd like to be active.

hey all im kinda new at this stuff and i was just looking around to see if i could get the names of the people in thelord of the rings its been a while sence i have watched the moves but like i said i was looking for some info and i got lost lol

Encaitare · 09-05-2005, 10:31 AM

Welcome, belinda! Is it a list of characters or the actors you need?

12-31-2004, 09:46 PM	#2
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Formerly known as Sugar bah humbug... i joke cause i can __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed. Last edited by Gil-Galad; 01-01-2005 at 01:18 PM.

01-01-2005, 08:55 AM	#3
elronds_daughter Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the fortune cookie and the post-its. Posts: 644	Welcome Captain of Dispair and King of the North! Enjoy being dead! __________________ I'd like to be the king of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat.

01-09-2005, 09:52 PM	#4
orlandoscowgal Guest Posts: n/a	im new. hi, im new, and i dont know what else to say... lol. so you're all deceased huh? ah well, i guess i am too. lol.

01-10-2005, 08:13 AM	#5
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	hmm.. i wonder if i'm considered an old grumpy wight...heck probaly after i died, i reek so bad that when the elves came back they dumped me in the downs here... and welcome Orlandoscowgal! have fun enjoying the pleasure of deceased! __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

01-10-2005, 03:25 PM	#7
Finwe-89 Wight Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In Lotholorien, looking in the mirror that shows that there is still hope for life... Posts: 84	Welcome Lolidir and orlando, Hope you're gonna like it here! Cya around __________________ Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum- ishi krimpatul... Beware: Don't speak this loud when you're alone in the dark... Unless you really want it... But don't say I didn't warn you...

01-10-2005, 02:41 PM	#6
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	Welcome Lolidir and orlando, may you enjoy the downs and rise through the echelons of.....death. :corny dreadful music:

01-10-2005, 03:32 PM	#8
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Greetings, Orlando. Yes, we're all dead and in various stages of decay. But we're happy about it because we're morbid little wights. Egads, it smells in here...

02-25-2005, 02:12 PM	#9
Mumak o' Harad Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brazil Posts: 12	Hello, Middle Earth lovers! I am Mumak o' Harad and I am a Brazilian fan of Tolkien. As many of you, I have only acknowledged Tolkien's work after the release of the first movie (after all, Brazil is a Portuguese language speaking country and we have a vast literature in our own language which concerns to our particular culture). Notwithstanding, I was astounded by the inconceivable world and characters created by Master Tolkien and after watching "The Fellowship of the Ring", I decided to get deeper into the story and read the Portuguese translation of the first book, but I was a bit disappointed, because the translation is terrible (they even changed the names of the characters/places, for example: Rivendell is "Valfenda", Strider is "Passolargo" can you believe it?) and, therefore, I decided to buy the original English books and was delighted to read them. I am reading them for the second time and I have been anonymously visiting the Barrow-downs for some time and loved the high level discussions (especially the Chapter-by-chapter threads). I hope I can join you (despite my bad english, of course) and learn more from Tolkien and his state-of-art books. Best regards, Mumak o' Harad __________________ "We are jigsaw pieces aligned on the perimeter edge Interlocked through a missing piece..." by Derek Dick (a.k.a. Fish) Last edited by Mumak o' Harad; 02-25-2005 at 02:19 PM.

02-25-2005, 02:19 PM	#10
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Welcome, Mumak - and all other recent newcomers! It's very interesting to hear of your experience with the translation of the Lord of the Rings, and if you can read it in English, your linguistic abilities are excellent! You're not alone on the forum; there are quite a few international members whose native language is not English, and it's wonderful to have the unique point of view each of them brings to the discussions here. I hope you'll enjoy yourself and post away; don't worry about little mistakes - the more you practice, the better you'll get! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...' Last edited by Estelyn Telcontar; 02-25-2005 at 02:36 PM. Reason: typo

02-25-2005, 02:32 PM	#11
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	Welcome, Mumak o' Harad. I just wanted to say not to worry too much about your English being substandard. Your above post was as fine as pretty much any native speakers, and better than some. Sad as it is, quite often those who speak English as foreign language do better in these forums than those for whom it is their native language, due in the main, I suppose, because they take better care to write it properly than those who deal with it every day. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

02-25-2005, 03:01 PM	#12
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	PuRpLe MoNkEyS! Welcome Mumak and TPotSS to the Downs! Enjoy your deaths! __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

02-25-2005, 03:21 PM	#13
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Welcome to teh 'Downs Mumak. Hope you enjoy your death! Glirdy P.S. Thanks for the welcome Nimrodel and Gil-Galad and yes, Wilwa has done a good job of recruiting people. Im one of her victims. Just kidding. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

03-07-2005, 08:16 PM	#14
Olivier Guest Posts: n/a	Hi, i'm olivier and this is my first time on barow-downs. The site is a incroyable mine of informations. And i wish that i'm going to learn a much of things with you on this and talks about our favorite adventure. Long live to LORD OF THE RINGS!

03-07-2005, 09:30 PM	#15
Lolidir Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Roaming the plains of Middle Earth Posts: 103	Welcome to the after life Olivier. i am sure that you will learn a lot of things if you just look around. i hope you have fun being dead. __________________ "Its a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to"

03-08-2005, 08:07 AM	#16
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	yea welcome Olivier...be sure to have fun on the downs, you are dead by the way __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

03-08-2005, 02:49 PM	#17
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Hi, Olivier! Welcome -- I hope your barrow is nice and comfy.

03-08-2005, 05:50 PM	#18
malkatoj Wight Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A hovel in Florin Posts: 173	Saluton! I am Malkatoj. I enjoy hitting people with swords and having romantic, candlelit conversations in Esperanto. Other than that, I believe the most important thing you guys should know about me is that Sam Gamgee is my hero.

04-04-2005, 07:30 AM	#19
LadyEowynofRohan Guest Posts: n/a	hey i just joined. hi everybody! im glad to be a newly deceased (is that right?)

04-04-2005, 04:37 PM	#20
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	Welcome everyone. Its great to see new people join. I hope you bring lots of ideas for interesting discussions. The longer you are deceased the funner it gets. __________________ Back again

04-04-2005, 10:49 PM	#22
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Welcome LadyEowynofRohan to the downs! oh and Enca, i found a Ford pic that you might enjoy, PM me if yo ustill want it __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

04-06-2005, 07:00 PM	#24
Melkor Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MD Posts: 11	Me Hi I am Carey Chastain I love the lord of the rings i have read the 3 books 3 times each and the hobbit 8 times it i9s my favorite book

06-03-2005, 10:30 PM	#25
fairygirl05 Guest Posts: n/a	Hiya Hello everyone! I'm glad to be back at Barrow Downs. Some might know me but most probably don't. My name is Elise and I live in Kentucky. I love reading, photography, music, and lots of other things. I plan on going to college and majoring in history... yeah yeah yeah. I love LOTR and my favorite character is Merry and I wanna be like Arwen..ha!

06-03-2005, 11:01 PM	#26
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	Welcome to the downs Eledhewin and fairygirl05 enjoy the downs. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

06-04-2005, 06:34 AM	#27
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Welcome back to the Downs fairygirl05. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

06-04-2005, 11:42 AM	#28
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Welcome to the downs FairyGirl05! (read my siggy for my introduction) __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

06-04-2005, 12:51 PM	#29
Nimrodel_9 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 734	Welcome to the Barrow-Downs fairygirl05! Have fun! __________________ .:A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart:.

07-12-2005, 07:48 PM	#30
Lougwen Guest Posts: n/a	Hello Hello I'm new. The classic opening line for a newcomer I guess... I've read and loved the LOTR, on my first reading I devoured all the book including the hobbit in probably under a week. I havn't yet got around to reading Tolkiens other works and so I feel slighty overwhelmed by the amount of informtion all you people have! But I like learning and I'm looking forward to learning and discusing the Tolkien charecters. I just hope you can put up with me making silly mistakes and saying stupid things for a while.. But hey! How you all doing?

07-12-2005, 10:18 PM	#31
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Welcome, Lougwen.

07-13-2005, 04:25 AM	#32
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Welcome to the Downs Lougwen - have fun! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

07-13-2005, 07:20 AM	#33
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	welcome all that i missed...sorry, but i'm getting mad cause i always get passworded off the computer for no reason, makes me really mad __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

08-04-2005, 12:04 PM	#34
Nonnacedak Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 44	Hello to everyone! Well Im glad I found out about this whole thing. Mormegil is a friend and co-worker and he is the one that introduced me to the website. Anyways I live in SLC, UT and I am single and I work in a Hospital. I am 23 years old as well. I enjoy fantasy everything and I spend a lot of my free time on World of Warcraft (lvl 60 Undead priest, Server Deathwing). So its great to be here! __________________ NonnacedaKKadecannoN

08-04-2005, 12:11 PM	#35
Nimrodel_9 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 734	Welcome to the Barrow-Downs Nonnacedak! Enjoy being dead! Cool beans, I am also from Utah. Now there's about 5 or 6 of us. __________________ .:A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart:.

08-04-2005, 09:04 PM	#36
Lithui07 Guest Posts: n/a	hey everyone! I am Lithui and I am def new to all of this! i've never been on any forums or done any RPG's so i'm excited. my friend has been on here for some time and she has coersed me into this. ok little bout me...i am a junior in college and I am training to be an airline pilot...i have my commercial instrument single engine and flight instructor ratings and so that is my first love. my second loves are writing and music...my friend and I have written a couple stories based on Tolkien. I look forward to meeting new peeps on here...this seems really fun!

08-04-2005, 09:31 PM	#37
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Welcome to Nonnacedak and Lithui.

08-04-2005, 11:22 PM	#38
Alcarillo Shadow of the Past Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minas Mor-go Posts: 1,007	Greetings, Lithui and Nonnacedak. Have an enjoyable afterlife!