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08-22-2006, 05:25 AM
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Haunting Spirit
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++ Bofur
cause we all know he was after destroying secret society and its valiant plan to save the world from the pesky peredhil
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08-22-2006, 09:04 AM
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Regal Dwarven Shade
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold
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++ Gandalf
It is a standing rule of this game on the Downs that Gandalf not win anything.
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08-22-2006, 09:12 AM
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Fading Fëanorion
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: into the flood again
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++Bofur
I mean, this is All Star, isn't it? Bofur made it to the Sweet 16. That's honourable, but it should be as good as it gets for a character like him. Let him go with dignity! |
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08-22-2006, 10:39 AM
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Blithe Spirit
Join Date: Jan 2003
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As with Sauron, so with Gandalf. Go for the big guns while you can, they can be difficult to dislodge later.
++GANDALF
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08-22-2006, 11:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Why is that pesky Bofur still in this race. . . Be gone !
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08-22-2006, 11:57 AM
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Maundering Mage
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Texas
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Wilwa has asked me to do it for the last time today and I think I can end it within the next 30 minutes.
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“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.” |
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08-22-2006, 12:17 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
Join Date: Jan 2006
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I'll try to be consistent (and don't like the big guns being easy targets...
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08-22-2006, 12:34 PM
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Maundering Mage
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Texas
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Day 15
Day 15 has now ended and the race was close but in the end it would be Bofur who would be leaving the island.
Bofur - 9 Gandalf - 6 Smaug - 1 Durin - 1 "Bofur", the producers told him, "we know you've done a lot of sleuthing in your days and your rugged good looks contribute to the overall sex appeal of our show but most of us just simply find you useless." "And besides," another producer chimed in, "we have far too many dwarves as it is". In his normal stoic stride Bofur left the island with a sense of his splendor and grandeur lingering far after he had disappeared in the darkness. The remaining contestants: From the Lord of the Rings Survivor Gimli Hama Gandalf From the Silmarillion Survivor Elbereth Osse Ingwe From the Hobbit Survivor Smaug Gloin Durin From the Second Age Survivor Tar-Miriel Celebrian Thorondor From the Minor Works Survivor Chrysophylax Dives Goldberry *************************************** Contestants already voted off Ori Witch-king Tom Bombadil Maglor Celebrimbor Manwe Ar-Pharazon Princess Pam Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Arwen Bullroarer Perry-the-Winkle Merry Tar-Aldarion Sauron Bofur ****************************************
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“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.” |
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08-22-2006, 01:12 PM
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Psyche of Prince Immortal
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis
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might as well end the 'uncloakin terror'
++Gandalf
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08-22-2006, 01:14 PM
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Energetic Essence
Join Date: Feb 2005
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I was going to vote him first!! Oh well. He does need to go. His uncloaking is starting to rub off on the other contestants.
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08-22-2006, 01:15 PM
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Psyche of Prince Immortal
Join Date: Feb 2003
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but yes Gandalf needs to go! 
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08-22-2006, 01:27 PM
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Wight
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: where people stick out their tongues at their youth pastor....
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yup, Gandalf....
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08-22-2006, 01:34 PM
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Maundering Mage
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Texas
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++Gandalf
Let's cut him off before his senility takes over even more than it has. His mutterings and forgetfulness are getting tiresome.
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“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.” |
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08-22-2006, 01:42 PM
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Fading Fëanorion
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: into the flood again
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I've been wondering... we all know that Celebrían received a poisoned wound by the orcs which made her leave for Valinor. But what poisons are orcs able to brew that exceed Elrond's skills in healing? I don't think this is very believable. Celebrían was a Xanthippe and a domestic tyrant and at last Elrond was happy to have found a pretence to be delivered from her.
Do we want such a person to win? I do not. ++Celebrían Whether or not we want to see somebody uncloaked is not a good measure, in my opinion
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08-22-2006, 01:50 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
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08-22-2006, 01:59 PM
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Wight
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: where people stick out their tongues at their youth pastor....
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++Gandalf
sorry for my ignorance..... *blushes* cuz he's a wizard!!! And wizards are baaaaad.....cuz they do magic.....which is baaaaad.....sooooo i believe he should be voted off. |
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08-22-2006, 02:10 PM
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Illusionary Holbytla
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Am I the only one to think that once a character has won once, s/he shouldn't be doing so again? If that's the case, Tar-Miriel, Smaug, and Chrysophylax are due to go...
Even though it doesn't seem like anyone but Gandalf is likely to go today... ++Osse He's a bit of a vindictive brat, if you know what I mean. You'd think he'd be happy to work with Ulmo... but no... |
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08-22-2006, 03:17 PM
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Edge of Faerie
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Still to early for wizards, dragons, and ancient ancestors. Minor deities are however a dime a dozen.
++ Osse I certainly do NOT, however, adhere to the theory that if someone has won before s/he should not win again. If they're good, they're good! 
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08-22-2006, 03:32 PM
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Odinic Wanderer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Under the Raven banner, between tall Odin and white Christ!
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++Osse
I am sure that it was his idea to make the sea salty. . .
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08-22-2006, 04:19 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: The bottom of the ocean, discussing philosophy with a giant squid
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++Osse
Gandalf can't be voted off the island! Save the wizard!
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08-22-2006, 04:24 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
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Just to make a few points about Ossë:
1) As stated in Valaquenta: "He does not go in the deeps" - so he's superficial? 2) He may be loved by the mariners or those at the mercy of the sea eg. the Numenorians (forcefully, by one's own interests to mainly save oneself from his unpredictability?), but is not trusted because of his random rage. 3) He was lured by Melkor and caused much harm but then became soothed by his wife's bidding. So Ossë is someone with nasty or selfish predilections but no strength to hold a mind of his own, an opportunistic Maia just trying to please others around him and maximise his comfort and the lack of risks while striving to personal power and worship. A more powerful Wormtongue, I say! And anyhow, a weak personality not worthy of winning this competition... ++ Ossë
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08-22-2006, 05:12 PM
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Maundering Mage
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Texas
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There is another dangerous voting block forming, what is wrong with Osse? He's unpredictable? Great! Better to entertain. What does Gandalf do? He's drab, and mutters to himself idly all day long, his beard is overly long, and absolutely no sex appeal. However Osse is perfect because all the guys want to be him and the girls think that they can change him.
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08-22-2006, 06:47 PM
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Regal Dwarven Shade
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Best do everything I can to stoke it and make it last longer... ++ Gandalf
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08-22-2006, 08:01 PM
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Energetic Essence
Join Date: Feb 2005
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I have to agree with morm on this. Having Osse around could provide major entertainment. He's fiesty, he once had an evil side and so many other qualities. I say keep the fiesty around and get rid of the uncloaker.
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08-23-2006, 02:41 AM
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Fading Fëanorion
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Nobody following me with Celebrian?
Again? Well, alright, let her win if you like... -- Celebrian Once again the day seems to go the route of a head-to-head bandwaggon race. So be it, Gandalf or Osse then. I share the opinion of morm, which scares me a little. What entertainmental value (uncloaking jokes don't count in this department) does Gandalf have? An occasional fool-of-a-took just isn't enough. ++Gandalf (Psst: Don't forget, in a bad mood, Osse might sink the whole island if he can't have it!) |
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08-23-2006, 03:35 AM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
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08-23-2006, 04:01 AM
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Ah the perversity of it. Sheer backlash! That's all it is. Get rid of Gandalf?!?
 Such a benighted thing to do. Positively Sarumanish. For shame.
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08-23-2006, 08:59 AM
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Auspicious Wraith
Join Date: May 2002
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Some reality shows introduce new characters in the middle of the show. Would there be a chance of bringing in the Chief Warg?
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08-23-2006, 09:02 AM
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Maundering Mage
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Texas
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Eomer, I have two questions on that.
Is he the Squiggy of Middle-earth? Are our rating that low to bring a new person on to spice things up? I vote to bring on the Chief Warg.
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08-23-2006, 09:41 AM
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08-23-2006, 10:39 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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How could anyone wan't to get rid of Gandalf? He's one of the greatest characters in Tolkien's works. Just the whole idea of a wizard is so magnificent... It's not his fault that somebody made a bad joke about him anyway... (...I'm again siding with other people, not like me...) So, to protect Gandalf for atleast this one day. I wote Osse down!
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08-23-2006, 10:53 AM
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Maundering Mage
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Gandalf was a bigger failure than Frodo! What did he do that actually worked that he can claim was his work? He didn't defeat a balrog...the balrog defeated himself. He really didn't do much at Helm's Deep except to come and get the stragglers. The Hurons really did the work their. He failed with Boromir and let him loose himself. He, instead of lending his aid, let four unaware hobbits take on ruffians and an ex-wizard who still had some power, why risk it? Just be done with it. He failed Frodo in that he wasn't there to aid him and were it not for Samwise, who sadly isn't in the mix, the entire quest would have failed. The only thing that Gandalf did that wasn't a failure was his fireworks.
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08-23-2006, 11:04 AM
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Ooohhh! Fireworks! Every bored survivor on a mundane island needs fireworks to keep up the spirits. Best reason for keeping the Grey One around.
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08-23-2006, 11:54 AM
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Auspicious Wraith
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Maybe we could bring on the Chief Warg and Squiggy. That's, like, ratings bonanza!
(Incidentally, Morm, hilarious episode that.)
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08-23-2006, 12:28 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Sep 2005
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+ + Osse
Not that important, since Ulmo can just have Uinen take over his tasks and send Osse to a nice long holiday on the strand past the Houses of Waiting (although the water said to be about as chilly as the Blackpool area).
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08-23-2006, 12:41 PM
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Wight
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Gandalf took forever to guess the password to Moria and it almost cost them their life. VOTE HIM OFF NOW!!!!! and it was right in front of him too!!!! Sheesh!
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08-23-2006, 12:56 PM
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Illusionary Holbytla
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Fireworks
Besides, isn't there usually some sort of rescue challenge on Survivor? I'd say Gandalf's fireworks would be dead useful for that.
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08-23-2006, 12:59 PM
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08-23-2006, 01:03 PM
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Fluttering Enchantment
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Day 16 has now ended, and the votes are very close:
Gandalf - 7 Osse - 8 Osse received the most votes. After a little arguing with those who voted him off he gave in and left the island himself before the Muddy Boot of Doom came and to boot him off in a more painful manner. The remaining contestants: From the Lord of the Rings Survivor Gimli Hama Gandalf From the Silmarillion Survivor Elbereth Ingwe From the Hobbit Survivor Smaug Gloin Durin From the Second Age Survivor Tar-Miriel Celebrian Thorondor From the Minor Works Survivor Chrysophylax Dives Goldberry *************************************** Contestants already voted off Ori Witch-king Tom Bombadil Maglor Celebrimbor Manwe Ar-Pharazon Princess Pam Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Arwen Bullroarer Perry-the-Winkle Merry Tar-Aldarion Sauron Bofur Osse **************************************** You may now start voting. I am back from my trip, but I'm sick so I just woke up from a nap, that's why this is late.
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