av_nefardec
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It sounds like a love poem, written by one who has been left by a former lover.
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I actually just started my ritualistic reading of LotR
This is a fantastic idea.
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No that's Saria's Song, which is one of the songs from The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, but not the theme. It's the one played in the Lost Forest or whatever it's called. En route to the Forest Temple.
It's going to be a strange film.
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Yeah I don't know so much that it would be harder to balance - in fact it might make it more balanced in some random cases.
The main problem is whether or not it accurately reflects training.
Also there is the gameplay problem. One major problem that players have with random map games for example is "getting map-screwed", which means that where they start off in a map has a low amount of potential for growth, etc.
It would be quite unfortunate to get both map-screwed and unit-stat-screwed
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Yes, per civ and age.
As of now it has not been "officially" determined whether the current leader will change the emblem, but I think I can speak on behalf of the team when I say this is something that we'd like to have.
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Nice tidbit: the title of The Lord of the Rings isn't translated literally, which would've been 'De Heer van de Ringen', but was made 'In de ban van de Ring', which
That's really odd, considering German is "Der Herr der Ringe" (though that is a singular form of what translates to "ring" which is different" - since the "der" preceding "ringe" is a singular feminine genitive article) and Spanish is El Señor del los Anillos, which is pretty much a direct translation.
I recall Tolkien having some quarrels with a Dutchman in his letters as to translations of things - I'll have to look at that again.
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sorry Adam - but that has changed some weeks back - with my current task in reworking the Leaders ... Fingon is out and Maedhros is in instead!
I recall that but vaguely. Must have been really busy during that time or something.
I also remember I thought it was a good idea and I still do
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My roommate, a good friend of mine, and I are making an extremely low-budget conspiracy/action/comedy or something like that.
The point is it's going to be a crazy film.
Here is the first "trailer" we finished yesterday:
http://web.mit.edu/user/j/e/jessel/Public/...ice-trailer.mpg
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D.A.V.E. - Pangea - on DI Trance Channel
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I'm not sure if the "chant" by Arwen was appropriate.
Gandalf explains that Loudwater is under the "command" of Elrond.
Elrond is both King and Master of that land, so it makes good sense.
Arwen however has nothing except for relation to Elrond.
Also I guess I just like the way the book was written, which really made the reader see how miraculous indeed the flood would have seemed to Frodo/Glorfindel. Only later, in Book II does the reader learn that it was "commanded" by Elrond.
I guess I might have exaggerated my idea of river enchantment, because the river being under command could translate to several things. We like to think "enchantment", but I suppose that could easily mean he has it dammed up and can release a torrent down the valley.
Maybe if Arwen's chant had a plea to Ossë it would have made me more happy
But otherwise it sounds like Arwen can summon it magically or something, instead of either having control over it as a master or praying for aid. -
Well said. Definitely Tolkien coming through in his character.
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Matt Darey's Pure Trance on DI.fm
current track is:
BossaNova - Stone Cold
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That's just a phenomenal website, a phenomenal marriage of graphic and web design, a masterpiece of multimedia.
And the graphic design on the albums is just spectacular.
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What's surregionalist poety, btw?
Basically, there is a group of Modern Surrealists called "Le Corpse Exquis" (The Exquisite Corpse, their name stems from an old parlour game)
These surrealists call themselves "Surregionalists", and it's a play on words -
Surrealism + Regionalism.
Surregionalism is sort of like a nonconformist movement away from a centralised mainstream.
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Elysium
How I long to be a warrior-king of old
Doer of deeds undying
Forever idolized in immortal stone
My likeness preserved in the very earth I rule
My name whispered yet by the winds aloft
My achievements quenching every desire of this barren life like a desert rain
My memory igniting the burning passions of another age
How I long to hear my name whispered among the ages
Echoing from eon to eon in the vastness of eternity
Undying, unyielding as the stone in which it is graven
What sweet solace for a destitute mortality
How I long to fall in battle or on errantry
To have my people bear my body upon a bier
To meld with the earth in a snow-crowned barrow
To burn into corporal oblivion upon a high pyre
As the winds scatter my ashes to the ends of the world
To have my body sent out over the wide, dark seas
A final journey forth into the uttermost west
Where I may find peace among heroes in Elysium.
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Eek, looks like you're using snowblades!
I'm strictly a downhill skier - no snowboards, cross country skis.
I used to be a pretty good skier since I took lessons for several years when I was younger. Unfortunately I stopped for some reason and now my skis and boots no longer fit me.
I live so close to so many resorts in NY now too, but I have no time to go
I have fond memories of skiing into the snowboard terrain park right next to the snowboarders with my friends and doing the jumps and pipes. Some of the best terrain was always on the edge of the resort, with natural drop-offs and jumps that were quite high.
And skiing down slopes that were so steep as you weave down them you can touch them with your hand
*envies the europeans who can go to the alps*
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Dumonde - God Music (Cosmic Gate Remix)
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lol, yeah it's such a great thing for characterisation.
Gandalf certainly has that almost "whimsical" nature to him.
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So what are the (technical) differences between a round and a 'iron-shaped' shield? Does it matter what kind of shield I would have as a soldier?
Matteo (rohirwine) would know the best answers to this since this is what he studies and what he does for TLA.
From my limited knowledge, I think the reason in history the "Kite" Shield evolved was because it was used by Mounted Knights, and it had to be elongated to cover their shield side from attack. Then they began to put heraldic devices on their shields and the design stuck.
In Middle-earth, it's possible that the same development occured. Tolkien was certainly in love with Heraldry.
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The Gondolindrim were a those Noldor of the House of Fingolfin originally from Vinyamar led by Turgon to Gondolin, and those who escaped its fall and remained refugees.
As the son of Fingolfin, Turgon was part of the mainstream Noldorin leadership and his people were part of the Mainstream Noldorin culture.
The Gondolindrim, like the Noldor of Nargothrond, like the Noldor of Nevrast, like any group of Noldor identified only by their place of residence yet united by their culture, will be part of the First Age Noldorin Civilization in TLA.
In the game, a player can choose a leader for his civilization, which further defines that civ.
For instance the FA Noldor have the following leaders:
Fingolfin
Fingon
Turgon
If a player wishes his Noldorin civilization to be more like the Gondolindrim than perhaps another Noldorin contigent, then he can choose Turgon as a leader, and he will grant specific bonuses and penalties relevant to the Gondolindrim.
In a scenario, the designer can customize the civilization and what not to make this even more established.
Major Civilizations in TLA usually contain more than one "subculture" of any major culture. The Second and Third Age Noldor, for instance, encompasses the Mithlondrim, as well as those Noldor of Imladris, Elostirion, etc
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(that I imagined to be iron-shaped (like in to iron your clothes))
Such a shield might make it difficult for a Noldorin Swordsman to fight - but expect to see a Noldorin Spearman - the Sentinel, wielding such a shield as you describe.
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Maybe good and evil was a bit too simple in PJ's portrayl of the "feeling", but I think the mood was done pretty well.
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It's definitely OK. I was being difficult I suppose to discourage frivolous nitpicking, but certainly the buttons needed to be fixed.
Starting a reading group
in The Green Dragon
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Ok, I'm going to create the reading group subforums within the book forums to which they pertain in the GD.
I think there is enough interest to go ahead with this, but we certainly would like more. Particularly, I would like to get involved those who have read the books fewer times than us
(and especially Shawn)
Also, do you think it is a good idea to have discussion leaders? By that I mean one person who knows a good amount about the books already who can sort of jumpstart discussion if it gets stagnant. Maybe this person also gives a short description of what to observe or look for in each reading.
A key thing will be for everyone to be as inquisitive and open about questions and curiousities as possible.
And finally, as Matteo suggested, we should use this to build up the Ardaquenta. There's no better time to write an article or make an addition to an article (or a correction) than immediately after you've read it in the text.