av_nefardec
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Well, do you want to write/speak real English or Internet English? I'll gladly give you some help if you need it.
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Well being a perfectionist, I find that when I do something I dedicate myself to it, which helps others around me as well. Also there is a level of happiness that comes from knowing you've done something to the best of your ability and how much work went into it.
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Sukkit - exactly my views on elvish swords.
Besides that, it's hard to draw (as in pull out, not with a pencil
) a long blade, which is what Tolkien writes about, if it's curved and has a hilt as long as the blade 
lol, I even learn a lot of new words on armor - I visit the art and history museums around where I live and sometimes they have pamphlets on arms and armor that explain all kinds of things. Maybe I will upload the contents of one.
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Looking good. You really should consider making texture maps though instead of just using flat-looking tiled textures. You can create so much more detail.
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Well Tolkien loved Norse mythology
But I think new zealand was a very suitable place.
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I have no problem using two systems, just as long as you are teaching people both. It also helps people realize that there is no right and wrong way to perceive anything in the sciences.
But regarding the topic at hand, halflings were called halflings because they were half of the height of elves. Galadriel was 6 foot four according the books, so that makes her about 1.93 m. That means hobbits should be about a meter tall.
Dwarves - 1.40 meters is about right to me.
Elves - >1.90 meters
Most Men - 1.70-1.80 meters
Númenoreans - 1.80-1.95 meters
Swarthy Men - 1.60-1.70 meters
@Zezar - each of the six races in TLA is unique, and the independents are also pretty unique. But Tolkien made sure he had balanced armies in his works, and so in TLA they are also balanced
Now, I'd be interested if anyone here can find quotes in the books that give heights of other beings in Middle-earth:
Balrogs
Trolls (Olog-hai and cave trolls)
Ents
Tom Bombadil
etc
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I must add that I meant for everyone to just post where you found your facts from. I too forgot this in my second post
, but if you look at the first one, it's there. So just from now on add it. The reason I say that is because some of these random facts could be useful when we talk about specific game things.Amon Rûdh, or Bald Hill, was so named because it was a rocky, round hill with no trees on its crown. Its crown was instead covered by a thick layer of red seregon flowers. Seregon in Sindarin Elvish means "Blood of Stone", which is an appropriate name considering its flowers grew out of vines that straddled the stone of the hilltop. (This is wonderfully portrayed in Ted Nasmith's Amon Rûdh painting)
From Unfinished Tales, Narn i hîn Húrin.
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Yes, that's correct AFAIK.
Good I'm glad you like them, because he asked me to help him with the design of it, and that's how I'd like them to look for TLA
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Yeah I had read that the scouring of the shire, but not that Saruman would be impaled in such a away.
That's quite disappointing to hear.
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By system I mean the established order of things and by fighting I mean actively trying to change something.
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dennis kucinich (lol j/k)
Glasnost
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So anyways, changing the roles of men and women is just fighting the system, that's the way it is.
What's wrong with fighting the system? Galileo fought the system...look at what Church doctrine and astronomy teach today.
And for you Christians - Jesus fought the system - so what's wrong with others fighting the system?
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A little rightist propaganda - refuting Michael Moore
I think we should get rid of all guns and use swords againYeah, except I've read about a large ban in feudal Japan on swords where it made owning swords a major crime. It was something like the 'Great Sword _____" :-/
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It's his personal project, and I have no idea when he wants to finish it. He's quite busy and usually only works on the weekends.
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sickle
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Basically some goods are more valuable than other goods. And some goods like mithril, for example take a lot longer to gather because of their value and rarity. So the amount at which bonuses are given is proportional to the relative difficulty of gathering for each good.
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I guess one word to describe TLA's graphic style would be
'legendary' (or epic)
By this I mean, think about how legends are presented in historical cultures and how Tolkien presents his legends and myths. The tone of this is what we have to reproduce graphically.
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Númenor was covered in large groves of fragrant trees said to be brought over from the West. The most abundant types were:
Oiolairë - Eternal Summer in Quenya I think
Lairelossë - White Summer Blossom in Quenya
Nessamelda - "Dear to Nessa" in Quenya
Vardarianna - Named after Varda?
Taniquelassë - _____ Leaf in Quenya
Yavannamírë - Jewel of Yavana in Quenya, I'm pretty sure
They had large, round, red fruits that 'exuded sweet scents'.
(they will be in TLA too
)From Unfinished Tales - A short description of Númenor
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Post random facts about Arda and where you got your information. You never know when you can teach someone something new or learn something yourself!
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Your Right Quacker is not opinionated Garbage. But His post is, I doenst contain anything but a very narrow opinion.
I'd say your statement contains the narrowest opinion
Please don't preach tolerance if you aren't tolerant of others yourself.I have no problems with biases in the news as long as we constantly educate our publics to recognize these biases and formulate their own opinions.
Authority should always be questioned, in my opinion, and people have a right to express their anger towards the administration. But I don't think it's right to then defy authority just for the sake of defying authority.
Always question, then make your decision.
So I guess what this random meditation means is that you should always be aware of bias, persuasion, and gatekeeper journalism, and whether or not you agree with it should be a logical choice you make based on external knowledge and experience, not an emotional one based on the spur of the moment.
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Hmm. I wanted to do chapter 13 in Wheelock's Latin (reflexive pronouns - exciting!
) and I wanted to start a watercolor/pen and ink still life that I wanted to start yesterday, and the day before that, and so on -
Spain (I can recall Spain) - Chuck Corea
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Hi,
I think you applied for one of the mapping positions a while ago?
We're not really looking to expand the team in that area right now since scenario design is so far off. :-/
But welcome here!
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Strictly movie models
Bugman's orders
@Black Knight-
By plate armor, of course, I mean large quantities especially covering the torso. And I don't think that I ever claimed there was no plate armor in middle earth, I just claimed the Noldor never used it.
I should also say that no elves used plate armor in the sense stated above, nor no Edain.
However, it's well known and accepted the Haradrim wore corslets of overlapping bronze plates similar to Roman Lorica Segmenta. Also, I've always assumed Sauron and Morgoth arrayed themselves in full suits of dark plate armor. Morgoth's description before he fights Fingolfin seems to convey this to me.
Regarding that vambrace - a vambrace is a small piece of armor that I'm sure could easily have been metal. Vambraces often were, and if you look at the concepts we've done for the game, you'll see many metal vambraces. And the people to have metal vambraces would have been Noldor, Numenoreans, and maybe Gondorians. So that fits with Imrahil. The Northmen and Sindar/Silvan Elves would have worn leather I think.
Pauldrons can also be metal, as can greaves. However, for Elves and Edain, I have not seen evidence supporting plate armor for their torsos and upper arms. If someone can find evidence of this, I'd be very much interested to see it.
LoTR RTS
in The Green Dragon
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Absolutely no effect on TLA.
And TLA will have absolutely no effect on Battles for Middle Earth.
Why? We aren't commericially oriented, we aren't pushing the technological envelope, and the games have totally different goals.
Battle for Middle Earth intends to 'sell' (out
) a highly reproduced and popular (but limited) vision of Middle Earth, whereas TLA intends to evoke discussion and thought about ALL of Tolkien's mythology through the use of the real-time strategy game. The game is a vehicle for a higher purpose, and that is the exploration of Arda, not the exploitation.