Sukkit
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My dream game would be an absolutely realistic RTS, in the sense that every unit would portray a single person. Of course there wouldn't be much graphic detail involved...
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I completely agree with Klaas.
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Everything was new and bright in FotR. It was also the easiest book to turn into movie.
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Yeah, Voronwë was a Noldorin elf from Gondolin (it's interesting that his name is Quenya, and wasn't translated to Sindarin. It comes to illustrate the idea that the Elves of Gondolin were bilingual after all) who tried to sail to Valinor, but failed. He was saved by Ulmo so he could lead Tuor to Gondolin.
It's too well known to work as a generic name
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Dwarrows!
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Or am I on the wrong track
I think so
The point is that an archer doesn't choose "parabolic" fire or "direct" fire, he merely adjusts his angle of elevation and draws the bow the same length back. So if he wants to shoot very far, he draws back at a 45 degree angle, and if he wants to shoot at someone close, he draws back at an angle close to 0. The point is, the player shouldn't be able to choose this, instead the engine should do this automatically based on how far the archer is from the target. And in following with this, the farther an archer is from a target the less accuracy he will have.
Forget I used 'parabolic' and 'direct', please! I couldn't find more appropiate words
What I mean is:
A) The archer chooses an individual target, that is in a relatively close range.
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Ah, but I consider Arien's fire to be just a different kind of embodiment
She left her Elvish 'garments' (body) and adopted new ones: fire. But it's not said that an embodiment must be humanoid. Yavanna used to appear as a tree. An Ainu's unclad version would be invisible. This is clearly stated when Tolkien speaks about Olórin and how he liked to walk among Elves without a body, and then Elves could not recognize him, maybe not even perceive him.
This is my interpretation, at least.
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"Ride Now, RIDE NOW, Ride for ruin and the Worlds Ending!" -Theoden
Wow, they stole that line (not sure if literal) from Éomer?
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Few people in the internet, and no one in real life except for some family members, know that I'm a language nerd. Not only Tolkien languages (which is more 'professional' and better known here), but language in general. I guess not many people have hobbies like trying to learn Hebrew (failed so far for lack of a dictionary and energy - I know the alphabet, some basic grammar and some words) or building their own languages.
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It changes every day, of course, but today it's:
Against Me! - Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious
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Well, the Goths established a kingdom in France too... and they lived in the general Romanian area for quite some time. What I meant is that the Goths were decissive to keep the Roman institutions in their territories.
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To illustrate rohirwine's point, if you take a look at Europe's map you'll notice that the only lands where Latin survived were those where the Goths established their kingdoms.
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Isn't it a bit overrated? I liked 21 Grams better, for example.
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Baggins -> Bolsón
Samwise Gamgee -> Samsagaz Gamyi
The Shire -> La Comarca
Brandywine -> Brandivino
Took -> Tuk
Brandybuck -> Brandigamo
Hobbiton -> Hobbiton
Crickhollow -> Cricava
Rivendell -> Rivendel
Shelob -> Ella-Laraña
And yes, Anglo-saxon remained so in the Spanish translation. Actually, I think even some place names are translated. At least we have "Abismo de Helm" and not "Abismo del Yelmo", although in UT, Elfhelm is translated as "Yelmo de Elfo"
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I can't recall any examples of an Ainu physically affecting the world, or transporting any object.
As for the Dead, don't let the movie fool you. In the book they don't actually fight, because they don't need to
Their weapons were, most likely, not physical.
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OK, I shouldn't have used "direct" and "parabolic"; what I mean is rather "individual target" and "wide area target".
More to come but, unfortunately, in the private forums
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The Ringwraiths were invisible but physical.
I don't think any creature of Sauron could recover the Ring from the sea. The bad guys (except some Men) loathed the sea, and there the power of Ulmo was still strong. I guess this is just one of those things Tolkien would have corrected if he had had enough time to publish the Akallabeth in life.
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The problem with 'friendly fire' is that it makes archers almost useless. As soon as the hand-to-hand combat starts, the player would have to make sure they don't shoot.
I propose that archers have two fire modes instead: direct and parabollic. Direct fire would be the standard option, and it wouldn't cause damage to friendly units because the archer would aim for individual targets (he could still miss the target, but wouldn't hurt friendly units, for gameplay reasons). Then, parabollic would be a special mode, it would grant the archer much more range, and perhaps a small attack bonus, but it could harm friendly units, as the archer wouldn't choose an individual target but aim for a general area. Maybe this parabollic shot would be available only for archer formations.
What do you think?
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Well, I can't be completely sure
, but these oil corporations are really powerful, and contrary to Microsoft, there are several of them holding similar percentages of the market (no monopoly laws can apply). -
Yes, the Rings were forged between 1500 and 1600 SA, if I recall correctly.
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Well I really liked that in Tzar (I think its not very popular wich is a shame) there was a day and nigh cycle wich actually effected the units
Really? I've played Tzar, but didn't notice any change in the units' performance... only that the screen was darker (it was cool anyway). But again, I didn't play too much so I could have missed something. What was the effect?
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An alternative energy is simply not possible until oil companies run out of oil and reconvert themselves into 'alternative energy' corporations, I'm afraid.
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I was thinking, if Sauron (embodied in his 'fair' and 'nice' form, maybe the same he used as Annatar) died in the fall of Númenor, when he was taken by surprise, sitting in Melkor's temple, by the storm and wave that destroyed the Land of Gift, AND he was wearing the Ring... why wasn't the Ring destroyed or lost in the chasm, and how could Sauron's spirit take it back to Barad-dur?
Possible solutions:
1) He left the Ring in Barad-dur. I don't think so, frankly (maybe there's even some direct evidence that he was wearing it indeed in Númenor)
2) He somehow could transport the Ring (a physical object) with his spirit. I honestly don't know how this could be possible. Even if we accept that the Ring, thanks to its own malice or just luck, didn't fell into the chasm, how could Sauron find it, not to talk about physically transport it? And if that was possible, why didn't he do the same in the Third Age?
Maybe there's an obvious answer out there, but I just don't know.
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It was the last Elven kingdom to fall, it was hidden, and Turgon was cool, especially because he went to Nirnaeth Arnoediad when nobody expected him to go. All that, combined, makes Gondolin fairly popular.
Oh, and Gothmog Lord of Balrogs was killed there, and it had cool captains like Ecthelion and Glorfindel.
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Bronweg never appeared after The Book of Lost Tales. And actually, seeing how later we get Elu from Elwë in Gnomish > Noldorin > Sindarin, I doubt Bronweg would be a valid name.