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"It chanced on a time that Elwë came alone to the starlit wood of Nan Elmoth, and there suddenly he heard the song of nightingales. Then an enchantment fell on him, and he stood still; and afar off beyond the voices of the lómelindi he heard the voice of Melian, and it filled all his heart with wonder and desire. He forgot then utterly all his people and all the purposes of his mind, and following the birds under the shadow of the trees he passed deep into Nan Elmoth and was lost. But he came at last to a glade open to the stars, and there Melian stood; and out of the darkness he looked at her, and the light of Aman was in her face.
She spoke no word; but being filled with love Elwë came to her and took her hand, and straightway a spell was laid on him, so that they stood thus while long years were measured by the wheeling stars above them; and the trees of Nan Elmoth grew tall and dark before they spoke any word."
J.R.R. Tolkien, writing in Quenta Silmarillion This passage describes Elwë falling in love with Melian.
In Tolkien's work, there are many more instances of two characters falling in love, and they all follow this type. There is a beautiful woman singing and/or dancing in the woods. Then, a man happens to stumble upon her and is cast into a spell, enchantment, swoon, etc., and then they stand around looking at each other for a very long time.
This type of falling in love is seen with Beren and Lúthien as well as Aragorn and Arwen. It is also exactly the way in which Tolkien describes himself falling in love with his wife Edith.
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Enjoying Elvis concerts again...as well you should!
Haven't heard that new one yet, Curtis. It sounds like a winner though!
Are you asking if there is a recording of the show from later that same day (June 8, 1975)? If so, yes, the evening show was captured on two CDs of the same title: A Capital Performance (Madison & LMP).
Or were tracks from another show used to fill in the parts of that show which weren't recorded, and that's what you're referring to? I wouldn't guess that is the case since there is no See See Rider on the CD. But if I'm wrong, I assume that info could be found in Madison's liner notes?


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Rachel Inez Nichols McMillin was born on April 24, 1929 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma to Walker and V. Estes Nichols and went home to be with her Lord and Savior on November 15, 2012 at her home with her family by her side at the age of 83.
After graduating from High School, Rachel married Archie Lestal McMillin on July 6, 1949 in Las Vegas, Nevada and they spent 53 plus years together until Archie's death on October 23, 2002. Rachel was the chief material buyer for TG&Y and in her retirement years she volunteered at Victory Life as a care giver. She was a dedicated and faithful member of the Methodist Church in Colbert and she enjoyed crocheting, knitting, collecting owls, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren and family.
Rachel was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers Walter Fred Nichols, Delbert Lee Nichols, Cleo Nichols, Adrian Nichols and Allen D. Nichols; sister Ruth Irene Moore and grandson Freddie Raye Baugh.
Rachel is survived by her children Hilda Corrine "Connie" Baugh of Calera and Leatha Irene Bell of Calera; sisters Erma Jean Shawall of Bakersfield, CA and Elaine Vee Handy and husband Al of Mariposa, CA; grandchildren Todd R. Baugh and wife Saundra, Carmen Yvonne Young and husband Joe, Terry Lynn Bell and wife Patty, Jeffery R. Baugh and wife Leslie and Tina Elaine Highfield and husband Michael; great grandchildren Preston Roberson, Sarah Baugh, Cade Bell, Terah Davis, Jeffery Baugh Jr., Dillon Hill, Brenden Baugh, Casey Hill, Raleigh Baugh, Christopher Baugh and Rachel Baugh; numerous great great grandchildren and extended family and friends.
Memorial services to celebrate Rachel's life were held at 7:30 PM Saturday, November 17, 2012 at the Methodist Church in Colbert, Oklahoma. Rev. Randa Norman officiated. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.brownsfuneralservice.com.
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6. | smagma | ||
1.Noun. The penile secretions of a feverish or high-temperature person.
2. The sticky adhesive that conjoins two or more pages of a porno-mag after a person has been in the restroom for too long. 1. He just wanted to put the tip in, but I could already feel the smagma on my va jay jay.
2. I really wanted to read that article in Playboy, but I couldn't get to it with all the smagma keeping the pages together. |
1. | smagma | ||
The sweat produced as a result of intense physical effort by the nutsack, either sexually or through sports, as opposed to normal nut sweat that occurs during everyday wear and tear. After that pick-up game of basketball at the YMCA I needed to change my shorts because they were soakin' wet with smagma.
OR While I was bangin' that skank I was gettin' so heated that my nasty balls were covered in smagma. |
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Not actually sweat at all, caused by sports, sexual activity, regular wear & tear, or other wise. It is the pastey white substance found under the foreskin of a man, usually during warmer weather, or over heating for a period of time with out minimal bi-daily cleaning. Also fefered to as Fromunda Cheese, which is the delighful cheese that you get from-under your foreskin. Incomplete men with out the forskin are not capable of producing this substance, thus they do not have the musk or "mojo" that men with foreskins do have. The poor foreskinlees souls tend to be less satisfying in the sack, and get uglier women. After my week long snowboarding trip up in Whistler, I was surprised when my wife licked the stinky smagma off my dick head when I got home...it was great, I love it.
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A crusty or slimy formation caused from hot or sweating genitals.
Also: -Smag -Ball Cheese -Furmunda -Ass Wax The Smagma stuck to the toilet paper.
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Smagma is the conjoined mixture of sperm, and vaginal juice found after prolonged intercourse. It gets churned up and frothy. But it has to be a combination of the both, it can't be one or the other. Not to be confused with a simple wet spot. It was her turn to get a towel to clean up the smagma, it seamed to be everywhere.
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The crust formed around ones dickhead when he is un-circumsized and un-clean. "Uncircumsized Dick Crud" "The smagma on my dick wont come off its so dirty."
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The liquid-like matter coming from one's penis when an infection occurs from being uncircumcised The smagma showed he was unclean and infected, therefore I would not give him head.


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May 24th
Who's running Comrades this weekend? If you are, this is a must read. Mark from 32GI sent this to me and for those looking for advice or still deciding on their nutrition plan for this weekend, check this out:
The link gets you a 32Gi User Guideline for your Comrades Marathon. The pic below is a general Time Based Nutrition Guideline (please click on it to enlarge).
32GI has also said to please feel free to contact them at info – info[at]32gi.com for any further questions you might have whether general nutrition or 32Gi related. The nutrition guide is not only for 32Gi users but anyone that needs their assistance as they have a deep understanding of nutrition and endurance events.
I hope you find some value in this:
Dolphin Mile Surf Swim (with Results)
Apr 12th
Out of pure jealousy of everyone else racing on the weekend (Karkloof, Ironman, BMX World Champs etc), I went out and found a race that I could smash without compromising my slowly recovering knee: The Dolphin Mile Surf Series.
This event was brilliant! While my dad had left at stupid o'clock to head to Karkloof, I slowly climbed out of bed at 5.30, enjoyed a cup of coffee and bit of toast, put on my Jeep shorts, picked up my cap and goggle and casually made my way down to Marine Lifesaving Club next to Ushaka Marine World. The swim started at 7.30 in the extremely warm Durban waters and unlike other races when you hang around for hours after, prize giving was done by 9am and I was home again by 9.20 to enjoy the rest of my Sunday! Pretty awesome concept that giving no one any excuses to miss out on this 9 race series!
On the racing side, Myself and the 130 other competitors started on the harbour side of uShaka Pier and headed straight out a few hundred metres to the first buoy where we turned left. I'd had a pretty decent start and found myself in the chasing pack with one really strong swimmer out ahead of us.,We then headed North up the coast on the longest leg of the route. The games that were going on were awesome. I'd never really raced a swim on its own before besides school gala's and Midmar Mile's amongst the masses. Our group was surging and crossing each other to rid each other off our feet, changing lines and all on purpose I realised as I caught a few hairy eyeballs from fellow competitors. GAME ON I thought! It took a couple major sprint efforts here and there but I managed to stay in contact with the chasing group which was now just 3 of us as we rounded the 2nd buoy in front of Addington hospital. It was at this point however that one of the guys decided "it was now or never" and sprint flat out as we headed back south towards our final turn. I hoped he'd cooked myself and sprinted as hard as I could for about 300m but realised he'd opened up too much of a gap and I wasn't going to be catching him by the line. I then flipped onto my back and checked out who was behind me and realised that I was comfortable in my spot and just kept it steady. Round the last buoy we headed straight back onto the beach, ran up the bank and over the line which to my surprise was 3rd place (Having not known exactly how many people were up ahead of our group while swimming).
Looking at the results now which are on the Dolphin Mile website, my time was 22min 52sec which is 20sec faster than my PB Midmar Mile..not bad considering we had waves, currents and swells to contend with, and I was 1min 35sec behind the winner, Chris McGlynn, who was well out ahead.
The full results are available here: Dolphin Mile Results 10 April 2011
Check out the website for all the event dates if you keen to join in the fun. I'll definitely be at the next event: 24 April, but until then, see you guys at the DPHS Mudman this weekend!
PS: Here's an excerpt from their news page about this past weekends race:
The Dolphin Mile Surf Swim Series enjoyed an auspicious start to its 2011 programme of 9 scheduled events.
Sunday dawned in a clear sky to reveal pleasant weather conditions, usually associated with the Durban beachfront at this time of year. A light offshore breeze had settled the sea by the time that the one hundred and thirty participants, fifty-six of them first-time entrants, gathered at the 7h30 start of Event One of the 2011 Dolphin Mile Surf Swim Series, one hundred metres south of the uShaka Peir. The course start and finish positions may be adjusted on the day of certain of the Dolphin Mile events, according to prevailing surf conditions and in the best interests of the participating swimmers' safety.
A short run from the beach in to the warm water had the event off to a brisk start. Out front around the first buoy 200 metres off the beach were the more competitive and seasoned swimmers, with the rest of the field soon spreading out to reveal the various categories of participant in this open water surf swim event. Each series event caters for able swimmers, in specified age group categories, from 10 years of age. The start had followed registration at 6h30 in the impressive new Marine Surf Lifesaving Club clubhouse facility. The course was ably set, marshaled and patrolled by members of the Marine safety team with a crew in an inflatable water craft, and others on surfskis and Malibu boards under the watchful eye of MSLC Chairman, Trevor Martin, MSLSC duty members and event organizer, Heather Campbell.
After rounding the first buoy, swimmers proceeded north along the longest leg of the mile course to round turning marks off Addington Hospital, then it was a short leg back south to a mark one hundred metres off Marine SLC, through the small surf break and a run up to the finish banners on the beach. A good number of supporters, in the form of family and friends and other interested spectators, gathered at the finish to welcome the swimmers home. KZN Masters' swimmers turned out in their numbers to enjoy the event, featuring prominently in the various age group categories. Also noticeable were a good number of members of the local water polo fraternity. Conspicuous by his doggy absence was Max, the black Labrador, who had to give the event a miss due to his having had stitches a few days prior to the event!
First swimmer out of the water was fifteen year old Chris McGlynn in a time of 21 minutes 17 seconds, soon followed by Julian Taylor and Ryan Redman in second and third positions respectively. Every event is unique in some way and worthy of special mention were the achievements of Di Hughes and Merle Angelos, in the Ladies 61+ category, both making a return to surf swimming after a long absence. Well done and congratulations to all who completed this first event of the 2011 Dolphin Mile Surf Swim series. We look forward to the very real possibility of an even bigger turnout for the upcoming Easter Sunday event, with the return of swimmers from national swim and triathlon events of this weekend.Thank you for your wonderful support of the Dolphin Mile Surf Swim events to date. Feedback on each event and/or the series is welcomed. Heather may be contacted on email heandian. should you wish to contribute to this feedback.
Results were quickly correlated and a brief prizegiving was held in the Marine SLC clubhouse while participants were able to enjoy the fare obtainable from the Club's 'Pumphouse' refreshment facility.A special word of thanks, on behalf of the Dolphin Mile participants and organizers, must go to the Marine Surf Lifesaving Club members for inviting the Dolphin Mile Surf Swim participants to make use of their wonderful facility for these surf swim events.
Marine SLC has agreed to host all of the nine events of the forthcoming Dolphin Mile Surf Swim Series. The remaining eight Series events are scheduled to take place on Sundays 24 April, 15 May, 5 June, 19 June, 26 June, 17 July, 7 August, 4 September. Swimmers completing six or more of the nine Series events will receive special recognition for their level of participation.Dolphin Mile Surf Swim Series swim caps (compulsory due to safety requirements) will be issued on registration, at a nominal cost, to first-time 2011 series' event participants at the 6h30 registration (start 7h30) for the next event of the Dolphin Mile Surf Swim Series on Sunday 24 April at Marine Surf Lifesaving Club. A limited number of Dolphin Mile Surf Swim Series T-shirts will also be on sale.
Cordwalles Mudman Results
Mar 29th
The Aquelle Cordwalles Mudman took place at Midmar Dam this past weekend and despite the rain falling during the night the participants were not put off – true MUDman spirit!! The event was a great success attracting 1408 entries, which is a little creepy to me and maybe you too if you've seen the horror movie '1408′. On the racing side of things, the usual stars Tyronne White, Justin Porteous, Daniel Carleton, J.P. van der Linder and also the new face to Mudman Gareth Harrington, who has been injured up to now, all made their ways to the start line. K-Swiss athletes Henri Schoeman and Glen Gore, who are both well known in the road triathlon scene, also decided to come out, making this Mudman a much more competitive field than the previous two Mudmans this year. For me, unfortunately my knee injury has meant I can't run and ride at the moment but instead of missing out I managed to get a team together with brothers Evan and Elmo van der Spuy making sure we didn't miss out on the fun!
In the individuals, Tyronne ended up coming out on top just ahead of Justin. Not far behind was another close match up between Daniel and Gareth who is going to be one to watch for as he gets stronger and stronger after his injury. Our team had a great day out leading the team event from start to finish crossing the line about a minute ahead of Tyronne (about time a team won the event overall!).
The sad news coming out of the event was hearing about Henri Schoemans crash on the MTB leg. Latest update from him:
wow thank u everyone for the messages:) surgery went great! shattered my collar bone into 4 pieces but all pinned up now and feeling good!
Besides the collar bone he also fractured his elbow and shoulder. Great to see he's still in good spirits and hopefully he'll have a speedy recovery and be back into races soon!
So that's all for now. Don't forget about the last Mudman of the year at Thornlea Dam, which will be hosted by DPHS on 17 April. For more details check out the Mudman site: www.mudman.co.za.
See you all there!
PS: Here are the full results from the 2011 Mudman events so far:
Hermannsburg Mudman Results
Epworth Mudman Results
Cordwalles Mudman Results


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06 January 2012
You know you have too many scraps when...
... if when the kids tip them out they take up your entire sewing room floor
your 3 year old can completely bury herself in them!!
I think it might be time to do some sorting somehow!
Just as well I have a spare rotary cutter blade in my drawer ;)
If you don't hear from me in a while, I'll be playing with my scraps... I have a few ideas of some exciting new scrappy designs.
Yep, that'll be where I'll be :)
(that and trying to get some sleep - one seriously sleep deprived Mumma in the Flutter house right now...)
21 comments:
- Sew Surprising said...
I think scraps multiply ;) my little collection is testimony to this hahaha. Look forward to see what you create with your scrap collection.
- January 6, 2012 at 5:59 PM
- Shay said...
I dumped all of mine out over the floor today and Little P thought it was great fun...they're back in the boxes now where they belong, but I have to admit I was also a wee bit inspired to do something scrappy...
I may just wait and completely copy what you do , my brain isnt working well at the moment either! - January 6, 2012 at 6:23 PM
- tartankiwi said...
Oooh so many beautiful scraps! I'm jealous, just think of the potential!!!
- January 6, 2012 at 6:35 PM
- Bec Reddick said...
So is that a hint that I should start keeping my scraps? hehehe especially with my new found love for quilting hahaha
Oh and by the way I found out the name of that fabric, and ordered 2 meters of it hehehehe
Bec xx - January 6, 2012 at 7:06 PM
- Tammi said...
I have no doubt that something wonderful will come about from that lot :)
Hope you manage to get some sweet slumber this weekend.
xx - January 6, 2012 at 7:31 PM
- susan said...
Sleep on your scraps. Without the rotary cutter in your hand, please!
- January 6, 2012 at 8:05 PM
- Cindy said...
oh my this is bliss! what a wonderful place you're in!
- January 6, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- beaquilter said...
what's your number incase you got burried under the scraps and can't get up, we might call if we don't hear from you in a while.... lol
- January 6, 2012 at 8:46 PM
- Lucy @ Charm About You said...
Yes that's a lot!! hahaha! I feel you on the sleep deprivation - I had to get in the cot bed with my little girl the other night just to get her to stop crying :( I hate it when they're poorly. Hope you get some good sleep!
- January 6, 2012 at 9:11 PM
- Anita said...
My son loves my scraps too. He doesn't play with them as much, but used to enjoy stapling them together and creating things for people.
- January 6, 2012 at 9:40 PM
- Sarah said...
Oh wow! Dont know how you've managed not to roll about on the floor with them.... heavenly...
- January 6, 2012 at 9:57 PM
- DebbieH said...
Whoa... now that's some serious scraps!
I'm imagining a gorgeous little skirt with a band around the bottom made from scrappy patchwork strips :) - January 6, 2012 at 10:11 PM
- Katy Cameron said...
Well you could make an eye mask and earplugs from the scraps to start with, and perhaps some lavender pouches (good to send people to sleep you know!) and then send the rest to me ;o)
- January 6, 2012 at 11:33 PM
- Amy said...
Looks like fun! Can't wait to see what you decide to make with them!
- January 6, 2012 at 11:38 PM
- diane said...
scraps are a nightmare for me. How do you organize yours?
- January 7, 2012 at 12:33 AM
- Trudi said...
scraptastic! Oh thank you Kat, brings back such happy memories of my wee girl playing with FQ's and laying them all over the floor whilst I sewed :) Hours of heavenly fun! Happy scrapping, after a good nights sleep :) Susan makes a very good point (nap anyone?)
- January 7, 2012 at 3:43 AM
- Swedish Scrapper said...
I had to chuckle when I read your post tday-- what fond memories I have of my mother's scrap piles when I was a child! (and yes, I could dive in and get lost ;)
- January 7, 2012 at 5:21 AM
- Flying Blind... said...
Better than a ball pit!
- January 7, 2012 at 6:11 AM
- Judith, Belfast said...
Oh that looks like scrappy heaven! Enjoy! Jxo
- January 7, 2012 at 6:40 AM
- VickiT said...
OH my gosh! I seriously think your scraps outnumber my fabric stash. LOL Maybe you can hire that little helper to match fabric lines up for you while she's down on the floor with all that gorgeousness. haha
- January 7, 2012 at 11:43 AM
- Razzle Dazzle Quilter said...
Oh wow London!!! My fav destination
I'm not jealous
I'm not jealous
I'm not jealous
Seriously fantastic, you will have an amazing trip.
Linda - January 8, 2012 at 2:21 AM


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France has modernised considerably in the last thirty years. One area where it has made great progress is in making it much easier to set up a business by yourself. When I first did it thirty years ago, it was very complicated and involved paying out large sums of cash upfront. Now there is the Auto-Entrepreneur system and it is much simpler. For most people. But not for me.
I filled in my application on the Internet without problem. A few days later, I got a reply from the URSSAF – ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS. It said that I couldn't become an Auto-Entrepreneur because I was already the gerant (owner) of a company. I used to be a gerant but that company went into liquidation four years ago.
So off I set for the hour's drive to Perpignan to put this right. I found the place without problem (though parking in Perpignan is not easy) and only had a ten minute wait. The guy
was really nice and friendly. He listened sympathetically. He read the relevant papers from the court, showing that the company had been liquidated. And then he explained that he couldn't do anything.
It seems that the only organisation that could alter my entry on the computer was the URSSAF of Lyon. I have to contact them if I want it changed. Until then, I couldn't become an Auto-Entrepreneur, even though anybody can see that I qualify.
I could write to them but, from long experience, I know that nothing will happen unless I go there and make a fuss.
French bureaucracy, don't you love it?


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New Delhi, June 6 — Light rain on Saturday evening cleared the dust haze and brought much respite to the Capital, which was sizzling at 36.6 degrees Celsius. Despite the rain, the Met department has predicted a hotter Sunday, relieved by cloudy skies and more rain. There was a difference of as much as 10 notches between the maximum temperature (36.6 degrees Celsius) and the minimum at 26 degrees Celsius on Saturday, the weatherman said, adding the maximum temperature on Sunday is predicted to be 38 degrees Celsius. But even as the thunder squall followed by rains brought relief to Delhiites, it was so little that the Met office equipment did not even record it. "There was a trace of light rain after 7.30 pm," said the Met official. The humidity during the day ranged from 52 per cent (maximum) to 35 per cent (minimum).
Although parts of the capital – particularly south and east Delhi – received only light rain, NCR areas like Faridabad and Noida were luckier, getting heavier showers.


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Name: Volgun Canteorn
Age: 49 (Looks to be in 20's)
Race: Human/Elf Mix
Homeland: Borderlands between (Human) Austanvoller and (Elven) Digrlauf.
Loyal to: He leans toward elven, but because he travels to elven and human cities, he doesn't have a set kingdom to follow.
He stands about 5'6, taller than most half-breeds, he takes it after his father. His build is stockier than most elvs, but leaner than most humans. He has tight muscles, and broader shoulders than most half-breeds. His features are sharper than humans, but his ears and other evlen like features are dulled, and rounded.
He has dark blue eyes and pitch black hair. He keeps his hair cut in a shaggy fasion, because of being on the road, he cuts his own hair. He has a scar on his jar, leading from his left ear to the end of his jaw. He would be considered handsome in human culture, and rugged in elven.
Class: Mystic Bard (Magic Using Bard)
Skills: He has a wide range of historical knowledge, and music skills because of his bard training. He is a suave person, being very charismatic, and can use basic magic. His fighting skills are roughish in nature, learning from the streets, but it is only a basic kind of fighting. Living on the streets meant he knew some thieving skills, but the backlash from that is his very bad skills of nature, strength and similar things.
Magic: His magic is used in two sections Music and Misc. The music part is magic for telling stories, singing songs, and just bard like skills. They throw of sparks and pretty lights, nothing that can do any damage and is just for show. He can also amplify his lute and make it do crazy and mystical sounds. The other type of magic he uses is Misc. It is mundane magic, like very weak levitation, light orb, fire starter (small sparks), summon water (about a water bottle size), and distort sound. All of this is weak and used for his craft and sometimes to run away.
Let's start with his parents. His mother, a beauty with long dark hair and elven features, was a elf from Digrlauf, who went into Austanvoller to escape her family for a while, as they where very strict and wanting to force her to marry, as she was already 100 and unmarried. She meant to go away for a couple days then return to what ever arranged marriage her parents had. His father was a humble bard and was very handsome. They met in a tavern and it was "love at first site". Both knew it was wrong, but they enjoyed the one day of freedom. After a couple months after returning from this human city, she found she was pregnant, and before her soon to be husband and parents found out, she fled to bard in the same city, she was lucky enough to find him, and he took her in, and settled down. That was only till the baby was born, then she took off, leaving Volgun with his father, but Volgun was giving to his grand-father, also an old bard, while his father traveled.
Volgun grew up in borderlands city,used for trade, so he wasn't the only half-elf, but still no one trusted him. His grandfather however raised him like he did Volgun's father, with the bard training, but in his old age the man had learned some magic and passed it on to him. At age 20 he started to travel, and honed his bard skills and picked up even more magic.
Personality: Volgun is a grey area, he has mixed views, and mostly just wants the next coin, to save up to go to the next place. He doesn't like political issues, as he himself is one, and likes to make decisions on his gut feeling. He is a very talkative person and is very bright, especially when singing or anything bard-related.


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oh, no, glenn, i'm well aware that in it's day welles' radio work was on the cutting edge. he was doing stuff that no one else was doing. the shows were live, innovative, there were a lot of technical problems, and like you said, we are lucky to have them. a lot of them exists because some one at home had a recorder, and they were recorded on 1/4 inch thick records with a nail for a needle.
they are just tough for me to sit through. lack of patience i guess.
i might be wrong but i thought i remembered reading that the black museum was an innovative series, but jeff wilson said the same thing you did, they were just regular radion shows, no big deal.


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I'm techie too, RobJVargas. Your list is very close to mine.
For blogging: I just do it on site, who needs an app for that?
For most coding purposes as well as text editing and notetaking, notepad++ is a treat. Tried fancy ide setups like visual studio or eclipse, and they are way too complicated for everyday use.
For wysiwyg html editing, bluegriffon is better than kompozer.
Winscp and filezilla are a couple of toolbox apps not mentioned.
Irfanview is still the best simple image editor/manager.
I'm going to have to look for that ssh app you point out. That sounds very useful.
Thanks for these.
MitchWagner - I remember the days (1960s) before electronics when my mom worked retail and the store would hire a retired guy with a handheld tally counter to count the number of shoppers. So I wondered, and yup there is an electronic version of this app. I've been using it to tally how often I use apps and it's almost frightening how oftern I rely on an application.
I was just thinking to myself about how impossible my life would be if I didnt have my HTC or my compter for more that 24 hours. I check for emails constantly like every hour using my HTC and I require the PC to work most of the time.
I have another application on my iPhone called "Wake Up". It allows me to turn my PC on over WiFi saving me the trouble of my physical presence to turn it on. I use the application sometimes in the middle of the night when sleep evades me. I turn my PC on and using VLC streamer I watch a movie or something that is there in my computer. You can turn it off afterwards. There is a seperate application for that.
Currently I visit the website whenever I want to but I'm a bit dissappointed to find that the iPad application isn't working.
Eventhough visiting the website is not so bad, having the app is convinient.
I love this great little application called VLC Streamer which allows me to stream content directly from my PC to my iPod or iPhone over WiFi. It saves me the trouble of converting them and I can watch everything I love from the comfort of my own bed any time I want.
Seriously? The iPad app isn't that smooth? I'm planning on buying a new iPad and I thought I'd be able to follow internet evoulution more with the app. What exactly do you mean when you say it isn't that smooth?
"Archiving interesting articles and videos I've found on the Web for future reference."
This is something that I do very often. It's nice to hear that there is an application which allows me to do that more effectively.


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Thema: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Jun 13 2012 11:37 AM #41
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
I think there's nothing wrong with a little victory dance after the kill :d
Quote: `flechanegra continue , corpse jumping , and your life in EM will be a lot harder`
But it's nice tool, if you can provoke the other side to try harder to kill you
Totso r10 champ
Jun 13 2012 11:55 AM #42
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Quote: `flechanegra continue , corpse jumping , and your life in EM will be a lot harder`
Ehehe that screenshot is some months old and you were new in the server when i posted it, so I felt compelled to let me know and challenge you and your friends and it seems i reached the point ( more enemies more Renown and more learning )Geändert von Anolus (Jun 13 2012 um 12:01 PM Uhr)
Jun 13 2012 03:55 PM #43
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
The "pvmp" on Snowbourn is legendary!
We have raids up constantly zerging around and flipping keeps all day long. We got warg packs taking shifts during day and night to camp our graveyards.
The creep raids mainly are builded on 16 Blackarrows, 4 defilers, 4 warleaders - So it is very fun if you are melee.
The freep raids mainly are builded on op minstrels that got light armour but are the strongest class in-game.
We got a wonderful 1v1 area that are being clubbed constantly and ganked all day long by lowlifers and their friends just to try to ruin it since it is so balanced and stable.
And we got a unbealivable heroic pve content in pvmp that people abuse 24/7, like the level 1 bird at TR fields.
Geändert von Arahor_Aure (Jun 13 2012 um 04:01 PM Uhr)
Jun 14 2012 05:09 AM #44
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Zitat von GonlasZitat von Arahor_Azure
Zitat von Arahor_Azure
Gonlas, it's perfect! so will you transfer?Geändert von Dodam (Jun 14 2012 um 05:14 AM Uhr)
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Jun 14 2012 06:07 AM #45
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
been taught to adapt to the rules of established community when I am a newcomer, but apparently not everyone been raised that way ...
got nothing against organized transfer group, it brings some good pvp, but find very very lame rank 12,13 wargs jumping everyone available on low morale, usually after rez and especially hunters, over and over again .. are you really that infamy hungry on these ranks? (and if you ask, no, I am not the enraged victim, just an observer) ... never seen old snowy high rank dogs act like that (Bt, Ull, etc.)
this is still just a game and should be played with some respect, no matter how hard someone tries to argue with "but, zis is a wooaaaaar!!!"
Jun 14 2012 07:14 AM #46
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Do share these rules please.
From now on I will only jump people that have full morale..
.. and only after they position themselves in the middle of a zerg or a keep..
..I will especially target self healing wardens..
..and if I kill them once, I won't attack them again for the day..
..It is tru, high ranks don't want to earn infamy..
..Sorry for disrespecting you by killing you in a pvmp zone. I will only hug and cuddle from now on...
Jun 14 2012 10:27 AM #47
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
you may be surprised, but I do not usually kill the same person more then 2 times in a row (if I can choose not to) and remember some other wargs acting so, I play for good kills, not for easy points ... I don't feel the need to bully some poor nab hunter in orthank set for 10th time like you or vitalbite for 20 points of infamy
Jun 14 2012 10:47 AM #48
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
You were right Dear Daec
Nice example of Terrain Exploiting, like you did 2 min after on the wolf cave .....
Jun 14 2012 11:25 AM #49
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
You may be surprised but I don't spare people, I play to kill. Unless someone outsmarts, outmanouvres , or outruns me, I will attack and try to kill him. It might seem even stranger to you but I have no intention to bully someone, I just play the game within its rules. If carebears feel griefed, bullied, harrased or disrespected because I defeated their avatar, they need to take a small break from the game.
<3 rock jumping
Jun 14 2012 11:36 AM #50
Jun 14 2012 11:40 AM #51
Jun 14 2012 11:41 AM #52
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
MMM , so do you expect me to go for the tank in a group of 6 and see how the nab hunter in orthank gear one button - penetrating shot me 7 times and i get nothing to show for my efforts...
Stop crying and die...its a win win situation for both off us. i get to kill you and get 130 inf, you die but you used one button penetrating shot 7 times and the rest off the grp kill me.. and you get 100 inf aswell.
Or should i wait until i see a solo hunter or player before i attack bcause i hurt your feelings when i attack you in a group. BTW solo hunter or players on freep side is so rare ill get bored waiting.
No, i create my own fun. I will keep on trgting easy trgts and kill them when in a grp everytime as long as i can. If you are solo, thats a different story.
Why is it when 30 freeps camp gy 20m away from ones shotters.. nobody complain that one warg die every 20 secs. Then its fun killing the warg, everone gets atleast one skill off...i dont mind either because even if i die like a noob... i still get in a few minutes 1-3k inf.
If you havent realized the motive off the game is to get inf/ren , why not go for it then or am i missing something?
Jun 14 2012 03:53 PM #53
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Lotro has very petty PvP compared to the other games on the market nowdays, since it has no strict goals for each of the sides. Everyone can do whatever they want basically that's why there is always drama involved in any taken action that one person see as a fair play, other one, the opposite.
And again the old rule repeats itself, that for the sandbox/aimless PvP you need a brilliant community to make it all working flamelessly. As for the transfers, they will have to assimilate to the Snowbourn's habits sooner or later, moreover we all know that every server have its own package of rules, habits and mentality that cannot be changed that easy in a bigger measure.
Bloodtail: Stalker r13 ; Etheal: Defiler r9 ; Hailnkill: Reaver r8
Jun 14 2012 05:02 PM #54
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Yeah, but we've been in the same tribe. And sometimes I'm tired or acting a bit stupid and don't notice it's you. And then I keep continuing fighting of course.
I'm not sure about brands, but I saw you one time at Tr gy on me with brand (TR gy was ours I believe). I might be confusing with another warg, correct me if I do so. I tend to avoid my cooldowns, but since Audacity I'm a bit desorientated, hence I'm forced to. I see why you use them in open play, it's dangerous and wargs are glass cannons lately (my view on them). You're dependant on pots, which ruins the action on snowbourn: everyone has to use cooldowns, pots, whatever to win, because the balance is gone. And when the balance goes to freep side (yes, I'm not defending myself, I know I'm strong), creeps are forced to use DoF pots, anti stun pots, cooldowns etc to have a chance against good players or ''OP'' classes. Which is why I don't mind you using pots, without them I'd probably burn you in 1 stun, which is a bit sad but the truth. And I think more burgs (or other classes) could manage this. But if you want some fair 1v1s, I'm always up for it when I get back in shape, since I'm slacking lately.
Feel free to have a chat with me on freep side, I'm mostly up for that
I also agree with Ethel here. Not because of any reason but he speaks the truth. If you pvp on other servers then you just notice fundamental differences: on Vanyar a greendot is encouraged to do quests, sometimes helped to do so. On Snowbourn a greendot is free renown for freeps. Switching servers is not easy, nobody ever claimed that. New people, new friends and new environment. But it's like football - If you switch club, they play with another team, players, tactic etc. To make you feel welcome and respected you should adapt to their rules and do as they want. Not saying we're superior on this server, but people like Ethel can tell what it has been for the past years and what actually happened on Snowbourn, how it should be.::: Taskmaster Nuzburz Sad, Watcher :::
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Jun 14 2012 06:33 PM #55
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
The error imo is think that there are rules in EM...other than just go out and try to don't wipe while trying to kill something.
If someone don't understand that it's better if he change game.
All that hate vs warg play style is a bit disappointing, they simply try to bring to the top their class.. they deserve respect. Isntead of QQ all the time, ppl had to try to improve themself and find a countermeasure to their playstile. (ehi hunter you know that you can track? use that trait, group up with a tank that could SW you, maybe an healer or a LM that put you and Antistun buff etc...)
there's no rules in EM other than what you can or can't do. (sadly turbine allow ppl to p2w and that's the only sad part...)Irvaard of Snowbourn - Dwarf Guardian
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Jun 15 2012 03:51 AM #56
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
In my tribe? Damn i never even knew.. Terribly sorry for that, but now i am burning to know who your creep is i am fighting alongside..) Also i think you are misstaken the 10sec dof stun pot for brand, my brand cd is 10 mins and i am no cd hugger. i burn cd's and i dont wait until they are ready, i just fight again without cd's.
Jun 15 2012 07:25 AM #57
Jun 15 2012 08:44 AM #58
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Certainly you fail to understand that every server have a different mentallity even if the lotro PvMP remains the same, the roots of some habits on each stay unchangeable. If you would have played elsewhere than on Snowbourn or Evernight you would have knew what I'm talking about.
It's ain't my first rodeo, cowboy.
Bloodtail: Stalker r13 ; Etheal: Defiler r9 ; Hailnkill: Reaver r8
Jun 15 2012 09:09 AM #59
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
I haver also played on Eldar. The only rules I've ever noticed on the 3 servers I've played, regard spars, and keep ninjas. Apart from that, there are no rules, and whenever rules are imposed they fail due to the exact nature of lotro ''no rule'' PvmP.
What if I told you, that because you've played countless hours lotro, it doesn't necessarily mean you are right? zSSS
For example lets take a look at your previous post.
What you find petty, other people enjoy. And that is why people PLAY lotro pvmp instead of DCUO, AION, WOW etc. If you don't like this gameplay and whine about it, you are free to find something that you enjoy more.
Drama is always good, makes things interesting.
Why would you want a flameless pvmp enviroment?
-Hey friend sorry I killed you once earlier today
-No worries, but please don't do it again
-You have a deal amigo!
What a bunch of bollony.. State one difference between Evernight and Snowbourn apart from GTA spar zone.
And last I checked we respected your spar zone, we participated in it, with your rules.. So yes, what a bunch of nonsense
Jun 15 2012 09:14 AM #60
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
He's not in our tribe anymore Vital, he left like many of the other free peoples did.
As for pvp over here it is what you make it.
The Judge of Decepticons
Jun 15 2012 09:43 AM #61
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Exactly, hence why you shouldn't complain of getting zerged by Irvaard's 24-man raid and call him a skilless player.
I meant on a server-wise general knowlegde plane, yes I do have a bigger knowledge about that, same comes to you and your server.
Again you failed to see a difference between complaining/enlightening others and pure whining like you did in Irvaard's example. Most of the people I played with left it already, hence I'm loosing on motivation to keep going with a broken game.
If you say so, I can only envy your wide range of interests.
We can't really prevent people from flaming and blaming eachother even for very trivial things, it's how does the sandbox PvP works in any game on such basis, but yet people get further into the rage while missing the point that the game is different. Here comes a deep bow towards the devs direction for making a goalless PvP, that clearly causes more drama than enjoyment , since one person find something fair, other one not.
It is obvious for me that you kill and get killed is a normal thing that you have to accept, hence I have no clue why you're typing this.
It's not about 1v1 zone, for me it could exist or not, since I could find my infamy/renown on any other place of the map. I'm talking in general, that something you find normal on Evernight, some people on Snowbourn may dislike or find lame, that's why I'm trying to explain to you that every server have a different mentallity and it would be best to adapt in time to its habits to a lesser or greater extent.
Bloodtail: Stalker r13 ; Etheal: Defiler r9 ; Hailnkill: Reaver r8
Jun 15 2012 10:21 AM #62
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Hello Etheldar welcome to the interwebz, meet my friend, trolling.
I've rarely been zerged by Irvaards raids and that was not the reason I decided to troll him. In my opinion most people that are against spars, are those that don't have enough skill to participate in them. That is still my opinion but as Irvaard proved in our spars, he is skillfull in 1vs1, so his distaste of the spars is irrelevant to personal skill.
Ok. So there is a difference between complaining and whining? Ty for pointing that out.
And I'll repeat mioself. Excersise your reading comprehension, you should be able spot the difference between trolling and whining.
Yes Eth. I am really weird, I enjoy drama , I watch Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and the Walking Dead. I'm not liek normal people like you that enjoy watching the teletubbies hug and cuddle.
Well if:
a)your raging gets out of hand, you can log off and relax for a bit
b)someone else rages at you and you feel harrased, you can /ignore him.
c)you enjoy the competitive nature of a pvp game, you wouldn't mind someones rage and would just lol.
The goal is to pwn your opponent. I like that goal and I enjoy the game. Ty devs
You say ""I'm talking in general'', yet you cannot pinpoint ONE single difference. So there's my challenge, tell me one thing thats is different on Evernight.
Jun 15 2012 11:04 AM #63
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
I'm not Norwegian, I don't belive in trolls.
We have certain people on Snowbourn that even if they are against the area or trying to avoid it in any manner, are very skilful and I'm pretty sure they handle with most of the fights which they have to deal with.
No worries, I'm only here to enlight you.
Sorry my bad, I don't know most of you transfers as much as I would like to, hence I don't know how nasty trolls may live inside of you.
Come on, spare us your free time schedule, we know it's very interesting.
Hugs and cuddles sure, though teletubbies is not my type. I prefer HKO, ponies, rainbows and Gummi Bears.
I prefer to read troll's scribbles, oh yes, it chills me a lot and pumps my e-peen.
Good game! Too bad so many don't get it.
Apparenlty there are certain differences, since before the Evernight invasion there wasn't so many complaints on so called terrain-exploiting, lame-acting or whatever, yet again I'm not following you with a magnifier, so I can't precise it, simple.
Bloodtail: Stalker r13 ; Etheal: Defiler r9 ; Hailnkill: Reaver r8
Jun 15 2012 11:22 AM #64
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Bear in mind, a post can not exceed a page.
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Jun 15 2012 11:28 AM #65
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
I'm glad to see you already familiarised yourself with trolling and used it to avoid admitting that every single argument you made so far was wrong. Ata boy
Don't worry I'll do the hard work for you. We've compiled a list with Anolus of the lame things evernighters do:
iii)pay to win
iv)terrain exploiting
vi)keep hugging
vii)spar ganking
viii)gy camping
Now your task is easy. Find the one lame thing, snowers don't do as well.
Jun 15 2012 12:02 PM #66
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Or maybe because to converse with a troll you have to use a troll language zS
Playing the wise guy and having a wrong self-confidence of knowning something that they've experienced for a little time.
True, that's going mad, this counter-trolling is too engaging.
Bloodtail: Stalker r13 ; Etheal: Defiler r9 ; Hailnkill: Reaver r8
Jun 15 2012 12:34 PM #67
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Or we could all just be friends, transfered or not.
As for several of those things listed as lame actions of the evernightians, I have not done as sign of respect yet had them done to me by original snowbourn players.
All up to the player, wether it's a transfer or not.
Jun 15 2012 12:36 PM #68
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
False. I am quite wise, and my self-confidence is not wrong. It is based on my ability to pwn and not care when pwnt. Also I'm not a slow learner, I don't need 5 years to observe the habbits of a server, a few months and 500k of infamy are enough.
So... Time for a recap!!!
1)Complains about lotro PvP, 1 penalty point
2)Doesn't like drama, 1 penalty point
3)Perceives trolling as whining, unless it is clarified to him that it's trolling, 1 penalty point
4)Failure to point the difference between the two servers, 1 penalty point
5)Does no4 repeatedly, 1 penalty point
Gratz Eth, only 5 penalty points.
You can have the last blow, hit me with your best shot!
Daec out
Jun 15 2012 01:06 PM #69
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Sure, I don't support inter-server racism, since I met some nice folks from the different servers that turned out into the great players and people to talk with, yet a bit of humility of some of you would be more than welcome, or at least not twisting the factual and real points into the pure trolling festival few pages long, which is completely not needed.
Yeah, sadly most of the people that play nowdays are different from those that played in the past, so naturally their value system is different, blaming everything on the evernighters would be totally wrong indeed as ganking, zerging and other things like this existed since the beginning of Lotro and largely it's dependand on the player's approach to the game.
Huh? It just got summarised 2 posts above, either you're trolling again, either I was talking to the wall all that time.Geändert von Etheldar (Jun 15 2012 um 03:04 PM Uhr)
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Jun 15 2012 05:24 PM #70
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Just a piece of friendly advice Dacil. You are never going to be as awesome as Etheldar who has literally defined a lot of Snowbourn's PVP character over the last years, so just take a few steps back. Nothing of this sentence is exaggerated, and if you weren't so cocky to try and precociously ego-stomp your way into meaningless pvp infamy you could've checked before you went and acted like a complete ######. Hell, I don't even know why Ethel invested time in this (maybe he misses pvp and can't resist ). And before you say something about Snowbourn's PVP, remember that -you- transferred here with your tribe (who otherwise seem to be a bunch of cool people).
There have been so many before with these attitudes and no matter how you look at it, it has caused a lot of the respectful and community-based players (for either creep or freepside) to slowly disappear. And the egotists never last. It's always the same kind of bull#### that you manbabies proclaim (I'm not going to repeat as I am not interested in this), and it has always ended in a lot of nothing, another forum failure.
I think we fought a few times (not sure) and you seemed alright, so reading this is just another disappointment.Geändert von Vindrayeth (Jun 15 2012 um 05:37 PM Uhr)
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Jun 16 2012 06:58 AM #71
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
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Jun 16 2012 08:22 AM #72
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Wall-o-text inc, Fredol avert your eyes
I'd rather go in cocky trolling mode than argue without reason.
If you try to look at Ethels and Peechas posts you'll soon notice they are filled with logical fallacies, and nonsensical generalities.
Peecha first starts with flaming me and Vital, based on a single event, and assuming we only kill noob hunters. He also says that we play different than snow wargs, which is false, and then says that he doesn't kill the same person twice.
The last point is the most absurd in my opinion, since If a person made no effort to avoid you, or beat you, he doesn't deserve a free pass.
He also assumes that because I kill someone in a pvp game, that means I bully him. Go figure
Last but not least, when peecha first mentioned the different rules of the snowbourn community, I asked him directly what these rules were. I received no response.
Then comes Ethel and makes 3 points. Implies that snowbourn doesn't have a brilliant community, expects a pvp game to work flamelessly, and repeats what Peecha said about snowbourns rules.
Considering I've never had a dispute with Ethel before, and bearing in mind that the only different rule as far as I knew snowbourn has is about spars, I assumed he was talking about it. It turned out he did not talk about spars, since we respected those anyway. When repeatedly asked what are the different rules/ mindset of snowbourn community compared to Evernight, he failed each time to name a sinlge point. And then he talks about '' talking to a wall''. In the end he noted that the difference between the two servers is that I'm '' cocky and self confident blah blah'' *cough doro cough eowhine cough fredol cough*.
Please note, that he also admits to not have seen how evernight transfers actually play like, but bases his allegations on what ''he hears people say''.
Now the second point I argued about Ethel was the whole " a pvp game needs a brilliant community in order to work flamelessly''. Seriously if that is your mentality you are playing the wrong game. He said that I have ''a wide range of interests'' for enjoying drama and flaming in a pvp game. A flameless, dramaless pvp game is a boring pvp game. There needs to be conflict, rivalries ,taunting and challenging to make it interesting. At this point I could quote lots of snowbourn players that admit taunting and competitiveness are needed in the moors.
In the end some people on the snowbourn community will keep acting like elected spokesmen while ironically they are but a minority.
Tell that to Ethel, he is so convinced I am not alright even tho he has not witnessed my playstyle.
I transfered here because I enjoy all of the above in a open pvp game. Not all of us find it weird when people use pots against us, and ragequit tribes when we die.
It seems the ''burn'' just backfired.
Jun 16 2012 02:24 PM #73
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
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Jun 16 2012 02:57 PM #74
Jun 16 2012 06:24 PM #75
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
To shorten this how spreading out fire all over, I'll repeat again my points, just to make it clear for you, as via typing it's harder to express yourself to the letter than via voice.
- Snowbourn lacks of a good community, hence you can't have a well-working 1v1 area without dramas/flames and blames ongoing both in game and on the forums and so any complaints in that matter are pointless, since we know how they will end up usually. And so it comes to the switching that area's loacation, since it's obvious and based on facts from the past that the people willing to spoil it will continue doing it and will follow it anywhere. It will simply not work.
Therefore people that been pvping here since few months own very little of knowledge about the possible aftermaths of those area-moves, since they lack of the experience of knowing others here.
- PvP have no rules, yet each of the servers own their own fundamental habits, hence I suspect you (as in default Evernight people) have a different mentallity, that's why there can be heard complaints on you here and there. Yet as I have marked before I'm not following you with a glass so I can't precise nor can't confirm any of such "lame-moves" by seeing them on my own eyes. Treat it as a friendly explanation of the general hatin' reasons both on the forums and in game.
- Lotro PvP is very peety and simplistic compared to the other games you can find all over the market, hence people playing that game, even while seeing that they are playing a broken game without rules, without strict goals, they find a lot of reasons to make it more complicated than it is in nature. 5 years on the same map, same spots to fight, same ways of "winning" makes them in time to add imaginary rules that people "have to" abide, because if they won't they will be punished, grounded, cursed, mixed with mud or something similar. I'm 101% sure if the developers would add a new map to the Lotro PvMP, all of those who complain on things, who write rage posts on the forums and in game would simply #### for the next 5 years while being busy with the new location.
- Flaming and trolling may be your domain, but for the ordinary players it's a clear manifestation of immature habits and avoiding a serious conversation about which other people are willing to carry on with the chat, though I forgive you, since Lotro and its PvP is definitely a "serious business".
See, it is not hard to understand few very obvious and how simply points for someone without a blackout. Every action causes a reaction.
Besides of I thought you're already 7 posts above, I wish you a good evening and a happy earning.
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Jun 16 2012 07:46 PM #76
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Ty for typing in such a presice and troll free manner. You have made several distinct points which I'll try to counterargue separeatly and in the end I will pose you one question which I'd like you to answer.
I had suspected from the beginning that you got involved in this thread due to the previous argument on the 1vs1 thread with Dod about spar location. Thus the first point I made was that ''we aren't talking about spars here''. But anyway here goes my question:
1) Have the evernight transfers affected in any way the location/availability of spars?
There I go for the 100th time. There is almost no difference in the mentality between those two servers. In any way, I can not see one, if you or peecha or anyone else from the snowbourn community sees any differences let me know please. So far noone has done so.
You state ''that's why there can be heard complaints on you here and there''. No. The reason you hear complaints on me is because I pvp. It is known that people complain when they die.
Example no1: Liggo after hipsing , tnging and running from me said his dps skills where bugged. = Excuse
Example no2: Poor Mcyer raging because I killed him with 2 burgs up my a&&& =Post death rage
Example no3: Eowene being convinced I pop store brand on every encounter because I use Immunity Pot. =False Information
Maybe you can understand how small value such alegations have if you think about the things Public Enemies told about yourself.
My questions are the following:
2) Do tell me the difference between the mindset Evernight transfers show and the prevalent Snowbourn mindset. I honestly don't see none.
3) Do you really think the complains from opposing side are accurate and bias-free?
I won't argue with you and you can call me weird, but I enjoy the pvmp provided by turbine, apparently you do not, nothing more to argue here.
On the quite contrary, I'd say regular people don't mind some flaming/taunting/trolling/challenging etc in a PvP game. It's not a manifestation of immaturity, its merely the spark a competitive game needs. Take a bunch of serious 40 year olds and put them on a football field and you'll notice a change in their behaviour. The ones who do the aforementioned aren't immature, they are just self aware that they are playing a game. Immature are the ones who take such sport too seriously.
Besides such competitive behaviour is only aimed to create rivalries and through that better action.
Finally as I said to my previous post you must understand that you are a minority. You cannot impose your '' I don't attack kinnies'' rules to the rest of Snowbourn. In reality most people don't like their opponents thats why OOC is filled with negativity:
-lame nokor op healing QQ
-wargs camping again gy, they must get a life
-lol freeps grouped again they can't solo
-Run mastersprinter run
And when some drama starts out, it immediatly catches people attention and you see stuff like:
-grabbing popcorn
4) Do you really think the moors would be better if they were sterilized by any form of complaining/flaming?
If you want to have a serious conversation try to respond in those 4 questions, and then add, or coutnerargue all you want.
I really want those answers tho, especially the evernight/snowbourn mentality difference, otherwise I'll admit I'm talking to a wall and go back to trolling.
Jun 16 2012 08:27 PM #77
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Here point is not about you as Evernight people, but about the former Snowbourn (mostly) people that spoil it regullary and who will find any reason to do it again, my point about the bad community.
I won't tell you a difference word for word, I will tell you yet that before the transfer, there wasn't any major complaints e.g. on so called terrain exploiting. You misunderstood it looks like, I don't claim it is wrong or against the game rules. I note that if various people find it wrong in general then by the default there must be something in it.
Criticism and rivalry in good faith is always most welcome, since it would be boring without them, as people play it not for receiving hugs from the opponents, yet pointless flaming or blaming for dying (mostly) in the PvP area is completely meaningless and unnecessary.
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Jun 16 2012 09:33 PM #78
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Not going to meddle in this discussion, as I don't really get any of the "sides" problem, and I don't really care much about it either. Game is not static, and people come and go, just adapt or move on. I go to ettens to play and sometimes group, have fun, and I don't care if I die over and over again from whatever silly reason. I don't know anything much about pvp in lotro at all even though I played the game almost since start. If you call me a noob, for whatever reason, I don't give a flying f**k, I'm just in it for the fun, it's another side of the game for me.
So Ovric, the r7 fail warden: Talking about respect and attitude and ego, you should just stay quiet after coming on your creep after being killed twice on your warden in grothum and trying to solo tyrant. I understand your frustration, but coming on your creep admitting failure and wanting to put my freeps on ignore is over the top pathetic. Just take a break, breathe deep and call it a day after failures like this. But I will thank you anyway, you made my day!
I respect other players very much, freeps and creeps, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna leave them alone even if we are "friends" or they try to accomplish something difficult or tedious, like soloing a tyrant.
You sir, think you are better than others, or at least you wish you were. No offense to anyone on snowy except for you, just because you deserve it!!
Jun 17 2012 02:23 AM #79
Jun 17 2012 03:15 AM #80
Re: How is pvp on Snowbourn?
Fair enough, since admitting Evernighters are not involved lets keep that topic out of conversation, I'm not in the mood of becoming Kenzeis advocate atm.
Ty, for actually anwering me for once. As for the actual basis of terrain-exploiting I'll go with what Weewoo said, no need to repeat ourselves. To summarise it, just because snowbourn people decide not to use their spacebar button, that won't force me to do the same, sorry.
If examined carefully any form of flaming and blaming is completely meaningless in a open pvp game. Thus if we wanted to eliminate meaningless forms of attack, ettenmoors would be boring. But thats the point, spontaneous rages or complains most of the time don't have actualy basis. When I die and I immediately find the excuse ''ezmoder gamlber burglar'' I don't state something meaningfull, just express the dissapointment of the moment. Therefore you can say that all of the flaming and blaming is meaningless but it is necessary for creating those ''most welcome rivalries''. If someone feels actual and justifiable hatred for a person in-game he is playing the game wrong. If you think about it the complains about evernighters fall into that category of '' pointless flaming or blaming for dying (mostly) ''. Just sayin


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3. | organic | ||
Granola eating, tree hugging, tie-dye making, hemp wearing, Berkeley native. Barely even brush their hair or shave; practice poor hygiene. Generally bare a resemblance to Tarzan, King of the Jungle. Related closely to the vegan, but a more obtuse form. John: "So why'd you and Ari break up?"
Mark: "Dude. She never shaved her legs. That's just too organic for me..." John: "That's messed up." |
1. | organic | ||
To be grown or created without the use of perservatives or any un-natural substances. Those carrots i bought are organically grown.
2. | organic | ||
1) In chemistry, a term used to describe any molecule held together by a chain of carbon atoms.
2) Used to describe the characteristics of a living system (for example a creature's body or an entire habitat) consisting of smoothly running interacting parts and shaped by the processes of Darwinian evolution. 3) As an analogy in the creative process, used to describe a work such as a novel or movie script made in such a way that the various parts developed as they were written/painted/whatever, one from another, rather than sticking rigidly to a preconceived plan. 4) In popular culture, a term applied in line with the most rabid intentions of New Age pseudoscience, ultimately from the mouths of people who would like to have scientists burned at the stake. Much favoured by people who use chemical as an unqualified snarl word. Artificial fertilisers are decried as poison, despite the fact that they contain the same chemical compounds that plants derive from "natural" fertilisers; if these compounds were real poisons, our biosphere would have been in serious doo-doo long ago. Anything coming from a lab is allegedly ipso facto evil and foul, even if ... |
4. | Organic | ||
A marketing strategy. GO GREEN! BUY ORGANIC!
5. | Organic | ||
Another form of expression to describe a statement that someone has said to be fresh or original. Guy: What side of the cat has fur? The outside!
Guy: Yeah man, that shit right there is fuckin' organic! who the hell thinks of that! |
6. | Organic | ||
To have sex without a condom or without protection. She offered full-service that was organic, not covered.
7. | Organic | ||
A tax on the gullible. 1. I always pay more for Organic because they don't have DDT, BRB or OMG in them. You don't have to be a Rocket Surgeon to know THAT makes sense!
2. Organic apples DO cost twice as much but they're SO worth it! They're hand-picked by sterile forest gnomes riding unicorns! |