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06-28-2005, 05:07 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Experiencing JD syndrome and my experiences on the moot
Experiencing JD syndrome and my experiences on the moot
(this being my 500th post even if it still says 499?) In times of adversity, in times of emotion and stress i wearily and somewhat accidently stumbled across the Entmoot. Having but today overcome the terrible and deadly on-line virus that could well be the scourge of the 21st century, and wishing JD well with this crippling syndrome (Jd-itis) I am now free for another 500 posts before I get another (much lesser) case of this disease than the great man himself even now is heroically fighting. This then is my story: it is my small victory against JD syndrome: may it be a hope to those in dark places … or new Joisey … or wherever in the world they are sadly afflicted … Our communal Moot thoughts go out to you. This 500th post is therefore dedicated to jersey devil, who on the moot has been on occasions a friend in need and an unofficial mentor (who, having sometimes to put up with some incredible rambling rubbish from me always found the time to get back with some good advice) and it is also a personal piece on my moot experience from unsuspecting entling through to Elf Lord. My experiences… While still having to deal with heartfelt loss and bereavement, one pale slightly washed out day I stumbled across the Entmoot. I had never posted on a board before, had in my earlier days read Tolkien quite extensively (though i was soon to find not half as extensively as some on here!) and like Bilbo without a hanky or knowing where the road ( that goes ever on … ) would lead me, I ran down the metaphorical lane into the world-wide community that all you here now reading this, make the place it is. Entmoot. I have found it a great diversion, a good place to chat, laugh, rant … get angry…. Be surprised why I was getting angry…. Begin to learn how it works, how things can be read in many different ways depending on perspectives, moods, beliefs, assumptions and how they can be read a completely different way with some further information or explanation! To enjoy the banter, the discussions on topics Tolkien based through to subjects from religion, lifestyles and morality! As an ex philosopher (apples stopped falling on my head – don’t ask!) these I have enjoyed a lot. Looking through some of my posts just now I think perhaps I have tended to more light-hearted (shall we say) posts or frankly silly posts than is perhaps representative of me: but really I can say what I have enjoyed about being on the moot is the chance just to play (for lack of a better word) which when you are stressed, busy, have a ton of serious and emotionally delicate things to deal with all the time, is a truly worthwhile thing! I have had some fiery rides too: as a person who is reasonably grounded and very hard to get angry I have been surprised just how angry and even upset I have got on here a couple of times: in hindsight i think what with personal experiences the anger was just there and needed a release …. This too in its way has probably been a healthy thing. So, apologies to anyone I have upset in my time here. So far I can honestly say theres no one here I dislike or have any problems with: and indeed I’d like to share some of my enjoyable moments on here - with an apology now to anyone I forget to mention! I’d like this thread to be about the moot: what you have enjoyed, what has made you laugh, the best posts, worst posts (if you like – but please try to be positive about it!), who you have had good laughs or arguments with or ‘debates’ enjoyed observing and why etc …. Where to start … well anywhere seems like a good place to me so here goes … Firstly a mention to me9996, called by me ‘the immortal one’ .. he /she? was the first person on here to reply to me! Me9996 is also the word’s worst spella I av’ evr come akross! And author of some of the wierdest most free-form rpg scenarios I have seen here: now I am cured I look forward to jumping in to one sometime! Rosie and TD really made me laugh (among others) in the lyrd of the rings rpg … I initially spent ages reading drunk elf pirates discussion thread hoping to join it only to realize I had started reading it exactly to the day (I think) one YEAR behind … and so gave up on any attempt to join. A quick mention should be made here of earthbound, without whose 18 or so posts today (!) I would not be able to have overcome my disease (we were both on 499 posts and had agreed mainly out of respect to Jd and to try and establish a cult x99 post tradition here on the moot had a competition to see how long we could hold out posting … EB lost! However I may say: what happened to making the 500th one a bit special???? EB has made me laugh many times too. So heres my far from exhaustive or even that well thought out: Moot Oscars Top 3 Great debates& diametrically opposed mooter fests (off the top of my head): Debates: The eye of sauron Nazgul horses Did the ring betray ilsudir IF…. Opposing viewpoints JD v Rian Forkbeard v Gordis Olmer v the Elves (and most of entmoot): my respect by the way. Other mentions … The archive thing where jd forms an army (spectacular) .. and is jd French? (for humour) Of special mention: Valandil’s letters of firiel … I have started on them finally and am more than impressed so far. Most over the top Rant : Myself in charles and Camilla (sorry Spock!) Friendliest and probably the nicest person on the moot: Nurvingiel Who’s made me laugh or have I enjoyed some fast posting with (apologies as I am bound to miss some people out!) : Gordis, LCOU (also an award for weirdest drink on the teacup café) , Rosie, Telcontar Dunedain, EB, Sun-star, CS, Spock, Lotesse, Pytt, …. And many more .. i’ll edit some in later … Well it seems the strain of my recouperation from my recent JD disease is still with me .. as I am now tired beyond thought .. so I shall leave it there for now for my 500th post! Please add your thoughts to this thread: what or who or why the moot means to you or your own awards for anything under the sun on here …. Remember only this: this is NOT a ranting thread …. Oh and a special mention to Tessar who has always been fair and reasonable beyond the call of duty with me and also managed to keep fletch alive in the gates of mirkwood rpg while I was laid low! Hi also to Earniel who shared a cup of mead with a newcomer! All the best and thanks for all the fun and much needed diversion you have given me here on entmoot! My best to all the mooters BB Last edited by Butterbeer : 06-28-2005 at 06:11 PM. |
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06-28-2005, 05:20 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: here and there
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Hah!
well that was a spectacular failure to make my 500th post a bit meaningful - it doesn't appear to have registred! Well i call that funny  oh well if this is my official 500th post, as they say in the british parliament, i refer you to the (post) given before! you gotta laugh haven't you? EDIT: have checked : this now being my official 500th post! well i'm off to the teacup cafe to see if any cakes still left for me after Earthbound literally threw herself onto it! (thanks nurv by the way) * voice of marvin from hitch hickers guide to galaxy* Irony? Don't talk to me about irony ... Last edited by Butterbeer : 06-28-2005 at 05:25 PM. |
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06-28-2005, 05:32 PM
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Co-President of Entmoot
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Canada
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Congrats on the Elf Lord status BB! Thanks for the lovely compliment!
 You did list some really great debates there! I really enjoy Gordis, Olmer and Forkbeard because they have such informative posts. We don't see them in GM much, but the good wishes are out there. I really enjoy your posts too! You're very thoughtful and have a great sense of humour. Plus it's nice the way you sign your posts "Best, BB". Your could start writing "BBB"!
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06-28-2005, 05:56 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol
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My beery best to ya, O Great Elf Lord BUTTERBEER!
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Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941 |
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06-28-2005, 06:08 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: here and there
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cheers guys!
what are some of your entmoot experiences, memories, laughs, cries, wonder and woe? what are your moot oscars? (they don't have to be extensive .. mine certainly weren't ) BBB |
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06-28-2005, 06:49 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Not where I want to be ...
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Congrats, BB!!
It's been a pleasure posting with you You're thoughtful and FUN! (which I like a lot!)Entmoot was my first message board experience, too - hey, we both lost our Internet virginity here Any ideas for your new title? (I know "Beery won't be an option  - sorry I didn't know what that meant! )We need to get you started on the History of Middle Earth books ... the sign of a true Tolkien addict! What's your Tolkien history, btw? Hobbit or LOTR first? Movies or books first? (it looks like books from your post) How many times have you read them? etc. Again, congrats, and nice to have you here! *hands a glass of BB's favorite beer and munchies to him*
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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07-01-2005, 04:54 PM
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Ring-smith
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Either walking across Rohan or riding through Fangorn forest
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06-29-2005, 04:18 AM
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The Intermittent One
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: here and there
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finally made it then
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06-29-2005, 08:55 AM
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Lady Tipple & Queen of Blessed Thistle
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: I've been told it's all in my head
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Uh, yeah about the 500 special post I was gong to do....well, I was reading a post by SGH and completely out of habbit I responded and didn't realize what I had done until I had hit the [submit reply] button.....soooo, from there I went straight to the teacup cafe and posted a silly little tidbit.....
My story 'would have been' similiar. Nurv certainly is the sweetest! But there's plenty of sweetness to spread *retching heard in background from Noi Jursey*... SCG is the best, TD is a genious, GW is the 'rawk' in rock at the Lyrds Hole, LCOU is smart & funny and I've always enjoyed his post, Eärniel....always good to see your post Lotesse must be cool, Spock....the name says it all, Starr.....willing to get "real" and say what's on her mind, I respect that. Lenya is a nutter  , Beor needs to keep safe!, even BoP was a wise-cracking sweety to me, R*an is fun to debate with (also a sweety), Valandil.....has a great avy....reminds me of prince valiant cartoon Tessar is a fun nut, and Lief....thanks for smearing a little cute destruction at the cafe... inked.......Thanks for opening the door, I always read your posts JD....Post already! LOL And thanks for the advice you've given Pytt...always good to see ya in the cafe IRex...good poster not afraid to tackle difficult subjects and I know I've left someone out....  Butterbeer...your humor is "scary" right on track with my own brand of mirth...we should write a few humorous novels and be done with it so we can retire.....lol The moot has indeed became a favorite part of my life! Too much to say, but Thanks to bmilder for the site, sincerely. Sorry if in my morning-sleepy-eyed state I forgot anyone....you all rule! PS....Special note.....notice how I used an already appropriate thread to post in to instead of creating a new one.....it's like I'm almost grown up or something right here at the moot [sheepish grin]
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06-29-2005, 11:37 AM
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Warrior of the House of Hador
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Thanks guys. Well Done on your 500's.
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Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230 |
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06-30-2005, 12:19 PM
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Elentári
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: South Africa
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Cool thread bth. If I find some time, I'll do my oscar thingy maybe |
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06-30-2005, 12:59 PM
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Lady Tipple & Queen of Blessed Thistle
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: I've been told it's all in my head
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nutter: One who is quite "nutty", errrr, fun to "post with", often funny in a whimsical & silly way...
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Beer + Pizza = N'uff said Happy to be here The HACBR has been alerted to my postings…..Hobbits Against Constant Beer References Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Ben Franklin I want my Mooter T-Shirt!
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07-01-2005, 01:19 PM
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Elentári
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: South Africa
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Must say I'm quite flattered. Always a pleasure to post with you too |
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06-30-2005, 03:31 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: here and there
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Look forward to your oscars (try and find the time: mine were incomplete and sketchy to say the least) : but i look forward to yours: and any other moot experiences you have had Lenya! best BB |
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06-29-2005, 12:48 PM
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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium)
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500 down, another 8000 to go? Quote:
There are a lot of things that have changed since then, myself included. There were many fun times to be had. *remembers most fondly* Pink and Purple Day (boy, did I fall for that one!), BoP's scuttling through threads in a box, or yelling 'EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE' and nicking your pants afterwards... The Jonathong incident and subsequently the mud-wrestling! The Entmoot-continent, bringing the RPG-forum under my absolute and evil rule (mwahahah!), speculating about the movies, SGH getting an avatar, the high days of the Tolkien Lover's Anonymous and the Drunken Elven pirates (which are both sadly rather quiet these days), the Entmoot anthology that equally sadly never took off but made me start writing, which I would never have done without.
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12-26-2007, 08:48 AM
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Elf Lady
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale
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I like this thread, so I thought I'd drag it up. I mean, what's wrong with telling why you like the Moot and thank the people here?
So, I like the Moot because I can show the side of me I can't really show in real life. You know, the childish waaaaaaay to talkative me. If people are annoyed by it, they can just skip my posts and knowing that, I don't have to think too much about annoying people with too much chattering which is relaxing. The whole atmosphere here is really relaxed. I really like everyone I met here. I don't think there is anyone I don't like. Well, there is Lief who really got on my nerves sometimes during the debate on whether women should be allowed to be politicians or not. But that was before I got to know him better. You helped me improve my abillity to expres myself, so thank you Then there are Eärniel, Nurv and Hector who welcomed me, Sis who keeps me in check sometimes, Tessar and Nautipus who are as crazy as I am at times (with the only difference that I'm always crazy ) and GW who taught me how to place pics and how to say I can't speak Swedish by sending a voicerecording. Off course Sane and Rian are also regulars at the Cafe and happy/ not so happy thread. And Nerdanel.Thank you guys! And all the people I forgot to mention The moot is THE place to be So how is it with the other new members (well, new... I guess we still are)?
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12-26-2007, 09:04 AM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Hey, if Mari's new, I wanna be new, too.
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12-26-2007, 09:12 AM
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Elf Lady
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale
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Go ahead, you're newer then I am technically
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Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply.
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12-26-2007, 10:55 PM
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Glad I could make you feel welcome Mari.
And hey, there's nothing wrong with a little thread necromancy now and then.A general tip though. If one was to find oneself responding to one's own post, it means no one else is interested in the thread.
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"I can add some more, if you'd like it. Calling your Chief Names, Wishing to Punch his Pimply Face, and Thinking you Shirriffs look a lot of Tom-fools." - Sam Gamgee, p. 340, Return of the King Quote:
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12-26-2007, 11:10 PM
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Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lost in the Opera House
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Mari, if you want to read more nostalgic reminisces, look to my Memoirs
. I'll dig up a link for you...EDIT: http://www.entmoot.com/showthread.ph...+hectorberlioz
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