Plan for a Virtual Middle Earth.

congressmn · 01-21-2003, 06:49 AM

It would be too ambitious to think of making a real middle earth, and deviding the human race into Elves, Hobbits, Dwarfs, Ents and so on.

But I believe a virtual middle earth could serve a purpose just the same. After all we only need our imagination and our knowledge of Tolkien's master pieces to feel and breath as if in Middle Earth.

So what do you think of this ?
Do u thing this possible?

Insidious Rex · 01-21-2003, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by congressmn

But I believe a virtual middle earth could serve a purpose just the same. After all we only need our imagination and our knowledge of Tolkien's master pieces to feel and breath as if in Middle Earth.

So what do you think of this ?
Do u thing this possible?

I would imagine with technology today this would be very possible. What did you have in mind exactly though? An online version of middle earth (theres probably thousands already in the gamer scene) or a more substantial computer generated middle earth that you access through an electronic interface of some sort?

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 01-21-2003, 11:54 AM

I want a holodec!

Dunadan · 01-21-2003, 12:00 PM

Online communities already exist in which you can do this. There's one (I can't remember where) in which you can role-play characters in settings as diverse as Bree, Angmar, Esgaroth, Gondor, Rohan, etc. I imagine a quick search on Google would track them down in no time.

congressmn · 01-21-2003, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by Dunadan
Online communities already exist in which you can do this. There's one (I can't remember where) in which you can role-play characters in settings as diverse as Bree, Angmar, Esgaroth, Gondor, Rohan, etc. I imagine a quick search on Google would track them down in no time.

not that kind. I am dead serious about this. I mean the kind where people forget there real lives, and slip into virtuality.

congressmn · 01-21-2003, 12:47 PM

Ok, that was too serious.
but i intend to develop a unique hangout virtual place.

Dunadan · 01-21-2003, 12:49 PM

How about the groovy system they used for virtual camera angles in making LOTR the movie? It was a motion capture suit with VR goggles hooked up to the CG model of ME so Jackson could wander around trying out different camera angles for the digitised sequences.

Better get your ideas in quick; I can just tell that someone from the Fan Man thread is going to take this over the line of decency any minute now

cheers

d.

congressmn · 01-21-2003, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dunadan
How about the groovy system they used for virtual camera angles in making LOTR the movie? It was a motion capture suit with VR goggles hooked up to the CG model of ME so Jackson could wander around trying out different camera angles for the digitised sequences.

Better get your ideas in quick; I can just tell that someone from the Fan Man thread is going to take this over the line of decency any minute now

cheers

d.

u r too funny. yes all the tech will be required. it will involve a lot of work and money. ambitious but achievable i think

congressmn · 01-21-2003, 01:07 PM

hey are u on ICQ Dunadan?

Dunadan · 01-21-2003, 01:11 PM

'fraid not. don't even know what it is.

congressmn · 01-21-2003, 01:14 PM

well it is the GREEN flower u see on my message board. it tell u when i am online. and it is an instant messenger. so u can keep in direct contact with the people.
heres the link where u can download this
www.download.com

Orpheus · 01-21-2003, 03:10 PM

ever tought of making a gigantic mod for a game like morrowind?
a game which is playable over internet...

Wayfarer · 01-21-2003, 03:31 PM

May I have your attention please!

Everyone follow the link in my Sig. NOW!

Wayfarer · 01-21-2003, 03:33 PM

Or go Here.

Eothain · 01-21-2003, 04:52 PM

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lalaith · 01-22-2003, 11:29 AM

Once more I have to say: You have my sword (haha, not really, but my help).

congressmn · 01-22-2003, 11:36 AM

Thank lalaith, for your sword.
but really dun go out fighting too much alright.

Lalaith · 01-22-2003, 04:47 PM

Quote:

but really dun go out fighting too much alright.

Ha, know what? I'm just trying to convince my mum that a sword is something I really need. Going to prom night? Surely, I'll take my sword with me. No, seriously, I grab a banana or a spoon, run to my mother and hold it to her neck. Then I shout: Ha, sourprised, If I had a sword you'd be already dead.

***Jonathan*** · 01-22-2003, 05:27 PM

And congressmn, you have my bow... Well not really, but I can provide you with the knowledge that can be found in my great HTML book, if you need it.

I've heard some rumours about a Lord of the Rings MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) being developed. Can someone confirm this?

Elf Girl · 01-22-2003, 05:29 PM

You do not have my bow. It is utterly ridiculous to do this, when ME already exists! I live there, although I have been sent to the US by the Valar right now.

01-21-2003, 06:49 AM	#1
congressmn Incharge: neighbourhood security Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: on my 499th post Posts: 481	Plan for a Virtual Middle Earth. It would be too ambitious to think of making a real middle earth, and deviding the human race into Elves, Hobbits, Dwarfs, Ents and so on. But I believe a virtual middle earth could serve a purpose just the same. After all we only need our imagination and our knowledge of Tolkien's master pieces to feel and breath as if in Middle Earth. So what do you think of this ? Do u thing this possible?

01-21-2003, 11:54 AM	#3
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	I want a holodec! __________________ "Whither go you?" she said. "North away." he said: "to the swords, and the siege, and the walls of defence - that yet for a while in Beleriand rivers may run clean, leaves spring, and birds build their nests, ere Night comes." AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

01-21-2003, 03:31 PM	#13
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	May I have your attention please! Everyone follow the link in my Sig. NOW! __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

01-21-2003, 03:33 PM	#14
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Or go Here. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

01-21-2003, 04:52 PM	#15
Eothain Enting Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 73	LOTR YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the hand on the harpsting, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have past like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning, or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning? Frodo lives

01-21-2003, 12:00 PM	#4
Dunadan The Quite Querulous Quendi Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oxon, UK Posts: 638	Online communities already exist in which you can do this. There's one (I can't remember where) in which you can role-play characters in settings as diverse as Bree, Angmar, Esgaroth, Gondor, Rohan, etc. I imagine a quick search on Google would track them down in no time.

01-21-2003, 12:47 PM	#6
congressmn Incharge: neighbourhood security Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: on my 499th post Posts: 481	Ok, that was too serious. but i intend to develop a unique hangout virtual place.

01-21-2003, 12:49 PM	#7
Dunadan The Quite Querulous Quendi Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oxon, UK Posts: 638	How about the groovy system they used for virtual camera angles in making LOTR the movie? It was a motion capture suit with VR goggles hooked up to the CG model of ME so Jackson could wander around trying out different camera angles for the digitised sequences. Better get your ideas in quick; I can just tell that someone from the Fan Man thread is going to take this over the line of decency any minute now cheers d.

01-21-2003, 01:07 PM	#9
congressmn Incharge: neighbourhood security Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: on my 499th post Posts: 481	hey are u on ICQ Dunadan?

01-21-2003, 01:11 PM	#10
Dunadan The Quite Querulous Quendi Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oxon, UK Posts: 638	'fraid not. don't even know what it is.

01-21-2003, 01:14 PM	#11
congressmn Incharge: neighbourhood security Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: on my 499th post Posts: 481	well it is the GREEN flower u see on my message board. it tell u when i am online. and it is an instant messenger. so u can keep in direct contact with the people. heres the link where u can download this www.download.com

01-21-2003, 03:10 PM	#12
Orpheus Sapling Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 7	ever tought of making a gigantic mod for a game like morrowind? a game which is playable over internet...

01-22-2003, 11:29 AM	#16
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	Once more I have to say: You have my sword (haha, not really, but my help). __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

01-22-2003, 11:36 AM	#17
congressmn Incharge: neighbourhood security Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: on my 499th post Posts: 481	Thank lalaith, for your sword. but really dun go out fighting too much alright. __________________ i am nothing. i am a cold stone, which deceives with the light it reflects, giving illusions of warmth.

01-22-2003, 05:27 PM	#19
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	And congressmn, you have my bow... Well not really, but I can provide you with the knowledge that can be found in my great HTML book, if you need it. I've heard some rumours about a Lord of the Rings MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) being developed. Can someone confirm this? __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

01-22-2003, 05:29 PM	#20
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	You do not have my bow. It is utterly ridiculous to do this, when ME already exists! I live there, although I have been sent to the US by the Valar right now. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

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