The Halls of Durin’s Folk (OOC)

Afird Splitax · Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:52 pm

Thanks guys! Great to see you!

Lychfield Ghoul · Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:46 pm

Oh my goodness, @drifa, welcome back! (Though it feels weird to see you with that icon)

Lirimaer · Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:56 pm

Greetings, drifa!

Afird Splitax · Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:56 am

Hi ho Balfur! Good to see you too! Yes, I am no Youth, but it feels refreshing to start over!!

Ears!! Golly time flies! Greetings to you too!

Lychfield Ghoul · Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:59 pm

I think very few of us can be called 'youth' haha (though some might grumble and call me one). Don't worry, the refreshing bit will wear off. At least, it did for me; a Newbie Balfur is known to stir up crazy trouble around the realm. Then again, I never made it past Khazad Elder I don't think.

Nerwen Nuke-queen · Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:08 am

Hi @drifa <3

Afird Splitax · Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:01 am

Hi Nerwen! Good to see you! This whole thing is so trippy. I am glad to see the old KD. *hugs*

Lirimaer · Wed Aug 12, 2020 3:55 pm

Cracked up at you and Ducky in the axe grinding thread, Drifa.

Afird Splitax · Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:35 pm

Thanks, Ears. I wish I had an editor. *grin*

I was just in the The Ringwraith Review. It was the old Mordor Newspaper in the day, right? I really like the idea behind the thread. I wonder if something similar could be done with the Mirrormere Reflections? Any ideas?

Lirimaer · Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:50 pm

I can't remember what their newspaper was called

Ringwraith Review is a rolling Q&A with the questions changing according to the last questioner's choice.

I suppose you could do a similar thing as a newspaper maybe ... ask posters to bring news of events from round the plaza (not just IC, maybe, but also what's happening in Lore and OOME) as a short opinion piece.

Something like .... Bring your news from afar! Let us know what the Elves are singing about! Spy on the Mordorian scum! Trudge your way through the manure to bring us Rohan's news! Have you seen a Wizard? Share what the Hobbits are eating for breakfast!

Give us three pieces of news:

1. News from a Kingdom.
2. News of an Event.
3. Something to celebrate!

Responses could maybe look like:

1. Rohirric News - Eomer King has been spotted in the Riddermark, but so far WITHOUT his crown. Has it been stolen, or is his head the wrong shape after wearing a helm so long? Find out by visiting the Throne Room (linky).
2. The LOTR Read-Through - When was the last time you read LotR? Are you jonesing for that 'coming home' feeling of reading a well-loved book? Find out what you've forgotten by watching the films too much! We're already at the Council of Elrond (linky), reading 2/3 chapters a week, but you can start at Bilbo's birthday (linky) and catch up in your own time!
3. This week, Joe and Fred are having birthdays, Jill's had a new baby and Bernard and Florence are celebrating Old Plazaversaries! Go congratulate them in the Fangorn MerrimENT thread (linky).

Is that the sort of thing you're thinking of?

Afird Splitax · Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:18 pm

Oh, I thought it was Mordor's newspaper. Silly me..

Yes, that sounds interesting. Would it just keep going without any winners/choices, so to speak? How can it be like a Q&A but news like also?
Could there be RL news?
I have more questions, but I have to go eat supper. I am starving. *grin*

Lirimaer · Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:33 pm

You can have what you like, I guess. I don't have the answers! (Though I think RL news might be a bit depressing.)

Enjoy your supper - I have a mocha!

Afird Splitax · Thu Aug 13, 2020 11:49 am

Thanks, yeah, I was just wondering.

Nerwen Nuke-queen · Fri Aug 14, 2020 2:32 pm

@Lirimaer You crack me up hahahah :D

Lirimaer · Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:43 pm

Whaaaaa?

Lirimaer · Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:46 pm

Actually, @drifa when you said RL news, did you mean personal news, not news news? I think that'd work nicely - people do like to talk about themselves.

In fact you could have a rolling interview thread, OOC or IC as you like.

Afird Splitax · Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:33 pm

I don't know what I was thinking. I just figured out how take make the @drifa. Cool!

Can we open a thread or do we need permission, @Queen Nerwen @Lirimaer ???

Winddancer · Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:46 pm

Just go for it @drifa! <3

Lirimaer · Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:55 pm

Winddy said it! You got a cool idea, start it!

Afird Splitax · Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:19 am

Thanks Winndy!

I was wondering if the KD OOC and Announcements threads can be pinned? It would make things so much more neater. And less dusting to do.

Winddancer · Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:19 pm

The announcement thread is pinned, pinning this one (you wanted this one as well, right??)

Afird Splitax · Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:23 pm

Yep! Thanks again.

Winddancer · Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:47 pm

No worries! :D

Afird Splitax · Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:18 pm

What is the scoop on opening threads? I do not want to be a pest-dwarf, you know, and I seem to not have the attention span to go read and find out myself these days. Thanks!

I would like to open an OOC/Planning Word Sleuth thread.

KingODuckingham · Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:52 pm

Just open it!

Nerwen Nuke-queen · Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:30 pm

@drifa you sure as Sauron don't need my permission

Afird Splitax · Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:45 pm

Thanks guys, I just wasn't sure.

Winddancer · Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:07 pm

@drifa Yep NuPlaza is a free for all :D We just ask that if the thread/game already exists then go use the one already made, unless it is one that would be needed in KD (Like a Mail thread or such)

Baphởmet · Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:04 pm

Hey everyone! So the member of the month voting is nearly up and there haven’t been many votes. I would like to implore you all to take a quick 5 minutes to do so. Even if you are not active, I still implore you to take the time and vote. You don’t need to have been super active the last month to stop by and tell the admins who you think is the coolest or the best or your favorite writer. Why am I so invested you ask ( okay you didn’t but I’m gonna say it anyway). I came up with the idea to let us, the non admin members of the Plaza pick someone special. I really want to see that idea succeed because it can help draw us together more as a group and can say to someone that we as a whole enjoy their work and their company. We’ve got a few more days, and you all have 5 minutes to push the envelope button on the bottom of the page.

I’m also just posting this in the OOC threads because it’s not an announcement so much as it’s a plea to engage with.

Afird Splitax · Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:50 am

@Winddancer - Hi Windy! do you think you could change the title of this; threadhttps://www.lotrfanaticsplaza.com/forum/viewtop ... 098#p30098 to THE MIRRORMERE? Thank you so much! *gives the greatest dragon of all time some crunchy elf ears*

Winddancer · Mon Sep 07, 2020 11:27 am

Yum! Thankies! <3 Was that how you wanted it? If not, lemme know! Or if you want to create a new thread to put the actual newspaper in, I can move your 2 posts there if that is better?

Afird Splitax · Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:53 pm

Yes, maybe moving it would be better, eh? Thanks Windy!!

Winddancer · Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:56 pm

Ok, create a new thread and I will move them there :)

Afird Splitax · Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:17 pm

I can not create a new thread without posting a few characters. Maybe I can repost the photo and just delete it in the old thread?

Winddancer · Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:20 pm

Leave it for me to delete and create the new thread like you want it, that way you wont lose points <3

Afird Splitax · Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:22 pm

Sure. I have more ears, by the way. *grin* Thanks!

Winddancer · Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:32 pm

Yay, thanks! :D

I edited the old thread back to the original, do you want to use it for OOC comments? If not just let it drop off the page, dont want to lock it when its Thorin's thread.

Afird Splitax · Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:37 pm

Yeah, it is his thread. May use it for OOC. Good idea. Thanks again for all your help.

Winddancer · Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:42 pm

No worries! <3

Winddancer · Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:23 pm

@drifa I thought about just saving you the trouble and adding the link for you (which I can still do!) But in case you want to learn how, this is how the code looks:

[ url=put the url here]TEXT YOU WANT IT TO SAY[/url ]

To show the code without it doing it for me I made a space right after the first [ and right before the last ] Remove those and you will have a functioning link for your Mirrormere thread <3

Afird Splitax · Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:55 am

Thanks Windy! I use to be able to whip up a link in notepad lickity-split. I haven't made a link since my last plaza days and didn't realize Edge has a new instrument of confusion/torture called , Chromium Edge. Not sure if that's the problem or what?

I did make a functional link in notepad but was unable to c/p onto the Plaza.

Winddancer · Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:27 pm

All clickable now <3

Afird Splitax · Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:05 am

@ Windy Thanks again! ;)

Nessa Saelind · Tue Nov 03, 2020 4:36 pm

Just popping in to comment how absolutely shocked and awed I am that it took a whole month and 4 pages! of the Halloween edition of Who will survive for the honourable Lord Eddard Stark to die be eliminated.

I know I am easily amused, but I laughed way too much at this fact. Keep up the good work folks.

Afird Splitax · Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:11 pm

Hahahaa, he is dead now, Nessa.

Can some kind admin (@Winddancer

) please pin these threads in KD?

Behind the Beards (Khazad-dûm)
Halls of Aule: Character Creation (Khazad-dûm) - Is it also possible to change the name of this thread to: Halls of Aule: Character Creation
The Book of Mazarbul [Archives] (Khazad-dûm)

Blue silk sword · Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:39 am

Just thought I would pop in and say Hi while I'm here. nice to see the site running again. It's been a very long time but have seen a few names I still recognise hope you are all doing well and who knows maybe during this lockdown I will stick around for a while.

Afird Splitax · Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:06 pm

@Blue silk sword
*sweeps off her hood and bows* kimli Drifa at your service! Silk! What a wonderful surprise! So good to see you! And yes it has been a while. Eighteen years, maybe?

I hope you do stick around. I was thinking of erecting a new tent in the cave. We could have some fun with that, eh?

Winddancer · Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:13 pm

Uhhhmm.. ahem.. I just saw your other post... omg why didnt you smack me when it didnt get done?? Would you still like them pinned? I will pin them with gold pins if you do! @Drifa

Afird Splitax · Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:20 pm

Hahaha, no worries @Winddancer ! I was on a roll back then. I forgot about it too. Yeah, they would look good pinned. Nice and tidy!

Thanks!

Blue silk sword · Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:26 pm

@Drifa

Well met Drifa. Silk Teshvara at yours.
Kimli!
Ahh the Anikogs. I do remember me foolishly attempting very bad poetry back in the day. Think it has been about 18 years.Not sure how much RP I can do( dont have a computer and typing on a phone is a bit of a chore for me) mainly interested in reading the Lore forum at the mo and catching up with old friends.