Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza

Hey all, hope you're all enjoying the nostalgia blast - seems like overall people kinda like this which is super cool to see.

But I can really take very little credit for anything original at all here. The special Plaza look we've all been missing is really the work of many hardworking people of eras past - in particular John Howe for his frame art and, of course Protoguy for the icons and other art that were and are such an important part of the Plaza!

So this thread is just for shouting out Protoguy for generously letting us use those again - without them I probably wouldn't even have bothered with the rest honestly. And also, if people would like to show their appreciation in a more concrete form, Protoguy has a PayPal at protoguy11 [at] yahoo [dot] com where you can send him a tip if you feel so inclined (you'll need a PayPal account if you choose to do that).

That's all - happy plazaing

Sent something to him.

I highly encourage this if you are able to spare something. Protoguy is an artist (a great one at that) and I'm sure many of you know that artists are often asked to work for free or very little by those who undervalue their labor or don't realize that it as much (or more) a career as it is a hobby. I'm sure it would mean a lot to him to know that we recognize his work as an artist.

Of course not everyone has the cash to spare, especially in these crazy times. None of us expect it, least of all Protoguy. But those that do, please consider!

I'm so thankful he let us use the icons again! I'll try and see if I can send him anything.

Thank you so so much, Peeg! *goes off and sends him money*

Many thanks, Peeg!

And thanks, Narv, for all your work-- and posting this here so we can thank and tip as able.

Yay, let’s tip Peeg or buy some of his fantastic art works. Thank you, Peegles !

Absolutely awesome to see all the beautiful artwork again. Have spent the last two years regretting not having saved a single screenshot of the website I loved so much. THANKS PEEG!!! Please treat yourself to a lockdown beverage on me (once I've remembered how to log into paypal).
[edit: that was actually much more straightforward than I was expecting - done!]

WELL MET!!

First of all - thank you so much for the tips/donations/being awesome! You guys are the best, as always!
Plaza peeps are the main reason the Plaza is an amazing place and now once again Plaza peeps are the reason the Plaza is even alive. I think this is it's 4th or 5th re-build/reincarnation.

It's funny, I've always been bugged by the Main page's color scheme, but anything else would be wrong and bad and I'd be the first to petition back to puke Ochre, brown and manilla folder beige.

Love you guys!!

ps., The Hobbit movies are turrible *runs

Peeg wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 5:46 pm WELL MET!!

First of all - thank you so much for the tips/donations/being awesome! You guys are the best, as always!
Plaza peeps are the main reason the Plaza is an amazing place and now once again Plaza peeps are the reason the Plaza is even alive. I think this is it's 4th or 5th re-build/reincarnation.

It's funny, I've always been bugged by the Main page's color scheme, but anything else would be wrong and bad and I'd be the first to petition back to puke Ochre, brown and manilla folder beige.

Love you guys!!

ps., The Hobbit movies are turrible *runs

Ahhhh it's a Peeeeeeeeeg! *glomps*

Peeg wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 5:46 pm ps., The Hobbit movies are turrible *runs

Why are you running? This is fact.

Yeah that is not a controversial statement haha.

Peeg!!! So glad to see you! The Plaza owes so much to you. Thank you!

I knew I was right to believe in you guys :)

Yay! Welcome back! Er... Re-back? It's not really back since it isn't what it was, but it kind of is.

WAIT HOLD THE PHONE WHERE IS THE BUTT EMOTICON

was it, right?

EDIT: I should have known that would make a moon. It was a mooning emoticon.

Mor Toast wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 6:08 pmIt was a mooning emoticon.

This one?

No, it turned and it was just a head, and then it's lil smile went up and down a few times after it turned around.

Oof that's a terrible explanation...

Thank you so much Peeg for letting us use your beautiful icons. Then they redid the Plaza, it, well, wasn't quite the same.

Thank you Peeg, your art is as always so full of character, it is the flavour of the Plaza. I licked it, it doesn't taste the same without it.
Glad to see your face here :)

Peeg wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 5:46 pm
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Love you guys!!

ps., The Hobbit movies are turrible *runs

We love you too, not least because you’re completely right about that.

Thank you.

Thank god there was no kilt..

Thanks PG!

(deep breath)

........PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEG!

Hi :smiley8:

Nice to see you here Peeg, and thank you again - if it wasn't for you, I would have had to spend the last 3 weeks of free time doing like.. exercise, or bettering myself in some way.

PEEG!!!!! Good to see you again - hope you are doing well!

ALLO! All the old faces! Literally lol
Hard to believe it's been almost 20 years.

Peeg wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 5:46 pm Love you guys!!

ps., The Hobbit movies are turrible *runs

Agree. The Hobbit Movie gave me the runs. LOL! They were terrible.

Really happy to see you posting on here.

Yeah, I haven't seen the third one and only saw parts of the second. My daughter keeps sending me Snaps of the awfulness. The only thing I enjoyed was Beorn. Everything else was like what old people think nerds like in their Middle Earth soap opera. "Hey! Can you destroy my heroes and wipe your butt with my childhood? Sweet, thanks PJ."

And Peeg explains the second reason why most people originally came to the Plaza - to moan about PJ.

(The first being to fawn over Legolas, obvsly!)

Nice to see you Peeg.

Thank you, Peegie-poo!

Your money bag has been sent a wee gift. :)

Narv, you're up next-- did you have a PayPal set up?

Peeg wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 12:18 am ALLO! All the old faces! Literally lol
Hard to believe it's been almost 20 years.

Figured I'd quote a short one. It's good to see you here, PG. You are loved.

You can't kill Rock 'n' Roll.

Ohh forgot to post early, It’s great to see you PG thanks for all the hard work and the memories you created for all of us.

Peeg, even if you never read this, THANK YOU!!! It is so wonderful to see the old icons and images. I missed my lovely horses!

Dis wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 2:07 am Peeeeg! So glad to see you here! I agree about the hoppit movies. The Dwarves looked stupid and the whole Tauriel subplot was puke. I actually have not seen the third installment. I see lots of familiar names in here. It's been so long ago that I don't even know the year I joined.

Where a vomit smiley when I need one. I hated the Taurel deal. If they wanted females, why not a female Dwarf? That would have been interesting.

Oak wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 2:11 am Where a vomit smiley when I need one. I hated the Taurel deal. If they wanted females, why not a female Dwarf? That would have been interesting.

I know! I would have greatly preferred that.

I didn’t absolutely hate the Hobbit movies. That being said, to be honest I have to say that I didn’t love them either. I guess part of the problem was (1) that they tried to make another freaking trilogy, and out of a book that had maybe enough material for one film. (2) It definitely wasn’t canon. However, each of the three films had moments that were fine. While I still have my original DVD copies of LOTR, and even upgraded to Blu-ray, I’ve never purchased copies of the three Hobbit movies, so that should tell you something there.

Am I the only one who thought there was just one Hobbit movie??? just me? ok...

Hey everybody!!

As you may have noticed, the admins now have shiny new faces. There was quite a but of discussion about the idea of admin icons when Nu Plaza first appeared, including among the admin team once elected, so we wanted to let you in on our reasoning for deciding to use them.

1. Support a long time plaza artist, @Peeg. We commissioned the icons from him, and they are as gorgeous as expected! If anyone wants to send some extra love Peeg's way, you can tip him via PayPal at protoguy11 [at] yahoo [dot] com . We are so grateful for his generosity in letting us use all his art that makes the Plaza look like the Plaza!

2. Make it clearer, visually, who the admins are when looking at the forum. As we continue to grow, and with the prospect of admins changing each election, we felt it was important for members to be able to quickly identify the team.

@Narv elected to stay with his Cave Troll icon, and we thank @Lirimaer for adding the Admin text to it!

That's it! Thank you again Peeg.

*Sil and Tara are giant trolls you have been warned

I love them! Although my jaw dropped at Narv's! I thought only @Oak and I had seen it!

Y'all look gorgeous. I'm glad you have decided to choose characters you like, which are different! Great job!

Also Tara

Wooo spiffy looking icons!

They are lovely and you've chosen some neat characters! Peeg did a wonderful job as always.