September 23, 2004

Regarding What I Said...
Tuor

Well, from what you corrected/added, now the game sounds even more awesome. I didn't really want it to be like a lot of RPGs where your other guys just basically run around mindlessly fighting enemies, especially when one of them's Aragorn or someone. It's not really that I don't like different characters, it's just from a Tolkien purist point of view, I don't really like the idea of other characters, I don't know, following the Fellowship around, I guess. The characters were drawn from the movies, eh? That kind of eases my doubts.

The site I went to also mentioned *SPOILER DELETED* with the enemies. I can't be sure if we're talking about the same one, either way that ought to be fun.

The bit about the weapons sounds sweet, though. Maybe combine Anduril with the Balrog's sword and give new meaning to "Flame of the West"?

Speaking of weapons: The Axe of Gimli, authentic or not, sold for $25,581. Valued at $1,000 by Hasbro. Hope for their sake it was legit.

To Annatar: Though I'm American, I've not usually had trouble with your hidden meanings (I'm terribly sarcastic in person). Admittedly, sometimes it has been hard to distinguish between certain people role-playing their screen names, or being "Crabid" as you said. That whole "Stalking Eye" thing was not a shot at you. It's just the movie made the great and powerful Lord of Darkness seem a little less threatening than hoped. Personally, I thought it sounded a little more like a babysitter playing peek-a-boo than a stalker.

Tuor