TorN Refugees

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Any chance of you putting up your history of fandom Eldo? And where do crabbits fit into it?

Well it's not in a finished form yet and still needs a fair bit of work, but I had been thinking about posting it around New Years since that's when I'll be posting the final results of my 2013 forum activity comparison thing.  If you're interested in the fandom history piece then I'll do my best to have it ready by that time as well.

And crabbit has been a part of Tolkien fandom for a long time. Ever heard of the Great Balrog Wings War of 1997? Or the original purist vs. liberal debate, which makes the fights over movies look downright cheery and civilized.

 (And dont forget the chapter on crabbit)

I won't, see my edit.

Orwell wrote:Are crabbits something like rabbits?  


{{{Mmmmm do I feel a stirring in the creative waters....?}}}

Does this mean another story from Anon? Oh, I hope so.

As to your edit Eldo that sounds like flame wars and other unpleasantness producing no worldly good, thats not crabbit at all.
All this time and you UShobbits still confuse crabbit with anger, that makes me so crabbit  

Well your crabbit produces laughter in me, does that count as a worldly good?

 I can only conclude Eldo that Ushobbits such as Sin came from good crabbit Scottish roots, and UShobbits like yourself came from red coats  

If I recall correctly Sin is from the South, and there are a lot of Scots-UShobbits there. But as for me, there might have been a few Hessians back there somewhere (my dad's family being largely Pennsylvania German), but no Redcoats.

what even is TORN? who the hell bothers, we're waaaay better

 

Actually Figgy, you not only got banned from TORN twice, didn't you get banned from Bree once, after they made you a moderator? (no need to play coy, we know your talents!)

My admiration remains boundless for both accomplishments.

Yes. Mightily impressive, I'd say.

I still miss Bree, Its where I started, I feel as tho a bit of me is missing, ( apart from me brain )

I like to think it lives on here with folks such as yourself, Figg, Sin and all the others who wandered this way when it vanished.

Argh, you silly billy !

Sentimental sort of day! Thank Eru for this place and its refugees!

Talking refugees, I just realized I'm a Forumshire native.

You may the only one technically. As before we were Forumshire we were where Bree used to be before there was a Bree.
Folks like Eldo, Tin, Orwell and the others were the original refugees.
Just a weird quirk of fate that both main sets of refugees came from different forums that collapsed but on the same site.

I'm a Bree and TORn refugee.

I agree with Azriel, Bree had a charm all of its own, still miss the place, even though I joined it rather late...

That's a good point actually, very few newbies have stayed Long Term (or at least visit reguarly in the year I've been an active poster) here, and the majority of people posting here have, at one time or another posted on other forums.

Does that make us a community or anti social outcasts amongst the Tolkien forums?

Pettytyrant101 wrote:You may the only one technically. As before we were Forumshire we were where Bree used to be before there was a Bree.

There have been a few others who have stuck around, but I'm not sure if any are currently active (apologies if I'm forgetting anyone who reads this, it was a long day at work ).

Does that make us a community or anti social outcasts amongst the Tolkien forums?- MAlick

Both. We are a community of outcasts amongst Tolkien forums. Cant think why

malickfan wrote:Does that make us a community or anti social outcasts amongst the Tolkien forums?

It's pretty common for people to have accounts on multiple forums within a specific fandom. There's certainly a lot of overlap between most of the larger Tolkien forums. We used to be somewhat unusual in that Forumshire (and later, also Bree) were pretty insular -- that was probably part of the reason why the attempted merger with PT was so awkward -- but as we've become more prominent (relatively speaking) and had back-and-forth traffic with Bree I think we've integrated into the mainstream of Tolkien fandom. But there is still something of that refugee/outcast spirit here, I think (something that has grown with and mutually supported the increasingly purist tendencies of our member base).

halfwise wrote:Actually Figgy, you not only got banned from TORN twice, didn't you get banned from Bree once, after they made you a moderator? (no need to play coy, we know your talents!)

My admiration remains boundless for both accomplishments.

:oops:I had forgotten about being a mod.. yeah ME. ..of all people I still dont know if i got actually banned from Bree, but its more than likely. so I am officially the outcasts outcast.

fake edit, I did try Barrow Downs but they bored me to tears, theres about 2 people there and they are both snarky.

Some of the people on the 'Downs make Petty look like a PJ-lover, but unfortunately, it's dwindled to almost nothing. I have a friend (from an unrelated forum) who used to be a mod on the 'Downs, and I used to lurk there a fair bit, and it's a shame what has happened to them.

I like that word......lurk