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*Toloth*; The Two Towers, Part 2
Topic Started: Aug 31 2011, 01:54 PM (147 Views)
Arwen
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[align=center] I will start of by apologizing for not updating you all yesterday. I was never caught up on PMs, it was madness. As a treat, I will attempt to explain this last round and then give you plans for the future!

Before I could even read the rules for these new formats, Sauron had sent me a message about going after The Shire (or in particular: Frodo, Sam, Bilbo, Gollum and Balrog). This seemed good to me. I hadn't met anyone yet, but the Hobbits are strong, a huge force in this game. They rarely lose, so it made sense they would be targets. On top of that, everyone else was agreeing to this. The only person I believe not to tell me they were ok with it was Galadriel. She received Sauron's message but didn't agree with it. So anyway, before the merge had begun, Sauron established two different sides. It was Mordor v. The Shire. Perfect for Rivendell. I honestly knew we would be in the middle coming in to this, although I did not think we would fall there so quickly. But we did.

The Shire folk were very scared of this. They caught on quickly and did not aggressively retaliate. I thought they were kind of stupid, but I believe they knew they had the challenge advantage and were not as worried as others without that ability would be. Anyway, I bonded quickly with Frodo. He is very very charming and Galadriel had already set the stage for a meeting between the two of us. She wanted me to join with The Shire and go against everyone else. Which I liked the idea of. They have a lot of skills in challenges, which are a necessity in this game. So much falls on the challenges, that I could not simply be at odds with a group of challenge whores (at least not publicly like Sauron). And I had planned to meet back up with Galadriel. Of course there was a part of me that wanted to stick with Rivendell, there always will be, but I will get to that.

Anyway, Aragorn also proved to be a connection I made fairly quickly, as one might expect. He is my love, and he is also charming. He seems busy though, as we have not had any long-winded chats as of yet. But he is someone good to have on my side as well. People expect us to be together though, so I may want to cool it on that. And I totally forgot I put us making out as my sig becuase I disabled them. At the time, he was out, so I didn't think it would mean much. Idk if I should take it down though becuase then it might look like I am trying to hide it? Idk. Who cares, really.

So, on to Rivendell - Eomer is so sweet and kind and I will never turn on him. I have decided that. He has been a good ally to an extent. Idk if he really would have voted me out over Eowyn, but I will never know. He is good to talk to and he has/had connection with Nazgul, and by association, Mordor. And I consider him a friend, so I do not have any problems with him.

Now on to Legolas. This is one of the weirdest relationships I have had in a game in a long time. He is so odd, especially when talking to me. Legolas reminds me of child. A child that had their shiny new toy that they loved to play with for most of the time in Rivendell. That is to say, Legolas had control over at Rivendell, sort of. He picked up an inactive to take out people he was afraid of. But anyway, he was not in any real danger over there and so he was happy. Happy-go-lucky, even, using constant smileys and proclaiming his crushes and love for me. And then, when the toy was snatched from his grasp at the F4 of Rivendell, he pouted and whined. He became a baby. He was threatened for the first time in the game, and he could not handle it. Right before I went to the caves things were getting heated between him and I. And it continued at the new board. I sent him a question asking if he knew anything. I wasn't there much on the day off becuase I had to go to my Uncle's bday party. So I was simply asking what he wanted to do. He came back with the rudest PM ever, LECTURING me on how he hates when people ask questions that he just asked them in different words. I was like "lol, you fucking idiot," and then shot back with a PM basically laying it all out for him. Legolas had spent PMs and PMs with me NOT answering questions I had, completely ignoring my inquires about Elrond and many other things. On top of that, he had been acting obnoxious ever since he was made a possible target once. I was so fed up. All he sent back was a two sentence PM. I asked him if this was the way he was dealing with it and to write me back when he was ready to actually discuss things. He sent back "Ok, I will :P" I wanted to cut that fucking tongue right out of his fucking mouth. What an obnoxious child. Seriously. Then he sent me a apology of sorts, saying he was just being "real" and blah blah blah. So we made up. Although I am faking so much right now. I do not like him much anymore, but for the sake of my game, I will stay close. And do you see how he begs and kisses ass in those challenge threads? How gross. I may just find anything he does annoying now, but yuck.

So on to more important things - the first round of the merger. Basically Sauron did a GREAT job at making everyone against The Hobbits and Gollum/Balrog. He played brilliantly. He WAS a leader, he WAS a big character. There was no room for him to sit back. He had to make a bold move, and he did. He rallied almost everyone around getting rid of "the biggest threats." Masterful job in my eyes. And the Hobbits got wind and started making little connection here and there, is my guess. Frodo and Sam won me over, I like them a lot. Very charming, the both of them. So anyway, PMs were so hard to keep up with and people were all over the fucking place. It was madness. There was no chance to breathe. EVERYONE was overwhelmed. I could tell by the length and substance of the messages. Most people were content with barley signing in a being super vague to everyone. That is why I feel so bad for Sauron. He ACTUALLY TRIED something this round. Everyone else kinda sat back and knew that nothing would happen. Lasy, lazy. I can't say I escape that vagueness, but I worked my ass off to make connections in such little time. People such as Nazgul, Witch King, Orc, Gollum, Balrog, Pippin. They hardly PMed at all. And Orc sent me one PM. Maybe it is a Mordor thing? Idk, everyone was just hoping to coast to the other round. I think it has something to do with 16 people. There is no way to make a worthwhile deal with so many people. It is useless becuase you simply have no time to talk it over. That, and it would be hard to believe anyone when they have so many other options. But anyway, at least little connections were made.

Then it moved to The Hobbits and co. vs Mordor, with many, many in between. Sauron knew who to ask for a deal (becuase Pippin had been feeding him info on The Shire), and used it well. The Hobbits didn't retaliate much, but did name a target in Sauron. The the round actually happned and Gollum won :lol: So random. He hadn't been on much, but I was hoping I was safe with him. Galadriel had told me she was close with him and mentioned my name as a possible ally. I was hoping that would save me, and it may have. Either way, I was safe and ok. I would have preferred Sauron to stay, but Gollum was smart. Putting him up against Pippin meant Gandalf/Aragorn wouldn't vote him out and thus the number weren't there. Sauron was too epic to vote for and Pippin sucks so I voted Pippin. I told everyone the opposite to save my ass. And I voted Nazgul becuase Witch King was my partner, no other reason really. For I don't want Legolas and Orc to get the HII, I would rather Eomer get it honestly. I am hoping Orc goes soon so that fellowship fails. Anyway, Sauron and Witch King went.

Fuck, I am off lunch now, so I will finish this later! 10:30 challenges are fucking amazing btw! [/align]
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Jack Johnson
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What a stellar update even if you had to leave for lunch! You're so calm and rational - its hard not to agree with everything you've been posting here.
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Arwen
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I love it Arwen. What you doing next?
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Arwen
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I do not know. I have to think hard about my next move. Sam and Galadriel will be furious at me =/
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Arwen
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I may have just fucked up. This is literally the only situation I did not want to find myself in tonight, and it happened. Damage control will be very hard to do now. Fuck, this is gonna suck.
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Arwen
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I was the swing vote and now I am the only one Red! It is like the Scarlet letter :lol:
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Sorry hon. You should be fixed now.
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The Dead do not suffer the living to pass.[/align]
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Arwen
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I wasn't complaining, I just thought it was comical. Thanks though!
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Arwen
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Frodo is back? This should be fun.
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Arwen,Sep 1 2011
05:34:00 AM
I may have just fucked up. This is literally the only situation I did not want to find myself in tonight, and it happened. Damage control will be very hard to do now. Fuck, this is gonna suck.

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I feel awful about tonight. I hate making a decision where I truly do not feel good about doing it, or not doing it. I was truly in the middle, as middle as the middle gets, and I ended up sending someone great to the jury. He did come back, and he is a masterful PMer, so he is making me feel like he is not angry at me.

But I believe him to be. How could Frodo not be mad at me at this point. Maybe he isn't the most mad at me, but still, I cannot imagine he trusts me. I do not know what to do. I fear Gandalf gained a lot of power tonight. And while I am close to him, I feel him and Aragorn make a strong pair. and Pippin is probably with them, so they can become the new force. The same force everyone feared the Hobbits for.
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I have so much to say its ridiculous. I do not work tomorrow so plan on a long update.
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I cannot wait for your update! I must say your opinion on everything that's gone down is probably the one I'm most looking forward to.

The thing you can always remember is that while you were the swing voter, you were the last one to vote. Three others cast out Frodo. Hopefully that counts for something. I wish you the best of luck in this very tough position you find yourself, but if anyone can manuever through it, it's you!
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