Thanks for the offer. It'd take a lot of site changes we can't do, and besides, it's nice being involved in such things. Like I said before, the main thing was (seeming) lack of interest! Now I'm thinking things will prossibly get rolling again...

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I think that we're all still very interested, we just expect the Mods to get the ball rolling.

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"I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls."
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It's as Riniel said, we thought the Mods would start it up when it was time. And I'm definitely interested in the MAs!

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VITAM AETERNO; an original creature roleplay

*bumpish*

Just wondering where we were for the planning on this...

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I would definitely like to get the ball rolling before school starts because my life will promptly be sucked away by schoolwork. If the Mods were to start asking for nominations today it would be fine with me!
But yes, ending RotR with MAs might be a good idea. Though I'm not really sure what it has to do with the overall theme this year...

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Erm, I third that. I'd definitely prefer if the MAs were during the remainder of the summer. School's about to start and this new year is going to be hectic. >_>

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Gaw, I got a new hectic job and I havent been around at all, I was hoping someone has started something with this.

To be honest I've never organised a members award before, so I'm a little uncertain on how we organise things.
But you guys have been around alot for member awards. Y'know what, it seems that every mod seems to be busy at the moment, so lets just go ahead and do things differently, how about we just get the ball rolling ourselves.

A Member run members awards?

What needs to be done? Lets get ourselves a list together. On my downtime or lunch break I'll try do the mod half of everything for you, but if you guys set it all up I'd be happy to help.
I'd be happy to have pm's sent to my inbox to protect the privacy of voting (i'll clean it out so i actually have room first lol) And post what you guys want posted where.

Sound cool?


gaw, I gotta get back to work, I have labels to design >.<

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Sounds great to me Jo! Thanks

Well, a few of the things we need to organize...

...What awards are we doing this round?
...Who should nominations be sent to? (Jo?)
...Should we write descriptions for the awards in the voting thread?
...(I assume Jo will put up the voting threads)
...Are people only allowed to be nominated for a certain number of awards? If so, how do we deal with multiple nominations if they are recieved?
...Who will make the awards? (Winner of the best graphics award? )

That's all I can think of right now.

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Awesome sounds like a good starting point. Cheese a deadline where you want it all to be done by and work to that.


(my brain works on deadlines now, stupid work its in my braaaaaaaaaain!)

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We're one world, one people weather we like it or not.. we can pretend we're divided into races and countries.. But the reality is that it is one world and it is one people.

Well, school is starting at different times for different people, so I think it's unrealistic to get it done, all nominations in and such before school starts... but sometime in September would be nice, maybe towards the end if we can get this all started by the end of this month, even sooner.

I'll help with this in any way I can.

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The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

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Here is a list of the awards that have been used in the past few rounds:

ROUND 7
Lament for Gandalf Award (Most into LotR Music)
Istari Award (Wisest)
Minstrel Award (Best RPGer)
White Wizard Award (Tolkein Knowledge)
Misty Mountains Award (Best middler)
Eldest Award (Best Oldie (2.5+ years))
Numenorian Award (Best 12+ months member)
Lothlorien Award (Best Graphics)
Haradhrim Award (most into something other than LotR)

ROUND 6
Samwise Gamgee Award (Most Helpful)
Nazgul Award (Most Fanatic Fangirl)
Defender of the Professor Award (Tolkein Purist)
For The Shire Award (Most posts in LotR sections/LotR-focused posts)
Tom Bombadil Award (Most random)
The Mirror of Galadriel Award (Most obsessed with the LotR Movies)
The Green Dragon Award (Most Welcoming)
Merry and Pippin Award (Most Amusing)
Ent Award (Longest Posts)
Fool of a Took Award (Most typos)

ROUND 5
(same as round 7 except for...)
Ioreth Award (Best chatter)
Ranger Award (devotion to Middle-Earth region)
Rivendell Award (best signature and avatar combo)
Maiar Award (devotion to middle-earth race)
Sting Award (best debater)

Wow, that was a lot.
Anyway, I'd prefer if we mixed around the awards from every round into this round, but I understand if it's a better idea to stick to the schedule. Since it's been so long, though, I don't see the harm in having a larger-than-normal round. After all, we may have to accept that if the Mods aren't as active as they used to be the Member Awards won't come as often as they used to.
But that's just my two cents. What do y'all think?

(Having nominations in and polls up around August 30th sounds good to me.)

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-Haradrim Award for most into something other than LotR

-Lothlorien Award for Best Graphics

-Numenorian Award for Best Oldie (Member more than 12 months)

-Eldest Award for Best Old Timer (Member for more than 2.5 years)

-Lament for Gandalf award for most into LotR Music

-Ioreth Award for best chatter (most active forum member into chatting too)

-Misty Mountain Award for Best Middler (Member for 4-11 months)

-Minstrel Award for Best RPG-er

-White Wizard Award for Tolkien Knowledge

-Ranger Award for Devotion to an area of Middle Earth

-Istari Award for Wisest/Helpful member

-Elven Archer for Best Newbie (0-3 months)

-Rivendell Award for Best Sig/Av Combo

-Maiar Award for Devotion to a LotR race

-Sting Award for Best Debater

-Bill the Pony Award for Most amiable

-Defender of the Professor Award for Tolkien Purist

-Ent Award for Longest and Most relevant posts

-Elven Grace for Most dedicated Elf Fan

-Hairy Hobbit Feet for Hobbit Fan

-Fool of a took Award for most typos

-Child of Gondor for most dedicated Gondor Fan

-Galadriel's Fan for most random member

-Mirror of Galadriel for Most obsessed with the Movies

-Merry and Pippin Award for most funniest member

-Nazgul Award for most Rabid Fangirl

-Rider of Rohan Award for most dedicated Rohan Fan

-For the Shire for most Loyal LotR Fan

-Green Dragon Aawrd for most welcoming to the newbies

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Is that still true? ^^

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The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along

And in my head I heard them play a S O N G

^I think so. I'm not sure if it only applies to one round or all future rounds. (All future rounds makes sense to me...)

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Thank you for five-plus wonderful years of obsession, friendship and fun