Hidden Nuggets we see all the time...

[Scapula]

I love Danny Kaye! The gypsy song from the Inspector General remains one of my favorite movie clips ever, and I'm young in comparison to that film.

[Wyllgaard]

As for the snowman...

Why doesn't it have an orange colored carrot for a nose? If I recall it has a grayish black lumpy thing - like coal for the nose. Not supposed to use coal for the nose - that is for the eyes and mouth - look it up in the snowman manual.

[she-elf]

As for the snowman...

Why doesn't it have an orange colored carrot for a nose? If I recall it has a grayish black lumpy thing - like coal for the nose. Not supposed to use coal for the nose - that is for the eyes and mouth - look it up in the snowman manual.

Well, what hobbit in his right mind would sacrifice a yummy, crisp fresh carrot for a snowman when he can just use a lump of coal as an adequate nose instead?

[ilikeham49]

i wanted to bring your attention to some missing lore: if you recall in the fellowship of the ring book. when frodo and sam start their journey to bucklland from the shire they camp at a hollow tree. i cant remember when persay this part takes place possibly before he meets the elves that are going west. A couple of months ago my kinship had a little festival/party. one of the event was the path of frodo were we would walk on the same path and see what frodo saw. before we had started some of the more "lore" knowing players went out to find all the landmarks the only land mark that we could not find was frodos hollow tree in the shire.

[Silverlocket]

A couple of months ago my kinship had a little festival/party. one of the event was the path of frodo were we would walk on the same path and see what frodo saw. before we had started some of the more "lore" knowing players went out to find all the landmarks the only land mark that we could not find was frodos hollow tree in the shire.

I tried that myself a long time ago, but I couldn't find the low place in the hedge (or over a fence, maybe?) that Frodo and Sam jumped over when they were leaving home. Needless to say, it "ruined my immersion."


Well, OK, not really.


SL

[auximenes]

Isn't that location just above Woodhall, on the west side?

[Berephon]

Isn't that location just above Woodhall, on the west side?

It may be, but the tree is not there. Due to the land compression, we had to pick and choose which minor landmarks to include, and that tree didn't make the cut. There were just so many details in the Shire that there was no way all of them could have made it in without being spaced out every ten feet.

[TheOneRinger]

It may be, but the tree is not there. Due to the land compression, we had to pick and choose which minor landmarks to include, and that tree didn't make the cut. There were just so many details in the Shire that there was no way all of them could have made it in without being spaced out every ten feet.

/mood_sad

Maybe you can try and get them to add that when the southfarthing finally gets put in eh?

[RazorsKiss]

Awesome thread. Helped me enjoy the game more.

Had an extended discussion about the genius of Tolkien with another player yesterday - they had quite a... modern... interpretation of his writing. Glad to see I'm not the only Tolkien nut I've been wanting to play this game for precisely this reason. You guys get it

[Chrysoprase]

Awesome thread. Helped me enjoy the game more.

Had an extended discussion about the genius of Tolkien with another player yesterday - they had quite a... modern... interpretation of his writing. Glad to see I'm not the only Tolkien nut I've been wanting to play this game for precisely this reason. You guys get it

Let me guess, Frodo and Sam = smoochie smoochie? =P

[bluegreen]

apologies if this has been mentioned. I didn't see it on search.

Fish Slap - it's right out of Monty Python Fish Slapping Dance.

sheer sublime wack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s

[medwulf]

it's very cool to see this thread revived, amidst quite a bit of negativity lately. btw it's probably been mentioned here but there is an easter egg north of ost guruth. trick is you need to get up the wall/hill in order to find it. saw it on youtube, was never able to get there myself.

[Swyndle]

I'm still reading through the whole thread, very cool stuff, some I knew, some I didn't. With that in mind, I don't know if anyone mentioned it already, but the "friendly" cursed spirits in Agamaur and the Harleog, which are all related to the Red Maid quest line always mention they are under the curse of Iarwain until the Maid is destroyed or restored, which leads back to Goldberry
I mention it as a lore nugget because as Frodo finishes recounting the adventure leading to Rivendell, both Elrond and Glorfindel recognize the being called Tom Bombadil as Iarwain in the elven lore. That was flat out awesome for me and my wife to see in game.

On a slightly related note, if anyone affiliated with the Turbine teams is still watching the thread: *Gush*
Seriously, I know things have been in upheaval of late, and it's hard with so many people slamming you because they don't understand you aren't working a sound board but having to hunt down errant commas and semi-colons and scroll through lines and lines and lines of horrible repetitious code which takes time, to feel like your work is worth it. But it has been, is, and will be.
Founder here, just made it to 40. Why? Because I've been exploring the world you've built, enjoying the depth and detail and retracing my steps to see things I may have missed. Turbine has provided the most beautiful environment I've ever played in and the most stable over all experience. Thank you all very much.
In defense of a lot of nay saying I say, " Let them eat blueberry tart."

[Arasilion]

I'm still reading through the whole thread, very cool stuff, some I knew, some I didn't. With that in mind, I don't know if anyone mentioned it already, but the "friendly" cursed spirits in Agamaur and the Harleog, which are all related to the Red Maid quest line always mention they are under the curse of Iarwain until the Maid is destroyed or restored, which leads back to Goldberry
I mention it as a lore nugget because as Frodo finishes recounting the adventure leading to Rivendell, both Elrond and Glorfindel recognize the being called Tom Bombadil as Iarwain in the elven lore. That was flat out awesome for me and my wife to see in game.

I second this. I also enjoy seeing Tom Bombadil's "serious" side, even though Tolkien didn't write it himself. It's easy to assume Tom is all kicks and giggles, and ignore that he's a laughing and singing nuclear bomb. Woe to you if you're not one of the "Good Guys" :-)

[Berephon]

On a slightly related note, if anyone affiliated with the Turbine teams is still watching the thread: *Gush*

I'm here! I'm here!

[APErebusAU]

I'm here! I'm here!

shouldn't you be sleeping?

[Berephon]

shouldn't you be sleeping?

No, my day generally starts between 5:00 and 5:30 am. Yippee!

[APErebusAU]

No, my day generally starts between 5:00 and 5:30 am. Yippee!

ok, funky time issues going on here =D

Today 02:15 AM Berephon - I'm here! I'm here!

Today 03:47 AM APErebusAU - shouldn't you be sleeping?

Today 05:23 AM Berephon - No, my day generally starts between 5:00 and 5:30 am. Yippee!

anyway..... 5am is way too early!!!

my excuse for an apparent 3am post is Australian time =D

[Kuranese]

This is a rather long thread, so I don't know if this has already been mentioned. IMO, I found something that doesn't make sense when compared with events in The Hobbit.

In The Hobbit, Gandalf marked Bilbo's door with an X (I believes it was an X) so the dwarves could find Bilbo's home. In game however, there is only one home at Bag End. So, I should be almost impossible to miss. There are no other homes to confuse it with. If you side with what's in game, Gandalf would never have had to mark the door for the dwarves. So, if I missed something, please feel free to correct me.

That's my two cents worth anyway.

[Berephon]

This is a rather long thread, so I don't know if this has already been mentioned. IMO, I found something that doesn't make sense when compared with events in The Hobbit.

In The Hobbit, Gandalf marked Bilbo's door with an X (I believes it was an X) so the dwarves could find Bilbo's home. In game however, there is only one home at Bag End. So, I should be almost impossible to miss. There are no other homes to confuse it with. If you side with what's in game, Gandalf would never have had to mark the door for the dwarves. So, if I missed something, please feel free to correct me.

That's my two cents worth anyway.

He marked Bilbo's door with a burglar's symbol (undefined), which he scratched out when he arrived. However, you are not necessarily incorrect as to the confusion. Remember, The Hobbit was written with no inkling (pardon the pun) that LotR would ever exist.

In The Hobbit, it is very likely that Bag End was just one of many holes. However, as of LotR, it occupies the entire top of the Hill and would indeed not be particularly difficult to find (unless Gandalf just assumed the dwarves were truly that dense--which they do seem to be on occasion in The Hobbit.)

[lf2536]

He marked Bilbo's door with a burglar's symbol (undefined), which he scratched out when he arrived. However, you are not necessarily incorrect as to the confusion. Remember, The Hobbit was written with no inkling (pardon the pun) that LotR would ever exist.

In The Hobbit, it is very likely that Bag End was just one of many holes. However, as of LotR, it occupies the entire top of the Hill and would indeed not be particularly difficult to find (unless Gandalf just assumed the dwarves were truly that dense--which they do seem to be on occasion in The Hobbit.)

it's been a while since I read The Hobbit, but I seem to recall somthing about Gandalf removing the sign when he arrived with Thorin at Bag End.

[Berephon]

it's been a while since I read The Hobbit, but I seem to recall somthing about Gandalf removing the sign when he arrived with Thorin at Bag End.

Indeed...that is what I meant when I said he scratched it out when he arrived. All Bilbo got a look at was an ugly scratch on his door.

[Hakon_Stormbrow]

(unless Gandalf just assumed the dwarves were truly that dense--which they do seem to be on occasion in The Hobbit.)

The high muscle mass and more sturdy construction makes us more dense. It does make it hard to swim, but Mahal made us this way.

Is that some iron ore over there...

Wait, what were we talking about?

[Kahuna]

This is a rather long thread, so I don't know if this has already been mentioned. IMO, I found something that doesn't make sense when compared with events in The Hobbit.

In The Hobbit, Gandalf marked Bilbo's door with an X (I believes it was an X) so the dwarves could find Bilbo's home. In game however, there is only one home at Bag End. So, I should be almost impossible to miss. There are no other homes to confuse it with. If you side with what's in game, Gandalf would never have had to mark the door for the dwarves. So, if I missed something, please feel free to correct me.

That's my two cents worth anyway.

i always pictured Bag End as being the "big house at the end of the street", so to speak... i.e., there were a row of other holes along the road that led to Bag End. It's one of the few things in LoTRO that didn't quite match my mental image.

If there were, it would explain the potential for confusion.

[Noromir]

I'd just like to ask, why is one of the guards outside Archet called Eric, seems unusually a generic NPC is given a name when they speak to one another?