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Pregame / Round 1; August 19 - 21
Topic Started: Aug 19 2011, 08:34 PM (216 Views)
Gollum
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Very long ago, there lived by the banks of the Great River on the edge of the Wilderland a clever-handed and quiet-footed little people. I guess they were of hobbit-kind; akin to the fathers of the fathers of the Stoors, for they loved the River, and often swam in it, or made little boats of reeds. There was among them a family of high repute, for it was large and wealthier than most, and it was ruled by a grandmother of the folk, stern and wise in old lore, such as they had. The most inquisitive and curious-minded of that family was called Smeagol.

This thread be where Smeagol begin his discussion of the game, yes, precious. We get settled first then we posts something more substantive in here.
"what are you up to? Sneaking off are we? "

"Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice friend oh yes My Precious very nice"

"All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?"

"Sneaking."
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I am so glad you're here and finally in one of my games! You are an amazing Gollum already, just perfect!

I can't wait to watch you kill this. <3
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Thank you, we are glad to hear that. Smeagol will try hard to be himself. It has been quiet so far, but it looks like thingses are finally starting to pick up based on the lurker bar.
"what are you up to? Sneaking off are we? "

"Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice friend oh yes My Precious very nice"

"All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?"

"Sneaking."
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Smeagol is happy the day has finally come, Lady Gaga. It has already been over 2 years since we played together that one and only time, wow, has it been that long? Surprised it took this long to play in one of your games considering how many you do. Although you've been around as a cohost a couple times at least for Ozzy and AnnieGoddess.

Smeagol has been a fan of the Lord of the Rings forever, so it is fitting that this is Smeagol's first game back after taking the summer off from playing to go on his wonderous trips to Vegas, San Francisco, etc... Ready to hunker down and get back into the groove of things. In fact Smeagol has been a fan of the Lord of the Rings for like 20 years, which is more than we can say about the theme of any ORG Smeagol has ever played, ever. Smeagol has been a fan ever since he saw the animated version of the Hobbit and Return of the King on the Disney channel when he was a little kid. There was this bizarre greenish/toadish creature in those movies that kept going on and on about his precious that Smeagol thought was so cool. Gee, what was his name again? :lol: I might even dare to say whoever did his voice was even better than Andy Serkis in the more recent live action movies, as blasphemous as that may sound. Anyway, Smeagol loved them enough to finds the books and read them at an early age and have been a huge fan ever since. Smeagol is quite pleased that he gets to play his favorite character in this game, and one that holds much responsibility for us being a Lord of the Rings fan in the first place.

More to come!
"what are you up to? Sneaking off are we? "

"Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice friend oh yes My Precious very nice"

"All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?"

"Sneaking."
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Sounds like you had a killer summer!

I need to watch the movies to understand most of what is being talked about, but I am sure with you being such a huge fan, you are the best Gollum possible :D You've been a fan longer than I've been alive :ph43r:

Good luck in this!
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LoL, Smeagol feels so ancient now. :lol:
"what are you up to? Sneaking off are we? "

"Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice friend oh yes My Precious very nice"

"All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?"

"Sneaking."
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Don't. You may remember the movies on Disney, but I remember watching them years before Disney Channel premiered. :)
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Character wise, one cannot play Gollum without a big schtick, so that is the way that Smeagol has to go about it. Actually not a bad time as Smeagol went without schticks in his prior two games. Smeagol may be a little shaky at first but hopes to iron out any kinks over this opening weekend and come off as the perfect representation of Gollum. We've got our LOTR books, all 3 of them, nice and handy (don't own the Hobbit :() for research material. The thing with schtick is to know how to not drown things out too bad with it, cause there are some out there who just aren't gonna like dealing with it the entire game, but its blasphemy to abandon, something Smeagol's done in the past and am not too proud about. Still, can't pull a Krystal-Beth again and let it torpedo our entire game. The big thing is to know when to tone down a bit on talking about just the precious and moving into other subjects while still keeping the same Smeagol mannerisms such as the first person plural and the tendency to add "es" to the end of things.

Smeagol has not played in an Arena format game since our very first ORG, which is just a few months away from being 4 years ago. A little relieved to know it is not 2 people from each tribe going in, which was what we thought it was going to be like coming in. Smeagol is glad it is here as an extra safety net in the event that Smeagol does get a majority of the votes. Exactly how this will differ the strategy from another type of game though Smeagol will have to do more thinking about for a bit.

Things not too busy around here yet, but then, it is an 8 creature tribe so its never going to be really crazy around here until some subsquent merger or melding of tribes occurs, or if there's a ton of mutinies from other tribes. Nazgul was the first to meet and is the most active thus far, with Witch King pulling up in second at this point.
"what are you up to? Sneaking off are we? "

"Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice friend oh yes My Precious very nice"

"All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?"

"Sneaking."
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Smeagol wakes up at 11:00 and comes here and finds 1 PM in our inbox? This place is DEAD! :(
"what are you up to? Sneaking off are we? "

"Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice friend oh yes My Precious very nice"

"All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?"

"Sneaking."
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You rang?
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Smeagol orders you to use your great powers that you showed in the Return of the King to bring actual people here so Smeagol won't be bored! :(

Smeagol can see the evil one, Sauron on the Helms Deep Board but he hasn't shown up here yet. :(
"what are you up to? Sneaking off are we? "

"Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice friend oh yes My Precious very nice"

"All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?"

"Sneaking."
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I'm sure the Great Eye will be here to play with you presently.

Why don't you give me first impressions while we wait? :)
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He's arrived now.

First impressions?

Saruman - No show

Grima, Sauron - quiet and underwhelming thus far

Balrog - pervert

Witch King, Orc - only slightly less quiet and underwhelming thus far

Nazgul - biggest talker and favorite so far, but only because he talks more than everyone else thus far.

People are just too quiet so far to get a big impression on them right now.
"what are you up to? Sneaking off are we? "

"Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice friend oh yes My Precious very nice"

"All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?"

"Sneaking."
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Hopefully things will pick up for you. Sucks everyone's been sort of blah over here so far.

What do you think of your secret partners?
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They are much better and more talkative than the folks over here are, precious. Master <3
"what are you up to? Sneaking off are we? "

"Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak! Sneak? Very nice friend oh yes My Precious very nice"

"All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?"

"Sneaking."
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