The Last Homely House
General => Council of Cobra => Topic started by: Kralik on January 17, 2011, 10:16:28 AM
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It takes a simple glance at the forums stats (http://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/index.php?action=stats) to see that activity is declining. Now, it seems that GCCG is ending. (http://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/index.php/topic,6132.0.html) How important is it to keep GCCG (and/or TLHH :o) around? Please vote. You get two options; make sure to select 1) whether you play GCCG and/or post in the forums and 2) how active you are.
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I want both around! I will rather die then see this community/GCCG fade!
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:( :(
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I'm a big fan of the card lists, and the decks and rules forums. This seems to be the only remaining website that has those sort of things for LOTR TCG.
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I don't know if I've ever posted on the site (because I haven't felt like I've had anything to add to most conversations thus far), but I stop by regularly (without logging in). I'm glad it's here; that's for sure. The card game is still a big deal to me. This is the only site I see people talking about it.
I'll try and be more active.
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Actually, I'm preparing to sell all my LotR cards. All of it, decks, foils, sets, promos. I'd MUCH prefer to sell within the US, simply due to the relative ease of shipment compared with international shipping, but I suppose I'm up for whatever.
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The marketplace is very important to me as are the deckbuilding fora. It would be horrible, if those went down.
I wasn't aware of the fact that this community was in decline and many of the old guard were already pondering or about to put the game aside for good.
Maybe it is only a hobby, but it would be very sad, if the only noteworthy community for the game went down. How disheartening it would be, if the only place left was ebay, where you could get some "information" on the game...
P.S.: Maybe I should start saving decklists and other gameplay ideas posted on here to some sort of offline reference materials...
P.P.S.: This is a very gloomy topic, worthy of being posted on a dismal winter's day...
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I just get back to the game, and these forums provide excellent resources . I played a lot on GCCG in the past month, and also actively traded in the marketplace here, so I would be really sad without them.
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Love the forums and have messed around with the GCCG a little bit. It looks like a really cool game and when I get some more time would love to play more! That is if it survives Mount Doom!!!
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Yes GCCG is like the best online game!! I play it whenever there is no one to play in real life GCCG and forums have always been here for me and that's why i love it so much!!! :(
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This was a tough vote for me, because LotR is a game I know I'll always come back to at some point or another, but I haven't played it at all lately. By the definitions offered in the poll, I could only go with, "I'm moving on in life" (just 'cause I haven't checked posts here in quite some time).
However, I don't think the "moving on" vote is truly indicative of my feelings regarding TLHH. Like I said, I always know I'll be back some day, and when I do, it'd be nice to find there's still a community hanging around.
So the answer is: yes, I think it's important to keep TLHH around (especially since this is really the only remaining LotR TCG community, as far as I know), even if I'm guilty of ignoring it lately.
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I only post when the possibility of a trade seems realistic. If I have nothing to offer, or I still have the same cards that nobody seemed interested in the last time I posted, then I just wait until someone posts cards that I am looking for and send a PM.
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My problem is that I really do want to be active on the forum (especially the Chamber!), but there aren't enough other active people to really facilitate that.
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Yaknow, it's been a long time since I've been around here. I've gotten busy with a lot (a lot) of other stuff, and I don't really think I'll be part of the community much. Things could change. I might get back into LOTR. But I'm busy doing a lot of stuff.
'twould be sad to see this site die, though.
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I enjoy visiting the forums still even if I don't post as much as I used to. I also enjoyed GCCG a ton when I played, it just became way too much of a distraction. I hope a new GCCG server is found soon though! Good luck all!
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i check the forums daily. i've backed off on GCCG but that is because AFROTC and college is taking up my "free" time. I would be sad if GCCG vanished, but I would be very sad to see TLHH disappear. However, if the hosts, servers, and moderators are all vanishing then we really don't have much of a choice, eh?
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I enjoy visiting the forums still even if I don't post as much as I used to.
Me too! I still visit often, but I do not post as often, either, mainly because my collecting days are pretty much over - save for the odd trade here and there. I would like to post more deck ideas and comment on others' ideas, but there are much more knowledgeable people around and I don't have that much experience, so there you are.
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I visit the forum every few weeks and post some replies or topics every few month.
TLHH is the last remaining LotR TCG community on the web. Even if some old members fade away, there are some newbies from time to time looking for information, decks, tips or cards. And if this communiy dies, this is the virtual end of LotR TCG on the net...
So please keep this forum and the card database up and running!
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TLHH is the last remaining LotR TCG community on the web. Even if some old members fade away, there are some newbies from time to time looking for information, decks, tips or cards. And if this communiy dies, this is the virtual end of LotR TCG on the net...
I am one of those who accidentally googled lotr tcg forum about a week ago and found out the active forum (found couple of them who are completely dead, no one posted from 2005/2006) and then gccg... I think that there are lot of nostalgic people like me who didn't play or heard for the game in the last 5-6-7 yrs and then just came across free online server that has active users...
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Before I found this forum I thought my friend and me were the only people left in the whole world who played LotR TCG and I loved the game, loved the cards and wished I knew about it sooner (I started playing when Return of the King came out).
Then, just a little over a year ago, I found this site and the forum and GCCG. It made my life much more happier because I really love the game and being able to play it every day with all sorts of different people was fantastic. I care a great deal about them both and am willing to go to great lengths to keep them alive. People call soccer the most important secondary thing in the world, but to me that's LotR TCG!
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Wow, that was a quick response! 20 posts in an hour or so -- keep the feedback coming! :)
For those who say TLHH lives up to its name ("The Last Homely House...")... wasn't there an active French/European LotR community? Maybe Zorbec's?
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I read the site daily, usually more than once a day, and I post maybe every other day or so. I've been playing GCCG a lot lately, mostly at night. I'd be really sad if I couldn't use this site or play on GCCG anymore. I have nobody else around where I live to play with. I'm hopeful someone can do something to help keep this site and GCCG going.
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I think it's kinda sad that we need such a topic to get attention of the "old guys"...
Anyway, it's been a while, and I must admit I already feel like one of the veterans. For a couple of months, I think I was like one of the most active members on the boards (besides ket, of course), and as you might think, I really don't have much free time to spare. I'm doing my last year at school, but then, I think I might return for a year or so. As it seems, I'm counting myself to the "veterans", even though it was just about 13 months ago when I really got into LotR TCG.
Anyway, I also agree on the point that there will always be random people looking for information about LotR TCG, and as I did a bit more than a year ago, will find this site and enjoy it as much as I did. And we should be really thankful to people like ket who stay here and keep the forums alive, giving the same advice over and over again that a Deck like Hobbit Hospital isn't considered to be the best Deck in Extended or that they shouldn't play Lightfoodness to have "an answer to archery" and so on.
Still, I think that this community is not just something normal, it's really a place where you try to have fun, learn something about the game and try to get something back we lost a long time ago.
So then, those were my two (or maybe more) cents. Hope to see you again in the near future.
Greetz,
Witchkingx5 aka "The Swiss Player" aka Dominik
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As long as there are still hidden shoebox's with stashes of cards out there, there will always be a need for a place just like this one!
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I would say one thing though, this is probably slightly skewed toward people who use the forum seeing as those who use exclusively GCCG probably don't even know about this poll :P
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I would say one thing though, this is probably slightly skewed toward people who use the forum seeing as those who use exclusively GCCG probably don't even know about this poll :P
Haha! I figured that when I wrote it. There are a few players like jmccarthy that play GCCG almost exclusively, but still have a forum account, though.
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whoooow.. what is happening here.... are we having a lack of confidence..?!!
I want to keep playing Gccg. I'd prefer it if it could been integrate in tlhh.
To me it should not be the question how important is gccg and tlhh to you, but the question should be how will we solve the problem of the servers. As mentioned in an other topic: I have a spare pc, but it needs to be cleaned up and it has get linux on it. Also I dont know if my inet is good enough for hosting a server for gccg.
So another question should be what do we need for keeping gccg up and running.
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I haven't been
addicted to playing GCCG as much as in the old days, but I'd hate to see everyone else lose out. But here's a thought (stirring up the waters):
That PC conversation that keeps going around in circles? If GCCG is tied to TLHH, why not just have a GCCG/TLHH Player's Group?
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SdA is still alive! ;)
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Man I was really disappointed to find out GCCG was going offline. When I found it for the first time this summer, I was really excited to have a chance to play other people besides my brother. I found TLHH by a google search one day and I became a member instantly. I really wish I had more time to build decks to post, but school has seen to that. I would really hate to see this community go because it's really keeping interest in LotR alive and without this, most people probably wouldn't keep playing because of the lack of players in their area. I know I let LotR go when I had no one to play, but since I found this I found that I missed out on so much when I left and I've been trying to back to where I left off.
I really hope we can get together to find a way to keep both of these alive!
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I haven't been addicted to playing GCCG as much as in the old days, but I'd hate to see everyone else lose out. But here's a thought (stirring up the waters):
That PC conversation that keeps going around in circles? If GCCG is tied to TLHH, why not just have a GCCG/TLHH Player's Group?
yep.. so integrate tlhh and gccg.. i would say
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I want to play CGGC but I can't seem to get it to work with my iMAC...
I hope it doesn't end. I am working in South Korea and the only people I have to play with here are ones that I get started on the game and then give then tons of cards!
I have been playing LotR forever now but just recently found these forums. I hope it all doesn't end...
What can we do to keep both GCCG and the forums around?
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The card database is the most important part of the site to me. If it were going to go down I'd want to know ahead of time so I could save a copy of each image.
I have also found the boards to be great. I'm not a big message board person, so I don't post a ton. But, I do check this site daily and read other people's posts. Also, I have been able to complete multiple trades on here and also make some posts in the deck-building forums.
I would miss this site immensely if it were gone.
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The card reference is incredibly important. At a minimum, I'd like to keep those up. Since I have a web hosting provider with lots of available storage space, I will commit to hosting the "static" card pages. I know I can do that.
The forums would be nice, too. On my current page, I may or may not be able to take the forums, though.
I can't take GCCG, though - it's a separate server from my control.
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Well, this is certainly sad to see happening.
I remember when I found CobraCards and I was so excited to find someone else to actually talk about this game, before I founded my playgroup. I do not consider myself to be one of the "old guys", but being brought from CC to here isn't something that has happened to everyone (though I still have like half the posts of some newer guys).
I have my loyal playgroup here in Chile with who I play fairly regularly. I think it's enough, so I don't use GCCG. I check the forums daily for decks mainly, rules sometimes, the database, and just general discussion which I find entertaining. The people here are awesome, which I believe is the main reason I'd be sad if I knew this was going to die. There are some great discussions, and people here are both funny and intelligent and nice which is certainly something you can't find in any forum. The fact that almost the whole boards are about Tolkien and LOTR makes it just better.
So there it is. Believe me when I say I would be sad if these boards were going to die, not only because of the awesome resources, but mostly because of the people here, and the very good enviroment you feel when you get here and read a few threads.
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Even tho I come in here just once in a while, it would be freakin devastating to see this last corner of the internet for LOTR TCG going away... as well as GCCG, which I don't play for some time, but it's good to know I can hang around if I want.
Do you guys need donations and stuff? I could definitely contribute with PayPal money, and I'm sure most people here would be able too as well.
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Ulmo and I use to play at lunch all the time, but we no longer work in the same building so I never really get to play anymore. Today, I just pulled out my basic decks and I was thinking about jazzing them up a bit and tearing apart all of my ultra competitive decks. I've even thought about selling all of my Hunter, Ros and T&D cards, but it took me so long to complete the collection, it would be a shame to part with them. Completing my collection would not have been possible if it wasn't for TLHH. I still drop in all the time to look for deck ideas and rule clarifications. I am also excited about the new LoTR LCG that is coming out shortly. I have been playing the Warhammer LCG with some of my board-game buddies, but I'm only doing that to introduce them to collectable card games, because Warhammer is a simpler game to learn than LoRT TCG. My eventual goal is to introduce them to the LoTR TCG.
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I'd also be willing to make a donation to keep TLHH up and going. I don't post that much, but I browse the forum all the time. It is the only resource I use for LoTR TCG information.
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I wouldn't be worried about TLHH disappearing as long as there are people who want the site to be here. I hadn't planned to close up shop unless activity gets significantly lower -- and even then I'd probably give it a year after the last post. :P
As for donations -- I'm rather opposed to any money changing hands for what is essentially a hobby of mine. I'm just trying to gauge the interest to consider whether I should host GCCG or not. If I can merge the hosting (TLHH+GCCG), all the better.
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I would be very sad to see this site go; though I normally just lurk around and post every once in a while, I could still lose myself in the site for a good time! Where else would I, or any one else here, find a community like this? :( As for the merging, that sounds like a pretty perfect idea, if it can be done lol.
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I'm still organizing each month LOTR tournament which collect in average 8-10 players each month (and with a National about 25 players).
I'm not very active on this forum, but I'm an active GCCG player and it's the best way to continue to play this amazing game.
See you soon in France ;).
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TLHH is the only forum where can i find a really active community of LOTR and lot of experts in term of card ruling, really usefull!!
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Enola, you are an energy well. Managing that much Tournaments is exerting - but good to hear!
Thank you, Kralik, for this poll.
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The only active game I'm playing is L5R and I'll even be ending that this fall. I still enjoy stopping by and checking on things every week or so, but I don't really post (never was all that active). I think it's definitely worth keeping the site up even for the little activity there is. I'll probably never part with the cards :)
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This was a tough vote for me, because LotR is a game I know I'll always come back to at some point or another, but I haven't played it at all lately. By the definitions offered in the poll, I could only go with, "I'm moving on in life" (just 'cause I haven't checked posts here in quite some time).
However, I don't think the "moving on" vote is truly indicative of my feelings regarding TLHH. Like I said, I always know I'll be back some day, and when I do, it'd be nice to find there's still a community hanging around.
So the answer is: yes, I think it's important to keep TLHH around (especially since this is really the only remaining LotR TCG community, as far as I know), even if I'm guilty of ignoring it lately.
Same here!
I enjoyed a lot the time i was more active at TLHH and GCCG, and i would not like to see it dying, but sadly i can't even promise i will do my part to keep it running :(
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I've only just returned to the game in a big way after a 2.5 yr lay off. Had never known this site existed back when I was more active, but signed up here less than a week ago. Has been great looking at decklists and participating in the marketplace.
Would be disappointed to see it disappear right when I just found it ...
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TLHH is the last remaining LotR TCG community on the web. Even if some old members fade away, there are some newbies from time to time looking for information, decks, tips or cards. And if this communiy dies, this is the virtual end of LotR TCG on the net...
I am one of those who accidentally googled lotr tcg forum about a week ago and found out the active forum (found couple of them who are completely dead, no one posted from 2005/2006) and then gccg... I think that there are lot of nostalgic people like me who didn't play or heard for the game in the last 5-6-7 yrs and then just came across free online server that has active users...
I am one of those people too. I used to play this game around 2003-05. But cards were not sold in my country and I always bought online. Not that it is a problem but there was noone to play with. Noone knew about it. I had cards from 1-6. And made many decks myself. I taught a LOTR obsessed friend of mine the game. And we used to play with the decks I prepared. Random decks. Most of them were far from ideal. But we had so much fun. But then it became so monotonous to play each other. I got away from the game.
2 months ago while I was cleaning up the attic I found my cards. Over 7000 of them. Got interested again and went online to find tips. And google led me here and then to gccg. I've been playing daily ever since. I am still learning about cards after return of the king... And at the time I have very little to add to TLLH. But gccg has been a joy in my life. I enjoy it very much and in the past 2 months I've seen at least 4 new players just like me accidentily finding out the forum and gccg. They've been playing online ever since.
There will always be new people seeking information and playing partners. There will always be people like me or jahataku. And this is really the LAST homely house.
I think the topic should not be "How important is TLLH/GCCG to you?" But rather "How important is playing lotr tcg to internet?" Because as far as I know this is the only place left.
Some veterans might have moved on with their lives. I might lose interest in the future also. But there will always be new people. There will always be some old player stumbling upon old cards or see a rerun of the movie and remember the game. I think this TLHH/GCCG is the last refuge... It was for me... I'm sure it will be for many others to follow.
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Im the same as most traders, ill frequesntly look over all forum threads, but only post when i have too.
Still need this site i think - very important for all LOTR traders.
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(this is going to sound like such spam...)
I've recently stumbled upon http://www.tradecardsonline.com/ and am checking it out. LotR is an option to play on it and, since I play a variety of games, I'll probably be there more and more. We might see about merging the community and everything with them.
At the very least, let us know if you're going to take out the database so I can save a copy of every picture...
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I found TLHH last September or so. Just a I'm-bored-random search in google. I installed GCCG and play quiet a bit. I have only 4 posts or so but i like to read threads. Specially the Lothlorien forum. I think that something happened this winter. I feel its has been this last few days that have seen a serious diminish in forum activity... I believe is only temporal tho. We can see that this thread has had many responses in a few hours.
Regarding GCCG i think its being paradoxically more popular these days. Ive seen many new players that may or may not know about TLHH. I think new players will come all the time. And retired ones may return and stay for a while.
I think a merge would be the best option in a long term. But it may be difficult. Perhaps a ladder like the one of winnieInternet back in the day qould be a good idea. We should harvest for ideas among the active players and see what can be acclompished.
Finally i dont really like NateWinchester idea. I really lije this site and the fact that is focused in LOTR TCG. Also i did'nt like that site.
Lastly i think taht if we can we should bring more people to the game. If each one can get a player on it would be awesome.
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I dont post here much since I am not a real activity person, but I do keep an eye open here, and I still visist GCCG... I even was among the 1th player there to test it out.
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seeing this site completes the part of me playing LOTR TCG, i still have my cards, all of them.. no plans on selling.. I love all about it.. i'll be heart-broken to see this site go away..
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I wouldn't be worried about TLHH disappearing as long as there are people who want the site to be here. I hadn't planned to close up shop unless activity gets significantly lower -- and even then I'd probably give it a year after the last post. :P
That is good to hear. :up:
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I haven't been addicted to playing GCCG as much as in the old days, but I'd hate to see everyone else lose out. But here's a thought (stirring up the waters):
That PC conversation that keeps going around in circles? If GCCG is tied to TLHH, why not just have a GCCG/TLHH Player's Group?
YES YES YES KRALIK I AGREE WITH YOU!!!!
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LOTR doesn't quite give me what I want so I infrequently visit the forums. Occasionally i get the urge to play on GCCG but for the most part dedicate my time to another CCG these days.
I think it is very important for the community that remains for TLHH and GCG to remain. Many card games have life well after they cease production. Many continue on with large support (sometimes this comes well after the game ceased production).
With The Hobbit on the way there is certainly potential for renewed interest and activity in the future.
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There's a good bit of nostalgia in it for me. The only reason I still lurk is memories. I first read The Hobbit and LOTR trilogy at age 8, and when a friend introduced me to LotR TCG a few years later it was the coolest game I had ever played. :) I was around 11 when I found Cobra Cards (http://web.archive.org/web/20070320005515/http://cobracards.com) ,and it was my first taste of an internet forums community. In retrospect I was extremely lucky that everybody was so nice as I was quite a naive sheltered little guy, and probably would have gotten trolled elsewhere. Cobra Cards had originally been a TCG shop that sold LotR TCG, Magic and several other card games, but it eventually developed a strong community that continued on even after Cobra boarded up shop. He probably would still be open today, but LotR TCG was his best seller, and it took a hard hit when Decipher got robbed and Hunters was delayed. Eventually, the lease on the site domain expired- http://www.cobracards.com/ and I figured it was gone for good. Several months late, I discovered TLHH, and although I had mostly stopped playing, I joined up, for old times sake. As of 2011, I haven't played a real game in 3+ years, and although the one friend I used to play SdA with has mentioned digging it up again, for now I am inactive. Anyway, that's the backstory to TLHH (and why this subforum is called the Council of Cobra) and anyone who wants to wander Cobra Cards can do so here:
http://lotrtcgdb.com/community/.
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I reluctantly voted "moving on with my life." :(
...That said, it would make me very depressed if TLHH was to fade and pass into the West -- so many memories. I dunno how much time I spent here, but it was well worth it. Good times, good times.
It's good to see so many new people keeping the place alive, if not quite as lively as it was back in its heyday.
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I dunno how much time I spent here, but it was well worth it.
Well, your total time online TLHH was 5 days, 8 hours and 57 minutes.
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I dunno how much time I spent here, but it was well worth it.
Well, your total time online TLHH was 5 days, 8 hours and 57 minutes.
That was rhetorical :roll:
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I wouldn't be worried about TLHH disappearing as long as there are people who want the site to be here. I hadn't planned to close up shop unless activity gets significantly lower -- and even then I'd probably give it a year after the last post. :P
As for donations -- I'm rather opposed to any money changing hands for what is essentially a hobby of mine. I'm just trying to gauge the interest to consider whether I should host GCCG or not. If I can merge the hosting (TLHH+GCCG), all the better.
I'm so glad to hear this... I played from the very beginning of the game, and just came back to it with my friends, thanks to TLHH (and google :)), and with the forums disappearing we may even stop playing again.
I also play Magic, and use 2 different online clients for it, but I have to say that GCCG exceeds both of them by far, and I played about every day in the in the past month, so it would be awesome to keep it working.
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I post from time to time. But I lurk several times a week!
What's funny about the site is that I haven't played a game in months (offline, I've never used GCCG), but since I come here so often I feel like I still play regularly.
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I think the real shame is that as much as I love the forums, my current activities (internship, among other things) don't permit me to take the time sorting through my massive collection so I can trade/sell as I was always planning to.
Having taken my entire collection with me overseas (huge shipping costs), I feel the urge to get to it soon, but I never do. And since there are fewer people trading/selling than there used to be, I admit I lost a bit of interest in the strategy article side of things. I was glad I got the PM, or I might not have replied to this thread at all! Being busy sucks sometimes. :(
As for me, not played the game in several months. It's sad, I know.
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I read this forum EVERY day. I play in real life and took many deck ideas from this site. I like to refer to the site for rules, card lists, documentation, or just to read comments other make. I do not post a lot (english is not my native language) but I really enjoy being around. I saw that the site attracted a small bunch of new players recently so that's really positive! We should keep this site alive.
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200 votes, and if everyone voted twice that makes 100 (semi) active users, so i guess traffic isn't actually a problem
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200 votes, and if everyone voted twice that makes 100 (semi) active users, so i guess traffic isn't actually a problem
Aye, and there are a lot of people using this site, but not actively participating. I myself was checking the database and reading some posts for about 2 months before I finally decided to register.
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I'm one of those "members who join and then quit suddenly" people, but I always visit the site when I'm in a LotR TCG mood. I wish I could get my GCCG up though! This site and forum is awesome regardless!
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200 votes, and if everyone voted twice that makes 100 (semi) active users, so i guess traffic isn't actually a problem
I think the mass PM helped. ;)
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200 votes, and if everyone voted twice that makes 100 (semi) active users, so i guess traffic isn't actually a problem
I think the mass PM helped. ;)
A mass PM? Shucks, I thought I was special for a second there. :(
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You ARE special! Just like everybody else!
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You ARE special! Just like everybody else!
lol Thanks!!!
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You ARE special! Just like everybody else!
Haha, that's like an oxymoron.
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200 votes, and if everyone voted twice that makes 100 (semi) active users, so i guess traffic isn't actually a problem
I think the mass PM helped. ;)
A mass PM? Shucks, I thought I was special for a second there. :(
Mass PM? You gotta be kidding me :( I was about to jump off a bridge when my cell vibrated indicating the e-mail :(
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Mass PM? You gotta be kidding me :( I was about to jump off a bridge when my cell vibrated indicating the e-mail :(
Don't do it -- you have so much to live for!
Maybe this will cheer you up. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vsdtCuXS_I)
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Kralik can we have a LOTR TCG TLHH and GCCG Player Committee/Group with our own Virtual Cards and Rules?
Please!!
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I'll tell you right now that Virtual Cards are OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT.
Please understand this - we want Decipher/New Line/etc in our good graces - we do NOT want to piss them off before we get a chance to do some good with the game.
NO VIRTUAL CARDS!!!! Just play the game with whatever rules you want to make and with whatever cards you want to use. ALL that matters for the future of the game is that people play it.
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Ok soz looks like we need to stick with rules then :(
But hey it's still a player group!! :D
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To be honest, I don't really even care for myself since I'm done with the game, it was more a word of warning for those who wish to see the game have a bright future.
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Hawkeye is absolutely right. :gp:
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Last 2 options for me, but i have never played GCCG either.
Magic the Gathering is the future :D
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Don't do it Juicy Fruit!
GCCG is the future. :mrgreen:
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Some kind of coordination between TLHH and GCCG play is pretty much how I envisioned a house committee might look like (at its most basic to be relevant, maybe providing a tournament structure and settling ruling issues for participating people). It's not to regain LotR's old popularity, but to hopefully extend the lifespan of this game for the players we have, even if the end result is still a decline. Though maybe what should be asked first is that for the players who've left before or are thinking about leaving, what changes might encourage you to stay?
Anyway, just tossing a suggestion out there. I'm more or less done with the game (maybe having my collection on hand could turn things around), but I still drop by the forums regularly.
And thanks, Kralik, for TLHH and now the efforts on GCCG!
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Magic the Gathering is the future :D
It took me over a year to realize that. LotR is a much better game, but MtG has just awesome support...
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I still like lotr tcg and I appreciate what this web site has done.
Life is busy and I get to this site when I can but I will admit it averages about once a month.
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This was a tough vote for me, because LotR is a game I know I'll always come back to at some point or another, but I haven't played it at all lately. By the definitions offered in the poll, I could only go with, "I'm moving on in life" (just 'cause I haven't checked posts here in quite some time).
However, I don't think the "moving on" vote is truly indicative of my feelings regarding TLHH. Like I said, I always know I'll be back some day, and when I do, it'd be nice to find there's still a community hanging around.
So the answer is: yes, I think it's important to keep TLHH around (especially since this is really the only remaining LotR TCG community, as far as I know), even if I'm guilty of ignoring it lately.
This is me exactly over the last few months. And work is even crazier right now through May or so unfortunately... I mostly played with my friends and now I don't live near any of them. And I've tried GCCG but just not gotten into it. I definitely hope TLHH will stick around though.
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Don't do it Juicy Fruit!
GCCG is the future. :mrgreen:
Never! But i echo some of the others; regardless of lotr's outcome, I hope this site stays. I met some great people here and Id hate to think that I would lose contact with them.
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Thing is, someone needs to take the reins and move things along. Someone like Thranduil, with experience in set building, card-making, and rules. And THEN we can have everyone voting or pitching in whenever needed. Just anarchist talking ans discussions won´t do squat.
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Hey,
I'm relatively new here by most accounts (registered back in July)... so I never got into posting a whole lot or hanging out with the other members back when the site was apparently much more active.
But ever since I discovered this site, I have used it at least a couple times a month, sometimes more. Like someone else said, I don't always log in (unless I have something to post) but I am often on here reading through deck suggestions, rule explanations, and even just some of the old conversations.
Like others said, it really is the only site out there that still supports or has information about the LotR TCG. Which I still think is a phenomenal game. So it would be a real shame if it was shut down or vanished. At the very least, it would be nice to keep all of the posts/information up in a static form, so that at least the thousands of pages of help, suggestions and explanations are not lost to the world. In the age of everything being preserved on the internet (including the minutia of people's lives on Twitter/facebook/etc) it would suck if the collected lore/knowledge of LotR TCG was gone.
The community on here has been helpful explaining rules and answering my questions, so I would be sad to see it go. I still play LotR TCG at least monthly with a group of my friends/cousins, and would play weekly if I could see them more often. And I've bought more cards in the last 18 months than I had in the previous 5 years, so I have been getting more into it.
If I might ask, what prompted this question/discussion? Are there forum mods/site managers that are busy with other responsibilities, and need new people to step up and help out? Or is it a money thing to keep servers/site going? Or just wondering if there isn't enough need/activity to bother keeping it up? Or maybe just hoping to spur people back into activity, as this discussion page seems to show?
I'd be curious to know if there are problems/issues that the rest of the community could help with. Like make small donations to keep funding servers or have additional help with moderating or something. Or even just cleaning up old pages/removing unused sections to cut down on size/space.
Thanks for asking the community though. I'll be checking back here to see what else is decided/discussed.
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Thing is, someone needs to take the reins and move things along. Someone like Thranduil, with experience in set building, card-making, and rules. And THEN we can have everyone voting or pitching in whenever needed. Just anarchist talking ans discussions won´t do squat.
I think if we can agree that TLHH is the head of GCCG (that is, GCCG players will go by TLHH rules decisions) then we can start to make some headway. I'm also considering contests/tournaments and real/physical prizes.
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Oh yes Kralik now we're talking!
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Thing is, someone needs to take the reins and move things along. Someone like Thranduil, with experience in set building, card-making, and rules. And THEN we can have everyone voting or pitching in whenever needed. Just anarchist talking ans discussions won´t do squat.
I think if we can agree that TLHH is the head of GCCG (that is, GCCG players will go by TLHH rules decisions) then we can start to make some headway. I'm also considering contests/tournaments and real/physical prizes.
Sounds good to me!
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anyway how goes the search for the new host provider?
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Thing is, someone needs to take the reins and move things along. Someone like Thranduil, with experience in set building, card-making, and rules. And THEN we can have everyone voting or pitching in whenever needed. Just anarchist talking ans discussions won´t do squat.
I think if we can agree that TLHH is the head of GCCG (that is, GCCG players will go by TLHH rules decisions) then we can start to make some headway. I'm also considering contests/tournaments and real/physical prizes.
Sounds good to me!
Yes it's like a PC!!
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I come and go as a player and a forum user but I am getting geeked up again to play and appreciate this forums tremendously. As far as online play I would like to see if I can get the open source for GCCG and make it better so we can keep it going. Is it available? If so, and I can get it cosmetically inviting i may be able to bring quite a few players in the loop. By quite a few i mean 50-100+.
BTW, nice db linking, do they give you an api key to db? Be nice to see a mouse over feature.
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Clua, there already is a mouse over feature for the forums. You can set it in the look and layout options.
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Clua, there already is a mouse over feature for the forums. You can set it in the look and layout options.
Somehow I never knew that until today. I'm so happy.
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I think it's amazing we got 174 votes for this poll.
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I come and go as a player and a forum user but I am getting geeked up again to play and appreciate this forums tremendously. As far as online play I would like to see if I can get the open source for GCCG and make it better so we can keep it going. Is it available? If so, and I can get it cosmetically inviting i may be able to bring quite a few players in the loop. By quite a few i mean 50-100+.
BTW, nice db linking, do they give you an api key to db? Be nice to see a mouse over feature.
OK, so it's a late response, but check out http://gccg.sf.net and you'll see that it IS open source. It's not my program though, so if you want to get in on the development action, you'll have to get ahold of the right people.
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Hi there. I'm not sure GCCG is promoted as widely as it could be (I only found it thanks to a friend who was posting his House Rules on here). I will try to spread the word on the Shadow Era TCG forums.