themiddleearth

APPLICATION POST.

tennants — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:19:32 GMT

APPLICATION POST!

If you would like to join themiddleearth please read through the rules/guide/faq section. Then fill out the form below.

When picking a team, please put them in order from who you'd most like to be in to least like to be in. We cannot guarantee that you will be put into you first choice, but we will try our hardest not to put you in your last choice. Keep in mind, we like to even the teams so if you happen to get your least choice, it's not because we hate you, it's because we need to even the teams out. Honestly though, it doesn't really matter what team you are in, it's all about participating and having fun! :]

The Teams:
Team Shire, Team Lorien, Team Mordor, Team Gondor

Sign-up
Name Location The Teams, in order (or just put any) Where did you hear about this comm?

Once you're signed up:
Please Wait for your application to be processed. This will happen every Sunday! Once that happens, you'll recieve an invite to your Team comm AND themiddleearth. Invites can be checked here. Then you can start participating and having fun!

RULES/FAQ'S/HELP!

tennants — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:02:42 GMT

For those of you new to the community, just want to check it out before you join, or have been loyal to themiddleearth since the beginning, underneath the cut you will find all the rules, FAQ's, and a nice help guide which will be added to as time goes on. If you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns outside of actual challenges/tasks, this would be the place you would ask them. This way I can archive them and put them into the help guide if needed!

What is themiddleearth? This community is a interactive challenge community for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and/or 'Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit'.

What do you do in this community? themiddleearth is an interactive community. The main word being interactive. When you apply, you will be put into one of four teams, when you get into your team you can start participating in team challenges/tasks, to get points for your team!

What kind of teams do you have? There are four teams in this community. They include:
Team Shire
Team Lorien
Team Gondor
Team Mordor

You can apply to any team you would like, but you aren't guaranteed that team, especially if it has more members then other teams. We try to even out the teams so there is a fair advantage to get points!

How does one get points? When you join and get into your team, you can go to themiddleearth, and look on the side bar, and you will find the updated list of all the challenges and tasks that you are able to do. You get points for participation!

Do I have to do every single challenge/task that is put up? No! We want you to have fun, and make friends, while having a bit of competition, and we also understand that not everyone can be on the computer 24/7. We recommend doing at least one challenge/task a week, but it's all up to you, and what you feel like doing!

What kind of challenges/tasks will there be? All kinds! Anything from graphic challenges, to writing challenges to fun games, and trivia, etc... We try to do a variety of things.

When do the challenges/tasks get posted? They get posted throughout the week and day. There is no set time, but you will always have plenty of time to do them unless they are "quick challenges". "Quick Challenges" are used for free points, and are up until all the points are given away. More information about quick challenges will be given when one comes up.

How long are the battles for Middle Earth? Battles for Middle Earth usually last four months. Once the battle ends, all points are tallied up and the winning team will be announced!

What does the winning team get? Bragging rights! As well as a spiffy banner to post in their team's user info!

Where can I apply? You can go to themiddleearth, and go onto the application post. Fill out the form and comment on the post. All applications will be looked at and replied to every single Sunday! No one will be turned away, everyone is welcome to join!

RULES:

1. Always be polite and nice. Fighting with other team members or community members are never accepted. If any drama starts you will be given a strike. After two strikes you will be removed from the community. We want themiddleearth to be as drama free as possible!

2. Once a challenge closes, you will not be able to turn in anything after the due date. If you happen to cmment after the post is closed your entry will not be counted towards the points.

3. You are encouraged to use team banners/team icons! Extra points will given to those who use them every time the comment in a challenge post. It's also a nice way for the mods to know which team you are on. A signature banner must have your name and team name on it!

OTHER FAQ's:
Some of these have just been carried over from an_inside_job's entry :]

Can i vote for my own entry? No. There are many reasons for this, but in short, if your entry is so good it deserves your own vote, you don't need to vote for it. This comm is pretty popular, and there are hardly ever ties. It's just not necessary to vote for yourself!

I can't do this challenge! I'm sorry. But there will always be challenges that some people can't enter. Its almost impossible to please everyone here, and it's nice to have a variety of challenges so people don't get bored. If there is a challenge that the majority of people cannot participate in, then it won't be repeated.

I no longer have time, I would like to leave the Middle Earth. Please let us know! You can leave themiddleearth by going to the side bar and clicking on the "LEAVING" link. When you get there, just comment and let us know if you want to leave, and we will take you off the members list! You can always come back if you want, and you will be given the same team that you had before.

I want to switch teams! Once you are on a team you must stay there. Once a year we will post a "change of heart" post, which then you can put in a request to switch teams!

If you have any questions, please feel free to comment here, and I will get back to you as soon as I can!

Hello!

tennants — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:26:50 GMT

Hello fellow Middle Eartheans!

My name is Brittany, and I am volunteering to take over themiddleearth for the lovely an_inside_job. Over the next week you will all see small slight changes made to the community. I will try to keep it as harmless as possible I swear! Your team communities/names will all stay the same, as well as the mods if they are still up for it!

Here are some small things that you all should know:

The next 'battle for Middle Earth' will happen, hopefully, April 1st, 2011. If by some reason I, and the mods aren't ready we will let you know. I'm hoping during the waiting/reorganizing process we will have some small 'getting to know you' games. This way we can all get back into the spirit of the games/challenges.

In the next day or so I will post a entry asking for everyone to comment with what team they are in. This way I can keep track of all the people in each team, an create a "user base", which will have the team and their members and how many points each team member makes during that battle.

There will also be a slight tweak in the community rules, but honestly, it's nothing to worry about.

I also want to make it clear that I am always there if any of you have problems, make it another person on the community, a question/concern about a challenge or how something is being run, etc... You can PM me on here (I try to check my PM's every couple of hours, because LJ doesn't like me and never sends notifications), or if you don't want to PM me, you can always do one of the other options:

IM: zombie lois
Twitter: @fringescience
and in case any of you play 'World of Warcraft' I'm Ephinne on the Malygos server, so if you can't get a hold of me any other way and you see that I'm on, just send me a message or whisper to me, and I'll reply instantly.

I'm hoping that you all are still interested in being a part of this community, and I cannot wait to start the battle!
- Brittany

And because everyone needs a laugh now and then:

an_inside_job — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:22:14 GMT

Oce again...I come armed with apologies. I simply do not have the time to dedicate to this comm.
With all the best intentions I am failing terribly.
I am going to have to hand it over to someone who has the time for it. I haven't even managed to put up new games/graphics challenges this week. It's likely that my failing is largely responsible for the fall in participation from most members here.
Not all of you, some of you religiously enter (when there are acually challenges to enter!) and I feel horrible for letting you guys down, hence the reason for this decision.

As such...the third battle for middleearth will be suspended until someone who has the time can take over here.

sorry.

!mod post

an_inside_job — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:07:51 GMT

There will be a 24hr extension to all challenges due to close on the 3rd November. I am having internet issues.

Sorry!

Cover Meme Results

realproof — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:54:44 GMT

Winners
first - #18 - ayeseaturtle (M) - 30pts
first - #37 - anolinde (G) - 30pts
second - #27 - anaithis (G) - 20pts
third - #4 - mata090680 (L) - 10pts
third - #19 - ayeseaturtle (M) - 10pts

I'd Buy That - #15 - _childish_fears (M) - 10pts

Totals
Gondor - 274
Lorien - 175
Mordor - 159
Shire - 100

Check out the entries again.

spreadsheet- let me know, if I forgot anyone.

results; picspam

an_inside_job — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:40:21 GMT

There are some truly awesome entries to this challenge...go look at them all and leave the feedback they all deserve. I will be doing that this weekend xD

Totals:

LORIEN - 229
GONDOR - 177
MORDOR - 151
SHIRE - 182

Please check the spreadsheet for participation (and mistakes)

results; hidden phrase

an_inside_job — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:12:22 GMT

Here we have the results of the hidden phrase challenge.

Phrase: "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger"

Total

LORIEN - 208
GONDOR - 144
MORDOR - 111
SHIRE - 96

Please check the spreadsheet for participation (and mistakes...I am tired so there may be mistakes which I will rectify tomorrow!!)

Sidebar will be updated & new game will be posted tomorrow!!

Video Results

nowgold — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:20:39 GMT

Team Lorien (246)
lady_turner luvboromir24601 grey_gazania ladyelleth zhie mata090680

Team Shire (205)
goonie_freak alvdans jester_and_jane i_will_dare_89 partitioning

Team Mordor (123)
reallyally shedtheirony violensi

Team Gondor (123)
anolinde viggorliforever meredith44

feel free to share your videos at thegoldenperch if you like!

Open Challenges

an_inside_job — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:49:07 GMT

Like the previous post this one will live in the side bar and I'll update it as new challenges get posted! (I couldn't update the last one!)

Open Challenges

Challenge Eight Animated/Sequence icons - 18th November

Challenge Nine Fic - Build Me Up - 25th November

Voting:

Results; Puzzle!

nowgold — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:35:16 GMT

Thank you very much to realproof for tallying this for me.

Here are the results.

LORIEN 208
SHIRE 142
GONDOR 131
MORDOR 184

Check you are on the spreadsheet

i need to play around with the actual spreadsheet, so its not up to date quite yet! :D

nowgold — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:23:22 GMT

Pimp Results!

The spreadsheet isn't working at the moment (its out, slightly) but you should be able to check your particpation on it regardless

Mordor 225
Gondor 95
Lorien 345
Shire 305

Little extension

nowgold — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:33:22 GMT

Because i didn't put an actual time for the pimp challenge you have just under 24 hours to go - i'll tally them tomorrow morning, my time which is around 3pm New York Time tomorrow.

Current Challenges :

Challenge One; Pimp/recruit! 20th July
Challenge Four; Craigslist VotingJuly 30th
Challenge Six; Videos 7th August
Challenge seven; Colouring!
Challenge Eight; Puzzle! due 25th
Challenge nine; Personality part deux due July 28th

Challenge Eight; jigsaw

nowgold — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:10:14 GMT

Challenge Complete the Jigsaw

Complete the jigsaw here once you are done, take a screenshot and save it. You will be able to submit that image here.

Please don't share what image it is with your team :D Its small, but it shouldn't be too hard!

Points 10 points for your completed puzzle.

Due25th July, Midnight New York time.

SLIDING PUZZLE!

loversopolite — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:40:47 GMT

SLIDING PUZZLE RESULTS!

TEAM SHIRE: 260
goonie_freak - 20 (running the challenge)
entwashian - 20
i_will_dare_89 - 20
green_queen - 20
jester_and_jane - 20
alvdans - 20
_allshallfade - 20
partitioning - 20
hobbitofkobol - 20
lohiya - 20
seesnapefly - 20
lbilover - 20
mandyloo - 20

TEAM LORIEN: 290
realproof - 20
fairandbright - 20
narniacmr - 20
jennzed - 20
luvboromir24601 - 10
brokenheart05 - 10
zhie - 20
radon_ - 20
ironmaidenlove - 20
now_i_am_there - 20
lady_turner - 20
areyousaved - 20
ladyelleth - 20
an_inside_job - 20
theotherayn - 20
broken_lullaby - 10

TEAM GONDOR: 320
platysseus - 20
alorarose - 20
serpent_849 - 20
viggorliforever - 20
sourpony - 20
hoperomantic - 20
anolinde - 20
mlledefer - 20
caitriona_3 - 20
freya86 - 20
izilen - 20
meredith44 - 20
anaithis - 20
scifi_tv_addict - 20
angel_in_tears - 20
bouncing_chibi - 20

TEAM MORDOR: 390
hovercarracer - 20
emmyrose224 - 20
arhh - 20
_childish_fears - 20
lookslikerain - 20
dapperscavenger - 20
violensi - 20
itisfolly - 20
deadwillwalk - 20
quidditygreen - 10
aye_seaturtle - 20
havlockvetinari - 20
elea24 - 20
carpenyx - 20
ashenshadow - 20
mesmerising - 20
octagonal - 20
tiah15 - 20
tadiel - 20
reallyally - 20

TOTALS
MORDOR: 390
GONDOR: 320
LORIEN: 290
SHIRE: 260

VIDEOS

nowgold — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:23:04 GMT

Name of Contest Fanvid

Type of Contest Vidding

Due Date and time 7th August midnight, your time.

How to submit Please link your video here, to this post. comments are screened and you will receive no confirmation that your entry has been received, or if it is incorrect

Further specifications
- create a fan video for any aspect of lord of the rings.
- any song/theme is fine
- it must be video, not images set to music.
- at least 2minutes long
- here is an example i did with star trek : http://vimeo.com/12549988
- upload to youtube, vimeo - wherever as long as i don't have to download it to view it.
- you can share any help within your team.

Further questions to the comment thread in this post

Points! 40 points for a video.
Remember a Sig banner or icon with your team name also gets you +1 points!

Challenge 2: SLIDING PUZZLE!

loversopolite — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:42:39 GMT

Task: Solve the sliding puzzle!

Deadline: Tuesday July 13th by MIDNIGHT YOUR TIME *whatever time midnight strikes for you. since I am in the last time zone, you will all have time!* CLOSED!

RULE:
- Solve the sliding puzzle
- Take a screencap of the screen when you are finished and post a LINK to the screencap in the comments
- since it re-directs you, you WILL be taking a screen shot of the "congrats" screen if you complete it.
- Directions on how to solve a sliding puzzle are on the site.
- PLEASE POST ONLY TO YOUR TEAMS THREAD! If you don't it will not be included in tallying!

Some things about the website:
- You will get a congrats screen as well as an award screen. I don't care which you cap
- if you go above 500 moves you will get 0 points from the website... this means NOTHING to me. as you have still completed it.
- Trying is over 100 moves.... 13 moves and saying you tried... is not trying and since you have to cap the screen, I WILL KNOW!

Points:
- 20 points for a solved puzzle
- 10 for trying

THE PUZZLE!

PLEASE DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS TO THE QUESTION THREAD ONLY!

THATS IT, FOLKS.

nowgold — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:30:45 GMT

WELL.
We've come to the end of our first battle for middle earth!!
Thank you all for joining me, and i can't wait to get started on round two!!!

Points wil be wiped clean, i'll be organising members and the new challenges will star around the 4th Julyish :D

Can't wait!

Last days!

nowgold — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:17:39 GMT

This BATTLE ends on the 25th June!! As soon as all the results are in, I'll be announcing the winner :D

The NEXT BATTLE will start next month, so you'll have a bit of a break before next round. I'll be cleaning up the community and cutting any members that don't seem interested in the comm and more (in order to keep teams even) The information i'll be using will be THIS POLL and the members in your team comms.

CURRENT CHALLENGES :
Challenge Twenty Three : Your choice! June 24th.
Challenge Twenty Four : Twitter Voting June 25th
Challenge Twenty Seven : Panorama Voting June 25th

nowgold — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:06:19 GMT

Name of Contest where's the fellowship?

Due Date and time 20th June.

How to submit Please post your response here, to this post. comments are screened and you will receive no confirmation that your entry has been received, or if it is incorrect

Further specifications Under the cut are images of the fellowship (and three bonus!lotr actors) in DIFFERENT roles. You need to figure out which movie/tv show they are from :D

Hints can be where to search, whether its a tv show or a movie, and if it was before or after LOTR.

Further questions to the comment thread in this post

Points! 1 point per correct answer
Remember a Sig banner or icon with your team name also gets you +1 points!

01.

02.

03.

04.

05.

06.

07.

08.

09.

10.

You choose

nowgold — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:22:40 GMT

Name of Contest Express your love.

Type of Contest Your choice!

Due Date and time June 24th

How to submit Please post your response here, to this post. Comments not screened.

Further specifications The Current phase ends June 30th, so i thought we could wrap up with a project challenge : basically pick something fan-related of your choice; A video, icons, picspam, fic, or ask me if your idea is ok. Create it! :D I've outlined the points below!

Just go nuts expressing your Love for Lord of the Rings! :D

Further questions to the comment thread in this post

Points!
30 points for :
- 20 icons
- a 25+picspam
- a fanmix
- at least 800 words of fic
- a Video at least 1.30minutes long.
- Or something of your choosing approved by me. :D

Remember a Sig banner or icon with your team name at this post also gets you +1 points!

nowgold — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:09:20 GMT

PICSPAM RESULTS

Lorien 356
luvboromir24601 nimueailinen now_i_am_there fairandbright narniacmr ironmaidenlove elwiens theotherayn an_inside_job calairiel anaklazaro mata090680 brokenheart05 broken_lullaby shedtheirony realproof

Gondor 294
morlockiness freya86 anolinde viggorliforever weber_dubois22 shatteredones midenianscholar sourpony pints prlrocks hepcatliz angel_in_tears bouncing_chibi alorarose

Shire 336
goonie_freak christinaa88 partitioning green_queen 0ptic_nerve weasley_hobbit jester_and_jane _allshallfade alvdans i_will_dare_89 piratescribe merlinburgh mandyloo heyheyitsjane entwashian seesnapefly

Mordor 335
ladyofwolves luinorne reallyally hopeitallaway smilingplatypus zhie sparksflyout dapperscavenger lookslikerain _childish_fears jadetiger712 ekmccann carpenyx violensi meredith44 deadwillwalk

POP QUIZ RESULTS UP TOMORROW :D

Current Challenges

nowgold — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:37:16 GMT

At the moment, there is just going to be a bit of a delay on the writing challenges results and voting posting. reallyally has broken her computer and will be able to post everything this weekend. I figured since its just a couple more days you'ld be ok to wait :D

But there will be a new graphics challenge and game soon :D

RESULTS! :D

nowgold — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:24:41 GMT

Here are the results both for the Mood themes. I spent like, half my time tallying the picspams and then realised they aren't even due today! :D

Mood Themes

Points!
- 2 points per mood theme made per team
- +10 points for each member that participates (regardless of how many they make)
- +100/75/50/25 points for the first/second/etc teams finished.

- Every team made the moods, so each team 264 points for that.

Members
Lorien (90)
realproof, jennzed, linguology, luvboromir24601, theotherayn, narniacmr, fairandbright, nimueailinen and an_inside_job
Mordor (150)
luinorne reallyally hopeitallaway sparksflyout _childish_fears carpenyx ladyofwolves octagonal zhie dapperscavenger mesmerising lar_laughs wonderfulwierdo violensi jadetiger712
Gondor (200)
alorarose, angel_in_tears, anolinde, bouncing_chibi, freya86, hepcatliz, iamabadwolf, midenianscholas, morlockiness, pints, prlrocks, sci8fi, scifi_tv_addict, serpent_849, shatteredones, sourpony, spn4ever, viggorliforever, xtine005 caitriona_3
Shire (70)
entwashian, green_queen, aldvans, 0ptic_nerve, i_will_dare_89, goonie_freak, atruebluesky

FIRST PLACE - Team Shire (100 points)
SECOND PLACE - Team Mordor (75 points)
THIRD PLACE - Team Lorien (50 points)
FOUTH PLACE - Team Gondor (25 points)

TOTALS
Lorien 404
Mordor 489
Gondor 489
Shire 434

Icons; Results

nowgold — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:32:18 GMT

Negative Space
First Place, Second Place, Third Place (40, 30, 20)
, ,
by green_queen, jennzed, anolinde
Honorable Mentions (10 points each)
, ,
by realproof, radon_, 0ptic_nerve

Happy
First Place, Second Place, Third Place (40, 30, 20)

by violensi, deadwillwalk, radon_
Honorable Mentions (10 points each)

by freya86, scifi_tv_addict, 0ptic_nerve, lookslikerain

GO LINK YOUR ICONS HERE to show off!

VOTERS :
LORIEN (75)
leetje anaklazaro ironmaidenlove narniacmr fairandbright jennzed
linguology luvboromir24601 realproof faustmidas nimueailinen theotherayn now_i_am_there
elwiens an_inside_job
GONDOR (85)
serpent_849 sourpony freya86 viggorliforever morlockiness prlrocks platysseus
scifi_tv_addict hepcatliz xtine005 shatteredones anolinde spn4ever bouncing_chibi angel_in_tears weber_dubois22
pints
SHIRE (115)
weasley_hobbit piratescribe 0ptic_nerve larbasaur goonie_freak
pikashipper4eva alvdans luminousbeat _allshallfade green_queen partitioning
heyheyitsjane darence_evren jester_and_jane entwashian weareallpuppets stargazer784
mandyloo i_will_dare_89 atruebluesky merlinburgh seesnapefly pikashipper4eva
MORDOR (115)
carpenyx hovercarracer smilingplatypus lar_laughs sparksflyout zhie reallyally luinorne lookslikerain deadwillwalk tiah15 hopeitallaway burntotears mesmerising meredith44 dapperscavenger octagonal emmyrose224 violensi ladyofwolves _childish_fears jadetiger712 wonderfulweirdo

MAKERS :
MORDOR 319
lar_laughs zhie loonilicious deadwillwalk lookslikerain carpenyx octagonal luinorne sparksflyout reallyally dapperscavenger smilingplatypus mesmerising violensi jadetiger712 hopeitallaway meredith44

SHIRE 250
goonie_freak pikashipper4eva i_will_dare_89 green_queen alvdans morlockiness(1) entwashian jester_and_jane stargazer784 darence_evren(1) piratescribe weareallpuppets (1) 0ptic_nerve _allshallfade

LORIEN 280
an_inside_job leetje realproof luvboromir24601 jennzed radon_ theotherayn now_i_am_there ironmaidenlove nimueailinen narniacmr liliofthevaley anaklazaro broken_lullaby

GONDOR 279
anolinde sourpony freya86 serpent_849 wandersfound shatteredones viggorliforever prlrocks weber_dubois22 scifi_tv_addict spn4ever bouncing_chibi angel_in_tears hepcatliz

winners
Shire 40, 10, 10
Gondor 20, 10, 10,
Lorien 30, 10, 10, 20
Mordor 40, 20, 10

TOTALS
SHIRE [115] + [250] + [60] = (425)
GONDOR [85] + [279] + [40] = (409)
LORIEN [75] + [280] + [70] = (430)
MORDOR [115] + [339] + [70] = (524)
*math doesn't quite work out as there were some bonus points due to voting failure on my behalf