The Hobbit INSANITY: A Somewhat Expected Quest OOC Thread

Rivvy Elf · Fri May 22, 2020 7:10 pm

Well, you're going to be Dain, @KingODuckingham. A little too late to reverse the mistake :(. You can made of cardboard or you can be whatever you want.

@Loke Clogwearer

Rivvy Elf · Sat May 23, 2020 2:17 am

Prompt 2 has been posted! 72 hours!

Moriel · Sat May 23, 2020 5:19 am

I think I'm caught up now... if not the goblins will continue to not really know what's going on in my next post

Rivvy Elf · Sat May 23, 2020 6:00 am

@Moriel You’re caught up, though a new prompt has occurred, where thror is charging but trips on oakenshield and will be beheaded :). 72 hour prompt though so that should be enough time.

@Dimcairien Luiniel balin’s next lines in the movies are this:

[Balin:] “Moria had been taken by legions of Orcs lead by the most vile of all their race: Azog, the Defiler. The giant Gundabad Orc had sworn to wipe out the line of Durin. He began by beheading the King.”

[Balin:] “Thrain, Thorin’s father, was driven mad by grief. He went missing, taken prisoner or killed, we did not know. We were leaderless. Defeat and death were upon us.”

Rivvy Elf · Mon May 25, 2020 11:18 pm

Because of the server transition, I’m extending the prompt deadline by 24 hours

DEATH · Tue May 26, 2020 12:57 am

Fangs Rivvy, extra time much appreciated.

Rivvy Elf · Tue May 26, 2020 4:41 am

No problem, @Loke Clogwearer, especially with that entertaining post!

Rivvy Elf · Wed May 27, 2020 4:45 am

You know what's interesting... Balin does not explicitly say which "young prince" among Durin's line drove off Azog and became the symbolic leader. Hence why there is now a competition to earn the "Oakenshield" title!

PROMPT 3 is OPEN. 72 HOURS, WHO WILL EARN THE TITLE OF "OAKENSHIELD."

@Dimcairien Luiniel Balin's lines in the script are "That is when I saw him: a young dwarf prince facing down the Pale Orc." and "He stood alone against this terrible foe, his armor rent…wielding nothing but an oaken branch as a shield"

Board of Rotten Tomatoes:

Loke Clogwearer- 70 points
Laintaen- 70 points
Sil- 70 points
Dimcairien Luiniel- 60 points
Lirimaer- 50 points
Fairy Nuff- 50 points
Oro- 40 points
Aerlinn- 40 points
Moriel- 30 points
Landy- 20 points
KingODuckingham- 20 points
Aelita Sedryn- 20 points

Dimcairien Luiniel · Wed May 27, 2020 5:08 am

Oh boy. Even more chaos is ensuing. I don't know which I enjoy more: reading the craziness of others or participating in it myself.

Lúthien Tinúviel · Fri May 29, 2020 3:55 am

Yay! :smiley8: Can I be a spider? And audience? Is prepared to revenge-throw popcorn at actors after suffering a year of working in a theatre

Thalionwen Hunigfolm · Fri May 29, 2020 4:08 am

Wait wait wait, I can just come *be in the audience for this and throw things at people*????? That is an option????

Dimcairien Luiniel · Fri May 29, 2020 4:14 am

Yes! We need people in the audience to throw things at the actors. It's actually been a bit disappointing to not have various projectiles flung in our direction.

Thalionwen Hunigfolm · Fri May 29, 2020 4:56 am

Well I would love *nothing more* than to come throw things, the performance has been stunning thus far and you all deserve to be pelted with rotting fruits and vegetables

@Rivvy Elf, I know there's a set time to launch projectiles at the performers, but if I want to join the audience can I just walk in whenever?

Rivvy Elf · Fri May 29, 2020 5:15 am

@Dimcairien Luiniel Heh, why not both?

@Lúthien Tinúviel YES. Erm I mean, yes of course. Feel free to jump right on in as an audience member.

@Thalionwen Yes. Feel free to walk in whenever!

Rivvy Elf · Sat May 30, 2020 5:14 am

Well done on triggering the flags for the Natural Nurnen Water Deluge! Audience- 48 hours to throw 1 projectile at somebody. Actors- 72 hours to dodge projectiles and the Natural Nurnen Water.

Board of Rotten Tomatoes:

Laintaen- 150 points
Sil- 140 points
Loke Clogwearer- 120 points
Lirimaer- 120 points
Dimcairien Luiniel- 110 points
Fairy Nuff- 100 points
Oro- 90 points
Aerlinn- 90 points
KingODuckingham- 81 points
Moriel- 80 points
Landy- 70 points
Aelita Sedryn- 70 points

Fairy Nuff · Sat May 30, 2020 5:51 pm

It felt more in character at this point to not dodge the water, so I didn't. Not sure that helps me on points but it was a lot of fun to write. Interested to see how Peachleaf fares in the next prompt!

Rivvy Elf · Sun May 31, 2020 12:49 am

Hehe, that thought did occur in my mind, @Fairy Nuff.

@Loke Clogwearer Ever made a 100% run in a video game?

DEATH · Sun May 31, 2020 1:33 am

@Rivvy Elf it's all about dedication to the arts here. You take a shot at it and hope for the best.

Rivvy Elf · Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:25 am

Congrats to @KingODuckingham for the RNG gods favoring his character this day. He has earned the title of Oakenshield! (*giant applause sign appears on screen*)

I have posted the new prompt. 72 hours. I will post and update achievements earned tomorrow.

@Dimcairien Luiniel: Restate the lines from the movie however way you want since you wound up not earning the Oakenshield title :P

[Balin:] “That is when I saw him: a young dwarf prince facing down the Pale Orc.”

[Balin:] “He stood alone against this terrible foe, his armor rent…wielding nothing but an oaken branch as a shield”

Rivvy Elf · Wed Jun 03, 2020 3:52 am

Board of Rotten Tomatoes Update:

Loke Clogwearer- 200 points
Laintaen- 165 points
Lirimaer- 158 points
KingODuckingham- 151 points
Sil- 146 points
Fairy Nuff- 127 points
Dimcairien Luiniel- 118 points
Aerlinn- 98 points
Oro- 82 points
Moriel- 72 points
Aelita Sedryn- 70 points
Landy- 62 points

Dimcairien Luiniel · Wed Jun 03, 2020 4:28 am

No one can beat the cardboard. :D

And how can an inanimate object be currently winning at this play/game/whatever the heck is going on?

Rivvy Elf · Wed Jun 03, 2020 4:29 am

Being an inanimate object didn't stop the One Ring now did it :P

Dimcairien Luiniel · Wed Jun 03, 2020 4:38 am

I guess that is an argument in the favour of inanimate objects having a personality.

DEATH · Wed Jun 03, 2020 5:57 am

Hidden achievement "GAME THE GAME" unlocked!!

Laintaen · Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:01 pm

In the spirit of rap battles, I want to make sure everyone has seen this. It might be my favourite video on the whole of the internet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL52R7m8b7w

Rivvy Elf · Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:47 pm

Excellent video, Laintaen!

Audience- 48 hours to throw 1 projectile. Actors-72 hours to wrap up the RPing for this prompt and dodge projectiles

Food

Live Nurnen Land Oysters- Be careful! They might bite you before you bite them!
Raw Rhûn Clams- From the Sea of Rhun, will lick and eat your food before you do if you aren't careful
Pickled Cockle Necklaces- Wear your food in style!
Blackened Chicken- Completely burnt black on the outside. Pink and red on the inside.
Maggoty Bread, Rotten Honey, and Cheese- Laid outside in the elements for THREE... STINKIN'... DAYS! Good source of protein
Nurnen Kettle Corn- Actually tastes like kettle corn
Potatoes with Growing Mushrooms on Top- For Halfling cosplayers
Rotten Tomatoes- With extra wriggling protein on the inside!
Flamin' Eyeball Delight- Raw Eyeballs from unspecified creatures hidden deep in the Misty Mountains. Very spicy

Drinks

Nurnen Natural Water- Contains algae, pollution, and other microorganisms
Orc Draught- Invigorating, perfect for staying awake during the show
Dorwinion Wine- Very strong. Very potent
Cheap Wine- Wine created last week
Gondorion Ale- Smuggled straight from Minas Tirith
Fear Beer- Fermented Maggoty Bread... for THREE... STINKIN'... YEARS!
Foul Nurnen Grog- Mordorian grog from the Sea of Nurnen. Worm cocktail optional
Gil-Galad's Bane- A concoction of black tar, miruvor, Mt. Doom ash, and goat blood. Not for the weak

Fairy Nuff · Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:09 pm

Darn it, I took so long tweaking my post it came after the update.

I'll post another one once some other people have posted with me dodging projectiles.

KingODuckingham · Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:02 am

I am very sorry for being late, I feel like I JJ Abrams'd myself with a mystery box and now I don't know quite how to pay it off...

Rivvy Elf · Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:56 am

All is fine @Fairy Nuff and @KingODuckingham! I thought the payoff was great! For so long as there's an audience, there's an opportunity to still RP your actions in your prompt. If there is no audience... well, your creative Gamemaster will figure out a way to do things and even "become busy with other projects" which allows a natural extension to the deadline.

Rivvy Elf · Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:07 pm

@Thalionwen you are now the Goblin King. *clap clap clap clap clap*

I shall post the rest of the prompt 4 achievements within 24 hours or earlier. Prompt 5 lasts for 72 hours!

Here are your lines, @Dimcairien Luiniel. Use them in whatever context you seem fit as always :P

[Balin:] “Our forces rallied and drove the orcs back. Our enemy had been defeated. But there was no feast, no song, that night, for our dead were beyond the count of grief. We few had survived.”

[Balin:] “And I thought to myself then, there is one who I could follow. There is one I could call King.”

Lirimaer · Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:12 pm

Hey @Rivvy Elf, as a member of the audience, I threw an eyeball at Dain, but it's not mentioned in the lists - should I have bolded it?

Rivvy Elf · Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:14 pm

woopsie, I'll add that in, Lirimaer!

@Lirimaer you hit Ducky, good job!

Lirimaer · Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:33 pm

Excellent! *cackles*

Thalionwen Hunigfolm · Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:18 pm

Petition for Orco to have unlocked a NEPOTISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THEATER achievement

Rivvy Elf · Tue Jun 09, 2020 6:05 am

@Thalionwen I shortened that to "NEPOTISM"

Board of Rotten Tomatoes:

Loke Clogwearer- 259 points
KingODuckingham- 199 points
Lirimaer- 198 points
Laintaen- 195 points
Sil- 176 points
Fairy Nuff- 157 points
Dimcairien Luiniel- 138 points
Aerlinn- 98 points
Oro- 82 points
Moriel- 72 points
Aelita Sedryn- 70 points
Thalionwen- 70 points
Landy- 62 points

Lirimaer · Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:58 am

*fears and loves @Thalionwen* Not kidding. <3333333333

Thalionwen Hunigfolm · Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:33 am

@Lirimaer NO I LOVE *YOU*

Rivvy Elf · Fri Jun 12, 2020 4:05 am

Audience- 48 hours to throw 1 projectile. Actors-72 hours to wrap up the RPing for this prompt and dodge projectiles

Rivvy Elf · Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:47 am

Last Prompt! 72 Hours!

Dimcairien Luiniel · Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:56 pm

No screenplay lines this time? I can respond to Biblo however I want?
*rubs hands mischievously*

Rivvy Elf · Mon Jun 15, 2020 10:54 pm

Yes! Respond to Bilbo however you wish!

Rivvy Elf · Tue Jun 16, 2020 3:00 am

Board of Rotten Tomatoes:

DEATH- 298 points
KingODuckingham- 239 points
Laintaen- 224 points
Fairy Nuff- 207 points
Lirimaer- 198 points
Sil- 196 points
Dimcairien Luiniel- 168 points
Thalionwen- 120 points
Aerlinn- 98 points
Oro- 82 points
Moriel- 72 points
Aelita Sedryn- 70 points
Landy- 62 points
Uruva- 20 points

ROTTEN TOMATOES SHOP-MART:
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DEATH · Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:29 pm

Any chance this could continue on to actually tell the story of the Hobbit as complete anarchy?

I feel like I'm just hitting my straps. Or at least becoming the second best cardboard in the show.

Rivvy Elf · Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:32 pm

You ask good question Death. I believe next scene there will be a callout for actors that'll last a week, since what's the Hobbit without the great Bombur? Next scene is probably the 3 trolls scene.

Some dwarves are as memorable as cardboard so.... there's an idea :P.

I love this anarchy, though I don't think the Troll Preservation Society will take too kindly to this... anarchy. In fact, methinks they may announce their presence soon to try and induce some... forced order.

Rivvy Elf · Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:14 am

Right, I'll update the thread tomorrow (or technically later today) since I had to do homework as I'm a grad student.

Rivvy Elf · Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:20 am

We have a one week curtain call for The Hobbit INSANITY: A Somewhat Expected Quest! Express your thanks and appreciation for this performance! Or your disgust and displeasure! Throw something if necessary, for that is within your right!

Rivvy Elf · Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:05 am

So yeah. Y'all don't need to post anymore, but feel free to do so if you want. Thank you all so so much for your contributions to this RPG. This RPG is nothing without all of you! Our next installment will be started after a break. We will move our location to FANGORN FOREST. Achievements and final rotten tomato scores will be posted tomorrow. As well as the Rotten Tomato shop where you can use your points to buy things.

TO EVERYONE!

Lirimaer · Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:58 am

Thanks, Rivvy - it was a fun and silly production, I'll be coming along to Fangorn for some more!

Well done all, I enjoyed reading your posts and had some proper lol moments ... one thing I missed about the plaza is the very savvy literary sense of humour, so this was lush.

KingODuckingham · Sun Jun 28, 2020 12:22 pm

Agreed, not the easiest thread to run by you made it all seem natural Rivvy. Major props to my fellow actors and audience members (and the cardboard!), I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread over again once it was done. Cheers!

Dimcairien Luiniel · Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:39 pm

Thanks so much for running this! It was very entertaining to read all the different posts.

I certainly had a lot of fun and plan to join the cast again for the production in Fangorn, though I'll likely be using a different one of my characters this time.