Board Thread:Official Server Applications/@comment-75.71.190.81-20150626202956

USERNAME: Smurfgar & Mario_of_Cool

MOVIES/BOOKS/GAMES: Naturally I've seen all of the Peter Jackson Tolkien adaptations, but also loved the animated trilogy growing up in the late 70s/early 80s (especially for the music). My very first LOTR game War in Middle Earth in the late 1980s on the Atari ST (and a smattering of games since). Suffice it to say, my interest in LOTR goes back quite a ways.

PLAYING SINCE: Been playing the mod on my own family/friends server since Beta 16 for 1.7.2., but only recently started playing actively on the official server.

PLAY STYLE: I am a bit of a hobbit at heart (the traditional stay-in-the-shire type, that is). I have a my little farm going, with animals, and love the occassional traveler that stumbles in (yes, I usually leave my map visibility turned on).

WHY I SHOULD BE WHITELISTED: I'm big on style, both in terms of interractions with other players, but even in how I build. I'm a very advanced Minecrafter (plugin tutorials and reviews on youtube and the spigot website) and ample mc server experience (especially with cauldron + lotr). Suffice it to say, I've started coming to the official LOTR server for the community of players. Even merely having a simple farm, I invest a lot of care in the style of my building. If I wanted merely fancy and epic pre-fabbed designs I'd be playing on LOTR Online (as I am a huge MMORPG fan), but ultimate these days I'm a diehard Minecraft fan at heart--I love bringing my character and my building creativity to a place where others can enjoy both! Additionally, as a practical matter I mostly play in the 2am-4am timeframe when there are less people on. Finally, I'm the type of player that even if y'all needed to wipe the server completely with some major new Beta, a move to 1.8, or with an official release version, I'd still continue playing. 