Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-31421070-20170529224113

Over the betas, the LotR Mod has gained a certain feel to it; not the sorrowful beauty of Lord of the Rings, nor the excited adventure of the Hobbit; this mod has a kind of, hmmm, noisy silence. You could be in the middle of nowhere and discover something which completely changes your view of the mod-

"Zebra meat?!?"- Me

Nevertheless, this mod is not Lord of the Rings. This isn't a bad thing, but this mod has grown beyond the vision Tolkien beheld after writing the Hobbit. It's like a fourth theme; grown by contribution by the community and by the people who are effected most by this mod. People like Ithilion don't make this mod more canon, no matter what their intention; they just work to create the connection between the World of Tolkien and the World of Mevans.

Watching older videos of this mod, you can see the evolution that the community has brought about, and tiny details which make the mod a world unto itself. And yet, it's not a world we can get lost in; Mevans takes the time to follow more practical routes of adding to the mod while making sure to make this mod special by little, simple and beautiful changes. The most complex song is not always beautiful, while a chord of three notes can be more harmonic than anything you've ever seen.

So, with all this, what is my point? You know how if you watch an old video about the mod, like Mindofmike's first season of videos, you feel kind of meh at it's antiquity. There are places in this mod where I'll go, and I'll feel this same mehness. It's one of the reasons which I never play in Lothlorien, for instance. This antiquity is not going to detract from this mod's attention, no, but it is going to create holes in the mod where people are reluctant to go, save a few people who are different, or don't care about antiquity.

"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish."

I feel that some time should be taken by Mevans and this community to think about how we can bring the entire mod to a selfsame feel; to update old textures and fix old inconsistencies. What do you, studious reader, or devoted admin, or selfless texturer, or Mevans (if you read this, which I hope you do), think about this? Do you, too, feel like the mod needs to be brought to the same, hmm, noisy silence, or are you happy with how the mod is? Don't mistake me, I'm satisfied with this mods progress, but for me satisfaction has never been satisfactory.

So again, what do you think?

 Person 's Bane Dig a hole, Person  22:41, May 29, 2017 (UTC)

P.S. It would be nice if whomever admin reads this, if they could highlight it. This is a post which in my opinion needs the attention of the entire community. 