LOTR forums

[jpdill]

This is just me asking a few questions:

The reason why the SW forums on ComingSoon aren't that popular is because the 2 main forums of SW are on StarWars.com and TheForce.net. The fans or whatever post on those forums.

It's also the same with Terminator - a lot of people post of Terminator sites.

However, i've noticed the busiest LOTR forum is this one - isn't there any other major one?

Is there no LOTR.net forum?

[The Moose]

no. there is no forum on www.lordoftherings.net
however, there is one on www.theonering.net but that is really crappy, and not many people that post here post over there, because here is heaps easier and better (IMO)

[Glordreen]

There is one on Boxofficemojo and Oscarwatch, but I would have to say this is the busiest

[The Moose]

never tried the ones on BoxOfficeMojo. but it's a cool and useful site

[ShadowsInMordor]

Use a Search Engine to fine out about LOTR.net Forums

[Rydia]

the two most prominent Lord of the Rings forums is Tolkien Online - The While Council (http://www.tolkienonline.com/thewhitecouncil/) and The Council of Elrond (http://www.council-of-elrond.com/forums/).

[PsYkOoOoO]

this is the best place for LOTR on the net..;)

[DolAmroth]

The Best LOTR fourm site is http://www.warofthering.net/

[PsYkOoOoO]

CS ALL THE WAY!

[The Moose]

i agree there PsYkOoO

[jpdill]

Kool

[adt100]

There are plenty of LOTR forums on the net, most have been mentioned in here.

TORN would I suppose be the equivalent of theforce.net, but their threaded style of forum makes it very poor unfortunately.

The main site for all things Tolkien is TORC (Tolkien Online) which is the most comprehensive of all boards IMO. As Rydia points out this and The-Council-Of-Elrond are perhaps the 2 most popular boards.

There's also Council of Elrond (councilofelrond.com) (different to the COE above) which is a pretty big site. Those and War of the Ring are all sites I've got in my favourites but I never actually bothered becoming a member because i) don't have time ii) I only really discovered them earlier this year, and I'm not likely to bother posting much once the films are over.

[The Moose]

thanks. i didn't know about the difference between the council of elrond and the COE things. that may come in handy

[Lasgalen]

http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum is a really big LOTR board, its quite easy to get lost there!!

http://shadoweve.proboards20.com/index.cgi this one is only little but its cool, only just got started but its really friendly.

[PsYkOoOoO]

hahaa...nothing beats CS

[Lasgalen]

I dunno, some of the discussions on the Plaza could make your head explode!! People who spend like 27 yers reading LOTR tend to get really technical and touchy with the details.

[Cbars]

Oh come on now, there haven't been any discussions like that over here now have there?

[adt100]

If you want really technical and really in depth discussion about things Tolkien and LOTR then nothing beats TORC IMO. It can drive you mad at times!

[PsYkOoOoO]

thats the good thing bout CS...nth is serious

[Lasgalen]

thats what I mean, no matther how much you know about and love LOTR, at 18 when you end up in an argument with someone who has been reading The books for 27 years and wrote heir bloody thesis on the subject.... you get a little out of your deapth :(

This place is great :)

[PsYkOoOoO]

when u are there...they are always right and you are probably wrong most of the time...even if they are wrong they will make themselve sound right and worse..you believe them

[scifi guy]

http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/

is probably the best site. Its absolutely massive!

[adt100]

Have to disagree with you about lotrplaza. Lasgalen pointed it out a few months ago and I actually found it a little strange TBO, and they have too many forums.

Also an awful lot of the posters seemed to be posting complete and utter rubbish (at least with regards the films) when I had a look down some of the threads.

[evenstar]

Originally posted by PsYkOoOoO
thats the good thing bout CS...nth is serious

yeah, I agree there.
Out of all of the sites Ive visisted, Ive found this by far the best.
The info is good (people know what ther talking about) and theres hardly any spamming compared to other sites. But its only as good as the posters make it- so well done guys.

[downflow311]

we have something that other sties dont have. jedi the white.

[CWLakers34]

http://www.thetolkienforum.com/

This site gets EXTREMELY deep in Tolkien's works. It's a great site but most of it is dedicated to the books and only 4 forums to the movies. I've stopped going there recently because all the "extreme" purists have been griping too much about TTT. But I still recommend it for a good Tolkien conversation though.

[Lasgalen]

Originally posted by scifi guy
http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/

is probably the best site. Its absolutely massive! Are you a member?? What Kingdom are you in? (Again, if you are a member :))

[Cirith Ungol]

www.thetolkienforum.com it's really good

[adt100]

Just had a quick check there and the first thing I noticed is the ridiculously huge amount of forums to actually navigate around! What's all those threads about guilds & societies, and 4 separate forums just for the films!

[downflow311]

thats too big. ill stick with CS! i get all the info i need from this site.

[CWLakers34]

Yeah, that site is pretty large. But you get tons of useful info from it. Pretty much if you want to know anything about the books or movies, it will be in there.

[Seraph333]

I think that the best LOTR forum is on comingsoon in my opinion.

[The Moose]

CS is just fine for my needs at the moment