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Re: Tolkien and his poor writing
...and a reply to said article...
On Wed, 01 Oct 1997 23:50:49 -0400, in rec.games.roguelike.angband
[email protected] (Sheldon Simms) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> 8) This could be attributed to luck, but while in Moria the party
>> manages to completely avoid the Evil Iggy. Gandalf also uses an
>> unorthodox strategy of beating the Balrog which involves no
>> invulnerability potions.
>
>Not only that, but the Balrog appeared on level 1. I mean, I know that
>Gandalf was already 40th level or so but the Balrog still shouldn't
>appear on level 1.
>
>> 9) Okay, I thought Gandalf was supposed to be honorable. But he had
>> cheat death on! Glorfindel also uses cheats.
>
>Gandalf cheated on his race too. I don't see any "Maia" in the options.
>I think Tolkien must have been looking at some seriously hacked up
>version when he wrote his books.
>
>--
>W. Sheldon Simms III | 2000 is *still* the 20th century
>[email protected] |
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