[Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter (29/10/00)

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V1 #63

Thursday October 29, 2000=20

Here it is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy..=20

Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)=20

New Amazing LOTR Pics from McKellen.com! Well,=20
the great wizards website has done it again, this time=20
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and his amazing team at=20
McKellen.com have posted 3 new amazing pics from=20
LOTR!!! [More]

New Line Cinema Proudly Thanks :Ringer Spy dtk4=20
sends in the following from an industry paper. [More]=20

A Journey In The Dark: Ignore what you see above, it=20
is Glaurung here with you now. I'd like to tell you a=20
tale...and show you a little of NZ. [More]

German fund seeks Hobbit investors: BERLIN (Variety) -=20
A German investment company is offering local investors=20
with at least $43,000 to spare the chance to share in the=20
magic and glamour of Hollywood. [More]

SPIKEY WHEEL QUESTION ANSWERED!!! Ringer Spy=20
John Doe drops in again to spread some wisdom on that=20
all important question, 'Who was that on the Spiked Wheel?'=20
Well now we know! [More]

Ure IS Gorbag! -Update-: From ringer Spy John Doe comes=20
news on the casting of an Uruk-hai of Morgul, Gorbag. [More]

EA Goes Hopping-Hobbit Crazy: Publisher Electronic Arts=20
has secured the rights to develop games based on the=20
forthcoming Lord Of The Rings movies, leaving other interested=20
"Rings" parties feeling a bit sore. [More]

Scouring of the Site (Breakdown of our various sections)=20

Barlimans is more than a place to get your mead! There=20
is the Fun Section, Regulars Map and Photo Gallery, and=20
of course the gateway to our ever famous MIRC Chatroom!=20

Gaming Havens is keeping all you gamers up to date on=20
the latest RPG/Fantasy/Sci-Fi games out there. Check it=20
out daily for gaming news.=20

Green Books asks you to ponder this: "Who would you vote=20
for President-- Gandalf or Saruman?"  Go 'Out on a Limb' with=20
Quickbeam for a twisted Tolkien satire of American politics!=20
Fantasy legend Terry Pratchett pays a reverent Tribute to LOTR. =20
Check out the delicious new 'Questions & Answers' and eat up=20
tons of 'Moon Letters'.  JRRT never tasted so good.=20

The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub (TBHL) The Lord of the Rings=20
Director's very own fanclub! Stop on by to learn more about the man,=20
the myth, the bastard. If you are a Peter Jackson fan, then 'The=20
Bastards Have Landed' is the place for you!

Palantir Premonitions (What's to come)

Halloween Costume Contest 2000


Time flies doesn't it? Why, it seems like only yesterday when we=20
had our 1st Tolkien costume contest here at TheOneRing.net, and=20
now it is time for our 2nd annual Halloween Costume Party!=20

Click here for more details!=20

John Howe Interview!!!

Stay tuned for a major announcement concerning LOTR=20
conceptual designer and all around amazing Tolkien artist=20
John Howe!!

See anything you want to add to the site? Have any=20
suggestions as to chat guests, content items, or just want to=20
say hi? Drop us a line at theonering@theonering.net, do you=20
want to speak with a specific person? just type in their handle=20
(i.e. Jincey =3D jincey@theonering.net).=20

That's all for now, keep clicking, have fun and keep sending in=20
those letters! I love to hear from you!=20

Xoanon & TheOneRing.net Team=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>V1 #63</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thursday October 29, 2000 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here it is the weekly newsletter! =
Enjoy..=20
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<DIV><B><U><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></U></B>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><B><U>Rings Roundup</U></B> (Top =
headlines of=20
major interest) </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT=20
color=3D#003300><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT color=3D#003300><FONT =
color=3D#003300><FONT=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#003300=20
size=3D2><EM></EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT=
>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#003300><EM>New Amazing LOTR=20
Pics from McKellen.com</EM>! </FONT><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#000000>Well,=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>the =
great wizards=20
website has done it again, this time=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000><A=20
href=3D"http://theonering.net/movie/cast/mckellen.html">Ian McKellen</A> =
(<A=20
href=3D"http://theonering.net/movie/char/gandalf.html">Gandalf</A>) and =
his=20
amazing team at =
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#000000>McKellen.com have=20
posted 3 new amazing pics from=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#000000>LOTR!!! [<A=20
href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/972844803">More</A>]</F=
ONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#003300=20
size=3D2></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><EM>New Line Cinema Proudly Thanks</EM> :</FONT><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>Ringer Spy dtk4=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>sends in the following from an industry paper. [<A=20
href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/972538455">More</A>]&nb=
sp;</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300=20
size=3D2></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><EM>A =
Journey In The=20
Dark</EM>: </FONT><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>Ignore what you see =
above, it=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>is =
Glaurung here with=20
you now. I'd like to tell you a =
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#000000>tale...and show you a=20
little of NZ. [<A=20
href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/10/972516057">More</A>]</=
FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#003300=20
size=3D2></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><EM>German fund seeks Hobbit investors</EM>: =
</FONT><FONT=20
face=3Darial color=3D#000000>BERLIN (Variety) -=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>A German investment company is offering local investors=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>with at least $43,000 to spare the chance to share in =
the=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>magic and glamour of Hollywood. [<A=20
href=3D"http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001025/en/film-hobbit_1.html">M=
ore</A>]</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300=20
size=3D2></FONT></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#003300><EM>SPIKEY WHEEL=20
QUESTION ANSWERED!!!</EM> </FONT><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#000000>Ringer Spy=20
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>John =
Doe drops in=20
again to spread some wisdom on that </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>all =
important=20
question, 'Who was that on the Spiked Wheel?' =
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>Well =
now we know! [<A=20
href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/2/972402998">More</A>]</F=
ONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#003300=20
size=3D2></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300><EM>Ure IS Gorbag! -Update-:</EM> </FONT><FONT =
face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>From ringer Spy John Doe comes =
</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300><FONT =
size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#000000>news on the casting of an Uruk-hai of Morgul, Gorbag. =
[<A=20
href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/972361886">More</A>]</F=
ONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#003300=20
size=3D2><EM></EM></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#003300><EM>EA Goes=20
Hopping-Hobbit Crazy</EM>: </FONT><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#000000>Publisher=20
Electronic Arts </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000>has =
secured the=20
rights to develop games based on the </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#000000>forthcoming Lord Of=20
The Rings movies, leaving other interested </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial =
color=3D#000000>"Rings" parties=20
feeling a bit sore. [<A=20
href=3D"http://www.pczone.co.uk/Nadie/news/34243.html">More</A>]</FONT></=
FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><U></U></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><STRONG><U>Scouring of the =
Site</U></STRONG>=20
(Breakdown of our various sections) </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><A href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/barlimans/index.html"><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Barlimans</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> is more than a =
place to get=20
your mead! There <BR>is the Fun Section, Regulars Map and Photo Gallery, =
and=20
<BR>of course the gateway to our ever famous MIRC Chatroom! =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><A href=3D"http://haven.theonering.net/index.shtml"><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Gaming Havens</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> is keeping =
all you=20
gamers up to date on <BR>the latest RPG/Fantasy/Sci-Fi games out there. =
Check it=20
<BR>out daily for gaming news. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><A href=3D"http://greenbooks.theonering.net/index.shtml"><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Green Books</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> asks you to =
ponder this:=20
"Who would you vote </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>for President-- Gandalf or =
Saruman?"&nbsp; Go 'Out=20
on a Limb' with </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Quickbeam for a twisted Tolkien satire =
of American=20
politics! <BR>Fantasy legend Terry Pratchett pays a reverent Tribute to=20
LOTR.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Check out the delicious new 'Questions =
&amp;=20
Answers' and eat up </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>tons of 'Moon Letters'.&nbsp; JRRT =
never tasted so=20
good. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><A href=3D"http://tbhl.theonering.net/index.shtml"><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>The Official Peter Jackson Fanclub</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>=20
(TBHL)&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Director's very own fanclub! Stop on by =
to learn=20
more about the man, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the myth, the bastard. If you are a =
Peter Jackson=20
fan, then 'The </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bastards Have Landed' is the place for=20
you!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><STRONG><U>Palantir Premonitions</U></STRONG> =
(What's to=20
come)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><A name=3D972450248><STRONG><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3Darial=20
color=3D#003300>Halloween Costume Contest=20
2000</FONT><BR></FONT></STRONG></A><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2>Time flies =
doesn't it? Why, it=20
seems like only yesterday when we </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2>had our 1st =
Tolkien costume=20
contest here at TheOneRing.net, and </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2>now it is time =
for our 2nd=20
annual Halloween Costume Party! </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000><FONT =
size=3D2></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D2>Click </FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://www.theonering.net/theonering/contests/halloween2000.html"=
><FONT=20
size=3D2>here</FONT></A><FONT size=3D2> for more details! =
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><STRONG><U>John Howe =
Interview!!!</U></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2></FONT></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2>Stay tuned for a major announcement =
concerning LOTR=20
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2>c</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT =
size=3D2>onceptual=20
designer and all around amazing Tolkien artist </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2>John Howe!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>See anything you want to add to the =
site? Have any=20
<BR>suggestions as to chat guests, content items, or just want to =
<BR>say hi?=20
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href=3D"mailto:jincey@theonering.net">jincey@theonering.net</A>). =
</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>That's all for now, keep clicking, have =
fun and=20
keep sending in <BR>those letters! I love to hear from you! =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Xoanon &amp; TheOneRing.net Team =
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