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Sockpuppets Exclusive Report: Mayor Samwise Gamgee and Ringbearer Frodo Baggins recently fled to an "undisclosed location" to avoid retribution for giving away their children. Although they are back in Hobbiton now, many are still wondering where they had fled to. This question can now be answered. One of our photographers spotted them here in the far reaches of East Rhun. Here Gamgee is driving Baggins from the guest pagoda in which they were staying.
Reporter: Bingo Bolger-Baggins
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Reporter: Bingo Bolger-Baggins
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Yeah. I used to role play in my teens and tweens, but lost interest with more fun things like SCA to take up the free time. But this Middle Earth Sock Puppet Theater (MESPT) has the zaniness I miss from my old game groups with the kind of real fun storytelling we never managed. It's played on LJ's. You set up an LJ for your character and have them make entries, then go comment in other people's LJ's and they comment in yours, and stories and relationships ensue.
I watched for about a month before I jumped in in May with the character I'm sending you this post from. I think people started playing back in Decemeber and its grown from there. An orc character would be great--I've just set up pages for a balrog and a cave troll that I haven't entered into the game yet. Trouble makers are always needed to roll the plots along. (-; I suggest that you start watching for a week or two before jumping in, though, just so you have a feel for it.
The LJ's I suggest you start with are Frodo's and Sam's because they are hilarious. Not all characters interact--there's like 300+--hobbits, Elves, Rohirrim, Gondorians, Dwarves, Valar, Dragons, pets, etc (mostly Tolkiens, but some original characters as well)--but a lot of them make their way to Bag End at some point. You can find Frodo at "frodooftheshire" and Sam at "samwisegamgee" and just scroll through some of their old entries and comments. They're a wonderfully dysfunctional F/S. Sam's mun(person who runs a puppet) is currently on vacation, so Sam hasn't had an entry for a few days. Frodo is currently doing time in prison in Mandos (Tolkien's land of the dead) for throwing a party when one of Sam's kids died. (-;
From their conversations you'll start seeing which other characters interest you and check out their LJ's. I also highly recommend Sauron's at "darklordsauron".
You could check out, if you want, my character here, Bingo (based on Tolkien's early draft version of Frodo--who was called Bingo), but keep in mind, he's very wordy, but I've had a ball with him. I had a lot of success at getting him involved in storylines from the get-go. And I have a couple other characters I play now as well, but he's still my main.
If you have any questions at all about MESPT, I'll do my best to answer, so please ask. Hope you like it!
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Something you should check out right before you're ready to start is a website eomer's mun set up for all the nitty gritty details about the whole community at :
http://www.subreality.com/mespt/
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400+, actually. *laughs*
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