TFI 40: Reforging the Founders

Posted on August 10, 2012 by John

Hail friends!

Here we are with TFI episode #40!  It is hard to imagine that we have recorded 40 “business meetings” for our nascent network and even more amazing is so many of you listen to our ramblings!   In this episode we give a fond farewell to former radio director Michael Kaiser, wishing him all the best in his endeavors and hoping he can come back to a greater involvement at the network again in the future.  Friends in Middle-earth are friends forever!  The number 40 being rather momentous, we go over some of what the network has accomplished in such a short time, as well the ever growing excitement of upcoming plans.  We are joined by our newest founder Paul Martin as well as our great friend and Lonely Mountaineer Sir Robert Muller.  A brave hobbit named Bandoras also makes a short appearance. New Zealand, Arctic Fire, A Map of Narnia, Tolkien Society Today, and a host of other topics are covered in this always spur of the moment style, and open business meeting of the founders of the Middle-earth Network.  If I forgot anything, be sure to comment below!  Forgive the audio, Mark gets a little wonky in his subterranean studio of the mid-west.

Being re-forged, TFI 41 next week is sure to be a productive and newly inspired meeting.  Fair travels for now friends!  NINNIMUGGINS!… COME FORTH!

-John

Theme song: An Unexpected Journey:

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TFI 39: Tora, Tora, Ninnymuggins!

Posted on August 10, 2012 by John

 Three founders Tyler, Mark & John gather for our weekly meeting.  We talk about TORA, winning blades, Peter Jackson and probably a whole host of other things.  John was also reminded that he created this:

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TFI 38: The Fellows Hip

Posted on August 4, 2012 by John

 ‘The Founders’ Inklings‘ (TFI#38) radio show is back  right here on Middle-earth Network Radio. Tonight we’ve got the producers of the The Fellows Hip joining the Middle-earth Network Founders on air!

THE FELLOWS HIP:

Randall Dooley is a geek. His three best friends are geeks too, he works in a game shop, he spends all his free time playing online games, his older brother bullies him unmercifully, his widowed mom doesn’t understand him, and he’s hopelessly in love with the prettiest cheerleader in high school.

In short, he’s a loser.

All of that changes when he hears of the Lord of the Rings gaming competition in Orlando, Florida. Finally! Meaning in life!

Randall’s guild of online-gaming geeks is the best around. They’re a cinch to win their area and gain a spot in Orlando. However, right before the regionals, Randall is framed for drugs by a gaming rival and expelled from high school. He’s grounded for life and going nowhere-least of all, the gaming competition in Orlando.

After the principal refuses to believe the evidence showing he’s innocent, Randall is left with only one option: vindication at the gaming competition. He and his gaming friends steal the class car, rebuilt by the inept hand of students in auto shop and hit the road.

Evading capture by Randall’s older brother, the four friends fall in with a commune of hippies in the forest, get in a paintball war and finally make it to Orlando with the assistance of a hamburger-loving vegetarian hippie.

At the gaming competition, Randall and his friends evade capture by the security guards in order to reach the convention commissioner. Vindicated of guilt, they enter the competition and find victory, true love and sweet revenge.

The Fellows Hip: Rise of the Gamers is a buddy-comedy written in honor of online gamers and The Lord of the Rings. Full of Tolkien-references and good-hearted parody, The Fellows Hip will appeal to Tolkien-fans and gamers alike, as well as anyone who’s never been part of the in-crowd.

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TFI 37: Brodie, Blades and Beer

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Michael Kaiser

Everyone’s favorite Kiwi, Ian Brodie, joins us for exciting news regarding our Long Expected Journey to New Zealand. Dave Stephens and his merry band of bladesmiths take over the show with adrenal glands in full production after a day of Arctic Fire. And we retroactively celebrate a Defender of Middle-earth (DOMe), Imperius. Only on The Founders’ Inklings!

Added bonus: Arwen – the artist formally known as “Donkey Hammer” – Kester nearly got a new nickname last night. We have a runoff between “Cupcake Hammer” and “Storm Born”. Cast your vote in the comments section below, and help us decide the one nickname to rule them all.

Show title by Ian.

The Founders’ Inklings is the show where a group of the founders of Middle-earth Networkshare news and views; we highlight network friends, invite special guests, and give you an inside view of the entire Middle-earth Network and its various community projects. And we invite you to participate in the show via the chat room at the bottom right corner of your browser at MyMeRadio.us, or meet us inside the Bird & Baby in Michel Delving on the Landroval server in Lord Of The Rings Online each Tuesday night at 10pm, Eastern Time.

Theme song, Prancing Pony by Marc Gunn.

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