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Originally Posted by Hartlepool
Is all this a windup,or what?
Taking a part in an online role playing game from a book of absolute rubbish.
I'm amazed that educated people get involved in such things as those you mention.
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Whether you like the book or not, it's got a dedicated fan base which includes people educated up to PhD level. The game, for example, is extremely popular in Scandinavia, where the players need a linguist's level in English and/or German to interact with other players. Some of my in-game kinship are Masters students in Stockholm. I'm learning basic Swedish, something I'd never have done without this game. I can get by in Dutch with Dutch and Belgian players as well.
Some of Tolkien's fans are fluent in either Quenya or Sindarin, the Elvish languages, (in much the same way that Star Trek fans learn ThlinGhaN), to enhance their knowledge of Middle Earth.
It's a lot more fun than Second Life...