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>> ^ponceleon:
OMG Yes... I definitely hear where Dystopian is coming from, but frankly I loved the way that Jackson and crew improved upon the original books for the LOTR. Feel free to flame me, but I actually enjoyed the movies MORE than the books on a lot of levels. There are exchanges in the book that just aren't as natural or tight as they are in the movie and I know this is likely heresy, but I feel like there are some which were even improved. The perfect example is the exchange between Bilbo and Gandalf towards the beginning of the FOTR, particularly after the party when they are discussing Bilbo's departure and the leaving of the ring behind...

If you're going to be flamed, then let me get my asbestos jacket, 'cos I agree with you. LOTR is an undisputed classic, but it wasn't without it's problems. Tolkiens pacing was terrible and some of the characters (looking at you, Tom Bombadil) add nothing to the story. The first half of book 6 is essentially "Sam and Frodo keep walking to mount doom", but it really drags.
Jackson and Walsh's story is better structured.

I'll go even farther...Tolkien was a top-notch world-builder, but he was a crappy storyteller. His stories were dry, boring, and flat-out hard to read (e.g. three names for every individual, all sounding so similar as to be virtually impossible to differentiate). Now, the world was so amazing that it took me nearly two decades of annual re-readings to come to this conclusion. But in the end, I see no other way to describe his work.

Jackson and Co. did a remarkable job of making it better while keeping the world mostly intact.

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The difference between ISC and other online scrabbles such as facebook seems to be the honor codes involved. It's in my experience that people on ISC who "sign" what could be called it's "honor code" don't cheat... or if they do, they suck at it. Someone who cheats regularly is gonna look like a master up in the 1000 rating area. I'm not that high, so anyone who cheats against me and against most people must really suck at it. You'd be surprised how many people take their [even virtual] signature on an honor agreement seriously. To cheat it is to admit that you really suck... that and in this case, there is no reward for winning. No fame, no nothing. I chose ISC because it was the first I found, and in hind sight, after two years... it was the right choice. I've been suspicious about some people, but then, with the words I use now and again, I might be suspicious of me. Yesterday I used "kex," "stodge," "Qi," "pe," and "lex" without cheating and since I generally am not that good, I give people the benefit of the doubt... and anyway, the computer you may be playing against will give you new words you never would have learned... see kex.

In response to Farhad:
Don't be too quick to judge what is an f-ed up word that must have come from a world list or world builder. I know a ton of words now that I don't even know the meaning to because of this game... I did look up many of them, but wouldn't be caught dead using them in a conversation... if dead men could talk that is.