Thread: The Last Alliance; A Kinship for those old enough to know better....

(Apologies for being a totally lazy git and copying this from our CM thread)

Do you remember the days before the interweb?

Do you remember when computators were things in science fiction comics?

Did you read Lord of the Rings, before the films, the games and even the radio adaptation?

Did your first computer game load from a C90 cassette tape?

Do you think the best use of a mobile phone is to make a telephone call?

Do you spell words properly and use punctuation?

Do you find yourself grumbling about stuff under your breath? All day? Every day?

Do you prefer to ignore the numbers when it comes to birthdays?

Do you struggle to understand the “L337 spk” of the “PUG”s you join?

You’re old…….. aren’t you?

Older than you care to admit?

Well, there is an answer!

Come and join The Last Alliance; a refuge for the more “mature” (in an age, if not mental, sense) gamer, sometimes known as “The Grumpy Old Gits”

(To paraphrase Mr David Gilmour */bows*; “We like to think we are getting Older and Wiser, when in fact we are just getting old….”)

We have been around since the year dot (and before). What is the current oldest rank for a kin? Well, that’s us!

We have a fully active community, (albeit slightly creaky and smelling faintly of wee, Listerine and Deep Heat), with 100+ grumbling, mumbling, moaning and groaning members with many 65'ers, and numerous other characters scattered at all levels across Middle Earth

We take our Zimmer frames, wheelchairs and walking sticks on many day trips to all sorts of exciting end-gamey places and also have a thriving bunch of young hearty adventurers willing to tackle the various threats of the starter areas too (well, it makes us feel really young - one can always dream) .

So;

if you would like to come and join us as we make our way through the countryside of Middle Earth,

and moan about the flies, the food and the lack of toilet facilities (well, I haven’t seen one, have you?),

come and visit us at http://thelastalliance.guildportal.com and have a moan!

Alternatively accost one of our number in-game and talk to us, but please bear in mind that you may have to talk slowly and very loudly.

Beat me to it
Anyway time to unpack the china, feed the cats, lay a fire and settle down with a nice cup of Horlicks.

And a cheery wave to all my friends.

Great bunch of guys and most are indeed old and grumpy

Did Turbine finish building ramps for your wheelchairs already?
Welcome, SoDT, and all the other gits and gitesses! (Says you're a junior under your name, though?)

Just thought my old US character should say hello, so "HELLO"

Hehe there is a Last Alliance kin on my server (Vilya), too. And they sound just like you. Anyhow, welcome all.

Originally Posted by LaetBlumer_EU

(Says you're a junior under your name, though?)

I have the body of an 18 year old.....




.... I keep it in the fridge

Originally Posted by Nickysmom

Hehe there is a Last Alliance kin on my server (Vilya), too. And they sound just like you.

I guess that there is a Last Alliance kin on every server by now, because we aren't very original..

after all.. we have been around for so long we don't do originality....

Originally Posted by SoDT

I guess that there is a Last Alliance kin on every server by now, because we aren't very original..

after all.. we have been around for so long we don't do originality....

I wonder who was first.

Originally Posted by TheAincient

I wonder who was first.

Well, I played the last four Euro beta's... 4 months before launch? They already existed, and there was already a curious stale odour...

This thread is a little corner of stability in an ever-changing world, a bit like an old people home in fact

Aaaah, these modern technical thingies. It used to be good to just send letters in them olden days, but I suppose the pace of the game would be slightly slower if that would still be the norm.

Anyway, Fitzer reporting that he has succeeded to sneak over to the other side.

You could always use a telegram in my day, quicker but expensive !

Well managed to get over in one piece - I think but my memory not that good

May have a look around later but Thursday is pension day so off to the Post Office to draw it

Originally Posted by kudhos

Well, I played the last four Euro beta's... 4 months before launch? They already existed, and there was already a curious stale odour...

This thread is a little corner of stability in an ever-changing world, a bit like an old people home in fact

I know that our The Last Alliance was created before the game went in to Beta. The founder was informed by CM, via the forums, that he had a better chance of getting a Beta key if he had an established group of players ready for testing, and thus he founded The Last Alliance.

*drags herself in on her zimmer*

Hi guys!

*waits*

Talk to me!!

*turns hearing aid up*

Oh now you're talking to me

Im in too

It took me a little longer then others to get here, after not really understanding what to do (why couldn't this be done by snail-mail? ). But here now.

Clone reporting in for Duty!

Finally found my way to these forums. Now just the wait for servers to get online

This post has cheered me up for the day.
As we say in Glasgow: Goan yersel old timers!

/wave

Having played with this guild for many years, they are indeed a great bunch of guys and gals.

Just don’t touch their coco and biscuits

Originally Posted by SoDT

...an established group of players ready for testing

Pensioner Power eh

Have you guys considered signing up for Medical Trials...? Just think... free pills

Hi all ... Ylyn here - by the grace of marmite and ovaltine I've made it

/wave from Prospro

Glad to see Turbine have fitted out the new home with the requisite stairlifts, walk-in baths, etc

Hope none of you guys have left your Werthers on the bus, thou - could get ugly ...

Catch you in game sometime soon

A quick refresher for all after the long voyage.....




If any of our American friends don't know these.... just thank your lucky stars

I remember when all this was just fields!

I was given this link by my old dear friend Aeton. We go back a long way when he was young enough to have the energy to play on an American server. I was quite taken with your the post above describing the kin. After following this thread there is only one thing I can say -- WOW! Kindred spirits. Who knew?
So? Will I be the first American to apply to the kinship; An American living in America that is? I'll have to start a new toon, but was in the process of moving a lvl 65 to another server and will stop that and wait so she can move to Snowbourne. I'm usually free during the afternoons here on the East Coast so that will probably be perfect timing to be online with a group from GB.
I haven't been this excited about the game in a long time. Can't wait for the migrations to be complete so I can log in. Meanwhile, I'm off to visit nursing homes to find one that has internet connections for the residents

Originally Posted by guspat

I was given this link by my old dear friend Aeton. ..........

Will I be the first American to apply to the kinship;

2 things;

1. A friend of Aet's? You have our symmpathy........

2. Be the first American American... but please apply via our GP forum linked in the first post.. we like to see you there cos some of us can't get about as we did and these forums are a bit foreign.......

Where do you get these spiffy banner-type sig panels?

Originally Posted by Ningcompoop

Where do you get these spiffy banner-type sig panels?

Top right hand corner: My preferences > My forum settings
Left side: Edit signature
Scroll down and - once we have our characters attached - choose the character you want from whatever list appears there.

erm, so in short, you can't yet

Originally Posted by guspat

I was given this link by my old dear friend Aeton. We go back a long way when he was young enough to have the energy to play on an American server. I was quite taken with your the post above describing the kin. After following this thread there is only one thing I can say -- WOW! Kindred spirits. Who knew?
So? Will I be the first American to apply to the kinship; An American living in America that is? I'll have to start a new toon, but was in the process of moving a lvl 65 to another server and will stop that and wait so she can move to Snowbourne. I'm usually free during the afternoons here on the East Coast so that will probably be perfect timing to be online with a group from GB.
I haven't been this excited about the game in a long time. Can't wait for the migrations to be complete so I can log in. Meanwhile, I'm off to visit nursing homes to find one that has internet connections for the residents

Aw, I'm so pleased to see you here, yes please post in our recruiting forum, you will find we have strict requirements

Have the powers that be said anything about Bekky's room in the kin house basement?
I hope they didn't get curious.

What did the customs say about all those crutches and wheelchairs? Glad you made it across.

Originally Posted by Illmish

What did the customs say about all those crutches and wheelchairs? Glad you made it across.

It seems that most had no trouble with those... Alas, I am to be made an example, still waiting to even try and migrate.

Can I have your stick SoDT? Just for a little while.
I want to ki... erm... support myself for a bit.

Sad to say Bekky made it over the pond, we were all hoping she would gets lost over the Atlantic somewhere

Wish we had an alliance like that on Laurelin.

Originally Posted by igkrtali

Can I have your stick SoDT? Just for a little while.
I want to ki... erm... support myself for a bit.

*Digs out spare walking stick and sends to Veti*..

There you go, my "Walking Stick of Queue Jumping" is all yours

Originally Posted by SoDT

*Digs out spare walking stick and sends to Veti*..

There you go, my "Walking Stick of Queue Jumping" is all yours

Seems like your spare one didn't do the trick

However, I hear TLA is popular now, what on earth...!?

Originally Posted by igkrtali

Seems like your spare one didn't do the trick

However, I hear TLA is popular now, what on earth...!?

Must be our age an experience that people find interesting, that or they find senile old farts ammusing

I think it is a sense of morbid curiosity; like peering through the window of the Old Folks home..

.. or maybe they feel that we would welcome a visit from some young boys and girls volunteering to do some odd jobs for us as part of a community service thingy...

*Waves stick* Clear off , the lot of yer.. I know you are after my pension money... Grrrrr!

blimey Crikey... it appear that America is full of Old Gits too..

Welcome to our retirement home to;

Vrador50

Guspat

and

Maliosi

You are now committed to spelling colour and armour like what we does!