I liked the Green Dragon format. Perhaps if you want to start it again, give everyone, say, a week's warning to get caught up, and then start talking... since it's fall now and TTT is coming soon we might get some more interest. I'll give it a try if you will!
With all things like this, just being busy and only having so much time during any day or week to keep up with things is hard. And often I'll go a long time between checking on the thread to see what's happening. Often, I'll go a couple of weeks between times I look at the thread, just because I don't have time to spend on the computer.
But that's OK. To me, it's alright if no one is posting for a long time because there are other things going on out there that people are paying attention to. Doesn't mean the thread is bad, or that the format is bad -- it's just that other things get in the way.
Right now, everyone's probably checking out the news on FR -- because of the Iraq war and other really big issues out there. So we spend less time viewing discussion topics like this. I'd like to see this continue, because there are going to be times when we will have intense discussions (probably around movie time!) like we did about Aragorn's decision to follow the trail of Merry and Pippin.
I would echo Scott's comments at #58 about not being able to check in sometimes for long periods of time, but that's OK as far as I'm concerned. With all of the news, etc. there are lots of distractions. But when the movie comes out, watch out! Then this thread will be the hopping one...
I actually find the LOTR threads to be a wonderful respite from all the sound and fury elsewhere on FR. A place to take off the armor, put down the weapons, and have nice uplifting discussions about the wonderful world of Middle Earth.... Thanks to you for all you do to make this possible.....