Life in the waters
We water lovers have a tendency to be a hardworking, creative and crazy bunch of people, and spring has brought no change to that. If possible, it has made us even more active and it seems crazier as well (who says that’s a bad thing??).

This spring has also marked a new and really special ceremony in the realm. After having such a success with our annual Christmas card exchange, we decided to create a celebrations corner where every realmer could take part of our own, special celebrations. The first day of celebration was Elf Day, to which we set the date March 25th. We had a whole bunch of people participating, and we spent March receiving beautiful cards from across the world. The Elf Day wishes weren’t bound to regular mail, mind. All those who didn’t have that much time could send out eCards from CoE’s multimedia sections instead. Elf Day was a huge success; there were laughter and deep emotion involved when receiving the cards, and it made us once again feel like a real group of friends, instead of Internet acquaintances. And to make things even merrier, we still have three celebrations left this year! Ulmo’s Midsummer Day, Hobbit Day and Christmas will surely be as great as Elf Day, if not better.

Another activity that has been greeted with high enthusiasm in the realm was Ulmo’s Graphic Contest, where the realmers were put to the test creating seasonal avatars with the theme “Winter in Arda”. A huge number of beautiful avatars were submitted and the contest was so successful that a new round concentrating on spring has started, but this time with the focus on banners.

Apart from the celebrations and contests, we’ve been having fun with all the usual activities like games. “I never”, “Get to know your realmers”, “The person above me” and “The prediction game” are some of the games that have been most popular. But a new game that has received a lot of laughter to its part was introduced to us as well. “The one word game” is a game where you simply describe the person above you with one word. But words like not-so-very-fond-of-Bory (I can’t imagine who wouldn’t be but…) counts as one word too, more or less..

Several new members have been greeted with joy this spring, and they’ve all brought a bit of that ‘extra something’ that makes this realm such a great group to be a part of. The variety of our members’ nationalities, personalities and talents gives us balance and delight. It is always a new experience to pop your head in the realm, you’ll never now what to expect from the crazy bunch of people that spends its time in here!

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