ElvenRunes.com - Gossip Corner

Climb has been changed and there are now three different ways to approach climb exits! Climb always, Climb safe and climb off! Go to the Re:Climbing thread to learn more!
When I took this job, one of the things I wanted to do was interact with the players. After all, this column is all about you! So for every column I shall hopefully have interviewed a few mumers, and with their permission, put their answers up here. So for this column, I asked four mumers this question:

Have you ever been stuck on certain levels, and if so, why?

pNaga: I've sometimes realized that I have trouble with lower levels,
due to overconfidence on my part. I am used to playing higher level chars or like a troll, and when I go back to lowbies I keep forgetting how frail they really are!

pThurge: At the moment I am stuck at lvl 34, I blame it on the poor
representation of the squirrel table! Other than that, I've found my
playstyle less effective the more levels I get. Sitting and waiting for pukes somewhere out west and reading elvenrunes at the same time, does not really grant power xp! (Blenda - Start using hotkeys you damn troll!)

pBogger - Well, I don't think I've had any extreme difficulty with any specific levels although I did struggle a bit with lvl 51. I mobripped three times! First was at Balrog, Erebos was leading! He suddenly moved into the balrog room with only me following and on berserk! He waited until I had died and then pulled some czech-move and got out! The second time was when I was at the lab. Khozdul and I tried to do Necromancer, but somehow I managed to die with full shining and all. Whole lab laughed and I cried. The last time was in Ghost Captain, I was buffing and was getting
low, so I was about to get key, but Aerie takes it before, to show he has better looting skills than a swede. He then has a mega freeze and doesn't unlock until I mobripped :/ I lost about 1.75 million xp each time and it took several months of playing to finally
reach 52!

pAlf: Anything between 10 and 21. Back in the day my area knowledge forced me to be the expert brown bear hunter. After level 10 they didn't give much exp. Luckily, at 21 you could join supermob groups for exp!'
The winter Olympics have been on and I know a lot of you have been sitting in front of your television cheering your fellow countrymen on! Sweden surpassed all expectations and acquired many medals! No action track was used either!
Due to this being an extremely busy period at my University, I haven’t been able to keep track on who has levelled recently or if someone has had a birthday. So Happy Birthday to all of you! If you want to find yourself on the column, just send me an email at palantiri@elvenrunes.com
I haven’t been able to actively play mume either for the past 2 months, again due to the amount of uni work. Easter is around the corner (which means free time), so my next column, which will hopefully be out on the 1st of April will be filled with a lot more gaming news! (From now on, all the columns will be out on the 1st of each month).
That’s it for me folks. Until next time! Don’t cheat kids! And before I disappear, I’ll end with this:

Vairë says 'you were wonderful now I need a cigarette :P’

Need I go into details…? Arrrr!
Birthdays: 21. March - Zarhuk, 25. March - Perrin, 26. March - Njaa, 29. March - Uriond and Eolung 05. April - Vainamoinen