What is the average person who spends time here at CoE like? Well, let’s see…if you had the chance to ask J.R.R. Tolkien one question, you’d really like to ask him what happened to the Entwives. If you could have one prop from the movies, it would be either Aragorn’s sword or Legolas’ bow. When watching the movies you were most grossed out by the close up of Gollum eating raw fish, most startled by Bilbo going ballistic seeing Frodo with the Ring and you thought that the most memorable kiss was Aragorn and Arwen kissing at the coronation.
Does this really describe the average CoE member ? Well, probably not, but these are just some of the top responses in the front-page polls, a popular area here at CoE.
Now for some facts and figures about the front-page polls.
1. Since CoE started there have been 70 polls.
2. The first poll was a test poll and asked the question, “So. Who’s the hottest?” With over 48% of the votes Legolas was your clear favourite.
3. In excess of 196,000 votes have been cast in the polls.
4. Polls never close, you can still vote in old polls.
5. The most popular poll so far, with in excess of 6300 votes, was, “If there were presidential elections in Middle-earth who would you cast your vote for?” Over 39% of voters thought Aragorn would make the ideal president. This poll was suggested by ~Mirimë~.
6. The second most popular, with in excess of 5700 votes was, “Which of these is your favourite song from the LotR movies?” Most of the voters felt they just could not chose, but of those who did 22% voted for Into the West. This poll was suggested by Celebrian_Kementari.
7. The third most popular poll, with in excess of 5500 votes was, “Apart from walking, which of these ways would you pick to travel around Middle-earth?” The majority, over 49%, chose to travel by horseback. This poll was suggested by Happy_Hobbit.
Any member can submit an idea for a front-page poll. Just post in this thread in the CoE Announcements, Rules and Feedback forum.
by morwenna
