Category: Updates

Council of Elrond recently implemented a new guideline requiring all new site members be at least 13 years of age, so that we can comply with the COPPA (Child Online Privacy and Protection Act). We are asking that all current members who are under the age of 13 please have your parents fill out the…

The new avatar area is up and running, and can be viewed here. This new module offers the following features: – clicking to set your avatar (no more remembering a long name) – searching on the avatars – up to 5 unique avatars in a private pool, for those that have accumulated enough points to…

I want to thank everyone who donated so generously to help us cover our monthly costs and keep the site up and running. Thanks to your many donations, we now have enough money to cover this month, and next month’s fees! From the bottom of my heart, thank you, on behalf of myself, and the…

Over the next day or so, you may notice that your avatar is broken. We are currently putting in place a new avatar system — please be patient while we work on this. Once it’s in place, you’ll find changing your avatar much easier.

CoE has gotten many visitors over the past month, and we’ve gone over our allotted monthly allowance of bandwidth (i.e. traffic/visitors) — the site is going to be charged a steep fee because of this. In addition, as usual, we must pay $300 a month for server and software fees. We need your help now…

Do you enjoy spending time in our gallery? Would you like to help to keep it clean and neat? Here´s your chance! The Gallery Admins are looking for 2 new Shirriffs. Go to our Concerning the Gallery Forum and read through the first post to know if you have what is needed to apply!

Council of Elrond is pleased to announce a new feature: Member Websites. Within this new area of the site, you can make your own small personal site devoted to whatever you want. Check it out, and if you have any questions or problems, please check out this forum thread. Have fun!

Have you ever wondered when Arwen was born? Asked yourself when Gandalf first came to Middle-earth? Questioned how long Frodo journeyed from The Shire to Mordor? Well look no further; your Book Admin team has just added *New* Timelines to Elrond’s Library! We currently have the timelines for the Third and Fourth Ages up with…

The Return of the King script has been completed, and can be viewed here. The project involved the input and help of many members on the site, and I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to input lines and descriptions from the movie!

The Council of Elrond now offers an option to have the date in the themes display as the date as it would be in the Shire, instead of our own Gregorian date! To change to and from Shire Dates, go to “My Account” and then click “Change your info”.