Who needs Spiral Knights? We got us some LotRO!

My brother got an email or something about a bunch of free to play MMOs and Spiral Knights was up at the top of the list. It's pretty fun. It's like a kiddie version of WoW.

Vindictus was another one, and this one looks really badass. I downloaded it but I can't play it, the sound gets really smurfed up and the game lags like crazy.

Lord of the Rings Online was in the list as well. I'm downloading that right now, hoping it works better than Vindictus. Pretty exited to get into that.

Anybody play any of these? Anybody want to play any of these? If you play or are gonna dl let me know, it'd be fun to team up.

Discuss. Enjoy. Do whatever it is you do in these types of threads.

Spiral Knights looks pretty cool. But I generally try to stay away from F2P MMO's.

Yeah, same here. But I've been bored as hell lately and I'm just looking for something to do, really.

Fly For Fun (or Flyff) is a game I played a bit with an old friend of mine. You get a sweet hoverboard which was the main drawcard for me. MMOs don't usually hold my attention for too long, primarily because I have :bou::bou::bou::bou: net, but I would love to play LotR online.

You can find me as Spindleweiss on Spiral Knights. Crawling through by yourself can be a dangerous but rewarding experience, which is what I tend to do in lieu of teaming up with three strangers. I will not associate with anyone who has not a name relating to machinery.

ShlupQuack and I used to play Perfect World International and Hello Kitty Online though we never really hung out. I suspect it was because I killed the orcas for fun in the former and gathering fifty pieces of clover in the latter is tedious.

I am generally game for a game in which I can play with others.

I used to play sword of the new world and vindictus. Both were fun in their own way. i played perfect world for a short while as well, and 1 other i can't remember.

THE JACKEL

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You can find me as Spindleweiss on Spiral Knights. Crawling through by yourself can be a dangerous but rewarding experience, which is what I tend to do in lieu of teaming up with three strangers. I will not associate with anyone who has not a name relating to machinery.

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You can find me as Twoarmedbandit. My bro goes by Onearmedbandit. It's funny 'cause he's only got one arm, and I've only got two. It is my desire that I one day come across a Threearmedbandit.

Onearmedbandit isn't very good at the game unfortunately. :(

He has one arm, it's little wonder.

It's been awhile since I played any free MMOs. The last free MMORPG I played was Ragnarok Online, back when it was Beta and free. I should look into playing some of these free games now that I have a good laptop.

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He has one arm, it's little wonder.

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He didn't seem to quite get that all the actions he needed to do were within reach of his one hand. He kept using wasd to move and left click to shoot/attack. Poor guy.

Spiral Knights is by one of the guys from Mac Hall (now doing Three Panel Soul) and he's been pushing it pretty hard there for a while. The trailers look pretty slick, but I've not played it.

I'm downloading the LoTR game :p

Anyone downloading LotRO should post their names in here so we can party up. I've learned how to IM but I'm saddened that I have no one to IM. :(

Iarlmund of the White Mountains. :monster:

I'm not sure if "of the White Mountains" is necessary, but I couldn't get a lock onto Jiro without that last bit.

I'm installing atm so, I'll post my name here in the near future

Rhaemyr of Gondor here.

what server is everyone playing on? or world or whatever they call it

Me and Jiro have been playing on Riddermark.

Yeah bitches, Riddermark! I'm Jirondil of Mirkwood, Elf Hunter at your service. JOIN OUR BRIGADE

I sent Proto an offline IM but I'm not sure if it will actually go through. Bert, what's your name? We should all party up. Dak and I are animals in there. Cleared out a goblin temple twice with barely a scratch.

Didn't get that, but we did get to meet! Here's a screenshot as proof!

I'm the guy with the bright blue pants. xD

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Nice! xD

I kind of forgot how to IM when I saw you. It shocked me that we might have bumped into each other accidentally.

By the way, I couldn't find that damn kinship clerk anywhere. Some dude said every major city has one. I'll search through Thorin's Hall more carefully, but I didn't see him the first go through.

We're making an EoFF guild for anyone interested in playing. Jiro is an armorsmith and I'm a weaponsmith so we'll be able to get you properly outfitted early on in the game should you join us. :)

You need 8 dudes for a kinship, so we need a recruitment drive! I know there's one in Celodin and Thorin's Hall, but I can't remember where he's hiding in Thorin's crib.

Eight people!? I don't think we'll get that amount. Julian says he'll join at the end of the week, he's got some exams or something. If Bert will ever get on that puts us at five. Damn...

FFXIV is pretty awesome for a F2P game.

Is it also free to download?

It's probably still possible to get a buddy pass off someone and then all you need is a CD to install it, which I'm sure you can download and burn to disk. I don't think there would be any real problem with that when you consider that in order to use a buddy pass, you're supposed to simply get a disk off the peson who gives you the buddy pass so you can get it installed. So yeah, it's possible!

Don't know if I still have a buddy pass, but I might... I don't remember giving it out to anyone. Danielle probably still has hers, too. Hmm...

In theory, that's awesome, but it will become P2P eventually, yeah?

I heard XIV sucked and that's why it's free. :|

I'd be willing to try it, but I have a sneaking suspicion this computer would :bou::bou::bou::bou: itself if I tried to play it. It was a miracle I could get LotRO to work, and even then I get kicked off the server every couple hours.

Yeah, it does have pretty high requirements. :( I forget the exact specs.

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That's the plan Sony has, yes. I imagine it will be P2P once it launches on PS3, which is still without a launch date at the moment.

I'll try to jump on LoTR tonight. Can't remember my characters name but I'll find you guys. I used to play this game back when it was still in beta testing :D

IS BERT ALL POWERFUL?! NO, IT CANNOT BE. I AM THE STRONGEST IN OUR FELLOWSHIP!

I don't know why I had capslock on. But yeah, I'm basically level 17 now, but Proot and G-man are catching me like mothersmurfers. We're going to be unstoppable

No sadly I had to make a new account.

Good. Don't worry, Eric can hook you up with some sweet weapons and I will make you armor that will make you cream yourself.

What's the level cap?

65 for freebies.

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Balls. :(

Bertram, I hope your name is something wild like Potsy or Hashisheater. :jess:

Damn you guys.
I am seriously tempted to download and play LOTRO, but I don't think my uni work and social life can take it...
Argh, temptation!

Don't be a pansy bitch :colbert:

If I listen fall to your insults, then I'd be a pansy bitch.
How dare you create a paradox at my expense!

Dude

I found Bag End

I was actually inside of it

better than sex.

No way. Are you kidding me. You were in Bag End. YOU WERE INSIDE IT.

I thought I was the :bou::bou::bou::bou: standing in front of The Green Dragon Inn. But smurf me. Bag End!

It was stunning. I looked at Bilbo's maps and had a good manly cry over them.

By the way, Dak, we need to do a Fellowship soon. I have a few quests from the Hobbits that need them and I don't want to party up with some random person. They never communicate to me what they're doing and it's awful. D:

Also, got some medium hides for you. These Bree bears give 'em up every kill and are amazing to level off of.

I need to get this uni work done asap then, Iarlmund and Jirondil are in need of some sweet new threads!

I'll mail them to you just as soon as I find this god damn raider captain. For the love of all that is holy, where the smurf is he!? :argh:

:lol: Bree is my territory! But I've been adventuring in the Old Forest lately. It's pretty creepy in them woods.

I feel left out. :(

Well join up then. You said you could play after last week, right?

After Monday, that's when my projects are due. =\

Don't be a pansy bitch :colbert:

Says the guy who isn't playing atm

I went on a little adventure by myself tonight.

So I decided to give LotRO another whirl, I played this game for a brief amount of time back in 07 but I am starting afresh and my character details are:

Class: Loremaster
Race: Elf
Name: Belathraen
Level: 1... at the time of posting xD

I give it a week before you're ahead of me xD Oh man need to play more!

Shibuyauthil
Elf
Hunter
12

I did so well until the last five experience points of level nine. I had not died once until then, and since then I have been defeated four times. My bad for traveling to Bree to early and taking on level fifteen boars and bears.

In terms of Spiral Knights, I have gotten to the next depth, but only barely. I am soloing through the first three alone and doing the challenge arena things. Making new equipment is awesome, but screw bombs. I hate bombs.

That's five players! Only three more to form our own kinship!

Oh man, I completely forgot about Spiral Knights. :x

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a week? I am level 10 already Dak, I will prolly be higher then your level 18 by tomorrow or possibly Monday at the latest :p

Edit: so I have been taking a smurf load of pictures all day and thought I would share 2 of the best with you guys:

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/622...shot00011h.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/175...shot00025k.jpg

This is the game at the very top most settings, everything set to max hope you like ^^ I especially like the one in the shire (first pic)

By the way, fsck the Shire. It is huge, every bloody hobbit has a quest, and it stands between me and going back to Ered Luin so I can finish that area proper. Thinking to take a break, I snuck into Bree-land and ended up in an instance where some wight beat me more senseless than an angry cuckold could.

Those pictures are damn gorgeous. :eek:

Yeah man, I hate the Shire too. Mostly because their stupid hobbit concerns are beneath me. :stare: Bastards have me running all over the Shire to collect bee hives. wtf?

The Shire is all about doing chores for those lazy Hobbits. :stare:

Honestly, I have to wonder what Saruman was thinking.

"Let's take over the Shire, Grima! C'mon, it'll be fun."

Yeah, uh, you can have it, chief. :erm:

I was their mothersmurfing postal service. But I can't resist a quest, :bou::bou::bou::bou: or not. smurf YOU HOBBIT FAGS.

HOBBITS ARE FAGGOTS ANYWAY, AMIRITE?

Sure they're a little homoerotic but the shenanigans of Merry and Pippin are only gay in ye olde sense.

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You sir, are just jello of their hairy feet, AMIRITE xD

I realised you can zoom right in and run around in first person. Try that :bou::bou::bou::bou:, it's whack!

I don't have a mouse at home, so it was a happy accident.

KD I heard you were a hot elf babe. Just letting you know, I'm single and, well, not to brag but, I'm wearing an elven hauberk :smug:

It's awesome to see that so many people joined the Riddermark world. :D I've got a few guys on there if you ever need any help in a fellowship instance. Or I can just provide some equipment since I'm almost a master or close at all of my crafts. :)

Eodryt - Champion - Weaponsmith - Level 55
Renen - Captain - Tailor - Level 45
Mailiorin - Guardian - Cook - Level 42
Ihirad - Rune-keeper - Jeweller - Level 42
Feromgar - Warden - Scholar - Level 41

Shadowdust you are a legend!

It appears that I have a new game to install. I'll let be back once I've created a character :D

Excellent. Lookin' forward to playing with you Værn. We should be able to make a kin with you added to our ranks, provided that second accounts actually work the way I think they do.

Shadowdust is a natural born leader. We just finished a deed to kill 300 barrow spiders in this tiny ass barrow that always has at least ten people in it. He got a bunch of people together to join our Fellowship and we finished it in 1/10 the time it would have taken with us two. This man is legend!

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Excellent. Lookin' forward to playing with you Værn. We should be able to make a kin with you added to our ranks, provided that second accounts actually work the way I think they do.

Shadowdust is a natural born leader. We just finished a deed to kill 300 barrow spiders in this tiny ass barrow that always has at least ten people in it. He got a bunch of people together to join our Fellowship and we finished it in 1/10 the time it would have taken with us two. This man is legend!

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Heh, thanks that's quite a compliment. I was just coming on to brag about the spider slaying. xD I actually started from the first tier of that deed. So it was 435 spiders for me. xD Anyway, that was heck of fun and I hope we all get to do something like that as a group next time. I don't think I've ever had this much fun with a slayer deed. :)

Still have over four and a half hours to go. I'm just going to go to sleep and check on it when I get up.
So. I noticed that this is a Turbine game, and it won't let me register for LotRO with the same account name I used for D&D Online. Will I be able to use the one account for both games? :confused:

I'm not sure. Wouldn't be a bad idea to test out when it's all done downloading.

We're going to need an awesome name for our kinship once we get one! Let's start deciding on a name!

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Still have over four and a half hours to go. I'm just going to go to sleep and check on it when I get up.
So. I noticed that this is a Turbine game, and it won't let me register for LotRO with the same account name I used for D&D Online. Will I be able to use the one account for both games? :confused:

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I don't think it will be a problem. The account that you have is directly through Turbine, not the games. So you should be able to log in to LOTRO with your current account. I could be wrong, but it can't hurt to try.

You guys should be A Storm of Swords.

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...and recruit only people who use axes and staves :D

That's just ridiculous.

You look great, is all of that cosmetic or is it actual equipment?

K, just finished installing updates and creating my character. I'm a dwarf minstrel. The random name generator calls me Strykar, so let's go with that.

Well, since we'd be a kin comprised primarily of EoFFers I don't think FF names or EoFF names should be ruled out. If you don't want any outside fan names then we would have to rule out A Storm of Swords. Joke names shouldn't be ruled out either. A name that strikes laughter into the hearts of our enemies means we can kick them while they're doubled over! :D

I was thinking something like Knights of Cid as a throwback to the forums. Or since we're all playing on Riddermark maybe we could go Eyes on the Riddermark.

I'll give the ideas a few more days before making the poll.

Bombadil's Knights :D?

xD OH GOD YES!

Third Aegis
Heralds of the Fourth
Bagenders (probably taken)
Greysought

Four suggestions, but I do like some of the other brainstorms. A poll would be nice.

Poll added. Multiple choice so don't feel like you have to choose just one that you like. We'll give it until after the holiday weekend before doing anything more.

The Prancing Ponies.

I was going to vote but I realised I was going to vote for all of them.

A Storm of Swords is winning? Ugh, why is there an option for A Song of Ice and Fire in our Lord of the Rings poll?

I do not like this, Sam I Am; I do not like this at all.
I do not like it one bit; that is not a name I would like to equip.
I do not like it for a kinship, not a drop, not a drink, not a sip.
I do not like it for the fandom, the praise for Martin is most random.
I do not like it for the lack of Rings, the most important of things.
I do not like this, Sam I Am; I do not like this at all.

It was suggested so I added it. :-/ I'm not going to count voters who aren't playing LotRO though. Scratch that, it seems I didn't check that option.

I'll add the Prancing Ponies to the poll but I think it might be too late for it to get many votes. It looks like most of us have voted already.

Fellowship of Knights works for me. I'm not to picky about names anyway. I'm just along for the ride. :p

Oh, I also noticed that double bonus points are back on sale. If you guys got $50 to spend, I seriously suggest taking advantage of this. 6900 points will get you most or all of the quest packs if you play your cards right.

Fellowship of Knights sounds a bit plain, but I don't really care.

However, on the way home from shopping tonight I got an idea from the radio. I propose we name our kinship after the Alan Parsons Project album, "Eye in the Sky" :cool:

I still like Storm of Swords. :colbert:

Are you even playing the game?

Will anyone be on tonight? I've got a paper I need to finish writing but I'm shooting to be online around 9-10 PM PST.

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Yes?

GET TO PLAYING. :mad2:

And post your name so we can friend you and send you some gear.

I got from level 13 to 14 today, then discovered the /music command and was too distracted to do anything else. And then this happened.

Also, I'm planning an evil plan that will require several assistants. I'll begin working on it sometime within the next couple of days.

Those of you that I have on my friends list should check your in-game mail. I have sent each of you food to help increase morale and power regeneration according to your level. :)

http://vignettegrimoire.com/_lynx/shibuyauthil00.jpg
Level 5, checking out a dour statue.

http://vignettegrimoire.com/_lynx/shibuyauthil01.jpg
Level 7/8, just found an elf corpse.

http://vignettegrimoire.com/_lynx/shibuyauthil02.jpg
Level 9, before first defeat (thirty points from 10).

http://vignettegrimoire.com/_lynx/shibuyauthil03.jpg
Level 1, searching for worms.

http://vignettegrimoire.com/_lynx/shibuyauthil04.jpg
Level 14, questing properly in Ered Luin.

http://vignettegrimoire.com/_lynx/shibuyauthil05.jpg
Level 16, looking hot in Bree.

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Level 16, as evinced by the pixels.

Here's a couple of screenshots I recently took at Evendim. That region is absolutely beautiful.

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That's who that was! I thought a kind stranger gave those to me. I don't think I have that character added, I'll have to get on that.

Ok, so it looks like Bombadil's Knights won. Personally, I think we should just go with that instead of cook up more schemes to get the name we/you/I/whathaveyou want. In all reality, it would be impossible to come up with a name that everyone agrees on, and we already had the poll implemented before KaiserDragon voiced his concern, so if there aren't any issues with it I'll be making the clan sometime later tonight. :)

Perhaps we should go with "The Knights of Bombadil" to have KD's approval? :p Finally awesome that our kinship is getting made! I'm tired of declining invitations to other kinships. xD

I dig the name Bombadil's Knights. Tom is one of my favorite characters! I also like Knights of Bombadil.

But I don't want there to be an ongoing bitchfest about what our Kin is named. If anyone else doesn't like the name just say so and we can reset the poll or something.

Bombadil's Knights isn't much of a silly name. It's similar to Cid's Knights. Though, I do think Knights of Bombadil sounds more like a name for a Kin rather than Bombadil's Knights. I personally don't really mind what name we end up with. Besides, a name is only a name and shouldn't really be an issue at all, and we're all about enjoying ourselves, so don't let the name bother you if it ends up being something you don't like.

Is it going to ruin another person's day if we do not call ourselves the Knights of Bombadil/Bombadil's Knights? Apparently a name matters to some, so leave the decision to those who mind about monikers.

The thing is, he shouldn't have suggested the poll if he was afraid of getting a name he didn't like. I said I wouldn't count votes from non players, but that was when I thought I clicked that little box. Now that I've had time to think about it, who is to say that the extra votes didn't come from people who may be thinking about playing? You all certainly didn't join right away.

I told KD to post his opinion to see if others agreed with him as so far he has been the only one to mention his dislike of the name. We don't all play together for the benefit of any one person, we play together to help each other out and, above all, have fun. I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm not having any fun with this name business.

I decided to make an executive decision and put the list into a randomizer. The name to come out on top is our clan name.

Greysought was first. If anyone is against that then please feel free to make your own clan. :)

I'll make it the next time I see someone online, that way that person can add another the next time they see someone online, and so on and so forth.

I'm fine with Greysought, it's unique enough to stand out as our Kin's name.

ROAR GREYSOUGHT ARE HERE

Also I demand a rank. An awesome rank :colbert:

We need one more person to join our ranks before we're clear. I think tomorrow is our last day to get eight members. If anyone's been holding out a second account, or has been thinking about making a second account, get on that :bou::bou::bou::bou: and send me a tell. I'll be online all day today trying to rack up the points needed to buy a third character. :shobon:

I recently discovered that the moment I redeemed my purchased TP from Best Buy, I became a Premium player. This means I had a third character slot! :O I hadn't known this before I purchased an extra character slot, so now instead of three, I have four slots for characters! So yesterday I created a Hobbit burglar named Prute. (Prute = pr00t, geddit?)Attachment 34446

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I recently discovered that the moment I redeemed my purchased TP from Best Buy, I became a Premium player. This means I had a third character slot! :O I hadn't known this before I purchased an extra character slot, so now instead of three, I have four slots for characters! So yesterday I created a Hobbit burglar named Prute. (Prute = pr00t, geddit?)Attachment 34446

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Awesome. :D I knew it was something like that. I hadn't noticed becoming a premium player until I had purchased the Lone Lands when I started. I always thought it had something to do with the purchase but I wasn't sure if it was the TP or quest pack that upgraded. Anyway, good to know.

Just for everyone to know, you can save even more money by buying some cheap Mines of Moria from the store to get five permanent character slots. :D Also, you get a free month of VIP which also leaves some permanent benefits once the month has expired. :D I noticed after installing the expansion, I didn't have to buy my warden or rune-keeper class either. :D Just make sure you create them before the VIP month expires.

EDIT: Well, it might be better to get it from the LOTRO store because everyone is over-charging for the box, even Amazon where I got mine. I spent $10 for mine but now they want $40. :( On the LOTRO store, it's about $25 in TP value.

You people need to start playing again! >:O

Indeed. I have been so busy with school and tutoring some classmates that I've barely had time for LOTRO. I miss it. In fact, I think I'll get on right now. :p

Sorry about that. My brother was back in town for the week and I was hanging out with him as much as possible. :D

I've been playing Vindictus and Mabinogi lately. Despite being totally different games, I've heard that they're connected by story. You guys should find me! :p

I haven't been able to get Vindictus to work on my computer. It is too visually intense and this little comp nearly shat itself trying to run it. :(

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Sorry about that. My brother was back in town for the week and I was hanging out with him as much as possible. :D

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That's alright. Cool to see that you're hanging out with your bro and all. Good news, the Greysought is still around after the five days since creation. So no need to worry if it disappeared because of lack of members.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...unkinLotro.jpg

I had to drink a tit ton of beers to join some faction for the summer festival. This is what being drunk off your ass looks like. Colors cease to exist. And you can't even see all of the double vision that was going on. It was a timed mission and after the third pub it took me a while to click on the right cup.

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http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...unkinLotro.jpg

I had to drink a tit ton of beers to join some faction for the summer festival. This is what being drunk off your ass looks like. Colors cease to exist. And you can't even see all of the double vision that was going on. It was a timed mission and after the third pub it took me a while to click on the right cup.

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Heh, wait until you get a taste of what's in the Inn League keg and the Moria keg. I drank from both of those and I was transported to random areas with my pants missing. xD

hahahahaha omg xD

As Guardian XIII and I discovered tonight, the word "balls" is extremely offensive in Middle Earth. xD

That was a well spent half hour. xD

I think I am going to start playing this.

Heck yeah! Do it, Miriel!

Anyway, a couple nights ago, I finally attempted one of the more things only a couple players know how to do, and that is to get on top of the roofs in Bree-Town. Here are three pics to prove that I have done this. :D

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The view from behind Rhaemyr on top of Bree Town Hall.

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The view from the ground.

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Chilling on the roof, yo.

awwwwyeaah boooooyyyyyyy /smug

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Yes, you should definitely do this. :)

Proto, man, how did you get up there? I see this one dude in the same spot every day just hangin' out and playing his lute. I want to go up and jam with him.

It's been awhile, so I'll go post the official roster of our kin.

Official Roster of Greysought (Riddermark)

Leader: Iarlmund lvl 32 Dwarf Champion Guardian XIII
Iolostos lvl 13 Elf Hunter Guardian XIII
Jirondil lvl 23 Elf Hunter Jiro
Melnidor lvl 42 Elf Hunter Shadowdust
Nahirdeth lvl 28 Elf Hunter Agent Proto
Prute lvl 22 Hobbit Burglar Agent Proto
Renen lvl 50 Man Captain Shadowdust
Rhaemyr lvl 35 Man Guardian Agent Proto
Shibuyauthil lvl 17 Elf Hunter Genius Lynx
Siyan lvl 10 Man Minstrel Taquadris
Strykar lvl 17 Dwarf Minstrel Værn

For the record, KaiserDragon is the only member with a character not in the kin, because he's being an ass and not playing for over a month. :p

Well, I have some bad news. I'll be needing to take a break from LOTRO for awhile. My wife and I have been discussing it for quite some time today and we both agreed we need to pull the plug for awhile and focus on spending more time with each other. So much has been going on in our personal lives that we've just been using LOTRO as an escape and not really dealing with our problems.

Of course, it isn't permanent and once we've managed to strike some balance in our personal lives, I have no doubt we'll both be back on LOTRO. :)

EDIT: Oh btw, good job Proto. Only roof I've managed to get on was the Prancing Pony.

Aw, I'm sorry to hear that. Hope it all works out, man.

Man, looking at that roster makes me a little sad. Mostly because Proto is kicking my ass in leveling. And a little because it seems we're the only three people playing anymore. :(

I wish there was a way to get more board members to give LOTRO a shot. It'd be awesome to do a nice EoFF classic instance, skirmish, or even a raid. :)

My dream is that one day we will all be online with our most powerful characters and we'll all ride through Bree like the badasses we are. I want to look at the chat window and see people crying aloud "Who were those dark riders? I want to join their ride!" and as we go more will follow until we're riding up on the black gate itself with a legion so mighty our computers will be crying from the amount of lag that they are experiencing. The true Riders of the Riddermark we will be called.

This is my dream.

In case you guys haven't receive the e-mail yet, Turbine Points will be on sale this weekend for all bundles. The discount is 17.89% and you need to use the coupon code: 1789L. The offer will be available from July 14-17. Oh, and it can be used five times per account.

I hadn't received any email. :eek:

I will definitely be taking advantage of this.

Glad to hear it. :D I'm surprised you're not getting the e-mails though.

My wife and I spoke again last night and she feels it's unfair to completely deprive ourselves of something we both enjoy so we agreed on a limited schedule. So I'll be on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in the late evening as well as all day Sunday. :) Of course, that is if I don't have a massive amount of homework in the upcoming quarter.

UPDATE: Click on the link to see what changes will be made to stats in the Isengard update: http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdia...w-stat-updates

So a friend of mine told me about this superhero MMO that became free recently and I downloaded it. City of Heroes I think. Reminded me that I haven't played LotRO in a while and I logged on earlier today.

Apparently Greysought has been disbanded. Man, I got super depressed. We were awesome! What the crap happened?

Isengard released recently. Anybody still playing get that?

Yeah, I didn't think the kin would disband, but apparently it did because most of the members (Jiro, Lynx, and Værn) were inactive for so long. Then came your absence. First Shadowdust left to rejoin his original kin, then I decided to leave to join an awesome kin where I've been designated successor to be its leader. Since Greysought was lacking in members, or ceased to exist, you are welcomed to join my new kin. If I ever catch you online, I'll send an invite for you.

Edit: Yeah, I got the update and now Monster Play is free to play. You should check that out

I'm mostly interested in Isengard for the sole fact that it's freaking Isengard! What's Monster Play about anyways? I always assumed it was skirmishes as an orc.

You should check out City of Heroes if you haven't already. It's pretty legit. I made an Autobot! Unfortunately, though, I can't play the damn game for more than a half an hour at a time as my computer becomes an emotional wreck. I've settled for Champions Online, which is very cheesy but runs pretty alright. I'll try and make it back to LotRO within the next few days. I kind of want to make a new character, that elf just wasn't cutting it.

If you're looking to join a new kin, hit me up at Nahirdeth. And I'll give City of Heroes a shot. Sounds like a fun game.

How big is your new Kin? That's nuts that you're second in command already.

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First Shadowdust left to rejoin his original kin, then I decided to leave to join an awesome kin where I've been designated successor to be its leader.

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Yeah, sorry about that. I thought about sending a kin e-mail but it never seemed like anyone was on so I went to a new kin that me and my ex-wife created. I'm still there but it isn't much better off than Greysought since we were the only two members. xD She ended up taking her Hunter off of our new kin and sent it back to Evermore so I guess I'm the leader now.

LOTRO is more awesome than ever. They made some changes to the Champion and now that class is incredibly better. I can actually tank with my champ now. :D Got my champ up to 62 so far and I'm almost ready to start Mirkwood. I'm in the final chapter of Moria. I can't wait to get to Isengard! :D

Btw, I'm sure you guys heard that DC Universe Online is going F2P this month. That might be worth a try as well.

Apologies for my disappearance, my home internet isn't stable enough to play online and my laptop just loves to overheat when playing it (and other games) :(