The Tolkienesque server of LotRO [ESSAY] by WorldOfMiddle-earth, journal
The Tolkienesque server of LotRO [ESSAY]
[Before this essay starts, for those that do not know what this is, The Lord of the Rings Online (or LotRO) is the first and only online visual recreation of of J.R.R. Tolkien's legendary world, and you can step in it with an original character. It is also free to play, and no subscription is required. Watch the videos below to see and understand more]
Long appreciation and fascination with the magical, mythical world of J.R.R. Tolkien brought me to this game, and for long I have played on three different servers (Brandywine, Landroval, and Laurelin) but have been for a while on all the other worlds too. Yet, I found what I was seeking f
So I am elbow-deep in Tolkien dwarves at the moment, or Khazad as they are known in their own language.
It.s a never ending font of giggles for me, that:
a) I play a short bearded dude on Lord of the Rings Online.
b) his name is Bob, yet is unpronounceable.
c) that everyone likes my crazy pie song, and my parodies of bad show tunes.
d) that I've been made an officer in my little band of dwarves - for lore.
This weekend is Durin's Day, the Dwarven new year, and I must concoct two parts of a ceremony in Neo-Khuzdul, and four original arrangements for the occasion. Oh for contrite dwarves, heads crowned in humility.
Last week there was a dwar
I've been playing LotRO this past year. It has some very admirable and unique qualities:
> It has a music system that allows you to play your own music and musical arrangements to other people in the game.
> At its core it exists out of love for the litterature of J.R.R.Tolkien, and not merely as a game. The lore isn't broken, and it contains a worldview at its heart that doesn't annoy me or my conscience.
> I've joined a band that creates its own music and arrangements there (Andunie = http://s13.zetaboards.com/Andunie/index/ ),and I've joined a kinship of Silmarillion fans on the Laurelin server (Vanimar = http://www.vanimar.shivtr.com