Great feedback, that said, let's get down to brass tacks here. Firstly I'll ignore you combative tone, as I think you've probably had far too much turkey.

Soooo then, SoM, it's awesome huh? Let's hear from you why it's so excellent, I'm interested now? I've heard the marketing speak, I've seen the trailers, so Chris, what you like about it when you played it?

I know I am sorry for being negative about LOTRO, because I used to be a huge fan of the game, That's fact, I don't think you can argue about how I feel when I write something, unless you are either psychic or deluded. I could say you are a raging mouth-breathing angry nerd fan boy, spitting over the keyboard in defense of 'your game', for instance, but I'm sure you would offer a different opinion. So let's discount your first point, as the only thing that's going to get 'owned' here, is you, not my negativity.

Secondly, nice list, forget Aion much? Different market, how very convenient! There are two other MMO releases tomorrow, both compete with front page space with LOTRO. And let me remind you, free games, who cares, hmm FYI a lot more people are turning to free to play games as an alternate payment model. Might not mean much to you, you act as if you are not aware of the larger MMO community and speak from a purely singular standpoint.

People put LOTRO up there as number three of four usually, maybe a bit lower, but a dearth of content over the last year and this lack-luster release, I don't know what that says about the direction of the game. People were looking forward to Rohan and got a quarter of Mirkwood early, I don't know how you polish turds, but I can't do anymore than that, sorry.

From what you've said, then people who are LOTRO only can never be disappointed, even after the lack of book updates for upwards of 6 months and to feel a little short changed from this recent 'bookpansion'? LOTRO players are not idiots, they don't just play their only game blindly, they have expectations also. Given the game has a long history of story and quality, they are going to feel let down. I'd advise these only gamers to try Dragon Age for example, for a hugely more gratifying 'epic storyline' and to contrast, then establish if LOTRO is value for them.

Mr Angry rarely looks silly on these boards, and after having tried out this release from beta for quite some time, trying to find out how much there is to all this, I do know that there isn't much there in this release, and from what I've seen, it's not got the same level of polish of feel as the rest of the game (even though I felt that started to decline with MoM). Your opinions on WAR and AoC are your own, it was certainly not an opinion of mine.

I responded to you in this manner, because I know you didn't want a "pansy-ass" response. If you can manage to be polite, I'll respond, otherwise enjoy Mirkwood, and see you back here in a week when you've completed the content!

Cheers!