The players really seem to love Lord of the Rings Online's Landroval server, where so many different live role-playing events go on. Dancing, music, games, and more can be found -- and not just in pubs, either! Today's One Shots comes to us from Lennidhren of Landroval and shows off one of the many events that seem to crop up on the server. Lennidhren writes:
"I love Lord of the Rings Online's Landroval server for all the creative player-run events that one can attend. On Monday, I attended an Elven festival called Tarin Austa, or the Gates of Summer. The kinship Mar Vanwa Tyalieva hosted this celebration of the first sunrise of summer, at which those gathered awaited the sunrise to the accompaniment of music from Mar Vanwa Tyalieva's talented band. After welcoming the sun, we continued the celebration with music, dancing, and tales of the creation of the Sun and Moon as written by Tolkien. The screenshot attached captures the first rays of light as the sun cleared the eastern horizon, with players watching from the precipice and MVT gathered behind us to play."
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Reader Comments (10)
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 4:19PM (Unverified) said
It already went f2p? thought that was in the fall
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Posted: Jun 27th 2010 4:21PM (Unverified) said
It already went f2p? thought that was in the fall
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Posted: Jun 27th 2010 4:36PM jimr9999us said
Landroval will be the saddest causality in the on-going attempts of small and mid-sized mmog's to find a profitable business model that allows for continuing development.
I admire their courage...I left a week after the f2p announcement unwilling to roll the dice on the community being strong enough, and unable to come to terms with Warner Bros. devaluing the investment I made into my characters.
Circle the wagons Landroval! I hope a year from now my assumptions have been proven simply ignorant.
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I admire their courage...I left a week after the f2p announcement unwilling to roll the dice on the community being strong enough, and unable to come to terms with Warner Bros. devaluing the investment I made into my characters.
Circle the wagons Landroval! I hope a year from now my assumptions have been proven simply ignorant.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 6:05PM (Unverified) said
Good to see you are doing your part to help keep the community strong... um.. oh wait, you aren't, you ran away to hide. Oh no, the sky is falling! We're all doomed, doomed I say! :)
Luckily others are staying and working on keeping the community together, by welcoming new people (like me) and helping them become part of said community.
I've just rolled a bunch of characters on Landroval (not sure which will be my main yet, but having fun with a hobbit warden). Everyone seems very friendly and I'm having a good time. Also studying up a bit and refreshing my Tolkien knowledge. Came up with some really good names that fit with the lore, but they were already taken, of course. Looking forward to exploring the game over the next month and very possibly going with a sub depending on how much free time I have by then.
So, let us recap:
Good members of current community already working to help new players and getting ready for when the hybrid model kicks in. CHECK
Doom and gloom elitist snob types throwing hissy fits and quitting. CHECK
New players excited by hybrid model already joining game and having fun. CHECK
Large numbers of people (most of which are likely nice people with the usual few jerks too) looking forward to giving LOTRO a try in the Fall. CHECK
Many interesting LOTRO blogs added to my bookmarks list. CHECK
:D
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Luckily others are staying and working on keeping the community together, by welcoming new people (like me) and helping them become part of said community.
I've just rolled a bunch of characters on Landroval (not sure which will be my main yet, but having fun with a hobbit warden). Everyone seems very friendly and I'm having a good time. Also studying up a bit and refreshing my Tolkien knowledge. Came up with some really good names that fit with the lore, but they were already taken, of course. Looking forward to exploring the game over the next month and very possibly going with a sub depending on how much free time I have by then.
So, let us recap:
Good members of current community already working to help new players and getting ready for when the hybrid model kicks in. CHECK
Doom and gloom elitist snob types throwing hissy fits and quitting. CHECK
New players excited by hybrid model already joining game and having fun. CHECK
Large numbers of people (most of which are likely nice people with the usual few jerks too) looking forward to giving LOTRO a try in the Fall. CHECK
Many interesting LOTRO blogs added to my bookmarks list. CHECK
:D
Posted: Jun 28th 2010 10:13AM Pingles said
Every major patch/change ruins every game.
Or so a percentage of players would have you believe.
The bottom line is that nobody will know until it happens.
The upcoming change will have me returning to LOTRO. I have a variety of characters on Landroval that I have missed.
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Or so a percentage of players would have you believe.
The bottom line is that nobody will know until it happens.
The upcoming change will have me returning to LOTRO. I have a variety of characters on Landroval that I have missed.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 7:46PM (Unverified) said
I just started a new character on Landroval myself, it has an amazing community! I got to catch a concert by "Chetwood Mac", a nice cover band, and found a lot of people willing to simply enjoy in-game events. I don't think F2P will ruin this community, it is too strong as it is now to not simply grow with new players interested in this sort of immersion.
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