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Over the last week, I've been spending a lot of time playing Champions Online's anniversary event. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it rekindled my enjoyment for the game. While I've been playing CO, here and there, I think like many players, I suffered from a little burnout.

The anniversary event itself wasn't really what cured my ills. The extra things involved in the event were just little fun add-ons to the game. The main tasks in the game were still there for me: run Serpent Lantern, run NemCon, maybe level an alt, mess around on PTS, and roleplay. Even the "big bang" Destroid attacks were only a decent diversion for a half hour or so.

What really got my excitement going was the increased socialization. A lot of people claimed "the zones are empty," but that couldn't be further from the truth. I logged out one night in Millenium City #7 and logged in the next afternoon to Millenium City #20, with most of the lower instances completely full. That's close to 2000 players in just MC alone. I participated in a lot of roleplaying and hung out with the CORP guys during their RP event. I added over 10 people to my friends list last week.

The main reason my burnout was cured? I gained an optimistic look at where the game is headed.

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Friday! Our favorite day of the week. But if we were living in the lands of Middle-earth, we might very well like Mondays as well. Why? Because Mondays is when the role-playing event "Ales and Tales" happens in Lord of the Rings Online! Sure, you can dedicate your entire MMO career to just slaying any monster that gets in your way -- but taking the time out to enjoy a little slice of role-playing fun makes the experience better, in our opinion.

Today's cheery Lord of the Rings Online One Shots comes from the most recent event, and was sent to us by Harperella who writes: Ales and Tales is a weekly social RP event on Landroval hosted by The Lonely Mountain Band. It's a sort of travelling pub that meets in a new location each week for the pleasures of food and drink, music, dancing, tales and fine companionship. This week, we met at the Party Tree in the Shire. Afterwards, we moved into Bag End, where we found some truly hobbity comforts around the fire in the study.

Do you know about a great role-playing event we should know about -- especially one that recurs? If so, why not grab a screenshot for us and send it in to oneshots AT massively DOT com along with your name, the name of the game, and a brief description. (Links to sponsoring guilds, event calendars, etc, are welcome too!) We'll post it out here on Massively and give you the credit for sending it in.

Gallery: One Shots: Gallery II

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Well hello there intrepid Massively readers! This week, instead of my usual selection of complaints crammed into the tight space of a single column, I've decided to do something different. This Monday, I opened up a call for questions on anything MMO related on the Massively Facebook fan page, the Massively Twitter, and my own personal Twitter. You guys didn't disappoint, and you certainly sent me more than a few intriguing e-mails.

So, for the past three days, I've been preparing responses to some of the questions that landed in my inbox. What did intrepid readers ask me to answer? Whose e-mails did I select from the pile of text I received? What is the airspeed of an African Swallow? These and many other questions (except that swallow one, that one's been done to death, go Google it or something) shall be answered after the break! Thundercats, hoooooooooo!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>anti-aliasedcharacter-genderfeaturedgendergender-roleslumielmailmailbagopinionroleplayingrprp-eventrpgskill-based-mmosThu, 15 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST<![CDATA[One Shots: The Emperor Family Academy]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/19/one-shots/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/19/one-shots/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/19/one-shots/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

As shown in a recent One Shots, there was a gathering of Amarr in memoriam of a thousand days passing since the death of Emperor Doriam II in EVE Online. This is another image from that in-game gathering, sent to us by Rodj Blake, that we wanted to show off today. The large structure in the center of the planet is the Emperor Family Academy, where the memorial was held, and if you look at the full-size image, you can make out some of the approximately 70 ships in attendance as a semi-circle of dots on the right-hand side of the station. (And to think -- most of the "dots" are larger-sized ships!)

Do you have a screenshot of an in-game event that you attended? Perhaps just some fun RP event that you and your guild sponsored? If so, send those screenshots in to us at oneshots AT massively DOT com. Yours could be featured next!

Gallery: One Shots

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One of the things that can prove most imposing about playing EVE Online (at least to this blogger who is a relative newcomer) is watching a pile of ships drop out of warp right next to you. One moment you're relatively alone, the next, you're surrounded by ships. (And there's always that moment of "am I about to get podded?" that goes through your head....) This image, sent in to us by Rodj Blake, shows a pile of ships -- from tiny to enormous -- warping to a planet together as part of a recent RP event in the Amarr system. So very cool to see!

Do you have a great screenshot of you and your friends playing together, RP world (universe) events, or perhaps a great PvP battle? If so, drop them in a mail to us here at oneshots AT massively DOT com. Yours could be one of the ones featured here!

Gallery: One Shots

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