BS: LOTRO Anyone?

Subject: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 18 Nov 12 - 05:25 PM

Lord Of The Rings Online if you didn't know. Now free to play although you can get more by buying things. Only been playing myself about 4 weeks but if you play on the server (world) called Laurelin look out for a 19th level Dwarf called Strongintharm and maybe we can quest together or share a virtual pint or two in Thorin's Halls :-)

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 18 Nov 12 - 10:35 PM

Well, I knew it was lord of the rings something, does that make me some kind of geek?
Anybody else looking forward to The Hobbit? Or is that a different thread?

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Nov 12 - 03:15 AM

Nah Mrrzy _ Just one in the know :-) And you will have probably guessed that I am looking forward to it.

Cheers

D

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 03:32 PM

Level 28 now but probably need to spend some money to gain more quests. Shame really as I will probably just carry on the free version. Anyway.Also got a pony now called Daftinthead :-)

Can't believe no-one else on here is not into it - Has some good background music BTW - Particularly in Bree and the Shire.

Strongintharm the Dwarf

aka

Dave the Gnoem

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 03:41 PM

"Dave the Gnoem"

Is that new Gnoemenclature?

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 04:09 PM

I like the sharing a pint idea. Not fussy about the virtual part, or the "quests" for that matter. Hope the copyright holders are getting paid.

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 04:15 PM

Surely you have heard the Christmas Carol?

Gnoem, Gnoem, Gnoem, Gnoem
Born is the king king of Irsaem


:D

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 04:19 PM

Sharing a digital pint hardly measures up to sharing a real one.

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: michaelr
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 06:45 PM

I'll buy you a pint, but I won't share mine.

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 11 Jun 15 - 08:51 AM

Just reminded myself of this in another thread. Got as far as I could with Strongintharm so made a Human character called Agraman and an Elf called Ansayfti.

Anyone else into it yet?

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Jack Campin
Date: 11 Jun 15 - 05:45 PM

I have only come across them via their ABC tune archive. Which is by far the worst ABC tune collection I've ever seen. Auto-converted from other formats (probably keyboard-input MIDI), totally human-unreadable and gibberish to any ABC processing software as well. Worthless waste of electrons.

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 11 Jun 15 - 05:56 PM

Not sure what is a worthless waste of electrons, Jack, but if it is the music from a role playing game, I can only suggest that you steer away from them in the future. I enjoy it as background to the game but would never suggest it is a substitute for the music of real life :-)

There are some examples here and a whole reference in abc format here if anyone would care to try to link an MMRPG with real life ;-)

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Jack Campin
Date: 11 Jun 15 - 09:05 PM

It's quite a wide range of music - all of it so badly mangled as to be unrecognizable. The problem isn't the quality of the music, it's the quality of the coding.

http://abcnotation.com/mmorpg

which links to

http://www.lotro-abc.com/ (just pick one at random - they're all shite)

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 12 Jun 15 - 02:40 AM

Ahhhh - OK. Good project for someone to recode it I suppose :-) Any volunteers?

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Musket
Date: 12 Jun 15 - 04:08 AM

I remember on the old BBC model B, when adventure games were typing in instructions such as "go in room" and the computer saying "it is locked" and you saying "break down door" and the computer saying "you can't do that."

Turning it off and going for a pint tensed to be the best way of ending.

Today's multimedia role play is far better of course but lacks the use of your imagination. Some friends tried getting me into Dungeons and Dragons on the same basis. The twenty sided dice approach did let your imagination run a bit and I could see the attraction.

But if all the graphics etc are there for you? Genuine question. Despite being IT led and indeed setting up and running a company building PCs (originally PLC automation for our other products but box building became lucrative for a while) I never really got into games. Conversely my 31 year old son has just bought a new Sony Playstation.

Mind you, I do enjoy slaying the odd orc here on Mudcat.....

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Mr Red
Date: 12 Jun 15 - 05:48 AM

I was told that everyone, one day, will read "Bored of the Rings".

Well - it hasn't happened in Rouge Towers yet, and no-one is rushing to. Or the films.

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: GUEST,BigDaddy
Date: 12 Jun 15 - 09:08 AM

Am I the only one that thought it meant "Laughing out the rectum, obviously"?

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 12 Jun 15 - 09:34 AM

Like :-D

Subject: RE: BS: LOTRO Anyone?
From: Bill D
Date: 12 Jun 15 - 11:39 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_of_the_Rings

http://solargeneral.org/wp-content/uploads/library/bored-of-the-rings-henry-n-beard-douglas-c-kenney.pdf>In PDF format

(I've had the book for many years)