A Tale of Two Hunters

Wallpaper: The Stone Council

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:51:00 +0000

Perhaps it's because I had heard so many complaints about Moria, but I am surprised how much I'm enjoying it. I hasn't been since my first few days of playing LotRO that I've seen so many breathtaking sights. I think the reveals in Moria are better than they have been in the rest of Eriador. As always, click the image to see the maximum resolution. I have also corrected the resolution on the previous two wallpapers. There is also a widget in the sidebar with the entire collection of...

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Wallpaper: The Lonely Span

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:31:00 +0000

I'm working on a Moria collection of wallpapers. That's where I'm spending most of my time right now. It's also an area of great vision and architecture, from both an in-character and out-of-character perspective. Click on the image for maximum resolution.

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Wallpaper: The Gates of Gondamon

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:39:00 +0000

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Outfit: Prized Angmar's Free Peoples Horse

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:19:00 +0000

This is definitely my favorite horse. It first caught my eye in a news post several months ago. At that time the mount was bugged, and using the same skin as another mount in game. While that mount was pretty awesome as well, the new artwork for it made me decide it was just the mount I wanted. It wasn't too hard to work up the rep for it, once I levelled a character up high enough. It didn't help any that I quit playing for a while, and couldn't afford a subscription during some of the...

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Fashion of the Fellowship Walk

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:53:00 +0000

The Lonely Mountain Band at CSTM's Fellowship Walk party. I have to make some confessions. First, I have been playing LotRO again for a while now. I've moved through Angmar and Eregion, and I'm now well into Moria. I love Moria more than any other part of the game so far, but that's for another day. Second, I have always been into the cosmetics feature of the game, but once the wardrobe system came out it became especially addictive. I'm an avid fan of several of the LotRO outfitting...

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Lottery Improvements

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:50:00 +0000

Original My LotRO Configuration I have finally reached the point where my lottery winners have become too much for My LotRO to handle. Granted, it took me a lot longer to get so many winning entries than some people who are lottery hogs, but I got there nonetheless. Eventually, you probably will, too. Once you get lots of entries, your winning entries window on My LotRO gets all scrambled and its hard to tell which ones are recent, or if there even are any new ones. They start to get sorted...

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Quick Shot: Ales and Tales Fish-fry

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:40:00 +0000

I know this is kind of a bailout of a post, but I have a term paper due in two days. Sorry! Xy and I went to Ales and Tales on Monday, and boy was it packed! Fishing, music, campfires, cliff diving... Good time had by all. I was mentored in the harp, and I was super-flattered by all the kind comments people gave us about the podcast. Unfortunately what began as front-row seats for the two of us ended up in the nose-bleed section by the end of the night, as there wasn't a clearly...

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New Tournament Event System for LotRO

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:58:00 +0000

This is exciting! Sapience just posted the first of some all-new Tournament Events for the game. Sapience says that to begin with, there will be a Skirmish Tournament this weekend, and from the looks of things, it's already starting. How Do I Join? Keep an eye on mylotro.com/tournaments for a list of upcoming events along with the information you’ll need to participate. Every event will have at least one round with a start and end time, along with an activity that players must...

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Festival Dances: Aliases and More

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:16:00 +0000

Today, as Xyderias and I were running around doing our dances for the festival, we tried to explain to a few people our tips and tricks for getting the dances done quickly. This is a run-down of information that should make things go more smoothly for you. Getting the Aliases Ready to Use The alias macro system in LotRO is a little complicated. So, to make matters easier, here is a guide specifically for making dance aliases. 1. Setup Aliases Type into chat: /alias add ;d1 /dance1...

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Holy Freakin' Awesome!

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:29:00 +0000

I was totally ready to make a real post today, but luckily for me Brian stumbled upon something so awesome I had to post about it. Check out The Bree-land Times. It's an electronic copy of a real newspaper about Middle-earth with contributions from lots of LotRO bloggers. Being the editor of my college newspaper, I know how much work goes into making something like this, so I think everyone should stop by and give Vatna and Co. a high-five for their efforts. It looks great! edit: I...

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Good News for the Hobbit Movie

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:11:00 +0000

Check out this post over at Once Upon a Hobbit, then breathe a sigh of relief.

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Shenanigans: The Road to Rivendell

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:15:00 +0000

This is a continuation of The Road to Tal Bruinen To my credit, I did manage to make it all the way to the top of the pass, alone, on foot. The lynxes weren't so bad, because they didn't attack if I kept moving. But once I entered the territory of aggressive bears there was little I could do to avoid death. I spent a large part of a day trying to make it the last of my trip, and eventually conceded that I couldn't do it without help. I began to plead for anyone within the sound of my...

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Quick Shot: The Road to Tal Bruinen

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:14:00 +0000

Jem is working his way through the Trollshaws now, and I took the road seldom travelled. The view along this path is one of many breathtaking vistas in the game. It also holds a certain sentiment for me. Last summer I played through the 10-day free trial. Towards the end of it, I had gotten my hunter (a different character on a different server) to level 17. I had seen the Shire and Bree, passed by Weathertop, and I was determined to see Rivendell before my account expired. (At that time,...

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A Note for Fellow Google Bloggers

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:46:00 +0000

After a few complaints (mainly my own), I found a comment form system that so far looks fantastic. IntenseDebate plugs right into your template and the installation is super easy and clever. You save a backup of your template, then upload it into their web app, and they do all the code changes for you. You just copy and paste the entire blog template back in and voila! It even includes a handy little Comment RSS button (Note: if you have a Wordpress account name, you can sign into their...

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Raising the Shire

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:18:00 +0000

I'd like to point out what appears to be a fairly active and long-time LotRO blog that I hadn't heard about up until now. Raising the Shire follows the Middle Earth adventures of Tearose Underhill, among others. It's a nice little summary of what the adventurers have taken on, or occupied themselves with, over the course of the week. If you're like me, you'll enjoy this relaxing read about what others are doing in the game.

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Quick Shot: What is this?

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:42:00 +0000

I found something strange. Obviously, it must be associated with a quest, but I haven't yet figured out which one. A training dummy isn't that odd. Or a scarecrow, whichever it may be. But it's in the middle of nowhere. I'm still investigating, but maybe someone knows what it's for.

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Thanks

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:05:00 +0000

Thanks to A Casual Stroll to Mordor for the link love in their blog roll. No disrespect at all for the other podcasts, but I like Goldenstar and Merric's show the best of all I have found so far.

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Where is LotRO's Score?

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:45:00 +0000

One of my favorite things about WoW was the music. My absolute favorite place in the entire game was Karazhan. And I love the music especially... My favorite track from the game is the theme from Grizzly Hills. I have the collector's edition of Wrath, and I'm glad I do. Having the soundtrack made the entire thing worth it. This music is utterly captivating... The best part is the way the music was tied into the game environment. I'm sure anyone who played Alliance can remember the...

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About Me

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0000

I put up an About page and a little blurb about me and my characters. I realized that there was no indication of who I was.

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Free to Play

noreply@blogger.com (Fyurae) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:03:00 +0000

I feel like this topic has been beat to death. My intention was to avoid talking about it, since it's been more than covered. However, over the last couple of weeks, I've heard a lot of podcasts and read a lot of blogs that haven't done their homework before they present the Free-to-Play model to their audience, and that absolutely outrages me. They're perpetuating false impressions and false information and that's irresponsible. So, I'm going to weigh in on the future changes after...

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