In this episode, Chris and I discuss the changes to the pre-purchase packs for Riders of Rohan, the geekery behind the scenes of the live-action trailer, the aftermath of Weatherstock and more!

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What we did this week

Bill
Weatherstock (ran up lvl 10 LM for it)
Skirmish of Skirmishes

Chris
Weatherstock – Videos on our YouTube channel
The Great River Region – Continuing with this area. I like the dense, yet not too dense number of mobs.
Skirmish of Skirmishes.

News

Pre-purchase of RoR improved
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?464108-A-word-about-the-Riders-of-Rohan-Pre-Purchase-packs.&p=6232652#post6232652

Syp’s 15 things that cut the bad taste of the pre-purchase packages controversy
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/06/16/the-road-to-mordor-fifteen-great-things-about-riders-of-rohan/

Great River sale incoming?
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?&postid=6239828#post6239828

Behind the scenes of the live action Rohan video
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/06/13/turbine-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-on-lotros-live-action-trail/

Did you know

Layanor goes over some little known slash commands
/joinchannel – for joining GLFF, alliance chats etc
/server-time – shows current server time
/shortcut – drop commands into the hotbar (e.g. /shortcut 1 /slap; /shortcut 1 /follow)

Community

LOTRO Reporter’s Weatherstock stream, archived for your pleasure
http://www.twitch.tv/mmoreporter/b/321675102
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL37C0AB0A903E47E6&feature=plcp

Spring festival screenshot contest winners announced
http://www.lotro.com/news/latestnews/2115-spring-festival-screenshot-contest-2012-the-winners

Skirmish of Skirmishes

Rescue at Nurz Gashu vs. Battle in the Tower
Bill – Rescue at Nurz Gashu
Chris – Rescue at Nurz Gashu
Isanna – Rescue at Nurz Gashu
Chat room – Rescue at Nurz Gashu

Email

From Mosshammer/Zeomox

http://thelordoftherings.lego.com/en-us/Videogame/Default.aspx

you guys may have already known this but they “kidified” the Lord of the Rings into Lego game format! They do a great job of making these grown up stories kid friendly. I played a demo of Pirates of the Caribean with my kids and they love it!

iTunes 5 Star

Kazren

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