Goldenstar posted this on January 2nd, 2012.
Categorized as birthday, Community, Outside LOTRO, tolkien.
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday is on January 3rd and it has been a tradition for Tolkien fans to raise a glass and toast him.
To celebrate, fans of the professor raise their glass and toast him on his birthday at 9pm at your local time. Simply raise your glass of your favorite beverage and say “The Professor”.
Read the rest of this entry »Goldenstar posted this on October 28th, 2011.
Categorized as merric, mmo reporter, Outside LOTRO, podcast, syp.
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Wanted to take a moment to draw your attention to a brand new podcast about gaming that you may be interested in!
Too Long; Didn’t Listen is a podcast hosted by Syp of Bio Break / Massively (you’ve heard him on CSTM a couple times) and our very own Merric, although he’s going by his real name Dodge (yes, that is his actual name). This podcast is being brought to you by the MMO Reporter Network!
TLDL is a short 30 minute podcast dedicated to discussions on two hot topics in the gaming world.
Read the rest of this entry »Goldenstar posted this on September 30th, 2011.
Categorized as lego, Outside LOTRO.
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Very fitting with the launch of Rise of Isengard is this new LEGO model of Orthanc by a group of builders called OneLug. They modeled Isengard after the movies by Peter Jackson.
This tower is MASSIVE and extremely detailed. Their Flickr set contains the specs for the building:
Read the rest of this entry »The base of the model is 305 Lego studs(8ft.) in diameter and the tower Orthanc stands 228 Lego Bricks (7ft. 2in.) tall. The battle consist of 23 Ents and 100+ Orcs.
Goldenstar posted this on September 29th, 2011.
Categorized as blog, blogger, mymiddle-earth, Outside LOTRO.
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A new feature for LOTRO bloggers has appeared on the MyMiddle-Earth.net web site. LOTRO Portal is a space for LOTRO Bloggers to share their pictures, thoughts, journeys or stories with other LOTRO players.
It runs on a WordPress platform (similar to my.lotro) and easy to use. To start posting your own LOTRO adventures follow these simple steps:
Read the rest of this entry »Goldenstar posted this on September 14th, 2011.
Categorized as lonely mountain band, map, Middle-Earth Network, mymiddle-earth, Outside LOTRO, Radio.
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This month, Middle-Earth Network home to Middle-Earth Network Radio, Mythgard Institute as well as the great My Middle-Earth social site is hoping to reach 4 million fantasy fans to join their vision.
They are giving away items for donations to support M-EN and I thought perhaps some would be interested.
For a donation of $10 or more get the digital download this month of ‘Second Breakfast’, the long awaited album from John DiBartolo of the Lonely Mountain Band to be released on September 22nd
Goldenstar posted this on September 2nd, 2011.
Categorized as Outside LOTRO, silmarillion.
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There is a wonderful article on Tolkien Library about Benjamin Harff, a German student at the Academy of Arts, who reproduced an absolutely stunning version of the Silmarillion for his exam.
This work is beautiful, detailed and nothing but wonderful. Only one copy in existance and no plans to publish or make it available, it truly is unique version of the Silmarillion.
Read the rest of this entry »Goldenstar posted this on August 9th, 2011.
Categorized as art, Outside LOTRO.
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Before we go any further, there is some set up required for this Outside LOTRO piece. Some of you may already be familiar with this LOTR animated gif. It is several years old but I have to include it just in case you haven’t seen it!
Watch it all the way through to the “Fin”. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
Done? Ok good on with the Outside LOTRO!
Read the rest of this entry »Goldenstar posted this on August 2nd, 2011.
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Typically we here at CSTM stay far far away from politics and generally other things from real life that seem to strive to destroy fun in the real world we sometimes are forced to live in.
However, this clip from the Colbert Report attempting to explaining the debt crisis with Lord of the Rings characters is simply too good to pass up. Enjoy!
Goldenstar posted this on July 18th, 2011.
Categorized as Middle-Earth Network, Mythgard Institute, Outside LOTRO, Tolkien Professor.
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Big things are happening with our friends over at Middle-earth Network! They’ve recently announced a new offering, Mythgard Institute.
It is a new center for Tolkien studies, offering fully interactive courses online with world-class professors.
The Institute is founded by Professor Corey Olsen, host of the celebrated Tolkien Professor podcast, in partnership with founders of Middle-Earth Network.
Read the rest of this entry »Merric posted this on June 29th, 2011.
Categorized as F2P, Free to Play, Outside LOTRO, wow.
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Mashable is reporting that World of WarCraft is now going to have a free to play option, that is until you reach level 20 (sound familiar?). They are titling it “World of Warcraft Starter Edition” and it allows players to play until their characters reach level 20, then they will have to subscribe to the “full version” of the game if they wish to keep gaining experience; which can be done through an online account page. There are some restrictions on Starter Edition Accounts, of course:
