Goldenstar posted this on March 27th, 2010.
Categorized as birthday, General, veneration.
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Today is the birthday of one of our regular writers and the founder of TheLOTRONetwork.com, Veneration!
We will actually out and about at PAX East today with Veneration but I wanted to wish him a happy birthday and I hope he has a blast today!
Read the rest of this entry »Veneration posted this on March 3rd, 2010.
Categorized as Hobbit Rage, hobby, ideas, Opinion, thoughts, veneration.
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Fishing got boring fast…End of Article.
Ok, so maybe I should look at things in a different way. Maybe, I should do something constructive! Maybe you should help me! That all sounds good, so lets get started!
The Hobbies came to LOTRO on the wings of some really cool changes and updates. For that reason some of us feel they are being overlooked pretty heavily. You can only fish for so long before the idea devours your soul and withers your mind to mush. That got me thinking about other games and what we consider hobbies in real life. So without much other than that quickly written explanation of random thoughts, here’s my list of “Cool, that would make a fun Hobby!” Now before I ruin your thought process with my own, write down a few of your own and send them in a comment! The best ideas will be used in a future article to be announced later!
Read the rest of this entry »Veneration posted this on February 24th, 2010.
Categorized as General, Guides, streaming, veneration, video.
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In part III we will be looking over the options and ways to do Live Streaming LOTRO game play through a number of sources. Some of them very easy, and others… Not so much.
Throughout online gaming’s history, viewers and players have enjoyed being able to watch and learn from each other through many unique venues. The latest and fastest growing is the online streaming video. Much like the recorded and replayed options many use today, live streaming allows players to share what they see (Or what they want you to see) to an audience in almost real time! In some cases the video can be as fast a 0.2 seconds behind making it look %100 seamless. This new wave of interest has moved from live webcam and online media feeds to what we now know as Streaming Gameplay!
There are many ways to set up your stream. The most popular and efficient way is to go through a 3rd party streaming site like Justin.tv or UStream.com. These sites have features that allow you to stream live while allowing the site to record and archive footage for later use. A step up from those is the LiveStream.com community where companies like Microsoft and the ABC Networks stream television shows to custom feed scripts.LiveStream.com has tons of great features that can be integrated into making your own channel at LiveStream.com
Read the rest of this entry »Veneration posted this on February 18th, 2010.
Categorized as changes, Hobbit Rage, Hunter, Opinion, skill, veneration.
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The Developer Diary: Volume III: Book 1 Skill Upgrades was posted on the official LOTRO Website. The news of new skills brings mixed feelings to some classes and a smile to others.
One class with a big smile right now is the Hunter class. And here’s the reason:
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Veneration posted this on February 8th, 2010.
Categorized as fellowship, General, Opinion, veneration.
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This afternoon I was sitting down watching The Two Towers Extended DVD, drinking a soda and munching on an Oreo and something hit me. It hit me with such force and interest that I stopped the movie and started to draw. I pulled up a map of Middle Earth and started to trace out the path where the fellowship moved. And there, in front of me was the blinding truth of our situation that until now was only a murmur in my mind.
Starting in low level areas we find ourselves following The Ringbearer complete his task of getting to Rivendell. Once we do this, we continue by following the fight through Moria and down into Lothlorien. But here things start to change…
At this point we see that the land opens up. We have more choices at this point in the game than we have ever had! The fellowship will soon come to a crossroads where we know a pivotal moment in the story of The Lord of the Rings tears the fellowship apart. Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas will find themselves fighting on Amon Hen only to find Boromir dead in an attempt to save the Hobbit’s lives. This is where everything will change…
Read the rest of this entry »Goldenstar posted this on January 10th, 2010.
Categorized as adventure pack, altoholic, azz, blogger, Episodes, hack, horses, ign, Lorebook, mount, pax east, Skirmishes, veneration.
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In this episode of CStM, we talk about: Merric’s first attempt at playing Goldenstar’s minstrel. Merric is closer to getting his remaining alts to level 20. We are both level 61 and inching closer to level cap! We have also have purchased PAX East tickets so we will be down in Boston this March!
We have an interview with the two new bloggers to our team, Azz and Veneration. We ask them about their MMO experience, what they enjoy in LOTRO and what got them into blogging. Get to know these two as they are now part of the CStM family!
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