Free LOTRO and £10 points card for 'LOTRO'

Just in case you didn't already know, The Lord of the Rings Online has now joined the ranks of the free to play MMORPG's and you can technically play without handing over a penny, check out lotro.com if you want more.

Introducing an innovative new pricing model, players will be able to download the game and play for free as well as purchase expansions, quest packs, items, and account services à la carte from the new LOTRO Store opening on Tuesday 2nd November 2010.

Following Lord Of The Rings Online's free-to-play relaunch earlier this week, Codemasters is giving away five 1000 points cards (valued at around £10) to spend in the game's store, allowing you to purchase additional character slots, potions and expansion packs.

We'll be giving the points away. Follow the instructions at that time to be in with a chance.

Note that this is for UK entrants only and that our decision is final.

The free-to-play version of Lord Of The Rings Online is available from lotro-europe.com.

Codemasters Online has announced the launch of free-to-play Lord of the Rings Online in Europe.

Players can now download Lord of the Rings Online and join other adventurers as they explore Middle-earth and progress up to level 50 for free.

Players can also choose to visit the new LOTRO Store to purchase expansions, quest packs, items, and account services à la carte, or join the VIP program that provides unlimited access to the game for a monthly price.

The game has also been expanded with the introduction of the new region of Enedwaith.

"We are thrilled to finally be able to launch LOTRO as a free-to-play game and introduce the new store and updated content in Europe today. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our players for their patience. It is very much appreciated," said David Solari, vice president and general manager of Codemasters Online. "We anticipate the LOTRO's new free-to-play model will significantly increase our customer base and we look forward to welcoming everyone to Middle-earth."

Lord of the Rings Online can be downloaded for free from lotro.com.

Free-to-play is fast becoming the go-to method for turning a flagging MMO into a successful game. Turbine's Dungeons & Dragons Online was rejuvenated by the appeal of free play back in autumn 2009, attracting one million players and recording a 500 per cent boost in revenues.

There's no reason Lord of the Rings Online can't match or better the success of D&D.

LOTRO Video tutorial: Exploring Mines Of Moria

This time we feature a Lotro tutorial having to do with TheCoffinLady exploring Mines Of Moria - she's killing some goblins along the way, too. I'm reaching out for my Nikon Coolpix P90 to make some shots and make a photomontage

Nice music, too:

Blood - Nirvana (Industrial Coffin Mix)
Blood - Progenie
Blood - Vudú

LOTRO client crashes all the time :(

Normally, it would happen 5 or, say, 10 times a day - each play session, and naturally results in me being killed or missing out on something important.

I'm really pis*** off. I don't know why this is happening.

Worts part is, I can see no pattern to it.
It frequently occurs when fighting or even when I'm on horse travelling from town to town.

My setup is quite advanced: no problems with any other games at all.

Win XP 32 bit
1 x Enermax Infiniti Modular 650W PSU
1 x Asus P5K Deluxe Wi-Fi (Intel P35 - 1333 FSB Conroe/Penryn)
1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Retail (4x2.40GHz 1066FSB 8Mb)
1 x Scythe Infinity Heatpipe Cooler (all CPUs)
2 x A-Data DDR2-1000 2x1024MB Extreme Edition Dual Channel Kit
1 x 150Gb Raptor 10000 16mb E-SATA
1 x 250Gb Samsung SSD drive SATA
1 x 500GB WD Caviar RE2 7200 16mb Cache SATA II NCQ
1 x BFG Nvidia 8800GTX OC 768Mb PCIe HDCP

I've optimised all my settings as recommended, with page file etc but I don't know what to say.

Is there anything else I can do?

Newest addition to the Creatures section - The Guaradan

Today Turbine folks added a new creature...

Creatures of Middle-earth: Gauradan
The Gauredain, or Wolf-men, are fierce followers of the Witch-king of Angmar and hold an ancient affinity for the Wolves of the North. These savage men use their fearsome behavior to terrify their prey, though even more terrifying is the rumor that they eat flesh…any flesh…
(http://www.lotro.com/article/431)

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Video of a great feature in Lotro

OK, here is Video of a great feature in Lotro.

Author put it into Comedy category, so go figure :)

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(Video and Pics) Halo 3 tutorial: how to make Elephant fly

All of this made me put together a little FAQHalo 3: How to make the elephant fly* with explosion* without explosion

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Here's LOTRO Coupon Code - 5% off. Anubody knows where to get more?

Received today this offer in the mail and felt liek sharing it with you guys - these folks sell LOTRO Gold:
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Thank you for your support in the last two years and here we specially offer you a discounting. From Sep 20th to Oct 19th, you can share a 5%OFF when you checkout in our web.

° The Lord of the Rings OL US - $ 119.99/100 Gold
° The Lord of the Rings OL EU - $ 126.99/100 Gold
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Here enclosed with the Coupon Code:
OWNYO5OFF4UA

Ah, the site - it's www.OwnYo.com

If you know where to get more coupon codes, please let me know - I'd much appreciate it.

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LOTRO ingame footage of Retaking Weathertop (final boss)

This LotRO video features team of Weekend Warriors guys taking down the final bosses of the Retake Weathertop instance.

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Lotro video of Angmarim Hunting

LOTRO ingame footage of Hunting action. Author is exceptionally good at killing red robed villains in Annuminas.

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Latest craze of my nephew - Be-Bratz games

Just a little bit of Sunday off-beat - that is, not LOTRO related :) news...Can anybody tell me what all this Be-Bratz games craze is about? My little nephew starts her day with her Bratz doll and ends it playing Be-Bratz games...Must be a new Xmas wish list candidate for my sister's kids, too...

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LOTRO music - how play Chrono Trigger

While author does not provide much details, it's a good video on playing instruments in LOTRO. If you havent figured out how to play music in LOTRO, watch this clip - good performance.

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Lotro Writing Contest is finished

I'm a junkie for all kinds of LOTRO contests - be that LOTRO videos battles or anything else. A while ago I mentioned about Poetry contest, and this one comes closely. Check out who became winner of the LotroFaces contest and read his funny story. Good job guys!

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LOTRO announced release of 10th Book - "The City of the Kings"

Turbine just has released new details of the 2nd major update to LOTRO. They boast more than forty new quests, all with major impact on the forces defending or assailing the different keeps available. Other notable improvements are:- Monster players can now log directly into their monster player character from the character selection screen- Quests to call support into Tol Ascarnen, Lugazag, and the Grimwood Lumber Camp have had the number of objects needed to enlist the aid of the assailants reduced to 25% of their previous numbers.- You can forge tribes to stalk the Ettenmoors and gain the rudimentary benefits available to player kinships- updated the functionality of the maps given out as rewards for completing quests for the different take and hold locations- !! All consumable items used by monster players have had their costs reduced by 50%, and food has been reduced even further. and so on - full details are here - http://lotro.turbine.com/article/392

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A real Hobbit hole house

Just for a change - no LOTRO videos now, but a jawdropping story about a man who built himself a real Hobbit hole house. Just couldnt resist to reprint this. Enjoy.

"A Low Impact Woodland Home" by Simon Dale

Now I had originally intended to take you on a tour through the various hobbit holes that exist in our wonderful world, but it turns out that as a group, those who tend towards these houses apparently disdain the creation of a decent website, and even further hate actual content. So I am grateful for Simon Dale, the man behind "A Low Impact Woodland Home", who has provided me with great photos, and has a fantastic website.








Simon, with his wife, father in law and two young children spent 4 months building what they have termed a low impact woodland home, which is now their family home. An estimated 1000-1500 man hours and £3000 were put in to what is, in my opinion, a dream home.











Simon, who is more than willing to tote the fact that he is in no way an architect or certified builder, believes that a house of this scale is within the reach of any able-bodied person.





The house, which was built with a maximum regard for the environment around it, is dug soundly into the hill around it. The idea of earth sheltering for housing is not a new idea either, and is more than just a "nifty hippie" way to help the environment; it also helps your bank account. When built into the ground, such a house will retain heat in the winter, and be very cool in the summer.





The dirt from the diggings into the hill provided the basis for the foundations and retaining walls, and a mud and turf, when combined with a plastic sheet, makes for the perfect roof.





Wood from the surrounding woodland provides not only heat but also wood for the frame of the house.





So the mysterious hobbits aren't the only ones that believe that living in the ground is a feasible way of life. Seeing the houses like these gives me hope that - given the right amount of money - I’ll soon be living in my very own ecologically friendly home. Just as long as I have my computer, a light for my reading, and the internet, I should be happy.

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LOTRO pvp gameplay movie (Creeps Vs Freeps)

This LOTRO video features pvp event - author filmed Creeps Vs Freeps event.

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LOTRO video of elf hunter

An interesting LOTRO trick showed in this gameplay movie - an elf hunter tries out her heart seeker.
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It begins when elf hunter stands frozen with the arrow pointed down, when the timer ends elf hunter flings the arrow in a super high speed version of the animation.

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Author of this LOTRO video guide shows us all the places he went to while at level 1-10. He's been leveling his toon, Lesalor, and taking video. Nice job man.

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LotRO quest: Waffenmeister (lvl 15)

here's another small LotRO quest video tutorial - this time author offers us a video of himself doing Waffenmeister Quest Level 15.

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(LOTRO Video) mini-raid boss kill

Author presents lotro ingame footage of him and his
3 friends killing Coldbear - that's being the mini-raid boss in Helegrod.
Rolling Thunder/Firefoot

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Have a S-M-I-L-E - an offbeat LOTRO video :)

Here is a LOTRO video submitted by my blog visitor - she wrote:
"That's a heck of a list of videos you have there :D
Just wanted to add mine to it.
Its called S-M-I-L-E and it isn't really a music video as its a more a comedic monologue with background music... so.. um..not really sure what it comes under."

Thanks for the vid Steph! Actually, I got a label for this kind of LOTRO ingame stuff - off-beat videos, and that's the stuff I enjoy most of all among whatever kind of videos fellow LOTRO players happen to produce - just like stuff where author enjoys the realm of LOTRO and just wanders around and does all kinds of weird things - possible only in virtual reality. Or, as Steph worded it, "Just a bit of sillyness in all the doom and gloom."

And I'm not alone - S-M-I-L-E video apparently appealed to spectators. One of most recents comments was "I took a break from slashing stuff up and getting covered in gore, and had a smile." - so have a real good smile :)

Guys and gals - I'd LOVE you to contribute to my collection, you're always welcome aboard!

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