A Casual Stroll to Mordor

Live Streaming of Ales & Tales Tonight!

Posted on01. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.

TheLOTRONetwork.com the new LOTRO centric video hub is set to stream the legendary Ales and Tales event LIVE from Landroval in a trial run of the streaming service. If you can’t make it or don’t have a character on Landroval, you are welcome to pop in and help test the streaming set up!

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #21: Hobbits in Rollerskates

Posted on24. Jan, 2010 by Goldenstar.

Our main topic this week is discussing how we handle changes that do or do not happen in an MMO. With Orion’s recent bad news in our minds we discuss the process and promises of changes in our games today.

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #20: Par-ree

Posted on18. Jan, 2010 by Goldenstar.

Our main topic this week is cheating in MMOs. The draw to do so, the consequences to the economy for such actions and the repercussions you’ll have to live with.

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #16: Yule Festival

Posted on21. Dec, 2009 by Goldenstar.

In this episode of CStM, we discuss the Moria dungeons we experienced this past week and our impressions on the set up “required” to successfully complete many of the Moria dungeons. We also talked a bit about the Wassailing in the Shire event from this weekend. See my screenshots from the event!

Our main topic this week is the Yule Festival that is going on. We go over the new activities available this year and the best tips we can offer on how to complete them. We also briefly discuss the other items to do to collect more yule tokens. Don’t forget to check out our Yule Festival Guide for help getting everything done this year!

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Player Event Tips: Top Five Event Don’ts

Posted on12. Nov, 2009 by Goldenstar.

Now I am all for spur of the moment parties where people show up and mingle and have fun. Invite me to events like that anytime. What tends to annoy me is when I attend something supposedly pre-planned only to find when I get there it is an organization nightmare. Everyone is left in limbo waiting for things to happen or things change on the fly making it difficult to understand what is going on.

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #09: I’ve Got Fervour Fever!

Posted on25. Oct, 2009 by Goldenstar.

Our main topic this week is “End Game”. We discuss all the different types of end games people play in game and the different end games we’ve enjoyed in other games. Not all end game content is raiding!

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Landroval’s Minstrel Mash

Posted on25. Oct, 2009 by Goldenstar.

Merric and I attended The Minstrel Mash that was hosted on Friday night on Landroval by Harperelle and the Lonely Mountain Band.

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Poll: Player Events

Posted on24. Oct, 2009 by Goldenstar.

This week’s poll question is: Have you attended a player run event?

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Player Event Tips: Competitions

Posted on22. Oct, 2009 by Goldenstar.

These sorts of events are where you will find your preparation for the event to be most important. I’ve attended my fair share of un-organized competitions and some of them even turned out to be good fun but the best way to ensure a good time is to think everything out before hand. It’s hard to give you specific guidelines on how to run this type event as they can vary so greatly.

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #08: Fall Festival Celebrations!

Posted on18. Oct, 2009 by Goldenstar.

In this episode of CStM, we discuss what we’ve been up to in game. Goldenstar still hasn’t purchased a house but has a vault full of decorations. You know; just in case. Merric gives an update with his Project Altoholic progress.

We take some time to talk about the Fall Festival and all the things to do during this in game event. We have guides on our blog for Fall Festival Quests as well as General Festival Quests to help you navigate your way through this in-game holiday.

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Player Event Tips: Scripted/Theatrical Events

Posted on15. Oct, 2009 by Goldenstar.

These sorts of events are where you will find your preparation for the event to be more important. People generally are not going to actively participate in your event so it’s all on you to make the event entertaining and worth their time.

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