yeah man.Bodie The Cursed said:*bodie's nerd ststus rises*
occulum said:yeah man.
might as well place that order for the Cap PF now.
carbo-fation said:Interesting....an RPG. Do you have any more info on this?
tomandshell said:I've been playing the LOTRO closed beta for a month or two and I really love it. It will be nice to have the official game go live so my character doesn't have to get erased every time they do a restart and implement changes!! But hey, that's what beta is all about, I guess.
It's a great game and even though my wife hogs the PC playing Star Wars Galaxies (which I gave up on a LONG time ago), she's having to learn to share now that I have gotten into LOTR online.
congerking said:I HATE YOU TOM !!!! I have literally been waiting for this game since RoTK came out in theaters. hated that the initial company created the game somehow stopped making it or didn't want to make it, WHATEVER, just glad that it is FINIALLY being made. So Tom, or anybody else who has played the beta, how is it? Great? Glorious? Grand? Any other word that starts with a 'G'. How does it compare to other RPGs currently on the market?
congerking said:Also, I wouldn't put too much stock in that release date. I can remember a couple of years ago when they had it to be released in 2005, but I hope I'm wrong
EDIT: Amazon has it being released on March 31st.
Sierra On-Line first announced the development of a licensed, Middle-earth MMORPG in 1998. This caused some excitement among fans, who were awaiting The Lord of the Rings movies, and was also slightly controversial for a few design decisions. The most debated design idea was the planned use of "permadeath": When a player character would die in the game, that character would be permanently dead (most MMORPGs resurrect a dead character with minor penalties). Sierra had financial troubles in 1999 and replaced the staff working on the game.
Sierra continued to confirm development on the MMORPG was progressing, but did not release any development details over the next few years. Vivendi Universal Games, the parent company of Sierra, secured eight-year rights to produce computer and video games based on The Lord of the Rings books in 2001. Finally, Vivendi announced an agreement with Turbine in 2003 to produce Middle-earth Online (at that time expected to be released in 2004). In March 2005, Turbine announced that it had bought the rights to make massively multiplayer games based on Tolkien's literature and that Turbine will assume publishing duties on The Lord of the Rings Online from Vivendi. Closed Beta was announced on September 8, 2006, and rumored to have began on September 12, 2006 , and is expected to launch April 24, 2007.
jlcmsu said:This is for PC right?
Seth Gecko said:It's a MMORPG nash yes.
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