So, uh LotRO Beta

[Morfiend]

Anyone ever catch "Lord of the G-stings" on skinimax? If you see it, you should tune in just for a good laugh. Hell, I watch like 30 miutes cracking up the whole time.

[FatuousTwat]

Yeah, I caught like 20 minutes of that...It was terrible. Funny thing is, I watched some of "Spiderbabe" (ripoff of spiderman) 2 weeks later on the same channel and I swear it had almost all the same actors/actresses (if you could call them that).

[Margalis]

That studio puts out a lot of those movies, all with the same 5 actresses or so.

[Yegolev]

Probably the best one I saw was Throbbin' Hood with Ron Jeremy as Friar Fuck.  That was hilarious.

[Viin]

So is anyone actually playing this?

I just got in about a week ago, and started playing this weekend. Is that  ?

Anyways, use 'Irek' to Friend me. 

[Yegolev]

If you do get in, I think you are supposed to tell Lord Beta in a PM, not everyone who might be reading this site.  Like Calandryll.

[Viin]

I thought talking to Lord Beta was to get in the beta, not to let everyone know you are already in?

[schild]

If you have gotten into the beta and have not told me, please do so.

[lamaros]

The email they send you mentions that as part of the NDA you are not allowed to tell anyone you are in the Beta.

This might be pure speculation on my part, as I am unable to remember if I have or have not ever recieved such an email myself.

[Cheddar]

The email they send you mentions that as part of the NDA you are not allowed to tell anyone you are in the Beta.

This might be pure speculation on my part, as I am unable to remember if I have or have not ever recieved such an email myself.

Cal said something along the lines of "I want to make this part of the NDA, but it is not officially against it.  We discourage it, though" or something along those lines.  Ironically, where he may of said it is  .  :(

[WindupAtheist]

I'm in the beta.  Furthermore, I'm going to shit on the NDA and spill the complete story right here on F13.

A)  Okay, first off the camera controls suck.  I'm perpetually looking down on the action from somewhere up in the sky, with the net result that my range of vision extends only a few yards.  Nothing I do seems to change the perspective one bit.

B)  Character creation is horribly shallow.  There aren't that many classes, and they don't seem to have any races besides human implemented yet.  You can't tinker with your stats prior to starting, and gender seems to be autoselected based upon class for some reason.  What the hell?

C)  The combat system is pretty good, with lots of fast-paced running around and chopping the crap out of dozens of monsters at a time.  You can even dodge projectiles by running out of the way.

D)  The loot system is positively awesome, but for some reason all items seem to drop to the ground where anyone can grab them.  Is this working as intended?

E)  Half of the game appears to be plagiarized from WoW.  I mean, casters doing Frost Novas?  Warriors doing shouts?  For some reason they gave Charge to paladins.  I bet this will be ridculously imbalanced, and furthermore I think Blizzard might sue them.

F)  It pisses all over established Tolkien lore.  Like in the first zone, they give me a quest to go to a town called Tristram and rescue a guy named Cain.  What the hell?  Where's Frodo?  The fanboys are going to flip out.

Yeah, big thumbs down so far.

[Signe]

I'm in the beta.  Furthermore, I'm going to shit on the NDA and spill the complete story right here on F13.

A)  Okay, first off the camera controls suck.  I'm perpetually looking down on the action from somewhere up in the sky, with the net result that my range of vision extends only a few yards.  Nothing I do seems to change the perspective one bit.

B)  Character creation is horribly shallow.  There aren't that many classes, and they don't seem to have any races besides human implemented yet.  You can't tinker with your stats prior to starting, and gender seems to be autoselected based upon class for some reason.  What the hell?

C)  The combat system is pretty good, with lots of fast-paced running around and chopping the crap out of dozens of monsters at a time.  You can even dodge projectiles by running out of the way.

D)  The loot system is positively awesome, but for some reason all items seem to drop to the ground where anyone can grab them.  Is this working as intended?

E)  Half of the game appears to be plagiarized from WoW.  I mean, casters doing Frost Novas?  Warriors doing shouts?  For some reason they gave Charge to paladins.  I bet this will be ridculously imbalanced, and furthermore I think Blizzard might sue them.

F)  It pisses all over established Tolkien lore.  Like in the first zone, they give me a quest to go to a town called Tristram and rescue a guy named Cain.  What the hell?  Where's Frodo?  The fanboys are going to flip out.

Yeah, big thumbs down so far.

Yikes!  You spelled ridculously correctly!

[Strazos]

My money is on the Spell Check.

[Yoshimaru]

F)  It pisses all over established Tolkien lore.  Like in the first zone, they give me a quest to go to a town called Tristram and rescue a guy named Cain.  What the hell?  Where's Frodo?  The fanboys are going to flip out.

Another reason for Blizzard to sue, if that is really in the game. (D2 anyone?)

[Engels]

Heh heh, Yoshimaru, you fell for it hook line and sinker. WUA isn't really breaking an NDA, he's making a funneh by pretending he was accepted into Diaba 'Beta', a game that came out, what, 9 years ago?

[Miasma]

I like to judge the interest in a beta by seeing how many people are looking at the secret beta board.  The more people doing "Nothing, or nothing you can see..." the more active the beta is.  There were quite a few people doing "nothing" very early on but now I rarely see people in there.  Therefore I don't think people are excited about it.  This is hardly a scientific method since the private EvE boards and a couple other places also show "nothing", I think I know who the EvE people are though.

Would it have been simpler just to join the beta, yes, but I think I can get more fun by making crazy extrapolations than by actually playing another turbine game.

[shiznitz]

I'm in the beta.  Furthermore, I'm going to shit on the NDA and spill the complete story right here on F13.

A)  Okay, first off the camera controls suck.  I'm perpetually looking down on the action from somewhere up in the sky, with the net result that my range of vision extends only a few yards.  Nothing I do seems to change the perspective one bit.

B)  Character creation is horribly shallow.  There aren't that many classes, and they don't seem to have any races besides human implemented yet.  You can't tinker with your stats prior to starting, and gender seems to be autoselected based upon class for some reason.  What the hell?

C)  The combat system is pretty good, with lots of fast-paced running around and chopping the crap out of dozens of monsters at a time.  You can even dodge projectiles by running out of the way.

D)  The loot system is positively awesome, but for some reason all items seem to drop to the ground where anyone can grab them.  Is this working as intended?

E)  Half of the game appears to be plagiarized from WoW.  I mean, casters doing Frost Novas?  Warriors doing shouts?  For some reason they gave Charge to paladins.  I bet this will be ridculously imbalanced, and furthermore I think Blizzard might sue them.

F)  It pisses all over established Tolkien lore.  Like in the first zone, they give me a quest to go to a town called Tristram and rescue a guy named Cain.  What the hell?  Where's Frodo?  The fanboys are going to flip out.

Yeah, big thumbs down so far.

Excellent! You had me until D).

[Jayce]

I like to judge the interest in a beta by seeing how many people are looking at the secret beta board.  The more people doing "Nothing, or nothing you can see..." the more active the beta is.

Wow.  In the past 5 minutes I discovered a cool board feature, and realized I'm a total sucker.

[geldonyetich]

I'm in the beta.  Furthermore, I'm going to shit on the NDA and spill the complete story right here on F13.

*surreptitiously modifies LOTR beta app to have no F13 affiliation*

B)  Character creation is horribly shallow.  There aren't that many classes, and they don't seem to have any races besides human implemented yet.  You can't tinker with your stats prior to starting, and gender seems to be autoselected based upon class for some reason.  What the hell?

Some developer's been playing too much Korean MMORPGs.

E)  Half of the game appears to be plagiarized from WoW.  I mean, casters doing Frost Novas?  Warriors doing shouts?  For some reason they gave Charge to paladins.  I bet this will be ridiculously imbalanced, and furthermore I think Blizzard might sue them.

If Westwood were still alive, they would find that ironic.  (Dune 2 vrs Warcraft.)

F)  It pisses all over established Tolkien lore. 

So not surprised.[/quote]

The more people doing "Nothing, or nothing you can see..."

Am I the only one who is reminded of a MMORPG /who list?

[WindupAtheist]

For the slow kids:  It was a joke.  The game I was actually describing was Diablo II.  Jesus.  Stay tuned for next week, when I play Age of Conan and trash it for having Chun Li and Blanka.  Nitwits.

[geldonyetich]

It's been a long time since I played Diablo II

[shiznitz]

The fact that people (me included) believed A and B were actually possible design aspects of LotR says a lot about the low expectations for a Turbine game. A helluva lot.

[Nebu]

The fact that people (me included) believed A and B were actually possible design aspects of LotR says a lot about the low expectations for a Turbine game. A helluva lot.

I'm anticipating a comeback of the beekeeper class.

[HaemishM]

I'm in the beta.  Furthermore, I'm going to shit on the NDA and spill the complete story right here on F13.

Thanks for being a nutsack.

EDIT: I also didn't get the joke, but since I'd never played Diablo or Diablo 2, I have an excuse. I also wouldn't be surprised if his predictions were spot on anyway.

[WindupAtheist]

I also didn't get the joke, but since I'd never played Diablo or Diablo 2, I have an excuse.

*looks at the timestamp on his own "for the slow kids" post*
*looks at the timestamp on this post*

No, you're still going to get laughed at.

I also wouldn't be surprised if his predictions were spot on anyway.

My "predictions" are far too optimistic.  If LotRO is anywhere near as much fun as Diablo 2, I'll eat my fucking hat.

[Soln]

status of DDO? I see PvP and level cap has increased. 

[Viin]

Well someone let me in the secret forum, damn it!

[Riggswolfe]

So, if we're still not in should we be getting anxious yet?

[Cheddar]

So, if we're still not in should we be getting anxious yet?

No.

[Soln]

So, if we're still not in should we be getting anxious yet?

No.

I'll take that as a friendly warning and not a PFO.

[Soln]

when is the beta supposed to end? 

[schild]

Not for a long while.

[edlavallee]

WAAH 

I want in.

[Cheddar]

WAAH 

I want in.

Did you sign up for the beta?  Did you follow the instructions in the sticky post?  I see good things ahead if you did!   

[Endie]

Did you sign up for the beta?  Did you follow the instructions in the sticky post?  I see good things ahead if you did!   

I did, and they said "hohoho, little European, there is nothing for you here..."