Posted by
michael
on from the i-get-to-play-sauron-no-me-me dept.
learithe writes "A new Middle Earth MMORPG,
Middle Earth Online, has just
been announced by Turbine, who produced Asheron's Call 1 and
2 with
Microsoft. It
looks to be just as pretty and cpu/graphics card intensive as
AC2. More
(flash-free) information can be found at
IGN and
Gamespy."
I thought that I was done with MMORPGs. Ultima Online went all "candy land". Earth and Beyond was boring. It took too god damned long to get from point A to point B in Dark Age of Camelot. I had wrestled my life back from the clutches of these glamorus, yet malicious, time sinks.
Now they have both a Star Wars and a Middle Earth MMORPG. I hope I have some personal and sick days left in a couple of months, I'm gonna need them. All they need now is a "You get to bone Britney Spears in real life" *game* and I would instantly reach a state of Heavenly Nirvana and transcend to the plane of eternal bliss. Well, a "You get to bone Jolene Blalock in real life" game would work too.
Just imagine if they were combined:-) Rangers with light Sabres and Elvish heavy cruisers. Plus you could great names like Darth IronHeart and Gimli Skywalker!
Or not...
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Well, that's okay...
by
MmmmAqua
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· Score: 2, Funny
...I wasn't planning on spending that much time with my family/girlfriend/cats/ferret anyway, but between this and SW:Galaxies, it's starting to look like I'm going to have to build a life-support system into my office chair and buy a second Windows box so I can game *all* the time.
-- Arr! The laws of physics be a harsh mistress!
The first words you'll hear Frodo say...
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Patoski
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· Score: 5, Funny
When you initially log in and get ganked by some loser playing a hobbit.. "d00d! I 0wn0rz3d y00!!!!! LMAO!!!!"
*cringe*
I'm not looking forward to hearing those words from a hobbit...
I think I need to go reread LoTRs just to get that picture out of my head.
-- G. Washington on Government "it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
Driven by MASSIVE
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notestein
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· Score: 2, Funny
I'm holding out for the version driven by Massive.
Junk filter won't let me post the text... Head on over to here and check out the first two links to see some humor on LotR in the DAoC world. DAoC players will understand it best, but any mmorpg geek should be able to follow along:)
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Now they have both a Star Wars and a Middle Earth MMORPG. I hope I have some personal and sick days left in a couple of months, I'm gonna need them. All they need now is a "You get to bone Britney Spears in real life" *game* and I would instantly reach a state of Heavenly Nirvana and transcend to the plane of eternal bliss. Well, a "You get to bone Jolene Blalock in real life" game would work too.
I guess now that Peter Jackson and company have made LOTR mainstream, it will work?
Here's hoping, I got excited the first time it was announced!
Ganndallf_00312 says out of character 'L22 Wizzard LFG in Rivendale'.
Aarragone says out of character 'Ranger and Rogue group needs Wiz for Ring Quest.'
Hobbitbone_05 says out of character 'Not another 'Fellowship' group. L4m3rs!'
(Actually, I wrote a while back for an EQ website.
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Don't worry, you've got until 2004 to save up for when you get fired for playing MEO all day.
I wanna be Bilgates Ballmersins!
Windows XP SP2 told me to install third-party software that prevents viruses and protects stability... I chose Ubuntu
...I wasn't planning on spending that much time with my family/girlfriend/cats/ferret anyway, but between this and SW:Galaxies, it's starting to look like I'm going to have to build a life-support system into my office chair and buy a second Windows box so I can game *all* the time.
Arr! The laws of physics be a harsh mistress!
When you initially log in and get ganked by some loser playing a hobbit..
"d00d! I 0wn0rz3d y00!!!!! LMAO!!!!"
*cringe*
I'm not looking forward to hearing those words from a hobbit...
I think I need to go reread LoTRs just to get that picture out of my head.
G. Washington on Government "it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
I'm holding out for the version driven by Massive.
www.bannination.com Two things float to the top he
Wow, both modded as trolls. Wonder what half-wit(s) did that, and why.
it's well established now that their target market is willing to pay both.
or their target market's parents...
well, it's nothing one behind the ear wouldn't cure
Sure, but name one other RPG where players might actually want to be a halfling.
When they port it to the X-BOX, you just might have your wish come true.
the RING!!
Junk filter won't let me post the text... Head on over to here and check out the first two links to see some humor on LotR in the DAoC world. DAoC players will understand it best, but any mmorpg geek should be able to follow along :)
This is not the greatest sig in the world, no. This is just a tribute.