While I was busy NOT getting the Keeps taken care of on Silverlode, I was over at Dark Side Comics where SLAGG, a local LAN Party group was a good eight hours into their gaming party. WOW, Quake 3, WOW, LOTRO, WOW and some other games (plus WOW) were keeping people glued to their PCs. The local server of choice for LOTRO was... not Silverlode, so that's one memo that Brian (operator of Dark Side Comics) and I don't get a gold star for distributing. All good, though. I gave out a few LOTRO posters, stared in absolute disbelief at what was going on in "God of War" on the huge screen in the console game area, and then headed back to my office to see what I could do to further thwart Bill's efforts to provide an entertaining evening of events, who at last report said he was up to 50 participants and growing.
While there, though, I got the chance to ask Andy, one of the LOTRO players and also the resident tech, a few questions:
While there, though, I got the chance to ask Andy, one of the LOTRO players and also the resident tech, a few questions:
What is it you do at DarkSide Comics?
I take care of the machines, organize and support the games... mostly tactical games, but lately we've been getting into MMOs like WOW and LOTRO.
You were in the LOTRO Beta, correct?
Yeap. As soon as I found out about it, I went for it.
Was it because you were into MMOs or because of the Tolkien theme?
I was already into MMOs. WOW the current game I was playing, but when I found out there was a Lord of the Rings Online, I couldn't not play it. As a matter of fact, I recently signed up for their lifetime thing. I'm in for as long as they plan to keep the servers up.
You also play WOW, so what do you think about the similarities and differences?
I don't really see them as similar. WOW is a lot more comic book, more cartoony. You're playing a character that is just there, but in LOTRO, already, I have become immersed. That's probably because I'm a Tolkien fan - a Tolkien geek since high school really. I'm one of the few people that I know that has read the Silmarillion. HUGE fan of the books.
You said you're a fan of the Tolkien series. What areas of the game have you been to so far, and do you feel they have been faithful to the books?
Everytime I have come across an area - I haven't made it much farther than Bree - but everytime I have come across an area it looks like I remembered it from the books. It looks the way I pictured it. They did a good job of getting the world right.
What's kind of character did you go with? What class?
I have a loremaster. It's not a magical thing. I like that. Nobody can be Gandalf. I like that!
I take care of the machines, organize and support the games... mostly tactical games, but lately we've been getting into MMOs like WOW and LOTRO.
You were in the LOTRO Beta, correct?
Yeap. As soon as I found out about it, I went for it.
Was it because you were into MMOs or because of the Tolkien theme?
I was already into MMOs. WOW the current game I was playing, but when I found out there was a Lord of the Rings Online, I couldn't not play it. As a matter of fact, I recently signed up for their lifetime thing. I'm in for as long as they plan to keep the servers up.
You also play WOW, so what do you think about the similarities and differences?
I don't really see them as similar. WOW is a lot more comic book, more cartoony. You're playing a character that is just there, but in LOTRO, already, I have become immersed. That's probably because I'm a Tolkien fan - a Tolkien geek since high school really. I'm one of the few people that I know that has read the Silmarillion. HUGE fan of the books.
You said you're a fan of the Tolkien series. What areas of the game have you been to so far, and do you feel they have been faithful to the books?
Everytime I have come across an area - I haven't made it much farther than Bree - but everytime I have come across an area it looks like I remembered it from the books. It looks the way I pictured it. They did a good job of getting the world right.
What's kind of character did you go with? What class?
I have a loremaster. It's not a magical thing. I like that. Nobody can be Gandalf. I like that!
By this time, Bill and Seri were reporting an even larger crowd in the Ettenmoors, and that they had already begun their carnage. Bill had things under control despite the mess I made of the evening, so I was thinking that the perfect grand finale' would be to drive up to his house and yank his net connection from the wall in the middle of his raid on Ost Ringdyr. Instead, I picked up a six-pack of Corona and sat on the couch with my Dad and watched Old Yeller. I'll leave it entirely up to you whether you want to believe that or not.
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