Things I did on my holidays ...

Okay, so you all know I took a week off. During that week I took Feryn to the Misty Mountains for the first time ( among other things ) and had two rather nervous moments ...

Firstly, I discovered blizzards. Until now, I thought weather was purely cosmetic - in the mountains: it's a health hazzard. ( not pictured: the warg two feet in front off me that is about to try and rip me a new one )

Secondly, nothing like a big circle of wargs appearing out of nowhere to keep a girl on her toes ... ( one of many great quests in the Misty's. I'm starting to love this area )


So what have you lot been up to?

Its the Great Pumpkin (Head)

Cool cloak!

Maybe rainbows come more often for Hobbits?

Chickens Gone Wild

We had the first of the weekly chicken quest events last night. Was lots of fun and we drew a few interested looks from other people too :) Thanks to Berad for bravely taking on all those big, nasty wolves for us.

Damn you Youtube!!!

So a sort of random link to this music vid called "Do you want to date my avatar?" leads to the discovery of this web show run by The Guild (http://www.youtube.com/show/theguild). Many webisodes later I'm hooked and have a sore tummy from much laughter.

Good work avoidance and poking fun at gamers.

Seriously - its good!

Do you know what the Matrix is?

So we were grinding Trolls in Haerlog last night and had some serious lag and connection issues. One suce occurence caused us to hang leaving Darius literally hanging!

She's Got The Look ...

Don't know how keen you all are on the cosmetic looks of stuff, but this is a nice resource ...

Darzil's Lotro Crafting Guide

Hiding in plain sight

As you all know, Dreeborn and I were in a kin hide-and-seek game a while back. The hiding places people came up with were awesome. This one was fabulous: the seekers ran past him 4 or 5 times before he was spotted.

Ever noticed a rainbow in LOTRO?

Bits and Pieces

Hey all, thought I'd share a two items I have be found online, I'm sure most have seen them, but maybe someone missed one ...

Cute "Choose My Adventure" article series on Massively

Awesome post about champs from the US forum

Oh, and btw, is anyone else interested in giving Monster Play a bash? I am told monsters shouldn't wander around the Ettens alone ... so figured maybe we could go as a group?

Scholar housing items

Feryn can make the following for people's homes but needs help with the crit-drop mats, so if you can provide she will happily make for you:

Paintings:
"Above Weathertop" - Onion Skin and Indigo Plant
"Shore Glimpse" - Juicy Blackberry and Woad Plant

Wall Paint:
Pumpkin-orange: Bloodwort Root
Lavender: Juicy Elderberry
Pink: Juicy Strawberry
Pale Yellow: Saffron Thread
Pea-Green: Lily-of-the-valley Leaf
Sky-Blue: Bluebottle Petal

Chicken Quests?

Hey folks,

Some people have expressed interest in doing the chicken-play quests to earn the Cloak of the Cluck. I've put it in the EC as a provisional weekly Sunday event. Who would be interested in joining? What time is most convenient?

( Discuss under comments? )

Friday: Trip to Garth Agarwen

Info for those wanting to do GA on Friday:

Current sign-ups: Feryn (champ), Granthorpe (champ), Berad (cappie), Aranys (cappie), Dreeborn (hunter)
One spot left for James, Ange or a pugger.

Please ensure you have all the GA quests before we begin ( I will be available to escort people through Vessle of Purity if they need it from 6:30 ( required for Reclaim the Lost Maiden ) ).

GA quests are:
[31] Fell Spirits
[31] Grimbark's Reclamation
[32] Arthedain's Lost Brethren
[32] Relics of Rhudaur
[33] Rings of Rhudaur
[33] The Shattered Past
[34] Ivar the Bloodhand
[35] Reclaim the Lost Maiden

Please remember to stock up on potions and radiance items ( tokens and whatnot ) before we go.

This instance takes a few hours to complete ( depending on how many times we wipe :P ).