Good afternoon world. I hope you have all been sleeping well to make up for my LOTRO infused insomnia. Trying to keep up with the other warriors in my Virtual Worlds family, I’ve been catching up on my quests and got from level 2 to 12 on Sunday. This took me about 8 hours to do so. I am currently at level 14 meaning 1 level-up per day, 5 days a week, is my motivation to shred my eyes’ bags. OK enough with the complaining…
As far as video games go, LOTRO is definitely not my style but I do find it relaxing running around talking to virtual (female) farmers and hunting down special flowers or carrying buckets of water for them. But don’t let the world of Firefoot throw you off; manlier missions can also be found. Slaying hordes of bears, taking on flocks of blue goblins, and protecting characters in combat is definitely fun… until a gamer comes in and steals your kill then runs off with your experience. Got selfishness? I guess yes.
T.L. Taylor says that video games promote social activity and teamwork but I have yet to see this in LOTRO. I have helped a few random gamers finish difficult quests, and then they run off as if I held my dagger to their jugular. Those gamers are now on my hit list. Another thing I would like to point out about this game is travel time. I was totally unaware of how vast of an environment I was dealing with. Spending 10 minutes running from point A to B can be very time consuming. It may be safe to say that 14-level-old Dwarf has taken more footsteps than I have in my 19-year-young life. I won’t bet on it, but if I ever run into anyone on my hit list, they are going to pay for taking advantage of my good intentions.
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