The LOTRO Beacon: Issue 105

[OliveYew]

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[Altair6]

Sales say they run from now through September 6th. Surely some mistake.

[Skallaug]

Yes....and I need this free point.

[Vilan]

Bullroarer's Challenge is easy. The central one. The north and south ones... are not.

I spent hours. And hours. Trying to beat them. The south one was pretty rough. But the north one, with dozens of tiny posts to land on, was my rare elite arch-nemesis. As I jumped from post to post, inevitably a little bit of hitching or lag would make me miss. I refused to disable drunken effects to make it easier. (One day a passing RK cast Do Not Fall on me in an amusing attempt to help. It didn't work.)

Occasionally I would watch while others gave it a few tries and failed. Then I actually saw someone beat it after a few minutes of trying. I was amazed, glad for them, but feeling pretty frustrated having spent another hour or two beating my head against it. I wearily lined up for my umpteenth attempt, and... I beat it too! Right after that other guy. Fist pumps ensued, as well as a roar of triumph that still echoes over the Greenfields to this day.

It felt great. But I am NEVER running it again.

[Steelfist]

Challenge? What Challenge?

[YamydeAragon]

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I did once on 1 alt, then LOTRO reseted the deed on all players (bug or on purpose i don't now) that was year ago & haven't bothered trying to do it again.

[Boraxxe]

Have I completed Bullroarer's Challenge?

Yes.
And now I have one leg longer than the other.

[Shadowspawn1970]

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Hello!!!!

[bowred]

Oh THAT.

I still have yet to complete the North and South Runs.

[Jenske]

Nope... and to the dev who did North and South... I don't like you a little bit

[Melkordel]

I doubt I'll ever complete the bullroarer's challenge. The middle section is easy, the southern one is definitely doable, but the northern part? I'd prefer to keep my sanity

[Avedram]

Only the middle one! The north and south challenges are apparently beyond me...

[highlandgirl]

Yes, on one character. So very long ago. NEVER AGAIN. It was so frustrating. I wanted to take a golf club upside a hobbit's head by the time I was done is all I'm saying.

[LabadalofDorlomin]

Middle is fine by me... I, like A.A. Milne, like the middle just fine...

Halfway down the stairs
is a stair
where i sit.
there isn't any
other stair
quite like
it.
i'm not at the bottom,
i'm not at the top;
so this is the stair
where
I always
stop.


Halfway up the stairs
Isn't up
And it isn't down.
It isn't in the nursery,
It isn't in town.
And all sorts of funny thoughts
Run round my head.
It isn't really
Anywhere!
It's somewhere else
Instead!

[Leaping-Monkey]

Yes... once long ago, in days long past. Tis an impressive feat only the leapiest of monkeys can accomplish.

[Emariel]

Yes, I did! From the second try.

[Damrod_Freason]

Bullroarer's Challenge? THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BULLROARER'S CHALLENGE *mutter* bloody Hobbits and their frustrating pastimes *mutter mutter*

[Starliteyes]

Yes! It was quite easy! Well... that's how I remember it. But I bet I was swearing up a storm at the time...

[bto]

Not this year

[Ospreyfeather]

The center only...and I had to disable drunk effects to do it. Does anyone else think short hobbit legs make it harder? And to those who did North and South, well, AMAZELING. I raise my mug of bullroarer's brew to you.

[LightGatherer]

Once I thought the north one and the south one are as easy as the middle one, so I skipped them... Later I found they are actually very difficult, so I continued to skip them... But now this thread makes me want to try them again. Thank you.

[Xaviere]

...(One day a passing RK cast Do Not Fall on me in an amusing attempt to help. It didn't work.)...

This post simply has to win. Well done Vilan.

I'd scale the Eaworth beacon a hundred times with my eyes closed before attempting North and South fences whilst thoroughly sauced (and as stated elsewhere--what's the point of trying sober?)

[sweetthings]

I've done the middle, with some difficulty on non-elven characters, but after a couple sober attempts at north and south I decided not to even attempt them while drunk. Hats off to those agile enough to succeed!

[Zrakle]

mmmm... No -- Failed even the center.... However, I did make level 50

-Z-

[Vronna]

Have you completed Bullroarer’s Challenge?
I've tried it several years ago with my Hobbit, Annathea,,, I kept falling off!
Oh well =)