Introducing the 2013 LOTRO Player Council

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Sapience claims it was just a "happy coincidence" that every server had a representative chosen. Laughable, but we understand why he needed to say that.

Now let's face it: for the majority of us, we take pride in our servers and wanted competent/knowledgeable representatives from our severs to be chosen. I for one wrote over half a dozen nominations, and I know of well over three dozen solid players from Riddermark who put in their applications.

And yet, Turbine chooses this:



To represent more than half of the very active Riddermark community. I know he claims his rig does not allow him to raid, but look at this! Does his rig also prevent him to 3man/6man? Or does it stop him from all forms of crafting? Or hell ... looks like he does not even understand how to use the AH. Is this what Turbine thinks or Riddermark???

I understand Turbine wants to "represent" a wide range of player personalities (the uber casual gamer included). But how would you feel if your raid heavy, solid pvp server was chosen to be represented by uber casuals?

Luckily, I don't have to be around to see this whole debacle play out (hiatus for a new work assignment), but I now have another insult from Turbine which will make me consider loooong and hard whether its time to hang up the Lotro account and get ready for ESO when I get back.

Edit:

And the other Riddermark selection has also spoken for himself:

The average player doesn't post on the forums. They aren't as easily bored as the people who only find pleasure in a single aspect of the game, hence they don't have all the free time.

Am I a hardcore raider? No. But, I do spend a lot of time raiding even though I am not in a hardcore raiding kin.
Am I a hardcore PvMPer? No. But a lot of people that are either my in game friends, or in my kin DO have a Moors presence.
Am I a hardcore RPer? No. In fact I think they are kind of weird to get pulled into a video game that much.

All being said. I think I represent the average player more than someone who thinks we should have 20 more high end-nearly impossible raids, or is a rank 15 Warg.

Cries.