The LOTRO Beacon: Issue #1

[Cordovan]

Welcome to the first edition of the LOTRO Beacon, which will be a weekly look at community events, news, bonuses, Store sales, and more! For those familiar with our other game DDO, this is modeled after the long-running DDO Chronicle, and aims to be a one-stop-shop for links to whatever's going on in the game and community.

If YOU are interested in having your Kinship featured, or if you have something you'd like put into the LOTRO Beacon, please reach out to me through contact@standingstonegames.com. NOTE: Make sure you mention what server your Kin is on, it's amazing how many people forget to do that.

Since this is my first week doing it, I expect things to evolve over time. Additionally, our goal is to publish versions of this in French and German at the same time as our English version, but we don't yet have our localization ready for Issue 1. We'll publish it localized as soon as we can.

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Finally, make sure to comment in this thread to the Weekly Comment for your chance to win 500 LOTRO Points! We'll select a random winner after Noon Eastern on Thursday, March 2nd. Good luck!

[Zsamoth]

Free TP? I'm in!

Edit: Yikes, should have read before babbling away...

A terrible hobbit breakfast? How should I know? I rarely get a hobbit for breakfast these days anymore...

[amandakay]

The only way a hobbit breakfast could be bad is if the food runs out or it somehow managed to feature Holly Hornblower's bad batch of berries.

[Ravynne]

The worst Hobbit breakfast is having nothing to eat for breakfast at all, not even a drop of tea.

[Snowlock]

Pretty cool, should put "In the news" at the top, imo

[TexanHobbit]

This a cool and welcome addition. It will be nice to see it grow and expand for sure.

[greetingsdownunder]

Putting my shining beacon for a chance at the Lotro points

[algonacy]

Did I hear someone mention breakfast?

[Findes]

A terrible hobbit breakfast is when you forget to shave their feet before cooking them.

[Casilune]

A terrible hobbit breakfast is a cold bowl of maple oatmeal and nothing else.

[Boraxxe]

Curious...
Where would one submit an offering for "The Screenshot Of The Week" ?

[Melkordel]

A terrible Hobbit breakfast? Why, one without enough food!

[Joedangod]

Free LP? You have my sword and my bear paws...

[Cordovan]

Curious...
Where would one submit an offering for "The Screenshot Of The Week" ?

I'm starting by picking something cool I see sometime during the week, from Facebook, Twitter, the forums, or whatever. There's so much good stuff already out there it seemed unnecessary to make everyone submit stuff to me.

[Dadislotroguides]

The LOTRO Beacon has been added to Dadi's LOTRO Guides: http://dadislotroguides.com/the-lotro-beacon-issue-1/

Well done Cordovan, this is an excellent way to communicate with the community !

[Eldalleth]

What is a terrible hobbit breakfast? One with no bacon of course.

[Lomplo_of_the_Stoors]

A terrible hobbit breakfast would be one where dishes must be done before eating!

[marenzo1]

My vision of a terrible breakfest? Huum, That would be a hobbit. Dirt mud foots. Eeeew

[lynlai]

Yay! Exciting times for LOTRO!

[Phindecano]

A terrible hobbit breakfast is one that is interrupted by Gandalf's arrival, for sure.

[JeauxLOTR]

Great communication idea

[bto]

Anything that goblins like to eat.

[EtherSword]

A terrible hobbit breakfast? Anything that doesn't have taters. Hash browns are the best food, of course.

[lele1100]

Terrible hobbit breakfast? One that you can smell but don't have access to, enough to make you salivate and be hungry, but without the satisfaction of being able to fulfill your morning hobbit ritual of gorging yourself on lovely food.

[cleopatriel]

It makes me sad to even THINK there could be a Terrible Hobbit Breakfast...so I refuse to consider it!