The LOTRO Beacon: Issue 219
Community Spotlights
This week saw our first early access preview on Bullroarer for the Brawler and Legendary Items! Quite a few streamers, bloggers, and other content creators were there, and you can check out previews all over the Internet, including:
Louey7 | Skymanic (German Language) | Bludborn |
Queen Perwethien | Kaels JOL (French Language) | Keepsmeiling (German Language) |
Stine | LOTRO Players News | Eldalleth |
Strimtom | AndangFire | Ghynghyn |
Lady Faelloryn | Thaliruth (German Language) | Druidsfire |
Elgaladwyn brings the cosplay! Check out her Amarthiel outfit from PAX West on Twitter.
The Great Willow Blues Band plays songs from Tool this weekend on Laurelin! Read more on the LOTRO Artists web site.
Radagast's Pipe presents Kaleidoscope of Autumn Moon on Saturday, September 18th! Read more about this concert on Landroval on LOTRO Artists.
The Hope present Music from Harad on September 19th on Landroval! Read more about this orchestral performance on LOTRO Artists.
TheeGreenEyedGamer will be touring the homes of Noodly and Chromite on Saturday starting at 1:00pm Eastern! Find the show on Twitch.tv/theegreeneyedgamer.
To nominate something for a Community Spotlight, email contact@standingstonegames.com
with the subject line "COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT"
Kin Hall
Maidens-in-Arms is a new kinship on Landroval looking for players interested in creating female characters for light roleplaying and casual gaming! Read more about this conceptual RP kinship on the LOTRO Forums.
Email contact@standingstonegames.com with the subject line "KIN HALL" to get your Kin featured
Do you name your Legendary Items and what do you call them?
Comment on the LOTRO Forums here and you could win LOTRO Points!
Fansite News
LOTRO Players News get squirrely! Listen to their newest podcast over on the LOTRO Players web site.
The Beneath Your Feet podcast delves into the Ettenmoors! Hear the latest show on their Anchor.fm page.
Mister Hobbit's Misadventures asks if a hobbit can be a brawler! Read more about it on the blog.
Bio Break looks at the current map of Middle-earth in LOTRO! See it on the blog.
LOTROstream is your first stop to find LOTRO on Twitch! This week B4 works on the Deadly Decoy plug in, Big Ed goes to Mordor, and Ooger levels a bear!
Also on Twitch, SignumU continues its exploration of Rivendell, Geekbyte levels a Loremaster, and x_Christy_x quests and deeds!
Also on YouTube, Entenburg is a Middle-earth assassin, Karac Avalon Gaming defends Trestlebridge, and AdieleValathorn has secrets from the Second Age!
Let's Talk Shop!
- Our Bullroarer Public Preview server saw its first preview of the Brawler and Legendary Items this week! Read more on the Bullroarer Forums.
- Cordovan previews Legendary Items with system designer Vastin in the newest +Cord of the Rings! Watch the video on Twitch.
- Scenario strolls through Middle-earth next week! Read more about his next destination on the LOTRO Forums.
Screenshot of the Week!
Rhodwulf gets creative with housing deco in this week's Screenshot of the Week! Thank you for sending it in! Email your screenshot for consideration by sending it to lotro@standingstonegames.com.
In the News!
- LOTRO Bonus Days brings you +25% Crafting XP through September 12th!
- This is your FINAL WEEKEND to get Double Bonus Points! Get twice the Bonus Points in the LOTRO Store through September 12th.
- Available for a Limited Time: Bombur's Bounty! Find it in the LOTRO Store through September 12th.
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Find Your Shadowfax! Get 30% off:
- Select Warsteeds and Mounts
- Riding Skills
- Select Warsteed Cosmetics
- Movement Speed Buffs
- Now through September 16th!
- The Weekly Coupon gets you a free Landscape Soldier Token with the Coupon Code AHELPER, now through September 16th!