Well...

It's been forever since I posted in my blog, because I've been so out of touch with World of Warcraft that it isn't even funny. My subscription expired last October and I've been going through heavy withdrawls ever since. I still plan on getting back to Kilrogg server, and my excellent guild there, but in the meantime, a friend of mine decided it would be funny to get me hooked on a new game - specifically, Lord of the Rings Online. Now, at first glance, I swore up and down that I'd hate this game. The graphics were so high quality that I couldn't run them on my computer, or worse, the game, like Lineage II, just wouldn't load.

-Insert complaining and whining about needing a new computer-

So, I manage to get into the game with it on the lowest settings possible, and Oh My God. The game itself is fantastic. I've noticed something I didn't notice on World of Warcraft. A decided lack of drama. Oh sure, there's still drama on the forums, but I'm talking about 'in game'. I stay out of the Global LFF channel, where most people say the drama exists. Instead, I keep to the smaller channels and hide away like some recluse, lurking, offering help to people where I can, and relaxing.

And oh boy do I find the game relaxing. Where World of Warcraft was so heavily focused toward grinding, I've not had to grind a single thing in Lord of the Rings, except for Deeds, and that's just because I'm a deed-a-holic, as someone told me.

One of the things I liked immediately was the profession system. You have specific items you can make, and need certain areas to be able to make them. Now, this would have ordinarily put me off, but instead, I leaped in head first, and started work on mastering my tiers of crafting. Being the overachiever I am, my professions are above and beyond my level. Which wouldn't be bad, except good god a mighty, does it get costly.

Anyway, enough of my rambling. I just wanted to let people know that I'm still alive, still gaming, and having a blast. Did I mention yet that I got an XBox 360, and started playing Halo 3? Yeah. That takes up what percentage of my time isn't consumed by LOTRO.

x.X; I need a hardcore gaming setup to accomodate my gaming needs.