Comments on: LOTRO and the glory of naming absolutely everything http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/lotro-and-the-glory-of-naming-absolutely-everything/ MMOs and game design Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:09:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: A holiday, a holiday, the first one of the year! Best of 2009. « Welcome to Spinksville! http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/lotro-and-the-glory-of-naming-absolutely-everything/#comment-5184 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:06:13 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2962#comment-5184 [...] out Moria, runekeepers, and legendary weapons). More about Gating in Games, particularly LOTRO. The Glory of Naming Everything in LOTRO and my introduction to [...]

]]> By: /AFK – Kris Kringle Raid Edition « Bio Break http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/lotro-and-the-glory-of-naming-absolutely-everything/#comment-4964 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:27:31 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2962#comment-4964 [...] Spinksville re: LOTRO – “So here’s a brief list of nameable entities in LOTRO — just to give a feel for how ubiquitous it has become.” [...]

]]> By: Expendable Minions are people too « M.M.O.S.H http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/lotro-and-the-glory-of-naming-absolutely-everything/#comment-4898 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:24:02 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2962#comment-4898 [...] don’t know why.  Spinks goes through the amount of naming options that there are within Lord of the Rings Online, but I just thought that seeing as the Skirmish Soldier was semi-autonomous, s/he’d be autonomous [...]

]]> By: Melmoth http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/lotro-and-the-glory-of-naming-absolutely-everything/#comment-4893 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:15:08 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2962#comment-4893 Either that or Stoner.

Except our group’s Runekeeper, who named his rock in honour of his podcast co-host who left the game.

At least I think it’s supposed to be an honour…

]]> By: spinks http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/lotro-and-the-glory-of-naming-absolutely-everything/#comment-4892 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:34:52 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2962#comment-4892 So does everyone call their stone Rocky? :)

]]> By: Longasc http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/lotro-and-the-glory-of-naming-absolutely-everything/#comment-4888 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:40:13 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2962#comment-4888 The good thing is, at least on the EU servers: Naming policies are enforced. Very strictly on the RP servers, and they are also quite serious about it on the non-RP-servers. This also created a community where there are only few who do not at least try to get a tolkienesque name fitting to the Middle Earth setting.

]]> By: Melmoth http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/lotro-and-the-glory-of-naming-absolutely-everything/#comment-4887 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:39:30 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2962#comment-4887 And Runekeepers can name the healing stone they summon with the Rune of Restoration ability.

Yes indeed, Runekeepers get a pet rock.

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