Not feeling very apreciated as a LOTR fan? Go here and vote your opinion.
A small note to the folks who wish me to setup a petition or want me to give you the number to Sierra or something to get the game back on. This I will never do. These types of things rarely ever work and tend to do more harm than good.
All I can tell you is this quote from my New Line contact.
‘When New Line starts it’s media machine there will be enough LOTR stuff around’
Picture this: millions of Nazguls at Toys ‘R’ Us, Pizza Hut tie ins, video games, toys, clothes, food, trailers, posters, clips, web sites, covers of magazines…the future is coming folks, don’t let the events of the past few days fool you.
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Well also in the best tradition of Hobbits we talked about the contests more than we acted on them. But we did meet the deadline we set for ourselves. They did get posted while it was still Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday. Well depending on what timezone you live in. But you can read all about the contests here.
Hope you all enjoy, and while I know it is not possible, I hope you all win.
A big thanks to everyone who donated the wonderful stuff which we are giving out.
Houghton Mifflin the US distributors of Tolkien’s work.
Toy Vault makers of wonderful Tolkien Action Figures.
AllPosters.com making great posters available to everyone.
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Well the cool dudes over at CHUD have this neat little item called DIF, Desert Island Flicks. What would you take with you if you were stranded on a desert island? What films would you bring? Check out the results from an interesting group of people asked, yours truly included!
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Well, when i spoke to Sierra’s people yesterday they told me Middle-earth Online (MEO) is not cencelled, but in a restructuring mode. So I’m assuming that this report means they are hiring a new DEV team, read on:
In addition to cancelling Orcs – the entire Middle Earth Online development team was sacked yesterday. Sierra told them that their vision of how to impliment Tolkien’s world wasn’t “mainstream” enough to be profitable, and when they wouldn’t bend, they sacked them all. The ex-Dev Team was going to have things in such as extremely limited magic usage, very few elves allowed (and you’d have to prove your roleplaying ability to play one) as the game was being made in the Fourth Age, and having it that if your character was killed (not just knocked out), he couldn’t just be resurrected with a magic spell – permanant death. It all made sense, and the Dev Team listened constantly to Tolkien fan input and ideas, so it looks like if the new Middle-Earth isn’t a hack and slash spellfest, it won’t go any further than this one did.
This all remains extreemly shady, but I’m still looking into it.
Thanks to Collin W for the tip!
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Just a small reminder to all of you to alwys check The Spy Reports for the latest from the rumor mill. Send your stuff and you’ll see your name on the site!
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From: Kevin
I heard from a friend who had a chance to talk with Gary Gygax (creator of AD&D) that Gygax has been hired as a consultant for the movie.
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