This week’s highlight takes the live action Rohan trailer and actually makes it great by putting wonderful music to the scene.  “Riders of Rohan LOTRO tribute by Lonely Mountain Band” was released in 2012 on Lonely Mountain Band’s YouTube channel. Do you know of a good LOTRO video and want it to be featured in this series? Send an email...

While looking at the Trait Trees on my various characters, I realized that directly in the descriptions of each specialization Turbine has used “MMO jargon” terms and acronyms without any explanation. For example in the Lore-master yellow line AoE and CC get used, but no definition given. For a new LOTRO player, especially someone who has never...

A few weeks ago I was asked to make a guide for dressing low level characters. With Weatherstock approaching fast, I figured that now would be a great time to release that guide since many will be rolling new characters on Landroval to experience the event. This is a very simple guide with not a whole lot of specifics, however I think it should give you enough...

One of the first things I realized when Steel Blue came out was that I could make a really good looking Rohirrim outfit using it. The other shades of blue up until now felt too bright for Rohan, as I associate more subdued colors like olive and walnut brown with Rohan. Steel Blue definitely fits into that more ‘subdued’ color scheme… and even...

This week’s video highlight is a very well done ad for the kinship on Laurelin known as Durin’s Folk.  “Durin’s Folk: Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu!” was released in 2013 on Lina Willowwood’s YouTube channel. Do you know of a good LOTRO video and want it to be featured in this series? Send an email...

Since I found out Update 13 was going to include a new dye, I’ve been going crazy wanting that beautiful Steel Blue. Because of the reputation gating of both the scholar recipe to make the dye and the farmer recipe to make the crop that provides the dye ingredient, it has been very hard to come-by. Only within the past week have there been pots of Steel...

This week’s video highlight takes us through music in Rohan.  “LoTRO Theme For Rohan- Violin (Taylor Davis)” was released in 2012 on Taylor Davis’ YouTube channel.  The video now has over 600,000 views. Do you know of a good LOTRO video and want it to be featured in this series? Send an email to lotroplayers.mymiddleearth@gmail.com with...

Until I started roleplaying, I wasn’t really interested in Bree-town. I mean sure, it was a handy location because of its centrality in Eriador and the services it offered, but it wasn’t terribly exciting to me. But once I started roleplaying I became fascinated with the lives of the everyday sort of people in Bree. I don’t roleplay anymore,...

“LOTRO Community Update 01/28/13” features Sapience getting his beard shaved by another person while he tries to get through the information he needs to convey.  The video was released on LOTRO’s official YouTube channel in 2013. Do you know of a good LOTRO video and want it to be featured in this series? Send an email...

My husband and I made new dwarf characters this past weekend – mine is a Rune-keeper named Sithi (I could go into the various layers of cleverness with that name but I won’t) and his is a Champion named Navrin. The purpose is to help him re-learn the game he has barely logged into in the past two or three years. But this meant that I needed to make...

With the Breaking of Isengard I once again created a fully voiced video series.  I really enjoy voicing the characters in Middle-earth and can’t handle playing new LOTRO content any other way.  A big thanks to Turbine for making this fantastic story for us to experience. Follow and Subscribe to PvMP Andang on YouTube for more LOTRO videos and video...

I don’t often play my hobbit minstrel, Miniature, but when I do I spend a lot of time picking an outfit, more so than my other characters, if that’s possible! I originally made this outfit for Miniature as an entry for the yearly Fashion Screenshot contest as one of the Profession entries. I imagined the papers in her pack were scores or lyrics and...

Another issue in my crazy videos called Machinimas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6M9XkLmgxfE&list=UUxQiX0CGbR6Kz_zXGv4t6Pw

This week’s video highlight showcases married life in LOTRO.  This video is a parody of the song “Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows” by Lesley Gore.  “In Love In Middle Earth, LotRO Machinima” was released in 2009 on LunnaTheBurg’s YouTube channel. Do you know of a good LOTRO video and want it to be featured in this series?...

This outfit idea was suggested to me by Eryniell on the official LOTRO forums. She wanted me to make an outfit using the Leggings of the Shadow-walker for her female elf hunter. The leggings are almost entirely black with a little bit of silver/grey detailing. The trick was to find other items that also had dark undertones or could be dyed dark. I settled on a...

Pashbo Proudfeet is sitting comfortably and listening to the sounds of music from the nearby party tree.  It is Brandywine and Biscuits playing live.  Meanwhile Pashrandir the Poet treats us to an ode to the least dwarven dwarf he knows. We would also love to include work from the LOTRO community within this vidcast.  If  you would like your LOTRO band to...

Rohan is definitely my favorite place in Middle-earth – lore-wise, questing, the landscape – everything about it! Because of this I end up creating a lot of cosmetic outfits based on different aspects of Rohan and Rohirrim culture. This outfit was made for my Warden of Rohan and utilizes the muted golds, olives, greys and browns of the Wold in...

Although they are not ones to gossip, Pashbo Proudfeet and Rubyrae have been appreciating all the latest goings on in The Only Way is Waymeet!  Its a Hobbit Soap Opera. We would also love to include work from the LOTRO community within this vidcast.  If  you would like your LOTRO band to perform, would like us to include your own roleplaying video, send us a...

Hello, LOTRO Players! My name is Cithryth and welcome to my LOTRO Outfits! Ever since the cosmetic system was introduced I have loved creating and collecting outfits across all my characters. Most outfit showcases utilize screenshots to display the outfit, however I have decided to try something different and showcase my outfits via video. This is the first of...

We here at An Unexpected Vidcast are ecstatic after walking away with the two biggest awards at the prestigious BAHPOS last night (British Awards for Hosted Poems Or Stories). Despite a very small fanbase we won best poem and best story (even the smallest vidcast can change the course of the future!). You can view our winning entries below. Best poem –...