Ah, kobolds. You are simply a people of oversized rats with all the anger and none of the brains. Your affection for candles, treasure or plain junk is nothing short of staggering. But I will receive my payment. I will fulfill my duty to some guy above ground.
Do not through your lives away, for I have with me a band of merry men known as the Lore Hounds. They hunger to use their skills of graveyard running, trap tripping and the unprecedented ability to fail upon you. Fear us, for we know not why we are here, just that you and your clansmen possess a knack for hiding treasure. And XP. Delicious XP.
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The Lore Hound DDO crew meet again last Sunday to thin out the kobold population. Despite having a well-rounded team, including Amatera to disable traps, the party hit its first major roadblock when defending Stormreach from an endless invasion (200 is endless IMO) of kobold critters. We struggled through it, but hilarity ensued. Take a gander.
Episode 5 will happen on Sunday, May 9 and is currently scheduled for an 11:00 AM EST start time on the Khyber server. It’ll be Amatera’s first turn at the helm. In his honor, let’s make sure there are tons of players online to make my Sunday job look as difficult as possible. Please complete the tutorial questline of Korthos Island (final adventure detailed here), otherwise you will not be eligible for a group invite. Supplies of DDO Point cards are highly limited, but still available to those that attend!
Prospective attendees should drop a line below so we can gauge the expected attendance. Include your class if you’ve already decided upon one. I currently have a warforged cleric (iTZKooPA) and a halfling bard (iTZKHuPA). Amatera plays as a halfling rogue named Amatera. Who woulda guessed it?
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Turbine, previously the largest independant MMO company, has been acquired by Warner Brothers Incorporated. They’ve been huge investors in the company for years, but this latest exchange is expected to value Turbine at about $160 million.
Turbine currently produces and maintains several MMOs, including Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons & Dragons Online, and Asheron’s Call. This isn’t the first time Warner Brothers has purchased a major video game company; they bought Midway Studios, developers of the Mortal Kombat series, as well as TT Games, developers of the Lego Star Wars and Lego Batman games. This gives them a huge monopoly on LOTR games, as Warner Brothers already owns the license for all non-online Lord of the Rings games, and Turbine had an exclusive license for all online LOTR games.
All of the intellectual property that Turbine developers now has access to might be even more exciting. The combination of Warner Brothers properties and Turbine developers has fantastic potential. Could we see DC Comics franchise characters in future MMOs?
Last night wrapped up submissions for our first ever contest, and the turnout ended up being more than we expected. Lore Hound has been available to the avid fanbase for a few weeks now, but as many of you probably noticed, the crew is still hard at work on the overall presentation. The tweakage and PR blitz lead to many last minute submissions. Some good, some not so good.
See all the winning haikus after the jump. There’s even an extra prize! Continue Reading
Ahh, the haiku. This classic poetic structure allows almost anyone to amuse and entertain. It enables the writer to be short and sweet, while still getting their point across. It is also quite possibly the easiest idea to teach; three lines comprised of a maximum 17 syllables. That’s all we expect from you, Lore Hounds.
Three measly lines of creativity.
Your entry (feel free to do more than one) can cover a wide range of topics. Fair game includes what you expect from us, gaffes made in the recent video coverage, games we enjoy and play (WoW, STO, GA, DDO, etc), your feelings towards the site layout or even a rant on how stupid this contest is (ex. Best. Idea. Ever).
You can submit your haiku to our Twitter, or leave a comment on this very post. Be sure to leave a legitimate e-mail address in case you win!
We’ll be selecting whichever haiku entertains us the most come next Monday, April 5. Here’s what you can win:
