Strategic Hobbit Incursion to Evacuate Lost Dwarves - OFFICIAL SCHEDULE AND INFO

[Dernudan]

Could somebody please explain what this thread is about? I honestly have no clue. It sounds like a community event of some kind, but for some reason, it seems like it is written in code.

It is a community event. Sapience (the community manager) creates a dwarf on every server and then the people of that server need to bring him from point A to point B.
While this is happening, Sapience answers questions from the community. He will sometimes bring in other devs and these turn into in depth discussions of the games future.

[Ravynne]

It is similar to the Take the Hobbit to Isengard events. Except this time, Sapience will be playing a Dwarf that is to be escorted through Moria.

Basically the entire server is to work together to get Sapience's character from point A to point B in the quickest amount of time. Any deaths will set him back to the beginning and they will have to start over (but the clock does not reset). The server with the best time gets bragging rights and a festival turned on. (If they do the same as they did with TTHTI.)

[Sito_Origami]

It is similar to the Take the Hobbit to Isengard events.

I don't read the forum often, so I've never heard of those either.

Except this time, Sapience will be playing a Dwarf that is to be escorted through Moria.

Basically the entire server is to work together to get Sapience's character from point A to point B in the quickest amount of time. Any deaths will set him back to the beginning and they will have to start over (but the clock does not reset). The server with the best time gets bragging rights and a festival turned on. (If they do the same as they did with TTHTI.)

That sounds like fun, thanks to all for the explanation. I'm not sure I understand how it works, but I guess the solution is to tune in. All my characters are on Landroval so am I right in assuming I won't be able to participate until September?

[Dernudan]

I don't read the forum often, so I've never heard of those either.



That sounds like fun, thanks to all for the explanation. I'm not sure I understand how it works, but I guess the solution is to tune in. All my characters are on Landroval so am I right in assuming I won't be able to participate until September?

Not necesarrilly, you could roll another toon that cab get to Moria but yes if you dont want to do that.
You could always watch on Twitch and ask questions yourself, that is the most important part.

[Ravynne]

Dernudan is correct. You could always create a new character on another server, and then level it high enough to enter Moria.

If you would like to check out any of the runs, they will be shown on LOTRO's twitch channel : http://www.twitch.tv/lotrostream I believe that there are still some TTHTI runs saved on there, if you want to see what those were like.

[Sapience]

Full details are now posted. So start your planning! First official run is June 24th!

[thalialotr]

Thanks for putting together another event Sapience. The Hobbit adventures were a lot of fun. You be careful about crevasse misadventures!!

[Dotlbeme]

Points!

("Have fun storming the castle...")

It'll take a miracle...

[Daniyel]

27. Firefoot [NA] September 23 Tuesday 5:00PM

Excellent I call dibs on the opportunity to redeem my failure at TTHTI

[Daniyel]

Also everyone please look at this order of the SHIELD runs:
Is it just me or are they somewhat in order of performance in TTHTI?

1. Eldar Tuesday June 24 2:30PM
2. Dwarrowdelf Thursday June 26 5:00PM
3. Windfola Tuesday July 1 5:00PM
4. Anduin [DE] Thursday July 3 2:30PM
5. Vilya Tuesday July 8 5:00PM
6. Nimrodel [NA] July 10 Thursday 5:00PM
7. Gilrain [UK] July 15 Tuesday 2:30PM
8. Meneldor [NA] July 17 Thursday 5:00PM
9. Maiar [DE] July 22 Tuesday 2:30PM
10. Brandywine [NA] July 24 Thursday 5:00PM
11. Estel [FR-RP] July 28 Tuesday 2:30PM
12. Gwaihir [DE] July 31Thursday 2:30PM
13. Arkenstone [NA] August 5 Tuesday 5:00PM
14. Withywindle [UK] August 7 Thursday 2:30PM
15. Vanyar [DE] August 12 Tuesday 2:30PM
16. Silverlode [NA] August 14 Thursday 5:00PM
17. Evernight [UK] August 19 Tuesday 2:30PM
18. Imladris [NA] August 21 Thursday 5:00PM
19. Riddermark [NA] August 26 Tuesday 5:00PM
20. Snowborn [UK] August 28 Thursday 2:30PM
21. Siranon [FR] September 2 Tuesday 2:30PM
22. Elendilmir [NA] September 4 Thursday 5:00PM
23. Gladden [NA] September 9 Tuesday 5:00PM
24. Laurelin [UK-RP] September 11 Thursday 2:30PM
25. Morthond [DE] September 16 Tuesday 2:30PM
26. Crickhollow [NA] September 18 Thursday 5:00PM
27. Firefoot [NA] September 23 Tuesday 5:00PM
28. Belegaer [DE-RP] September 25 Thursday 2:30PM
29. Landroval [NA-PE] September 29 Tuesday 5:00PM

EDIT: Nvm just coincidence that Firefoot finished in 27th place and is 27th on this list as well as that eldar finished #1 and is 1st on the list

[Octaviane]

Also everyone please look at this order of the SHIELD runs:
Is it just me or are they somewhat in order of performance in TTHTI?

1. Eldar Tuesday June 24 2:30PM
2. Dwarrowdelf Thursday June 26 5:00PM
3. Windfola Tuesday July 1 5:00PM
4. Anduin [DE] Thursday July 3 2:30PM
5. Vilya Tuesday July 8 5:00PM
6. Nimrodel [NA] July 10 Thursday 5:00PM
7. Gilrain [UK] July 15 Tuesday 2:30PM
8. Meneldor [NA] July 17 Thursday 5:00PM
9. Maiar [DE] July 22 Tuesday 2:30PM
10. Brandywine [NA] July 24 Thursday 5:00PM
11. Estel [FR-RP] July 28 Tuesday 2:30PM
12. Gwaihir [DE] July 31Thursday 2:30PM
13. Arkenstone [NA] August 5 Tuesday 5:00PM
14. Withywindle [UK] August 7 Thursday 2:30PM
15. Vanyar [DE] August 12 Tuesday 2:30PM
16. Silverlode [NA] August 14 Thursday 5:00PM
17. Evernight [UK] August 19 Tuesday 2:30PM
18. Imladris [NA] August 21 Thursday 5:00PM
19. Riddermark [NA] August 26 Tuesday 5:00PM
20. Snowborn [UK] August 28 Thursday 2:30PM
21. Siranon [FR] September 2 Tuesday 2:30PM
22. Elendilmir [NA] September 4 Thursday 5:00PM
23. Gladden [NA] September 9 Tuesday 5:00PM
24. Laurelin [UK-RP] September 11 Thursday 2:30PM
25. Morthond [DE] September 16 Tuesday 2:30PM
26. Crickhollow [NA] September 18 Thursday 5:00PM
27. Firefoot [NA] September 23 Tuesday 5:00PM
28. Belegaer [DE-RP] September 25 Thursday 2:30PM
29. Landroval [NA-PE] September 29 Tuesday 5:00PM

EDIT: Nvm just coincidence that Firefoot finished in 27th place and is 27th on this list as well as that eldar finished #1 and is 1st on the list

LOL it's that dratted RNG again

[harly2000]

Has anyone can let me know who is resposible for SHIELDS run in Bradywine ? I wish to help.

[Galuhad]

Has anyone can let me know who is resposible for SHIELDS run in Bradywine ? I wish to help.

You might have more luck in the Brandywine forums?

[Arandeath]

tuesday and thursday,

any chance they got something coming that will be weekends?
got an odd 10 hour shift,2pm to midnight and if all these are
going to be during the week how will those of us that work ever
going to join in on these?

and is there is post listing the u14?wondering if i
just missed seeing it on the forum.

[Sapience]

Also everyone please look at this order of the SHIELD runs:
Is it just me or are they somewhat in order of performance in TTHTI?

1. Eldar Tuesday June 24 2:30PM
2. Dwarrowdelf Thursday June 26 5:00PM
3. Windfola Tuesday July 1 5:00PM
4. Anduin [DE] Thursday July 3 2:30PM
5. Vilya Tuesday July 8 5:00PM
6. Nimrodel [NA] July 10 Thursday 5:00PM
7. Gilrain [UK] July 15 Tuesday 2:30PM
8. Meneldor [NA] July 17 Thursday 5:00PM
9. Maiar [DE] July 22 Tuesday 2:30PM
10. Brandywine [NA] July 24 Thursday 5:00PM
11. Estel [FR-RP] July 28 Tuesday 2:30PM
12. Gwaihir [DE] July 31Thursday 2:30PM
13. Arkenstone [NA] August 5 Tuesday 5:00PM
14. Withywindle [UK] August 7 Thursday 2:30PM
15. Vanyar [DE] August 12 Tuesday 2:30PM
16. Silverlode [NA] August 14 Thursday 5:00PM
17. Evernight [UK] August 19 Tuesday 2:30PM
18. Imladris [NA] August 21 Thursday 5:00PM
19. Riddermark [NA] August 26 Tuesday 5:00PM
20. Snowborn [UK] August 28 Thursday 2:30PM
21. Siranon [FR] September 2 Tuesday 2:30PM
22. Elendilmir [NA] September 4 Thursday 5:00PM
23. Gladden [NA] September 9 Tuesday 5:00PM
24. Laurelin [UK-RP] September 11 Thursday 2:30PM
25. Morthond [DE] September 16 Tuesday 2:30PM
26. Crickhollow [NA] September 18 Thursday 5:00PM
27. Firefoot [NA] September 23 Tuesday 5:00PM
28. Belegaer [DE-RP] September 25 Thursday 2:30PM
29. Landroval [NA-PE] September 29 Tuesday 5:00PM

EDIT: Nvm just coincidence that Firefoot finished in 27th place and is 27th on this list as well as that eldar finished #1 and is 1st on the list

The first five finishers were actually put into a cup and their names drawn out to set their positions. I did it live on a stream during the last TTHTI run.

The rest are just random other than some thought put in to make sure we didn't have all NA servers or all EU servers pile up in large blocks and so we could have an early run and a later run each week. I didn't put any thought into how they finished in the TTHTI runs.

[Ayaria1988]

Full details are now posted. So start your planning! First official run is June 24th!

The lord of the rings online are supported for englisch, french and german and again there is no translation about that event. If you stopped the translation of this languages say it, please. Everytime to allude you about that thing is absurd.

Communication is everything and this is very bad in the last few month between englisch and german translations.

[SabrielofLorien]

(snip)
Basically the entire server is to work together ...
(snip)

Actually this is not completely correct as a number of players have no idea that this goes on. Until we get our new /world server wide channel the only way someone can post information on a server is via the /glff channel on their server. We know that a small minority of players actually use /glff so only a few will learn about it this way. Then there are the forums which we also know that only a minority of players use and as noted some of us just didn't know about it because they don't use the forums. There's twitch.tv and Facebook and twitter but there are now infamous reasons NOT to be using those venues for anything at all.... There are kinships who are working on this but sometimes is just a /glff shout out "Hey come to X location for a practice run" and if you don't see that or are not on line you won't know.

Currently on Nimrodel a prominent kinship is planning a server wide "festival" which is player run. They are using /glff to let players know and have contacted many kinships to pass on the open invitation to their event. You wouldn't think anyone would be upset about this, but there are players who resent the "spam" on /glff to announce a player-run server wide event. You can image the feedback trying to put this event into the same channel....

So, the event happens, it may or may not happen with the entire server. The event is open to anyone. There maybe a "team" getting together to do the run which I experienced on a "test run" on Landy where a raid was formed up to provide group speed and other buffs. If you don't get on a "team" you can follow along just the same, you just don't get the voice directions but can follow the dead-hobbit-crumbs on the wayside .

There are messages in the launcher too to advertise the event too but I don't think it's the entire server that shows up. I'm in a large kinship and I don't think they even know about this event or that Nimrodel is up to bat on July 10 and they are pretty active on the server too.

[cdq1958]

Actually this is not completely correct as a number of players have no idea that this goes on. Until we get our new /world server wide channel the only way someone can post information on a server is via the /glff channel on their server. We know that a small minority of players actually use /glff so only a few will learn about it this way. Then there are the forums which we also know that only a minority of players use and as noted some of us just didn't know about it because they don't use the forums. There's twitch.tv and Facebook and twitter but there are now infamous reasons NOT to be using those venues for anything at all.... There are kinships who are working on this but sometimes is just a /glff shout out "Hey come to X location for a practice run" and if you don't see that or are not on line you won't know.

Currently on Nimrodel a prominent kinship is planning a server wide "festival" which is player run. They are using /glff to let players know and have contacted many kinships to pass on the open invitation to their event. You wouldn't think anyone would be upset about this, but there are players who resent the "spam" on /glff to announce a player-run server wide event. You can image the feedback trying to put this event into the same channel....

So, the event happens, it may or may not happen with the entire server. The event is open to anyone. There maybe a "team" getting together to do the run which I experienced on a "test run" on Landy where a raid was formed up to provide group speed and other buffs. If you don't get on a "team" you can follow along just the same, you just don't get the voice directions but can follow the dead-hobbit-crumbs on the wayside .

There are messages in the launcher too to advertise the event too but I don't think it's the entire server that shows up. I'm in a large kinship and I don't think they even know about this event or that Nimrodel is up to bat on July 10 and they are pretty active on the server too.

Hi Sabriel,

ASF does know about the SHIELD run, but whether we organize for it is another story. Several of us worked on the TTHTI run and were there when that event went live. Coordination, well, .

I know about Sunday Rocks on Nimrodel, but the time is bad for me. I'll look into any other events as they come up, but often I can't make them.

[SabrielofLorien]

Hi Sabriel,

ASF does know about the SHIELD run, but whether we organize for it is another story. Several of us worked on the TTHTI run and were there when that event went live. Coordination, well, .

I know about Sunday Rocks on Nimrodel, but the time is bad for me. I'll look into any other events as they come up, but often I can't make them.

LOL well see... communications are variable. I need to log into the ASF website more often. ROFL

It does highlight that when you play alts you can miss the message by a mile or two or all the way to the bottom of Moria and back....

[Scorgie]

So do we have people on the server wanting to give this ago, not seeing any posts about this in the forum ?

[Sapience]

I've updated the dates and times for the remaining runs to get them finished up as quickly as possible. The result is we trimmed a couple weeks off the final date (from Sept 30 to Sept 11 now) despite my needing to build a couple of holes into the schedule for travel plans.

The new Schedule is posted in the OP, but I'll repost it here as well.

Updated Schedule
1. Eldar-completed
2. Dwarrowdelf-completed
3. Windfola -completed
4. Anduin [DE] -completed
5. Vilya Tuesday -completed
6. Nimrodel [NA] -completed
7. Gilrain [UK] -completed
8. Meneldor [NA] -completed
9. Maiar [DE] July -completed
10. Brandywine [NA] -completed
11. Estel [FR-RP] July 29 Tuesday 2:30PM
12. Gwaihir [DE] July 31Thursday 2:30PM

August 5 Tuesday
13. Vanyar [DE] 2:30PM
14. Arkenstone [NA] 6:00PM


August 7 Thursday
15. Withywindle [UK] 2:30PM
16. Silverlode [NA] 6:00PM


August 19 Tuesday
17. Evernight [UK] 2:30PM
18. Riddermark [NA] 6:00PM


August 21 Thursday
19. Snowborn [UK] 2:30PM
20. Imladris [NA] 6:00PM


August 25 Monday
21. Siranon [FR] 2:30PM
22. Gladden [NA] 6:00PM


September 4 Thursday
23. Laurelin [UK-RP] 2:30PM
24. Elendilmir [NA] 6:00PM


September 9 Tuesday
25. Morthond [DE] 2:30PM
26. Crickhollow [NA] 6:00PM


September 10 Wednesday
27. Firefoot [NA] 6:00PM


September 11 Thursday
28. Belegaer [DE-RP] 2:30PM
29. Landroval [NA-RE] 6:00PM

[Celedreor]

September 11 Thursday
28. Belegaer [DE-RP] 2:30PM
29. Landroval [NA-RE] 6:00PM

Whilst I appreciate that this is the best and most convenient way to do the runs, it does mean that in the UK the later runs will be 11 PM (and later in more Eastern countries) which, on a Thursday in particular, is rather inconvenient for those who must alas be up early (and of them there are many). This means that I and others will be missing out on a lot more runs, and notably your final appearance.

Best of luck, then, in advance - I shall of course continue to plague you with questions all the way to the Belegaer!

[Sapience]

Whilst I appreciate that this is the best and most convenient way to do the runs, it does mean that in the UK the later runs will be 11 PM (and later in more Eastern countries) which, on a Thursday in particular, is rather inconvenient for those who must alas be up early (and of them there are many). This means that I and others will be missing out on a lot more runs, and notably your final appearance.

Best of luck, then, in advance - I shall of course continue to plague you with questions all the way to the Belegaer!

I tried to adjust the times to more closely match the play times on the servers for the events. I kept them at 5PM Eastern while I was in the office, which made it hard for those wishing to participate in the actual event, but moved them out an hour now that I'll be doing them from home and can have some additional flexibility in them.

If people feel very strongly about this, I can move it back to 5PM, but I'll need to know in the next 24 hours or so.

[Ayaria1988]

Hey, whats happend yesterday with snowborn?

[frickinmuck]

Hey, whats happend yesterday with snowborn?

Interesting - looks like they didn't show up, according to the standings. I wasn't actually there for that run so I don't know what happened.