LMB Riding Club Newsletter - Issue 7

[Kiralynn]

Greetings and welcome to the seventh edition of the Lonely Mountain Band Riding Club newsletter!


CLUB NEWS

Need to collect reputation items to buy a new mount? Contact Kiralynn if you need Bree, Mathom or Wardens reputation.
The +5000 Enhanced Reputation supply is 20% off in the store for a limited time. You can buy it for 180 points.

Interested in a weekly practice race? Would you like to tour the Winter Derby race course? Let's get together every Thursday at 4pm EST.

Use code KB5F82 to buy "Morale Potions x5" free in the Turbine store through January 12th!

The SnowWizard and WarmHands emotes are back in the store. Buy them before they disappear for another year.


UPCOMING EVENTS

The Windy Acres Talent Show will take place on Friday, January 13th at 4pm EST. Participants should sign up between 3:00pm and 3:50pm EST by contacting Kiralynn. The show will be held at 1 Twinfall Path, Imrath Ivrin, Falathlorn homesteads. All participants and audience members can cast one vote for the winner. The prize is a code for 750 Turbine Points!


The riding club's Winter Derby will be held on Monday, January 23rd at 3pm EST. Participants should meet at Thorin's Hall Inn for a pre-race party and sign-ups starting at 2pm EST. This is a race for daytime and overseas players. The prize is a code for 1600 Turbine Points! Riders must register ahead of time by in-game mailing their name, horse's breed and name to Kiralynn. They can also register by sending a /tell before 2:45pm EST. The top three winners will qualify to compete in the Spring Racing Carnival. This is a special race season kick-off event, so the normal 1 gold entry fee has been waived.

Here are the rules for the upcoming Derby:
* Only standard speed horses will be allowed. Goats may not race.
* No mount speed buffs will be permitted.
* Riders must only use their horse for transportation. Stables, milestones, wayfaring, camps, rally points, acorns, mustering horns, summons and all other non-mount forms of travel are forbidden.
* Spamming fellow riders, giving a false start signal, having allies ride in the wrong direction to mislead riders, and all other forms of unsportsmanlike behavior will result in disqualification.
* Members of the kinship "Worthy of Song" are not allowed to participate.
* Riders must clear all checkpoints in the proper direction and order. Course judges are the final authority in determining if a checkpoint has been properly cleared. A decision can be appealed if screenshots or video can be presented immediately after the race.
* The winner will be determined by the first rider to cross the finish line, not the first mount.

If you are willing to volunteer as a race judge, please contact Kiralynn as soon as possible. We will need 5 judges to properly cover the course.


EQUESTRIAN NEWS

This month's equestrian feature is the Prized Eglan-Horse. It can be purchased from Léoflac at Ost Guruth in the Lone-lands after reaching Kindred reputation with the Eglain. Contact Kiralynn if you would like reputation items for this faction.



You have until January 30th to buy the Glittering Yule Steed (2010) or the Frosty Steed (2011) festival horses from Will Peartree at Hengstacer Farms in Bree-land. You will need a yule horse race token, 20 yule tokens, and a document of mount ownership. The race token can be acquired at the race tracks of Delving Fields or the Bree festival grounds. The yule tokens can be gathered at Frostbluff or any capital city. The document of mount ownership can be purchased from Will for 200 silver (or more if this is not your first horse). All yule horses are standard speed mounts.


RACING TIPS

The best way to turn a corner is to use your camera for a "snap turn". Snap turns are faster and more accurate than turns made using the arrow keys or WASD buttons. There are several ways to make this turn using your mouse and keyboard. Here is one example. Use NumLock to keep your horse running toward the next turn. Hold down your left mouse button and pan the camera around to face the direction you want to run after the turn. Just as your mount clears the obstacle at the checkpoint, click your right mouse button. You will immediately be facing the direction that the camera was pointing. You may need to hold down both mouse buttons to prevent your mount from stopping.

If the race course includes steep jumps, practice them ahead of time. Find out how far you can jump before spraining a leg and taking a speed penalty. Look for small ledges that you can tap on your way down an incline to reset your falling distance. Turning toward a cliff as you fall will often reduce the chances of a sprained leg.

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BACK ISSUES

Here are links to Issue One, Issue Two, Issue Three, Issue Four, Issue Five and Issue Six in case you missed them.

[Kiralynn]

Here is the reason why we will never have flying mounts in LotRO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yqVD0swvWU

Enjoy!

[Carica]

Hehe I remember that video! Oversimplification at its best.
I still want to ride on the back of Landroval.
Thanks for the tip on the emote's availability. Hopefully it'll still be available by the time I get my monthly TP.