What we're all about.

[Drauglin]

Oromë's Army was founded less than two hours after closed beta release - - making us one of the oldest existing kinships in LOTRO. Here's what's important to know about us:

Everyone enjoys a game like this for different reasons, and enjoyment of the game is our end goal.

We always seek quality people over quality players . . . but many of us are high quality players as well. We don't care what level or what class you are, and prior experience is not necessary.

Everyone is welcome to join up with Oromë's Army, but cheats, liars, griefers, naggers, the hopelessly needy, and generally negative people will find themselves being shown the door as quickly as we can identify them. We want this kinship to be filled with people having fun playing a great game, and we all will do whatever it takes to help each other achieve that goal.

We are a very laid back, but tight-knit, kinship. Role-playing is fun for some, Crafting is fun for some, Grinding is fun for some, Posting is fun for some etc. Feel free to play your style in our kinship. We will never force you to spend time on the message boards, or sit through meetings in-game when we've all paid to play. The only real requirement is that you log in once in a while, as we prefer "active" players instead of padding our numbers. We have no "Official Charter," and don't expect "Elections" to take place anytime soon. Drama is not our thing. However, the boards are here for you to enjoy, members have access to planned events and the kinship bank, and your kinship mates are almost always available if you like fellowship hunting rather than soloing.

Members of other kinships are always welcome on our boards, as long as they are not offensive. They are also welcome within our fellowships. After all, we're all on the same side against the Witch-king of Angmar! Please say hello, and post in our guestbook! We'd love to get to know you.

[Drauglin]

After 10 months of great game-play, it has come to my attention that some of our groups "unwritten guidelines" should probably get written down. We've always said that we are "Laid back," "RL and family first," and not "Hardcore gamers." So, what does that mean to our kinship? The officers and I have come up with a few "Guidelines and Random Thoughts" that will help define our group.

Our kinship hall’s name is "George". Don’t ask, we certainly aren’t going to tell.

Now we've added "Sam" to our little village, but you have to get permission to get access to him.

Remember: No matter what their morale total is, how many of them there are, or who is with us – “We can take’em!”

Loot Rule: Everything is fair game for everyone, but if you are caught looting in combat while I am master looter, you will fill up my screen, and I will auto assign all of the useless garbage to you, filling up your packs.

Bayron receives an automatic +10 on any roll involving a hat.

Resources only have real value if something can be made and given to a kin-member – otherwise they’re fairly useless.

The standing plan for any situation is: “Ride ‘till we find them, and kill them all.”

Since RL and family always come first, it doesn’t really matter if something takes longer in-game then you had planned – you had nothing better to do anyway. That being said, hurry up, I need to go to bed.

No one is allowed to remove Hasmatt’s picture of Jessica Alba from George.

Profanity isn’t the official language of any country . . . . or of Oromë's Army. There is a veritable plethora of descriptive words that can be used in any situation, we don’t need to resort to the one’s that everyone else uses.

We generally use proper English, including commas, even during battle, and even if it means backspacing to fix a misspelled word.

We brake for caribou. “Is that a caribou?” “If it is, we should stop and take a picture.”

It’s a Role-Playing Game, you can’t really win or lose, so just relax, and enjoy the experiences.

The group was successful as long as you can still remember how many times you wiped. If you lose track, you may indeed have failed.

We’re a forgiving group of people. We’ve learned to let things go, and not hold grudges against anyone. . . . unless Tedroni puts a bounty on you.

We slot legendary traits for the cool animation, not the effect.

Don’t ever mention retaking Weathertop around Hasmatt unless you really want to do it - immediately.

There is rarely a good enough reason to restrain your offensive abilities . . . even if it means that you aggro the other three groups in the room.

“Don’t over-think it – do it the Wal-Mart way!”

If you come up with a great idea, discuss it with several people, and have at least six other people agreeing with you – you’ve over-thought it, and missed the point completely.

Keep the minstrels happy. When the minstrels are happy . . . . everybody is happy.

“Who needs a minstrel? I made it to level 40, and even killed a ring-wraith without having a minstrel in the kinship! . . . . Um, can I get a rezz before we take the screenshot?” See previous rule.

Teal’c should always wear a hat.

If you find yourself offended or even disappointed by something that happens in a virtual game, someone from our kinship will be assigned to hug you . . . . unless you’ve just rolled a one, then we’re just going to laugh at you and make it worse.

It’s morale, not health – you don’t really die, you just get really depressed.

Since everyone plays the game for slightly different reasons, just assume that no-one wants to stop what they’re doing to help you, ask for general help in kinship chat, and then be pleasantly surprised at how many people stop what they’re doing to help you.

If it’s completely useless, but contains even a scrap of obscure lore – just give it to Drauglin, he’ll let it take up space in his packs.

When following someone with the last name "Oftenlost" - note the location of the nearest spawn circle so that you can find your way back.

When in doubt – eat pie, and don’t lick the frogs.

To get a really cool weapon from one of our GM weaponsmiths all you have to do is stand on one foot and sing the theme to the brady bunch in kin chat. You'll be amazed at how quickly they send you something shiny and deadly just to make you stop.

If you think of more that should be added to the list - - post them in another section of the message board, and I'll edit them later ;D.