Thread: Weatherstock 2011

Weatherstock 2011 is here!
When: 4:00pm EDT, June 18th, 2011
Where: Amon Sul
What: A concert of epic proportions!
Find out more on the lorebook page.

Bump!

Rolled a toon on Landroval just to cheer on my kinsfolk, The Breakfast Club! Watch out, Big Folk.

UPDATE! We are shooting for 200 gold in payout!

There will be FREE PEOPLES CHOICE for 1/3 of the prize pot.
There will be LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS for 1/3 of the prize pot.
There will be LONELY MOUNTAIN CUP for 1/3 of the prize pot.

Two of those three will be up to you to determine!

Hmm, you know, this is Father's Day weekend. Several of our more staunch band members will be off with their families.

Originally Posted by Banaticus

Hmm, you know, this is Father's Day weekend. Several of our more staunch band members will be off with their families.

Let us know if you need any subs. Old Winyards is available for filling in a part. We just need heads up for music and outfits.

--Harperella

hehe, Love the name, very creative. Will anyone be burning their lute or smashing their kits after their sets? Bump, I may go just for the spectacle.

Originally Posted by Stanimir

hehe, Love the name, very creative. Will anyone be burning their lute or smashing their kits after their sets? Bump, I may go just for the spectacle.

Maybe, but you can jump off Weathertop for your finale if you want

What time zone are all the times in? EST?

Wow Tinki! Great shot! I think I will do that once we lose the contest - goodbye cruel world!

All times are in EST, here's the lineup:

Time Band
4:00 Opening Ceremonies
4:20 The Hobbiton Philharmonic
4:40 Symphonious (from Crickhollow)
5:00 The Green Hill Music Society
5:20 The Eriador Music Society
5:40 The Shades (Laurelin)
6:00 The Songburrow Strollers (Laurelin)
6:20 The Breakfast Club (Crickhollow)
6:40 The Blackheart Pirates
7:00 The Ingolemo Experience
7:20 Battle of the Bands
7:40 Awards and Closing Ceremonies

Its also available on the lorebook.

News Flash! We have reached our 200 gold prize pot! Now we are looking to increase it to an incredible 300 GOLD!! Weatherstock! June 18th!

If we'd like to chat/setup/play/leave in 15 minutes instead of 20, may we or should we seek to hit exactly 20 minutes?

I'm from Laurelin, and I rolled (more exactly, cloned) a char in Landroval to assist the event. I know at least another kinmate will assist too. This looks interesting!

*waves to Kalluin excitedly*

Myself and 4 Laurelin kinmates rolled alts on Landroval yesterday, we hope to be able to attend Weatherstock (time zones permitting, as between us we live on 4 different continents!) and attending some other events once we level up enough.

Actually I made not so much an alt as a complete duplicate of Aelaer, my main character, as she absolutely loves seeing new places and meeting new people. She just couldn't bring much luggage with her on her travels across the water and had to leave her beloved horse at home.

We are honored to have so many alts attend from across the oceans! Be at the South Bree gates on that day, and watch regional and OOC chat for escorts and summons. You can access Bree by stable. You should be at level 7-8 minimum. Once at Weathertop, stay close to middle due to flying Crebain.

Very important! get some traveling rations!
http://mymiddle-earth.com/groups.html goto Weatherstock group heading.
http://www.casualstrolltomordor.com/...herstock-2011/
http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Weatherstock

Read the lorebook especially for info on the "Concert Series".

*waves to Kalluin excitedly*

Aelaer! Good to see MAtM at this corner of the world! Vanimar has landed in Landroval with a copy kinship and right now we are working to stabilize it with 8 chars, but it appears we will be coming around four people to Weatherstock.

In any case, the event seems interesting enough to make the effort.

I'm excited myself. I've even started an attempt to role-play so that's a start. So I'll be there and my character's name is MEGALUS he is an elven rune-keeper. Gotta love The Lonely Mountain Band. Can't wait to see everyone gather on such a small hill top. It's gonna be my first time. I'm from Crickhollow and my friends are excited, too.

This visitor from Windfola is planning to attend. I'm doing an article for our website on roleplaying and this is a golden opportunity to observe it! Also attempting to coax a kinmate or two from my home server to tag along. Look for a human burglar named Taynith to be lurking somewhere in the vicinity!

I also rolled a char on Landroval for this event: Introducing Holmbur, the dwarf hunter.

Do you expect problems with the layering mechanics? We had a CM farewell event on Belegaer, and the "event layer" was filled in almost no time, almost an hour before it started no one could be invited there any more. And we didn't even have players from other servers coming.

I do not think we will run into a problem with a layer "cap" for Weatherstock, but if we do, there are several backup plans in place:

1) Livestreaming from the event
2) A secondary event at the Freakout Zone
3) An army of "layer wranglers" to pop you in and out of layers

I've been told in the past that there is no layering on landscape like Weathertop. In fact, Weatherstock was the first question that players had when layering was first introduced. In the past, we've had Dev Guardian Angels watching over this event. So let's hope it is not a problem we need to worry about. Last year, the server performance was flawless.

--Harperella

See the CSTM article here:

http://www.casualstrolltomordor.com/...herstock-2011/

And the Massively article here:

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/06...herstock-2011/

Its coming soon!

Read the interview with the The Green Hill Music Society on CSTM today!

--Harperella

CSTM interviews the Shades!

There will be plenty of ale and pipeweed at this event. Plus we will offer low level Hope Tokens for you to use in voting for the "Light in the Darkness" prize. All free to you on a donation basis!

http://twitter.com/#!/Weatherstock
http://www.mmorpgmania.com/lord-of-t...is-coming.html
http://mymiddle-earth.com/magazine/r...rstock_93.html

Last years BBC news brief! http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/seealso/2..._brief_26.html

Nooooo... I've got to be in a wedding onthe 18th.

You guys have fun!

Fortunately for those who can't attend the big show on the 18th...or those who wish they could hear MORE than a 20 minute slot from their favorite bands...This week also features the Weatherstock Concert Series! Read all about it on the Lorebook:

http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Weath...Concert_Series

The Green Hill Music Society will play at their usual time on Tuesday.

Thursday features the Hobbiton Philharmonic and the Eriador Music Society.

On Friday, Old Winyards will play for the first annual WEATHERSTOCK DANCE CONTEST! And to top it all off, the evening will end with the Ingolemo Experience from Mar Vanwa Tyalieva.

So, warm up your dancing shoes for the dance contest, and come out to the concerts for a fine preview of some of the bands who'll be battling it out at Weatherstock on Saturday!

out of Good will i have to bump this and say good night and fare thee well Landroval.

I made a char there

Tonight is the first concert in the Weatherstock Concert Series: The Green Hill Music Society at the Bird and Baby!

--Harperella

If i may be so bold to inquire where exactly the Bird and baby is located?

Its in Michel Delving at 10pm EST.

Hay, I'm from Laurelin and will be attending for a few hours, love the live streaming idea, how is it possible tho, just out of interest...

hope to see you there

BTW my character on Landroval is called Seedberry

If anyone has any photos of the Green Hill Music society please PST me via forums. I would love to get a hold of them to upload to the website for archiving. Many thanks!

I'm afraid I won't be able to attand on 18 June, on weekends I never log in.... I'm sorry, tonight I can't also, I'm sorry. but I'l keep my char in landroval for future events.

I think we've got about five Kin members + myself attending from Riddermark, with another four on the maybe list.

Also two of us were at the Bird and Baby Inn Tuesday night, and we have about twenty screenshots (cut down from an overwhelming forty lol.) My Screenshot folder will be bursting by the end of Weatherstock!

One question though if someone sees it before tomorrow; Are the times listed really in EST, or are they in EDT (EST with Daylights Savings Time) I have seen it written both ways the past week, which has been slightly confusing me.

Originally Posted by Denjamuri

I think we've got about five Kin members + myself attending from Riddermark, with another four on the maybe list.

Also two of us were at the Bird and Baby Inn Tuesday night, and we have about twenty screenshots (cut down from an overwhelming forty lol.) My Screenshot folder will be bursting by the end of Weatherstock!

One question though if someone sees it before tomorrow; Are the times listed really in EST, or are they in EDT (EST with Daylights Savings Time) I have seen it written both ways the past week, which has been slightly confusing me.

If a time is given in EST or EDT it's pretty much always in the CURRENT time the east coast is following. It's currently EDT, yes, but people usually just call it EST anyway. If your country/timezone/region does not practice the Daylight savings switch, you'll have to calculate based on EDT.

Please let me offer my congratulations in advance to Harperella and all the many fine musicians and organizers of this fantastic event. I regret that I am unavailable for tonight's activities, as I have a prior commitment, and will only be able to catch the first hour or so of Saturday's extravaganza due to another commitment.

Good luck to all and may the best band win!

Weatherstock is less than 24 hours away! If you dont attend this epic event you may cry!