Thread: [EN] Snowbourn - Moria Defenders

Me:

Hi all,

A little about me I am 30ish and married to the lovely Colleen who is also a LOTRO fanatic. We are both originally from N.Ireland but currently located in Germany due to me being in the RAF.

Our Kin:

We started as a small group of friends from a previous kin together. Rank 10 and have purchased our kin house in the Shire Homesteads, an area voted on by the kin members, something we believe strongly in is that the members have a say in all we do, it is after all their kin too! As of today we have approximately 70 real members, not including alts. We cover a large range of levels and classes and have members from the UK but also all over europe.

As a kin, the priority is having a laugh together and enjoying each other's company as we quest, not hardcore raiding. With the release of SoM we are loving the new Skirmish instances and really having a great laugh taking part in them. We are a family kin but we will be taking part in all of the instances as and when a group wants to, there will be no pressure put on anyone to MAKE them do things as other kins may do.



Members are encouraged to bring ideas to the table themselves for improving kin life and that works well for us.

What we offer:

Website - www.moriadefenders.com - With Forums and lots of other nice little features please check it out and also check out the varied members profiles.

Ventrilo Server - We have purchased a 15 slot ventrilo server mainly for when we get into the instances and it has really helped with getting to know each other better.

Weekly Raid Nights - We currently Do DN, BG and also OD on a weekly basis and having a blast learning the New OD raid!

Trait/Book Nights - Want to complete those painful deeds? We are currently having a deed night each week where kinnies can get together in groups and try having a laugh as they go slaughtering multitudes of mobs!

Kin Lottery -We hold a monthly lottery in the kin, each enrtry costs 50 silver and 30% of the prize fund goes to the Kin Fund for upkeep of kin house and also as prizes for the competitions we hold. There are also 2 rollover slots on each draw to allow for bigger prizes to the winner.

Kin Quiz - We hold a monthly quiz to allow members the opportunity to show their knowledge and also win prizes.

Crafting nights - This is a new addition to our kin and one that was provided by a new kinnie. Once a week we will meet as a kin at one of the crafting halls, where people can provide mats to our many SM Crafters and they can get the armour they have been after or that shiney new sword, or even hope pots scrolls and food.


Moria Destroyers Creep Tribe - We have a creep tribe for those times when you want to really relax and kill some freeps. We run regular creep nights, check out our events section for more info.

Kin House - A lovely kin house at 4 BrookBank Street, Halldown, Shire Homesteads, a stones throw away from Michel Delving, with its great transport links and its Bank, Auction house and crafting area. The Kin House is set upon a lovely hill with all round views and is directly in front of the homesteads vending area.

The main thing we offer is a social community where you will have a laugh as you grind out that XP, also a wealth of LOTRO knowledge exists within our kin, aswell as the awesome crafting abilities.

What we need:

We dont have any weekly attendance requirements, come and play as and when you feel like it, aslong as you login once in a 40 day period we are happy. We are recruiting any level and any class, We also have a minimum age requirement of 18 to join the kin, although before applying you need to ask your self one question..........

"Am I the kind of person who tries very hard to complete quests using advice from others to get the full satisfaction from levelling or am I the kind of person who gives up before trying and expects a high level to drop everything and help me powerlevel?"

If you are the first person then get in touch!! If you are the second then I am afraid our kin is not for you

What to do to join:

If you like what you have read here and on the website then all you need to do is fill out the MD Application Form at the website.

If you have any questions feel free to speak to any of the following:

MD Officers

Chipmore - Founder/Webmaster
Oaktree - 2IC/ Kin Raid Leader/Captain mentor
Cailin - Minstrel mentor
Flackadder - Deed & Trait Night Organiser/ Hunter mentor
Rhysi - loremaster Mentor
Jaras - MD Social Shizzle Man
Westbor

Or any member of the kin you see running around.

Sorry I have whittered on a bit but I wanted to get as much information in here as possible.

Happy hunting

Chip

Moria Defenders is a great Kin full of friendly people, there is always someone about to help, answer questions or just to have a laugh with
Its the members that make a kin what it is and Moria Defenders is great because its full of wonderful people

Originally Posted by CailinMd

Moria Defenders is a great Kin full of friendly people, there is always someone about to help, answer questions or just to have a laugh with
Its the members that make a kin what it is and Moria Defenders is great because its full of wonderful people

Apart from Chipmore.. who is most horrid

Your just sore you had a man nap and I got first post in here

Welcome to the other side buddy!

Originally Posted by Chipmore_UK

Your just sore you had a man nap and I got first post in here

Welcome to the other side buddy!

Man nap.. lol... I was ..ermm... busy... you know.. doing stuff

A great bunch of people

_UK?

Heheh.

Originally Posted by Bilo

_UK?

Heheh.

Oh gross you here???

Hellooo Moria Defenders!

Originally Posted by Bilo

_UK?

Heheh.

I know!!!!! I used My other one back in the days of Isengard and I am from the UK not EUR

and Hey Mori

and thanks Aet

Our journey took us across the great sea, and I wish Moria Defenders many more years of quality and prosperity in exterminating orcs in this new and unknown place

Welcome to the new madhouse mate

I made it across!

go me...

Hey Oak welcome to the party mate!

Hey all I managed to make it across too!

I joined this kin over a month ago (i think lol) and while here the whole bunch have been really friendly and helpful with any problems I may of had and I am glad to be a part of it.

P.S Droknor here just incase the crazy name difference has thrown people off who I am :P

Ahhh thanks for the kind words wee man Glad you made it across the waters to Amerca, it must be the Irish thing

Welcoming to the Kin

Durden

Have fun mate

Tonight I had the great pleasure of promoting one of our long standing Kinnies into an officer position. One that he has thoroughly earned over the years.

Congrats to our latest officer and the new MD Social Shizzle Man!

Jaras

Gz m8ty - well deserved

Scraping the bottom of the barrel springs to mind Chip

If you're in the same position I was two years ago, searching through the then codemasters forums and wondering which Kin I should take a chance on, take the plunge and give us a go. Personally there are no other people I'd rather spend my time with.

Welcoming to the kin:

Garun

Although Recruiting is closed to all classes except Champion atm we will still accept applications from completely social players as we cannot guarantee places on raids into OD or BG atm.

welcoming another Social member to the kin:

Ethelryth

enjoy!

Welcoming another social player to the kin family:

Inogath

Enjoy!

A great bunch of people If I ever decide to leave MMW i will consider joining you guys
Love and Hugs

Ahh Mian as always an angel! You know you will always be welcome in our family

Hey Snowbourners!

Still open to recruit a champ interested in raiding.

On the other side of things we are still drinking tea in the shire and loving it Open to all classes who wish to join as casual/social players. More details can be found on our app about that!

Moria Defenders: Succesfully drinking Tea in the shire since Aug 2008! (Killing raid bosses as we go)

Welcoming another social member to the family:

Tarphor

Hope you enjoy your time with us!

If you're looking for a kinship to join, then Moria defenders is great!

I had to take a break from lotro for about a year and they welcomed me back with open arms (and some new and well deserved insults!).

Vent and kin channel can be more amusing than playing the game, and someone is always on hand if you need a helping hand!

Very glad Moria Defenders is the kinship I got to join!

I've been with Moria Defenders for nearly 2 years now, I think. Took a break from the game for around 6-8 months and as kneedatank said was welcomed back with open arms I've found MD nothing but helpful, friendly, fun and great to be around that I wouldn't want to find a home anywhere else! No matter whether you want to raid or play casually it's the perfect kin to cater for all types of game play

Nice to see some of the kinnies on here giving their own opinions, thanks to you all

Welcoming to the kinship:

Luccaran

Enjoy your time with us

Still going strong through the summer period and still recruiting Social/Casual people into the kin

Check out the link in my signature for access to the application.

Come drink some tea in the shire with us, its what kins that survive do

Welcoming to the Kinship family:

Ruhael

A Dane to add to the international mix of the kin

Please can I be newest member:-)

Unfortunately Bob your one of the oldest members and must remain that way

Although!!!

Welcome to our latest Honourary New member to the kin:

Flackadder

Hope you enjoy your time with us

Originally Posted by Chipmore_UK

Honourary New member

Flackadder

What an awesome title. 'Honourary New Member'.

I shall savour that for all time. :-)

Glad you like it mate

Just a little update to let people know we are still here and thriving. We are concentrating on members who are levelling at the minute and enjoying running them through the older content whilst preparing for Isengard!!

We are not interested in swelling our numbers at an uncontrollable pace or to a large number, so you wont see us making daily posts here but rest assured we will review every application as we always do and give due consideration to those apps that have had effort put into them

If you fancy a cup of tea in the shire but also might like to raid at some point check us out

P.s we are preparing for our 3 Year anniversary this month

I'm all out of tea and bubblegum!

cant believe no ones offered me any tea or bubblegum

Originally Posted by Oaktree_EU

cant believe no ones offered me any tea or bubblegum

what flavour you want Oakie