admin on September 27th, 2008 @ 6:29 pm

So, I (which means my avatar) was wandering around Second Life when suddenly I found myself at a sim where the *Lords of the Rings* **H LiaZ** is located. Honestly, I know nothing about the Lord of the Rings except from the movies but will that stop me from looking around? Of course not! He he he!

When I landed, I found myself inside a very big Ring with elven writing on it. I think it was a much bigger replica of the Ring itself but what do I know I’m just an observer. LOL! I also found myself inside a small town. It was a nice and quiet little town. In fact, it was too quiet because there wasn’t a soul in sight

As always, the first thing I did is to read the Rules of the place. Afterwards, I slapped on my OBSERVER tag and started looking around. By the way, the sim is based on JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth but the notecard said that they’ll allow for a more flexible RP. The history of Middle Earth will be adapted into the system but will not be taken entirely.

The combat system used here is DCS2 but I think it’s only for Arena combat because the entire sim is damaged enabled which means you can die here even without wearing a combat meter.

A few meters away from the DCS vendor is the Arena and it’s a nice arena with good fighting space. I hate arenas that are too small. I like to be able to move while fighting and just annoy my opponent but not many people like that though.

Just behind the information area are shop spaces. The rent is 150L$ per week with 25 prims. I’m not so sure about the placement of the shop spaces because it’s almost hidden from immediate view. I didn’t even know there are shop spaces for rent until I walked that way and if I am a vendor, I will not buy a shop space there.

After seeing everything that are inside the town, I then went to the gate to start looking around outside of town. The front of the gate was blocked by hills and there was nothing on the left side of town. On the right side of town was a forest where you’ll find those huge talking tree creatures found in the movies. Just a little further is a black castle surrounded by a gold wall. If I remember it correctly, the White Wizard’s castle was near the forest where the tree creatures live.

Unfortunately, my exploration of this sim was cut short when I found my path blocked by a huge rock. I think the path I was following leads to the elven forest and by using my camera, I saw that it’s a very pretty place and there are even more locations that were taken from the movie. Anyway, I just stopped there since I don’t want to break any rules by forcing my way in.