Help stress test LotRO to win cool prizes and meet devs

by Brooke Pilley May 12th 2009 at 10:30AM

Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Contests, News items

Isn't it funny? People are always clamoring to get into closed betas but once an MMO launches, test servers are usually pretty empty, even for special events. Turbine has decided to offer some great incentives for players to participate in their upcoming Lord of the Rings Online performance test and is giving away several high-powered computer accessories and making sure the devs are online to interact with.

Subscribers and even trial-account holders can log into the Bullroarer public test server between 9:00PM and 11:00PM Eastern on Thursday, May 14 and have a shot at winning:

Two (2) first prizes - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU + OCZ Platinum 4GB DDR3 SDRAM
Five (5) second prizes - OCZ Vertex 60GB MLC Solid State SATA II Hard Drive
Ten (10) third prizes - ATI Radeon HD 4890 Video Card
Twenty (20) fourth prizes - Signed copy of The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria

In order to qualify, you must play the entire two hours of the event and be a resident of the United States. Disconnects will not disqualify you as long as you log back in immediately. You can download the Bullroarer client here. Good luck!

Tags: ati, bullroarer, contest, incentives, lord-of-the-rings-online, lotro, mines-of-moria, performance-test, play-test, prizes, test, turbine

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

bazooka said on 1:49PM 5-12-2009

thanks link says :

"I'm on a Trial account. Can I play on Bullroarer?

Sorry, but you must have an active LOTRO subscription in order to play on Bullroarer."

Which is it ?

Brooke Pilley said on 5:39PM 5-12-2009

Here's what we heard back from Turbine:

"Hey Massively,

All active players including Trial players can participate. We are making the change on the CS site…thanks for spotting that. Typically we don’t let trial players access our test server but they will be allowed for this contest.

Adam"

Good luck! :)

MCRaider said on 4:15PM 5-12-2009

I was about to add that myself the page clearly says that no trial-accounts are allowed to play so you should really double check your facts next time before posting.

Brooke Pilley said on 4:15PM 5-12-2009

That is strange... Here's what the original article says. We'll put in a request for clarification with Turbine.

"Remember, to participate in the event, you’ll need to download and install the Bullroarer client. For more information about downloading Bullroarer, please visit our Knowledge Base. This event is open to all LOTRO players, including Trial accounts!"

"NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED."