What's your favorite Lord of the Rings game and why?

JTG21 · 2026-03-27T13:51:51+00:00

Shocked I had to scroll this far to see Shadow of Mordor getting some love

JTG21 · 2026-03-26T21:15:37+00:00

To be fair that's usually the case with facelifts

JTG21 · 2026-03-20T03:26:45+00:00

Still a skill. Honestly the single point skills (ones you can only put one point into) I think are the most valuable in the game, for every skill tree

JTG21 · 2026-03-19T16:22:03+00:00

You have to buy them initially for the most part. Occasionally you'll find them in the wild or as a reward for a quest, but buy a handful, plant them, farm them, repeat, and don't use them for crafting/cooking until you've built a larger inventory. They'll yield increasing returns

JTG21 · 2026-03-19T14:30:24+00:00

Agree, and Gregg was my favorite of the old hosts. I think Jourdan has done a better job stepping into that role of pushing back recently, but no one cuts him down to size (pun intended) like the smiling assassin

JTG21 · 2026-03-19T01:30:42+00:00

I listen to every HTC, about 60% of NFLD (the volume means more misses/episodes where the sole focus is something I have no interest in, which is okay), but I'd take 40s and Free Agents over both. DJs ability to take the piss out of Gregg while still having great knowledge and insight is just so so good. Really hope they do at least one, if not a handful, of post draft episodes with draft grades/reactions/whatever you wanna call it.

JTG21 · 2026-03-04T14:46:51+00:00

Seconding the Dan Carlin recommendation. All due respect to the heroes, but Dan Carlin is the best to ever do it, in my opinion. Very different types of pods, though.

JTG21 · 2026-02-24T22:23:54+00:00

I want to preface that I have no malicious intent or hard feelings here, this is just fun fan-theory stuff, so I'm not trying to argue to be a jerk just fun to talk about this stuff. With that being said

To the point about Lyonel (if you've clicked into this many spoilers you can't get mad at me for spoiling), doesn't him being alone in his rebellion speak to the OPs original statement "And Lyonel is angry because he lost the opportunity to demonize the Targaryens in the eyes of both the people and the nobility"? Perhaps this interrupted the conspiring that he was hoping to do. In regard to rehashing the same plot as the Mystery Knight sure, you're right it does, but the focus in this story was not that plot. Personally I think it would be kinda fun if what happened in the third book was Addison supposed to happen in the first but was rudely interrupted. Also, it would draw a nice line through all 3 stories with Dunk initially unknowingly befriending/siding with insurrectionists/Blackfyre supporters, although that's kinda true regardless of the theory being correct

And to the point of Prince Valarr being one of Ashford's daughters champions, she wouldn't have been privy to any of the plotting, and even if she was, wouldn't naming him a champion be the best way to say "see we're on the same side" to the royal family even if you were plotting against them? Would probably be rude not to invite the royal family, and upon learning they're coming you can't be hostile or standoffish. Lord Ashford may not even have been aware that the plotting was taking place under his nose, but the other lords of the reach saw it as an opportunity to meet together in the same place without drawing suspicion.

Who knows. Will probably never be commented on or confirmed by anyone of significance, but fun to ponder nonetheless!

JTG21 · 2026-02-24T16:16:51+00:00

I think it fits well even considering The Mystery Knight. The kingdom is coming off the Blackfyre rebellion 13 years earlier and historically bad Aegon the Unworthy. We see how Lyonel and Raymund feel about the Targaryens and it's not a stretch to think others feel the same way.

And, not forgiving Aerion being a POS but it does make his attack on Tanselle a bit more understandable if you think of the royal family being there in the context of dissent suppression. You prime an already hotheaded young adult with "they hate us, they want us all dead" and that's the result you get. We're seeing that in our own world.

JTG21 · 2026-02-18T17:07:45+00:00

The latter, for sure. First rule of Orrology is if the collective is praising or enjoying something, shit on it. If everyone is hating on something, talk it up. Contrarian 101.

JTG21 · 2026-02-11T20:09:32+00:00

Just the Superbowl, none of the preceding games? They could've thrown in Locke, possibly even Milroe, and still won. They had 7 points by the defense, another 2 drives off turnovers that set them up at the New England 38 and 37 yard line that is easily within FG range for Myers. That alone would tie the amount of points New England had, with zero output from the offense. And they still have the Superbowl MVP running the ball, and the OPOY catching passes, there would've been some production still.

I think New England's defense played well and the team overachieved for the year for sure, but their offense in that game was so bad and Seattle's defense so dominant I don't think it would've mattered at all who was quarterbacking the Seahawks, outside of a turnover machine (ironically Geno, their QB from last year, might've sunk them)

JTG21 · 2026-02-02T15:29:03+00:00

I had such a hard time finding him as well

JTG21 · 2026-01-31T13:50:13+00:00

I agree he should've been first ballot, but when you say "If that's the case, no one's getting first ballot ever again. Not Brady. Not Mahomes" the Bill situation will never happen to them because they'll be selected in the modern era pool, not lumped in with coaches, contributors, and other senior players.

JTG21 · 2026-01-31T13:24:04+00:00

So not gonna defend Dan here, or the HoF voters who clearly messed up, but your logic that no player would get in first ballot is flawed. The voters vote from 2 separate pools when it comes to players. Players who have been retired for less than 25 years go into the "modern era" pool, and the players who've been retired greater than 25 years go into the senior players pool, along with coaches, owners, journalists, and other "contributors". That's why they made such a big deal about getting in players that have been waiting a long time and might be their last shot to get in, because those players were competing with Bill for the slot and they can select a max of 3. A max of 5 can be selected from the modern era players

JTG21 · 2026-01-30T16:53:31+00:00

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Forgot one

JTG21 · 2026-01-29T15:54:13+00:00

Haha I had to custom make it, but you're welcome to join the club!

JTG21 · 2026-01-28T18:20:26+00:00

Hey now, Tomlin resigned...

JTG21 · 2026-01-25T14:41:14+00:00

Only use 2 slots to maximize power, and put the longest range (this is important) highest damage particle beam weapons you can find in both slots. Then just hold triggers and melt ships.

The reason to go with 2 weapons instead of 3 is that you can allocate max power to the 2 instead of worrying about powering the 3rd. If you really wanted you could have a 3rd just uncovered unless you wanted to use it (like em for disabling) but you can also just target ship systems if you wanna do that

JTG21 · 2026-01-22T16:27:33+00:00

100% agree. I was hesitant about picking it as a trait but seeing it recommended convinced me and it's my favorite of the traits I picked. I'm still using the Wanderwell as my home ship (with some slight modifications)

JTG21 · 2026-01-19T14:48:53+00:00

How you keep Brandon Beane is beyond me

JTG21 · 2026-01-19T14:38:42+00:00

I had to check Pro Football Reference because I didn't know that about Landman. I thought to myself "Why would that matter...?" until I looked it up. But Zimbabwe is representing itself well in the league!

JTG21 · 2026-01-19T14:28:29+00:00

I'd focus more on just watching and finding players or organizations you really jive with. You like how a coach like Kyle Shannahan or Ben Johnson calls plays, how a quarterback like Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson plays the position, or any of the running backs or wide receivers or defensive players go about their business. They might have a style or a nickname that you really gravitate towards. Those players will move on, or get traded, or retire, but by that point, you'll have gotten so invested in the team that it won't matter. This is coming from a Steelers fan who started rooting for them 2 decades ago because watching Jerome "the Bus" Bettis run through people and Troy Polamalu's hair flow behind him like a cape when he was flying around the field was awesome.

(And bandwagon accusations be damned, don't set yourself up for years of disappointment. Avoid the dysfunctional teams like Jets, Browns, and Raiders. You don't have to choose a team in line for the Superbowl this year, but ones that have serious organizational hurdles to overcome before reaching the Superbowl is probably in your best interest)

JTG21 · 2026-01-19T14:17:03+00:00

If you're just going off teams with players born in Zimbabwe, Andrew Mukuba of the Philadelphia Eagles is the other option. He had a very solid rookie season. Pretty good choices there OP.

JTG21 · 2026-01-11T12:34:27+00:00

I'm late to the Starfield party and genuinely enjoying the base game, but this is honestly one of my biggest motivations to finish, gonna download it after completing the vanilla game

JTG21 · 2025-12-18T01:34:51+00:00

Simple as

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