User:Glflegolas/History of the LoTR Mod

In this page I will describe the history of the LoTR mod, as experienced by me. I have been using this mod for over a year now, since Beta 8.

Finding the LoTR mod
One day, around mid-September 2013, I was wishing that there was a LoTR mod for Minecraft. I wasn't looking for a big mod (at the time); in fact, I would have been quite content with a mod that simply added a few new types of LoTR-inspired weapons and armour (Anduril, Sting, Dwarven stuff). But all the other LoTR mods, although they looked cool, were all outdated.

After half an hour of searching I hadn't found any LoTR mod at all and I was starting to think "This can't be true. There must be somebody who has made a LoTR mod for this game." So after a bit more searching, I came across the thread in the MC forums. After reading through this mod I started thinking to myself "This mod looks awesome. It has everything I want, and maybe a bit more." So I downloaded it (I was already quite experienced in modding) and that same afternoon I got it running.

First impressions with the mod
My first impressions with the mod were...shaky, to say the least. I threw the golden ring into the fire and a ring portal opened up. I stepped inside, and waited for Middle-Earth to load. Unfortunately, as soon as I got into Middle-Earth, I began to suffocate underground, resulting in my death and loss of all my diamond weapons and enchanted iron armour (which I never found again. I later theorised that they had fallen into Utumno). Undaunted, I decided to hit "Respawn" and came out into the world of Middle-Earth, naked and afraid ready to do stuff. By chance, the biome I spawned in was the Iron Hills. By this time it was getting late, so by the time I had made a stone sword and stone pick, the Orcs were coming out (for some reason, my world was glitched, and only Orc Archers spawned). Because having 0 alignment in those days meant that you were attacked by every evil creature, that Orc instantly started shooting at me. However, I killed him. That Orc was not alone, however, and I was soon chased by a group of Orcs. Luckily, there was a Dwarven Mineshaft nearby and I spent the night there. The Dwarves, unlike the Orcs, appeared to be friendly, although for some reason, only Dwarf Axe-Throwers spawned (no regular Dwarves or Dwarf Warriors). I therefore decided to mine, and I soon learned how to use the Dwarven Crafting Tables and the Dwarven Forge.

