Welcome. I am glad you are here. That is a bit of energy you just drug in with you which I think is great and I look forward to being around it.
All my character names end in "Cy" which is short for Cyclones which is the mascot for the Iowa State University Cyclones which I am an alumni of and a supporter of their athletic programs. So in-game, many people just call me Cy.
This is my only MMO, but I was a first-person shooter since the original Wolfenstein and moved up through the ranks over time. However, since starting in LOTRO 5-6 years ago, I haven't played a FPS shooter for a very long time. My second computer gaming love though is strategy RPG games, especially the Civ series and am looking for forward to the soon release of Civ6.
Love board games, a few weeks ago my future son-in-law introduced me to a new board game I had never played called "Ticket to Ride". Good fun. Always nice trying to develop strategies for new games and such.
Why LOTRO? I first read the hobbit around 40 years ago and it forever changed not only my book-reading habits, but I would say to some degree it changed "me" and my psyche. I was a different person after reading Hobbit/LOTR than I was before I read it. I knew more about me and what I hoped to be. Yes, I wanted to be a Ranger or an Elf, but I also wanted to be loyal and courageous and trustworthy and.... you know all that hero stuff that Tolkien writes about.
Favorite class in game? That changes all the time and I can't commit to one. At this time I am bored with my hunter (who has always been my main) and not because he can't do as much DPS as other classes, but I just don't find him as interesting right now. I am currently alting a Champ up through the ranks and finding out that I love doing this dual-wielding AOE damage stuff. I have the following classes at level 105 and have found I like different things about all of them: Hunter, Mini, Warden, Rune-Keeper, and Lore-Master. My Champ is at lvl 66 and I have a Burg and Guard in the mid-20's doing some stuff. I have not rolled a Champ or Beorn yet. Someday, hopefully.
Favorite Character: Aragorn II, son of Arathorn
TV shows: Currently Game of Thrones, Daredevil, and Big Bang Theory (although I thought last season was pretty weak)
3 movies: IMDB says I have rated 1,139 different titles and in that huge amount, I have only rated 10 things as a 10/10. And two of those are TV shows, so I will not list them here. However, I can't pick 3 from the other 8 and since this is Murica, I'm just going to do what I want and list all 8 and you can't stop me (it's my first amendment right you know).
The Dark Knight, The Godfather, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, Lotr/Fellowship of the Ring, Blade Runner, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and the Seven Samurai.
3 bands: That fluctuates wildly depending on mood and present attitude about life and where I'm at. So as I reflect upon 3 bands that I would desperately want to hear their music if I was stuck on a tropical island for the rest of my life they would have to be U2, Bruce Springsteen, and Rush. Although, to be honest, I don't find myself listening to those groups very much on a daily/weekly basis.
Ninja's, totally ninja's. I don't like being up front and in view. Behind the scenes. Invisible.