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		<title>SAR: Things To Be Thankful for in the MMO World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we get focused on the negative. We&#8217;re probably the worst of all gamer-types, if truth be told. We don&#8217;t just play MMOs, we make them a part of our lives; they become a hobby, and yes, in some cases, a kind of lifestyle. We develop connections to them, build relationships – and that makes... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/14135"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SAR: The War on the Subscription</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago: we’re all happily playing WoW or LotRO, set with our surcharges and pre-paid time cards. Cash shops will destroy the industry! we cried. I don’t want to be gimped because I can’t pay as much as Joe Schlub! Blogs were afire as players rallied against the first stirrings of the F2P movement.... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/13708"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SAR: Solo or Die (and Other Lessons I Learned in WoW)</title>
		<link>http://lagwar.com/home/archives/13559</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syeric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to think that everything in life is a learning experience; the good, the bad, and the ugly all go into shaping how we see the world – or virtual world, as the case may be. When I sat down to write this article, I asked myself: what have games taught me? Leadership? Nah,... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/13559"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SAR: Making the Most of Multiple Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a self-proclaimed MMO Nomad, I make it a point to spread my playtime out over multiple titles. The problem is that most MMOs aren&#8217;t designed to be anything other than a main game; MMO designers expect you to take their baby and make it your own. It&#8217;s a common thought that playing more than... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/12599"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>S.A.R.: In Defense of the Lifetime Subscription</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to Some Assembly Required, Lagwar&#8217;s weekly foray into the lifeblood of the MMO community. Join Syeric every Friday to tackle the latest news and hot topics of the week. Lifetime subscriptions are a pretty tenuous topic right now. People are well and torn over whether or not they&#8217;re good for a game or... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/12114"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Some Assembly Required: When Corporations Go Evil</title>
		<link>http://lagwar.com/home/archives/11277</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 02:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syeric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi LAGWAR Fans, and welcome to our new Friday column, Some Assembly Required. Each week, we&#8217;ll be looking at the little parts that make up the larger MMO-o-sphere (MOOsphere?) and breaking them down, bit by bit. In light of the recent Turbine buyout, I thought we&#8217;d kick things off with a look behind the veil... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/11277"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>cstats &#8211; LOTRO Combat Log Parser</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered how to get some scientific data around your combat performance? Well, I stumbled on a Google Code open source project that fits the bill, and the author is an absolute genius. You can use the native LOTRO chat function and turn on logging to get the data parsed out and presented... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/9697"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Skirmish Dailies</title>
		<link>http://lagwar.com/home/archives/9113</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s astonishing the amount of game play packed into LOTRO.&#160; With Siege of Mirkwood, it inflates the amount of activities in which you can engage beyond anything I thought they would pull off in this release.&#160; One of my favorites is the skirmish system.&#160; I touched on this briefly in my first impressions article the... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/9113"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Siege of Mirkwood First Impressions</title>
		<link>http://lagwar.com/home/archives/8981</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Official Release Notes The Patch Wanted to give some immediate first impressions, and tonight is the night long awaited.&#160; I arrived home filled with anticipation!&#160; Then I had to patch.&#160; Started the patch at&#160; 9:30 central and ended at 10:19 pm.&#160; Also, when the patch concludes you get a great new EULA, which I know... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/8981"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>LOTRO Bounty Quests</title>
		<link>http://lagwar.com/home/archives/8753</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I rarely have the opportunity to do in MMORPGs is to engage in what the common vernacular refers to as end game quests / raids / content.&#160; It’s not from lack of level – I usually level cap – but it’s a logistical nightmare.&#160; By the time I hit the high... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/8753"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>LOTRO: Customization &#8211; Visit to the Barber Shop in the Prancing Pony</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important things to me in any game is my ability to customize my character to make him / her unique in contrast to the rest of the player base.&#160; A lot of the articles in MMORPG blogs tend to be about all the new and shiny games that will further dilute... <a href="http://lagwar.com/home/archives/8655"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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