Just wanted to give some love to Lord of the Rings Online! I was extremely surprised picking up this game for the first time recently.
Unfortunately I started playing a couple of days before the WoW Forever beta, but I think LotRO will become a permanent addition to my MMO repertoire between WoW sessions.
I have very fond memories of lotro from when it first released. I could spend hours just running around the shire and enjoying the sights. I used to play with a group of friends, we had a guild called 'king of the underhills'. we all had hobbit characters with king of the hill inspired names (mine was cotton underhill) and we'd hang out in front of taverns playing instruments with the king of the hill midi and '/drink'ing.
I load it up every now and again just to run around the shire some more and remember the good times.