Thread: Lord of the Rings Online for Russian-learners!

Hail and hello, russian-language knowledge seekers of planet earth!

I would like to invite you to increase your russian knowledge through a computer game! Lord of the Rings - Russian Version

Властелин Колец Онлайн™

It's free to play, and can run on just about any computer! So start downloading it!

This group is completely new, so we're recruit members. It's a pretty cool way to learn a new language
IMPORTANT: We play on the server Mirkwood

(As of right now, we're creating either elves or dwarves, so we will be at the same starting area. If you create a human or a hobbit you may need to level up a bit before you can join us).

We should be available at this forum's chat to coordinate meetings, or if you have any questions. After you create your character write down your account name and character name here

Current members are:

Debroski
Valda - account name: "shieldmaiden"
Fester

Hey, it's Deborski! Not debroski

Looking forward to slaying Orcs with you!

I downloaded the game and am installing it now. It's been challenging to understand all the directions in Russian, but so far, so good!

PS - The LoTR community kinda looks like dating site with all the girl players posting their photos!!!

Sounds like lot of fun, we got to have more than 3 geeks in this forum right?

I finally got my toon working! her name is Zhenobia.
But I need to by more Cyrillic stickers for my keyboard in order to speak Russian in the game.

Originally Posted by Deborski

I finally got my toon working! her name is Zhenobia.
But I need to by more Cyrillic stickers for my keyboard in order to speak Russian in the game.

Have you tried going with a phonetic layout? You'd need to memorize the location of only maybe five or six letters.

Originally Posted by zxc

Have you tried going with a phonetic layout? You'd need to memorize the location of only maybe five or six letters.

zxc - I use one that is online, but I have to copy and paste my cyrillic elsewhere. Do you know where I could find software that would transliterate? I looked and was unable to find a reliable program. Would appreciate any advice you have!

I use a phonetic variant that looks like this:



You can find the necessary files and instructions at this site.

Once you set it up you can switch back and forth by pressing ALT+SHIFT.

The only letters that sometimes still trip me up are ш, щ, ч, ё, ъ and I get confused as to why the в and ж aren't reversed. They offer some alternative layouts out on that site and also offer instructions on how to modify the layout to your liking, though.

Спасибо большое! I found a program that works for firefox

Hey. I already have been playing LOTRO for a while now, but none of my characters are on Mirkwood. I'm gonna have to fix that. Here's a list of the ones I already have on there:

[CHAR NAME, SERVER - RACE, LEVEL, CLASS, CRAFT, (KINSHIP)]
Ingolmien of Eldar - Elf, lvl 13, Loremaster, Woodsman
Ankalima of Eldar - Elf, lvl 11, Hunter, Woodsman
Otharien of Vanyar - Man, lvl 1, Captain
Tararwen of Vanyar - Man, lvl 7, Minstrel
Altohtarien of Vilya - Elf, lvl 13, Champion (The Lone Wolves)
Irisi of Vilya - Hobbit, lvl 11, Burglar, Armsman (The Lone Wolves)

My toon is named Женобиа, she is level 31 Охотник, фермер/повар (лесной союз)
Great way to learn Russian!

Женобиа? Somehow it strikes me like "wife-that-beats".

Originally Posted by Valda

Женобиа? Somehow it strikes me like "wife-that-beats".

It's from Zenobia, an ancient queen of Palmyra! She defeated the Roman army and conquered Egypt for a short time. Eventually Emperor Aurelian burned Palmyra to the ground and dragged her in golden chains behind his chariot through the streets of Rome in triumph. Amazing story!

Originally Posted by Deborski

It's from Zenobia, an ancient queen of Palmyra!

It's "Зеновия" or "Зенобия" in Russian. "Женобиа" sounds very unnatural. At least -иа ending is totally wrong.

Зенобия (царица) — Википедия

Originally Posted by Basil77

It's "Зеновия" or "Зенобия" in Russian. "Женобиа" sounds very unnatural. At least -иа ending is totally wrong.

It's a game about Elves and Halflings... and you tell me Zhenobia is unnatural.....?

Besides, Zenobia was already taken!

o.O I never saw this thread before... I wanna play!! but if it was hard to understand the instructions for Deb I will be in a world of trouble....
but I wanna try...

It is really too bad that Steam does not have LOTRO Russian. I wouldn't be so sad, but I also only have 2GBs hard drive space left. Oh, well. . . I guess I'll just have to play on my friend's computer next time I go on vacation. Either that, or just get rid of some more stuff on my computer. Nah, I'll just commandeer my friends'.

I'll post here again when I get set up with Russian LOTRO, probably not for a while still - starting another semester of Russian. Wish me luck!

BTW, LOTRO is awesome; masterrussian is awesome!

До свидания!
Namarie!