
Turbine is upgrading the servers for its MMORPG, Lord of the Rings Online, and in order to promote the upgrade, tonight (May 14th) they will be hosting a special "Performance Event" to stress the servers and give away prizes.
Along with testing the server and content, developers and staff of Turbine will be available to chat with players freely. The Turbine team also plans to hand out other prizes, or surprises, to players during this two hour event.
The event will be held tonight on the Bullroarer test server, between 9 and 11pm Eastern (6 to 8 Pacific.) Everyone who logs into the server during this time will be entered for a chance to win the following prizes:
First Prize (2): 1 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU + OCZ Platinum 4GB DDR3 SDRAM
Second Prize (5): OCZ Vertex 60GB MLC Solid State SATA II Hard Drive
Third Prize (10): 1 ATI Radeon HD 4890 Video Card
Fourth Prize (20): 1 signed copy of The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™
Winners are to be notified by e-mail by June 22, 2009. All players are eligible, including trial accounts.
To log into Bullroarer, you will need to download the client. Instructions can be found on the Knowledge Base. Bullroarer requires a separate LOTRO client installation, but uses your active LOTRO account to access the game.