History Trivia / TheLordoftheRingsOnline

* {{Expy}}: Bingo Boffins is an obvious expy of [[Literature/TheHobbit Bilbo Baggins]].[[note]]For starters, the similarity of their names should make you tip your head.[[/note]] Bingo is a hobbit grown bored with his mundane life who decides to go off on an adventure. However, the similarities stop there, as Bingo decides to seek adventure on his own initiative, rather than require Gandalf to kick him out the door.

* {{Expy}}: Bingo Boffins is an obvious expy of [[Literature/TheHobbit Bilbo Baggins]].[[note]]For starters, the similarity of their names should make you tip your head.[[/note]] Bingo is a hobbit grown bored with his mundane life who decides to go off on an adventure. However, the similarities stop there, as Bingo decides to seek adventure on his own initiative, rather than require Gandalf to kick him out the door.
* TheWikiRule: [[https://lotro-wiki.com/ LOTRO Wiki]] and Wikia [[https://lotro.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page LOTRO Wiki]].

* ArchiveBinge / ArchivePanic: It's an MMORPG... that has been going since ''2007''. Just to give you an idea of how much content there is in this game, when the game launched, it contained nine different regions and had a level cap of 50. As of November 2021, the game has ''THIRTY-SEVEN REGIONS'', and has a level cap of ''140''. Say goodbye to your life.[[note]]For the record, the original nine zones comprised more than fifty million square metres (50 square kilometres) of playable area. Make of that what you will.[[/note]]

* ArchiveBinge / ArchivePanic: It's an MMORPG... that has been going since ''2007''. Just to give you an idea of how much content there is in this game, when the game launched, it contained nine different regions and had a level cap of 50. As of July 2020, the game has ''THIRTY-FIVE REGIONS'', and has a level cap of ''130''. Say goodbye to your life.[[note]]For the record, the original nine zones comprised more than fifty million square metres (50 square kilometres) of playable area. Make of that what you will.[[/note]]

* NamesTheSame: The Council of the North Reputation Faction should ''not'' be confused with the epic book of the same name. Likewise, [[OneSteveLimit Bingo Bolger]] [[AvertedTrope should not be confused with Bingo Boffin]].

* {{Expy}}: Bingo Boffins is an obvious expy of [[Literature/TheHobbit Bilbo Baggins]]. [[note]]For starters, the similarity of their names should make you tip your head.[[/note]]Bingo is a hobbit grown bored with his mundane life who decides to go off on an adventure. However, the similarities stop there, as Bingo decides to seek adventure on his own initiative, rather than require Gandalf to kick him out the door.

* FanNickname: The region Evendim is often referred to as Everswim, due to the giant lake that takes up a big part of the region which players have to cross on multiple occasions. The amount of necessary swimming across the lake has been reduced with later revamps of the area, with more swift-travel options to get across it having been added, but there are still times when you will be forced to go for a swim to get to your destination.
** After the Rise of Isengard-expansion was launched, the [[HubCity Dunland village of Galtrev]] quickly earned the nickname [[SignificantAnagram Lagtrev]], thanks to the lag caused by the abundance of players gathering there.

* ArchiveBinge / ArchivePanic: It's an mmorpg...that has been going since ''2007''. Just to give you an idea of how much content there is in this game, when the game launched, it contained nine different regions and had a level cap of 50. As of July 2020, the game has ''THIRTY-FIVE REGIONS'', and has a level cap of ''130''. Say goodbye to your life.[[note]]For the record, the original nine zones comprised more than fifty million square metres (50 square kilometres) of playable area. Make of that what you will.[[/note]]

* ArchiveBinge / ArchivePanic: It's an mmorpg...that has been going since ''2007''. Just to give you an idea of how much content there is in this game, when the game launched, it contained nine different regions and had a level cap of 50. At the time of this writing, the game has ''THIRTY-TWO REGIONS'', and has a level cap of ''115''. Say goodbye to your life.[[note]]For the record, the original nine zones comprised more than fifty million square metres (50 square kilometres) of playable area. Make of that what you will.[[/note]]

* NamesTheSame: The Council of the North Reputation Faction should ''not'' be confused with the epic book of the same name. Likewise, [[OneSteveLimit Bingo Bolger]] [[AvertedTrope should not be confused with Bingo Boffin]].

* ArchiveBinge / ArchivePanic: It's an mmorpg...that has been going since ''2007''. Just to give you an idea of how much content there is in this game, when the game launched, it contained nine different regions and had a level cap of 50. At the time of this writing, the game has ''TWENTY-NINE REGIONS'', and has a level cap of ''105''. Say goodbye to your life.[[note]]For the record, the original nine zones comprised more than fifty million square metres (50 square kilometres) of playable area. Make of that what you will.[[/note]]

* DevelopmentHell: The game was in development for 9 years, starting work as a top-down 2D game in the style of ''UltimaOnline'' in 1998 and eventually morphing into a post-''WorldOfWarcraft'' 3D game in 2007.

* ArchiveBinge / ArchivePanic: It's an mmorpg...that has been going since ''2007''. Just to give you an idea of how much content there is in this game, when the game launched, it contained nine different regions and had a level cap of 50. At the time of this writing, the game has ''TWENTY-FIVE REGIONS'', and has a level cap of ''105''. Say goodbye to your life.

* ArchiveBinge / ArchivePanic: It's an mmorpg...that has been going since ''2007''. Just to give you an idea of how much content there is in this game, when the game launched, it contained nine different regions and had a level cap of 50. At the time of this writing, the game has ''TWENTY-FIVE REGIONS'', and has a level cap of ''100''. Say goodbye to your life.

** After the Rise of Isengard-expansion was launched, the [[HubCity Dunland village of Galtrev]] quickly earned the nickname [[SignificantAnagram Lagtrev]], thanks to the lag caused by the abundance of players gathering there.

** After the Rise of Isengard-expansion was launched, the [[HubCity Dunland village of Galtrev]] quickly earned the nickname [[SignificantAnagram Lagtrev]], thanks to the lag caused by the abundance of players gathering there.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Galadriel [[Creator/LaniMinella sounds quite a bit like]] [[Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim a Dark Elf]].

* ArchivePanic: It's an mmorpg...that has been going since ''2007''. Just to give you an idea of how much content there is in this game, when the game launched, it contained nine different regions and had a level cap of 50. At the time of this writing, the game has ''TWENTY-FIVE REGIONS'', and has a level cap of ''100''. Say goodbye to your life.

** After the Rise of Isengard-expansion was launched, the [[HubCity Dunland village of Galtrev]] quickly earned the nickname [[SignificantAnagram Lagtrev]], thanks to the lag caused by the abundance of players gathering there.

** After the Rise of Isengard-expansion was launched, the [[HubCity Dunland village of Galtrev]] quickly earned the nickname Lagtrev, thanks to the lag caused by the abundance of players gathering there.

* FanNickname: The region Evendim is often referred to as Everswim, due to the giant lake that takes up a big part of the region which players have to cross on multiple occasions. The amount of necessary swimming across the lake has been reduced with later revamps of the area, with more swift-travel options to get across it having been added, but there are still times when you will be forced to go for a swim to get to your destination.

* FanNickname: The region Evendim is often referred to as Everswim, due to the giant lake that takes up a big part of the region which players have to cross on multiple occasions. The amount of swimming across the lake has been reduced with later revamps of the area, with more swift-travel options to get across it having been added, but there are still times when you will be forced to go for a swim to get to your destination.

* DevelopmentHell: The game was in development for 9 years, starting work as a top-down 2D game in the style of ''UltimaOnline'' in 1998 and eventually morphing into a post-''WorldOfWarcraft'' 3D game in 2007.