The Turbine Referral Program lets paying subscribers of The Lord of the Rings Onlineâ„¢: Shadows of Angmarâ„¢ refer friends to play the game and receive free game time for successful referrals, subject to certain terms and conditions (see http://myaccount.turbine.com/referral/rules ). Each of your referred friends will be sent a Guest Key to try the game for free for ten (10) consecutive days!

For every friend that buys the retail edition of the game, registers a retail product key at myaccount.turbine.com, and subscribes to the game, you'll get a referral credit that can be redeemed for 30 days of FREE game time to be added to your subscription for the game! If you're already a Lifetime Member we'll issue you a 30 day game card key to give to a friend who is a game subscriber.

If you have Founder's pricing, you can also offer Founder's pricing to your friends! The first 10 friends you invite can take advantage of the special Founder's pricing plans offered through the Founder's Program. See www.lotro.com/founder for more details on the Founder's pricing terms.

Finally, to celebrate the launch of this new referral program we're proud to announce a special offer: For a limited time (ending on September 30, 2007), you will receive a referral credit for every retail product key activation! That's right, you don't even need to wait for your friend to subscribe before collecting your free game time! So get started today by visiting http://myaccount.turbine.com !

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redeye, Hawlk, Lifer and myself all have founder accounts. Anyone thinking of subscribing can get the $9.99 monthly pricing if we do the referral for them. This is really a great dael, 50% off regular monthly pricing for the first 40 people we sign up :)

i think i may be interested in this! i would really love the founder pricing... i'll talk to my husband and get back to you on this.

oh and does that mean i have to start new characters?

Yeah.. that is the downside. The shared founder pricing is only on new retail code activation. Not only would you have to start over, but you would have to buy a new copy of the game. Great deal for new players, but nothing for existing accounts that missed out on founder pricing.

that's cool i'll still talk to him about it. it won't be a problem picking up another copy of the game. maybe then we can play together... but that would mean i need a new computer... maybe i'll get lucky!

when does this promo end?