Yeah- the game itself almost has the power of the one ring :P. I get a kick out of people who haven’t read the books and then come play the game. It is just seems like everyone in the game should know who Glorfindel(sic) is.
Another thing that appealed to me was the group of people I play with, very family orientated with no bombs on the Vent server. I haven’t found to many other folks like that elsewhere.