PUG being the more widely used term, that's the term we'll use here.

(Sorry, PUF, you lost the coin toss. Better luck next time!)

PUG's are often viewed with derision, even by those who "need" them. Whether it's bad experiences individuals have had in them or just a stigma there is in general attached to them, we feel PUG's are getting a bad rap and we're here to help you help yourself overcome your PUGophobia (fear of the PUG).

Yes, you can join a PUG and like it!

Yes, you can group up with strangers and have fun!

Yes, you and your PUG can find a love match...or at least success...in each other! (No watering or feeding needed. Some assembly required.)

 

PUGophobics and LOTROnians alike, please repeat after me...

PUG's are not evil, but if they seem to be...it's probably just the burglars that are in it! =p

 

 

PUG's  are not plotting my untimely demise. It's the creatures we are hunting that are!

 

 

PUG's are not out to get me, although some may want to “get me” in them. 

 

 

PUG's are not the devil. 

 

 

PUG's are not the anti-christ. 

 

 

PUG's are just a group of people coming together for a united purpose. 

 

 

If I joined a PUG , we likely share that united purpose, for at least a little while. 

 

 

PUG's are my friends…or they could be if I treat them and approach them with an open and willing mind. 

 

 

Like peace (after I kill 150 orcs), I will give PUG's  a chance (before I kill 150 orcs solo).

 

 

PUG's might even help me accomplish a goal, finish a quest or get my aggression out while helping with population control of shade creatures, barghests, goblins, orcs, elite cows and other anomalies of Middle Earth nature.

 

 

I will not run in fear from a PUG. 

 

 

I cannot get a PTD (Pixelly-Transmitted Disease) from joining a PUG. I will try to lose my fear, as well as my dread, and keep that in mind the next time I am invited to PUG. 

 

 

PUG's are "people," too. I will remember that. 

 

 

It’s okay to enjoy myself in a PUG. I do not have to be embarrassed or afraid to admit it if I do. 

So, for all those who generally only refer to a PUG as a PUG when things go poorly,  just remember......PUG's can succeed, do succeed and can open your eyes to many fun experiences and experiments, even if some of those experiments and quests are initially doomed to failure. Without the occasional failures and problems, we wouldn't be nearly so proud of our successes and achievements.

Besides, good or bad experiences, PUG's also allow you the opportunity to make new acquaintances and friends, so don't look a gift PUG in the mouth. Say yes to PUG's, at least on occasion, and talk in them when you have a chance. You just might find the chat more memorable than whatever the success or failure of the PUG's goal or mission.

Got quests to do? Got stuff to kill? See others needing some of those same quests and deeds or asking if you'd like to join forces with them to "team" up against the creatures of LOTRO?

Give PUG's a chance.

You just might find one your size...and so far...

no PUG's have reportedly made anyone's butt look

• too big,

• too fat,

• too flat,

• too wide

• or even too hairy (unlike those hairy hobbit feet, which no PUG can help).

 

Don't you deserve a PUG today? High energy, low carb and zero calories. Try one today!

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