MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the Best MMO critter. The Golden Yachties series is our run of fauxwards, named in honor of somebody we’ve long forgotten from Old Massively who insisted that surely we make so much money that we’re typing MMO blog posts from a gold-plated yacht. (Joke’s on you; it was always silver. Gold is too heavy.)
And the winner is…
LOTRO’s fireworks hamster
Lord of the Rings Online’s 17th anniversary event was completely overshadowed by the addition of an adorable new hamster minipet, the Merrymaking Hamster, whose merrymaking, we note, is strapped to its back in the form of fireworks and rockets. Don’t think too hard about the implications there. Not OSHA-approved.
Runners-up: FFXIV’s baby pygmy hippo, and goats. Just, you know. All goats.
Want to nominate another winner? Let us know in the comments, and don’t forget to check out our serious MMO awards while you’re at it, or skim through our past “winners”: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015.
