Lord of the Rings Online gets serious about housing

I just got an official collections notice for my house in Lord of the Rings Online, a game I haven’t really played since it went free-to-play three years ago. “Dear occupant,” the email read, “We love having you as a neighbor, but you must pay your housing upkeep! Foreclosure deadline is July 26th.” July 26th is underlined.

The email links to this update from two months ago about player housing, which pretends that real estate in a virtual world is a limited commodity so they’re gonna need the space back. That’s what I call RPing.