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Theme:
This year's theme is "Scary". Yes, that can also include the hobbit
town of Scary.
When: Sept 29th meeting through the Oct 6th meeting.
Where: This year's marathon chat is in the Valar Guild's Discord
chat program in "meeting_place".
What: Free chat including fun chat and fun safe links. Also we'd
enjoy Tolkien Moments and safe url's related to Tolkien and the
anniversary.
Who: all the same folks that are welcome at meetings such as
members, polite family and friends and fellow Tolkien fans.
How do I take a screenshot?
In LotRO, F12 removes
quickslots etc from the display. N toggles names on and off. F11
makes a screenshot that goes into your computer's Documents folder
under Lord of the Rings Online.
In WoW, use your keyboard's
version of PrintScreen (PrntScrn on the top row on mine) to make the
screenshot. The image goes into the game's folder under Screenshots.
EVE Online Anniversary screenshots:
Lord of the Rings Online
Anniversary screenshots:
The House
Sept. 30, 2019 in the wee hours of the morning:
For the Anniversary, the kin branch in the Ithil
legendary server used 894 mithril coins (100 LotRO points apiece, so
89,400 LotRO points) to buy a new kinhouse on the island of Tol
Lochui in the Orndal neighborhood of the Belfalas homesteads:
Below are Screenshots of the front of the house by Varda, right
after buying and before we decorated: Image Image Image
The Rides
October 4: noon Eastern Standard time
on the Landroval server:
Riders of Noonaka The Four Hunters: Arien
(Arienreth), Fangorn (Fangbark), Thranduil (Darakin), and Varda
(Fainan).
Bree:
We met up outside the West Gate.
We practiced riding horses together and getting
in some kind of order for our ride through the towns, then went!
During the various town travels, we could see that the Conga line is
still the most efficient, although we tried diamond and two-by-two
(one following one of the leads ahead). Wing formation for three is
tricky but cool. Those others would benefit from more practice
between events, as we found ways to do them better and better.
Image
by Varda: Three-man wing formation at Bree, before Arien
caught up. The diamond is similar with one at the back behind the
two on the side, not easy. Image
by Varda: Four-man across. Several of these show up in the
images, but they didn't have the addition of Nob.
Image by Fangorn: Four-man in line on /follow. Noon Rivendell line.
Image by Varda: Two-by-two (image by Varda did
not come out, perhaps fortunately.)
Image by Varda: Two side by side (see below for
the evening Ride at Bree)
Image
by Arien: Arien joined the others at the fountain in front of
the Prancing Pony; this is part of our work at riding all four side
by side. Image
by Arien: fireworks cover the sky, done by a water source for
town safety to prevent Bree guardsmen from becoming wroth if they
ever noticed. Image
by Arien: dragon firework (also seen below). Perhaps the
fireworks attracted this dragon? This works with our theme of
"scary"!
Michel Delving:
With four hunters, we found travel very easy. We
then rode up to the statue in the memorial garden. Image
by Arien: Here we are in front of the statue. It is
claimed that we blasted fireworks and danced in this place of peace. Image
by Fangorn: How about green? Surely they'll like that one. Is
this...evidence? Image
by Varda: What, dance? Us?
Thorin's Hall:
Keeping ahead of the Michel Delving bounders, we
moved on to dwarf country. They didn't seem to mind warm fire in
their snow country. Image
by Fangorn: The Four Horsemen pose with the guards at
Thorin's. Image
by Varda: The Four Horsemen with the guards. Image
by Arien: Four of us side by side at the top of the long steps
between the guards; no we were not under arrest. They may have
wanted some firecracker strings, however. Image
by Arien: We tried shooting fireworks at the top of the steps
to please the guards. It may have looked great from below, but we
couldn't see it as well as we liked. Image
by Fangorn: Shooting fireworks for the guards who seemed to be
ok with it. Image
by Fangorn: The fireworks look good from behind with all that
sky. This would be the view for those coming out of the great door
at Thorin's Hall. Image
by Varda: It snowed at Frerin's Court, adding to the
fireworks.
Celondim:
We shot fireworks at the docks where the water
should make it safe and maybe reflect, but our disturbing the peace
meant we were asked to leave. Elves seeking Valinor must be looking
for quiet? Image
by Fangorn: But it's a great reflecting pool!
Rivendell: (we added one for fun)
Since we needed an elf area, we became even more
of a nuisance on the stairs at the Last Homely House in Rivendell,
but no one complained (out loud). Some jumped over us, which was
nifty. Image
by Varda: Rivendell, just because it's a beautiful place. We
are just coming off a main bridge entering. Image
by Fangorn: The Conga line formation wins for the slim trail
and bridges at Rivendell. Image
by Fangorn: Do you suppose these stairs are actually a good
place? Left to right: Arien, Fangorn, Varda, and Thranduil. Image
by Arien: Fireworks on the stairs, apparently lighting
the lamp above. We cleaned up after ourselves, though, since we
didn't want to irritate Elrond. Image
by Fangorn: Is that all fireworks or is that a shiny lollypop?
(pinwheel firework) Image
by Fangorn: Here there be dragons.
Gaming afterwards:
Storm of Methedras skirmish: Arien, Fangorn,
Varda
Ford of Bruinen skirmish: Arien, Varda
Helm's Dike epic battle: Arien, Varda
(please feel free to mention non-Varda games too! Just let me know
to have it posted.)
7pm Eastern Standard time
on the Landroval server
Plan: Anywhere one of us hunters felt like
porting, preferably with suggestions from the passengers first!
Fangorn and Varda met at the West Gate of Bree,
both hunters taking turns at Guiding us to a destination.
Bree: Image
by Varda: Riding side by side in Bree. Tricky to keep evenbut doable with concentration. Image
by Fangorn: We chose matching outfits, more or less, for our
presentation at the fountain in front of the Prancing Pony.
Thorin's Hall: Image
by Varda: The Two Hunters a-horse, considering a not-already
fried location. Image
by Fangorn: A shot to show Frerin's Court. See the statues
both below in the court and carved into the distant hill behind.
Hrimbarg in the Misty Mountains: Image
by Varda: That's a lot of fireworks to pick through. Image
by Fangorn: The dragon of Hrimbarg. Image
by Fangorn: Fireworks in the snow outside Hrimbarg.
Dol Amroth: Image
by Varda: Swans, fireworks, campfire, and dancing. What more
could two Valarites want? Image
by Fangorn: Dancing at Dol Amroth with a good kick. Image
by Fangorn: Fireworks against the darkening sky.
Gaming afterwards:
Ford of Bruinen skirmish. We needed to run it
since Fangorn had missed out earlier. Image
by Varda: The wild sons of Elrond needed some overwatch by the
Valar.
Ithil server (after completing
the 7 pm Landroval server run):
Fangorn and Varda. Just missed seeing Dis.
21st Hall: Image
by Varda: The deprived dwarves needed a star underground.
Gaming afterwards:
We did skirmishes collecting barter medallions, working towards the
level 65 First Age symbol. Or the next symbol depending on how fast
we level:
Storm on Methedras skirmish
Defence of the Prancing Pony skirmish
Lord of the Rings Online: Image:
screenshot. Arien's: "Dragon of Bree". Thumbnail below may be
clicked to enlarge.
World of WarCraft: Image:
click the word Image for a full-sized screenshot (.png). That's a
cut-out below.
Ar-Pharazon's Wicker Dog: "Pumpkin-headed me with my wicker puppy in
the scary zone of Drustvar, with another wicker dog in the
background".
Please email your Tolkien
Site piece to Varda to be put online any time in October, and
also receive a special acknowledgement on the piece that it is for
this anniversary.
Theme (not required):
Art:
"Bizarro
Arda" by Elwing-(V) with Varda "Dark Star" and one of Manwe's
"Great Wyverns". Used as the title artwork along with her writing.
The
State of Online Gaming 2019. This is
Eonwe-(Valar)'s annual report on current gaming by members, as sent
in by members, for the Games
Site Mass Update 2019 (GSMU 2019).
Feel free to update any time by emailing Eonwe
(NOSPAMdeneltir@hotmail.com).
Verified as active in the last 90 days:
Responded to the Games Site Mass Update 2019 and therefore
considered active full members for 2020, with a credit for helping
the GSMU on the Membership page:
Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Bofur, Celebrian, Dis (late),
Elrond, Eru, Gimli, Ioreth, Lenwe (late), Melkor, Mirabella,
Nerdanel, Orome, Pallando, Sauron, Tulkas, Ugluk, Varda
Verifiable gaming activity even without responding in a
timely manner to the GSMU, and therefore considered active full
members for 2020:
Beleg, Bregalad, Dis, Elwing, Falco, Fangorn,
Gil-galad, Gorlim, Lenwe, Meriadoc, Morwe, Nar, Nimrodel, Thranduil
Spoke during Discord meetings since July, so good for 2020:
Anarion, Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Arwen, Celebrian,
Elladan, Elrond, Eonwe, Fangorn, Gorlim, Gwaihir, Irmo, Lenwe,
Miriel, Pallando, Varda
Meetings in 2019 before the GSMU, additional, so good for 2019:
June : Falco, Marigold
April: Menelvagor
