December
November
December 31, 1998
Returning members! Beleg Cuthalion
the
Strongbow
is still with us.
Elros has returned as well!
The Maiar Radagast is back after computer problems and has
a
new email.
If a guild member doesn't see his name on the Members page, please
contact
Varda before your name is accidentally given out.
May everyone have a happy new year and enjoy Gandalf's fireworks!
December 30, 1998
New Maiar! Turin/Agarwaen has passed the
Maiar
honor
test! His new name is Murezor-(Valar). His job is training
members
in StarCraft, and he is looking for helpers. To celebrate, he is
starting
all new characters and having a hobbit party, giving away old
items.
Congrats
Murezor!
December 28, 1998
Links
page under Software now has a direct link to the creator of Diablo
Backup for a good file, as the old one on the page may have been
corrupt. Also, see
the Shrines list from Aule.
December 27, 1998
Sunday Meeting (1pm EST)
Recruiting Team Report: New members for this week are
Legolas,
Thorin,
Thingol, Durin, and Elladan. Returning members are Amras and Dain
after
having
comp troubles.
Web Team Report: Links are working
Tourney: People who cannot make the Christmas Tourney
Saturday
10:00am
EST in the channel, may play anytime during this coming week and
send
the
results to Ulmo.
Teams are now forming.
Ulmo's StarCraft tourney map "Battle of Morannon" is now
available, for
one
time load for tourney play only so that all will be equally
surprised.
SC
players at the meeting downloaded the map and can also pass it
out.
Play
as "Use Map Setting".
The group then broke up into numerous full games and had a great
time!
December 26, 1998
StarCraft game for Tourney: how to play is
now
on
the
Tourney page! The game is "The Battle of Morannon"!
December 25, 1998
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!!!
and Happy Hanukkah and Wonderful Winter
Break :)
Thanks to all of you (with an assist from the Man upstairs) for a
healthy, growing legit Tolkien guild, a great gift indeed to which
every one of us
is contributing!
December 24, 1998
Welcome back to Dain-(V)! Equal
time for
the
dwarves! He too had computer problems and is back.
December 23, 1998
The pk problem appears to be taken care of. If
another
incident
occurs of any kind, please report it immediately.
Welcome back to Amras-(V)! After
evil
computer problems crashed his level 41 Amras (and kept him out a
long
time), he is
back at level one, er two, er... Ok, he is playing
again.
:)
December 22, 1998
Intruder Alert! A member has leaked our
game and
pass
to someone who wrongly claims to be "a close friend" and who has
murdered at least one of our new members in Diablo. The pk's
account
number was
#3035240, named ][-][ellacious. If you see anyone
who does
not
have our distinctive mark, immediately go to town. Write
the
name
and account number (seen by typing /whois name). Leave the game.
Do not
play
with the person. Email any Council member right away, or call
one (or
more)
if any are in bnet: Aule, Mandos, Ulmo, Varda, Orome, Melkor,
Makar.
New members! Welcome to Thingol, Durin , and Elladan! Our new Elladan many of you remember as Elven-Rider who has visted us for several months.
December 21, 1998
New Member! Welcome to Thorin, King
under the
Mountain, a gentleman 16 years of age. Thank you to Hurin Thalion
and
Menelvagor,
scout and recruiter.
December 20, 1998
Sunday Meeting (6pm EST)
Reports from Recruiting
Team: added
Feanor as a fellow Tolkien fiend on the 19th; Hurin is our newest
Scout
Web
Team: added new page - "Reviews" made and maintained by Makar.
Please send him your own game
reviews.
Tolkien
Encyclopedia Project: new page - "Wraiths". Also links are
repaired.
Tourney:
We now have a working StarCraft map for the Christmas Tourney
on Jan 2nd. Info on how the
SC
part of the Tourney will be handled will be listed on the Tourney
page. Diablo games are
already
listed, and teams are forming now. For those who can't make the
Jan 2 date, please
play
your games during the week before and email the results to Ulmo.
Question
List project: Send used entry level and Maiar questions to
Gandalf
, including the answers and
who
asked if possible. New email address for Gandalf.
Maiar
Applications: none formally received. Please see the
FAQ page for how to apply.
Tolkien Discussion: The membership voted for
the
(slightly
misnamed) Twenty Questions game and had a good time.
Recruiters met after the main meeting.
New Member! Legolas, a 30 year old
gentleman, has joined our ranks as the ever popular elven prince!
Thank
you Menelvagor, for finding and recruiting him.
December 19, 1998
Saturday Chat (1pm EST)
In attendance: Beorn, Alatar, Makar,
Menelvagor,
Ulmo,
Varda.
Subjects: Tom Bombadil, Balrogs
Welcome to our new member: Feanor-(V)!
A 26
year old gentleman from California (Manwe take note!).
December 14, 1998
Maiar Honor Qualifications are now posted on the FAQ page
Please feel free to comment on any aspect of this procedure.
We
don't
want to beat this to death, or make it overly complicated, but
assuring
that becoming a Maia is honorable and shows a depth of knowledge
is
important.
New Games Review Page by Makar! The link is called
Reviews
.
Anyone having trouble with the page links please hit Reload before
sending
an email.
December 13, 1998
Sunday Meeting (6pm EST)
Tourney time set for January 2, 1999.
Maiar testing system approved.
If the Meeting hopelessly netsplits, use ICQ.
Congratulations to Eonwe for passing a difficult Valar
test
! He is now a Valar and Council member named Makar-(Valar),
starting
his character over from Level 1. He also can count one whole year
in
the
Valar Guild now. See his pages under
Games.
Welcome to two new recruits: Smaug-(V) and Glorfindel-(V)
brought
in by Menelvagor and tested by Ulmo.
New page: FAQ: frequently asked questions.
December 12, 1998
Sat Chat (1pm EST)
Bnet wiped out the meeting. For example, Varda went for her
primary
character
and could not login until half an hour later. May the Sunday
meeting
have
better fortune!
December 9, 1998
New Page!
Gallery
! Let your Tolkien artwork glitter in the art gallery
called
"The
Glittering Caves of Aglarond".
Beorn hangs the paintings, so please contact him.
December 7, 1998
New Page!
Games
! Find out all the online games fellow Valar play! You
can join
and
recognize each other with your guild characters.
Eonwe maintains this page, so please email him your latest
info!
Addition: Eonwe was later promoted to Makar of Valar honor and
member
of the Council.
December 6, 1998
Sunday Meeting (6pm EST):
A Tourney will be held during Christmas
Break!
Congrats! Legolas GreenLeaf passed the
Maiar
test to
become Saruman, a name he used to hold some months back
and has
honorably
regained after a long, unavoidable absence.
After the main meeting, some members expressed concern that the
Maiar honor had become too easy to reach, requiring only
an
application and passing the Maiar quiz by three Valar. (By the
way, the
Maia's quiz difficulty
is not like the entry level!) The quiz will continue, but other
items
will
also be required, hashed out at that meeting. These will be listed
in
an
upcoming News post from Ulmo. If anyone has further discussion on
the
matter,
pro or con or more suggestions, please email
Ulmo
.
Valar honor is still by recommendation only, including having
passed
Maiar
honor, proving deep commitment, and passing the Valar quiz.
Menelvagor still needs people to help make book summaries for the
banner project.
We have had people ask what the books are about and this is
intended to
fill
that need. Please email Menelvagor
if you would like to help.
December 5, 1998
Saturday Chat (1pm EST):
Report from Ulmo the Kindly. Varda regrets being stuck with
homework
and
missing a really good group and chat.
In attendance: Kili, Beorn, Agarwaen, Salmar,
Legolas, Namo and Ulmo
Subjects discussed were: Helping Beorn
translate
Danish
place names to
English Tolkien version. It was quite the challenge, but we
actually
figured several out using maps and Beorn's descriptions. As
it
turned
out this was an interesting way to study places. We also
discussed what
a Balrog looks like. As in most times this comes up, we
agreed to
disagree :) Agarwaen is sending some of us some
pics.
I
am still
hoping to discover how I think they look to carve one.
top
November 30, 1998
Welcome to our new member, Arathorn!
Thanks to Menelvagor and Valacirca for bringing him to us.
Also, Hurin has rejoined the Guild, helping out with the
Tolkien Encyclopedia.
November 26
Menelvagor is putting together a summary
of the
books
to attach to a banner. He needs help with this project from those
who
know
webwork and for input on summaries. Contact him from the Members
page.
(He
may be in your address book by his pre-promotion name,
Glorfindel.)
November 22, 1998
Meeting (6pm EST)
The meeting was very well attended, with a
visit
from
Manwe himself on a friend's computer! Thank you, friend! He
joined
the other Valar in a fast series of tests for Maiar applicants, 3
Valar
per
applicant.
Fingolfin is now the Maiar Remmirath (the
Netted
Stars)
Correction: Fingolfin is now Valacirca
(Constellation of
the
Sickle of the Valar, sign of doom). Glorfindel is now hailed as Menelvagor
(Orion). Maeglin is now the Maiar Alatar (Blue Wizard). In
the
process, we discovered a need to make a listing of potential Maiar
names, which should
be posted sometime in the near future. Addition: this has
been
started
as "Names", input is welcome. Better luck next time to Legolas ( I
really
hate to lose a good character name like that, though!) who will
probably
make it next meeting.
We also commented on a minor problem of an
outsider
who
has been using the game name all last week, but a different
password.
If
you can't get into a game because of a password problem, don't
worry
about
it. You didn't want into that one anyway. :)
November 21, 1998
Saturday Chat (1pm EST)
We had a fun chat, starting off with a
discussion of
the
three unknown Valar. One is Omar or Amillo, singer of language and
song,
the youngest Vala, twin of the Maiar Salmar. He sings to Salmar's
harp,
knowing
every song of every language. The other two are barbaric war gods,
living
on the fringe of Valinor, having battles within their halls.
Brother
and
sister, Measse is female and Makar male. Tulkas, alone of the
other
Valar,
visits to wrestle Makor, to keep from becoming too soft. Still,
Tulkas
does
not otherwise care for their company, and they don't like his
great
unangered
strength.
The next part was a wild guessing game of
Tolkien
subjects,
letting each participant go alphabetically.
Guild members who came were Aule, Agarwaen
(Turin),
Beorn,
Fingolfin, Glorfindel, and Varda. Our welcome visitor was Ordeith.
November 22, 1998
Congratulations to Bilbo! He has just
passed the
Maiar
test given by three Valar, and is now known as Gandalf!
Meeting:
The Council now consists of Ulmo, Varda, Namo, Melkor, Aule,
and
Manwe,
with Ulmo and Varda currently co-chair.
For Maiar honor, apply to the Council and take the LotR test
after
the meeting with at least three Valar, then choose
whether to rename or not, whether to start from level 1 or
not.
In
any case, the honor will be listed on the Member
page.
Constellation and star names are now available for Maiar
honor
names.
For Valar honor, one must first pass Maiar, be
recommended,
then
pass the Silmarillion test under a minimum of three
Valar testers.
Currently, the Recruiting Team is made of: Varda, Ulmo,
Melkor,
Ilmare,
Gandalf, and Osse as testers; Glorfindel and
Fingolfin as fishers. Anyone else who would like to apply,
please email
Varda.
The Web Team is now made of: Varda, Beorn, Aule, Tilion, and
Kili.
Anyone else who would like to apply, please
email Varda.
Tolkien chat is held Saturday at 1pmEST.
November 21, 1998
Welcome to our two new members: Gimli,
brother
of Legolas Greenleaf, and to Elrohir, brother of
Glorfindel!
November 19, 1998
To answer some questions, yes the meeting continues at the regular
time,
Varda as chair. Channel, Game Names,
and Pass remain the same. The regularly scheduled Sat Chat for
Tolkien
is
still held at 1pmEST, noonCST.
Only a few members have gone to other climes: Eru, Tulkas,
Yavanna,
Irmo,
Quickbeam that I'm sure of. The new web page for the Guild is
currently
being
done by Varda and Beorn, and others have volunteered. We need
everyone's input
to Beorn
so that he can make the new Member page current. Thanks to
everyone for
the
enormous support
and good will you have given!
November 17, 1998
A Manwe sighting (made by Ulmo)! He says he will continue to be in
both
the
Valar Guild and the Valar chat group.
We look forward to future sightings of this legendary figure, who
is
still
trying to buy a new computer.
November 15, 1998
Meeting:
Eru left the Valar Guild which he founded, to form the new pure
chat
organization,
the Valar. See Links.
Eru designated the Council to continue taking care of the Guild,
as it
has
before when he was absent.
Membership in both the Valar chatters and the Valar Guild is quite
desirable.
November 14, 1998
Tourney 4! See the results on the Events page!