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Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (8)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Eowyn/Cenedra, Fangorn/Treebeard, Pallando, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            New story by Eonwe put online Saturday: "Opportunity Cost: Second Age 3215, Imladris", by Eonwe-(Valar), in his Narn I Auros series.
            RP group story on the forum has new posts this week and during the meeting.
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Warcraft Rumble, Diabo 4, Diablo: Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topics:
                Elvish calendar notes by Eonwe. (Also posted below, because it's so helpful.)
                RP postings.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
            (Side chat from Pallando re webwork.)
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Warcraft Rumble, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic from Varda:  Tolkien Moment: In The Hobbit, Beorn describes his version of Mirkwood to Thorin's Company before they enter.
                Some tangents during discussion included:
                    trade
                    what food and drinkable water might have been in Mirkwood (potential article for Mirkwood waterways)
                    (during After-meeting): what mithril might be (scroll down from the joke question about the mithril gavel that started it),
                    things that disappeared from Middle-earth such as mithril and lembas (longish section on lembas).
        After-meeting:
            Tolkien Chat continues (see tangents above).
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            Games Site player levels include LotRO updates now.
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo 4, Diablo 3, Diablo Immortal, Overwatch 2, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic from Arien:  A few islands in Middle-earth hosted historical events. Let's try to get the islands and events together.
        After-meeting:
            Smaug the Dragon sculpture photos, model made for Sandalf by his daughter, Elicia.
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.
             Trilobite photos.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pengolodh (Before-meeting), Sandalf13, Shelob/Ungwetari, Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            Games Site for the Valar Guild, now completely re-coded by hand by Eonwe-(Valar)!
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 3, Overwatch 2, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: One way to look at Tolkien's work is through the principles of journalism, a useful tool in any sort of writing including making a video game. Who, what, why, when, where, how?  How would we figure it out and then succinctly say what happened in The Lord of the Rings using those six questions?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Happy Birthday to JRR Tolkien!

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sanadalf13, Shelob/Ungwetari, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Diablo 4, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Lands under the waves will be lifted up again! Which lands might those be?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (11)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Celebrian, Elrond, Eonwe, Fangorn/Treebeard, Pallando, Pengolodh (Before), Sandalf13, Shelob/Ungwetari, Varda (presiding)
        Before-meeting
            A lot of chat between meetings normally done in Harbor instead of meeting_place, but here you go!
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Eve Online, Lord of the Rings Online, FFXIV
        Tolkien:
            Topic: JRRT loved the eucatastrophe, the moment when a sudden surprise good or beautiful thing happens, like a reverse of a catastrophe.
                 Can we think of any such events, or of moments of happiness he added into what was becoming a dystopian world?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.
 

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (4)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Gifts given in Tolkien's legendarium.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Falco, Sandalf (After), Varda (presiding)
            Discord side chat: Pallando
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 2: Resurrected, Hearthstone, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Galadriel's messages to the Fellowship were misinterpreted somewhat as being warnings of their coming deaths. You can see how that would happen when reading them, and then what they actually meant. Why did they think it meant death and what did the messages actually mean?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards. 

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda
        Web:
            "Inheritance: Second Age 3197, Eregion". Short story by Eonwe-(Valar). Posted Nov 27, 2023
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 3, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic from Eonwe: Did the lands around Rivendell have wolves?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.
   

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Fangorn/Treebeard, Sandalf, Varda
    Web:
        We are looking for a theme for next year's Anniversary with a vote this coming December. That gives time to make things during the year for the Anniversary.
            Send suggestions by email or Discord or even in-game.
            The list for the vote is available under Theme for the this year's Anniversary. Updated when Varda learns about new suggestions.
        Today's theme suggestion from Sandalf:
            "The Eternal Optimism of J.R.R. Tolkien as Revealed by his Concept of Estel." (Varda suggests that it can be shortened to "estel").
    Gaming:
        World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online
    Tolkien:
        Topic: (from Fangorn-Valar):
            Why did Gandalf show up in the Shire at all? (not just for Bilbo).
            and
            How did Gandalf know Bilbo and choose him for an "adventure" to handle the Smaug problem?
        Topic tangent: (from Eonwe-Valar):
            "Not that Belladonna Took ever had any adventures after she became Mrs. Bungo Baggins." Implication: she had adventures before.
    After-meeting:
        (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards. 

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Lord of the Rings Online, Eve Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Waves
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Sunday Meeting

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript (some images from Discord are not yet included)
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Eonwe, Pengolodh, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Heroes of the Storm, Warcraft Rumble, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: What is meant by the seven stars in the quote that the Numenoreans brought "seven stars, seven stones, and one white tree"?
        After-meeting:
            More Tolkien chat
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards. [Note: No report at this time. Phar was disconnected. We think his connection was probably hit by a power outage from weather around storm Babet. Arien has since heard that he's ok, but the roads were being worked on which took out his internet.]

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Some folks in LotRO say that Gollum's/Smeagol's people were of the early hobbits before they differentiated into the groups. Is this correct according to the books?
        After-meeting:
            A little more Tolkien chat
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards. [Note: No report at this time. Phar was disconnected and did not return to the meeting. We think his connection was probably hit by a power outage from weather around storm Babet.]

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (presiding), Falco, Sandalf
        Membership news:
            Arien's vacation is over.
            Sandalf's garden harvest ahead of the cold.
        Web:
            Art by Elwing-(V) posted Oct 10: "Valar Aniv Party Prep" line drawing by Elwing-(V) sent October 10. Stocking up on fireworks before the anniversary ride!
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal
        Tolkien:
            Topic: The Dark Years, the Days of Flight. What do we know about those years?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Fangorn/Treebeard, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Before-meeting
            The enormously long chat marathon over the week is not being included in the Before-meeting, but is available on Discord by scrolling back. and back. and back.
        Membership news:
            The anniversary chat marathon ends at the end of this meeting.
        Web:
            Stories from Arien and Mirabella.
                "Musings" by Arien-(Valar) posted Oct. 6. For the anniversary.
                "More Things in Heaven and Earth: Chapter 7" by Mirabella-(V). Written April 19, 2019. Good for Halloween.
            Anniversary Page updates.
        Gaming:
            The State of Valar Gaming report for this year, given by Eonwe according to responses emailed back to him. Comments.
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Warcraft Rumble, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal
        Tolkien:
            Topic: When was perhaps the last chance for Gollum to turn about to be on Frodo's side willingly?
            Tangent: Marshmallows and hot dogs.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending:
            Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Shelob/Ungwetari, Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            Tolkien Site / Art:
                "Magic Cloaks Make Dark Lords Sleepy" by Ar-Pharazon, for the 26th Anniversary.
        Gaming:
            Eve Online, World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 2: Resurrected, Lord of the Rings Online, Return to Moria
            Games Site Mass Update (GSMU). The email went out September 11. GSMU deadline was yesterday, results will be tallied and gaming info will be updated over the next couple of days.
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Tolkien Moment: the song of creation for the first and for the last Ardas. This relates to our anniversary and to our in-game role-play for all games.
        After-meeting:
           The marathon chat continues!
            RP forum story discussion of the mysterious Houseless.
            RP2 more discussion on another day.
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Pallando, Sandalf, Shelob/Ungwetari, Varda (presiding)
            (Helm in Europe has been seen by Arien, still active.)
        Membership news:
            Pallando is right now at the fanfest in Iceland for Eve Online, and gave his report (under Gaming/ Eve Online).
        Web:
            Story by Eonwe-(Valar): "A Queens' Sacrifice" posted Sept 22. For the upcoming 26th Anniversary.
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online, Eve Online
            Games Site Mass Update (GSMU). The email went out early on September 11. Check your email!
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Dangerous! But nice.
        After-meeting:
            Tolkien chat continues.
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Falco, Sandalf, Shelob, Varda (presiding)
        Membership:
            Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday is Sept 22
            Anniversary #26 of the Valar Guild is Oct 4
        Web:
            Tolkien Site / Stories:
                New story from Eonwe-(Valar): "Lessons Learned". Posted today.
            Anniversary Page is up and awaits your entry! Theme: magical object, person, or place, or a combo.
        Tolkien:
            Topic (under Web): Bilbo and Frodo's (book) birthday is September 22. We plan on an all day picnic in the Discord channel meeting_place. The main time may be for elevenses.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Sandalf, Treebeard/Fangorn, Varda (presiding)
                All members including Tolkien-onlies and our polite guild-friends who enjoy Tolkien are welcome to come chat!
        Web:
            Tolkien Site / Stories: "Contest by Candlelight" by Eonwe-(Valar) in the Narn I Auros series, posted Sept 5.
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft,  Diablo 4, Diablo 3, Diablo Immortal, Overwatch 2,  Lord of the Rings Online
            Games Site Mass Update (GSMU). Eonwe's power and internet went out.
                 UPDATE: the email has gone out! Please reply, including if you are not currently gaming but would still like to be a member.
        Tolkien:
            Topic: What were the stages of Sauron? He did not start out as the one great villain of Middle-earth.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Treebeard/Fangorn, Varda (presiding)
        Membership news:
            Ar-Pharazon is looking forward to the birth of his nephew.
            Sandalf's travel pictures.
            Pallando is ill.
            Ioreth is having trouble with cancer due to the delays in treatment by the medical community.
        Web:
            Tolkien Site / Stories: "Diversion" by Eonwe-(Valar) posted Sept 1.
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Diablo 3, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, more LotRO
        Games Site Mass Update (GSMU). Watch for your email! If none, then email Eonwe or Varda, or talk on Discord.
        Tolkien:
            RP (role-playing story on our forum). New, scary post by Eonwe (Auros).
            Topic: What kept those of Valinor, especially the Valar, from coming to stop Morgoth in Middle-earth. What were they waiting for? (It was very specific.)
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Overwatch, Diablo 3, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, Starcraft 2, Lord of the Rings Online, Eve Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Nature in Tolkien's legendarium.
        After-meeting:
            Continued Tolkien chat.
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (presiding), Pallando, Sandalf
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 3, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, Eve Online, Warcraft Arclight Rumble
            Eve Online Fanfest 2023 (Pallando will be there, possibly on a panel)
        Tolkien:
            Topic from Eonwe: One of the things that has amused me lately is to look into the little things in Tolkien's works, the small touches that are easy to overlook as commonplace. The things that one tends to think "Of course they did that" or "Of course they had that" when one gives much thought to it at all.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
Summary of the meeting:
    Attending (and typed): (6)
        Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Shelob, Varda
    Gaming:
        World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, Starcraft 2, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, Lord of the Rings Online
    Tolkien:
        Topic: stewardship
        Topic: civil war potential between Denethor and Aragorn?
    After-meeting:
        (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Shelob, Varda
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Tolkien Moment, right after the One Ring is destroyed, from Sam's point of view.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Shelob, Varda
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone
        Tolkien:
            Topic: elven hair-length
            Topic: Rohirric hair-length and eye-sight
            Topic: Were notes from the Silmarillion re-used in the Hobbit and LotR or were they the repeats normally found in history as shown on purpose by JRRT?
            Topic (by Arien in After-meeting): Can a fea be bound to an item , let us say a ring for example, by dark magic?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the transcript:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pengolodh, Sandalf, Shelob, Varda
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, more LotRO
        Tolkien:
            Membership chat from late member then
            Topic: Pippin's contributions to the Battle of Morannon (at the Black Gate).
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Eowyn, Sandalf, Treebeard/Fangorn, Varda
        Web:
            Tolkien Site / Art:
                New art from Arien: photos potentially suitable for Middle-earth contributed during After-meeting with the story behind them.
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Hearthstone
        Tolkien:
            Topic: the Ent attack on Isengard
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda
            Pengoldh (way After-meeting)
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Starcraft 2
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Why did Grima Wormtongue kill Saruman?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda
        Web:
            Article:
                "Concerning Estel: Who Foretold What, When; or The Strange Case of Foresight's First Formulation" by Sandalf. Posted June 24, 2023.
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Diablo Immortal, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Eve Online, Lord of the Rings Online, StarCraft 2
        Tolkien:
            Topics: Several suggestions including: Unions between Elf and Man; Is LotR a Western; What do Numenoreans look like?
        After-meeting:
            More Tolkien: some funny and some serious, some continuing from above suggestions.
            Demo Reviews by Pallando.
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (presiding), Sandalf, Shelob (Before-meeting), Taglos (After-meeting), Varda
        Membership news:
            Father's Day
        Gaming:
             World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal, Overwatch 2, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            "Loa" by Eonwe-(Valar) is a Father's Day story sent to the Tolkien Site May 18. Good thing since the story webmaster was away on vacation by the "correct" time.
            Topic: What dads do in Tolkien.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (10)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Elladan (Before), Eonwe (Before and After), Fangorn/Treebeard, Ossë, Pallando, Sandalf, Shelob, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, more World of Warcraft, Eve Online, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online, Stormgate (alpha version)
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Staff breaking.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (4)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, LotR: Gollum, more LotRO
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Food and plants. (Played with archaic words as well.)
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf (After), Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            Tolkien Site / Stories:
            "Loa" by Eonwe-(Valar) posted May 18, 2023
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: The economy in Middle-earth.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Happy Mother's Day!

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien (presiding first part of the meeting), Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding rest of the meeting)
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Warcraft 3 Reforged, Hearthstone, more LotRO, EVE Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Tolkien spoke of the eucatastrophe. What  is it?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Eowyn, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Membership news:
            Phar's birthday was yesterday
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, Diablo 2 Resurrected, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, EVE Online
            Lord of the Rings players on Shadowfax server which is closing: take advantage of the free transfer to another server such as our Landroval or Crickhollow server kin branches to rejoin with us.
        Tolkien:
            Topic: What kind of a place do you think of when you think of Middle-earth? First one in your head?
        After-meeting:
            More chat
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Falco, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, more LotRO
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Question: Merry and Pippin lost their Barrow-down swords when the Orcs grabbed them, as the two heroic hobbits decoyed for Frodo and Sam. Yet later in the story, they both have their swords (knives to Big Folk) and use them heroically. How did this happen?
            RP: posting on our group forum story, from Arien for the Frali character.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (After-meeting), Sandalf, Shelob, Varda (presiding)
        Membership news:
            Sandalf: tales of settlling into the new house.
            Shelob: new job plus Covid
        Web News:
            Tolkien Site / Stories:
                New story: "For the Future" by Eonwe-(Valar). Young Auros and his friends game and talk about what they want to be when they grow up.       
          Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic from Shelob: Did movies and TV overwrite your own imagination of Middle-earth?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Eowyn aka Cenedra, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            Should now need only the domain valarguild.org although valarguild.net also works as a redirect.
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal
        Tolkien:
            Topic: What do we think Tolkien shows to be the most important thing(s) to learn for the people of Middle-earth?
            Mention: Tolkien may have been influenced by an interest in American Indians, specifically the story of Hiawatha.
            Tangent: Early Glaurung
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            We have both domains: valarguild.org and valarguild.net going. The .net refers you back to .org
        Gaming:
            Eve Online, Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal, Overwatch
        Tolkien:
            Topic: monsters in JRRT's writing
            RP
        After-meeting:
            Continuing monster chat
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games. (to be added)

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Pengolodh, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Membership news:
            Comicpalooza convention in Houston, Texas, USA coming up May 26-28, 2023.
        Web:
            Testing the web site live with the kindly help of everyone.
            valarguild.net now redirects to valarguild.org  Both domains work.
            Lots of work done to the website, a lot more intended.
        Gaming:
             Beware the April Fools jokes
            World of Warcraft, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 2: Resurrected, Hearthstone, Lord of the Rings Online, Eve Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic (during After-meeting): drinks (mainly joking): ent draughts, miruvor for elf secret agents, suggestion for real-life miruvor
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pengolodh, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Membership news:
            Elwing, Fladrif, Ar-Pharazon
        Web:
            valarguild.org domain returning! Not here yet, but on its way!
        Gaming:
             Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online (more info), Diablo 4 open beta
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Moving in Tolkien's mythology, as in from Bag End to Crickhollow.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Marigold (After-meeting), Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            .org currently unavailable, so please use .net
        Gaming:
             World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online, Eve Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Effects of training by the Istari
        After-meeting:
            Tolkien chat continues
            Names from Middle-earth show up in many places, including lizards and undersea formations.
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
Attending (and typed): (6)
    Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando (After-meeting), Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
Membership news:
    Daylight Savings Time hits Valar Guild time today (Eastern).
Web:
    Working our way through the new webspace and waiting to see if we can regain our old domain name before going fully into the new valarguild.org
    If you have a non-working bookmark, try replacing .org with .net
Gaming:
     World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online
Tolkien:
    Topic: JRRT made a mythology for England, which suggests the origin of natural phenomena. Can we think of a few?
After-meeting:
    (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Pengolodh, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Membership news:
            Alatar-(Valar) has passed into the West.
            Sandalf is still moving into a new house.
            Gimli's birthday and health improvement.
            Pengolodh-(V) joined us this week and said his few words. :)
        Web:
            Alatar was the source for most of the web space and our domain name.
            Pallando gave the guild web space in Alatar's place today, and a new domain name.
            We are in the process of trying to regain the old domain name as well.
        Gaming:
             World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: What happened to the Orc bodies after Helm's Deep. There were two batches.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (~7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (Before-meeting), Fangorn/Treebeard, Pallando (After-meeting), Pengolodh (Before-meeting), Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
             World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online, Eve Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic (during Membership news, started by Ar-Pharazon): Pronouncing names and other words in Tolkien's works.
            Topic (during Web news, started by Treebeard): Audio of Tolkien reading from his own works.
            Topic (during Tolkien): Tolkien Moment (means quote) on the gifts of Iluvatar.
            Topic (during Tolkien): Entwives, where they went, chances of the Ents finding the Entwives again.
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            Tolkien Site/Stories:
                "It Takes Two..." by Eonwe-(Valar) posted Feb. 14
        Gaming:
             World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Can any of you think of an item or two in Helm's Deep different between the book and movie?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (4)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Diablo 2: Resurrected, Diablo Immortal
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Two members of the Fellowship became Mayors of the Shire. Who were they?
        After-meeting:
            (non)Flashgaming Reviews(plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (7)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Eowyn, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Eve Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic from Varda: Little things: Bilbo's gifts to the hobbits after the War of the Ring.
            Topic from Sandalf: What was the relationship between the Dunedain and Rivendell?
            Topic from Varda: Little things: Swans in the reeds.
        After-meeting:
            (non)Flashgaming Reviews(plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.
            Pallando told us what's happening in Eve Online.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            Geology paper update.
        Gaming:
            Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal
        Tolkien:
            Topic from Arien: Bat-people in Middle-earth.
            Topic from Varda: Tolkien Moment, a tale of two darknesses, one good and one evil.
        After-meeting:
            LotRO birthday run for Arien.
            (non)Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, Warcraft 3: Reforged, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Gandalf showing his true colors. Various times.
                Tolkien Moment (quote): Gandalf on top of the hill.
                RP posting by Ar-Pharazon (as Calion).
                    (The RP refers to the ongoing group story on our Pro-boards forum, originally intended as a role-playing story for the Middle-earth Online game that changed to the Lord of the Rings Online game. When the game finally arrived on the internet, the story had developed a life of its own and still continues. Of course we also have ongoing RP in the game. Valarites can speak mind to mind because they are f�ar spirits operating various bodies in order to learn more of others so that we can eventually be good enough to make Arda Reborn. It's easy to believe one is that body character even when operating many bodies - hroar.)
        After-meeting:
                RP: comments on the recent postings.
            (non)Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (4)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (After-meeting), Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: 3 Tolkien Moments brought up for discussion:
                Moment 1. Life finds a way, even in Mordor.
                Moment 2. Where Ungoliant went after Morgoth's scream calling in the Balrogs against her.
                Moment 3. The Valar were unmoving and silent but they were very busy in the spirit world.
        After-meeting:
            (non)Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.
            The RP story on our forum has a new post.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (5)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (After-meeting), Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
        Gaming:
            World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Gollum and Shelob's relationship.
        After-meeting:
            (non)Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.

Sunday Meeting:

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
            ThundersnowSarabi dropped by Jan 3, invited by Tulkas-(Valar). Welcome, Thundersnow!
Web:
    General News page now shows only 2023.
    Index images for the new year shows only fireworks related. (Jan 4 back to regular rotating images, with additional model photos.)
Gaming:
    World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Lord of the Rings Online
Tolkien:
    Topic: J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday is January 3. Coin for next year.
After-meeting:
    (non)Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.