January 11, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
• Attending (10): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Earendil, Eonwe, Eowyn, Falco, Fangorn, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web News:
• Just the newses.
• Gaming News:
• World of Warcraft
• Diablo IV
• Overwatch 2
• Hearthstone
• Lord of the Rings Online
• StarCraft 2
• Browser game review by Ar-Pharazon: Dozenbear
• Tolkien:
• Topic: Pallando showed us Hobbiton and Edoras pictures (New Zealand)!

January 4, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
• Attending: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Fangorn, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web News:
• Some new pages are up for 2026 to keep content current and more will be updated. The fancier versions are intended for later in the year.
• Gaming News:
• World of Warcraft
• StarCraft 2
• Lord of the Rings Online
• Browser game review by Ar-Pharazon: The Journey Home
• Tolkien:
• Topic 1: Pallando says he expects to have Hobbiton pictures (New Zealand) for us this coming week.
• Topic 2: January third was JRR Tolkien's birthday, when we hoist a toast in-game and/or in real life and type or say "The Professor!"
• Topic 3: Note that when Smeagol/Gollum refers to Sauron or Shelob, he uses capitalization, such as He and She. Why?

January 3, 2026 Thursday

• Happy Birthday to J.R.R. Tolkien!
• Raise a glass and give a toast with many other Tolkien fans, traditionally at local 9 P.M. The toast is "The Professor!". For in-game such as in Lord of the Rings Online it's /toast The Professor! If the character doesn't have the toast emote, a great alternate is to type /drink The Professor!

January 1, 2026 Thursday

• Happy New Year!
• Last year's news is now archived at News 2025.

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