June 1, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (7): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Shelob, Varda (presiding), Xavier
• Web:
  • We try to keep the general News and Gaming Site News pages updated, whatever else is going on.
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Last year's anniversary three-way tie of topics.
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• After-meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-Flashgaming

May 25, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (7): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Mosby, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • We try to keep the general News and Gaming Site News pages updated, whatever else is going on.
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo III
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • tabletop
  • EVE Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: from Arien: How did Elves, Mankind and Hobbits bring up their children? So, childhood / education.
• After-meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-Flashgaming

May 20, 2025 Tuesday

Gaming / LotRO: The new US 64-bit server, Sting, is expected to open May 21, tomorrow. We will not be setting up an official branch there, but it may lessen population pressure on our two kin branch servers and allow for future growth. This link also tells the intended schedule for "dark world" transfers. These are servers that can't normally be entered and have characters stranded on them.

May 18, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (8): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Falco, Sandalf, Shelob, Varda (presiding), Xavier
• Web:
  • Eonwe is updating the Games Site for the new LotRO servers we've moved to on Peregrin and Glamdring.
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Heroes of the Storm
  • StarCraft II
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: What is the importance of the Prancing Pony in Bree?
• After-meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-Flashgaming

May 14, 2025 Wednesday

Gaming / LotRO:

Released today: Update 44.1 This includes new Anniversary Missions, new travel skills to Dun Shûma, and hotfixes.

"The "Another Lovely Year" anniversary quest wrapper is currently not functioning correctly. Rather then requiring some combination of 10 Anniversary Quests or 10 Anniversary Missions, it is requiring completion of both 10 Anniversary Quests and 10 Anniversary Missions in order to complete."

Dun Shûma, The King's Fortress has now opened to Tier 2. The Leading the Charge Deed for Dun Shûma, The King's Fortress runs until 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on June 26th.

LotRO news is now also on the social media program called BlueSky, as well as Facebook and X.

The latest on the timing for the new server, Sting. It's been delayed to fix a loss of housing items so they may be returned if a character logs onto the current game world before transferring. If transferring before the fix can be made, remove housing items into inventory for safety.

May 11, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (8): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Falco, Fangorn/Treebeard, Sandalf, Varda (presiding), Xavier
• Web:
  • No new content this past week. Send some. :)
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • StarCraft II
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Pets and domestic animals in Tolkien.
• After-meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-Flashgaming

May 4, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (8): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Shelob, Varda (presiding), Xavier
  • Pallando messaged in Discord with his EVE Online report.
• Web:
  • No new content this past week. Send some. :)
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • StarCraft II
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • EVE Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Help pick the topic for the Valar Guild Anniversary!
  • Topic 2: Gandalf tried to be where he needed to be, when he needed to be. Did he ever miss that goal?
• After-meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-Flashgaming

April 27, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (5): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (presiding), Pallando, and Sandalf
• Web:
  • No new content this past week. Send some. :)
• Gaming:
  • EVE Online
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  Lightning round of topics, not necessarily serious:
  • Topic 1: Did Elves wear makeup?
  • Topic 2: Stars: Light in the darkness or universal invasion plan by Varda?
  • Topic 3: Noldor, Vanyar, Teleri. If each were an ice cream, what would they be? (Bonus points to whoever picks the ice cream for the Noldor that I'm thinking)
  • Topic 4: Mirror Mirror on the wall, who should've been High-King of the Noldor in the Third Age?
• After-meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-Flashgaming

April 20, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (6): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (presiding), Falco, Leod, Varda
• Web:
  • No new content this past week. Send some. :)
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • Starcraft 2
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Rebirth in Tolkien's works.
• After-meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-Flashgaming

April 19, 2025 Satuday

LotRO coupon codes:

• THANKYOU2025 Reward for sticking it out through the transfer processes, good through May 18.
• NOFEARS Weekly code for Battle Potion of Restoration, good through April 24.

April 13, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (4): Arien (presiding start), Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (presiding)
• Web:
  • No new content this past week. Send some. :)
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • EVE Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Name game: Eonwe starts. Next name must begin with the last letter of the previous name. Order of players today = Eonwe, Phar, Arien.
• After-meeting:
  • Non-Flashgaming

April 9, 2025 Wednesday

April 6, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (6): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (presiding), Falco, Sandalf, Varda
  • Pallando left a message.
• Web:
  • No new content this past week. Send some. :)
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • EVE Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: In Tolkien's works, what kind of buildings or other things did the "speaking" folk use? This includes any being from spider to Vala.
• After-meeting:
  • Non-Flashgaming

April 4, 2025 Friday

LotRO housing neighborhoods opening today: Shire / Thorin's Hall.

With the mass buying over, housing went back to normal buys, such as at a For Sale sign in front of a house.

Free +10% Run Speed Boost x5 (6 Hours) through April 10 Code: ANDTHATSWHENIRAN

April 3, 2025 Thursday

LotRO housing neighborhoods opening today: Bree-land / Falathlorn

April 2, 2025 Wednesday

LotRO housing neighborhoods opening today: Kingstead / Lyndelby

April 1, 2025 Tuesday

LotRO housing neighborhoods opening today: Eastfold / Erebor

March 31, 2025 Monday

LotRO Peregrin server: we have a new kin house! Tol Lochul island, Gaerwing, Belfalas Homesteads, same as our old address from Landroval.

LotRO Glamdring server: we have a new kin house here too! Tol Lochul island, Logalad, Belfalas Homesteads, same as our old address from Crickhollow.

March 30, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (8): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Lenwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding), Xavier
• Web:
  • No new content this past week. Send some. :)
• Gaming:
  • EVE Online - twitch commentary by Pallando-(Valar) for the charity tournament.
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • Starcraft 2
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: How did Tolkien use poetry in his stories?
• After-meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues, as just coming to the end of the hour doesn't make us stop coming up with comments.
  • Non-Flashgaming

March 27, 2025 Thursday

LotRO Housing (tentative) Announcement

Housing begins to open on our new 64-bit worlds on Monday March 31st.

We're excited to announce the phased opening of Premium and Classic Housing in The Lord of the Rings Online starting Monday, March 31st! To ensure a smooth rollout, housing will be opened by neighborhood and in alphabetical order, with Premium housing first followed by Classic housing.

Housing will open at different times for EU and US servers:

EU Servers:

• Meriadoc: 12 PM Eastern (-4 GMT)
• Orcrist: 12:10 PM Eastern (-4 GMT)

US Servers:

• Glamdring: 6:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT)
• Peregrin: 6:10 PM Eastern (-4 GMT)

The rollout schedule is as follows:

• Monday, 3/31: Belfalas
• Tuesday, 4/1: Eastfold / Erebor
• Wednesday, 4/2: Kingstead / Lyndelby
• Thursday, 4/3: Bree-land / Falathlorn
• Friday, 4/4: Shire / Thorin's Hall

Please note this schedule is tentative and subject to change as we assess the launch of Belfalas housing on Monday, March 31st.

March 23, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
  • Attending (7): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Irmo, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • No new content this past week.
• Gaming:
  • EVE Online
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • Starcraft 2
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: A hero tends to be one that rescues others. Can we think of a few rescues?
• After-meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues
  • Non-Flashgaming

March 16, 2025 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 (6): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
  • Pallando gave his report on a side message.
• Web:
  • No new content this past week.
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • Starcraft 2
  • EVE Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic 1: Rohirric music
  • Topic 2: What did the folk do for fun?
• After-Meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-flashgaming.

March 15, 2025 Monday

The Valar Guild Crickhollow kin is now officially set up on Glamdring server! Transfer when ready!!

March 13, 2025 Thursday

LotRO: Spring Festival begins today and runs through April 2 at 3 A.M. . Go to the the Bree Festival Grounds and speak to Sgt. Tom for the wrapper quest "A Taste of Spring", since other wrapper quests can be aided by this one.

LotRO Event Calendar link.

March 10, 2025 Monday

The Valar Guild Landroval kin is now officially set up on Peregrin server! Transfer when ready!!

March 9, 2025 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 (6): Arien, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda (presiding), Xavier
  • Falco in side chat
• Web:
  • Game review by Eonwe-(Valar) for "Yars Rising".
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Diablo II
  • Starcraft 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: JRRT loved to hike. Is there any indication of that in his writing?
• After-Meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-flashgaming, if it happens..

March 7, 2025 Friday

LotRO: due to unexpectedly high demand for transfers to the new servers and the attendant software and hardware problems that had to be handled, the new game worlds are only now opening. Since so many characters are unable to transfer yet or had difficulties, housing is not yet open for fairness.

A fair number of kins, including ours, are still waiting on kin leaders to successfully transfer. Once a kin leader transfers, the whole network opens up so that any members entering afterwards are automatically kinned. Your kin leader was one of the first to jump into the transfers and therefore has had the joys of being in on all of the craziness, and is still in the process. Deep apologies for that.

March 3, 2025 Sunday

Monday, March 3rd 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT): VIP goes in to reserve three names per desired server.

Tuesday March 4th 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT): Free transfers from 32-bit to 64-bit worlds will be available to all players. The new game worlds themselves will remain closed

Wednesday, March 5th 1:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT): The game worlds open.

New! Game Review of "Yars Rising", by Eonwe.

March 2, 2025 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 (8): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Falco, Pallando, Sandalf, Shelob, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • No new content this past week.
• Gaming:
  • EVE Online
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Starcraft 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: The refusal to abandon shows up in Tolkien's works. Which ones can we think of?
• After-Meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-flashgaming.

Feb. 27, 2025 Thursday

LotRO. Update 43: Secrets of Utug-bûr was released today with new content, avatar updates especially but not just for High Elf, and repairs. So many things that it's best to just hit the link.

Feb. 23, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting: in progress

• Membership:
  • Attending (8): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Falco, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding), Xavier
• Web:
  • Story by Eonwe-(Valar) posted today: "Narn I Auros: Kindling". "An ember amongst the ashes, warmth amidst the cold. Love, once met, is not so easy to bid farewell."
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Diablo II
  • Overwatch 2
  • Heroes of the Storm
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Why is Grima's character arc important to the War of the Rings? And what was it?
• After-Meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-flashgaming.

February 21, 2025

Tolkien Site / Stories:

    "Narn I Auros: Lindon Vignettes 2" by Eonwe-(Valar). "Obligations and Old Wounds, Regret and Revenge. A covert war continues to take its toll."

Feb. 19, 2025 Wednesday

Date announced for the great LotRO server transfer!

Monday, March 3rd 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT): VIP goes in to reserve three names per desired server.

Tuesday March 4th 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT): Free transfers from 32-bit to 64-bit worlds will be available to all players. The new game worlds themselves will remain closed.

Wednesday, March 5th 1:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT): The game worlds open.

Free transfers: Free transfers from 32-bit to 64-bit game worlds will continue through August 31st, 2025. Free transfers between the new 64 bit worlds will operate on a rotating weekly basis and continue through April 30th 2025.

Valar's Landroval kin is going to the US RP-encouraged 64-bit server Peregin.

Valar's Crickhollow kin is going to the US regular 64-bit server Glamdring. (Some characters will go to Peregrin and need invited to the kin there. Grab an officer.)

Feb. 16, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending (6): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda (presiding), Xavier
• Web:
  • Nothing new this past week.
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Starcraft 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Anniversary Theme. Suggestions: showing antagonists' point of view; pets or domestic animals in Middle-earth
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Pets in Middle-earth.
• After-Meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-flashgaming.

Feb. 9, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending (5): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • Story by Eonwe-(Valar) posted February 7: "Narn I Auros: Lindon Vignettes"
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Overwatch 2
  • EVE Online
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Ring disguises.
• After-Meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-flashgaming.

Feb. 7, 2025 Friday

Tolkien Site / Stories:

    "Narn I Auros: Lindon Vignettes" by Eonwe-(Valar). "A brother and sister's heart-to-heart, a riddle unraveled, and a problem resolved? One day, three stories."

Feb. 2, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending (6): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • Nothing this past week. Send something. :)
• Gaming:
  • EVE Online
  • World of Warcraft
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Heroes of the Storm
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Elvish accents.
• After-Meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-flashgaming.

Jan. 31, 2025 Friday

Gaming / LotRO:

• LotRO transfer FAQ link.

Jan. 29, 2025 Wednesday

Gaming / LotRO:

• Wednesday downtime 9 AM to 1 PM for maintenance plus Update 42.4. Here are a few from the site:
• "In preparation for the introduction of new 64-bit worlds, we are increasing the base number character slots available to VIP and premium accounts. "
• Active VIP accounts will have 12 free charactere slots (up from 7)
• Premium accounts 10 (up from 5)
• Free to Play and Monster accounts remain unchanged.
• Ill Omens Event: Jan 30 through Feb 19 3 AM Eastern. New level 150 Portent.
• Rowan Raspberry has new items. Filbert Fig retires for the season.
• Angmar and Mordor servers advance to level cap 65 on April 30, 2025.

Jan. 26, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending (8): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Celebrian, Eonwe, Lenwe, Sandalf, Xaviervonhoot, Varda (presiding)
  • Moving our LotRO kin branches to their required new servers in Feb or March: discussion.
• Web:
  • Nothing this past week. Send something. :)
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Starcraft 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic 1: What was the interaction of the Free People with the Druedain? They were even considered mythical. In fact, a lot of the beings that humans were unaware of were considered mythical. Any thoughts on those?
  • Topic 2: How did Sauron manage to feed his minions?
• After-Meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-flashgaming.

Jan. 19, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending (5): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • Nothing this past week. Send something. :)
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Diablo IV
  • Starcraft 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Are there any romances in Tolkien's works?
• After-Meeting:
  • Tolkien chat continues.
  • Non-flashgaming.

Jan. 17, 2025 Friday

Gaming / LotRO:

• YouTube: with +Cord of the Rings, concerning 64 bit questions, Discord and more.

Jan. 14, 2025 Tuesday

• LotRO's Public Schedule of Events for 2025

Jan. 13, 2025 Monday

Gaming / LotRO / Angmar branch:

• Congratulations to our Angmar branch kinship! Today we (Leod, Fangorn, and Varda) bought a kinhouse:
• 2 Frothing Road, Kapheim, Thorin's Hall Homesteads

Jan. 12, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending (6): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Arwen, Eonwe, Lenwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • Nothing this past week. Send something. :)
• Gaming:
  • EVE Online
  • World of Warcraft
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo III
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Heroes of the Storm
  • Starcraft 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • Return to Moria
• Tolkien:
  • Topic from Eonwe: What are hard-hitting comments that you've read or heard from Tolkien fans?
• After-Meeting:
  • Sandalf's announcement
  • Non-flashgaming.

Jan. 10, 2025 Friday

Gaming / LotRO:

New 64-bit servers are coming in the first half of February. We are moving then!

• Information is on Twitch
• The same information then loaded onto YouTube
• Landroval to Peregrin. Put simply, our Landroval kinship branch is on a 32-bit server that will probably be discontinued by the end of the year. That kinship will move February to the upcoming server Peregrin, which will be US RP (United States role-play encouraged). This is not automatic, so we have a few chores to handle.
• Crickhollow to Glamdring. Our 32-bit Crickhollow kinship branch will move to 64-bit Glamdring, US regular. Crickhollow characters can choose instead to go to Peregrin with the Landroval folk, but they need to contact an officer to rejoin our kin branch there. (Example: Discord, LotRO-mail Fainan, email Fainan).
• Transfers are free. If a mistake is made going to the wrong server, a correction transfer can be made and is also free. Being free will probably last most of this year.
• After the kin leader makes the jump, all the kin apparatus goes with that person. When the membership jumps afterwards, they should be loaded automatically into the new kinship. If this doesn't happen as planned, call on an officer to bring you in.
• The kin leader will have to take the writs that transfer instead of the kinhouse to buy a new kinhouse, currently planned to be a Belfalas island again (our Valinor).
• If a player has a house holder character, that should be transferred first if possible. A massive land grab will be happening and this helps give you an early choice. If you have an item bound to you in the kinhouse, it will fall out to the character it was bound to, so it may be best to grab it before the jump.
• Keeping your name: On Day 1, VIP's will be able to choose their three favorite names and put them on the character-making screen to hold the names. Transfers are expected three days later, when the name may be deleted and the transfer made immediately after of the actual named character.

Jan. 5, 2025 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

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

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending (6): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • Nothing this past week. Send something. :)
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Diablo III
  • EVE Online
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • Starcraft 2
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: JRRT's birthday
  • Topic 2: How did the various groups communicate, both internally for their society and externally?
• After-Meeting:
  • Continued Tolkien chat.
  • Non-flashgaming.

Jan. 3, 2025 Friday

Toast to the Professor!

Happy birthday in Valinor, Professor Tolkien.