June 24, 2018 Sunday Meeting
5pm
EDT (UTC/GMT - 5)
Discord: Valar
Guild/meeting_place
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Transcript work by Varda.
Attending: (3)
Discord:
Arien (presiding), Ar-Pharazon, Dis
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership:
Web:
Gaming:
General gaming report
Tolkien:
Topic: riddles
After-meeting:
Flashgaming Reviews by
Ar-Pharazon
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Before-meeting
(times are in Central from Varda, so add one hour for Eastern)
ArienV - Yesterday at 4:09 PM
I am here by the way :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 4:09 PM
Aiya!
I think it's yours :smiley:
ArienV - Yesterday at 4:10 PM
Aiya ! .. i am sorry i am a bit distracted listening to a Radio
Programm about my favorite band , Runrig , in Gaelic and .. what
is more i took part for it ^^
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 4:10 PM
Take your time, then :smiley:
ArienV - Yesterday at 4:11 PM
its about the bands influence on their fans to learn Gaelic
Dis - Yesterday at 4:30 PM
Aiya
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 4:30 PM
Aiya!
ArienV - Yesterday at 4:30 PM
Aiya Dis :smiley:
we havent really started yet since i was busy listening to a radio program .. but its finished now
so i ll quickly say the magic words
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Elen sila lumenn omentielvo .. a star shines on the hour of our meeting
Membership news:
We are here and you are here :smiley:
Varda is claimed by her family and Eonwe is claimed by work.
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 4:34 PM
I'll just add that for me, the next phase of turning my life around has
started... I'm now on a regular gym routine, twice a week, at my mom's
physical therapist. Time to improve my health!
That's sorty membership news, yes? :wink:
Dis - Yesterday at 4:38 PM
Work from home goes well for me...daytime hours and a cat supervising in the "office"
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 4:38 PM
Cats pretty good at supervising... except that they can be easily bribed.
*are
ArienV - Yesterday at 4:39 PM
Very good glad to hear and cats make good supervisors :smiley:
Akira always does a great job when i am cleaning :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 4:39 PM
hehe
ArienV - Yesterday at 4:40 PM
Varda thinks that she ll be available again after next week [Note: unavailable for next meeting]
just to add to that
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Web news:
We don't have any that i know of bacause of Varda being caught up in
family affairs but i am sure we will see some shortly :smiley:
Gaming:
Eonwe has put them up for us, as dutiful and reliable as ever :smiley:
World of Warcraft:
Summer festival has started Thursday this week.
There is also an articla about the end of the WoW armory app.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21901726/the-wow-mobile-armory-app-support-ending
World of Warcraft
The WoW Mobile Armory App Support Ending - WoW
And new information about PVP in Battle for Azeroth is available on the website.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21881588/battle-for-azeroth-preview-pvp-rating-updates
World of Warcraft
Battle for Azeroth Preview: PvP Rating Updates - WoW
Time remaining to global release is
50 days 13 mins and 30 seconds :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 4:48 PM
Soon™
ArienV - Yesterday at 4:52 PM
uhu
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 4:52 PM
Patch 8.0 is speculated to arrive at 17th, based on pre-patch event, pvp tournaments, etc.
ArienV - Yesterday at 4:52 PM
1`7th July?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 4:52 PM
Yep.
Might be wrong, of course :smiley:
ArienV - Yesterday at 4:53 PM
coool :smile:
I look forward to it .. reading Before the Storm at the moment :smiley:
inbetween gaming hehe
or on flightpaths
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 4:53 PM
hmm, me too, actually!
ArienV - Yesterday at 4:54 PM
highfives Phari
Starcraft
has had a; patch out as well
Patch 4. 4. 0
https://starcraft2.com/en-us/news/21870976
StarCraft II
Wage war across the galaxy with three unique and powerful races.
StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment
for the PC and Mac.
Hearthstone:
There is a new developer insight there
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/21867381/developer-insights-witchwood-mission-design
Developer Insights: Witchwood Mission Design
Hearthstone mission designers Paul Nguyen and Giovanni Scarpati share some insights about the development of Monster Hunt.
As for Valarites met this week
there is of course Phari here on Battlenet and Helm as well .. in
fact he turned up in person in the shop today :smiley:
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:01 PM
I have also spotted Celebrian in Eve online and Orome as well >
Any other sightings from your side, Phari or Dis?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:01 PM
Nope, not me.
Dis - Yesterday at 5:02 PM
Nar, Varda, Fangorn, Orome and Dis of course
in LOTRO
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:06 PM
ah thanks Dis :smiley:
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Tolkien:
now its that time for Tolkien again
do you have a suggestion for a Tolkien topic or a Tolkien moment?
any of you two?
Dis - Yesterday at 5:12 PM
not hardly prepared here
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:12 PM
Sorry, can't come up with one either.
Dis - Yesterday at 5:12 PM
how about----sleep
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:13 PM
If Arien doesn't have any either, we can always fall back to a wordgame or something :smiley:
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:14 PM
very good :smiley:
lets play :smiley:
the alphabet game :smiley:
or a riddle game if you can club some together ?
how about that?#
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:15 PM
Challenging (to come up with something) but fun!
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:18 PM
lets start simple ..
not all that is gold does not glitter :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:19 PM
Something about a king coming back, was it? :wink:
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:19 PM
who?
and who mikght that be?#
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:19 PM
't would be Aragorn!
The man who looked foul but felt fair.
Let me see how to write cursive.. :wink:
ah yes
Alive without breath, as cold as death; never thirsty, ever drinking; all in mail, never clinking
Dis - Yesterday at 5:26 PM
alas Dis failed Riddles 101
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:33 PM
Fish :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:33 PM
Yes!
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:34 PM
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
Dis - Yesterday at 5:35 PM
Wind
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:35 PM
I wanna say... wind?
Dis beat me to it
Dis - Yesterday at 5:36 PM
Take one out and scratch my head
I am now black but once was red
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:36 PM
A match!
wow, that took a while :stuck_out_tongue:
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:37 PM
of course ^^
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:38 PM
A box without hinges, key or lid; yet golden treasure inside is hid
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:38 PM
Egg :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:39 PM
yep!
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:40 PM
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:41 PM
ah, that's one of those letter riddles... I'm gonna say m :smiley:
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:41 PM
chuckles
correct :smiley:
Dis - Yesterday at 5:42 PM
lol
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:42 PM
What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and 3 legs in the evening?
Dis - Yesterday at 5:43 PM
a person
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:43 PM
correct!
Dis - Yesterday at 5:44 PM
Where may you find roads without carts, forests without trees, cities without houses?
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:44 PM
on a map
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
Ooh, hadn't heard that one before.
Dis - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
excellent--im off to put up my feetsies
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
:smile:
Dis - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
ty for the fun
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
Namnarie and great seeing you tonight :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
You too!
Dis - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
namaie!
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
Thus comes my final rddle :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
Namarie!
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down
Dis - Yesterday at 5:45 PM
:smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:46 PM
"Time, give me time!"
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:46 PM
chuckles Time is up with the meeting as well :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:46 PM
My last then...
What's in my pocket? :wink:
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:47 PM
rope , knife or nothing!
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 5:47 PM
Sorry, 't was my wallet!
ArienV - Yesterday at 5:47 PM
chuckles
*looks at the gavel sortiment .. picks a nice tiny shiny one and smiles as it goes ping as it is banged
puts gavel back on the hook
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Aftermeeting!
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 6:00 PM
Personal gaming report! Let's find some flashgames for the week.
http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/circle_game
is the first game! simple concept: Avoid circles that are bigger
than yourself, eat the ones that are smaller; grow larger the
more you eat. You'll be able to eat more stuff, but it'll also become
harder to avoid others if you're bigger.
Circle Game - OneMoreLevel.com
Have not been able to finish it myself yet, furthest I've got was 48 points, which is pretty big :smiley:
https://www.kongregate.com/games/Crescentyr/loisian-runes is the second game. Move blocks with patterns on them in a 3d grid to create the picture in the corner.
Kongregate
Loisian Runes
You are cursed by the Loisians. Move the stones until you make a shape that looks like the rune at the bottom right.
https://www.kongregate.com/games/flippet3/jump-slam-roll
is the last, a platform puzzle game, slam into orbs to absorb them to
increase your skill in slamming, jumping, and movement speed; goal is
to collect all the upgrades and slam the big boss at the end.
Kongregate
Jump Slam Roll
Transform into a jumping, slamming, rolling expert!
But you'll have to get through quite a maze to get all of them :smiley:
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Blizzard gaming:
Hearthstone:
All the classes nearing halfway to the next level now. Got a few new
legendaries along the way as well: Bloodmage Thalnos, Edwin VanCleef,
and tonight Prince Liam. The first two in one pack, even :smiley: Quite
lucky!
Event still continuing, though with the really weird events for the
quest like playing 5 1-mana cards or drawing 15 cards, I'm making
really specialized decks for them and, as such, haven't actually won a
game in like a week :wink: But the quests are getting done, so that's
nice!
Brawl this week is shadow reflections; make a deck of as many cards as
you like (up to 30) and the rest of the deck is filled with shadow
reflections, which become the card you last played that turn. So it's a
bit like the new Echo mechanic, except that it can apply to any card
you play.
Heroes of the Storm:
level 280 now! Not sure which hero got the level.. probably Morales, which I ended up playing some more for quests.
Completed the quest chain for the Alterac Valley event, getting all the
alliance rewards. Bonus xp for playing with friends is still ongoing,
though, so for that I still play with the friends I recruited last
week, for the time being.
Have not seen the new Alterac Pass map yet, despite it being one of a
temporarily limited pool of maps for Vs AI games right now. Just
unlucky, perhaps. Doesn't matter, as it's a permanent addition, so I'll
surely see it eventually :smiley:
Brawl this week was a single-lane in the Industrial District, an
Overwatch-based map. Lost one, won one, and got to use a hero I had not
used for quite a while, Muradin. First time playing him since his
talents got thrown about, with a new quest mechanic surrounding
stormbolt. Quite fun if you specialise in that direction.
Diablo 3:
Level 43 now! Almost done with chapter 1, just need to get 7 more
levels, and a bit more gold to upgrade the jewelcrafter and mystic.
Shouldn't take long.
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 7:02 PM
WoW:
Still raiding, still visiting old raids for pets/mounts, no new stuff
got in either of them. Missed today's raid because I wasn't at home,
but I don't think I missed much. Argus kill on thursday had me starting
the upgrade of my third Argus trinket, the healing one. I won't max it
out since we've only got 2 months to go until expansion, but wasn't
really planning on using it anyway.
WoW was pretty slow going otherwise, with more time spent in Diablo 3
and Heroes of the Storm. Still poking emissaries and mount-rares in
Argus. Weekly quest for timewalks ended up taking a big chunk of the
remaining time, but still remains fun to do, and I think I might be
starting to get the hang of dpsing with my demon hunter alt, even
though she's only level 100, has only 2 talents, no artifact, and I
only play her for one timewalk during every event :wink:(edited)
But I did complete my next big project, all the various named hidden
chests on Argus. Most of them required some specific Vindicaar ability
to reach, but there were also a few that were simply difficult to
travel to, including a rather hazardous jumping challenge on the very
eastern edge of Mac'aree. Luckily I got it in one attempt and didn't
plummet to my death :wink:
Some of the chests usually require a goblin glider to get to, but with
druidic speed and moonkin flapping I managed to reach them all without
the glider. Druid = best class :wink:
Though I'm sure demon hunters wouldn't have had much trouble either.
Looting the chests was the last achievement needed for the Paragons of
Argus meta achievement, which also got me the Lightbringer title.
I think the only achievement left for me on Argus (dungeon and raid not
included) is the Family Fighter pet battle achievement, now. As I only
work on that when the pet world quest of the day is a pet I still need
to fight, progress is getting slower and slower. Still got a few more
done, though, and only have 7 to go.
And finally, started the next project, which is the new unlockable
Selfie backgrounds which were introduced late in the expansion. I
already had Firelands and Argus, and also acquired Frostmourne today.
Only Sha and Twilight remain, from Sha of Fear and Cho'gall
respectively. Shouldn't take long!
Oh, and yes, Midsummer festival has started. I've not bothered with it
much though, since I already have the achievements, pets, appearances,
and even the weapon illusion. I did poke Ahune once for fun, but
there's nothing else I lack from the holiday. Maybe next year will have
new stuff?
And that's my report for the week!
Ar-Pharazon-V - Yesterday at 8:30 PM
namarie!
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