December 1, 2019 Sunday Meeting
5:00
P.M. Eastern time (-4 GMT aka 9 P.M. aka 21:00)
Discord:
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Transcript work by Varda.
[times are Central Time from Varda's Discord. Add one hour for
Eastern.]
["slight smile" is the same as we are used to using as a regular
smiley]
Attending (and
spoke): (9)
Discord:
Anarion, Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Elladan, Elrond, Eonwe, Falco,
Fladrif, Varda (presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news
Web:
Story start
Gaming:
General reports: World of WarCraft, StarCraft 2,
Heroes of the Storm, Eve Online, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Diablo 3,
Lord of the Rings Online
Tolkien:
Topic: With apologies to Galadriel, lumping the
types under magic anyway, and considering this is a fantasy tale,
what examples of magic or perhaps strangeness do we see?
After-meeting:
Flashgaming Reviews by
Ar-Pharazon.
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Before-meeting
FladrifVToday at 2:03 PM
Aiya
AnarionToday at 2:14 PM
Aiya
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 3:39 PM
Aiya!
FladrifVToday at 3:40 PM
Hoom boom Pharazon
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 3:41 PM
Evening, Flad :slight_smile:
FladrifVToday at 3:41 PM
evening :slight_smile:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 3:41 PM
Haven't seen you here in a while.
FladrifVToday at 3:45 PM
it has been too long since I was here
ElrondToday at 3:52 PM
Aiya, just watching video of goons locust fleet getting dunked
VardaToday at 4:00 PM
Aiya : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:00 PM
Aiya!
VardaToday at 4:00 PM
Wow, Fladrif was here! I see ent footprints. tries not to trip
It's that time again, when we meet up and enjoy each other's
company, swap news and stories. : )
ArienValarToday at 4:04 PM
Aiya :slight_smile:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:04 PM
Aiya!
ArienValarToday at 4:04 PM
Now there is a a rare visitor :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 4:04 PM
Aiya Arien : )
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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
Membership:
Good to see you all again! Glad to be back.
Any membership news you'd like to mention?
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Web:
I'm trying to put up this 25-chapter story by Shirebound but only
have a little up. Consider it a sneak preview. : )
"By Chance or Purpose"
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/fiction/authors/Shirebound/ByChanceorPurpose01.htm
By Chance or Purpose ch. 1 "The Doom of Men"
fanfiction pre-LotR AU. The
journey taken by the hobbits and Aragorn from
Bree to Rivendell:
If the bond between Frodo and Aragorn from
"Quarantined"
had been set up before the hobbits met Strider in
Bree, how might
this fateful journey have been diffe...
ElrondToday at 4:08 PM
Celebrian and I put up 156lbs of home grown pork, and loaded the
other pig which my dad will pick up tomorrow to take off. We have
been enjoying some really good bacon I cured/smoked.
VardaToday at 4:08 PM
Wow, that's a lot of meat and work. Congratulations!
mmm bacon!
AnarionToday at 4:09 PM
Interesting. I wouldn't think that a pre-existing relationship
between Frodo and Aragorn would change that much, but I suppose
could see that branching out a lot
ElladanToday at 4:09 PM
Aiya! :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 4:09 PM
Aiya Elrond, Anarion, and Elladan!
Anarion, it might not change a lot but we'll see where Shirebound
takes it!
At Bree, the hobbits would have more trust in Strider right away.
What else can we think of?
Would it otherwise be the same?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:12 PM
He might've met them in the Shire early, and they'd have less
trouble in the Old Forest, perhaps.
VardaToday at 4:14 PM
Hey, when you have Bombadil, what more do you need. ; )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:14 PM
I bet they'd have gotten along.
VardaToday at 4:14 PM
Agreed. : )
I wonder how well they knew each other.
Gandalf was friends with both.
They were in the Shire area protecting.
ElladanToday at 4:15 PM
Here but going to the kitchen to heat up something to eat
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:15 PM
Maybe popped in for a visit now and then.
VardaToday at 4:15 PM
Maybe the Rangers had little to do on the Bombadil side of the
Shire.
ElladanToday at 4:15 PM
swear I should have been a hobbit
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:16 PM
Hmm, not much threat coming from that side other than the occasional
angry tree.
VardaToday at 4:16 PM
Good plan, Elladan. And maybe!
Orcs and others trying to cross into the Shire could be Willow lunch
pretty quickly.
ArienValarToday at 4:17 PM
Aiya Elladan :smile:
nice to see you
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:17 PM
Aiya Elladan! How'd I miss that.
VardaToday at 4:18 PM
Also, thanks to Eonwe for taking the meeting last Sunday. I enjoyed
reading your chat!
the chat from all of you. : )
ArienValarToday at 4:18 PM
:slight_smile:
VardaToday at 4:19 PM
Speaking of Eonwe, on to
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Gaming News!
ElladanToday at 4:19 PM
Aiya Arien :slight_smile: k afk
lol
VardaToday at 4:20 PM
Feel free to type in your bit about the games and add in what we
left out! Asides are always welcome, as we can still hear each other
in typing without drowning each other out.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:20 PM
Heya all.
VardaToday at 4:20 PM
Eonwe!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:20 PM
Aiya!
VardaToday at 4:21 PM
Hey, do you have time to give the Gaming report? We had just hit it.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:21 PM
I can.
VardaToday at 4:21 PM
O good. Fire when ready!
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:21 PM
World of Warcraft:
This week's bonus event: Battle for Azeroth Dungeons.
The Darkmoon Faire begins today and runs through Saturday, December
7th.
Starcraft 2:
VardaToday at 4:22 PM
(And we may have comments slide in here and there, as it can be the
only way to get a word in.)
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:22 PM
Patch 4.11.0 came out this week. : https://starcraft2.com/en-us/news/23227811
StarCraft II
StarCraft II Official Game Site
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.
Heroes of the Storm:
A patch is up on the PTR with a new event type, Nexus Anomolies,
starting with experience globes. : https://heroesofthestorm.com/en-us/blog/23227809/heroes-of-the-storm-ptr-patch-notes-november-25-2019-2019-11-25/
--- https://heroesofthestorm.com/en-us/blog/23227977/introducing-experience-globes-the-first-seasonal-nexus-anomaly-2019-11-25/
Heroes of the Storm
Legendary heroes and villains from Warcraft,
StarCraft and Diablo are summoned to the Nexus. Choose your hero and
prepare to fight in Heroes of the Storm!
ElrondToday at 4:23 PM
In Eve Online, goons got dunked pretty hard and lost 61
rorquals at about 460bil loss. SW Jedi Fallen Order is really good,
been playing that.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:23 PM
Hearthstone:
FladrifVToday at 4:23 PM
I played a bit of HS
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:23 PM
A new Developer Insight is out: Personal Rating in Hearthstone
Battlegrounds. : https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/23239989/developer-insights-personal-rating-in-hearthstone-battlegrounds
Developer Insights: Personal Rating in
Hearthstone Battlegrounds
Senior Data Scientist Tian is here to help
demystify the inner workings of player ratings in Hearthstone
Battlegrounds.
Overwatch:
Interested in Mercy's backstory? Check out the blog The History of
Mercy: From Guardian to Guardian Angel. : https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/23229614/the-history-of-mercy-from-guardian-to-guardian-angel
Overwatch
Overwatch is Blizzard’s team shooter for PC and
consoles.
Choose a hero from a diverse roster of soldiers,
scientists, adventurers, and oddities, each with their own unique
set of abilities.
Bend time, defy physics, and unleash an array of
extraordinary powers in concert wi...
Thus ends my report.
VardaToday at 4:24 PM
Thank you, Eonwe. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:24 PM
For Diablo 3, season 19 has started.
VardaToday at 4:24 PM
Ah hah. Did you get into it?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:25 PM
Repeated rewards for chapter 4 of the season journey still, though
there's an angelic treasure goblin pet if you complete the whole
journey.
Which I have never managed, so I don't bother with it anymore :wink:
But for those who do, the time is now!
ElrondToday at 4:25 PM
Celebrian and I just did the Ch 1-4, rest requires bit more effort
VardaToday at 4:25 PM
Grats!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:25 PM
Yesss, very much so.
They get exponentially harder, really.
FladrifVToday at 4:28 PM
in HS I reached rank 13 in 1 day
without loosing a single game from 18
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:29 PM
Even defeated me with my silly shaman deck :wink:
VardaToday at 4:29 PM
Grats to Fladrif!
FladrifVToday at 4:29 PM
yes it was with that deck hehe
finally one that seems to work happy ent
FalcoToday at 4:29 PM
Aiya
VardaToday at 4:29 PM
: )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:29 PM
Aiya!
VardaToday at 4:29 PM
Aiya Falco : )
And a bit for Lord of the Rings Online, our players in our 3
servers this past week:
Landroval:
Aranuir
Bregalad
Eonwe
Falco
Fangorn
Nar and Mirabella
Meriadoc
Thranduil
Varda
Ithil:
Arien
Dis
Falco
Fangorn
Varda
Anor:
Arien
Fangorn
Varda
Some familiar names in there!
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:32 PM
I must be off. Take care all, good night, sleep well, and have fun.
VardaToday at 4:32 PM
Namarie Eonwe!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:32 PM
Namarie!
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VardaToday at 4:32 PM
Tolkien!
Galadriel liked to make a distinction between the effects she made
including tearing down Dol Guldur and the evil sorcery of the Enemy,
not wanting to hear them both under the term "magic". With apologies
to Galadriel, lumping the types under magic anyway, and considering
this is a fantasy tale, what examples of magic or perhaps
strangeness do we see?
.
Is this a purely mundane book with no magic?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:33 PM
Elvish rope :wink:
VardaToday at 4:33 PM
Good one!
Also feel free to pull examples from any of his books.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:34 PM
And cloaks that camouflage you whether the background is grey rocks,
grey sand, grey grass or grey sky. ...Or wait, that was the parody
book :wink:
VardaToday at 4:34 PM
Anyone can type. This is not a structured part with turns.
ArienValarToday at 4:34 PM
The Mirror of Galadriel
VardaToday at 4:34 PM
Haha, Galadriel's own magic!
The phial she gave to Frodo used against Shelob.
ArienValarToday at 4:35 PM
not to mention the magic of the three rings
VardaToday at 4:35 PM
True. And all those other rings.
ArienValarToday at 4:35 PM
to preserve , and heal and keep up the memory of that what was lost
VardaToday at 4:36 PM
There were even lesser rings not discussed. They should all have fan
fic stories!
Aye, that's how the elvish rings were used. With a bit of fire too.
So we could perhaps add "protect".
Rings of the dwarves that took a bit of gold and multiplied it.
Thorin's problem was not having that first bit of gold.
or his father's ring.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:38 PM
I always wondered about that. Does it just make your treasury grow?
Or veins of gold appear in your mountain? Or aid you in making
favorable trading deals?
If you leave it on a coin, are there two the next morning?
VardaToday at 4:38 PM
Good question. I imagined it replicating.
Aye, that sort of thing.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:38 PM
That would be magic indeed.
VardaToday at 4:39 PM
Leave it on Smaug's hoard...
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:39 PM
Soon the mountain will overflow.
VardaToday at 4:39 PM
We could have been flooded in gold, so maybe there was some kind of
restriction.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:40 PM
Maybe it was a common occurrence that a dragon would claim a ring,
leave it in his hoard, and almost suffocate in his own gold one
morning... at which point they'd decide to melt the darn thing.
VardaToday at 4:40 PM
Ah hah! That explains so much.
Why would a dragon that loves a hoard of treasure melt a dwarven
ring? Now we know!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:41 PM
There might even be dragon skeletons found in ever-multiplying
hoards.
VardaToday at 4:41 PM
hehe
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:41 PM
Those who did not make it.
VardaToday at 4:42 PM
Elves might consider some things so normal that it isn't "magic".
Walking on snow, for instance. And who knows what else? Mud?
Quicksand?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:42 PM
Walk on water, just to be with you ♪
VardaToday at 4:42 PM
: )
There's music in this channel!
And music is the start of most things in the stories. Such as Arda.
Music magic. Fights in song that bring up truths.
Banish wights.
The elves sang a lot. I wonder what kind of effect that had around
them, maybe attributed to rings.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:44 PM
Make trees go to sleep.
VardaToday at 4:45 PM
Or talk to trees and waken them.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:45 PM
Depends on the song.
VardaToday at 4:45 PM
Aye!
Opposite there.
FladrifVToday at 4:45 PM
hoom boom heard his family being named
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:45 PM
A nice little lullaby or some hardrock elf metal.
VardaToday at 4:46 PM
Fladrif's hoom homs might be a form of music, like horns.
He affects the trees, the huorns.
and has a fine drink!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:46 PM
Which also seems quite magical.
Or just very nutritious.
FladrifVToday at 4:46 PM
I always imagine it sounding like a lur
VardaToday at 4:46 PM
heh
lur?
FladrifVToday at 4:47 PM
old instrument from the vikings
sounds fabulous in a fjord :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 4:47 PM
Cool, had to look it up.
Would love to hear it!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:47 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lur
Lur
A lur, also lure or lurr, is a long natural blowing horn without
finger holes that is played by embouchure. Lurs can be straight or
curved in various shapes. The purpose of the curves was to make
long instruments easier to carry (e.g. for marching, like the
modern sousaphone)...
VardaToday at 4:47 PM
a Scandinavian S-shaped bronze trumpet dating from the
Bronze Age.
Reminds me of the Celtic version a bit.
FladrifVToday at 4:48 PM
VardaToday at 4:48 PM
the oldest metal musical instruments of Europe are the signal horns
called lurs
Wow - quite different shapes.
FladrifVToday at 4:49 PM
that is the shape we normally see here in musea
my humble excuses for hijacking your moot
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:50 PM
clears throat
How alluring!
VardaToday at 4:50 PM
You have improved the moot. : )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRSVcOHlLP8
YouTube
Cultus
Viking Tones #1 Lur-calls
This gives the sound. Is it like what you meant?
ArienValarToday at 4:52 PM
dear Ent :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 4:52 PM
In the comments, it says: the bronze ones are believed to have been
for ritual use, whilst the wooden ones (which were shorter and
lighter, thereby more portable) were used for signaling
Don't know how accurate that is, but interesting.
We have heard the music of the Ents!
How magical is it to have walking trees that can speak with you and
shepherd others?
I'd put that high up the list.
FladrifVToday at 4:54 PM
luckily noone sees us ever blush
VardaToday at 4:54 PM
Hidden under bark. : )
ArienValarToday at 4:54 PM
Red bark Trees nod , now we know what they are .. eh? b lushing ents
VardaToday at 4:55 PM
Ahh : )
Redwoods. Imagine them walking. Furry too.
FladrifVToday at 4:55 PM
Highbranches Arien
ArienValarToday at 4:55 PM
ahhh :slight_smile:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:56 PM
Do all trees blush in autumn?
ElladanToday at 4:56 PM
Not evergreens
VardaToday at 4:56 PM
hehe
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:56 PM
True :slight_smile:
ElladanToday at 4:56 PM
or palm trees
FladrifVToday at 4:57 PM
and not to forget fern trees
ElladanToday at 4:57 PM
isnt a fern, a fern?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:57 PM
They know no shame or shyness.
ElladanToday at 4:57 PM
lol
VardaToday at 4:57 PM
It's like seeing a hamster and a Kodiak bear?
ElladanToday at 4:58 PM
that would be a teddy bear hamster
FladrifVToday at 4:58 PM
slightly taller than a normal fern
VardaToday at 4:58 PM
I used to raise those. : )
the hamsters that is.
Good picture!
ElladanToday at 4:58 PM
that's awesome. I love tropics
FladrifVToday at 4:58 PM
endemic to NZ
VardaToday at 4:58 PM
Another reason to visit!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:59 PM
Yess, I'd say that's a fern"tree" indeed.
FladrifVToday at 4:59 PM
silver ferns guide your path
by flipping them to their silver side
VardaToday at 4:59 PM
They stay?
FladrifVToday at 5:00 PM
after been disconnected from their rightful bearer yes
VardaToday at 5:00 PM
ah makes sense. Like breaking over a tiny sapling to point a change
in direction.
So we have active trees.
Speaking with stones.
I wonder if the ent version of that might be those storm giants?
FladrifVToday at 5:02 PM
things mostly get a bit rocky when that happens
VardaToday at 5:02 PM
hehe
Sleeping while walking, but somewhat aware. So normal it couldn't be
magic, right? Elves.
Sending light into the sky to take down a Nazgul on a flying beast
to save Faramir and his soldiers.
Or just being a wraith! Morgul sorcery there.
Sending one's "power" into others and into objects such as a ring or
the planet.
Morgoth's Ring, aka Arda.
Sending light into the sky to take down a Nazgul on a flying beast
to save Faramir and his soldiers.
ArienValarToday at 5:05 PM
The Pukelman Stone ? Just an ancient mortal who had learned to sit
still like a stone or an animated stone?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:05 PM
Now that's spooky magic.
ElladanToday at 5:05 PM
Alright guys, I gotta get going. Good to see you, even though it was
brief.
VardaToday at 5:05 PM
So, when the stones have models to admire? We just thought they
weren't awake.
Namarie!
ArienValarToday at 5:06 PM
good to see you to friend :slight_smile:
ElladanToday at 5:06 PM
You too!
ArienValarToday at 5:06 PM
Namarie , Elladan
VardaToday at 5:06 PM
We're about to the hour.
ElladanToday at 5:06 PM
Namarie!
VardaToday at 5:06 PM
Take care!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:06 PM
Namarie!
VardaToday at 5:06 PM
Changing a flat earth into a round one.
Taking a ship along the "straight path" to Valinor.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:06 PM
Well, if you're going to count stuff Illuvatar did...
VardaToday at 5:07 PM
So, we see a few odd things happening. Not just mundane.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:07 PM
Creation itself :wink:
VardaToday at 5:07 PM
I was going after the ship taking the straight path, but aye, why
not!
That is the greatest magic, right there.
Can't top that!
the gavel pops off the shelf and attempts a bow to the
hammerpad
the hammerpad tries to bow back, not very well
then showers of light cover them and both bow elegantly, with
a thunk sound as they lightly collide
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After-meeting!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:09 PM
Well you did state changing the world from flat to round :wink:
VardaToday at 5:09 PM
Free chat about anything.
Yes, yes I did. ; )
VardaToday at 5:18 PM
Ok, must go cook.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:18 PM
Enjoy?
VardaToday at 5:18 PM
*follows Elladan to the kitchen with Elrond's hog meat.
Cooking is fun. : ) A different kind of fun than here is all.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:19 PM
I don't have the patience for it.
VardaToday at 5:19 PM
I get hungry, and also don't want my family hungry.
Try faster type cooking or stuff that goes in the oven?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:19 PM
Good point, but it depends on what you're making :slight_smile:
Yep, microwave stuff works.
VardaToday at 5:20 PM
hehe - it can!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:20 PM
Or stuff that I can just leave in a pot for 15 minutes without
having to look at it.
VardaToday at 5:20 PM
And leftover turkey with dressing!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:21 PM
What would be a good name for a redfurred pandaren blood
deathknight?
Must start with my traditional prefix of Cal- , but I can always
slap that in front of the actual name.
ArienValarToday at 5:24 PM
Calfurion :open_mouth:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:25 PM
If she was a druid :smile:
doesn't really work for a dk.
I'm thinking along the lines of Calsanguia, but something more
Chinese-inspired would be nice.
Calsangria for the drink :wink:
VardaToday at 5:29 PM
Namarie for now. Calnamarie? ; )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:30 PM
Namarie :smile:
ArienValarToday at 5:33 PM
Cal SangWu ?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:33 PM
Interesting.
ArienValarToday at 5:34 PM
:O)
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:36 PM
Calshanguia?
Calsangwu's not bad though.
..Calshangrila?
ArienValarToday at 5:42 PM
Calshangli for a lady is it?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:42 PM
I tend to affix all my female chars with -a, but it might be worth
an exception.
With an -i, we've always got Caljiangshi, after the chinese vampire.
ArienValarToday at 5:43 PM
well as far as i know the syllable Wu after a name is associated
with males and Li with females at least as stereotype :slight_smile:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:44 PM
Hmm, interesting.
ArienValarToday at 5:44 PM
bbut i llike that actaully Caljangshi
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:44 PM
The name Li means Pretty, Powerful and is of Chinese origin. Li is
name that's been used by parents who are considering unisex or
non-gendered baby names--baby names that can be used for any gender.
If used for a female, this name means "pretty." For a male,
"powerful."
Ideally I'd find a combination of Jiangshi and Sangria
:slight_smile:
Calsjiangshria might be a bit over the top.
It'd certainly be unique, though.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:08 PM
Also too long, apparently the cap is 12 letters :slight_smile:
Anyway, gonna play some Storm, and then do my gaming report.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:40 PM
Personal gaming report!
For flashgames I've had quite a few choices this week, but
I'll give you 3 short-ish medium skilled-ish puzzle games that were
newly badged on Kongregate this week.
ArienValarToday at 6:42 PM
Callshangria!
Caljiangshia?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:42 PM
Close :slight_smile: I settled on Calshiangria for now, with shi (as
in Jiangshi) being chinese for corpse.
Might change my mind, but it looks okay.
ArienValarToday at 6:43 PM
looks great :slight_smile:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:43 PM
Thanks for helping me with suggestions :slight_smile:
ArienValarToday at 6:43 PM
happy to do :slight_smile:
and its bed time .. well long since , since i am very tired but i am
defo going now :slight_smile:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:44 PM
Alright, namarie :slight_smile:
ArienValarToday at 6:44 PM
Namarie :slight_smile:
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Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:45 PM
Flashgames!
https://www.kongregate.com/games/Alienplay/spin
is the first game for this week! A balance puzzler, where you guide
a ball to the flag in each level by rotating platformers and later
on activating springs. Some puzzling and timing required, but the
most fun can be had by just launching the ball with a large swing
and hoping it lands in the right place :wink:
Kongregate
Spin!
Spin! is a 2D physics-based game in which you
control the environment. Rotate platforms, activate pistons, avoid
spikes and get the ball to the end. Spin! feat...
https://www.kongregate.com/games/ValettusGD/the-chamber
is a top-view puzzle game where you move your robot character
through a level, finding the varying solutions to each level. Lights
to hit, blocks to move, enemies to shoot - or not! - and different
solutions in each level.
Kongregate
The Chamber
A unique puzzle game where the rules change with
every level! Use ingenuity, memory, and skill to discover the
solutions.
Then once you finish see how fast yo...
A bit of thinking and improvisation is necessary, but it's not that
difficult to figure each one out. And if you have trouble, you can
ask for hints.
Make sure to start with the tutorial for instructions!
And if you fail, you get a level-specific hint as well, relating to
why you failed :slight_smile:
And https://www.kongregate.com/games/toweld/four-color-theorem-coloring-puzzle-game
for the last game! This one is rather more relaxed, with logical
thinking. The idea is that with any configuration on a 2d map,
you'll only ever need 4 colors max to color the areas so that no
same-colored areas touch.
Kongregate
Four Color Theorem - Coloring Puzzle Game
In mathematics, the four color theorem, or the
four color map theorem, states that, given any separation of a plane
into contiguous regions, producing a figure...
Using this concept, color all the squares in the map; you've got 5
colors, but if you manage it with 4 (or lower in some maps) you'll
get a star. So get all the stars!
There are daily randomly generated levels as well, proving the
concept correct with no exceptions :slight_smile:
I really enjoyed all 3 games this week, and especially the third one
gives random new content every day. So try it out and have fun!
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Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:22 PM
Blizzard gaming:
Heroes of the Storm:
Nothing much new. Couple of rare banners from lootchests. Still at
level 379, and brawl with 3 familiar heroes. Still lost 2 out of 3
though, but I can't carry everything :wink:
Starcraft:
Something new there! With Black Friday sales going on at Blizzard, I
decided to buy Starcraft Cartooned! It's a modification of Starcraft
Remastered in the style of the Carbot Starcrafts videos, which I've
really gotten into recently, and at 25% discount I decided to buy
it.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:28 PM
It changes the map textures, buildings, units, ending screens,
campaign briefings, main menu, and gives a nice cinema context to
the cutscenes. Basically the entire game except the options buttons
and audio.
If you're a fan of Carbot, or just like to see Starcraft imagined in
a cute artstyle, I really recommend it; I made a start at replaying
the campaign in the Cartooned style and cleared a couple of
missions.
If you'd like to see previews, you should be able to find it in your
region's version of the blizzard shop, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8bC2bZ0JSs
gives a trailer, with a slightly modified broodwar intro followed by
preview scenes :slight_smile:
YouTube
CarbotAnimations
StarCraft Cartooned [NOW AVAILABLE]
Hearthstone:
Still on the edge of level 60 for most classes! I can't even see the
gap anymore for most classes, and the rest is 10% or less off. Next
week pretty much guaranteed to get a bunch more level 60s, if not
all of them.
Brawl is an old common one, the Crossroads, simply choose a class
and get a random deck. It's simple and random but also quick and fun
:slight_smile:
WoW:
A few more attempts at mythic Palace, even had up to 20 people! Got
no further on the first boss though. I believe new strategies are
being developed, but we're taking a break from it for now, and
instead organizing some alt-raids in this earlier raid-instances,
which I'll be joining on my main anyway.
We did, however, clear heroic Palace in one night for the first
time, which is an interesting milestone, as it gives us time for
other things (such as the altraids) on both other raidnights.
Got one new leathery item from the green dragons, only 4 more
appearances to unlock with the characters I'm sending in. Would
still like the staff though.
We got an unexpected new brawl, which usually skips a week... arathi
basin vs advanced AI, which is always fun! It was a bit buggy
though, which is why they replaced it after a day and will try it
again next week. Since I already did it on wednesday, though, I get
to go there two weeks in a row :wink:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:47 PM
Weekly this week is mythic dungeons, for which I did my weekly Kings
Rest and Freehold, as well as Tol Dagor and Siege of Boralus, which
are rather confined and linear. Makes for relaxed progression.
Reason for doing Freehold is a chance at a mount from the last boss,
and while I've not had any luck with that, an in-game friend who
sometimes joins me in there did get it! I hope mine won't take too
much longer :wink:
Also been trying to get a group together for a Kings Rest
achievement that gives a pet, but no luck yet. Hopefully in the next
few days!
And finally a new toy from Expeditions! Got enough dubloons there to
buy a Hand Anchor, which is a toy replacing your weapon with an
anchor for 10 minutes. Doesn't show much for my shapeshifting druid,
but could be fun on alts.
And I think that's my report for the week!
VardaToday at 8:51 PM
Thanks, Phar
and Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:54 PM
You too!
VardaToday at 8:54 PM
Next, Christmas!
Thanks : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:54 PM
It doesn't mean much to me, but yes :wink:
VardaToday at 8:55 PM
Hey, friends, family, fun. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:55 PM
If you celebrate it, sure :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 8:55 PM
food
And Happy Hanukkah!
and just have a good December. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:56 PM
Very good :slight_smile:
Namarie!
VardaToday at 9:01 PM
Namarie : )
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