January 5, 2019 Sunday Meeting
5:00
P.M. Eastern time (-4 GMT aka 9 P.M. aka 21:00)
Discord:
Valar Guild/meeting_place
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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): (7)
Discord:
Arien, Eonwe, Falco, Fingolfin, Ioreth, Pallando, Varda
(presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news
Fingolfin-(V) speaks his few words.
Web:
New story by Shirebound: "Master of Bag End".
Gaming:
General reports: Diablo 3 and its mini-game,
World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online
Tolkien:
Topic: Tolkien has a lot of
contrasting ideas throughout his books. Hope vs Despair,
scholarliness and warrioriness (is that a word?).
Can we come up with any contrast examples? Any of his books are fair
game.
After-meeting:
More chat
Flashgaming Reviews by
Ar-Pharazon
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Before-meeting
VardaToday at 4:00 PM
Time to say hi to each other from across all our games, pass along
news, and maybe get together playing.
FalcoToday at 4:04 PM
Aiya
VardaToday at 4:04 PM
Aiya Falco!
and feel free to suggest a Tolkien topic. : )
Pallando-ValarToday at 4:05 PM
Aiya
FingolfinToday at 4:05 PM
ok?
VardaToday at 4:06 PM
Huzzah! We have Fingolfin!
Now that you spoke, it was possible to click on your name and raise
you up to Bounder. : )
Can you see the older posts in the channel now?
And if you are in the channel with us, you can see a list of people
on your right.
FingolfinToday at 4:08 PM
yes I can see the older posts.
VardaToday at 4:08 PM
Excellent!
And aiya to Pallando too. : )
Should no longer have problems with the channel. If you do, please
give a holler!
That is, let me know. : )
FingolfinToday at 4:09 PM
only people on my left.
VardaToday at 4:09 PM
Interesting. Mine shows them to the right and yours to the left.
FingolfinToday at 4:09 PM
I found the member list
VardaToday at 4:09 PM
On mine, the channel names are on the left.
FingolfinToday at 4:10 PM
no.... the member list was just minimied
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:10 PM
Guten Tag.
FingolfinToday at 4:10 PM
minimized
VardaToday at 4:10 PM
o wow. You can do that?
Aiya Eonwe ; )
Wie gehts? : )
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:11 PM
Es geht mir gut :}
VardaToday at 4:11 PM
Sehr gut!
Switching languages...
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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
FingolfinToday at 4:12 PM
High praise from she who Kindled the Stars. (bows sweeping crown in
a large arc)
VardaToday at 4:13 PM
We are honored by the presence of each of you luminaries. : )
Membership:
Most interesting bit: Fingolfin made it into our Discord channel for
the first time. He's been a member since way back.
Fingolfin, would you like to introduce yourself? Many here may not
have a memory as long as mine. (Not admitting age when old as a
Valie!)
FingolfinToday at 4:15 PM
Hail and Well Met one and. All Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo! I was
in this most excellent Guild back in the 1919's.
VardaToday at 4:15 PM
1991?
FingolfinToday at 4:15 PM
1990's
I still have fat fingers.
VardaToday at 4:16 PM
Typoes Are Us!
What games do you like to play these days?
Very organized of you.
FingolfinToday at 4:19 PM
Ahhhh... I am only playing Diablo 3. but i am open to
others.
VardaToday at 4:19 PM
Diablo 3 is a good one.
Most of us have a main game. Mine is Lord of the Rings Online.
FingolfinToday at 4:20 PM
if anyone plays D3 please feel free to friend me in battlenet
VardaToday at 4:20 PM
Anyone else like to mention their main?
Arien said last meeting that she would like to friend you on the US
Battlenet, and that you could reach her on Discord.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:21 PM
We do also have a Bnet community or group or whatever they're
calling it, if anyone wants to get an invite.
FingolfinToday at 4:21 PM
Great....
VardaToday at 4:21 PM
That would help!
FingolfinToday at 4:21 PM
:slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:22 PM
https://blizzard.com/invite/9GZyUVek
That link will last for 24 hours.
VardaToday at 4:22 PM
Eonwe also maintains the Games
Site, a help in finding who else plays your games.
Now might be a good time to grab it, feel free! This kind of thing
is one reason for meetings. : )
FingolfinToday at 4:23 PM
Thank you
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:24 PM
MP :}
ArienValarToday at 4:25 PM
Aiya all :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 4:25 PM
Aiya Arien : )
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:25 PM
For general information, the Bnet Group is across all bnet games, so
not limited to WoW, Diablo, Starcraft, etc.
VardaToday at 4:25 PM
Very helpful.
And Discord is across everything. We should be able to find each
other one way or another. : )
and my email is on the website.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:26 PM
Kinda like how old bnet was, only people can't wander into our bnet
group's channel :}
VardaToday at 4:26 PM
That's a plus.
On to
Web News:
(feel free to comment in other sections. Impossible to talk over
each other in text!)
And a minus. Ah well.
Web:
We have a new story put up today on the Tolkien Site:
"Master of Bag End" by Shirebound:
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/fiction/authors/Shirebound/MasterofBagEnd01.htm
Master of Bag End ch.1 "Without a Word"
fanfiction Fellowship of the Rings AU.
After Bilbo vanishes from the Birthday Party, and
Gandalf
leaves, Frodo tries to comprehend how his life
has so suddenly
changed. Over one memorable year, Merry, Pippin,
and Sam help
Frodo adjust to his role as Ma...
8 short chapters.
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Gaming News:
FingolfinToday at 4:28 PM
:grinning:
VardaToday at 4:29 PM
Fingolfin has a bit of news for Diablo 3. Go ahead.
FingolfinToday at 4:29 PM
ok.
D3 is running another game in D3. I believe it may be called the
darkening of tristrim
I finished it today. 15 lvls.
VardaToday at 4:30 PM
Congratulations!
FingolfinToday at 4:31 PM
lots of old Diablo (the orig) gear to be found
VardaToday at 4:31 PM
King's Sword of Haste? : )
FingolfinToday at 4:32 PM
back
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:32 PM
Aye, and godly plate of the whale :}
VardaToday at 4:32 PM
hah
FingolfinToday at 4:32 PM
many swords for all classes.
VardaToday at 4:32 PM
Sounds like fun and nostalgia. : )
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:32 PM
It's basically a recreation of the original Diablo as an annual
event for D3.
FingolfinToday at 4:33 PM
and ... Yes to the Sword
VardaToday at 4:33 PM
Just realized it's on the Games Site News for 2020.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:33 PM
There's some cultists around dropping papers about it, and some
other stuff involved. Overall I'd say it's worth revisiting at least
once :}
FingolfinToday at 4:34 PM
yup
VardaToday at 4:34 PM
Eonwe, since your time is limited, would you like to give the Gaming
report now? We'll add in along the way. : )
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:34 PM
Sure.
Fingolfin already covered D3 news :}
VardaToday at 4:35 PM
and Happy New Year : )
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:35 PM
World of Warcraft:
VardaToday at 4:35 PM
https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/22855173/the-darkening-of-tristram-returns-january-3-12-31-2019
Diablo III
The Darkening of Tristram Returns January 3!
Our anniversary event is fast approaching!
Prepare to face mysterious cultists and enter a portal into
Diablo's past.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:35 PM
The Darkmoone Faire beings today and runs through Saturday, January
11th.
WoW's 15th Anniversary Celebration event ends Tuesday, January 7th,
so you better finish up any loose ends soon!
Bah, just realized I have an extra "e" on "Darkmoon". WIll have to
fix that later.
VardaToday at 4:36 PM
We will pretend you went Olde English until the change.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:37 PM
hehe
FingolfinToday at 4:37 PM
hehe
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:37 PM
Next week's bonus event will be Battlegrounds.
FingolfinToday at 4:37 PM
I know it says Jan 31st but I ran it today.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:38 PM
And that covers it for all the Gaming News I have for the week. In
case you missed them at the end of last year though, WoW
patch 8.3 is coming 14Jan and Warcraft 3: Reforged is coming 28Jan.
VardaToday at 4:40 PM
Thank you. : )
In more gaming news:
Lord of the Rings Online:
Hobnangians is going this weekend. The Yule Festival will continue a
little longer, until Jan 8.
Valarites playing in our kin branches this past week are:
Landroval:
Elwing
Eonwe
Erkenbrand
Fangorn
Lenwe
Mirabella
Nar
Varda
Ithil:
Dis
Falco
Fangorn
Varda
Anor:
Fangorn
Varda
Any other gaming news? Comments? Requests? Needs for invites in one
of our branches or channels?
Our chats are pretty free-wheeling, so if you want to make a
comment, just type it in. We understand people have time
constraints.
IorethToday at 4:44 PM
Been raiding in wow on Wrymrest Accord server (Horde) I can only
play a few hours a day and am so wrapped up tying to do mythics to
get me gear up I missed Christmas in LOTRO. They have such a lovely
one too. Sorry I missed it
VardaToday at 4:44 PM
Aww, at least you probably got to go to the WoW Christmas. : )
and hi, Ioreth!
FingolfinToday at 4:45 PM
you missed Christmas.......:weary:
(heavy sigh)
IorethToday at 4:45 PM
They had a wonderfull sleigh ride and southing music, I could post a
screenie of the sleigh ride, I took a million
VardaToday at 4:46 PM
Pick your favorite and feel free to post in our #screenshots
FingolfinToday at 4:47 PM
Hands Ioreth a slice of Fruitcane
IorethToday at 4:47 PM
My mom died in July and the rest of my year has been kinda abrupt.
Nothing scheduled, I keep forgetting to do household chores, about
the only thing I get done is WoW and sometimes forget that
takes fruitcake and sniffs to make sure it is fresh
VardaToday at 4:47 PM
Good to have a way to go outside our real lives like that. beware
fruitcake
Moving on to
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Tolkien!
(Hobbits might have good fruitcake?)
Tolkien has a lot of contrasting ideas throughout his books.
Hope vs Despair, scholarliness and warrioriness (is that a
word?).
Can we come up with any contrast examples? Any of his books are fair
game.
Fruitcake vs Real Food?
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:51 PM
Aragorn vs Denethor.
FingolfinToday at 4:52 PM
(wipping mouth)... I believe Eowin was in despair at being left
behind. (sipping Eggnog)
VardaToday at 4:53 PM
Eggnog vs Swill
er
FingolfinToday at 4:54 PM
hey.... I can use my fruitcake to pound nails in my treehouse.
VardaToday at 4:54 PM
Eowyn's despair at being left behind and empathizing with Merry
having the same problem, contrasting with the enormity of what they
did when they went anyway. Ex-Witch-king.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:54 PM
Depending on the Eggnog, the Swill might be the hope in that
analogy, lol
VardaToday at 4:54 PM
uh oh! : )
That is some dense fruitcake!
Treehouse? ohhhh. You have your own flet? Talan?
A flet or talan vs a hobbit-hole.
IorethToday at 4:55 PM
EGGNOG! you are holding out on me?
VardaToday at 4:56 PM
Plenty of eggnog on this big, round table we're sitting at. Enjoy!
For that matter, a flet or talan vs elf underground cities and
dwarven underground.
hey, a lot of underground homes in these books!
FingolfinToday at 4:57 PM
ahhhhh.... now you touch on a most excellent point. When Eowin
declaired that she was no man...... and she and Merry took out the
Witch-King-of-Agmar.... the first time I read that (in 1973) I let
out a Whoop that almost got me kicked out of English class.
VardaToday at 4:58 PM
What a great way to get in trouble in English class, by enjoying a
great book! : )
FingolfinToday at 4:58 PM
I hold out to no on loreth..... (passing the carton of eggnog to
Ioreth).
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:58 PM
Unless you weren't supposed to be reading that book, :}
VardaToday at 4:58 PM
oops
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:58 PM
Sorry friends, it is time for me to be off. Take care, good night,
sleep well, and have fun :}
VardaToday at 4:58 PM
Thank you for joining in with us, Eonwe! Have a great night. : )
We are coming up on the hour, already!
Fin, please go ahead and finish typing. : )
FingolfinToday at 5:00 PM
I had to read the Hobbit as it was assigned... I then read the
LoTR's. I went to the librarian and asked her to give me something
as good as TLoTR and she gave me War and Peace!!!!!! apples and
oranges.
VardaToday at 5:00 PM
lol - what an interesting way of thinking she had.
Not even the same genre.
FingolfinToday at 5:00 PM
yeah....
VardaToday at 5:01 PM
But she's right, nothing else as good out there.
FingolfinToday at 5:01 PM
true that... true that....
VardaToday at 5:01 PM
But at least the same genre! Yikes.
And it's a compliment to JRRT. : )
FingolfinToday at 5:02 PM
yup....
VardaToday at 5:02 PM
Maybe she was picking something of similar doorstop size.
FingolfinToday at 5:02 PM
hahahaha
or that was just the best she had in her library.
ArienValarToday at 5:02 PM
uh .. fantasy as good as The JRRT books? . only thing that i can
think that comes remotely close are the Darkover novels of the Grand
Dame of Fantasy and the Valdemar books of one of her students ^^
FingolfinToday at 5:03 PM
well I did like Harry Potter (blush)
VardaToday at 5:03 PM
I did too. Meriadoc gave me the first three Harry Potter books and
we had to get the rest. : )
ArienValarToday at 5:04 PM
i loved the first three ^^
the others are good yeah but too long
FingolfinToday at 5:04 PM
what was not to love.....
VardaToday at 5:04 PM
Too long? Nahh, I like to sink my teeth into a book.
ArienValarToday at 5:05 PM
hehe i have to admit i didnt like the last few volumes
:slight_smile: but .. de gustibus non disputandum est grin
VardaToday at 5:05 PM
teeth marks in books instead of chompy toothy books coming at us
FingolfinToday at 5:06 PM
Dinner is ready here... I have to go. Thank you for the
kind words. I do look forward to more meetings.
VardaToday at 5:06 PM
Huzzah!
And we are slightyly overtime. : )
Namarie!
the gavel zooms out on a sleigh
overshoots the hammerpad
the hammerpad turns sideways and rolls after it, giving chase
they laugh their way to the shelf before we hear a proper
thunnnk!
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After-meeting!
Free chat about anything for the rest of the week. : )
Although we might be able to move back to Harbor for that. : )
Namarie! Must see to supper here on Taniquetil!
grabs a slice of fruitcake and a tall glass of eggnog on the way
caution: hammerpad is masquerading as a fruitcake!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:42 PM
hey, catching up
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:59 PM
Sorry about that.
Health stuff again. I shifted it to too late.
Always takes up more time than I hope.
For what it's worth, I've been re-reading a bunch of Discworld
lately. Its format is nothing like LotR, but it's fantasy and it's
quite good :slight_smile:
ArienValarToday at 6:24 PM
ah you are back :O)
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:24 PM
That I am!
ArienValarToday at 6:24 PM
we were afraid your pc crashed again
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:25 PM
No, basically same thing as last week except a bit later.
VardaToday at 6:25 PM
Aiya Phar! : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:25 PM
Aiya :slight_smile:
Also dentist appointment in 7 hours but still some stuff to do. I'll
go there and then back to sleep.
VardaToday at 6:26 PM
Good to hear you're enjoying Discworld again, despite pages trying
to fall out.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:26 PM
hehe, yep
part of the reason I've been sleeping less in the past few weeks.
VardaToday at 6:26 PM
What a fun reason, even if not good for you. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:26 PM
"Hmm, haven't read Wintersmith in a while..." 3 hours later "I
forgot how good this one was!"
VardaToday at 6:27 PM
hehe
ArienValarToday at 6:38 PM
Bed time for me here .. oh i forgot to mention .. i ve got two weeks
holidays from today. We will be in Glasgow over the weekend but we
ll be back at some point Sunday afternoon , so i ll be here for the
meeting :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 6:39 PM
Yay!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:39 PM
Namarie, and have fun!
ArienValarToday at 6:39 PM
but thanks :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 6:39 PM
Namarie!
ArienValarToday at 6:39 PM
Namarie :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 6:39 PM
If you run overtime, family first. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 7:27 PM
Personal gaming report! I'll try to make it quick, got dentist
appointment in the morning :wink:
VardaToday at 7:27 PM
Fast typing for the win!
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Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 7:28 PM
Hm, for flashgaming I'll just go with
the first 3 badges of the past week, they're not bad :wink:
https://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/indestructotank-ae
is the first game! You're an indestructible tank, under attack by
enemy aircraft. Your only weakness... is your fuel.
Kongregate
IndestructoTank! AE
The Anniversary Edition of IndestructoTank
finally crash lands on Kongregate.
New Graphics and game modes await you in the form
of the worlds most Indestructa...
By getting yourself hit by the aircraft's missiles, you get to
bounce up in the air, and destroy the planes, seeing how far you can
stay up in the air.
The bigger your combo, the more fuel and xp you get when you land.
Fill the xp bar to buy upgrades to get more planes in the air for
bigger combos!
Goal is to max out all your upgrades and get a bunch of medals for
height, combo, duration etc without running out of fuel.
So have fun bouncing around in the air with your tank :wink:
https://www.kongregate.com/games/molkman/caesars-day-off
is a short, silly game where julius caesar has a fun day, doing some
activities and organizing a party. It consists of various scenes
where you get to choose thumb up or down, see what happens (often a
lion is involved) and see how many people you can get at your party
by making the right decisions (or how few!).
Kongregate
Caesar's Day Off
Caesar has some free time and he#39s gonna use it
for wicked fun times. He sure knows how to do them bread and
circuses!
Fun for a minute or two :wink:
https://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/upgrade-complete-2
is the last game, and one of the first games that ever brought me to
Kongregate. An ultimate upgrade game with shooter levels, and you
collect money to upgrade everything. Not just your own weapons, and
you can make a huge one in the end... but also menus, sound,
graphics, and a variety of extra stuff to unlock. It starts out with
virtually nothing, but all the stuff you can do is quite good
:slight_smile:
Kongregate
Upgrade Complete 2
The long awaited sequel is here!
You thought the original had enough Upgrades?
YOU WERE WRONG!
This one has many, MANY more. Can you upgrade
#39em all?
Starring...
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Blizzard gaming:
Heroes of the Storm:
2 new levels gained, Muradin to 16 and Malthael to 3, both through
brawls. Level 382 now!
Also got the second and third event quests done, so 2 to go for the
final rewards.
Hearthstone:
Getting used to the new way I play my classes. I check which classes
I have available for any of the quests, and then poke the one with
the least wins. Slow going, but getting there!
Brawl is an interesting one, where you get a deck of random minions
and spells for your class, and every minion you play casts a random
spell on a random target. Sometimes even itself!
A lot of luck required, of course. Still, I won it on my first try
:wink:
WoW:
Raiding started again! Next patch is around the corner, with a new
raid, but for now we're poking Heroic Palace again. Our dps seems to
have increased quite a bit since the break, not sure why. Maybe
people are maxing out their necklaces in the meantime.
We even brought down the entire raid in one night without much
trouble.
Winter Veil is over; picked up all the gifts on all my alts, and got
3 new toys out of it: A wild holly, which is a non-consumable
version of the old holly, giving your mount a reindeer appearance.
It's a new model though, and can only be used during Winter Veil. So
still a good reason to keep the consumable ones :slight_smile:
And 2 battleship toys, 1 for horde and 1 for alliance!
anniversary event is still ongoing for a few days, but I got my
final appearance piece (for my eligible alts) earlier this week, so
I'm done with all the green dragons. Yay!
Weekly is timewalking, which is also fun too :wink:
The more I gear up my main (tank) with extra systems like azerite
and essences, though, the more obvious it is that he's more powerful
even in timewalking than my lower tank alt, who scales down to the
same level as the main for the timewalks but doesn't have access to
those systems. But he still manages fine.
Also, new pet from the expeditions! Or rather, the dubloons from the
expeditions. An Albino Duskwatcher, which is an albino raven. Looks
okay, but I think I'll still use my flamy pet for a while
:slight_smile:
And finally, a new warcraft novel arrived! The third part of
the Traveler trilogy, a nice fresh new book, and a fun read, as I
went through a few pages already.
Now we wait for the next book to arrive, which should be in march
:wink:
And that's my report for this week!
namarie!
VardaToday at 9:01 PM
Namarie
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