Valar Guild

June 7, 2020 Sunday Meeting

5:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Savings Time
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): (6)
    Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Irmo (Irm), Pallando, Varda (presiding)

Before-meeting
    Learning how to "ping" all of us at once to be a meeting alarm clock.
Meeting begins
Membership news
Web:
Gaming:
    General reports: World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, Heroes of the Storm, Eve Online (see after-meeting for more!), WoW continued.
Tolkien:
    RP discussion
    Tolkien Moment: the first time the Three Hunters see Shadowfax.
After-meeting:
    EVE Online with details and comments
    Flashgaming Reviews by Ar-Pharazon.
    RP discussion continued.
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Before-meeting

Eonwe Valar06/01/2020
Well, managed 4-mask. Yay me :}

Eonwe Valar06/01/2020
Almost close enough for me to try a 5-mask, hehe.
June 7, 2020

VardaYesterday (6/7/2020) at 4:00 PM (CDT)
Aiya folks : )

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:01 PM
Aiya!
[4:01 PM]
Half afk while I sort some chinese food into containers for future meals.

VardaYesterday at 4:01 PM
mmm Chinese food! A worthy endeavor.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:01 PM
Indeed!

IrmYesterday at 4:02 PM
Greetings and salutations!
[4:03 PM]
(only here for a few minutes, early work tomorrow)

VardaYesterday at 4:03 PM
yay Irmo!
[4:03 PM]
Thanks for dropping by!
[4:04 PM]
Huzzah for being gainfully employed. : )

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:04 PM
Aiya Irmo!

VardaYesterday at 4:06 PM
Pallando said I should "ping" people from here. Anyone know how that's done?
[4:08 PM]
Guess it's not using their name.
[4:08 PM]
That would be a long list.

IrmYesterday at 4:08 PM
One uses @ front of name

VardaYesterday at 4:09 PM
ahh when I put that up a whole mess of stuff came up. Neato!
[4:10 PM]
@Maia Meeting time : )

ArienValarYesterday at 4:10 PM
Aiya all

VardaYesterday at 4:10 PM
@Vala Meeting time : )

IrmYesterday at 4:10 PM
or @ bounder

VardaYesterday at 4:10 PM
Aiya Arien : )
[4:10 PM]
@Bounder Meeting time : )
[4:10 PM]
That should catch everyone. : )

IrmYesterday at 4:11 PM
Yep
[4:11 PM]
Greetings Arien

ArienValarYesterday at 4:11 PM
Greetings , Dreamlord

VardaYesterday at 4:11 PM
Yay! Thank you for the lesson!

IrmYesterday at 4:12 PM
A pleasure <beams> (I had to ask Miriel of course)

VardaYesterday at 4:12 PM
@here Meeting time : )
[4:13 PM]
Was anyone pinged more than once?

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 4:13 PM
I don't have the Maia rank! Hmph!

VardaYesterday at 4:13 PM
o my! Want it? : )

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 4:13 PM
Yes

VardaYesterday at 4:13 PM
Fixed

IrmYesterday at 4:14 PM
Now that you mention it....

VardaYesterday at 4:14 PM
Fixed. : )

IrmYesterday at 4:14 PM
hehehehe:)

VardaYesterday at 4:14 PM
And it also shows the Bounder rank. Interesting
[4:15 PM]
So you could get double-pinged!
[4:15 PM]
ahh, just hit Bounder and get you all.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:16 PM
Back!

VardaYesterday at 4:16 PM
Doing some role promotes
[4:16 PM]
Aiyata : )

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:16 PM
Not sure what these pings are supposed to be, though I do see highlights around the bounder and here statements
[4:16 PM]
Not sure what it does when I'm not here, I mean

VardaYesterday at 4:17 PM
Well, maybe it will speed things up. : )

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:17 PM
Not sure what a "ping" is supposed to do either here. Heya all :}

ArienValarYesterday at 4:17 PM
aiya Eonwe
[4:17 PM]

VardaYesterday at 4:17 PM
I don't see a "here" but it was a cool suggestion from Miriel. Anyone see it hit their side chat?
[4:17 PM]
Aiya : )

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:17 PM
Aiya!

ArienValarYesterday at 4:17 PM
yes I did

VardaYesterday at 4:17 PM
o good!

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:18 PM
Not sure what you mean by sidechat, but doesn't look like it.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:18 PM
I didn't see anything, but that might be because I just got here.

VardaYesterday at 4:18 PM
There you go, a side chat. : )

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:19 PM
with no ping

VardaYesterday at 4:19 PM
So Arien got a ping. Anyone else get one?
[4:19 PM]
Since we're 15 minutes into the meeting, here's an "official"
[4:19 PM]
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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!

Membership
[4:20 PM]
And we have been doing fun Membership stuff already. : )

IrmYesterday at 4:20 PM
got one as well

VardaYesterday at 4:20 PM
Any more birthdays and other goodies? : )
[4:20 PM]
O good!
[4:20 PM]
Now we have to send the Lord of Dreams to sleep to do his job!

IrmYesterday at 4:20 PM
Thanks!

VardaYesterday at 4:21 PM
Thank you for the help, everyone!

IrmYesterday at 4:21 PM
Goodnight all!

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:21 PM
namarie!

VardaYesterday at 4:21 PM
Namarie, Irmo

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:22 PM
Sleep well Irmo :}
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VardaYesterday at 4:22 PM

Web News:
[4:23 PM]
Working on coding, so not really getting content up, which is kind of backwards since content is the important thing.
[4:23 PM]
We should have some cool story stuff coming from Eonwe maybe this next week.
[4:23 PM]
Any other web news? cool links for gaming or Tolkien?
[4:24 PM]
Although you might put those up in their respective sections. heh

ArienValarYesterday at 4:24 PM
and hopefully mine that should get a roundup .. got a final idea wave for that story which i announced months ago but it is finally ready to happen

VardaYesterday at 4:25 PM
Wonderful! We'll be happy to see it!
[4:25 PM]
Then rough draft, final edit... We will still be here. : )
[4:25 PM]
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Gaming News:
[4:26 PM]
Eonwe has a general report for us, and others please feel free to add to it!
[4:26 PM]
Take it away, Eonwe!

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:26 PM
Thanks :}
[4:26 PM]

World of Warcraft:
[4:27 PM]
The Darkmoon Faire begins today and runs through Saturday, June 13th.
[4:27 PM]
Check out the new blog Shadowlands Preview: Ardenweald and the Night Fae Covenant.  --- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23434527/shadowlands-preview-ardenweald-and-the-night-fae-covenant
    World of Warcraft
    Shadowlands Preview: Ardenweald and the Night Fae Covenant - WoW
    A twilight-tinged afterlife for those closely connected to the wild, Ardenweald is a domain of restoration tended by the mystic night fae.
    Within this eternal forest, massive dream trees draw in precious anima to feed the spirits of nature awaiting rebirth.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:27 PM
Rrrr, Ardenweald... drools

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:27 PM
Check out this week's hotfixes.  --- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23277654/hotfixes-june-5-2020
    World of Warcraft
    Hotfixes: June 5, 2020 - WoW
    Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth and WoW Classic.

[4:27 PM]
This week's Bonus Event: Battlegrounds.
[4:28 PM]
Next Week's: Battle for Azeroth Dungeons.
[4:28 PM]
The Thousand Boat Bash is going in Thousand Needles until tomorrow.
[4:29 PM]


Lord of the Rings Online:
[4:29 PM]
Update 26.2 came out this week.  --- https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?680565-Update-26-2-Release-Notes
    [4:29 PM]
    There's an issue with a Champion legacy on legendary items. Get more information in this announcement.  --- https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?680598-Champion-Legacy-Issue-Notice

VardaYesterday at 4:29 PM
LotRO gamers seen in kin this past week:
Landroval server:
Aranuir
Eonwe
Fangorn
Hurin
Irmo
Luthien
Miriel
Nar
Varda

Ithil server:
Dis
Falco
Fangorn
Varda

Anor server:
Fangorn
Varda

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:30 PM
Heroes of the Storm:
[4:30 PM]
A new balance patch is out.  --- https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/23429414/heroes-of-the-storm-balance-patch-notes-june-3-2020
    Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes - June 3, 2020
    Heroes of the Storm has just been updated with Hero balance changes! Read on for details.

[4:31 PM]
In personal WoW gaming, 3-masked Orgimmar. Combo of debuffs is not conducive to me trying a 4-mask. However, I'm now 12 Shreds of Insanity from having the 200 I need and then I will be able to make myself 2 upgrades.
[4:31 PM]
Also, I saw Nob on WoW yesterday.
[4:31 PM]
That's it for the gaming news I have access to.

ArienValarYesterday at 4:32 PM
:)

VardaYesterday at 4:34 PM
Thank you, Eonwe. : )

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:35 PM
Moths, stags, decomposers, shapeshifts to collect, fauns, tirnenn... all to a background of nature, night and frost...
[4:35 PM]
Anyone else looking forward to Ardenweald?

VardaYesterday at 4:35 PM
hehe - but can they wax as joyfully?

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:36 PM
Hmm?

VardaYesterday at 4:36 PM
Any other gaming news? EVE Online? Tanks?
[4:38 PM]
Minecraft? : )

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:38 PM
I think the Kyrians are more my Paladin's thing :}(edited)

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:39 PM
:)

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:40 PM
But that helm... If that's how it looks, I'd feel like a Light-side Mouth of Sauron.

EVE Online:
VardaYesterday at 4:40 PM
News from Pallando, which he hopes to add to later. This comes from a side-chat.
[4:41 PM]
Mouth of Aragorn, Eonwe? : )
[4:41 PM]

https://www.eveonline.com/article/qbgrbu/gathering-storm-and-lightning-strikes
    EVE Online
    Gathering Storm and Lightning Strikes | EVE Online
    New event, daily login rewards, new ships and weapons
    [4:40 PM]
    new content stareting tuesday
    EVE Online
    Gathering Storm and Lightning Strikes | EVE Online
    New event, daily login rewards, new ships and weapons

WoW continues:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:41 PM
Lol.
[4:42 PM]
There's just something about that plate helm....  https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23379368/shadowlands-update-bastion-and-the-kyrian-covenant -- Picture near the bottom, center armor set.
    World of Warcraft
    Shadowlands Update: Bastion and the Kyrian Covenant - WoW
    The next expansion, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, has been announced along with a reveal of the new zone—Bastion—and the Kyrian Covenant!

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:42 PM
Ardenweald leather: https://wow.zamimg.com/uploads/screenshots/normal/928329.png

[4:43 PM]
A hat that looks like a dreamcatcher.

VardaYesterday at 4:43 PM
I love wings. But then start thinking about the additional musculature and skeletal fixes to handle it, heh.
[4:43 PM]
handwaves all such thoughts. It's magic!

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:43 PM
:}

VardaYesterday at 4:45 PM
While we have time left in this meeting, moving on to
[4:45 PM]
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Tolkien!
[4:45 PM]
We have a couple of potential subjects.

Forum story "RP":
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:45 PM
(New RP post btw for those interested in such things :})

VardaYesterday at 4:45 PM
Yay, thanks, Eonwe!
[4:46 PM]
That should be everyone.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:46 PM
Ending on a note that has me completely lost at what to do next

VardaYesterday at 4:46 PM
oops. : )

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:47 PM
I was introducing some of the "shadows lie" thing I was talking about, hehe. I can try to give a bit more of a base to go on if everyone likes, I just thought that was a fun place to end that particular post.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:48 PM
First thought that entered my head was "Alright, thanks, but nothing here, I'm going back to sleep."

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:48 PM
hehehe
[4:48 PM]
You mean 20 mnutes laying down wasn't enough? ;}

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:48 PM
Not really
[4:49 PM]
To sleep, perchance to dream... about wolves...

VardaYesterday at 4:49 PM
Sounds like tracking time in the rp story! blows on hands and grins

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:49 PM
If I did it right, the time should feel at least more like a couple of hours, but I need to reread what I posted, hehe.
[4:50 PM]
Moved from "dark before dawn" to the first rays of sunlight kind of descriptions.

VardaYesterday at 4:50 PM
The light is just coming up. Just right. get up, sleepy bones!

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:50 PM
Fair enough.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:50 PM
And Auros relieved Calion early too :}
[4:51 PM]
See, what a nice guy he is! :}

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:51 PM
Yes

VardaYesterday at 4:51 PM
We could use Helvy to help track by scent! oops, not here yet. Gets on hands and knees and examines the ground.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:51 PM
Only to wake him up too soon, executus!

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:51 PM
hehehe

VardaYesterday at 4:52 PM
Does that mean we just lost Auros? Can I have his horse?

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:52 PM
You want two horses?

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:52 PM
One to sling Frali across, hehe.

VardaYesterday at 4:52 PM
Of course. One is a re-mount. : )
[4:53 PM]
That too.
[4:53 PM]
perches Frali on top Ok, maybe we do need to sling him across the saddle instead of sitting.
[4:54 PM]
Good thing Arien isn't seeing any of this...  Right?

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:54 PM
:}

VardaYesterday at 4:54 PM
Auros went the way of all alarm clocks. ah well.
[4:55 PM]
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Ready for an actual Tolkien Moment? It has horses.
[4:56 PM]
This is just outside Fangorn Forest, when the Three Hunters and Gandalf need to go to Meduseld.
[4:56 PM]
The Two Towers, "The White Rider"

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:56 PM
Gets popcorn

VardaYesterday at 4:56 PM
The first time we meet Shadowfax!
[4:57 PM]
preferred beverage by the side of your seat
[4:57 PM]
"There is more than one horse coming," said Aragorn.
"Certainly," said Gandalf. "We are too great a burden for one."
"There are three," said Legolas, gazing out over the plain.
"See how they run! There is Hasufel, and there is my friend, Arod beside him!
But there is another that strides ahead: a very great horse. I have not seen his like before."
"Nor will you again," said Gandalf.
"That is Shadowfax. He is the chief of the Mearas, lords of horses, and not even Theoden, King of Rohan, has ever looked on a better.
Does he not shine like silver, and run as smoothly as a swift stream?
He has come for me: the horse of the White Rider.
We are going to battle together."
Even as the old wizard spoke, the great horse came striding up the slope towards them; his coat was glistening and his mane flowing in the wind of his speed.
The two others followed, now far behind.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:00 PM
neigh showoff neigh

VardaYesterday at 5:00 PM
As soon as Shadowfax saw Gandalf, he checked his pace and whinnied loudly; then trotting gently forward he stooped his proud head and nuzzled his great nostrils against the old man's neck.
Gandalf caressed him.
"It is a long way from Rivendell, my friend," he said; "but you are wise and swift and come at need.
Far let us ride now together, and part not in this world again!"
[5:01 PM]
./endquote

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:02 PM
"Nor will you again." Surely there would be others? New chiefs?

VardaYesterday at 5:03 PM
The greatest of the chiefs?

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:03 PM
Descendants?

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:04 PM
Almost sounds like Shadowfax isn't,... having descendants.(edited)

VardaYesterday at 5:04 PM
It's like a First Age legendary weapon being better than a Second Age in LotRO. ; )

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:04 PM
Waste of a breed, then.

VardaYesterday at 5:04 PM
It's tough to find a mare that can equal him enough to keep up the quality.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:04 PM
Maybe he already had descendants at this point.
[5:04 PM]
True.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:04 PM
Fair enough.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:05 PM
Also, did Shadowfax leave Middle-earth by ship with Gandalf?

VardaYesterday at 5:05 PM
Gandalf puts blinders on the Three Hunters so they don't see the herd off on the left
[5:05 PM]
Yes.
[5:05 PM]
Nahar will be happy to see one of his kids, right?

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:06 PM
They can hang out together!
[5:06 PM]
Share gossip.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:06 PM
Untl one of them goes "Hey great-great-great-great-great..... (repeats for several minutes) grand-daddy!"

VardaYesterday at 5:06 PM
Orome rode Nahar while guiding the eldar towards Valinor. That is a likely source for early Mearas.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:07 PM
Imagine an ent doing that.

VardaYesterday at 5:07 PM
We got around Great-Uncle and Great-great-Uncle by just saying Uncle. : )

ArienValarYesterday at 5:07 PM
 Neigh shakes proud head and steps carefully towards the other stallion , stamps forehoof and scratches the floor before sniffing his opposite  neighs loudly and runs off in playful challenge to a race

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:08 PM
So.. you're suggesting Nahar had some hobbies of his own while Orome was talking to the elves.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:08 PM
Aye. The wildlife of Aman would be on more of a life-cycle comfortable to the Eldar, so that would give the animals of Aman a much longer lifespan than the average Endoran equivalent.
[5:09 PM]
Aye to Varda re: Oromë riding Nahar.

VardaYesterday at 5:10 PM
Phar, I don't have long enough immortality to wait on that Ent.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:10 PM
hehehe

VardaYesterday at 5:11 PM
Another thing. JRRT knew horses from his own life. A lot of his descriptions of their behavior are dead-on.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:11 PM
I imagine Nahar was a hard suitor to compete against, heh. Then again, I can just imagine one mare going "Nope, I'm going with this plain old joe over here," Lol.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:12 PM
Some stallions are just too much.
[5:13 PM]
I'm told women like the modest ones.

VardaYesterday at 5:13 PM
And there is usually more than one herd. By that time, the horse number in Valinor should have been high, and all those incoming elves wanted steeds.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:13 PM
Or "True Love" :} That one plain joe is all the world to her, hehehe.

VardaYesterday at 5:14 PM
go check the second string herd

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:16 PM
hehe
[5:18 PM]
Now I'm thinking about the old Disney Ichabod and Mr. Toad "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" segment. Brom Bones I think the name is of the primary antagonist. Not that Ichabod is shown to be of completely noble standing either. Still one of my favorites to watch around Halloween.(edited)

VardaYesterday at 5:19 PM
: )
[5:19 PM]
It has reached the hour (and a quarter over, cough)

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:20 PM
I should have that movie somewhere...

VardaYesterday at 5:20 PM
the gavel ties itself to a pony and dashes out on our very large table

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:20 PM
in the big ol disney folder

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:20 PM
Oh good, so you know it then :}

VardaYesterday at 5:20 PM
gallumph gallumph gallumph

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:20 PM
Familiar with the movie, don't remember that segment much

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:20 PM
I was afraid I needed to dig out a youtube link if I could find one.

VardaYesterday at 5:20 PM
the hammerpad enjoys making a new sound

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:20 PM
Ah, ok.

ArienValarYesterday at 5:21 PM
the golden sunhorse follows the gavel pony and tries to catch it

VardaYesterday at 5:21 PM
The gavel gallops back to the shelf, and through the wall out the other side, and the gallumph continues into the sunset
[5:21 PM]
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After-meeting!
[5:21 PM]
Arien, that sounds like a lovely horse!

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:22 PM
Second star to the right and straight on 'till morning? :}

VardaYesterday at 5:22 PM
Exactly!

ArienValarYesterday at 5:22 PM
[5:22 PM]
Peter Pan

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:24 PM
We can fly, we can fly, we can fly ♪

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:24 PM
:}

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:32 PM
Lol,.. there's a version of Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Jeff Goldlum as Ichabod Crane. Immediately adding to my favorites for Halloween.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:33 PM
I did watch the tv show a few years ago.

VardaYesterday at 5:33 PM
Where is that?

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:33 PM
Wherein Ichabod Crane wakes up after all those years and has to adapt to modern times while working with a police officer to stop the apocalypse.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:34 PM
I haven't watched this yet, so can't speak on anything about it other than it has Jeff Goldblum in it. Watch at your own risk :} --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33dI9ZscHg8
    YouTube
    FroggyFlix
    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (TV 1980)

[5:34 PM]
Sounds different, Phar :}

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:34 PM
Was a fun show, lasted 3 seasons

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 5:36 PM
Hi! So

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:36 PM
Aiya!

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EVE Online:
Pallando-ValarYesterday at 5:36 PM
The Triglavian invasion of new eden continues
[5:36 PM]
We've learned a lot more in the last few weeks, with how the trigs are hitting stars and such
[5:37 PM]
you can see some official video here https://youtu.be/BzFe0a0gx1E
    YouTube
    EVE Online
    The Scope - Raravoss conquered by Triglavians

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:37 PM
Heya Pallando ;}

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 5:38 PM
So far the Trigs have taken two systems, Raravoss and Vale, and the EDENCOM forces have fortified 14(edited)
[5:38 PM]
you can see some of the effects of the systems falling in the video above

VardaYesterday at 5:39 PM
Thanks for coming in and updating us, Pallando! checks out the site

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:39 PM
(Slight adjustment to my RP post to give a better chance for implication of more time passing.)

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 5:40 PM
I've been working both with my main alliance and several other groups to try and hold the line. Today was spent doing that, pushing Trigs almost completely out within 24 hours of one of my alliance's main systems.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:40 PM
Pallando saving the world.
[5:40 PM]
Or universe.

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 5:40 PM
We're expecting more changes and updates and progress for both sides in the next few weeks during Gathering Storm and Lighting Strikes, which are focused on introducing a new ship line.
[5:41 PM]
Unfortunately the new ships are terrible and useless with current stats/mechanics, but hopefully CCP does some work before launch or soon after.
[5:42 PM]
But yeah. This is a really exciting time in Eve, the first time in well over 10 years that they've done a sort of world-impacting event.

VardaYesterday at 5:42 PM
Impressive push-out!

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 5:42 PM
I have my quibbles with it but as compared to 10 years of stagnation: I'll take it.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:42 PM
So for anyone looking to save the universe as Phar said, how do they find you, Pallando? :}

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 5:42 PM
The new content is very accessible to new players as well!
[5:43 PM]
Get in Eve and poke me here and I'll shower you in information and gifts

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:43 PM
( https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/9185 Ardenweald preview pictures for the interested )
    Shadowlands Alpha - Ardenweald Zone Preview - MMO-Champion
    Shadowlands Alpha - Ardenweald Zone Preview

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:43 PM
I wonder if his Eve name can be found on the Valar Guild Games Site? :}
[5:44 PM]
Why yes, yes it can! :}
[5:44 PM]
http://valarguild.org/gaming/membergames/sort/eve-online
    The Valar Guild Games Site
    Valar Guild Games Site

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 5:44 PM
Yes, but for Reasons you're better off pinging me on discord.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:44 PM
OK, fair enough, lol :}

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:44 PM
Those Reasons sound quite ominous.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:45 PM
Just figured I'd try to squeeze as many shameless plugs into one as I could :}

VardaYesterday at 5:45 PM
: )

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 5:45 PM

[5:45 PM]
Reasons include: when I'm on in game there's a real solid chance I can't spare the attention to talk with you because I'm doing things like pushing Trigs out of a system.

VardaYesterday at 5:50 PM
Sounds like a good Reasons. : )

ArienValarYesterday at 5:50 PM
on that note .. https://classicraider.com/Character?rid=56&name=Fionnar
    Classic Raider - Fionnar
    The classic armory is out! Find your wow classic character on the classic armory. We scan thousands of players daily!

Pallando-ValarYesterday at 5:50 PM
there's more but that's a big one

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ArienValarYesterday at 5:50 PM
Thats my palis gear

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:51 PM
Good raidgear

ArienValarYesterday at 5:53 PM
:)

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:54 PM
Makes my pally at https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/character/eu/argent-dawn/alcaria look a bit lazy
    World of Warcraft
    Alcaria - Character - WoW
    Alcaria (Argent Dawn) ❮The High Guard❯ - 45 Human Retribution Paladin, 34 ilvl

[5:54 PM]
She's been 45 for about 14 years.

ArienValarYesterday at 6:40 PM
Namarie for now

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:41 PM
namarie!

VardaYesterday at 6:45 PM
Namarie

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:45 PM
Sleep well ;}

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Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:51 PM
Personal gaming report!
[6:52 PM]
Let's see, for flashgaming... 3 old ones again this week, let's choose these 3...

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 7:07 PM
https://www.kongregate.com/games/bontegames/sugar-sugar is the first game! Another bontegames game, and the first of a few in the series, wherein you draw lines/platforms to guide the sugar into the cups. There's also gravity buttons, color filters and other goodies
    Kongregate
    Sugar, sugar
    A new bontegame! Draw and get enough sugar in the cups. Complete all 30 levels to unlock the bonus freeplay mode. (note: draw steeper lines to make the sugar f...

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 7:31 PM
https://www.kongregate.com/games/FlyAnvil/decision-2 is the second game! And one I have a lot of good memories of  Zombie shooter game involving strategic map conquest and a ton of upgrades to get. And a bunch of achievements as well if you want
    Kongregate
    Decision 2
    Take control of another city full of evil creatures.
    100% of the game progressmax towers and factories and 0% danger of main areas.
[7:31 PM]
Clear streets, defend towers and factories, and get stronger as you go!

[7:31 PM]
The other Decision games I recommend as well; of interest to us might be Decision:Medieval with orcs to fight
[7:32 PM]
I need to play these games again...

[7:38 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/pouchmouse/proke for the third game, a typing/vocabulary game! Type as many words starting or ending with the letters provided.
    Kongregate
    Proke
    Build a tower to the sky, using nothing but your own quick wits and linguistic fortitude.
    Created and Developed by: Peter Hastings (http://pouchmouse.com)
    M...
[7:39 PM]
Make combos and collect bubbles for extra points, make as high a wall as possible and try to do the objectives to advance in rank

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[7:43 PM]
Blizzard gaming:

RP discussion continued:

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 7:47 PM
(Oh, did you all want me to try and put down something easier to build on for the RP?)

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 7:49 PM
We might be able to come up with something, not sure what your intention was if any.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 8:26 PM
What's going in my head right now is that we basically find that whoever we thought was going to be there based on Fainan seeing them heading that way, if they stopped there at all they didn't stay long enough to leave any evidence behind.(edited)
[8:29 PM]
No evidence of a campfire, sleeping bags, or bits of burnt marshmallow from the roasting, hehe.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 8:30 PM
Ah

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 8:30 PM
So either the group Fainan saw just kept going, or they're really good.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 8:30 PM
Probably the latter!

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 8:31 PM
Other than that, I didn't have a definite "they did stop" or "they didn't stop."
[8:32 PM]
The point is our characters can't be sure because they're not seeing the evidence of a stop, but they have Fainan's reports that there was a group heading this way.
[8:32 PM]
And Auros' seeing movements in wee morning hours in that direction.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 8:32 PM
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 8:33 PM
:}
[8:38 PM]
Any of that help? :}

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 8:39 PM
It might
[8:40 PM]
Anyway, sorry about the delay, found myself playing Decision 2 again

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 8:40 PM
So I should let someone else post next? :}
[8:40 PM]
No worries :}

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Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 8:40 PM
Heroes of the Storm:
3 levels gained, to 418!
[8:41 PM]
Falstad, my latest assassin to level 5, and 2 other heroes leveled through brawls; Blaze to level 2 and ETC to level 3. Not my favorite heroes, but at least I have some experience with them now.
[8:41 PM]
The third brawl was with good old Lunara, who I hadn't played in quite a while. Still pretty good at it though!
[8:42 PM]
Hearthstone:
One level gained, Demon Hunter to 24  golden card gotten!
[8:44 PM]
And keeping up with opening packs now; got another legendary, the warrior weapon Bulwark of Azzinoth, which appears to be a spiky shield, functioning as both a low damage weapon and a way to block damage to your hero.
[8:45 PM]
Brawl this week was murlocs! Choose a class, get random murlocs and a few class cards. I chose the demon hunter to get some experience and use his hero ability to damage some enemy murlocs, but ended up not really using it. Was a close match, but ended up with a legendary murloc with charge and attack bonus for every murloc on the board... which was a lot at the time, from both sides
[8:46 PM]
WoW:
[8:51 PM]
Raiding plans changed around a bit, we'll now also be doing those altraids on heroic difficulty. This leaves tuesdays free for other activities, where we might do some achievement or just have a free night. I hope for achievements myself
[8:52 PM]
For corruptions I bought my first 2 crit chance corruptions, so progress there! While discussing it I got ideas for a feral build with Predator and Jungle Fury, making for high crit and a lot of cooldown reduction on certain abilities, which actually work really well in Visions.
[8:53 PM]
So with that new build I went into Orgrimmar with 5 masks, and actually got pretty far, making it to the last zone with plenty of orbs left, but ultimately getting killed not long before Rexxar.
[8:54 PM]
Affixes are terrible this week though, so with some practice and maybe some better affixes I should get it soon enough.
[8:56 PM]
Battleground weekly, which went pretty well too  I went for 1 battleground each for the first 4 days of the reset, to get maximum conquest out of it. And with the weekly complete, I got enough conquest for the trinket and am only 360 conquest away from the chestpiece, which is the last bit I need to complete the appearance set for this season. Shouldn't be long
[8:58 PM]
And I think that's all in-game? Not much progress this week.
[8:58 PM]
Out of game I did catch up a bit more with wowhead pages, working through various alpha builds and getting hyped on stuff including Ardenweald
[8:59 PM]
And I completed my warlock biography, posting it on our wow guild forum. Now the trilogy of the Cogtripper children is complete
[8:59 PM]
And I edited the earlier biographies to add armory links for each character.
[9:00 PM]
Next up will be my dwarf shadowpriest, but first... I dove into the expansion for Total Annihilation at last

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 9:00 PM
I don't see it on our Forum....
[9:00 PM]
Unless you edited a current post.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 9:00 PM
Nope, waiting a bit with that still.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 9:00 PM
Ah, got the impression you were saying you posted it :}

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 9:00 PM
Want the priest first to complete the classic 8, and then I'll probably start posting them on the Valar forum at regular intervals.
[9:01 PM]
No, I meant the actual WoW guild, not Valar

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 9:01 PM
OK, fair enough :}
[9:01 PM]
As long as I'm not missing something that's supposed to be there on our forum :}

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 9:01 PM
But yeah, TA finally! And sure enough, aquatic missions are still a pain, especially when it's only water because building up defenses gets a lot more expensive.
[9:02 PM]
Went from level 1 to 3, where I almost got overwhelmed, but got enough defenses up to outlast the attack, after which they left me alone for long enough.
[9:03 PM]
On land missions, it's a lot cheaper and more efficient to build units, but for water maps, building the water versions of defensive structures is cheaper and faster than building the ships. It'll be good to remember that.
[9:04 PM]
But once you get the seaplane platform going and crank out a fleet of torpedo bombers, things turn around very quickly
[9:04 PM]
Almost done with cleaning up the third level and then hopefully we'll move on a world with more land!
[9:05 PM]
And that's my report for the week!

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Eonwe ValarYesterday at 9:06 PM
Hope everyone on the US gulf coast is being safe with this tropical storm heading north. Seems it made landfall today.

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 9:07 PM
oof
[9:07 PM]
I'm glad we're sheltered behind the british isles

Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 9:18 PM
namarie!

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 9:19 PM
Sleep well :}

VardaYesterday at 9:23 PM
Take care : )

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