March 22, 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): (10)
Discord:
Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Arwen, Elrond, Eonwe, Lenwe, Miriel (Maha), Nar,
Pallando, Varda (presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Next week, Daylight Savings Times across the
continents should align.
Web:
Tolkien Site / Stories:
New story posted today: "And
the Halfling Forth Shall Stand" by Shirebound.
Gaming:
General reports: World of Warcraft, Lord of the
Rings Online, StarCraft 2, Diablo 3, Hearthstone, Overwatch, (more
Hearthstone), Heroes of the Storm, Conan Exiles
Tolkien:
Topic: Tolkien
Moment: it's easy to be misled into thinking Frodo was no
fighter, until one reads such items as this one.
After-meeting:
Flashgaming Reviews by
Ar-Pharazon
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Before-meeting
J - MosbyLast Friday at 9:24 PM
Hey guys - we're thinking of doing the Draigoch raid next Friday
(3/27) since it's available to all now. Anyone want in?
I think we have 4 or 5 so far. [Note: Lord of the Rings Online]
Eonwe ValarLast Saturday at 6:32 AM
Just got a 2-mask Horrific Vision done. Might have to dare a 3-mask,
heh. [Note: World of Warcraft]
I'm managing to make it through without risking too much sanity, so
I guess I'm sitting better than I thought I'd be.
Eonwe ValarLast Saturday at 6:45 AM
Btw, anyone interested: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23355424/gain-the-winds-of-wisdom-100-experience-buff-through-april-20
World of Warcraft
Gain the Winds of Wisdom 100% Experience Buff
Through April 20 - WoW
If you’re staying indoors and find yourself back
in Azeroth, we’ve made it easier to level a new character as the
Winds of Wisdom buff blows through the world.
Time to get those alts levelled :}
Hope you all are being safe :}
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 4:31 AM
Tried a 3-mask run. Almost made it, but didn't quite have the oomph.
I unluckily lost my free rez to a pack in the Old Town, or I
might've made it.
VardaLast Sunday at 3:50 PM
Mosby, I think I can come. Need a time.
9 pm EDT? Ok, sounds doable.
VardaLast Sunday at 4:02 PM
If anyone needs pre-reqs, check with Mosby who will be near a
summoning horn. [Note: that lets your character locate the entrance
to Draigoch's cave to be able to enter it.]
And now is our meeting time. Hello folks. : )
ArwenLast Sunday at 4:06 PM
hello :slight_smile:
VardaLast Sunday at 4:06 PM
Aiya Arwen : ) Good to see you!
ArwenLast Sunday at 4:07 PM
good to see you as well!
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:07 PM
Aiya!
Windows just took about 20 minutes to update, if not more, so a bit
late :wink:
VardaLast Sunday at 4:08 PM
Grats for making it in!
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:08 PM
thanks
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VardaLast Sunday at 4:10 PM
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
Membership:
MahaLast Sunday at 4:10 PM
Aiya
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:10 PM
Aiya!
VardaLast Sunday at 4:10 PM
Miriel! Aiya : )
Elwing was visiting our house this past weekend, left a few hours
ago, but passes her Aiya on.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:11 PM
One more week, then DST and times will align again :wink:
VardaLast Sunday at 4:12 PM
Here's hoping that in these crazy times, we get to see each other
more online and even game together some. : )
I pretty much just play LotRO, but on all three of our servers.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:13 PM
Arien poked.
VardaLast Sunday at 4:13 PM
Thank you
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:13 PM
Hmm, I play a bunch of blizzard games but only on Europe :wink:
VardaLast Sunday at 4:13 PM
Good to hear the times are closing up soon. : )
We have others in Europe.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:13 PM
Hence me poking Arien just now.
VardaLast Sunday at 4:14 PM
Arien, Imrahil, Helm, maybe Aragorn if he's still around? Fladrif
I'm not sure
One nice thing is several of our games are letting us play free
for a while
Even the free to play LotRO is letting folks into quests normally
closed to them.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:14 PM
Fladrif still around. Gave his regards last meeting, and I think he
came online as a lurker for a bit :slight_smile:
VardaLast Sunday at 4:14 PM
Yay lurkage!
MahaLast Sunday at 4:15 PM
and Irmo and I are in Europe
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:15 PM
Last on bnet 17 hours ago.
VardaLast Sunday at 4:15 PM
And Irmo and Miriel! : )
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:15 PM
Yay!
VardaLast Sunday at 4:15 PM
We may have more in Europe than the Americas active.
Being about half and half is excellent. : )
Pallando-ValarLast Sunday at 4:15 PM
Aiya
VardaLast Sunday at 4:16 PM
Miriel, what do you play now? Still Guild Wars?
Aiya to the Blue Wizard!
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:16 PM
Aiya!
ArienValarLast Sunday at 4:16 PM
Aiya :))
VardaLast Sunday at 4:16 PM
Hey Sunshine
MahaLast Sunday at 4:16 PM
Sometimes and other times this and that
VardaLast Sunday at 4:17 PM
Feel free to drop into LotRO! : )
Right now in Landroval we have Lenwe, Nar, and myself online.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:17 PM
Aiya!
ArienValarLast Sunday at 4:18 PM
Aiya Maha , Varda and Cala :slight_smile:
VardaLast Sunday at 4:18 PM
Anyway, here's hoping we can enjoy getting together in some games
while the times are crazy enough to allow it.
Nar is trying to join us here on Discord.
He usually has fencing practice Sunday night, but is off for once. :
)
ArienValarLast Sunday at 4:20 PM
that is nice :slight_smile:
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:21 PM
Fencing might be nice to do, but I'm kind of on the fence about it.
dodges bricks
VardaLast Sunday at 4:21 PM
: )
ArienValarLast Sunday at 4:22 PM
i just fence with a plastic sword :wink: .. well fibreglass core
with some foam stuff hehe
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:22 PM
Lightsaber? :slight_smile:
ArienValarLast Sunday at 4:23 PM
but its fun .. well light sabre has a channeling cristal or focus
shall we say and is put together with the force .. at least
according to to SwotRo :wink:
VardaLast Sunday at 4:26 PM
If there's no other news?
On to
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Web News:
New short story online for Tolkien stories, by Shirebound:
"And the Halfling Forth Shall Stand"
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/fiction/authors/Shirebound/AndtheHalflingForthShallStand.htm
And the Halfling Forth Shall Stand
fanfiction Fellowship of the
Rings. "In Rivendell, Frodo thinks about who
might have
volunteered to be the Ring-bearer had he died of
his wound."
Oh, in membership, Eonwe thinks he'll probably be stuck working
during the meeting.
Pallando, were you trying to type?
Pallando-ValarLast Sunday at 4:27 PM
I can expand on my link from last week if anyone had questions.
:slight_smile:
VardaLast Sunday at 4:28 PM
Ahh, the war!
in Eve Online
Elrond or Celebrian? You might be able to ask the most intelligent
questions?
Sauron says hi. He's been playing in Eve.
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Gaming:
Eonwe put a bunch on the Games Site for us. : )
http://valarguild.org/gaming
The Valar Guild Games Site
Valar Guild Games Site
When this stuff is mentioned, please feel free to add to it, even if
it seems late.
We can't really talk over each other when typing! Still understand
each other, one thing I like about it.
World of Warcraft:
This week's bonus event: Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking.
Un'Goro Madness began the 17th and runs through Thursday, March
19th.
(You may have stories to tell about that!)
The PvP Brawl: Packed House began the 17th and runs through Tuesday,
March 24th.
Check out the recent hotfixes.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23277654/hotfixes-march-16-2020
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: March 18, 2020 - WoW
Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address
various issues related to World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth.
The Trial of Style began the 20th and runs through Tuesday, March
24th.
ArwenLast Sunday at 4:33 PM
ooh, there's a war on in Eve Online?
VardaLast Sunday at 4:34 PM
Arwen, you need to read Pallando's write-up!
If you're finding yourself with lots of free time due to current
world events, now is a good time to level alts or start a new
character. Blizzard is giving a 100% XP buff through April 20th.
(Eve:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/f28oiv/the_year_long_war_you_never_heard_about/
reddit
r/Eve - The Year Long War You Never Heard About
286 votes and 41 comments so far on Reddit
That's the war news Pallando put up and he offered to answer
questions just now. : )
ArwenLast Sunday at 4:35 PM
ahh, hs stuff
VardaLast Sunday at 4:35 PM
Back to World of Warcraft:
Check out everything there is to do at max level in the blog Return
to Azeroth: Catching Up at 120.
ArwenLast Sunday at 4:36 PM
ty!
VardaLast Sunday at 4:37 PM
Aiya Nar : )
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23355423/return-to-azeroth-catching-up-at-120
World of Warcraft
Return to Azeroth: Catching Up at 120 - WoW
If you’ve been away from the trials and
tribulations on Azeroth’s shores, then we’ve got you covered in our
brief guide to getting back in the action at level 120.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:39 PM
I looked at that, hoping it would give me advice on catching up
since I basically skipped 8.1 and 8.2 quest content until now.
But it's all basic unlock stuff up to 8.3 which I'd already done.
VardaLast Sunday at 4:39 PM
Good luck. Any help?
ah well
Check out the recent hotfixes.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23277654/hotfixes-march-18-2020
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: March 18, 2020 - WoW
Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address
various issues related to World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth.
ElrondLast Sunday at 4:41 PM
Aiya (bit late)
VardaLast Sunday at 4:41 PM
Aiya Elrond!
Showing up at all is great!
Folks with questions for Pallando on the Eve war feel free to ask,
or leave him a message when he's away.
ArienValarLast Sunday at 4:42 PM
Aiya Eonwe :slight_smile:
VardaLast Sunday at 4:42 PM
Starts with an E anyway.
ArienValarLast Sunday at 4:42 PM
err Elrond :slight_smile:
ElrondLast Sunday at 4:42 PM
Haha
ArienValarLast Sunday at 4:42 PM
i don t do names ..
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:42 PM
Aiya Elrond!
VardaLast Sunday at 4:43 PM
I did that last week, different names though. : )
Equal opportunity!
ArienValarLast Sunday at 4:43 PM
uh yeah
VardaLast Sunday at 4:44 PM
Any other WoW news? Quite a few of you play it, including Classic.
Hoping you can get together some. : )
Gorlim is on WoW right now, classic I think.
Lord of the Rings Online:
We've had some great updates, not just hotfixes.
New raid, added in up to Tier 3.
LenweLast Sunday at 4:46 PM
Aiya everyone :slight_smile:
(not to interrupt...)
VardaLast Sunday at 4:46 PM
Aiya Lenwe!
No way to interrupt. Just type and join in!
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 4:47 PM
Aiya!
VardaLast Sunday at 4:47 PM
Good to see you in LotRO at the same time. : )
We happen to be in LotRO news, perfect.
https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?678978-Update-25-4-2-Release-Notes
https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?679003-Update-25-4-3-Release-Notes
The raid is Remmorchant, the Net of Darkness
ArienValarLast Sunday at 4:49 PM
aiya Lenwe :slight_smile:
VardaLast Sunday at 4:50 PM
Also, for our LotRO gamers,
Our friend Mosby, also in this channel, is offering a Draigoch
(dragon instance) run on Friday at 9pm EDT /servertime.
I hope to be there. : ) Been a while and should be fun.
Lord of the Rings Online kinmates in kin from this past
week:Landroval:
Arien
Fangorn
Lenwe
Nar
Varda
Ithil:
Dis
Falco
Fangorn
Varda
Anor:
Arien
Fangorn
Varda
.
Any other Lord of the Rings Online news you'd like to mention?
Spring Festival is running.
Also in LotRO, this announcement, especially nice for free to play:
https://www.lotro.com/en/friends
All quests, instances, and skirmishes, including
those in expansion packs, are open to everyone through April 30.
The Baggins' Birthday event will be available March 26 through April
6.
Enjoy!
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StarCraft II:
In the same spirit:
Blizzard is also making all Co-Op Commanders free-to-play through
April 2nd and bonus XP through April 16th.
Also check out the multiplayer map updates.
https://starcraft2.com/en-us/news/23357709
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.
https://starcraft2.com/en-us/news/23320965
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.
Eowyn (as Cenedra), Fangorn, and Faramir have been gaming in SC 2.
Others of you also!
Diablo 3:
Check out the blog Inside look: Season 20's new sets featuring
Rhykker.
https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/23321072/inside-look-season-20s-new-sets-featuring-rhykker-3-12-2020
Diablo III
Inside look: Season 20's new sets featuring
Rhykker
We sat down with prominent Diablo III community
content creator Rhykker to hear his thoughts on the three new class
sets that arrived in Diablo III's Patch 2.6.8.
Hearthstone:
The Hearthstone Showcase was the 17th:
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/23335603/save-the-date-hearthstone-2020-showcase-coming-march-17
Save the Date: Hearthstone 2020 Showcase Coming
March 17!
Tune in on March 17 for a preview of new content
and major changes coming to Hearthstone.
A new class is coming: the Demon Hunter.
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/23305788/introducing-the-demon-hunter
Introducing the Demon Hunter
Are you prepared?
Overwatch:
A new blog is out: Mixing Up the Meta: Scott Mercer on Hero Pools in
Season 21.
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/23323791/mixing-up-the-meta-scott-mercer-on-hero-pools-in-season-21
Overwatch
Mixing Up the Meta: Scott Mercer on Hero Pools in
Season 21
Interested in the philosophy behind the newest
change to Overwatch Competitive play? Principal Game Designer Scott
Mercer provided some insight into how Hero Pools will shake things
up in Season 21.
A new hero is coming: Echo.
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/23356245/echoes-of-echo-a-history-of-hero-32
Overwatch
Echoes of Echo: A History of Hero 32
You’ve seen her before. Now, she’s finally
here—Echo, the 32nd hero to join the ranks of the Overwatch roster.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 5:00 PM
Hearthstone:
New class also comees with Outland expansion (fitting) and the start
of the Year of the Phoenix!
VardaLast Sunday at 5:01 PM
Thanks!
Heroes of the Storm:
Check out the new blog: Heroes artists discuss their process… and
manage to leak this year’s Greek Gods event.
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/23355629/heroes-artists-discuss-their-process-and-manage-to-leak-this-year-s-greek-gods-event
Heroes artists discuss their process… and manage
to leak this year’...
We sat down with the artists to find out what
exactly has been going on behind the scenes of their criminally
creative skin pack concoctions and get a subevent leak in the
process.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 5:02 PM
Hmm, I'm intrigued. The two heroes showcased are not on my regular
roster but I'm sure there'll be more :slight_smile:
VardaLast Sunday at 5:02 PM
Most likely. : )
Miriel has some news too!
MahaToday at 4:57 PM
Wolves of Valinor Private Conan Exiles Server (PvE). Please
send a message to Maha (Miriel) or Irmo in discord for srv password
and connection info, include steam name and Valar Guild name. 10
player online limit currently.
MahaToday at 5:01 PM
We are still working on creating an RP environment, please be
patient.
.
She's getting the steam link to be posted soon (tm).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/440900/Conan_Exiles/
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Also, for those that may not know, Scatha-(Valar) has been keeping
up a Steam spot for the Valar Guild for years. : )
Be sure to check it out if you use Steam! : )
MahaLast Sunday at 5:08 PM
I have a picture of Irm's Lorien he created if this is a good time
to share it
VardaLast Sunday at 5:09 PM
Yes please!
MahaLast Sunday at 5:11 PM
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/652892723489013791/680786859164565504/20200223001343_1.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/652892723489013791/678652977283727400/20200216182157_1.jpg
VardaLast Sunday at 5:14 PM
O wow. That's a dreamy place. : )
MahaLast Sunday at 5:15 PM
Oh and there is more to it, but I will save that for players
VardaLast Sunday at 5:16 PM
Sounds fair.
MahaLast Sunday at 5:18 PM
All are welcome and if you are having difficult times and want to
play contact us perhaps we can work something out
VardaLast Sunday at 5:19 PM
Thank you! Very kind.
That was a lot of news, folks! Thank you for passing it along.
We are over our hour, so if you need to leave, it's quite all right.
If you would like to stay, we are about to move to
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Tolkien!
If any of you have a topic, question, cool Tolkien link you'd like
to mention, feel free.
If you don't want to "interrupt" whatever is being said, the handy
dandy side message is there to let you be called on.
So here's a Tolkien Moment for you!
For those who don't know, what we call a Tolkien Moment is anything
in Tolkien's works that we type a bit of that we found especially
interesting for some reason.
In this one, it reminds us that it's easy to be misled into thinking
Frodo was no fighter, until one reads such items as this one
This is from The Two Towers, "The Taming of Sméagol"
For background,
Frodo and Sam hear Gollum following them, as he's talking to himself
while climbing through a rough area. He's definitely after the One
Ring. He hates and curses the hobbits that he sees as thieves that
"took" "his" Ring. Gollum slips and falls, wrapping into a ball. Sam
takes immediate advantage and goes after Gollum who is stronger than
he appears, pins Sam's arms, and starts choking him.
./quote
Things would have gone ill with Sam, if he had been
alone. But Frodo sprang up, and drew Sting from its sheath. With
his left hand he drew back Gollum's head by its thin lank hair,
stretching its long neck, and forcing his pale venomous eyes to
stare up at the sky.
"Let go! Gollum," he said. "This is Sting. You have seen it before
once upon a time. Let go, or you'll feel it this time! I'll cut
your throat."
Gollum collapsed and went as loose as a wet string. Sam got up,
fingering his shoulder. His eyes smouldered with anger, but he
could not avenge himself; his miserable enemy lay grovelling on
the stones whimpering.
"Don't hurt us! Don't let them hurt us, precious! They won't hurt
us will they, nice little hobbitses? We didn't mean no harm, but
they jumps on us like cats on poor mices, they did, precious. And
we're so lonely, gollum. We'll be nice to them, very nice, if
they'll be nice to us, won't we, yes, yess."
"Well, what's to be done with it?" said Sam. "Tie it up, so as it
can't come sneaking after us no more, I say.""No," said Frodo. "If
we kill him, we must kill him outright. But we can't do that, not
as things are. Poor wretch. He's done us no harm."
"Oh hasn't he!" said Sam rubbing his shoulder.
./endquote
.
Feel free to comment. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 5:28 PM
I think they used part of that in the movie. I distinctly remember
Frodo holding Sting against Gollum's throat and saying that "You've
seen it before" quote.
VardaLast Sunday at 5:28 PM
Right!
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 5:28 PM
So even in the movie he wasn't a complete pacifist. He was just
against undeserved killing out of convenience, which is admirable.
VardaLast Sunday at 5:29 PM
After this part, Frodo gets Gollum to work as their guide, setting a
trap for when Gollum tries to sneak off. Also, Frodo sets up the
oath by Gollum that ends up causing the destruction of the One Ring.
Agreed, Phar.
Also, this scene shows Sam moving very quickly when he sees the
opportunity He was just surprisingly outmatched.
He didn't ask first, just zoomed up.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 5:31 PM
Gollum is indeed surprisingly strong. Wiry, but quite experienced in
the slaying of orcs, at least, as I recall.
Granted, that was with Ring equipped.
VardaLast Sunday at 5:32 PM
Right. Gollum was eating the smaller ones. He didn't need the
invisibility in the dark.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 5:32 PM
Also true.
But if anyone can see in the dark, it's probably orcses.
VardaLast Sunday at 5:32 PM
Interesting thought. So maybe the Ring was more help than we
thought.
Any other comments?
Maybe the unfortunate in Moria with a stabbed foot? : )
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 5:38 PM
Heh, yes. Poor troll :wink:
Seems a nasty place to get stabbed.
Especially in the toe or something.
VardaLast Sunday at 5:38 PM
Sure made it back off and not join in!
A special blade like that was not in the contract.
We are about 40 minutes overtime so let's officially call it here.
Feel free to just enjoy chatting in the "After-meeting"!j
the gavel slips up on the hammerpad, around the mugs of ale
whop
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After-meeting!
Heya Nar! Saw you typing there. : )
Free chat by any of us now!
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 5:42 PM
Thinking about it.. isn't a tiny cut in the leg also how Sargeras
got defeated in the first War of the Ancients?
VardaLast Sunday at 5:44 PM
I have no idea. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 5:45 PM
Your Warcraft lore is lacking!
VardaLast Sunday at 5:45 PM
O noes!
I'm grabbing a snack and coming back to play LotRO, but will still
be in Discord.
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Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 6:04 PM
Personal gaming report!
For flashgaming, there were 3 badges
this week I didn't have yet, so easy choice :wink:
VardaLast Sunday at 6:08 PM
Nice
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 6:09 PM
https://www.kongregate.com/games/turboNuke/turbo-golf
is the first game! It's golf, but with a twist: It's also about
speed! Your character will run after the ball just like the
competitors do after theirs, and the aim is to get it into the hole
the fastest rather than in the least shots. Which helps, but you
can't delay too much :slight_smile:
Kongregate
Turbo Golf
It#39s golf like you#39ve never played it before.
Sure, get the ball in the hole, but this is a race... hit the ball,
then run to where it lands!
Fastest time on...
Also upgrades to be gotten with cash won in the games, including
better balls, clubs, etc.
https://www.kongregate.com/games/fexLabs/dillo-hills
for the second game! Sidescrolling game where you roll around the
hills with an armadillo. With good landing, boosting, and ramping up
speed while rolling, you get to fly high in the air and make it as
far as possible :slight_smile:
Kongregate
Dillo Hills
This tiny armadillo#39s biggest dream is to fly
through the air like a bird. But without any wings, he#39ll have to
improvise! Slide along hills to build up speed,...
Also with upgrades, to do even better next time!
https://www.kongregate.com/games/ahbonk/the-last-canopy
for the last game! A bullet hell shooter, but again with a twist!
You can use an absorb ability to absorb the abilities/attacks of the
enemies, fill up your companion orbs, and then have them shoot it
back for a duration. Always fun to use the enemy's weapons against
it!
Kongregate
The Last Canopy
In this unique shooter, you start off with weak
firepower,
so absorb the enemy#39s attack and make it your
own!
Avoid, Absorb, Attack!
Selected by Jayisgames...
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Blizzard Gaming:
Heroes of the Storm:
level 396, 2 levels gained. Auriel to 4, and Zagara to 16. Guess I
played her enough in brawls to get an extra level over time :wink:
Hearthstone:
A few more matches and quests done this week, it must help that I
can go to bed later every day now that both places where I work are
closed.
Seems that the battleground perks for buying 20 dragon packs will
expire when the next expansion comes, so I figured I'd try to get
there before then. Might make it, might not. But getting some packs
either way!
Brawl this week is Three Wishes, where you start with random decks
and a wish for a useful card, and shuffle 2 more into the deck for
later. As far as I could tell, it was mostly the random decks that
are most important, as the wishes didn't seem to be that noticeable.
WoW:
N'Zoth definitely somewhat on farm, which is nice since we can reach
him immediately from now on, so we'll get 3 corruption resistance
unlocked every week.
On heroic progress, we got our first Drestagath kill, yay!
What remains now is the endbosses of each wing, and then the 2
N'Zoth fights. Still 5 bosses to go, but we're getting there!
Got my cloak to rank 15, the maximum. Out of the 4 runs needed for
the last 8 quest items, I decided to do 3 with 1 mask each, using
the 3 masks I hadn't completed it with yet, so I could get all the
cosmetic masks unlocked. Worked pretty well.
Also got a new pet out of it, the Void-Scarred Cat, and my last rank
3 essence from the visions, Unwavering Ward (for healing spec).
I think I'll let the horrific visions rest a bit. Nothing urgent to
get anymore. There's still 3 pets to get, a bunch of mementos for
cosmetics, and some achievements for going in with more masks, but
I'd rather get just a bit more gear before then. So I figure I'll
save up the currency for a few weeks, if not months, and do a bunch
of them later on when I feel up for it.
Who knows, maybe I won't push the cosmetic rewards until 9.0 or even
the next expansion, when it might be even easier :slight_smile:
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 6:49 PM
Weekly is timewalks, still on that... supposedly a bit harder now
since it adapts more to the essences you have, so I've been going
more carefully. Maybe too carefully though.
Continuing 8.1 content, I dove into the darkshore warfront a bunch
of times this week. The flow is a bit off, though, compared to the
Arathi one. The map is usually conquered right until the last shore
long before the necessary buildings are constructed, which means a
long wait before we get the siege weapons out to break the defenses
of the final naval platform and reach the boss.
Even the two large defensive siege towers at Lordanel Landing fall
long before then, and they're supposed to be brought down by the
weapons.
So yeah, that was a bit annoying. In any case, I did get all my
achievements over the week. Captured all the locations personally,
recruited all the different troops, and used essences of storms to
embody all 3 night elf allies.
The last one was the trickiest, since those essences can only be
gotten from killing blows on random mobs after the Altar of Elders
is built, and you can guess that there are no horde left on the
mainland except the occasional attack wave before the altar is
constructed. Took me quite a few matches to get all 3.
But that's done now, so I'll focus on the rare mobs in the patrol
phase instead :slight_smile:
Another 8.1 project, the outpost upgrades in Kul Tiras. 3 items to
buy, 3 missions to send out, 3 upgrades to visit. Not all equally
useful though.
The one in Stormsong is a fast transport vehicle, which could be
nice for world quests until I get flight. The one in Drustvar is a
blessing that gives you movement speed after a kill, which while
useful for questing, could be annoying to go back each time and
refresh the blessing whenever I'm doing an emissary.
And the one in Tiragarde is a cannon which launches you from the
most remote flightpoint in the zone to a patch of water away from
flightpoints but a common location for Azerite world quests.
In itself kinda useful for those quests, but it's generally better
to ride over from a closer flightpoint than travel all the way to
the cannon.
Did more faction assaults, have now done all except the Nazmir
assault which I'll do once it comes with the quest I need for
achievement. Tiragarde did come with a quest for an achievement, but
that achievement requires 3 different npcs and only one is up each
time. So it'll be a long wait to get 1) the assault, 2) the right
quest and 3) all the right npcs.
And finally, dove into the war campaign for 8.1, leading up to the
Dazar'alor raid! Did the first chapter where you and Jaina defend
the western sea gate from a horde invasion, and most of the second
chapter including in intelligent gorilla and a dangerous invention.
Will work on the rest of the 8.1 campaign next week :slight_smile:
And that's my report for the week!
VardaLast Sunday at 7:22 PM
Thanks, Phar. : )
ArienValarLast Sunday at 7:32 PM
Namarie all :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:47 PM
Heya to anyone still around.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 7:47 PM
Aiya!
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:48 PM
How goes it?
I see you got rank 15 on your cloak. Forgot to mention I got mine
too, but I'm sure if I was trying a 3-mask Horrific Vision it was
understood :}
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 7:50 PM
hehe, yep
Not something I'll bother with yet. Sanity's fine, but the damage is
just too high for little old cat druid me.
VardaLast Sunday at 7:51 PM
Aiya :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:52 PM
Yeah, I almost had the 3-mask, but I took a chance I probably
shouldn't have in the last fight and it cost me.
Heya Varda :}
I'll be getting my weekly corruption resistance from the Horrific
Visions though.
I'm just not enough into raiding, let alone having the time, to try
and find a pug for normal Ny'alotha.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 7:53 PM
I'll get mine from normal N'Zoth. If we ever miss him for a week,
I'll do an extra vision.
Yeah, okay, pugging is bad :wink:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:54 PM
I like Horrific Visions as a concept because I like that they're
introducing difficult content for 1-5 players that offers a gearing
path.
I like them as a feature because at least so far they've been fun :}
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 7:55 PM
Very true. Not one for keystones?
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:55 PM
I'm not interested in doing mythic dungeons with a pug.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 7:55 PM
Alright :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:55 PM
If I'm going to do difficult content with a group, I prefer it with
friends.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 7:55 PM
True.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:56 PM
And the last time I tried to dabble in a normal raid, right after
"flex" became the new "normal" I met the same attitude that turned
me off from raids in the first place, so I haven't bothered past LFR
since.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 7:56 PM
I do a weekly keystone Kings Rest for mount, with pugs, but don't go
beyond 4 or 5 usually.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:57 PM
And LFR hasn't been terribly exciting for me either. I Still haven't
done that last raid before Ny'alotha, whatever that one was called.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 7:58 PM
Eternal Palace? Really? But it's such a nice place :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:59 PM
Only reason I really would want to do a Mythic+ is to unlock that
particular skin for my Ashbringer.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 7:59 PM
Ah yes.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:59 PM
Ok, maybe it was the one before Eternal Palace.
That 1-off raid.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 7:59 PM
Crucible of Storms. Yeah, okay.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 7:59 PM
Yeah, that one.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:00 PM
That makes more sense. It's needed for a few quests, though, so
maybe worth doing once.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:01 PM
I guess. The 200 items needed for the Nazjatar crafting thing really
turned me off to running Eternal Pallace raid after the first couple
of goes to get the first level of that.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:01 PM
Oh yeah. Since I skipped most of 8.2 questing, I still don't have
that thing unlocked. I'll need to pug all those myself, which is a
shame after all the raiding I already did there.
But if necessary I'll visit it during the next expansion :wink:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:02 PM
The Shreds of Insanity at least are available from more gameplay
options, if I want to PvP. Even though I'm not a big PvPer, the
option to get them that way at least makes it feel less oppressive.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:02 PM
True that.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:03 PM
I think there's an artifact skin that requires Honor rank 80 anyway,
so at least it'd be moving towards another thing I'd want at the
same time.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:03 PM
There is, yep. Last one I'm missing out of all my druid appearances.
I'm somewhere mid-60s I think.
And there's the 100k honor essence rank, even though it's cosmetic
:slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:04 PM
If I recall, the only one I may never actually get is the Mythic+15
requirement. Unfortunately, that's the green fire one and that's the
one I want most of the ones I don't have, lol.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:05 PM
Oof, yes, can imagine. Was lucky to get it at the end of Legion,
since the scaling changes with each season in BfA. Very annoying.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:06 PM
Too bad I can't go do a mythic+ of an older dungeon, but eh.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:06 PM
Alas.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:08 PM
I wouldn't have minded getting the rapier appearance for my Outlaw
Rogue, but eh, can only invest so much time and my Paladin is more
important, lol.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:09 PM
Priorities :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:13 PM
:}
How are your 8.3 Reps coming?
Got Uldum Accord/Rajani to Exalted yet?
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:16 PM
Revered now, I only do the dailies when I do the assaults. Doing
them every day is a bit too much :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:17 PM
Understandable. I skip some days, but I need them for vessels for
Visions :}
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:17 PM
Well, that's why I do the assaults and lesser visions, but the
rewards from the daily quests seem so few :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:18 PM
Yeah.
I was sticking around for as long as I could in the lesser visions
to farm as long as I could, but with as long as I can stay in there
now doesn't really seem worth it now, lol.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:19 PM
Heh, rescue a few souls and you can stay there for a long, long
time.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:19 PM
Yeah.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:20 PM
In the interests of time efficiency, I just generally do the quest
there and get out for my rewards.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:20 PM
And the corrupted momentos aren't coming in large quantities in
there, so little reason to stay longer than the quest takes at this
point.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:20 PM
Yep.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:20 PM
Yeah, I've been moving towards that. Don't think there's anything
out of them I'm missing at this point.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 8:21 PM
If you want mementos, though, it doesn't hurt to lfr nyalotha a bit.
I think the 200 mementos per trash lieutenant drop there too.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 8:24 PM
Yeah, I need to complete that still.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 9:00 PM
I'm not particularly hurting for the momentos, but the completion
wouldn't hurt.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 9:01 PM
I think I'm only lacking one more memento talent, so that's not a
problem either. But the cosmetics would be nice.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 9:03 PM
Yeah.
Nice thing about Discord: We can all be on different battlefields
and still chat :}
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 9:05 PM
hehe
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 9:07 PM
Oh, have you found that insect quest series in Uldum yet, Phar?
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 9:07 PM
I found it. First quest, anyway. But I'm postponing it for later
:slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 9:07 PM
Fair enough :}
I'm in the fourth round I think, Got toy, then pet.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 9:08 PM
Ah yes :slight_smile: Toy, pet, mount.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 9:08 PM
One of these days I'll have to track down the Alpaca.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 9:08 PM
Yep, that too.
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 9:09 PM
Keep in mind that that quest can send you out into Uldum or into the
Vale, so if you're doing one of those anyway and you are interested
in working on it, might as well check where it's gonna send you that
day.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 9:09 PM
True.
Ar-Pharazon-VLast Sunday at 9:22 PM
namarie!
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 9:32 PM
Sleep well!
VardaLast Sunday at 9:47 PM
Namarie : )
VardaLast Sunday at 9:56 PM
Namarie for now
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 10:20 PM
Sleep well ;}
Eonwe ValarLast Sunday at 10:53 PM
Time for me to be off. Take care all, good night, sleep well, and
have fun.
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