Valar Guild

May 10, 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): (5)
    Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Irmo/Irm, Varda (presiding)

Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news
Web:
Gaming:
    General reports: World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, Heroes of the Storm
Tolkien:
    Topic 1: The Hobbit read by Andy Serkis
    Topic 2: Tolkien Moment--The Valar: "Yet some things there are that they cannot see"
After-meeting:
    More Tolkien chat
    Forum story that we call the RP story.
    Flashgaming Reviews by Ar-Pharazon.
    More RP
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Before-meeting

Eonwe Valar05/05/2020
Heya all. For those interested in such things, and those involved in such things :} : https://valarguild.proboards.com/thread/1642/angmar-bound-chapter-where-shadows
Angmar Bound, Chapter 2: Where Shadows Lie | Valar Guild
Auros: It was late in the evening when Auros finally crossed his threshold, and sleep was still far from him. His first task was to return to his armory, and setting the bundle with the sword o
Eonwe Valar05/06/2020
Enjoy :}
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 4:42 AM
Rereading the first chapter of Scouting Ahead... Some of the stuff we wrote makes me chuckle :}  I think we've got better over the years, hehehe.

VardaYesterday at 4:00 PM
Aiya!
Aye to that, Eonwe. : )
At least one hopes so!
IrmYesterday at 4:01 PM
Aiya!
VardaYesterday at 4:02 PM
Aiya Irmo : )
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:03 PM
Aiya!
ArienValarYesterday at 4:03 PM
Aiya :P)
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:03 PM
And yeah, had to dig deep into my own Mirkwood posts to find the info I wanted.
ArienValarYesterday at 4:03 PM
Aiya :slight_smile:
VardaYesterday at 4:03 PM
Aiya Phar and Arien. : )
Those deep dives help a lot!
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:03 PM
I want to say it's cringy but I don't think I'm actually doing any better these days :wink:
IrmYesterday at 4:03 PM
Goedenavond Phar
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:04 PM
Goedenavond, alles goed? :slight_smile:
IrmYesterday at 4:04 PM
Gutenabend Arien :slight_smile:
VardaYesterday at 4:04 PM
Bien
And we're still a mite on the cringy side. : )
IrmYesterday at 4:05 PM
Which shows a petic mood
VardaYesterday at 4:05 PM
We'll try to keep getting better.
IrmYesterday at 4:05 PM
poetic
VardaYesterday at 4:05 PM
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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
Membership:
We seem to be seeing more of the membership as we're stuck at home, reminded that we have games!
It's good to see happy things sprouting from fertilizer.
Happy Mother's Day!
May all of you be having a good day, remembering mothers, mother-figures, and the young mothers.
Any news you'd like to pass on? Friends seen lately, like Fladrif maybe?
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:09 PM
Yep, Fladrif spotted!
VardaYesterday at 4:09 PM
Yay!
Hi to the ent.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:09 PM
Also for membership, I'm now 35!
VardaYesterday at 4:09 PM
Sauron and Fangorn howdies from this side of the screen.
Congratulations, Phar!
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:09 PM
Thanks!
VardaYesterday at 4:09 PM
Happy birthday. : )
IrmYesterday at 4:10 PM
Aha happy Bday!
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:10 PM
Thanks, was 4 days ago, but still :wink:
VardaYesterday at 4:10 PM
You beat what the world threw at you and made it to a new personal year!
Any cake left?
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:10 PM
Nope, think I had the last piece 2 days ago.
VardaYesterday at 4:10 PM
Not stale then.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:10 PM
Nah.
VardaYesterday at 4:11 PM
poof A new cake! hands out slices
The poof may have been a yoink from the kitchens on Taniquetil.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:11 PM
Hmm, it tastes divine.
VardaYesterday at 4:12 PM
^^
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Gaming News:
Eonwe can't be here at the moment, but gave us plenty of news.
Feel free to add in your news when your game comes up, or later if missed.

World of Warcraft:
This week's Bonus Event: Mists of Pandaria Timewalking.
The Spring Balloon Festival runs from today until Tuesday, May 12th.
The 100% Reputation Buff only lasts until May 18th, so make use of it while you can!
Check out this week's hotfixes:
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:15 PM
Spring b- oh, yes, that thing.
VardaYesterday at 4:15 PM
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23277654/hotfixes-may-6-2020
    World of Warcraft
    Hotfixes: May 6, 2020 - WoW
    Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth.
so you went to it? : )  I think a little kid had a balloon in town and that led to shenanigans?
ArienValarYesterday at 4:16 PM
youngling PharA :slight_smile: and happy birthday
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:16 PM
No, Spring Balloon Festival is the thing in Broken Isles where you hop on a balloon and take a scripted tour over a zone, with the possibility to answer questions about that zone.
Haven't done it since Legion :slight_smile:
VardaYesterday at 4:16 PM
So, like a travel guide in a balloon trip.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:16 PM
Yep!
VardaYesterday at 4:17 PM
Any other WoW news y'all would like to mention? Including Classic?
Seen other Valarites there?
Ar-Pharazon and Arien probably saw each other. : )
Gorlim seems to be in WoW right now.
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Lord of the Rings Online:
IrmYesterday at 4:19 PM
Can you say heya from me ewhen you see Gorlim?morwena? Not seen him in ages
VardaYesterday at 4:19 PM
Gorlim/Morwena is in Discord right now if you'd like to leave him a message?
IrmYesterday at 4:19 PM
I meant Gorlim/Morwena :slight_smile:
My typing <sighs>
VardaYesterday at 4:20 PM
Do you see his name on the right? Feel free to click his name and send a message. He'd surely enjoy hearing from you too.
counts my typos until it hits a googleplex and stops
Lord of the Rings Online:
Out this week: Update 26.0.2.:
https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?680007-Update-26-0-2-Release-Notes
IrmYesterday at 4:22 PM
I must say I am extatic with how they improved the questflow in LOTRO, very enjoyable
VardaYesterday at 4:22 PM
There's a known issue with renaming Stout-axe Dwarves. Read about it here:
Good to hear, Irmo!
They've worked hard to improve the game. : )
https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?680055-Known-Issue-Character-Rename-and-Stout-Axe-Dwarf
Also in LotRO, we hear that hunters, possibly the most numerous type in the game, will finally be receiving buffs instead of nerfs.
It was getting silly that a class with nothing but dps to offer had fallen lower than some of the multi-classes in dps.
In LotRO, I also like that crafting is still useful at the highest levels.
Just making the high level essences to put in armor and jewelry slots is a big help.
We've been seeing quite a few of the guild back in LotRO, even if at odd times. It can be tough showing up at the same times with our nutty schedules.
This past week, we've seen:
Landroval server:
Bregalad
Ecthelion
Eonwe
Fangorn
Hurin
Irmo
Lenwe
Miriel
Nar
Varda

Ithil server:
Dis
Falco
Fangorn
Varda

Anor server:
Fangorn
Varda
We have some top level characters. Two players have them on Landroval and others are closing in.
Ithil server has spectacular top leveling from Falco and Dis. Two others coming close if they'd quit going over to lower characters too. cough
Even Anor has been getting more activity lately.
LotRO is supposed to be getting a "challenge" server laterr on, including moments when Sauron makes everything harder, and more pvp instead of just pvmp (monster player).
Would the kin like at least a minor presence there, such as the barest of a kin set-up?
We are pretty scattered already, but we can take a look around for fun.
I expect to set up at least the bare-bones there for aid in kinmates getting together that might want to experiment.
We can still use Discord and the Valar channel to help get together.
ArienValarYesterday at 4:30 PM
can u play as a sauron minion :smile: as in human or orc or dwarf?
VardaYesterday at 4:31 PM
We already have that ability in the Ettenmoors in a regular server.
oh, I see
I don't know.
Elves, I agree, would not. But the others, that could happen.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:32 PM
Hmm. The other option is that the free peoples fight each other.
ArienValarYesterday at 4:32 PM
for pvp like an enemy faction you know?
VardaYesterday at 4:32 PM
Hobbits maybe not.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:32 PM
Shire leading an attack on Bree.
VardaYesterday at 4:32 PM
Sparring has been around a long time.
Phar, that very scenario is why we don't have pvp pvmp in the main areas in the regular servers. Completely non-canon.
I don't know yet how they plan to work it.
Free to play folks still have the bonus time of getting to play in the normally locked out zones that they had to barter LotRO points for, until the end of the month.
Take advantage while you can!
Includes Fladrif. ; P
: )
His f2p is still in my friend list.
Any other LotRO news?
Upcoming change to hunters, transcript of +Cordovan's YouTube. Update 26.1 aimed for next week without going through a Bullroarer test first.
https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?680079-Update-26-1-Hunter-Changes-reported-on-Cord-of-the-Rings&p=8006684
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Heroes of the Storm:
A balance patch is out.
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/23411615/heroes-of-the-storm-balance-patch-notes-may-6-2020
    Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes - May 6, 2020
    Heroes of the Storm has just been updated with Hero balance changes! Read on for details.
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Any other gaming news from any game? Eve? Guild Wars? Tanks? other?
Moving on to
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Tolkien!
First up:
Thank you to Arien and Elrond for the news that Andy Serkis (aka Gollum) read the entire Hobbit aloud and live (including any stumbles of whatever type) for charity.
From Arien:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52568497
    BBC News
    Andy Serkis reads entire Hobbit live for charity
    More than 650,000 watch the Gollum actor narrate Tolkien's fantasy classic in one 11-hour sitting.

A link that requires a sign-in has the actual reading. Thank you to Elrond:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOF_r_Y5-A
Enjoy!
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Before I launch into the next bit, did anyone else have a Tolkien link, news, question, or Tolkien Moment they'd like to share?
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:42 PM
So... for those who've seen it.. or are signed in or something
did he do his Gollum voice? :slight_smile:
VardaYesterday at 4:43 PM
If he didn't, we would have heard a massive online outcry. : )

If there is no other news, here we go!
Please forgive the lack of diacritical marks. If I'd started earlier, they would have been added in. Bad me.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:48 PM
I rarely bother with em.
VardaYesterday at 4:48 PM
This is from the Silmarillion, Ainulindale:
Phar, our site got slammed when I didn't put them in. I try to add them now and may someday catch up. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:49 PM
hehe
VardaYesterday at 4:50 PM
And many other things Iluvatar spoke to the Ainur at that time, and because of their memory of his words, and the knowledge that each has of the music that he himself made, the Ainur knew much of what was, and is, and is to come, and few things were unseen by them.
Yet some things there are that they cannot see, neither alone nor taking counsel together; for to none but himself has Iluvatar revealed all that he has in store, and in every age there come forth things that are new and have no foretelling, for they do not proceed from the past.
IrmYesterday at 4:50 PM
Excuse me, but I am off to bed (early (Video)meeting tomorrow ...
Namarië!
VardaYesterday at 4:51 PM
Namarie, Irmo!
Transcript will go up or you can check in here on Discord. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:51 PM
Namarie!
VardaYesterday at 4:51 PM
Dream well!
And so it was that as this vision of the World was played before them, the Ainur saw that it contained things which they had not thought. And they saw with amazement the coming of the Children of Iluvatar, and the habitation that was prepared for them; and they perceived that they themselves in the labour  of their music had been busy with the preparation of this dwelling, and yet knew not that it had any purpose beyond its own beauty.
For the Children of Iluvatar were conceived by him alone; and they came with the third theme, and were not in the theme which Iluvatar propounded at the beginning, and none of the Ainur had part in their making.
Therefore when they beheld them, the more did they love them, being things other than themselves, strange and free, wherein they saw the mind of Iluvatar reflected anew, and learned yet a little more of his wisdom, which otherwise had been hidden even from the Ainur.
End quote.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:54 PM
timewalking, reading up later :slight_smile:
VardaYesterday at 4:58 PM
ok
the gavel pogo-sticks to the hammerpad and bounces
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 4:59 PM
I can comment soon :stuck_out_tongue:
VardaYesterday at 4:59 PM
the bounce is higher than expected as the hammerpad put in a trampoline center for today
sprooooong!
the bounce takes the gavel right back to the shelf
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After-meeting!
Free chat for all. and cake
Hmm. And pie. With ice cream.
Mother's Day for the win. ; P
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:07 PM
Yay cake!
VardaYesterday at 5:07 PM
: )
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:07 PM
Hmm, interesting thing I noted in that quote
"in every age there come forth things that are new and have no foretelling, for they do not proceed from the past"
Is that referring to the new themes? The Children? The way Men can change their fate?
Or the interference of Eru at the Akallabeth, for example?
Is there a cause and effect thing in the decisions people make, and are those the external influences, or is Arda affected by actual influences from the outside now and then?
So many questions! Maybe we'll look at them another time :slight_smile:

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:26 PM
Salutations to all. Forgive me if I'm slow to respond. Internet is acting up.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:26 PM
Aiya!
ArienValarYesterday at 5:28 PM
Aiya :slight_smile: sorry some freaky elementals and undead elves interfering a bit with my attention ^^
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:34 PM
Hmm. Freaky elementals and undead elves. Let me think.
Ghostlands, maybe...
Personal gaming report!
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:38 PM
Ok, I think the internet let me catch up on the meeting minutes :}

Seems I haven't missed any RP discussion :}
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:39 PM
We probably wouldn't do those without you :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:39 PM
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the guild :}
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:39 PM
But I will say I have no idea what my scouting report should say.
I like the idea of Fainan going "found this, found that, enemies there" and Calion just going "Nope, didn't find a thing on my side."
And happy mother's day!
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:40 PM
Generic garble is fine, either no signs or signs of somebody either to or from (insert your direction scouted here), doesn't have to be fancy. If you want signs of life, fine, if not, I'll work with it either way.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:41 PM
I'll think about it :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:41 PM
I figure Auros found something at the camp, nothing big, so you don't have to match an army coming through or anything like that.
I'm still kinda feeling this one out.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:41 PM
"Didn't see any orcs, but there was this adorable bird's nest I came across..."
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:42 PM
Lol.
I had the first post ready, and didn't want you all to keep having to wait before you got a chance to make posts.
I spent more time focusing on Auros' life the last couple of weeks than gaming :}
Hopefully it was worth it :}
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:43 PM
Going to be an interesting week, writing wise... I'll want to make a post, but I'm also almost done with a game which means I want to make a new character biography for WoW before the next one :wink:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:44 PM
:}
I did a quick read of the entire of "Scouting Ahead" this morning.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:45 PM
I'm trying to wrap up what I still know about Calion.
Throws daggers, talks with animals, has a brother and 2 parents, noble silvan heritage...
Doesn't like stuffy Noldor much.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:45 PM
Yeah, you don't really have the "fights with Auros" angle right now, hehe.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:45 PM
Nope :slight_smile:
I think I mostly operate on a "What would I do (or want to do!) if I was this character now?" basis.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:47 PM
I thought we had some good back and forth in that regard, but yeah, it couldn't carry on forever.
ArienValarYesterday at 5:47 PM
And Frali mostli sticking to Fainan who he trusts most .. he feels quite inadequate in front of Auros and Calion .. Auros he finds very arrogant but is ready to forgive it because of his age and the stuff he has witnessed hehe. And yes he is painfully aware of his youth and inexperience
All he can show is a miserably failed expedition as youngster ..
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:48 PM
Really Arien? After rereading the story, I find Frali was one of the ones he was nicest to :}
ArienValarYesterday at 5:49 PM
Calion , for him is unfortunately just an elf and he doesnt trusrt anyone hehe
elves if they are necessarily not Fainan or Auros
oh he likes him in a way
sometimes just a bit .. antequarian :wink:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:51 PM
Really, the only member of the group he was outright hostile to was Calion, because he made Helvy a "pet". Rereading that, it seems early on I was really playing that "he domesticated the darn thing" angle.
And some other things Calion did along the way.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:52 PM
I wonder if Calion has a bit of a Silvan complex, not really liking the Noldor or other "Valinor" groups. Though he's used to the Sindar now.
He mostly doesn't like Mr. Commanding Noldo interfering with how things are done in Mirkwood, or pretending to be an expert on whether animals can be redeemed or not :wink:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:53 PM
The Sindar in general were supposedly trying to "get back to their roots" as I recall, shunning all those big city lights from Doriath and the Noldorin kingdoms.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:53 PM
Hmhm.
Going back to nature. Silvans are okay with that.
I suppose Calion is okay in the wilderness, though not really comfortable out of the forest, and will rely on Eonwe's expertise up north.
...Until we meet Helvy again, that is...? :wink:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:54 PM
Hehe. Well, I didn't expect Auros to be fast friends with anyone anyway, and I thought in some respects we were trying to push into "Oh, I can't imagine my life without them!" early on.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:55 PM
Ehr, Auros, yes :stuck_out_tongue:
I'll have to pick up the names again.
I'm sure I've called you Eonwe in the RP before.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:56 PM
You've corrected it when you have :} At least I don't remember any remnants in there still :}
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:56 PM
hehe
But don't look surprised if Calion suddenly becomes a female called Caliona. She's my huntress/ranger in WoW and Guild Wars, and in WoW has a pet wolf called Helvy.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:57 PM
The danger of course of rereading stuff is you realize what you would change when you do so :}
hehe
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 5:59 PM
Let's see.. Calion would like Fainan, consider her kin (he doesn't really flaunt his relative nobility), and respect her as a colleague in Silvan scouting.
Possibly go to her as a middle person if any conflict would go up again between him and Auros.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 5:59 PM
The way Varda presented Fainan's character makes her hard to pick a fight with, heh.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:00 PM
Yep :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:00 PM
(not that I particulary was trying to with anyone's character, to be clear here)
The disagreement with Calion came about naturally as a result of Auros' character as I understood it.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:00 PM
Frali.. not sure if he has many thoughts about Frali. He probably has some ideas about dwarves, but Frali seems eager and friendly enough, though apparently to be watched around a sword. Just not much in common to talk about.
Well, Calion had some part in it :wink:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:01 PM
:}
Haran was there briefly, but Auros was cordial at all times with him.
Frali I think I expounded enough upon from Auros' perspective in the story. Auros has nothing against Frali.
Meren/Indis surprised me though.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:03 PM
What can I say? I'm not really a roleplayer. When I do this I have storylines in mind and some motivations and like to go traveling and moments of action, or moments to set the mood, but overall I'm not really good at setting down a character to the point that I can consistently have relationships with people (good or bad) especially if they develop over 16 years.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:04 PM
Estarion, I feel Auros probably should've been colder and quieter, and less openly suspicious.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:04 PM
Meren and Calion were probably pretty good friends, as far as I know.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:04 PM
At the introduction.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:04 PM
Estarion... I have a feeling Calion felt he had more in common with Estarion than Auros.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:04 PM
(Again, because I reread all this this morning I'm ruminating on it).
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:05 PM
I'm going by memory :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:05 PM
*corrected above, Ruminating, not ruinating
ArienValarYesterday at 6:05 PM
I am going err . to bed i fear ...
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:05 PM
Aw, well sleep well Arien :}
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:05 PM
Namarie :slight_smile:
ArienValarYesterday at 6:05 PM
just getting tired yawn
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:05 PM
Hope you enjoyed the start of the new chapter :}
ArienValarYesterday at 6:06 PM
uhu and i will post in the next couple of days i hope
days off
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:06 PM
I wonder how much about this speculation about Calion I'll remember while writing the next few posts.
ArienValarYesterday at 6:06 PM
Namarie for now :slight_smile:
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:06 PM
nn!
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:06 PM
hehe
Sleep well :}
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:07 PM
Back to the...
personal gaming report!
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:07 PM
Go for it :}
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Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:07 PM
No new games for flashgaming, but a few came up in this week's badges I don't mind highlighting again :slight_smile:
https://www.kongregate.com/games/Remivision/wooden-path for the first game! A logic puzzle game where you have to build a wooden bridge over the river by moving pieces of bridge and obstaces in the way.
    Kongregate
    Wooden Path
    It#39s a logic game mainly based on blocks#39 sliding with many extra features such as teleports, switches, special blocks and more. It contains a tutorial and two...
Further on you'll also get special blocks, teleports, all that fun stuff.
https://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/frontier is the second game, and it's a big one!
    Kongregate
    Frontier
    Create your own fortune. Travel the land seeking to destroy the Buccaneers, an evil pirate organization bent on being outlaws... or join the Enforcers to help...
A sort of non-traditional RPG and management game where you survive, build up a fortune, and increase your standing in the region.
Buy and sell goods in different towns at different prices, join guilds and perform quests, hire allies, buy and equip better armor and weapons, and ultimately take over all the cities and defeating the guild you didn't choose (as far as I remember).
And get a ton of achievements along the way!
I remember spending a lot of time completing this thing :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:18 PM
:}
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:25 PM
I wish I could just save a direct transcript of this channel for when I want to skim for our discussions.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:26 PM
I tend to just copy paste the entire meeting into a text document.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:27 PM
Aye, I was hoping for something that wouldn't require me to run back through probably a year or so of text to get back to the front :}
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:27 PM
hehe
Was looking for that for some time when we first transitioned to Discord, but couldn't find it. Maybe they've added something since then.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:28 PM
Not that I've found, unfortunately.
Anyway, I didn't want to interrupt your personal gaming report :}
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:34 PM
No, that's fine, playing through the third game a bit so I can describe it better, been a while :wink:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:38 PM
Bah, just realized I'm going to have to edit my Post to coincide with something else. Don't worry, it won't change anything for you all, just for me.
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:38 PM
Hmm, keep running out of food. Well, anyway, I think I've learned enough :slight_smile:
VardaYesterday at 6:50 PM
More cake needed?
Hiya Eonwe : )
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 6:50 PM
Fish, in this case :wink:
but I think I've got it now, so let me finish the game before I report :stuck_out_tongue:
VardaYesterday at 6:50 PM
You wish a fish? So juicy sweet?
No hurry, was interested in the rp talk.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 6:51 PM
Heya :}
VardaYesterday at 6:52 PM
Hi!
Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 7:05 PM
https://www.kongregate.com/games/Mentor31/castle-woodwarf is the last game for this week! You play a bunch of dwarves stuck above a dragon cave, and have to survive by fishing for food and harvesting trees for gold.
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    A mini strategy starring dwarves. Cut the trees, catch some fish, upgrade your castle and environment. Guard the treasure from waves of enemies and lead your d...
A management game where you hire and upgrade dwarves to do the various tasks, and upgrade your camp.
For a quick start you can leave the fishing alone for a bit, but don't wait too long, because the stockpiles will take a bit of effort to grow.
Collect gold to upgrade all your stuff as well as upgrade the dragon to protect your cave (where the gold is stored) from invading monsters.
And ultimately the goal is to upgrade the environment to be able to flood the access to the cave! Not sure what it accomplishes since it just means your fortune is safe, but apparently you're still stuck there...
Still, fun game :slight_smile:
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 7:17 PM
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Ar-Pharazon-VYesterday at 7:32 PM
Right, decided to play it again, upgrade everything through a different method, and see if it was any faster.
Spent another 20 minutes or so, only got a 3 second improvement :wink:
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Right. Blizzard gaming:
Heroes of the Storm:
2 levels gained, from 409 to 411. Azmodan to level 4 and Reghar to level 2 through a brawl. Chose him as a healer, but as it turns out, his healing ability gets the least talent upgrades. Quite annoying, but still an interesting hero apparently.
Most of them are, really :wink:
Hearthstone:
Not much news. 11 days into the month already, and only 4 wins gotten so far, need 5 for the card back... but still plenty of time for that fifth, and maybe a bit of a better streak :wink:
Brawl is... randomness. Pure randomness. Choose a class, and get a random deck of cards that all do random things.
Random targets, random summons, stuff like that.
If you're going for it, I wish you luck :wink:
WoW:
More heroic raiding, and it's going better and better. Only a few wipes in the entire raid, and we completed all 12 bosses in only 2 nights. Getting one more returning person his heroic achievement mount - we'll be trying to take a group picture in about a week and a half with all of us on the mount - and completing the heroic version of the shortcut quest for a bunch of us, including me since I haven't missed a raid in a while.
Horrific visions went really well, and we got our 5 mask run done at last, completing that achievement and getting a whole bunch of mementos :slight_smile:
We've completed it in Stormwind now, but for the final achievement we need to do the same in Orgrimmar. Since they alternate, we'll try again next week and if it fails, skip a week until we get Orgrimmar again.
Weekly is timewalking, which is going okay, though I'm not getting anything out of it but badges.. especially since I've no more use for the normal difficulty loot reward. But still fun.
A new mount! Yay. Finally got the Tomb Stalker mount from mythic Kings Rest, after so many keystone runs throughout so many weeks. It's a decorated undead raptor and looks really good :slight_smile:
Only 5-man mount from BfA I'm missing now is the one from Freehold, which I have done mountruns for every week, but from next week I'll keystone it instead just so I still get a keystone chest every week.
And a new pet! Got it from expeditions, a Voru'kar Leecher, a sort of vampiry leechy bat like thing. Looks very cute!
For wowhead, making my way through alpha articles now... some good stuff in there, including story spoilers from scenario descriptions. Lots of old favorite characters coming back :slight_smile:
And that's it for blizzard!
In Total Annihilation...
haven't had a lot of time with birthday and other stuff, but am pretty much at the end of the campaign.
Went all the way from level 21 to 25, which I pretty much cleared now. The final planet, Core Prime, seems easier than the last planet of the other campaign. More structured landscape, endless supplies of metal, a few maps with canals or other bodies of water separating me from the enemy so they had a tough time reaching me...
and even on pure land maps the incoming stream of enemies seems less constant.
Interestingly, while the last map always features the enemy Commander, the unit which you yourself have been using the entire campaign and which is your biggest asset, it was just standing at the final dome doing nothing, making it rather easier for me to advance.
It's not until you engage him in combat and then back off that he actually starts rebuilding his base from scratch.... if he'd been more productive, as I think the commander was in the other campaign, it might have been a bit tougher.
The big difference seems to be that in the other campaign, the enemy is constantly expanding and building defensive structures while sending stuff your way, while on this planet, with its more symmetrical landscapes, there is more of a standing array of defensive buildings which actually do not get added to or replaced.
Based on that alone, I'd say that this campaign was a bit easier.
At least the last few levels.
Anyway! Just have to move my own commander to the command dome, watch the cutscene and then I'll be done with the game.
I have plans for the expansion too, but as I said earlier, want to write a biography first, as I tend to alternate those with my games project :slight_smile:
And that's my report for the week!
namarie!

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 8:22 PM
Sleep well Phar :}
Oh, real quick, so that if I want to try and search for anything on the RP I only have to look in this channel, the following is from the Harbor Channel:
ArienValarYesterday at 2:48 PM
question concerning the RP is Frali riding with Fainan or has he got his own pony ?#
VardaYesterday at 7:41 PM
Horses aren't very keen on horses or ponies, but he may have gotten over it in his time in Rivendell. If not, he's welcome to riding double on Hithceleb. : )
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:31 AM
You all hiding this RP discussion in the Harbor channel? :}
But you have a good question. I kind of took it for granted that Frali had his own pony, otherwise he would more than likely be riding off with Fainan each time she scouted away from the primary path.
VardaToday at 3:48 PM
Or he could stay on the main path, maybe to one side, keeping an eye out on it. Be good at stealthing in the boulders alongside.
I'm assuming Varda meant "Dwarves aren't very keen on horses or ponies" there, so I'd suggest reading it like that :}
On the last part, the idea from the first post in the new chapter is that Frali is indeed remaining with whoever travels the center path between the three Elves. I think this is generally easier if Frali has his own pony. While the key in "Scouting Ahead" was haste, I think in this story, while we want to get there fast, we're more concerned about care: not being come upon at unawares.
And not missing something we should've caught along the way. We're looking for people, after all, not just racing to a goal.
But correct me if I'm wrong :}
VardaYesterday at 9:24 PM
heh, yes, Dwarves aren't very keen on horses or ponies. Pardon.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 9:57 PM
No worries :}
VardaYesterday at 10:38 PM
Fainan was suggesting we all ditch the horses due to the terrain changing to rising, volcanic mountains  full of boulders and jumbled ruins before they break a leg.
Eonwe ValarYesterday at 10:46 PM
In practicality probably not a bad idea. I'm just used to riding through Angmar in LotRO :}
When I first read that I was thinking if Auros would know a nearby place or not that would be safe for the horses.

Eonwe ValarYesterday at 11:00 PM
Side-note: Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor is quickly becoming my second favorite action-type game. I don't get to spend much time on it, but as far as a game goes, I find it fairly satisfying in the aspect of combat and controls. I don't think I've been so pleased with melee combat since Ninja Gaiden Black.

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