August 29, 2021 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.]
Attending (and spoke): (5)
Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe
(presiding), Irmo, Varda
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Irmo's move
Two new Tolkien-only members: Aunt Dora
Baggins-(T) and Sandalf13-(T)
Web:
Games Site Mass Update
incoming. If gamers don't receive Eonwe's email, please update your
email with him and/or Varda, and email or Discord message Eonwe (or
Varda who will send it to Eonwe) with which games you currently
play.
Tolkien
Site story: "Chance
Meeting at Rivendell" by Aunt Dora Baggins-(T)
Gaming:
General news:
report from Eonwe: World of
Warcraft
Tolkien:
Topics from Eonwe:
Can Elves have freckles?
Did Elves gamble?
Did any Elves go into Moria during the Third Age
before it was abandoned?
What was Lothlorien like while Amroth ruled?
What kind of games/tests of skill would Elves have?
Or Dwarves for that matter.
After-meeting:
(non)Flashgaming
Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon.
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Before-meeting
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Heya all.
[3:58 PM]
Going to begin the meeting on the dot today
[3:58 PM]
@Bounder 2 minutes to meeting time!
[3:58 PM]
Hopefully that works :}
Irmo — 08/29/2021
It actually worked!
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Good :}
[4:00 PM]
OK, here we go!
[4:00 PM]
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Elen Sila Lumenn Omentielvo!
[4:01 PM]
Membership:
[4:02 PM]
Varda's busy entertaining people out there in the analog world, so
you get me chairing today :}
[4:02 PM]
Everyone here, say Taniquetil. Everyone not here, say Utumno :}
Irmo — 08/29/2021
Utumno
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
Aiya all
Irmo — 08/29/2021
Heya Sunmaiden
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Heya Arien :}
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
Taniquetil
Varda — 08/29/2021
Aiya! Utumno. : )
[4:03 PM]
Intermittently here.
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
so can i say Taniqutumetil?
Varda — 08/29/2021
Tricky
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Utumno -> Taniquetil
Irmo — 08/29/2021
Wow Varda, if you are not busy entertaining crowds, mind hopping in
to LOTRO and invite my champion Irmrod into the guild? [Note: this
happened in LotRO Landroval server right away, so welcome to
Irmrod!]
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
In other words
[4:04 PM]
Aiya
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
I don't know Arien, can you say it? ;}
Varda — 08/29/2021
Ok, I can for right now!
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
yeah i can actrually
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Heya Phar :}
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
sort of anyway hehe
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Well good because I'd be tripping over a syllable in that one :}
Varda — 08/29/2021
Say it syllable by syllable. Has a tutu in the middle.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Any other Membership news?
[4:06 PM]
hehe Varda.
Varda — 08/29/2021
Two new Tolkien-only members
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
qutu actually
Varda — 08/29/2021
a cute tutu?
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
q^2? :}
Irmo — 08/29/2021
News: I am glad to announce that we have succeeded at boying a new
house, so between Oct 1 and 15 Miriel and I will offline because we
will be moving
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Congrats Irmo :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Grats!
Irmo — 08/29/2021
ty ty'
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
And booh for missing anniversary.
Varda — 08/29/2021
Congratulations, Irmo!
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
True, there is that.
Varda — 08/29/2021
Guess he'll have to send in a short story early!
Irmo — 08/29/2021
Yeah Pah, busy packing and arranging things already, my bad
Varda — 08/29/2021
Sounds smart.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Can't you just shift your entire life around to make it? (I am
kidding, of course) :}
Varda — 08/29/2021
The two new Tolkien-only members are
Aunt Dora Baggins-(T) and Sandalf13-(T)
[4:09 PM]
[To Irmo and Miriel, for Discord]: Pop in and say aiya in the
channel on your phone, and done!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Gandalf with sandals?
Varda — 08/29/2021
: )
[4:09 PM]
Play on his name of Sanford
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Gandalf with Sand? It's coarse and grainy, and it gets
everywhere....
[4:10 PM]
ducks
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
It gets precisely everywhere it wants to.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Lol.
[4:11 PM]
Perfect ending.
[4:12 PM]
Punniness aside, Welcome to our new Tolkien Only Members :}
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
Welcome indeed
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
As already indicated, the Anniversary is coming up in a little over
a month. Time to start plotting those contributions/celebrations
:}(edited)
[4:14 PM]
Did we determine a theme for this year yet?
[4:14 PM]
It'll be our 24th.
Varda — 08/29/2021
Reverse of 42, hmm
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
So, the wrong answer to life, the universe, and everything?
Varda — 08/29/2021
I think we did come up with one. Have to dig it back out, but maybe
we can come up with something better! Ideas welcome.
[4:15 PM]
Morgoth's Answer?
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Hehe.
[4:16 PM]
I think Morgoth would be trying for -43, to take that little bit
more :}
[4:18 PM]
OK, so there you have it, see if you can come up with a theme for
the Anniversary, and send it to Varda :}
Varda — 08/29/2021
Aye, and we can discuss what we get in a meeting. Might even combine
for the greatest nuttiness!
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Sounds good.
[4:19 PM]
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Web:
[4:20 PM]
As you all know, right before the Anniversary comes the Games
Site Mass-Update.
[4:20 PM]
I intend to have e-mails out by next week. Once they've gone out you
can respond via E-mail, Discord, or the Forum.(edited)
[4:22 PM]
If you haven't checked your e-mail on the Membership page recently,
or updated me and Varda on a current e-mail if you're requesting it
not be listed, please do so.
[4:23 PM]
Also in web news: We have a new story on the Tolkien Site,
Story Section ---
[4:24 PM]
"Chance Meeting at Rivendell" by Aunt Dora Baggins-(T). Bilbo meets
young Estel at Rivendell on the way to the Lonely Mountain with
Thorin's Company. ---http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/fiction/authors/AuntDoraBaggins/stories/ChanceMeetingatRivendell.htm
[4:25 PM]
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Gaming:
World of Warcraft:
[4:26 PM]
Check out the Development Update and the 9.1.5 Content Update
Preview. ---https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23716421/development-update-a-message-to-the-wow-community
--- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23716422/915-content-update-preview
World of Warcraft
Development Update: A Message to the WoW
Community - WoW
Over the past few weeks since we shared an
update, the WoW team has been focused on the immediate future—both
for our people and workplace, and what’s next for players too.
World of Warcraft
9.1.5 Content Update Preview - WoW
With the arrival of the 9.1.5 PTR, we wanted to share more
information on the variety of new features and updates arriving with
the content update.
[4:26 PM]
Some new options for character appearances, so that might be good.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
New druid travel forms!
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
9.1.5 going up on the PTR this week, reportedly.
[4:27 PM]
Check out this week's hotfixes. --- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23691036/hotfixes-august-26-2021
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: August 26, 2021 - WoW
Here you will find a list of hotfixes that
address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands,
Burning Crusade Classic, and WoW Classic.
[4:27 PM]
This week's bonus event is Pet Battles. This week's PvP Brawl
is Warsong Scramble.
[4:28 PM]
Next Week's Bonus Event will be WotLK Timewalking.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
(Packed House brawl over here, not warsong)
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Hmm, is the Calendar wrong again?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Warsong's next week for me.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
I'm going to have to stop using the in-game calendar for that if
it's going to be wrong.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Well, that's what my in-game calendar says, and I did the packed
house one.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
It must've changed after I did the news, because I have Shado-Pan
Showdown for next week, but it's now showing Warsong Scramble.
Irmo — 08/29/2021
I have to be off folks, namarië and be well!
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Sleep well Irmo :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
namarie!
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Ok, note to self: Don't trust in-game calendar for PvP Brawl until
the week it happens.
[4:32 PM]
So much for trying to get ahead of these things and save me some
time, heh.
[4:33 PM]
Anyway, LFR Wing 4 came out this week as well.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Sylvanas. Fun fight.
[4:34 PM]
We got her down on normal this week.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Congrats.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Thanks And worth doing in LFR just for the interestingness of
it.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
That covers it for gaming news I'm aware of. Anyone have any other
gaming news?
[4:37 PM]
Guess not :}
[4:37 PM]
Ok, so...
[4:37 PM]
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Tolkien:
[4:38 PM]
Any Tolkien topics to discuss?
[4:39 PM]
Ok, then here's some:
[4:39 PM]
Can Elves have freckles?
[4:40 PM]
Did Elves gamble?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Having been created for circumstances other than sunlight, I guess
Elves might have light-sensitive features.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Did any Elves go into Moria
during the Third Age before it was abandoned?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Gambling, possibly, they did like their games and fun. But what
they'd gamble with, I don't know.
[4:42 PM]
Legolas went!
[4:42 PM]
Oh, before.
[4:42 PM]
Hmm.
[4:43 PM]
Moria did trade with Eregion, and the language on the door was in
Elvish, so I do assume Elves were allowed to get in.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
What was Lothlorien like while Amroth
ruled?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
More manly nods
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
I would think at least messengers would gain entry, maybe some in
need of haste passing through as well.
[4:44 PM]
heh
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Didn't you say third age?
[4:45 PM]
Eregion was already in ruin.
[4:46 PM]
So they'd have to have come from Lorien, probably. And those did not
have great love for dwarves.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Yes, but Rivendell and Lindon/ the Havens could still send
messengers, Arnor for a while perhaps.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Perhaps, at risk.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Moria would still be trading with any kingdoms it could, so some
amount of peoples other than Dwarves had to have crossed the
threshold at times.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Or set up shop outside around the lake before the monster got in.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Yeah, that monster couldn't have been there forever.
[4:52 PM]
What kind of games/tests of skill
would Elves have?
[4:53 PM]
Or Dwarves for that matter.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Singing and storytelling could be competitive.
[4:53 PM]
They also seem like people who'd like boardgames.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
I can imagine tournaments/jousts. Jousts among the Noldor of the
First/Second Ages at least, maybe not so much among the ELves living
in forests.
[4:56 PM]
Boat races for those living near water maybe.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Archery tournaments.
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
awww i love this story ofl Auntie Dora
[4:57 PM]
i very much recommend it
[4:58 PM]
Archery tournaments i could imagine maybe with hobbits as well .. at
least those who are bounders or the Thrain's guard
[4:59 PM]
but Elves . probably swordplay tournaments and hunting games
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
I don't feel like they'd hunt for sport.
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
I think Auros and his friends did something similar
[5:00 PM]
no i mean more hide and seek using tracking skills
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
ah
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
so if you like hunt each other
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
nods
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Yeah, I modeled sort of an odd mix between Hide and Seek and Tag.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
For dwarves, I've got this picture of throwing axes at other
dwarves' braids
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
heh
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
drinking games for dwarves mate
[5:05 PM]
and maybe smithing competitions i could imagine
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
The drinking game comes before the axe-throwing, Arien
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
haha yes i could imagine that too
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
As long as it's not during the axe-throwing, heh.
[5:06 PM]
Throw axes responsibly, heh.
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
no .. maybe each one has to down 3 pints first and if he wins a
round another 3 mugs and so on
[5:07 PM]
last one standing wins dry#
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Then you have to have one judge not drinking to make sure everyone
throws the axe in the right direction.
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
aye
[5:09 PM]
sounds very dwarvish to me oh yes the judge then gets to drink
what the winner has left over
[5:09 PM]
so after the competiion of course
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
More likely the dwarf getting his/her braids aimed at to calm the
nerves.
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
or that
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
But don't confuse Warcraft Dwarves with LotR Dwarves :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Of course not. Warcraft dwarves have guns
[5:11 PM]
They're much more efficient at aiming games.
Eonwë Valar — 08/29/2021
Ok, I think we'll call the meeting right there.
[5:15 PM]
Bangs gavel
[5:15 PM]
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Aftermeeting:
[5:15 PM]
Thanks all for coming and entertaining those topics :}
Arien Valar — 08/29/2021
Namarie Valarites
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
namarie!
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Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Personal gaming report:
[7:50 PM]
(non)flashgaming: 1 new
one, 1 old one, and one unbadged game I found through the old one
[7:52 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/jronn/bunnies-carrot
is the first one, the new one! Part of the Grim platform games, you
play a bunny whose golden carrot has been stolen by a zombie. Go
after him, beat each level with zombies, and actually get some
combat power as you go through the 20 levels
Kongregate
Bunnie's Carrot
Puzzle-platformer. Help Bunnie recover his
carrot.
Full walkthrough of all levels:
https://youtu.be/WLB9oy2HEew
[7:53 PM]
Main mechanic is to lure or scare away zombies to get them to go
where you want.
[7:56 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/snowroadgames/gragyriss-captor-of-princesses
is the old one! A short strategy/upgrade game where you have to grow
a dragon from egg to adult through upgrading resources, including
grass, sheep and wolves. Then fight the various locations on the map
to gain gold, upgrade more, and capture various princesses that give
you a choice of buffs.
Kongregate
Gragyriss, Captor of Princesses
A strategy game about dragon life: devour lambs,
grow stronger, raid settlements, fight weak humans, elves and
undead, kidnap beautiful princesses
[7:57 PM]
Upgrade enough and the game basically starts to play itself
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
https://www.kongregate.com/games/snowroadgames/dragon-of-ecology
is the third game, by the same maker as the previous one, and a
similar idea. Feast your dragon on grass, sheep and wolves in
balance, make a few choices that result in some reward or other as
they come along, grow your stockpile of the resources with the
buttons to the right, and fight an incoming series of tougher and
tougher enemies, getting gold for upgrades and other permanent
upgrades from bosses.
Kongregate
Dragon of Ecology
A short idle-like game about being a
dragonconsume prey from your lands, grow stronger, eliminate your
foes.
[8:13 PM]
It's more of an idle game this time, and more and more stuff can get
automated.
[8:14 PM]
Advice: Focus more on upgrading your defense through sheep than
health through grass, since enough defense can negate attacks
entirely.
[8:16 PM]
Creeper World: For those weird puzzly levels, I've been playing more
of those with increasing features, and went through all the levels
from a bunch of creators and themes I discovered, favoriting all the
"csm" maps I'd like to play... and came up to a total of over
500 I'm sure I'll get tired before long, but still going!
Though I'll try to slow it down to only play while I'm waiting for
stuff in other games, because they can be quite addictive!(edited)
[8:16 PM]
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Blizzard gaming:
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Hearthstone:
Reward track up to 57 now!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 08/29/2021
Brawl is Cloneball! Everyone gets a random deck with random
legendaries, each cloned 4 times. You also get a spell every few
turns to make a specific legendary (and its clones) 3 mana cheaper,
permantly.
[9:11 PM]
Randomness galore, but some strategy in which legendaries to cheapen
[9:11 PM]
WoW:
[9:11 PM]
Raiding: Sylvanas downed on normal! New cutscene, new quest
[9:12 PM]
From her I also got my 9th shard of domination, though I didn't have
much luck with other loot
[9:12 PM]
But I did switch feral legendaries, after discussing it and
researching it, the Convoke Spirits legendary for night fae is
actually pretty good!
[9:13 PM]
And since I had enough cinders, I immediately upgraded it to rank 6,
the current maximum. It's on pants too, so good stats for the ilevel
[9:13 PM]
Weekly's pet battles, as always I did 5 pvp matches from my garrison
so it'll count to the Warlords of Draenor achievement
[9:14 PM]
Renown to 57! Got the last ability for my tanky soulbind, though in
its very nature it is very situational. Best I can use it for is
giving myself a healing boost while above 75% health.
[9:17 PM]
And a new pet! Went to Torghast, almost 4-starred layer 11 (torments
and blessings were good for me this week) and got a Frenzied Mawrat
from the boss
[9:18 PM]
And finished the Night Courtier's set with the shoulders. There's a
backpack-cloak and a few weapons to get from the renown vendor
still, but those are technically not part of the set.
[9:18 PM]
Now I'm running around in purple!
[9:19 PM]
And that's my report for the week.
[9:19 PM]
Oh, actually got renown to 58, I guess, though that didn't do much
for me at this time.
[9:21 PM]
At 59 I should be able to upgrade my pvp trinkets, though, making
the next brawl and other pvp activity just a bit better
[9:22 PM]
namarie!
Varda — 08/29/2021
Namarie
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