Valar Guild

February 14, 2021 Sunday Meeting

5:00 P.M. Eastern Standard 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): (8)
    Discord: Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Fangorn/Treebeard, Irmo, Lenwe, Miriel/Maha, Tulkas, Varda
   
Contents:
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
    Happy Valentine's Day!
Web:
Gaming:
    General reports: World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Lord of the Rings Online
Tolkien:
    RP mention
    Two Tolkien conferences online
    Topic for chat: The Tolkien Society asked, "How was Tolkien's writing received?". Here we're asking:

what brought the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings or other Tolkien work to your attention first such as friend or family recommendation, school, advertisement, interesting title on the bookshelf where you shopped or used the library?
After-meeting:
    Chatting with Tulkas. :)
    Flashgaming Reviews by Ar-Pharazon.
    RP mention
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Before-meeting
Eonwë ValarYesterday at 2:27 AM
Heya Phar, not that it's a particularly big point, but from our discussion thread, I noticed reading over my research then rereading the conversation there:
[2:28 AM]
March 14, 2010
ArPharazonV: in any case, it's a lesser ring, has some corrupting power, probably made by Saruman and imported the same way as the staff
[2:29 AM]
Then from you later:  May 9, 2020 at 4:19pm ArPharazon said:

And I'm pretty sure we established it was a lesser ring forged in Eregion. Or that was my intention, anyway.
[2:30 AM]
We both seemed to settle for the latter statement as the best option, I just want to make sure we're still on that train, hehe.

Treebeard
Today at 3:54 PM
Hello

VardaToday at 3:59 PM
Aiya!

IrmoToday at 4:00 PM
Greetings and salutations!

VardaToday at 4:00 PM
@Bounder It's that wonderful time when Valarites get together and greet each other, chat gaming and Tolkien, or lurk and suddenly pop out!
[4:00 PM]
Aiya Fangorn and Irmo
[4:01 PM]
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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:01 PM]

Membership:
[4:01 PM]
Who all is here and can say hi? : )
[4:01 PM]
Hi!
[4:01 PM]
Fangorn and Irmo gave a hi. : )

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:02 PM
Heya all.

VardaToday at 4:02 PM
Aiya Eonwe : )
[4:02 PM]
And Happy Valentine's Day!
[4:02 PM]
to all. : )

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:02 PM
Aiya!

IrmoToday at 4:02 PM
Hey Eonwë!
[4:03 PM]
And Phar

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:03 PM
And Eonwe, honestly, that contradiction doesn't surprise me. The details have always been kinda vague, and getting vaguer of the years. Whatever works, works; consistency is a bonus
[4:04 PM]
That said, if others manage to keep track of such things, I'm happy to follow along.

VardaToday at 4:04 PM
That's why an outline can help, at least for the broad strokes.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:04 PM
Heh, yes.

VardaToday at 4:05 PM
I figure most of us have a time crunch as it is Valentine's Day and we would like to be doing fun stuff related to that.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:05 PM
shrug single for life?
[4:05 PM]
Though I do still need to fight those Love is in the Air bosses in WoW today...

VardaToday at 4:05 PM
There's friendship Valentining too. hands Phar a big ol' valentine
[4:06 PM]
Aiya Miriel : )

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:06 PM


VardaToday at 4:06 PM
I see typing from Maha but not the letters.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:06 PM
Funny that I should see Miriel on valentine's day...

MahaToday at 4:06 PM
Aiya, I hope all are well.

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:07 PM
hehe

VardaToday at 4:07 PM
Huzzah! We have a Miriel!

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:07 PM
Aiya Miriel!

VardaToday at 4:07 PM
Aye, way too much sweet stuff at our house. ; )
[4:07 PM]
tosses Valentine candy to all here

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:07 PM
Are those the little chalky heart thingies?
[4:07 PM]
I love those.

VardaToday at 4:07 PM
In your case then, definitely.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:08 PM
hehe

IrmoToday at 4:08 PM
We had a red velvel cake with icing with those heart things

VardaToday at 4:08 PM
ohhhh
[4:08 PM]
We have cheesecake and whipped cream, because it's funny. [Note: with cherries and dark chocolate chips]
[4:09 PM]
But the waffles and bacon and fried eggs were just as happily received.

MahaToday at 4:10 PM
No, not those chalky heart things, they were tiny heart sprinkles.

VardaToday at 4:10 PM
O fun!
[4:10 PM]
That sounds better with red velvet

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:10 PM
We... got out the toaster for dinner

VardaToday at 4:10 PM
Yay toasty stuff!

LenweToday at 4:11 PM
Aiya everyone

VardaToday at 4:11 PM
In other fun news, Faramir's birthday is tomorrow and Eowyn's is Friday.
[4:11 PM]
Lenwe! Aiya : )  Happy Valentine's Day!

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:11 PM
Heya.

VardaToday at 4:11 PM
And hi to your family. May they continue enjoying LotRO!

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:12 PM
Aiya!
[4:12 PM]
And happy birthdays

VardaToday at 4:12 PM
In important news (ok not), Fangorn now has our bird feeder up. Not a normal one because he has a natural tendency to Rube Goldberg.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:12 PM
Yay Goldberg machines!

LenweToday at 4:13 PM
Is it 200% squirrel proof?

VardaToday at 4:14 PM
Is anything?   Maybe. We hope to distract them with a corn feeder.
[4:14 PM]
We have lots of squirrels.
[4:15 PM]
Suggestions welcome. And we think it may be; we'll find out.

LenweToday at 4:15 PM
Our neighborhood is full of free-roaming cats. I fear that putting up a feeder in our back garden would be turning the birds into an easy snack

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:15 PM
Feed the birds and the cats. Win-win?

VardaToday at 4:16 PM
Aye, we have cats. It should be cat proof, well off the ground and with crazy ways to hold it up
[4:16 PM]
heh Phar

LenweToday at 4:16 PM
Hehe  Pharazon. Birds die happy, cats get plump birds

VardaToday at 4:16 PM
I mean, free-roaming cats in the area, not that we have cats. Two people here allergic to them.

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:17 PM
Heh, Lenwë's + Phar's comments reminded of a scene from a Lesley Nielson movie.

VardaToday at 4:17 PM
We pet the cats. Very friendly. But we don't intend to feed them birds. We do think in this cold it would be nice to help them a bit though.
[4:17 PM]
It does sound like one of his. : )
[4:18 PM]
Oh, and Tulkas has been gaming on LotRO again. Got his computer set up again.

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:18 PM
Just not sure if I can share it. I'd have to find and review the scene again to be sure. hehe

VardaToday at 4:19 PM
The Phar and Lenwe scene is quite enough, don't worry about it. ; )
[4:19 PM]

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Web news:
[4:19 PM]
Zilch. My apologies.
[4:19 PM]

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Gaming:
[4:20 PM]
Eonwe, would you like to handle that section? Others can chime in with helpful news too.
[4:20 PM]
(some unhelpful is at least entertaining!)

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:20 PM
Sure.

VardaToday at 4:21 PM
Oh, and we may have a new model showing up from DeepGroover for the art section. [Note: It's Saruman!]
[4:21 PM]
Yay Fionwe!

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:21 PM
World of Warcraft:
[4:22 PM]
The Torghast Event: Chorus of Dead Souls begins today and runs through Monday, February 15th.

This week's Bonus Event: Pet Battles.
[4:23 PM]
Next week's bonus event: Mists of Pandaria TImewalking.
[4:24 PM]
Check out this week's hotfixes. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23580183/hotfixes-february-11-2021
    World of Warcraft
    Hotfixes: February 11, 2021 - WoW
    Here you will find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and WoW Classic.

[4:24 PM]
Hearthstone:

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:24 PM
(also Love is in the Air)

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:24 PM
Check out The Year of the Phoenix in Review. ---
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23625669/year-of-the-phoenix-in-review
    Year of the Phoenix in Review
    Join us at BlizzConline to learn what we have in store for the coming year!

VardaToday at 4:24 PM
yay Valentines in the air!

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:24 PM
Aye, Love in the Air is still going from Last week.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:24 PM
I thought it started this week?
[4:24 PM]
Might be a day or two off.

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:25 PM
Oops, Monday, sorry.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:25 PM
Seee points
[4:25 PM]
Helpful me.

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:25 PM
Always, hehe.

VardaToday at 4:25 PM
: )

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:25 PM
The Love is in the Air Event started Monday and runs through Monday, February 22nd.

VardaToday at 4:25 PM
Multi-input really helps. : )

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:26 PM
Thought it started last Sunday for some reason, but there we are.
[4:27 PM]
Lunar Festival ends this Friday, so if you're trying to get something from it, better do it soon.

VardaToday at 4:27 PM
Cheese?

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:27 PM
Be funny if the Festival vendors did sell some.

VardaToday at 4:28 PM
Suggestion time! ; )

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:28 PM
That's it for my gaming news.

VardaToday at 4:29 PM

Lord of the Rings:
[4:29 PM]
The Ill Omens skirmish event is ongoing, doable solo or with groups. A new list of skirmishes is offered by Nedda Pineleaf daily at the Bree skirmish camp. The potential prize is an aid item for stats, picking the one most helpful to your character. Each character needs to do the skirmishes as the Ill Omen tokens are not shared across the account.
[4:29 PM]
This past week in kin for LotRO (not counting members out of kin):
[4:30 PM]
Landroval server:
Dis
Eonwe
Fangorn
Frodo
Irmo
Lenwe
Nar
Varda

Ithil server:
Arien
Dis
Eonwe
Fangorn
Varda

Anor server:
Varda
[4:30 PM]
Oh, pardon, just got a friend request from Tulkas who would like to join in. : )

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:31 PM
Oh, I should probably go see if Arien's online.
[4:32 PM]
She seems to be away, but might get the message

VardaToday at 4:32 PM
Good plan

TulkasToday at 4:34 PM
Hello. from a long absent freind

VardaToday at 4:35 PM
Aiyata, Tulkas!

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:35 PM
Aiya!

VardaToday at 4:35 PM
Welcome home. : )
[4:35 PM]
There you go! Well done.

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:35 PM
Heya Tulkas :}

VardaToday at 4:36 PM
Good timing.
[4:36 PM]
We just completed the Gaming news, finishing with LotRO. Did you have any you would like to add?
[4:36 PM]
or other news, including Membership stuff?
[4:36 PM]
Happy Valentine's Day. : )

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:38 PM
Hello Tulkas, our old friend ♪

VardaToday at 4:38 PM
Music!

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:38 PM
"The Sound of Tulkas"? :}

VardaToday at 4:39 PM
Valar song!
[4:39 PM]
Happy warrior song
[4:39 PM]
On to...
[4:39 PM]

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Tolkien!
[4:39 PM]
Lots going on.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:39 PM
Right, Eonwe

VardaToday at 4:40 PM
RP story posting on our forum by Eonwe, with a short post by me (Fainan). We can use a Calaron and Frali posting.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:40 PM
Yeah, I was planning to write one this week, but life got in the way
[4:41 PM]
Actually winter got in the way. Lots of walking through the snow, even some skating.

TulkasToday at 4:41 PM
This is my first 5 minutes on this Discord app.. Ive been back in Lotro for about 21 days after 2.5 years absence..lots of stuff to learn for this old brain

VardaToday at 4:41 PM
Ohh, skating! Snow!

[4:41 PM]
Yay for stuff to do!

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:41 PM
Been like 8 years since we could do that

VardaToday at 4:42 PM
We might be able to try slipping carefully along the sidewalk some days. ; )
[4:42 PM]
Two Tolkien conferences. For us it's a bit of advantage that they are online, considering the distances.
[4:43 PM]
Nar informed me of the one in London, while we were playing LotRO, in time to catch the last paper. Links on Harbor too.
[4:43 PM]
And we can see them on YouTube now that it's after the conferences.
[4:44 PM]
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-seminar-2021-no-1/
    The Tolkien Society
    Will Sherwood
    Tolkien Society Seminar 2021 (No. 1)
    The first Tolkien Society Seminar of 2021 will be held online on Saturday 13th February on Zoom. We will additionally be live-streaming the event on our YouTube channel. Watch Back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Q2lFuAgKE&ab_channel=TheTolkienSociety About the Seminar The Tolkien…

[4:44 PM]
https://tolkienconference.com/videos-2021/
    Urbana Theological Seminary's Tolkien Conference
    EverGreen
    Videos 2021
[4:45 PM]
So there's the two. Enjoy poking around on their sites!
[4:45 PM]
Anyway, the Tolkien Society gave an idea for today's topic:
[4:45 PM]
How was Tolkien's writing received?

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:45 PM
(in books)

VardaToday at 4:45 PM
In our case, what brought the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings or other Tolkien work to your attention first such as friend or family recommendation, school, advertisement, interesting title on the bookshelf where you shopped or used the library?
[4:46 PM]
I've been trying to remember how I first ran into it. Heard about "Frodo lives" written on walls and subways. I read it for fun, as a cult classic.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:46 PM
I remember first reading about the Dutch version in some review of a school kid's magazine or something. Always stuck with me. But it wasn't until years later in high school that I found the trilogy, in English, in the school library.

IrmoToday at 4:47 PM
1978, I was a student, my landlady had the book, I borrowed it

VardaToday at 4:47 PM
Yay school libraries! I ran across a bunch of fun reads in those even in K-12. Here's hoping schools still have them.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:47 PM
Curiosity peaked, gave it a go, liked it.

VardaToday at 4:47 PM
Wonderful landlady!

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:48 PM
Not long after I think I won 300 euros (guldens back then, maybe) in a bingo game while on holiday.
[4:48 PM]
And started buying all the books
[4:48 PM]
Including LotR and... I think HoME part 2, for some reason.
[4:48 PM]
Then everything else.

VardaToday at 4:49 PM
It was meant to be, Phar!

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:49 PM
"everything else" being from the same publisher, so I might have gotten the others before the win.
[4:49 PM]
It's a bit vague.
[4:50 PM]
And in 2003... must've been less than 3 years after I first found the trilogy... I searched for Tolkien stuff for Warcraft 3, and stumbled on the guild

VardaToday at 4:50 PM
Yay!
[4:51 PM]
Eru saw my Tolkien name in Diablo 1 and recruited me. : )

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:51 PM
So yeah, the school library
[4:51 PM]
Lovely place.

IrmoToday at 4:51 PM
Which was Faramir as I remember

VardaToday at 4:52 PM
Correct. A warrior was only male. Would have been silly to call it by a girl's name.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:52 PM
Vardar!

VardaToday at 4:52 PM
There you go!
[4:52 PM]
Calling myself a Valar name seemed a bit pretentious. ; )

TulkasToday at 4:52 PM
I was brought to Valar by a Diablo-1 player Galadriel-V  1997.  Eru was in charge...I was there for the "growing pains"

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:52 PM
I don't know, I did hear about "A Boy Named Sue".... ;}

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:53 PM
How times change, Varda

VardaToday at 4:53 PM
Earning it makes a difference.

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:53 PM
(Johhny Cash song if you don't get the reference.)

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:53 PM
It does!
[4:53 PM]
And I do

VardaToday at 4:53 PM
Aye, Tulkas, and we appreciate your help through all that!
[4:54 PM]
I did, Eonwe. Thanks! : )
[4:55 PM]
We had and have a great group of people who keep us going through all kinds of craziness and happiness. Sometimes the happy times makes us even more likely to be complacent and lose sight of things. Yet here we are!
[4:55 PM]
And we just keep coming back. : )
[4:55 PM]
I think very highly of all of you.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:56 PM
Being here makes me happy

VardaToday at 4:56 PM
Yay!
[4:56 PM]
Lest I forget, in LotRO we now are being mentioned by a lady who responds to the new guy questions when they ask for available kins out there.
[4:57 PM]
Just in case you get an odd tell out of nowhere asking, you'll know what happened.

IrmoToday at 4:57 PM
Now I am off to bed before the emotions get too much for me to handle

VardaToday at 4:57 PM
Never too much. Just get Miriel to give you  a hug!

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:57 PM
Namarie

VardaToday at 4:57 PM
And it is the hour.
[4:57 PM]
Namarie!

IrmoToday at 4:57 PM
Be well y'all

VardaToday at 4:57 PM
the gavel sings and dances towards the hammerpad
the hammerpad sings and spins with it
Ka-whonky!

[4:58 PM]

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After-meeting!
[4:58 PM]
Free chat. : )

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:58 PM
Interesting.

VardaToday at 4:58 PM
Good night, Lord of Dreams and his Lady Fair. : )

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:58 PM
Does that lady eminate light and throw stars around like playthings? :}

TulkasToday at 4:58 PM
Is there sound im missing on this discord dohickey?

VardaToday at 4:59 PM
Just what's in our nutty heads, Tulkas. : )

Eonwë ValarToday at 4:59 PM
Should all be text Tulkas.

VardaToday at 4:59 PM
However

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:59 PM
Well, I do get sound alerts on messages when I'm focused on another window.

VardaToday at 4:59 PM
we do have a chat over there in Harbor
[4:59 PM]
Where you can see Treebeard (Fangorn) with Cenedra (Eowyn), and our grandson. : )
[5:00 PM]
He just turned seven.
[5:00 PM]
and he plays LotRO! : )
[5:00 PM]
Frodo's son also plays LotRO. : )
[5:00 PM]
He's 6

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:01 PM
So we shouldn't be surprised when we find out they're Super Saiyans? :} Sorry, DBZ joke, thinking about how young Trunks and Goten were, hehe.

TulkasToday at 5:01 PM
Wow...I have been wondering about Melkor everyonce in a while.  Is he still with us?  Used to play Lotro with his family on Sundays

VardaToday at 5:01 PM
Yes and yes. ; )
[5:02 PM]
Eonwe knows more than I about how the Melkorrim are currently doing.

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:03 PM
Not that I have a long scroll of information or anything :} Melkor responded to the GSMU. Mostly games with the family at this point.

VardaToday at 5:03 PM
Kudos to Sauron! he brought supper up to us who are on the computer. : )

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:04 PM
For me it'd be a midnight snack

VardaToday at 5:04 PM
midnight snack passed to Phar

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:04 PM
Thank you

VardaToday at 5:04 PM
I cooked it, heh, but he brought it, which is fabulous!
[5:05 PM]
Cheesecake for after.
[5:05 PM]
hah, jalapenos came through well.
[5:05 PM]
Falathar was on LotRO not too long ago, of the Melkorrim

TulkasToday at 5:06 PM
Jalapeno Cheesecake?  Interesting...I would try it

VardaToday at 5:06 PM
hah! no, it's with the pork steak turtle with veggies.

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:06 PM
pork steak turtle? You're not eating Fastitocalon are you?(edited)

VardaToday at 5:07 PM
Whipped cream with the cheesecake. With additions  of course, but sadly haven't tried it with jalapeno. (Imagine tilde over the n.)
[5:07 PM]
The village topping was too much for just us three, Eonwe.

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:08 PM
Jalapeño. There, my Valentine's Day gift to everyone is the letter "enye" :}

VardaToday at 5:09 PM
Huzzah!
[5:09 PM]
so you did that how? : )

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:09 PM
Alt + 0241

VardaToday at 5:10 PM
jalape
[5:10 PM]
um

TulkasToday at 5:10 PM
I can do that on my phone...this keyboard is complicated

VardaToday at 5:10 PM
heh

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:10 PM
ñ

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:10 PM
make sure you have numpad on

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:10 PM
it's just on my keyboard above the `
[5:11 PM]
the tilde

VardaToday at 5:11 PM
jalape~no

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:11 PM
ñ
[5:11 PM]
~n
[5:11 PM]
n~

TulkasToday at 5:12 PM
it is just about time for me to Zoom with my wife.  Never saw this coming a year ago......Zoom, Covid was just a rumour in the east.

VardaToday at 5:12 PM
We are in After-meeting's free chat. : )
[5:13 PM]
May you have a great Zoom Valentine!
[5:13 PM]
Namarie and thanks for coming!

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:13 PM
Have fun Tulkas. Good to see you.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:13 PM
Enjoy the Zoom!
[5:13 PM]
Zoom sounds so weird.

VardaToday at 5:14 PM
Sounds speedy

TulkasToday at 5:14 PM
15 years ago tonight was our first night in the Cuban jail...hard to top that valentines day..

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:14 PM
"about time to zoom with me wife" pictures two people racing
[5:14 PM]
*my

VardaToday at 5:14 PM
Ok, this isn't quite that bad!

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:14 PM
Wouldn't it sound "reverse speedy"? :}
[5:14 PM]
Or is that too obscur a joke? ;}

VardaToday at 5:14 PM
The Adventures of Tulkas.
[5:15 PM]
No joke too  obscure when you can explain it here and we can then swipe it, Speedy Gonzales.

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:15 PM
Wow, that would be a memorable day, Tulkas.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:15 PM
15 years ago... something's coming back to me... were you traveling with a boat?

VardaToday at 5:15 PM
Shipwreck

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:16 PM
Right, that was it.

TulkasToday at 5:16 PM
yeah ship wrecked, landed in Cuba, its still in the courts, I have to go to Italy in June

VardaToday at 5:16 PM
gahh, still going 15 years later?

LenweToday at 5:17 PM
Wow, best wishes

VardaToday at 5:17 PM
go have a fun time saying sweet things to your amazing wife. : )
[5:17 PM]
May June go well for you also.

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:17 PM
Show her pictures of jewelry? :}

VardaToday at 5:17 PM
Only if he also mails her some? ; )
[5:17 PM]
Very dangerous!

TulkasToday at 5:18 PM
Good night all and it was a pleasure to see you ...i will send her pictures of Honeycrisp apples..she cant get a good apple where she is

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:18 PM
Namarie

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:18 PM
THat works :}

VardaToday at 5:18 PM
Great idea!

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:18 PM
Make her hungry and jealous.

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:18 PM
Take care Tulkas :}

VardaToday at 5:18 PM
Namarie, meldo : )

Eonwë ValarToday at 5:19 PM
(In reference to my "Zoom" joke: Zoom/Professor Zoom, a name for "Reverse Flash" at some point along the way.)

VardaToday at 5:19 PM
And once again, we have meetings of old friends. : )
[5:19 PM]
ahh! ok, thanks

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:19 PM
Aaah. Right. Watched the tv show at some point, I remember Zoom.
[5:20 PM]
Season after that was Savitar, I think.

Eonwë ValarToday at 6:07 PM
All this going over our old RP discussions is sparking ideas for backstories. I might need a new series in my Stories section on the Site, hehe.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:08 PM
I haven't worked on my biographies since Shadowlands launched...
[6:10 PM]
I have a short outline for my priest's, though...
[6:12 PM]
Getting distracted by youtube channels and stuff like that doesn't help

Eonwë ValarToday at 6:13 PM
By backstories, I mean more like, the creation of the glaive and how it got broken up.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:14 PM
Ah yes, I was more talking about character stuff, like you've done with auros

Eonwë ValarToday at 6:14 PM
I got that, aye :}
[6:15 PM]
But yeah, getting distracted by youtube doesn't help :}

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:15 PM
Been watching Command and Conquer, Red Alert, etc videos lately.
[6:15 PM]
I think I'll add them to my gaming list

Eonwë ValarToday at 6:15 PM
Some more distraction for you, since we talked about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
    YouTube
    Disturbed
    Disturbed  - The Sound Of Silence [Official Music Video]


Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:16 PM
Not heard this version, I think.
[6:16 PM]
Nope, definitely not.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:24 PM
I've been watching some C&C franchise stuff lately. Cinematics, soundtracks.. I think I'll add the entire series to my future gaming list.
[6:24 PM]
Found a collection of 17 games in the series
[6:27 PM]
Played a bunch of Tiberian Sun and all 3 Red Alerts before, kinda like to see all of it and play it prop'rly

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 7:17 PM
On that note, time for personal gaming report!
[7:18 PM]

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Flashgaming: they still haven't managed to make all badges of the week non-flashgames, though by some lucky coincidence, the 2 I was missing were both non-flash.
[7:19 PM]
But for the first game, on flash, let's give
https://www.kongregate.com/games/jarofed/symbiosis
    Kongregate
    Symbiosis
    We#39ve always thought that aliens look like green humans with big heads and huge eyes. We cannot even imagine that aliens look like crystals. Hostile crystals t...

[7:21 PM]
An upgrade and tactical game where you have to make plants which power each other up, to defeat the enemy crystals and take over each level.
[7:21 PM]
You get experience from achievements and beating the levels, which can be used to buy permanent upgrades for skills and spells to use.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 7:32 PM
https://www.kongregate.com/games/targaciej/naboki is the second game! A puzzle disassembly game, requiring some thought, with new mechanics added every few levels, but tend to be quite obvious in the way they work.
    Kongregate
    NABOKI
    Disassemble puzzle.
    More levels: NABOKI.eu

[7:32 PM]
Rotate, click levers, follow the arrows, etc to complete all levels!
NEW

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 7:40 PM
and https://www.kongregate.com/games/EPGstudios/the-man-who-cant-jump for the third game! A puzzle platformer where you can't jump, but you can raise the ground below you. Use this to get across the levels and make pathways to get to the goal, but be careful not to lock yourself in or squash yourself against the ceiling
    Kongregate
    The Man Who Can't Jump
    What if, instead of jumping, your character could raise the ground beneath (and above) his feet? Play through 64 challenging levels to find out!

[7:41 PM]
Creative planning required!

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[7:44 PM]
Blizzard gaming:
[7:46 PM]
Heroes of the Storm:
New level got, to 446! Morales to 13. Playing a lot of healers these days, apparently!
[7:48 PM]
Hearthstone:
Level 34 with the demon hunter got, golden Chaos Strike card, very nice!
[7:49 PM]
They're going to rotate out the core set, though, changing basic and classic cards, also changing the gold card rewards for leveling up. For most classes that doesn't matter to me since they're level 60 already, but the demon hunter will get a
[7:49 PM]
number of different cards upgraded unpredictably, I'm guessing
[7:49 PM]
The core thing is pretty weird, since you get them for free and then have them taken away at the end of the year, while the others become craftable.
[7:50 PM]
With classic pack rewards also being changed, with a bunch of those becoming "legacy".
[7:50 PM]
I guess I'll see about all that as I go, using whatever cards are available. My goals of getting every card are kinda... gone anyway, with new expansions coming in all the time.
[7:51 PM]
Brawl is a lunar festival one. Choose a class, get a random deck, choose from 3 random bonuses for all your minions, such as rush, reborn, or +3 health, which is the one I won my game with.
[7:52 PM]
Still, lots of randomness, so can take a while
[7:52 PM]
WoW:
Raiding continues! One more heroic bossfight down, the Council of Blood.
[7:53 PM]
Pretty tough, with lots of adds and mechanics to dodge.
[7:53 PM]
Only the last wing remaining, with the last 3 bosses. Our focus is solely on heroic for now, so we hope to make progress there soon.
[7:55 PM]
Found 2 new world quests gasp so added those to my list  Unlocked higher world quest rewards too, and while the gear isn't much of an upgrade, I am upgrading my conduits along the way from wqs and callings.
[7:55 PM]
Time to get em all to 200!

Eonwë ValarToday at 7:56 PM
That's where I am right now, getting them to 200.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:00 PM
Yeah, I'm almost caught up in renown now, so should be caught up on that as well
[8:00 PM]
Oh, also for world quests, got my 10th parasoling world quest done, which means I got the floaty parasol toy
[8:00 PM]
And can stop doing that quest!
[8:01 PM]
Weekly is pet battles, which as always I'm doing from the garrison to inch further on that one achievement to win 2000 pet battles in Draenor.
[8:01 PM]
5 per event isn't much, but it helps
[8:02 PM]
Love in the Air event also going, for which I'm killing the apothecary bosses every day with the one char who can loot the rocket mount, for which level 50 or higher is required.(edited)

Eonwë ValarToday at 8:04 PM
I'm running all of my guild characters, since it's a good bit of exp as well.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:04 PM
Questing going well! Completed the cure for the covenant campaign, but alas, it still kills the patient. So eh, worse than the disease?
[8:04 PM]
Ah, yes, that works too
[8:06 PM]
Then I went to Torghast, finding a clue to Thrall's location. My first difficulty 6, which also got me the Stable Phantasma Lure power, giving more phantasma in Torghast if you make a legendary out of it. Not a priority though, in fact, having a regular legendary to use in Torghast might still be better.
[8:08 PM]
I suppose I could make it, use it, and then switch out for the sixth floor boss.
[8:10 PM]
Anyway, got a new companion out of Torghast as well, Meatball the gnoll, a fan-favorite
[8:11 PM]
Also got Qadarin through renown, putting me now at 9 adventurer companions.
[8:12 PM]
Then I continued the covenant campaign with a slightly shorter chapter, to find and help Huln of Highmountain, an expert tracker in the afterlife, and hopefully he'll be able to help us free Tyrande from the Night Warrior curse.
[8:13 PM]
And finally I freed Thrall from Torghast! Tough Torghast wing; the enemies were easy enough, but the place was filled with traps and phantasma was low.
[8:13 PM]
That's one way to give you trouble even when you're geared up, I guess
[8:15 PM]
Got my renown from 26 to 30 in total this week, with the cap now being 32, but I still have 2 covenant chapters to go.
[8:16 PM]
Next week I'll join Bwonsamdi once again, and probably go through the Twisting Corridors for the first time!
[8:18 PM]
From what I've read, though, I'd better have an entire evening free for that

Eonwë ValarToday at 8:18 PM
Yes, you'll need it :}
[8:18 PM]
I spent a couple of hours on each of the three layers I tried. 18 floors.
[8:19 PM]
*18 floors per layer.

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:19 PM
6 floors already takes me like an hour, considering I try to grab everything.

Eonwë ValarToday at 8:20 PM
yeah

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:21 PM
Any case, that's my report for the week!

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:46 PM
namarie!

Eonwë ValarToday at 8:46 PM
Sleep well :}

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 8:47 PM
you too

Eonwë ValarToday at 8:51 PM
It's too bad Blizzard doesn't let us wear a full set of legendaries. That'd make the expensive grind to craft the highest ilvl more worthwhile.

VardaToday at 9:30 PM
Belated namarie

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