July 11, 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
(Before-meeting), Pallando (After-meeting), Varda (presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Vax
Web:
Gaming:
General: World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Lord of
the Rings Online, Starcraft 2, Eve Online (during After-meeting)
Not mentioned: Tabletop games for
Pathfinder and Fate/Dresden Kaiju and more: players include Gimli,
Sauron, Varda, Doc Mortand-(T), and Rob Roy's Girl-(T).
Tolkien:
Game: three rounds of the name/place game.
After-meeting:
(non)Flashgaming Reviews by
Ar-Pharazon.
Eve
Online report by Pallando.
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Before-meeting
Eonwλ Valar Today at 4:51 AM
Just put together the Lil' Abom pet.
[4:52 AM]
Also found the four pieces to the Dodecalicious, er, the "Priceless"
:} One of five rings to get a mount, apparently.
[4:53 AM]
Yet another piece of bag clutter thrust upon me until I can get
everything that's needed.
[4:53 AM]
Blizzard just can't be satisfied with my fifteen pieces of
flair,.... :}
Varda Today at 4:00 PM
Aiya!
[4:00 PM]
@Bounder Hurray! It's time to get together again to say howdy to old
friends, chat about your games and about Middle-earth!
[4:01 PM]
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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:01 PM]
Membership:
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:01 PM
Aiya!
Varda Today at 4:01 PM
Much gaming is going on along with folks working and traveling.
Aiya Phar : )
[4:02 PM]
Any Membership news, Phar?
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:02 PM
Got my second vaccine
Varda Today at 4:04 PM
Doing ok afterward?
And grats on whatever freedoms that might give you. : )
Arien Valar Today at 4:05 PM
Aiya all
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:05 PM
Thanks And yeah, I'm fine. Less soreness than the last one,
actually.
Varda Today at 4:05 PM
Aiya Sunshine : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:05 PM
Aiya Arien!
Varda Today at 4:05 PM
Ah good, Phar.
[4:06 PM]
Any Membership news you'd like to mention, Arien?
Arien Valar Today at 4:08 PM
back to work since last sunday as you know .. oohm Bruce is one year
younger and we are in extra time at the EC final in the game England
- ItaLly
but nothing else really
Varda Today at 4:08 PM
Sounds like lots of news. : )
[4:09 PM]
Sorry to have missed you for the Fornost run. But when you get
ready, Fangiron and Tintallien could run with you next try. : )
[Note: Arien had to work.]
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:09 PM
Run, Fornost, run!
Varda Today at 4:09 PM
Right!
Arien Valar Today at 4:09 PM
hehe
[4:10 PM]
i ll bear it in mind
Varda Today at 4:10 PM
Gives you some names. : )
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Web:
[4:10 PM]
Nothing new that's visible.
[4:11 PM]
A potential Black Rider model upcoming in the future, not sure when
painting will be completed. Tolkien-only friend Doc Mortrand-(T) who
also runs with us on tabletop games.
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Gaming:
[4:12 PM]
Eonwe put the gaming news up for us, even if he couldn't be here to
give it personally.
[4:13 PM]
Feel free to interject your own news. : )
World of Warcraft:
Tuesday news:
The Sanctum of Domination raid opens for Normal and Heroic
difficulties.
This week's Bonus Event: Pet Battles.
[4:14 PM]
The PvP Brawl: Classic Ashran begins today and runs through Tuesday,
July 13th.
Monday news:
[4:15 PM]
WoW continues!
Shadowlands Season 2 began this week.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23691040/shadowlands-season-2-now-live
World of Warcraft
Shadowlands, Season 2Now Live! - WoW
Shadowlands Season 2 includes an all-new
affixTormentedfor Mythic Keystone Dungeons, new PvP Honor Talents,
the new Sanctum of Domination raid, and more.
Check out this week's hotfixes.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23691036/hotfixes-july-9-2021
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: July 9, 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.
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:16 PM
(speaking of new raid, someone linked me https://tacticalairhorse.itch.io/sanctum-of-pineapples
for a fruity version of the raid to learn mechanics)
itch.io
Sanctum of Pineapples by TacticalAirHorse
Play in your browser
Varda Today at 4:16 PM
Hah, thanks!
Diablo 3:
[4:16 PM]
Season 24: Ethereal Memory is coming July 23rd, after Patch 2.7.1
goes live.
[4:17 PM]
https://us.diablo3.com/en-us/blog/23695733/season-24-%7C-ethereal-memory-%7C-preview-blog-7-9-2021
Diablo III
Season 24 | Ethereal Memory | Preview Blog
Season 24 will begin on July 23! Read on to learn
more about the Ethereals and new balance changes in Patch 2.7.1!
[4:17 PM]
Lord of the Rings Online:
Working all that new content. The new raid has been busy too.
And we're already hearing about the next coming up with
[4:18 PM]
the new Brawler based on Helm Hammerhand
[4:19 PM]
and it looks as if our top level will go up from 130. Not sure how
high, rumor 135 to 140. I haven't tracked it down yet, so that's
rumor.
Landroval server:
Arien
Dis
Eonwe
Fangorn
Frodo
Irmo
Meriadoc
Nar
Varda
Anor server:
Dis
Eonwe
Falco
Varda
Shadowfax server:
Varda
Treebeard server:
Varda
We are not putting the two new Legendary servers on the Games Site
since we don't have more than one person showing up for the kin
there.
[4:20 PM]
Which is fine, by the way.
My preference was to stick just to Landroval server since
multi-servers dilute our player pool.
But it's there if you want it. : )
[4:21 PM]
Fun to try out at least. Bombs from Mordor!
Starcraft 2:
[4:21 PM]
Fangorn, Eowyn, Faramir, and grandson have been playing a good bit.
[4:22 PM]
You can see a string of our people gaming to the right of the chat,
heh.
Any other gaming news?
or news of Valarite sightings. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:23 PM
Well I'm currently playing that raid-game on the browser I just
linked
Varda Today at 4:24 PM
Fruity link!
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:24 PM
yep!
Varda Today at 4:24 PM
Does it seem actually helpful on mechanics?
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:25 PM
Oh yes, the basics at least.
Varda Today at 4:25 PM
That's the main thing.
Any sighting of Fladrif? Helm? Aragorn? Others?
Then of course there's the ones on the right of the chat. : )
[4:26 PM]
On to...
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Tolkien!
[4:26 PM]
Are we up for about three rounds of a
naming game? Any name or place, as long as yours starts with the
last letter of the previous.
[4:27 PM]
Tolkien was first, so N
Arien, like to lead off?
Arien Valar Today at 4:27 PM
i ve seen activity on Valar group from Auros and Phari and a
guy called Spiritbrook who i do not know by that name
Varda Today at 4:27 PM
Ah, that name is familiar.
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:27 PM
Name should show on mouseover.
[4:27 PM]
I think it was Ioreth?
Varda Today at 4:27 PM
Likely.
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:28 PM
Fladrif last online 1 hour ago
Varda Today at 4:28 PM
yay ent sightings!
Arien Valar Today at 4:28 PM
okaiy naame .. hmmm how about .. Anarion
Varda Today at 4:28 PM
Ar-Phar's turn.
[4:29 PM]
(Name or place, any book.)
[4:29 PM]
Letter N to you, Phar. : )
Arien Valar Today at 4:30 PM
(Reporter to his colleauge about the Italian defense "they shall not
pass)
Varda Today at 4:30 PM
hahahaha
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:30 PM
Right, sorry (leaves Sylvanas-fight sim for a moment)
[4:30 PM]
Nimrodel
Varda Today at 4:30 PM
We won't do this very long. 3 rounds
Lenwe
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:31 PM
No, is fine
Varda Today at 4:31 PM
(I need to cook!)
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:31 PM
ah
Varda Today at 4:32 PM
E to you, Arien. : )
[4:32 PM]
(Round 2 begins)
Arien Valar Today at 4:32 PM
Eh.. Estel
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:33 PM
Right, that's me. Ehr.
[4:33 PM]
Lalaith
Varda Today at 4:33 PM
Hurin
[4:33 PM]
(Round 3)
Arien Valar Today at 4:33 PM
Nar
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:34 PM
Rocinante - sorry, I mean Roheryn. Wrong horse.
Varda Today at 4:35 PM
: )
[4:35 PM]
Nellas
And that's our three rounds!
You're all freeeeee!!
[4:35 PM]
gavels fly overhead, rather like keys in Harry Potter
hammerpad bounces up
rat-a-tat-tat!
[4:35 PM]
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After-meeting!
[4:36 PM]
Have a great evening, y'all!
[4:36 PM]
Namarie whilst cooking for the mob on Taniquetil.
Arien Valar Today at 4:36 PM
same to you all , have great day over there
Varda Today at 4:36 PM
Thanks. : )
Arien Valar Today at 4:36 PM
Namarie
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:37 PM
Namarie!
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:52 PM
Sylvanas defeated
Arien Valar Today at 4:56 PM
grats
[4:56 PM]
down with that [...] ..
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:56 PM
I'll just have to do it in WoW next...
[4:56 PM]
I bet it's not as easy as the pineapple one
Arien Valar Today at 4:57 PM
ITALY GOT ITTTTT
[4:57 PM]
D
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 4:57 PM
Indeed they did.
[4:57 PM]
You wanted Italy to win?
[4:59 PM]
Not a fan of the English?
Arien Valar Today at 4:59 PM
I am not a fan of the English media
[5:00 PM]
and imagine what would have meant a victory for that blighted
pandemic ..
England played brilliant .. they were part of a superb tournament
they really played well
but .. i did not want them to become champions
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 5:01 PM
We lost to the people who lost to the people who lost to the people
who lost the final match.
[5:02 PM]
...Does that mean we're the worst of the last 16?
Arien Valar Today at 5:02 PM
uh guess not Scotland is worse
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 5:02 PM
But Scotland wasn't in the last 16
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Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 5:34 PM
Purrsonal gaming report!
[5:35 PM]
Well, for browsergames, there's the https://tacticalairhorse.itch.io/sanctum-of-pineapples
game I mentioned earlier, good training for the new raid, but also
just fun in itself
itch.io
Sanctum of Pineapples by TacticalAirHorse
Play in your browser
[5:36 PM]
I'll also mention that after at least a month or so, I've fully
finished a Kongregate upgrade/launch game I mentioned back then...
all the upgrades, all the unlocks, and it was quite a grind
But for today I've got 3 others!
[5:37 PM]
For (non)flashgaming 1 new
badge this week and 2 I'd already completed.
[5:40 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/VasantJ/medieval-cop-the-invidia-game-part-1
is the first game, the one I hadn't completed yet, once more part of
the Medieval Cop series that has been so prevalent I'd already
completed part 2 quite a while ago, but part 1's fun enough in
itself. A bit of a break from the usual investigating, we've got an
international tournament going on with several minigames including
maze puzzles, combat, and riddle deduction
Kongregate
Medieval Cop -The Invidia Game - Part 1
Episode 4 (Part 1)- It is time for the biggest
tournament in the continent. Dregg and Company go to watch the games
except they
end up participating in it. Can...
[5:40 PM]
There's also a bigger plot going on behind it all, including a
couple of ninjas, but that's best explored between all the parts
together
[5:41 PM]
Oh, and if you insist on it, one of the puzzles is a murder
investigation anyway
[5:43 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/KekGames/unpuzzler
is the second game! Part of a series I've played over and over and
over in the past, that's how much I like em. A relaxing puzzle game
where you have to remove all the puzzle pieces from the screen one
by one, based on where they link, and later on with more and more
mechanics such as rotations and locks.
Kongregate
UnpuzzleR
Clear levels piece by piece (now with new game
mode)
Do you like relaxing games? Download UnpuzzleR
with 250 free levels on
quotGoogle Playquot:https://play.google.c...
[5:47 PM]
And then there's https://www.kongregate.com/games/ZBlip/pixoji
for the last game! A ton of pixel puzzles where you have to complete
the picture hidden in the pixels by deciphering which pixels to
click. Adds more and more mechanics over time that you have to
combine to logic your way through, such as nonograms.
Kongregate
Pixoji
Use pixels to solve pixels
[5:47 PM]
But never any guessing needed!
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Pallando-Valar Today at 6:00 PM
I'm very late, but I'm gonna give the Eve online gaming report
anyways! @Varda
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 6:00 PM
Sure, I'll wait before I give blizz news
Pallando-Valar Today at 6:00 PM
This week is the minmatar liberation day celebration!
[6:01 PM]
This started on the 8th and runs through the 20th
[6:04 PM]
https://youtu.be/TE4WH6kKgS0
YouTube
EVE Online
EVE Online | THE MINMATAR REPUBLIC
[6:04 PM]
My alliance is a minmatar loyalist alliance, so we're of
course all over this.
[6:08 PM]
Myself and another of my alliances FCs got on an Eve talkshow the
other day and went over why the event is awesome and how to do it
well https://youtu.be/MuD3Ewgptdw
(@11 min)
YouTube
Talking in Stations
How to win Minmatar liberation day
[6:10 PM]
There's mining events, combat events, more combat events, cool
limited edition skins and tattoos, monuments to see... And that's
just the official stuff! Player run events and parties are around
too.
[6:10 PM]
Plus, CCP did a massive update for the fiction portal, with some
much needed improvements for the minmatar lore articles.
[6:10 PM]
That's it for me
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 6:11 PM
I hope you're enjoying yourself, and not just doing paperwork when
it comes to organizing stuff
Pallando-Valar Today at 6:47 PM
I'm actually totally busy IRL sadly and missing most of it
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 6:47 PM
Aw.
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Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 7:49 PM
Blizzard gaming:
[7:50 PM]
Heroes of the Storm:
Still 456. Had a few more Butcher matches, was considering changing
his spec... but overall I think it seems to work.
[7:53 PM]
Hearthstone:
Fire Festival event going on, with legendary quests I've been
working on, most of them requiring 3 games with a certain class. I'm
sure I'll get all of them done before the event is over, but it
requires some specific classing
[7:54 PM]
Up to 134 on the reward track, getting me enough gold to buy a new
class-skin, and indeed I decided to go for Hazelbark, the druid!
[7:57 PM]
Brawl is another Ragnaros one, where there's a mini Ragnaros
switching sides on the board to face the player on turn. It'll
randomly hit enemies each turn, including the heroes, and whenever
it kills a minion it'll grow in attacks.
[7:57 PM]
Personally I grabbed a deck from the web with a lot of minions that
spawn other minions when attacked, so they'll swarm the board as the
little Ragnaros does its thing, and allow you to overwhelm the
opponent with minions
WoW:
[8:01 PM]
New raid started! We got the first 5 bosses down on normal.
[8:01 PM]
I got my first domination socket as well, on boots. But at 43
renown, I'll still have to wait for next reset to unlock the npc for
it through chapter 4 of the campaign.
[8:03 PM]
Weekly is pet battles, which I completed today, after winning one
pvp match every day. 3 winter gnomes are still doing well enough for
me
[8:05 PM]
One new pet! There is a Maldraxxus pet consisting of 3 parts;
phalanges from a treasure, a radius from a vendor for 250 pet
charms, and an ulna as a rare reward from the Maldraxxus pet battle
dailies.
[8:06 PM]
I caught the Ulna up at some point this week, so I went for it, and
the day after I had enough pet charms, so I got the third piece as
well and now I have the Carpal pet, a skeletal forearm and hand
[8:07 PM]
Got myself to renown 43 as mentioned, while also completing chapter
3 of the new campaign, and ridding myself of the Eye of the Jailer
debuff.
[8:09 PM]
Was hoping to postpone chapter 4 at least for Maldraxxus spoilers,
but it can't be helped, since it's needed for the sockets. But that
should be the last mandatory chapter, as the renown-gap should be
minimal for quite some time, and I don't need any extra features for
Torghast either. So I'm hoping I can postpone the rest of the
campaign after chapter 4 until I've actually done the alt-stuff.
[8:10 PM]
Speaking of Torghast, had my first few ventures into season 2 of the
tower, trying out layer 9. It's pretty tough indeed, managed to
3-star and 2-star the two wings, while 5-star is the maximum and
4-star required to unlock layer 10. So that didn't happen.
[8:10 PM]
But I've gotten my first few reagents to upgrade the legendaries,
and the first tower knowledge to put into the Box of Many Things.
[8:11 PM]
With that upgrading slowly, I'm sure future runs will start to go
better
[8:11 PM]
(oh, and I've unlocked the Box of Many Things )(edited)
[8:12 PM]
And other than that, more alting! Didn't have too much time, but got
my paladin from 44 to 45 with a bit of questing in Stormheim.
[8:13 PM]
At 45 I knew the maximum Legion stuff would be unlocked, so I dove
into the Broken Shore 7.2 stuff, only to find out I still can't do
the class campaign portion of that because it needs the earlier
level-45 class campaign stuff, which I was hoping to skip because it
requires a dungeon to start with.
[8:13 PM]
But it couldn't be helped, so I got a friend to help me through, so
now I'll be able to continue the class campaign up to 48
[8:13 PM]
And that's my report for the week!
Ar-Pharazon-V Today at 8:27 PM
namarie!
Varda Today at 9:33 PM
Namarie
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