November 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.]
Attending (and typed): (8)
Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe,
Falco, Fangorn/Treebeard, Sanford13, Shelob, Varda (presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Web:
Tolkien:
Topic
from Sandalf13: I have some problems with Tolkien's use of
caves in the canon.
RP
discussion (group story on the forum)
Gaming:
Lord
of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Overwatch, more
LotRO
More
RP
After-meeting:
(non)Flashgaming
Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.
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Before-meeting
Varda —
Today at 3:53 PM
I checked the meeting time listed on the News, and since it was
copy/pasted (my bad), the change to being off Daylight Savings
Time was not done. Fixed now, but it has caused confusion and I
apologize. Here's hoping we are all together next Sunday with
greater ease!
Treebeard — Today at 3:59 PM
Hello
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:00 PM
Hallo! Ja! I am now in meeting place...once again. I hope
that I have the right time this time!
Varda — Today at 4:00 PM
Aiya!
[4:00 PM]
You are exactly on time. : )
[4:01 PM]
@Bounder Huzzah! It's time to chat about Tolkien and gaming with
friends, or at least get to say hi!
[4:01 PM]
And this time I'm in the right channel, hah!
Falco — Today at 4:01 PM
Aiya!
Varda — Today at 4:01 PM
Aiya Fangorn, Sandalf13, and Falco!
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:02 PM
Aiya!
Arien Valar — Today at 4:02 PM
aiya all
Treebeard — Today at 4:02 PM
We are all here at the right time for we are right and we are here
now.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:02 PM
Just like Gandalf, ha ha.
Arien Valar — Today at 4:02 PM
indeed
Varda — Today at 4:03 PM
Right! : )
[4:03 PM]
Aiya Sunshine : )
[4:03 PM]
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:03 PM]
A star shines on the hour of our meeting!
[4:03 PM]
Membership:
[4:04 PM]
Happy to say Elwing is out of the hospital after a heart stent and
doing fine. Even went back to work. : )
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:04 PM
Great news!
Varda — Today at 4:04 PM
Any other membership news?
[4:04 PM]
Aye to that. : )
Arien Valar — Today at 4:04 PM
congratulations
Varda — Today at 4:04 PM
Hope they found a way to help you out, Arien?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:05 PM
Greetngs all.
Varda — Today at 4:05 PM
And aiya to Shelob. : )
[4:05 PM]
Aiya to Eonwe. : )
Arien Valar — Today at 4:05 PM
not yet sigh .. still in a kind of limbo lingering at home
Varda — Today at 4:05 PM
At least you are able to use the computer.
[4:05 PM]
Race about in-game!
Shelob — Today at 4:05 PM
Aiya
Varda — Today at 4:05 PM
Aiya : )
Arien Valar — Today at 4:06 PM
but things are not so bad .. i kind of feel unjustified sitting at
home and do nothing lol
Shelob — Today at 4:06 PM
A boon to be sure. For the first two weeks after I broke my ankle,
I could barely sit behind my pc.
Varda — Today at 4:06 PM
heh
Arien Valar — Today at 4:07 PM
i don t complain (too much ) although its kind of frustrating if u
know what i mean
Varda — Today at 4:07 PM
Gimli couldn't game online due to the lousy internet at the
hospital, but did get on Discord. : )
[4:07 PM]
Arien, what's happening with you is not right. Here's hoping they
figure out the problem soon.
Shelob — Today at 4:07 PM
I know exactly what you mean. Wish you recover soon.
Arien Valar — Today at 4:07 PM
thanks
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:07 PM
Sei gesund! May you be healthy!
Varda — Today at 4:08 PM
If that blessing works as well as it does on Barliman's beer,
you'll be fine!
[4:08 PM]
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Web:
[4:08 PM]
Stuff going on, but nothing online yet.
[4:08 PM]
Eonwe, did you have any web comments?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:09 PM
Nothing at the moment.
Varda — Today at 4:09 PM
Of course, Eonwe posted news to the Games Site, and we have news
on the general News site. : )
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:09 PM
Where is the general news site?
Varda — Today at 4:09 PM
http://valarguild.org/varda/guild/news.html
News
General news for the Valar Guild
for online gaming and the Tolkien Site.
[4:09 PM]
Reach it from the main index page:
[4:10 PM]
http://valarguild.org/
Valar Guild
an international society of Tolkien
appreciators and
gamers.
[4:10 PM]
From that index, you should be able to find everything else.
[4:10 PM]
If not, let us know how to make it better!
[4:11 PM]
Thanks, a very good question. I believe you only came through the
Stories section, which has its own Story News.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:11 PM
Yes. Correct.
Varda — Today at 4:11 PM
The general News has info from all other news areas except the
Games Site, and that happens in the transcript if you want to hit
the link. : )
[4:12 PM]
The Stories section is a fun side project we started on the side
of the Encyclopedia.
[4:12 PM]
It was popular. : )
[4:13 PM]
We also have quite a bit under Art, and a fair bit under Poetry.
[4:13 PM]
Those are also side projects that we enjoy.
[4:13 PM]
If you have any questions, we love to talk!
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:14 PM
I would love to check out the Art site sometime. I have started a
collection of Tolkien FanArt.
Varda — Today at 4:14 PM
That's fun.
[4:15 PM]
Please ask our members before posting their art elsewhere. Most
are ok with it if credited.
[4:15 PM]
You may mean you are collecting the art on your own computer
rather than on a website?
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:16 PM
Yes, I enjoy looking at it from time to time. It has helped
inspire me to write my first story, that appears on our site. I do
not post any of it any further.
Varda — Today at 4:16 PM
That's a great reason to look at it! : )
[4:17 PM]
Here's the entry into our art section:
[4:17 PM]
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/art/text/GlitteringCaves.htm
[4:17 PM]
Each person's area is in a "cave" of the cavern of the Glittering
Caves.
[4:17 PM]
Our forum also has links to the various sections, letting people
comment if they want to.
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Tolkien
started organically:
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:18 PM
Yes. The Glittering Caves of Aglarond. I have some problems with
Tolkien's use of caves in the canon. Many of the places where he
puts caves are NOT suitable geologic locations for caves. Uh oh.
There I go again.
Varda — Today at 4:18 PM
hehe
[4:19 PM]
Eru dug out some places. Call it a "hand of God" thing. : )
[4:19 PM]
Maybe some could be due to old lava tubes?
[4:20 PM]
We also know the elves and dwarves did a lot of digging.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:20 PM
My youngest son used to play an early card game in the 1990s that
had four different color sets of cards. I loved the "Wrath of G-d
Card." It wiped out everything.
Varda — Today at 4:20 PM
hehe
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:20 PM
Aiya, catching up
Varda — Today at 4:20 PM
Aiya Phar : )
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:20 PM
Lava tubes are usually not large enough to accomodate Tolkien.
Varda — Today at 4:21 PM
Maybe if they take the tubes and use them as starters to dig out
their homes?
[4:21 PM]
Connect a bunch of separate ones, blast fractures?
Shelob — Today at 4:21 PM
In his defense, he was a linguist, not a geologist.
Varda — Today at 4:21 PM
Truth. : )
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:22 PM
Absolutely. So I try the best I can to make sense of his geology.
Varda — Today at 4:22 PM
The shoehorn and sledgehammer techniques!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:22 PM
Have you read "Atlas of Middle-Earth" by Karen Wynn Fonstad?
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:23 PM
One does not simply find glittering mineral deposits in lava tubes
or the like. No. I have not read the above.
Varda — Today at 4:23 PM
You might find it quite interesting.
[4:23 PM]
Can also pick out a few errors in it. ; )
[4:24 PM]
The Glittering Caves... Now how would that have been possible with
real geology? Have to let you work that one out for us someday.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:24 PM
There are two HYSTERICAL videos you should check out on You Tube.
(1) "Here come the Geologists," by the Amoeba People, and their
follow-up to that about (2) Hammer Safety. Absolutely guaranteed
to crack you up.
Varda — Today at 4:24 PM
Feel free to post the links if you happen to have them handy?
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:25 PM
Caught up. And I will say that some of the geology in Middle-Earth
has baffled me also.
[4:25 PM]
Someone remind me how the mountains of Mordor got their [ shape
again...
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:26 PM
I shall get them now.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:26 PM
Sauron shaped them?
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NU51lJIdrg&ab_channel=TheAmoebaPeople
YouTube
The Amoeba People
The Geologists Are Coming!
Varda — Today at 4:26 PM
Welll, the Valar and Morgoth tusseled over the shape of things.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:26 PM
Myes, I suppose so.
[4:26 PM]
A sort of divine version of "a wizard did it"
Varda — Today at 4:26 PM
Aye, Phar. : )
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:27 PM
I see no reason why Sauron wouldn't have enhanced the geographical
borders of his land to make it more defensible.
Varda — Today at 4:27 PM
A Vala would make a mountain, Morgoth would make it a sea, and
vice versa.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:27 PM
And filled them with caves, Eonwe?
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:27 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5_W2hCvAN4
YouTube
The Amoeba People
Hammer Safety with The Amoeba People
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:27 PM
Shortcuts for the minions I suppose.
Varda — Today at 4:27 PM
Sure! Why not!
[4:28 PM]
Ahh, those look like fun, Sandalf! Definitely going to watch both!
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:28 PM
The second one in particular is a mockery of mockumentaries.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:28 PM
Sauron did the heavy lifting with the mountains. The orcs can dig
the caves :}
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:28 PM
The background music is a killer.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:29 PM
Or Sauron can just enslave/pay some Dwarves to do so :}
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:29 PM
I do not think that Sauron was capable of that...I believe it had
to be more of an Iluvatar thing.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:29 PM
Do we know that a Dwarf colony wasn't there first?
Varda — Today at 4:30 PM
lol - just watched the first!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:30 PM
As a former Earth Sciences student this does ring true. And yes,
my hammer was a lot more specialized. And I still have the pocket
knife, complete with mineral scratches
Varda — Today at 4:30 PM
Hey, astronomers have a time with Tolkien's world too. : )
The sun goes down at night to travel through the geologists' deep
caverns to come up on the other side.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:31 PM
As soon as I get my chapter on the Geology of Middle Earth
ready, I shall have to post a pre-publication copy of it somewhere
on our site for you all to review and comment on. Any suggestions
on the best way to do this? I am getting close to being ready to
publish this chapter.
Varda — Today at 4:31 PM
And the stars are sailing ships, anyone knows.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:31 PM
Sandalf: Which part more of an Iluvatar thing? Raising up
mountains? Sauron was a Maia of Aulë. I don't see why he couldn't
throw up a few mountains here and there.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:32 PM
But didn't the Valar themselves have to appeal to Eru to throw
down and drown Numenor? Was not Eru responsible for the sinking of
Beleriand at the End of the First Age?
Varda — Today at 4:32 PM
Second one, yep, hammer problem there. : )
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:32 PM
That was because there were Numenoreans there :} It wasn't a
matter of ability, it was a matter of Eru's children.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:32 PM
Excellent point.
Varda — Today at 4:33 PM
The Valar did not ask for that to happen. They stepped back and
put the fate of the Secondborn in the hands of their Creator. They
felt it was not their place.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:33 PM
Also, making the world round and moving around Valinor might have
been a smidge beyond their power.
Varda — Today at 4:33 PM
Eru came out with wrath.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:33 PM
Pretty rotten children, though. They remind me of the people in
the classic Metropolis by Fritz Lang, where the people sacraficed
their own children.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:34 PM
So Eru went Old Testament on them and said "Have some water"...
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:34 PM
That Wrath of G-d thing, again.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:34 PM
As Varda mentioned, the Valar had been shaping the universe, then
shaping Arda for eons before. The issue at hand with Numenor was
that the Valar didn't want to just wipe out an entire
island-continent full of people, regardless of whether or not they
were serving Morgoth at that point.
Varda — Today at 4:35 PM
To them, the Secondborn were their siblings. They let Dad handle
it.
[4:35 PM]
And Sauron had misled them to do what they did.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:35 PM
Daaaad, the humans are bullying us
Varda — Today at 4:36 PM
heh - I don't want to have to beat up my brother. Would you step
in, please?
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:36 PM
Yet Sauron could not deceive all men, notably, those who
consciously rejected his evil and that of Morgoth.
Varda — Today at 4:36 PM
That's why the Numenoreans found no one around when they landed.
[4:37 PM]
Right, he could not. The Faithful gained many great things from
being Faithful. Keeping a long life for one.
[4:37 PM]
Aragorn was a descendent of the Faithful.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:37 PM
I believe that the Fall of the Numenoreans had great religious
significance for Tolkien, and fit in nicely with his Catholic
conceptions of good and evil.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:38 PM
It does have a bit of a Noah/Atlantis (more the latter, obviously)
vibe.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:38 PM
The Seven Deadly Sins, usw.
Varda — Today at 4:38 PM
The Atlantis thing is very definitely there. How was it spelled?
Atalante as another name?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:39 PM
Atalante looks right.
[4:39 PM]
Atalantë if we want to make sure we have the umlaut.
Treebeard — Today at 4:39 PM
Other languages don't translate to our alphabet well
necessarily... the spelling may be phonetic.
Varda — Today at 4:40 PM
Aye, the umlaut would go there, definitely.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:40 PM
Tolkien did not grow up in a literary vacuum...he was very well
versed in Greek and Roman mythology, as well as ancient Norse
mythology. He truly knew his stuff.
Varda — Today at 4:40 PM
Means "Downfallen"
[4:40 PM]
Aye, JRRT taught Beowulf for one example.
[4:40 PM]
a class on Beowulf I mean. He wasn't that old.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:41 PM
And he was definitely a fan of Sherlock Holmes, as can be seen in
my chapter entitled "A Case of Identity: Aragorn as Sherlock
Holmes."
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:41 PM
hehe
[4:41 PM]
It all makes sense now, Varda... Tolkien was there for all of it
Varda — Today at 4:41 PM
Now we know!
[4:42 PM]
I want to read your book all the way through.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:43 PM
Ooops...my son is telling me it is time to take Ingrid to dinner.
She is 1.5, and one cannot simply ignore a toddler. You guys are
great! I will be here next Sunday. Varda: Please let me know via
E-Mail about how I can begin to upload my work so far. Thanks!
Varda — Today at 4:43 PM
For sure!
[4:43 PM]
Do you know how to use Google Docs? Later. : )
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:43 PM
I can find out. Sei gesund, you all!
Treebeard — Today at 4:43 PM
Bye and namarie
Varda — Today at 4:43 PM
It can be hazardous to copyright.
[4:43 PM]
Namarie!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:44 PM
namarie!
[4:44 PM]
One cannot simply ignore a toddler. There is evil there that never
waits.
Varda — Today at 4:45 PM
hehe
[4:45 PM]
We swapped the regular Tolkien chat into the Games slot so we
could enjoy that discussion. : )
[4:46 PM]
We may go back to more Tolkien, possibly the RP since all writers
are present, after the gaming news, if you are able to stay?
[4:47 PM]
Or does time require we talk about the rp now, since we are within
15 minutes of the hour?
[4:47 PM]
We may lose Arien into the caverns!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:47 PM
Tell her to watch out for lava tubes.
[4:47 PM]
Though somehow I doubt the sun can be bothered by those.
Varda — Today at 4:48 PM
hehe - she can probably connect them!
[4:50 PM]
Arien? Busy?
Arien Valar — Today at 4:50 PM
not too busy
Varda — Today at 4:50 PM
Would you be up for rp discussion now or
in a bit?
[4:51 PM]
We can do Gaming first if you need some time.
Arien Valar — Today at 4:51 PM
we can do rp discussion sure
Varda — Today at 4:51 PM
Ok : )
[4:52 PM]
Eonwe, you mentioned wanting to discuss the rp today sometime?
[4:52 PM]
Feel free to lead off. : )
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:52 PM
Sure.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:53 PM
I'm a bit confused looking at the thread, I thought there was at
least one more post after it...
Arien Valar — Today at 4:53 PM
if i remember right we were discussing the next step for scouting
the enemy city right or foraging there without getting the enemies
on our back
[4:53 PM]
i mean the characters
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:55 PM
I find I come up with stuff better when I get a chance to discuss
the RP, so I would first like to get a feel for what everyone
wants/expects to do with their characters in this section.
Varda — Today at 4:55 PM
I removed two of my posts to work better with Eonwe.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:55 PM
I know what I want to do with Auros/Telperos, but that only helps
with my part :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:56 PM
Does that include the bit with the vantage point?
[4:57 PM]
Do you ever get the feeling you remember seeing something but it
ends up not being there and you wonder if it was all a dream...
[4:58 PM]
Like Fainan yeeting a goblin from a watch tower.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:58 PM
My last post has Auros telling Fainan to climb up somewhere and
get a lay of the land through the fog if possible.
[4:58 PM]
That existed, yes Phar. That's one of the posts Varda says she
removed.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:59 PM
Good, I'm still sane then
[4:59 PM]
So what was wrong with it?
Varda — Today at 5:00 PM
There were no goblins or orcs around. It could not have been
there.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:00 PM
Well, there were no orcs around, which is why I figured it was a
goblin
[5:00 PM]
But in LotR there is little difference.
Varda — Today at 5:00 PM
I posted it as a goblin.
[5:01 PM]
Intentionally as to not be one of the larger orcs.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:01 PM
Goblins are orcs :} "Goblin" is not an elvish word :}
Varda — Today at 5:01 PM
There were various versions of orc.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:01 PM
These days I'm more used to the little green guys with rockets and
explosives, but I know what you mean
Varda — Today at 5:03 PM
Moria orcs would have been considered "goblins"
[5:03 PM]
heh
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:03 PM
Noldor, Vanyar, Teleri, Falmari, Lindir, Sindar, Nandor,
Laiquendi, Avari. All still Elves :}
Varda — Today at 5:04 PM
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/articles/o/orcs/orctypesandgear.htm
Orc Types and Gear
Types of Orcs and the gear they used in
Tolkien's books.
[5:04 PM]
Aye, Eonwe
[5:05 PM]
Orcs were different enough to need to use Common Speech to talk
together.
[5:05 PM]
Black Speech just didn't cut it. : )
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:06 PM
If they all even spoke enough of it to use it, hehe. (edited)
Varda — Today at 5:06 PM
More than Black Speech apparently!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:07 PM
The Common Speech is quite Common after all :}
Varda — Today at 5:07 PM
hehe
[5:07 PM]
Copy paste:
[5:07 PM]
Orcs of the three different tribes on the march
with Merry and Pippin could not understand each other's language
and had to resort to the Common Speech.
[5:08 PM]
(copying myself)
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:08 PM
So what we know as Black Speech was only known to one of them, or
were there large variations of it between tribes?
Varda — Today at 5:08 PM
Not all knew it even a little bit.
[5:09 PM]
Sauron made it up and intended it to be the new common, but it
hadn't made it through everyone
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:09 PM
Esperanto.
Varda — Today at 5:10 PM
: )
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:10 PM
But back to my question: What do you all hope to do with your
characters in this section? It would help to have some goals
besides my own in mind :} I know we talked about Frali getting
involved in the search of the ruins, but the intended methodology
for that has been nullified so far as I can see, whether for good
or ill.
Arien Valar — Today at 5:11 PM
hhhmm more like morispanto
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:11 PM
It was my intent to haul some bales, toss em to Frali and come to
Fainan at hearing the noise, but that was never typed and now it
doesn't work
Varda — Today at 5:11 PM
uh oh. My link to the forum isn't working.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:11 PM
The overarching goal is to figure out if there's anything here in
the papers collected that leads to our group goal of destroying
the artifact.
Varda — Today at 5:12 PM
Fainan is feeling allergic to digging through papers again after
Rivendell.
[5:12 PM]
Looking for a way out of it. ; )
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:13 PM
one sec.. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves :}
Varda — Today at 5:13 PM
: )
Treebeard — Today at 5:13 PM
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:13 PM
Well, right now we've all got non-paper assignments.
Arien Valar — Today at 5:13 PM
get Frali onto it . he might be not that handy with papers but she
might catch him with digging
[5:14 PM]
with terminology and charm if she is clever hehe
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:14 PM
ok, back. Sorry about that :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:14 PM
I am a dwarf and I'm digging a scroll, diggy diggy scroll
Arien Valar — Today at 5:15 PM
would prevent him of causing too much racket if he sifts through
other stuff ^
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:19 PM
My initial thought (as we've previously discussed) was that Auros
was going to intend to do all the "research" himself, not just
through the papers, but going through the town to see if he find
anything reminiscent of the blade. That he was going to realize it
wasn't going to work, and be forced to enlist Frali and help Frali
"remember" the feeling from the blade he'd apparently been "cured"
of. Finding out orcs are infiltrating the area unexpectedly could
provide an impetus still, but the means/significance seem to no
longer be there re: getting Frali involved.
Varda — Today at 5:21 PM
You want us to spot some orcs coming in through the fog?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:21 PM
Problem with the orc thing is, if the infiltration is too strong,
then the goal is no longer research and it just becomes escape.
Varda — Today at 5:21 PM
Aye to that. We'd be discovered, likely.
[5:22 PM]
I was just doing a single goblin that escaped detection, partly
from being small and hiding in a tower.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:22 PM
Auros' hand would be forced to take what he could of the papers,
and potentially destroy the rest to hurt the enemy cause.
Varda — Today at 5:22 PM
ouch
[5:22 PM]
That's a lot of papers
[5:23 PM]
So we can't yeet all of those between us?
[5:23 PM]
(to borrow Phar's yeet)
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:23 PM
It's one thing to sift through it and try to find what you can in
hopes of leaving everything intact and escaping undetected. If you
know you've been found out, the rules change.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:23 PM
We might. And I'm not sure that's the right useage
Arien Valar — Today at 5:24 PM
just grab everything in reach and run for it .. look through it
later?#
[5:24 PM]
everybody grab everything
[5:24 PM]
or anything rather
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:24 PM
Stuff your pocketses.
Varda — Today at 5:24 PM
Looking it up, it doesn't seem to mean "grab".
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:25 PM
No, I meant it as in "throw at high velocity"
[5:25 PM]
But that might not have been what you did to the goblin. I don't
remember.
Varda — Today at 5:25 PM
Yoink might be the "word" I am looking for. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:26 PM
Yes, yoink sounds good!
Varda — Today at 5:26 PM
I like the throw at high velocity. : )
Arien Valar — Today at 5:27 PM
builds paper arrow and throws it to Auros
Varda — Today at 5:27 PM
I tend to keep cuts. cough
"Less than a minute later, the goblin's body
went over the side, Fainan cleaning her knife as she watched it
hit the ground. "
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:27 PM
Okay, perhaps not as high velocity. But still!
Varda — Today at 5:27 PM
: )
[5:28 PM]
But that is not what's needed if we're going to grab all the
papers and run.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:28 PM
Finding out there are orcs would lead to quite the discussion
between Auros and Telperos, which is not without its
possibilities, but again, would lead to a whole other list of
things to deal with, hehe.
Varda — Today at 5:28 PM
We can spot some orcs coming up the path talking, not expecting
anything.
[5:29 PM]
They would be coming from elsewhere, heading our way. Maybe the
relief.
[5:29 PM]
Or with supplies.
[5:29 PM]
That would not be a problem from the Telperos clean-up.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:29 PM
Telperos established no one is expected for 5 days. Anything
arriving before that is not part of "the plan" the orcs he was
dealing with are part of.
Varda — Today at 5:30 PM
ah, then that's out.
[5:30 PM]
So, what's the plan?
[5:30 PM]
Five days can be a lot of sifting.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:31 PM
Not saying some couldn't arrive early, say on day four, heh, but
day 0 would be a tad premature :} Anything arriving that early
would have to be a third party.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:31 PM
So we need to do something in town for 4 days.
[5:32 PM]
*need to find something to do
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:32 PM
Which again, isn't without possibilities but creates problems too.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:32 PM
4 days of hauling hay later...
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:33 PM
Auros is going to sit in a spooky voice haunted cellar end spooky
voice looking through papers :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:33 PM
Yep, and 4 days later we'll see him with scruffy hair and an
unwashed face, having lost total track of time.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:33 PM
Telperos is probably going to be helping patrol, chatting it up
with the others as he does so.
[5:36 PM]
Someone with keen eyesight has to keep an eye out in a vantage
point along the wall to make sure no one shows up to the party
early unexpectedly (unless we have infiltrators already, but even
then we'd still need a watch on the wall).
Arien Valar — Today at 5:36 PM
well Frali could do some patroling .. kind of rotating duties ..
you know each party member rotating through different activities
over say four hours after two such shifts maybe meal break then
the night be divided in guard shifts?
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:36 PM
As of last post, Fainan was on vantage duty I think?
Varda — Today at 5:37 PM
Eonwe said the fog would prevent seeing stuff from the sentry
tower, etc.
[5:37 PM]
We can take shifts digging through papers.
[5:38 PM]
With luck, we don't need the whole 4 or 5 days.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:38 PM
The fog was rather thick when we arrived, aye.
Varda — Today at 5:38 PM
Mirky? : )
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:38 PM
Doesn't mean we'll have fog for 5 days :}
Varda — Today at 5:38 PM
I wonder if it's evil fog.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:38 PM
Would be funny if the fog lifted and there was an entire batallion
of orcs keeping watch outside, who hadn't noticed us...
[5:39 PM]
Your definition of "funny" might vary.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:39 PM
I left for the possibility that it's not an entirely natural fog.
[5:40 PM]
The shadows certainly are not all natural.
[5:41 PM]
And sure Phar, it's all fun and games until an orc pokes out its
eye with an elvish arrow :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:41 PM
In that case, attempting to get rid of it might draw attention.
Varda — Today at 5:42 PM
The orcs might be kept away from important papers, bulls in the
china shop.
Arien Valar — Today at 5:42 PM
papers for Mordor human servants such as Necromancers or Dark
Mages
[5:43 PM]
Angmarim as such#
[5:43 PM]
they could have conjured up the fog as well#
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:44 PM
Someone had to be smart enough to gather these papers from
wherever they came. Question becomes if the person who did so had
help, or if they did it themselves, and over how many years were
they gathering them. Not that we need to deal with that much in
story, hehe.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:44 PM
Also, fog is hell on paper.
[5:45 PM]
So they wouldn't cast fog in the storage place, anyway.
Arien Valar — Today at 5:46 PM
no but maybe on parts of the town to hide its true size ?
Varda — Today at 5:46 PM
A library with protection? Yet not inside a "town"? Why so far
from Gundabad or Angmar proper?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:47 PM
Because the person gathering this couldn't risk it being in a
major city. The idea being this remote location allowed for
privacy and seclusion while it sought the information it needed.
[5:49 PM]
So probably not exactly on the best of terms with, or at least not
trusting, the potential inhabitants of those locations.
Arien Valar — Today at 5:51 PM
a reenegade would be tyrant?
[5:51 PM]
or would be necromancer?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:52 PM
Someone trying to reunite the two pieces of the glaive. Then
again, for all we know, the person already got the information
they needed and was too foolish to destroy the evidence, or saw no
point.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:52 PM
Just a minion of Sauron with a justified distrust of orcish
subtlety would be enough.
Varda — Today at 5:52 PM
And yet one Noldo can take out all its protection and gain access.
[5:53 PM]
Or he did destroy the glaive info. The rest has nothing much to do
with it. Lucky us. : )
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:53 PM
hehehe
Varda — Today at 5:53 PM
See "red herring" protection.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:53 PM
Hey, that's not RP-ish at all.
[5:53 PM]
If we're wasting time digging through information, there's always
at least some hint as to what we need. That's how RPs work.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:54 PM
"I carried out my sinister plan twenty minutes before you got
here."
[5:54 PM]
Aye, there has to be some point in Auros going through all that
paper while the rest of you enjoy the sun :}
@Ar-Pharazon-V
If we're wasting time digging through information, there's always
at least some hint as to what we need. That's how RPs work.
Shelob — Today at 5:55 PM
That's how badly planned RP's work.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:55 PM
Auros, sitting bent over a table in a dreary dungeon of a cellar
while the rest of you are frolicking above grumble lol :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:55 PM
starts a hayball fight with Fainan
Shelob — Today at 5:55 PM
Especially if you consider that you get plenty of hints in the
fact that you're wasting your time rummaging through rubbish.
Arien Valar — Today at 5:55 PM
frali starts playing man in the middle
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:56 PM
Ok, because of Phar and Shelob,... this link incoming:
Shelob — Today at 5:56 PM
I am agreeing with you!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:56 PM
throws hay over Frali's head
Arien Valar — Today at 5:56 PM
tries to catch it jumps in air
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:57 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KezvwARhBIc
YouTube
sirstrongbad
UHF - Wheel Of Fish
[5:58 PM]
The end is what we find in the papers :}
[5:59 PM]
More seriously...
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:59 PM
After half a minute of watching that vid and now that comment I'm
expecting a red herring.
Shelob — Today at 5:59 PM
"STUPID! YOU'RE SO STUPID!"
Arien Valar — Today at 5:59 PM
love it hehe .. nice parody
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:00 PM
UHF is a movie to watch if you haven't already :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:00 PM
I wonder if this was the inspiration for the "Red Snappa" WoW
video.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:01 PM
It was :}
Varda — Today at 6:01 PM
Anyway, the rest of us could be drafted to help become bleary-eyed
looking through papers. Could be in shifts so we can go all day
and all night.
[6:01 PM]
Tell us keywords. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:01 PM
Would Auros trust us not to overlook the information we need?
Varda — Today at 6:01 PM
No, but he might have to let us help anyway. Time's a problem.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:01 PM
That's the crux of Auros' problem.
Arien Valar — Today at 6:01 PM
in between shifts forage for supplies?
Varda — Today at 6:02 PM
Tell us keywords and we take the paper to you to check?
Arien Valar — Today at 6:03 PM
hmmm keywoard pillow and toothpaste ...
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:04 PM
Auros knows what he's looking for, but who else does? Frali might
not be able to sit there through a mountain of papers, but can
Frali know if there's a feeling similar to the sword somewhere in
the city? Possibly.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:04 PM
Don't paste it all over your pillow.
Varda — Today at 6:04 PM
We don't read every word, just scan for particular words.
[6:05 PM]
How big is this area? Can Frali check it out in one day? What's
the distance needed?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:05 PM
It's possible we could be dealing with papers in many different
languages. How many languages of Men do you Mirkwood Elves speak?
:}
Varda — Today at 6:05 PM
Laketown men, rangers at least, common.
Arien Valar — Today at 6:05 PM
sorry just was looking for a gentle hint to say it s getting bed
time for me
Varda — Today at 6:06 PM
Feel free to post here on another day. : )
[6:06 PM]
Sleep well!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:06 PM
Namarie
Varda — Today at 6:06 PM
http://valarguild.org/gaming
The Valar Guild Games Site
Valar Guild Games Site
Arien Valar — Today at 6:06 PM
i ll be reading up to see where we landed
Varda — Today at 6:06 PM
: )
Arien Valar — Today at 6:06 PM
Namarie for now
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:07 PM
Sleep well Arien :}
Varda — Today at 6:07 PM
So Frali wanders ruins.
[6:08 PM]
Maybe Telperos guarding?
Arien Valar — Today at 6:08 PM
nIce gaming site btw Eonwe
[6:08 PM]
Namarie!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:08 PM
Thanks :}
Varda — Today at 6:08 PM
Educated Calion and frizzing haired Fainan looking over papers
with Auros, using key words to pass him potential papers.
[6:09 PM]
That cover it?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:10 PM
Auros would probably end up doing a cursory glance over it all to
determine a language, or close proximity, if he were going to pass
it to someone.
[6:12 PM]
And hope he doesn't come across something he doesn't understand,
lol.
[6:14 PM]
Or maybe he does :}
[6:15 PM]
Any of you Mirkwood Elves ever fire an orcish bow? :}
Varda — Today at 6:15 PM
Fainan most probably has.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:15 PM
In a pinch, perhaps.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:15 PM
Ok good, so Auros doesn't have to start an orc war all by himself
:}
Varda — Today at 6:15 PM
Curiosity at least.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:16 PM
Then again, when you're in combat with orcs, replacing your bow is
a less likely scenario than having to replace your arrows.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:16 PM
Unless you use it as a club. cough
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:16 PM
True
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:17 PM
:}
Varda — Today at 6:17 PM
I figure after a battle, a person interested in bows will want to
check out the odd ones, curiosity, know thy enemy.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:17 PM
Hey, sometimes the wargs are charging at you, and you have little
time to react, and your only choice is to shove the bow in the
warg's open maw :}
Varda — Today at 6:17 PM
What can we expect their bows to be able to do? What are weak and
strong points?
[6:17 PM]
Chew that!
[6:18 PM]
Prefer to shove the orc's bow in that maw. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:18 PM
Crude. Less accurate at distance. More force behind it, perhaps.
Varda — Today at 6:19 PM
The bows normally used in a forest and from up high would have to
be short distance recurves, strong enough to handle hitting leaves
and maybe twigs, or find areas with some space between
obstructions and move quickly afterwards.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:19 PM
True.
Varda — Today at 6:19 PM
Shooting down is hard.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:19 PM
I don't know if they'd be "crude". Ugly, likely as effective as
the average elven/human bow. Crude compared to
Numenoreans/Noldor/those influenced by them perhaps.
Varda — Today at 6:20 PM
Mass-produced. : )
[6:20 PM]
I would expect mass-produced as part of JRRT's dislike of industry
and love of craft.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:20 PM
Probably more affected by the quality of the materials than the
craftsmanship.
[6:21 PM]
There's a passage somewhere that says weapons were one thing orcs
did well, so I don't expect them to be too far behind in that
respect.
Varda — Today at 6:21 PM
We silvans have plenty of wood and longevity to learn to
craft our own bows to our personal measurements and abililties.
[6:25 PM]
Do we have a plan now? Frali hunting for the feels with Telperos
guarding and the rest taking shifts at reading?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:26 PM
I don't know, heh.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:26 PM
Can't skip the hay baling!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:26 PM
I must go afk for a moment.
Varda — Today at 6:29 PM
LotRO:
[6:29 PM]
Our Anor server kin house is lacking some of the crafting
facilities we used to have. They may be in various member's
storage after the Ithil move.
Falco has started a Brawler. It'll be interesting to hear what he
has to say especially since he has played all classes up quite
high and can compare.
Has anyone else started a new character such as a Brawler and in
need of a kin invitation?
Landroval server:
Arien
Eonwe
Eowyn
Fangorn
Irmo
Nar
Varda
Anor server:
Eonwe
Falco
Varda
Shadowfax server:
Arien
Varda
Treebeard server:
Arien
Varda
[6:29 PM]
I must away 'fore break of day. : )
[6:29 PM]
Namarie for now.
[6:30 PM]
gavels dance into the sunset with the hammerpad going conk in a
conka line
[6:30 PM]
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After-meeting:
[6:30 PM]
Free chat.
[6:30 PM]
: )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:30 PM
Namarie!
[6:31 PM]
So will the rest of the gaming news come in a minute?
Varda — Today at 6:31 PM
Have to give you a chance
[6:31 PM]
It might, or hit the link to the Games Site above.
[6:31 PM]
That's up to Eonwe. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:31 PM
True.
Varda — Today at 6:31 PM
afk
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:39 PM
Back.
[6:40 PM]
I suppose I'll throw in the gaming news then.
[6:40 PM]
World of Warcraft:
[6:40 PM]
WoW's 17th Anniversary begins! (tomorrow) --- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23745821/celebrate-17-years-of-world-of-warcraft
World of Warcraft
Celebrate 17 Years of World of Warcraft! - WoW
The 17th-anniversary celebration of World of
Warcraft is upon us!
Log in to Shadowlands between November 15 and
December 6 to earn the WoW’s 17th Anniversary achievement, then
check your mail for a special Anniversary Gift Package.
[6:41 PM]
Check out the Developer Preview for Patch 9.2: Eternity's End. ---https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23745018/shadowlands-watch-the-eternitys-end-developer-preview
World of Warcraft
Shadowlands: Watch the Eternity’s End developer
preview - WoW
The next World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Content
Update is just around the corner. Watch an exclusive developer
preview of the latest chapter in the WoW saga.
[6:41 PM]
This week's Bonus Event: Warlords of Draenor Timewalking.
The PvP Brawl: Deepwind Dunk runs through Tuesday, November 9th.
[6:41 PM]
Check out this week's hotfixes. --- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23739169/hotfixes-november-11-2021
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: November 11, 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 6:41 PM
That cipher thing looks interesting.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:41 PM
Diablo 3:
[6:42 PM]
There's an update to the PTR patch notes. --- https://us.diablo3.com/en-us/blog/23730897/diablo-3-ptr-272-%7C-now-live-updated-1112-11-1-2021
Diablo III
Diablo 3 PTR 2.7.2 | Now Live - Updated 11/12
Our two-week PTR testing period for the 2.7.2
update begins on November 4, and we're asking for your help to
quell the tides of surging demons.
[6:42 PM]
Overwatch:
[6:42 PM]
Check out the Dev AMA. ---
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/23746965/developer-ama-hero-balance-and-design-for-future-pvp/
Overwatch
Developer AMA: Hero balance and design for future PvP
The Overwatch team hosted a live AMA on /r/Competitiveoverwatch to
talk about the recent Overwatch League pro playtest.
[6:42 PM]
And of course:
LotRO:
New expansion is out.
[6:43 PM]
That's it for gaming news.
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[6:43 PM]
Which cipher, Phar? I didn't pay that much attention apparently.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:44 PM
The 9.2 link, Decode the Cypher of the First Ones heading
[6:44 PM]
I saw a screenshot of the interface.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:44 PM
Ah.
[6:45 PM]
That would explain why I didn't find it: When I did the page
search I spelled it "cipher" like you did :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:45 PM
Ah yes, sorry
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:46 PM
:}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 6:50 PM
Hard to decipher a cypher.
[6:50 PM]
Or decypher a cipher.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:50 PM
Please recypher :}
[6:53 PM]
I'm not sure we really settled anything for the RP,
but I suppose I've got a few more ideas.
[6:54 PM]
I just hope I'm not the only one getting ideas :}
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:12 PM
Quick notes on some of the stuff we discussed. My apologies, I
ended up more distracted than I expected to be.
[7:12 PM]
1.) RE: "Telperos established no one is expected for 5 days.
Anything arriving before that is not part of "the plan" the orcs
he was dealing with are part of.
Varda — Today at 5:30 PM
ah, then that's out.
So, what's the plan?"
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:14 PM
Is it a cunning plan?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:15 PM
The "plan" I'm referring to here is what the villian is setting up
for the guarding and provisioning of his little research hideaway.
[7:16 PM]
Namely, anyone arriving earlier is unlikely to serve the villian.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:16 PM
Could be a general patrol.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:18 PM
Patrol implies a centralized command to issue such orders, and
would either be part of the villain's minions, and probably
mentioned/expected by the orcs that were there, or part of someone
else's forces and not under his control.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:19 PM
True.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:20 PM
This area is supposed to be isolated, making it ideal for sneaking
all this info in to sift through.
[7:21 PM]
Not saying a third party can't get involved, but then we have to
account for the complications that causes.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:24 PM
That does seem a bit much
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:25 PM
And by "third party" I don't necessarily mean another villian out
there interfering. Could be something as simple as a rogue band of
orcs roaming and pillaging, but our characters aren't necessarily
going to know that.
[7:28 PM]
That's why I'm not saying that it "can't" work, but we have to
make sure we're accounting for it from our characters'
perspectives, their reactions, what they're going to be able to
know and discover, and how they're going to react based on the
information they can get.
[7:30 PM]
And I had a second one to comment on if I can remember where it
was, hehe.
RE: "Varda — Today at 5:52 PM
And yet one Noldo can take out all its protection and gain
access."
I don't expect there was any sort of "magical barrier" or anything
to get through, but if there were apparently Telperos broke
through it before we got there, heh.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:33 PM
It probably also involves all the present minions
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:34 PM
hehe
[7:34 PM]
There was also one in there about taking turns to read papers day
and night.
[7:35 PM]
Telperos wouldn't like that :} He's already warned us about being
down in that cellar at night.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:36 PM
It's fine, we'll go with 2 people down there
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:36 PM
heh
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:37 PM
Also, how hard is it to carry some paperwork to our shelter for
during the night?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:38 PM
I considered that, but would Auros risk the paperwork getting out
of order? Or if there is some ill will on that paperwork we don't
want to bring into our only sanctuary.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:38 PM
Interesting point.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:39 PM
So far the orcs have ignored, or perhaps outright avoided, the
guardhouse we're going to be using. It's the reason Telperos chose
it.
[7:42 PM]
I have ideas as to why, that I may or may not go through with,
heh. I'm undecided.
[7:44 PM]
For now that, what matters is that it's not been defiled by orcs.
[7:44 PM]
Or by whatever malevolent force roams the town at night.
Varda — Today at 7:44 PM
Before I forget, Frali can react like a fidget or wince every time
he is near the side of you that has the "sword". Auros would
notice. (edited)
[7:45 PM]
Drag a batch of papers outside the area Telperos is worried about
and read them in the open night air? Might even mess with the
"keep away" spell.
[7:46 PM]
Mark where it came from with something large.
[7:46 PM]
A malevolent force roaming the town at night... I wonder if we can
enlist it to help read. Maybe not.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:47 PM
If it's malevolent it'll probably just lie about what it says.
Varda — Today at 7:47 PM
We'd all love to hunt it down. Beats paperwork. Wonder if it is
afraid of the sword or drawn to it? Frali sensitive to it too and
gets snarly and throws an axe wherever it tries to be?
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:48 PM
No elf would look twice at a dwarf just randomly throwing axes
around. It's just their way!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:49 PM
The Elves would likely perceive it more clearly than the Dwarf.
[7:49 PM]
If it has a form to perceive.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:49 PM
Anyway, I'll start my personal gaming report before my eyes shut
down Feel free to keep discussing this as I go.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:50 PM
Feel free to tell me that I'm completely wrong and this is the
better way, but I almost wonder if we don't want a separate
channel simply for our RP discussion, since using the Forum
discussion thread fizzled out. (edited)
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:50 PM
For (non)flashgaming, 1
new, 2 old badges this week.
[7:51 PM]
Forum discussion could be handy for checking back later, not sure
if there's an expiration date on Discord.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:52 PM
Not like I haven't done info dumps to the forum before, heh.
[7:52 PM]
Which reminds me that I need to make sure I add a link for this
meeting into the Forum discussion thread when the meeting minutes
go up, lol :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:52 PM
https://www.kongregate.com/games/VasantJ/wolfs-bane
is the first game! And apparently one of the few games in the
Medieval Cop franchise I didn't have the badge for yet. This one's
the first in a sort of spinoff series featuring another cop team
in another kingdom.
Kongregate
Wolf's Bane
In a world full of Sheep,
dare to be a Wolf...
[7:53 PM]
Play a rather odd cop who's known for sleeping around, has a good
mood... but don't look in her eyes because there's something
lupine hidden there, which can be useful in solving cases
[7:53 PM]
Ehr. Sleeping around as in sleeping in various places while on the
job, rather than adultery.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:54 PM
Aha, heh. Thanks for the clarity :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:55 PM
In this short-ish case, someone's been murdered in a pub and the
barkeeper's considered guilty, but there's more going on!
[7:55 PM]
In fact, Eonwe, her introduction in the main series was when
someone found her sleeping in a box in a hallway.
[7:56 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/IriySoft/cursed-treasure
is the second game, and the first in a series of which I linked
the second one last week Also remastered, though the badges
carry over.
Kongregate
Cursed Treasure
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A NEW GAME!
This is a HTML5 port of Cursed Treasure:
Don#39t Touch My Gems.
Protect your gems from being stolen by “good”
heroes in this towe...
Tower defense game, once again with 3 types of towers on 3 types
of terrain. But there's less of a penalty in specializing down one
skill tree at first, since the overall buffs from the trees now
affect all the tower types. Though there's still a slight
advantage to the specific types, certainly at the end of the
trees.
[7:57 PM]
Once again, protect your gems from incoming invaders
[7:58 PM]
And upgrade everything along the way until it becomes too easy
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 8:14 PM
https://www.kongregate.com/games/PasKuda13/coloruid-2-html5
for the third game! A fun colory puzzle game where you have
to turn all the plus-signs the same color, by letting one color
spread through another, with a limited amount of moves.
Kongregate
COLORUID-2 [HTML5]
Fill each level with a single color, by
painting and merging existing colors within a limited amount of
moves.
[8:14 PM]
Starting in the center's often a good tip
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Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 8:24 PM
Blizzard gaming:
[8:25 PM]
Hearthstone:
Made it to 127 on the reward track. More gold! Also got Demon
Hunter to level 44 along the way, 16 to go
[8:26 PM]
Brawl is Hallucination: Choose a class, get a few random class
cards and a whole bunch of Hallucination cards which prompt you to
discover cards from your opponent's class.
[8:27 PM]
Key seems to be picking a class that's less useable by the other
side, such as warlock or warrior. Demon Hunter not recommended
because they have a smaller pool of cards, and usually among the
better ones
[8:29 PM]
For mercenaries, got 5 free packs as part of this patch (delivered
this week rather than previous) through which I got 2 new mercs
and, since that completed my rare merc collection, several
portraits, including 2 for Cariel, whose collection is now
complete. The new mercenaries are Mr. Smite from the new set, and
Malfurion Stormrage as a legendary mercenary. Yay legendaries!
[8:31 PM]
The more mercs I get and the higher level they become, the rarer
it is to get a quest from a low level one, which means I can do
higher bounties and blaze through them for more xp, so my chosen
team is getting up nicely Maybe I'll even get to continue
Felwood next week!
[8:32 PM]
WoW:
[8:33 PM]
Still no raiding progress, and struggling a bit on bosses we'd
already gotten. But we're starting to recruit a few new consistent
people so things are looking up
[8:34 PM]
Weekly is timewalks, with some changed out this time around! For
Draenor this week I actually got to see the train dungeon again,
lot of fun
[8:35 PM]
In Torghast, got a few layers 11 done, and got enough Knowledge to
buy the empowered nova. Seems pretty nifty, certainly gets me some
more kills while empowered, and that ups the score.
[8:35 PM]
Pretty much out of useful upgrades though, so I'm not sure if I'll
be able to progress much further until 9.2 and new gear.
[8:36 PM]
Or maybe upgrading the shards of domination will help? We'll see.
[8:36 PM]
No new renown as I'm still not doing the weekly quests for it.
I'll get em through Korthia, darnit
[8:37 PM]
No other goodies either, still collecting some anima for stuff,
and no luck in conservatory this week.
[8:38 PM]
And finally, the paladin alt! Now nearing 48, I got the final
class follower through the 7.2 questline, and since 9.1.5 you
don't need to complete the whole of the Broken Shore questline
anymore after that to start the class mount questline, so that's
what I did.
[8:39 PM]
Unfortunately... for paladin at least, you need Suramar progress
to continue, since you need the disguise to talk to a vendor.
[8:40 PM]
I know I won't get there before 48, but I decided starting on the
Suramar intro was as good a way as any to get that last half level
I needed, so that's what I'm doing now until 48. I could finish
collecting the mount when I get there, but I think it's better to
leave that as a future project and just head into the Shadowlands.
Still, as far as horses go, they're pretty nice...
Anyway, after pally's done with pre-SL, I think I'll leave her to
rest for a bit and get my rogue through his class campaign. Gotta
change it up a bit!
Varda — Today at 8:45 PM
: )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 8:46 PM
Oh, and speaking of alts, for anniversary event tomorrow, I should
probably check green dragons' loot tables in case my paladin and
mage can use something, since they're about the right level now.
Rogue should already be done.
[8:47 PM]
But there'll also be a new worldboss this year, able to drop a
mount, a toy and an axe... I'll want to try for those as well,
mustn't forget!
[8:47 PM]
As well as a new pet, but that's vendorbought
[8:49 PM]
And that's my report for the week!
[8:53 PM]
Y'know, I'm not actually sure there's any loot my paladin can get
that my druid and/or warrior couldn't...
[8:53 PM]
But my mage will have a lot of work to do
Varda — Today at 8:57 PM
Thank you, Phar the Busy. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 9:07 PM
Well, namarie!
Varda — Today at 9:27 PM
Namarie : )
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