June 5, 2022 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 typed): (6)
Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe
(Way-After-meeting), Ioreth, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Web:
Foreword
by Sandalf
A
Case of Influence: Aragorn as Sherlock Holmes essay by
Sandalf
Gaming:
Valar Guild Games Site link
World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal,
Lord
of the Rings Online
Tolkien:
Topic:
In the movies, Pippin and Merry get Treebeard to take them out of
Fangorn Forest, but work it so that he goes where he can see the
destruction of the rowan forest and see that Saruman did it. This
is probably necessary for a visual medium like a movie, but what
happened in the book instead?
After-meeting:
(non)Flashgaming
Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.
Links to the place showing why the link is
in the chat:
Link:
Besom definition, as it was used by JRRT describing Treebeard's
beard when angry.
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Before-meeting
Varda Yesterday at 4:00 PM
Aiya!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:00 PM
Aiya!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:00 PM
Aiya!
Varda Yesterday at 4:00 PM
@Bounder Huzzah! Time to get together and chat about gaming and
Tolkien, say hi to old and new friends!
[4:01 PM]
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:01 PM]
Membership:
[4:01 PM]
Aiya Sandalf and Phar
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:01 PM
Hello old friends! Hello New Friends!
Varda Yesterday at 4:01 PM
Yay!
[4:01 PM]
Any membership news we'd like to pass along?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Ehr.. hmm... after several months I finally got my glasses' frame
fixed. Does that count?
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Just a saying I just remembered from your greeting above: When my
little girls were in Brownies and Girl Scouts, They learned an old
rhyme...and sang it at home...
Make new friends but keep
the old, one is silver, and the other is gold.
[4:02 PM]
The boys didn't learn anything like this in Boy Scouts.
Varda Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Nice : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:02 PM
And remember to keep your enemies closer!
Varda Yesterday at 4:02 PM
I was in the Bluebirds, similar to Brownies, heh. (edited)
[4:04 PM]
Any sightings of fellow members? Love to have Fladrf pop in again
sometime. Don't think Sandalf has met him yet.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:05 PM
I assume he's been around, but my bnet friendslist is acting up...
hang on, let me open the launcher.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:05 PM
I have not...
Varda Yesterday at 4:05 PM
Ouch on programs acting up.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:05 PM
Offline for 2 days. Yes he's been online.
Varda Yesterday at 4:05 PM
He does some fine role-play in this chat. You'd enjoy it. : )
[4:06 PM]
Ah good. Hope all is well for him.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:06 PM
There used to be a group called "Camp Fire" for boys and girls,
but the last I heard, they went kaput.
Varda Yesterday at 4:07 PM
Aye, the Bluebirds grow up to be Campfire Girls.
[4:09 PM]
It changed:
[4:09 PM]
https://campfire.org/about/
jenne
About Camp Fire: A National Youth Development
Organization
Camp Fire is an innovative leader in youth
development since 1910. We help kids and teens thrive NOW with the
life skills they need for success. Apply now.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:09 PM
I am glad to see they are still around. The Lincoln chapter did,
in fact, close back in the nineties...but even the Boy Scouts and
the Girl Scouts are struggling right now, I hear.
Varda Yesterday at 4:11 PM
On to more news
[4:11 PM]
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Web:
[4:11 PM]
It is a pleasure to announce that we now have some of Sandalf's
work online.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:11 PM
Huzzah!
Varda Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Enjoy reading and commenting here in the meeting place so he can
read it, whenever that works, avoiding "phone tag". ; )
[4:13 PM]
You can see that there's a lot more to come. Here's the Foreword:
[4:13 PM]
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/papers/Sandalf13/Foreword.htm
[4:13 PM]
From there, you can pop over to his author's page and whichever
other essays are up, including:
[4:13 PM]
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/papers/Sandalf13/1AragornSherlock.htm
[4:14 PM]
He has some compelling insights in here! Some may be reaching a
bit, but boy, does he make a good case. (pun intended).
[4:14 PM]
Enjoy, everyone!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:14 PM
Thanks! I hope you enjoy reading the work so far...
Varda Yesterday at 4:15 PM
I did. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:18 PM
skims through a bit We do have too little information on
Aragorn's chin...
Varda Yesterday at 4:19 PM
Go ahead, Phar.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:19 PM
No, that was just a quick observation.
Varda Yesterday at 4:20 PM
Ooops, pardon, re-read your sentence. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:22 PM
It's funny, I was reading an article in the newspaper just this
week about how Viggo Mortensen and his acting is a bit nutty,
including examples from LotR
Varda Yesterday at 4:22 PM
He gets deep into the character. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:23 PM
Deep enough to break a tooth and a toe
Varda Yesterday at 4:23 PM
Aye!
[4:23 PM]
And he worked to make himself look weathered like Strider. Camped
out. Slept with his sword camping. Amazing.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:24 PM
Maybe not quite as badass as Boromir climbing a mountain in full
gear to get to the shooting site, but still!
[4:24 PM]
...Let's not mention he did it because he didn't like helicopters.
Varda Yesterday at 4:24 PM
That's because he didn't want to... O not mentioning. : )
[4:25 PM]
I watched way too many "making of's".
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:25 PM
Same :)
Varda Yesterday at 4:25 PM
You'd think we were Tolkien fans!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:25 PM
I was in a Marine heliocopter once on a three-week summer training
camp...we made a touchdown at Virginia Beach...pretty cool, but I
do not know if I would enjoy getting to a battlefield site in a
copter...
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:25 PM
I remember watching the full LoTR trilogy with all the different
audio commentaries.
[4:26 PM]
Never got around to doing the same thing for The Hobbit
yet, but I intend to.
Varda Yesterday at 4:26 PM
Fangorn went out to rigs offshore in a helicopter sometimes.
[4:26 PM]
Phar, something to look forward to!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:26 PM
I have never seen The Hobbit movie. I thought it was too
ridiculous to watch...am I missing anything?
[4:26 PM]
Fangorn is a BRAVE man.
[4:27 PM]
How can one make THREE movies out of one SLIM volume?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:27 PM
By dropping in a lot of background stuff.
[4:27 PM]
Including Dol Guldur.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:27 PM
Non-canonical, to be sure.
Varda Yesterday at 4:27 PM
PJ always does beautiful images. The acting was excellent. The
story that Bilbo saw in the books is all he sees in the movie, but
the appendices with what Gandalf was doing meanwhile are added in.
[4:27 PM]
Plus non-canon stuff, aye.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:28 PM
Still, a lot of it was based on the timelines etc.
Varda Yesterday at 4:28 PM
But some is from like a one-line mention, like the monsters in the
ground. I at first thought that was trash, but it's in the books.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:28 PM
It wasn't completely made up.
Varda Yesterday at 4:28 PM
Aye, the timeline was used heavily.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:29 PM
I just could not stomach the idea of Thranduil telling Legolas to
check out the Ranger, Aragorn....heck, the kid was only 10 years
old, and didn't even know who he really was/is,
Varda Yesterday at 4:29 PM
It didn't help that it was started by one director (del Toro) and
nearly complete when PJ was surprised to be put on the helm after
being told never again.
[4:29 PM]
Agreed on that bit with Thranduil. It was not expected to make the
cut, but they had problems coming up with a good transition out.
argh
[4:30 PM]
They had to work to make each dwarf a recognizable character. The
book was not a great deal of help there.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:30 PM
"But you cannot be 80!" "Actually, I'm only 10."
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:30 PM
You are right, as usual.
Varda Yesterday at 4:31 PM
hehe
[4:31 PM]
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day? ; )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:31 PM
See? Aragorn does, in fact, look like an elf! It would be great to
be in my forties and look like a ten-year-old.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:31 PM
Aiya all :)
Varda Yesterday at 4:31 PM
hahah - no it wouldn't.
[4:31 PM]
Aiya Sunshine!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:32 PM
Aiya Arien!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:32 PM
Ah, but imagine being 10 and looking like a 40 year old.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:32 PM
Oy Weh. I don't want to even think about it.
Varda Yesterday at 4:32 PM
That would be bad.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:32 PM
Which I suppose would be Aragorn's problem in The Hobbit
Varda Yesterday at 4:32 PM
Living backwards could do it. Had a movie or two like that.
[4:33 PM]
Any news from Arien before we switch to gaming? : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:33 PM
Wasn't there a movie about Benjamin Buttons, or something like
that, back in the early 2000? With Brad Pitt?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:33 PM
Aiya Arien!
Varda Yesterday at 4:33 PM
Sandalf's essays are coming online now. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:33 PM
Yep, I saw it a few years ago.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:33 PM
i faintly remember a StarTrek episode with a race like that
Varda Yesterday at 4:33 PM
That was it, Sandalf.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:33 PM
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Varda Yesterday at 4:34 PM
Aye
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:34 PM
Good movie...but sad, very sad.
Varda Yesterday at 4:34 PM
Agreed. What I'd call a Once-watch.
[4:34 PM]
Must watch, but only once.
[4:35 PM]
Eonwe has not made it in yet (might be work-related), but he gave
us his news on the Games Site.
[4:36 PM]
It's a good spot to check out, in case you haven't. He made the
webwork from scratch and it's both complicated and big!
[4:36 PM]
http://valarguild.org/gaming
The Valar Guild Games Site
Valar Guild Games Site
[4:36 PM]
It's reached in one click from the Valar Guild index, same as the
Tolkien Site or the News.
[4:37 PM]
http://www.valarguild.org/
Valar Guild
an international society of Tolkien
appreciators and
gamers.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:37 PM
aye he does a great job
Varda Yesterday at 4:37 PM
That way you only need one url and can jump to anything.
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Gaming:
[4:37 PM]
World of Warcraft:
[4:37 PM]
This week's Bonus Event: World Quests.
[4:37 PM]
The PvP Brawl: Southshore vs Tarren Mill runs through Tuesday,
June 7th.
[4:38 PM]
The Darkmoon Faire is running through Saturday, June 11th.
[4:38 PM]
Patch 9.2.5 is live. Check out the patch notes.
[4:38 PM]
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23801631/shadowlands-925-content-update-is-now-live
World of Warcraft
Shadowlands: 9.2.5 Content Update Is Now Live -
WoW
Log in now to experience the Shadowlands 9.2.5
content update!
[4:38 PM]
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23789456/updated-may-31-shadowlands-925-content-update-notes
World of Warcraft
[UPDATED MAY 31] Shadowlands 9.2.5 Content
Update Notes - WoW
The Shadowlands 9.2.5 content update arrives to
World of Warcraft on May 31!
Ioreth Yesterday at 4:39 PM
I'm getting a non HTML version of that first site - it's just an
outline, no pictures
Varda Yesterday at 4:39 PM
Odd. I show a picture.
[4:39 PM]
and aiya, Ioreth : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:39 PM
Aiya Ioreth!
Varda Yesterday at 4:39 PM
Also check out the World of Warcraft News and Development Updates.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:40 PM
aiya Ioreth!
Varda Yesterday at 4:40 PM
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23813076/world-of-warcraft-news-and-development-updates
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft News and Development Updates
- WoW
Catch up on the latest World of Warcraft
release dates, news, hotfixes, and more.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:40 PM
aiya Ioreth
Varda Yesterday at 4:40 PM
A talent preview blog for what's coming in Dragonblight has been
posted.
[4:40 PM]
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23797209/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-talent-preview
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Talent Preview
- WoW
Dragonflight provides an opportunity for some
major updates to classes in World of Warcraft with the
re-introduction of talent trees. In this preview, we take a first
look at the prototype trees for the Druid and Death Knight
classes.
[4:41 PM]
Check out the latest hotfixes.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:41 PM
Druid talentz, oh yes. Mark of the Wild, aka the Pink Paw, is
returning!
Varda Yesterday at 4:41 PM
: )
[4:41 PM]
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23800887/hotfixes-june-2-2022
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: June 2, 2022 - WoW
Here you will find a list of hotfixes that
address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands,
Burning Crusade Classic, and WoW Classic.
[4:41 PM]
Hearthstone:
[4:42 PM]
Patch 23.4 is out.
[4:42 PM]
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23797164/23-4-patch-notes
23.4 Patch Notes
Patch 23.4 brings the new Voyage to the Sunken
City Mini-Set, updates to Battlegrounds, a ton of Mercenaries, and
more!
[4:42 PM]
Diablo Immortal:
Check these out:
Diablo Immortal: The Story So Far
[4:43 PM]
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo-immortal/23805084/diablo-immortal-the-story-so-far
Diablo Immortal: The Story So Far
Diablo Immortal launches on June 2, read the
story so far to become acquainted with whats to come in this
hellish, new chapter in the Diablo saga.
[4:43 PM]
Diablo Immortal Known Issues, Hotfixes, and Patch Notes for PC
Open Beta
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo-immortal/23789255/diablo-immortal-known-issues-hotfixes-and-patch-notes-for-pc-open-beta
Diablo Immortal Known Issues, Hotfixes, and
Patch Notes For PC Open...
Stay updated on any known issues and the
upcoming hotfixes and patches the team will be implementing to the
PC Open Beta version of Diablo Immortal.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:43 PM
I wanted to play Diablo Immortal, but can't in Netherlands or
Belgium Did get it installed, but the play button says it
can't!
Varda Yesterday at 4:43 PM
Snatch Up Diablo Immortal Goodies For Your Favorite Games
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:44 PM
Maybe they'll change their minds in the future.
Varda Yesterday at 4:44 PM
ugh, Phar! Wonder what's going on?
[4:44 PM]
Maybe so.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:44 PM
It's lootbox laws here.
Varda Yesterday at 4:44 PM
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo-immortal/23789254/snatch-up-diablo-immortal-goodies-for-your-favorite-games
Snatch Up Diablo Immortal Goodies For Your
Favorite Games
In celebration of Diablo Immortals launch,
Skarns forces have placed Immortal-themed goodies in Diablo III,
Hearthstone, and Call of Duty: Mobile for you to collect!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:44 PM
In most games with lootboxes those are removed or restricted for
our countries due to our gambling laws, but for D:I they just
decided to not make it available.
Varda Yesterday at 4:44 PM
Lootbox laws? LotRO had to change things to handle that problem.
[4:45 PM]
ouch
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Guess I won't be making my demon huntress yet!
Varda Yesterday at 4:45 PM
It's not like they're taking your lunch money. O well.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Also has me worried about Warcraft Arclight Rumble, but I do
believe that's less "gatcha" overall than D:I, so maybe it'll
still be available.
Varda Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Good luck!
[4:46 PM]
Lord of the Rings
Online:
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Thanks :) Continue on!
Varda Yesterday at 4:47 PM
Hobnangians was going. A kind of tennis match with groups. The
ball is a live chicken. Gets crazy.
[4:47 PM]
LotRO players present in the kin branches this past week:
Landroval server:
Dis
Eonwe
Fangorn
Ioreth
Lenwe
Nar
Thranduil
Varda
Anor server:
Eonwe
Fangorn
Varda
Shadowfax server:
Arien
Varda
Treebeard server:
Varda
[4:47 PM]
Any other gaming news? Eve? Others?
Starcraft 2: played this past week by Fangorn and Eowyn,
Faramir, and Ciaran.
[4:48 PM]
I know Sauron has been mining asteroids in Eve Online. : )
[4:48 PM]
Any other gaming news?
[4:50 PM]
(I see Sandalf typing)
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Sorry to break in...I apologize, but I must leave early tonight to
meet some old friends for dinner at McDs...I leave Wednesday for
my 50th Lafayette College Reunion, in Easton, PA. Then on to NY on
Sunday. I will be here next Sunday for our meeting, but I will be
in NY. I plan to drive about 1,000 miles on Wednesday, to
somewhere in mid-Ohio, then drive on to Easton on Thursday. The
reunion begins Thursday afternoon. Have a great week, everyone,
and Namaste! Also sei gesund!
Varda Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Ah fantastic!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Enjoy, and namarie
Varda Yesterday at 4:51 PM
And I have a tiny Lore-master in the intro to join yours when
you're ready.
[4:51 PM]
Namarie, Sandalf!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:51 PM
hums 1000 miles song
Varda Yesterday at 4:51 PM
On to
[4:51 PM]
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Tolkien!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:51 PM
Namarie all!
Varda Yesterday at 4:51 PM
In the movies, Pippin and Merry get Treebeard to take them out of
Fangorn Forest, but work it so that he goes where he can see the
destruction of the rowan forest and see that Saruman did it. This
is necessary for a visual medium like a movie, but what actually
happened?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:52 PM
wracks brain I wanna say... the ents already agreed at the
meet? moot?
Varda Yesterday at 4:52 PM
Heh, I should say, happened in the books?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:53 PM
Also, we don't actually see most of that happening, there's a bit
of a timegap between the moot and running into em at Isengard.
[4:53 PM]
Though I wanna say the huorns at Helm's Deep were also there in
the books.
Varda Yesterday at 4:53 PM
It's in The Two Towers, "Treebeard", for those with nearby books.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:53 PM
Note, I might be completely wrong about all this.
[4:54 PM]
Other side of the house...
Varda Yesterday at 4:54 PM
Yes, the huorns did indeed go to Helm's Deep.
[4:54 PM]
Arien, are you able to join in?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:54 PM
I'll go collect it.
Varda Yesterday at 4:54 PM
Looks as if you have time. : )
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:56 PM
what Phari said .. Fangorn took Merry and Pippin along . and there
was at least one night between their arrival at Wellhall or what
was and the actual moot
[4:57 PM]
there was a few hours between leaving there and the Thing
Varda Yesterday at 4:57 PM
Aye, a night was needed to sleep and think.
High speed!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:59 PM
Hah, just read a line about the Ents at the moot seeing that Merry
and Pippin are not orcs... wasn't that referenced in the movie?
Varda Yesterday at 4:59 PM
Yes : )
[4:59 PM]
The movie didn't do all that bad, in a lot of ways. : )
Details slide from memory easily.
[5:00 PM]
But it had to change some things for a visual medium. That had to
happen here, as it was mostly talk.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:00 PM
Looks like there were about 3 days of moot while the hobbits
stayed at Bregalad's place.
Varda Yesterday at 5:01 PM
And the audience in the theater falls asleep. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:01 PM
And then the Ents go to war!
Varda Yesterday at 5:01 PM
Aye
[5:01 PM]
It all starts with chat while staying with Treebeard at his place.
(you can go there in the LotRO game!)
[5:02 PM]
Treebeard listened to the tales of the hobbits' adventures and
told them information as well. He took what they told him and
compared it to what he had seen
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:02 PM
Looks like there were indeed several Ents who already had
witnessed the Orcs' treecutting, so Treebeard's discovery in the
movie was kinda... don't want to say "moot".
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:02 PM
the ent song
Varda Yesterday at 5:02 PM
It made him think!
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:02 PM
was that in the movie?
Varda Yesterday at 5:02 PM
heh
[5:03 PM]
hmm. I'm not sure if I'm remembering the animated or PJ's for the
song, or in my own head.
[5:03 PM]
I made up music for a lot of the poems in the book.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:04 PM
We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door ♪
Varda Yesterday at 5:04 PM
They sing themselves.
[5:04 PM]
Aye, that song is in my head. : )
When Treebeard started listing it all, he realized how it had
mounted up.
[5:05 PM]
Orcs daring to pass through his woods so freely.
Treebeard realized that Saruman was to blame and had been spying
out the ways through the woods, discovering secrets.
[5:06 PM]
Orcs are cutting down good trees, some left to rot as
Orc-mischief, but
the rest is going to Orthanc to feed the fires there so that a
constant smoke is over Isengard.
The reminders from the hobbits make him think about the
destruction of even singing groves and he becomes angry.
[5:07 PM]
I think he became so upset, because the anger is partly at
himself.
Since you have the book, you can see the wonderful description of
when he gets upset.
[5:08 PM]
Like me to type some of it here?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:08 PM
I'm leafing back, since I assume it's pre-moot.
Varda Yesterday at 5:08 PM
Aye, cause of the moot.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:08 PM
But feel free for those who have not the book in their hands :)
Varda Yesterday at 5:08 PM
This line is why I think he's angry with himself.
[5:08 PM]
"'...I have been idle. I
have let things slip. It must stop!'"
"Treebeard raised himself from his
bed with a jerk, stood up, and thumped his hand on the table.
The vessels of light trembled and
sent up two jets of flame.
There was a flicker like green fire
in his eyes, and his beard stood out stiff as a great besom.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Ah, found it :)
Varda Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Yay!
I had to look up "besom".
[5:10 PM]
"The term is now mostly reserved for a
traditional broom constructed from a bundle of twigs tied to a
stout pole."
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:10 PM
well i have to play tree and leaf you
Varda Yesterday at 5:10 PM
"In Scotland, besoms are still occasionally to
be found at the edge of forests where they are stacked for use in
early response to an outbreak of fire."
[5:10 PM]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besom
Besom
"A besom is a broom, a household implement used
for sweeping. The term is now mostly reserved for a traditional
broom constructed from a bundle of twigs tied to a stout pole. The
twigs used could be broom (i.e. Genista, from which comes the
modern name "broom" for the tool), heather or similar. The song
"Buy Broom Buzzems" from Northern England ..."
[5:10 PM]
Namarie, Arien. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:10 PM
Namarie, Arien!
Varda Yesterday at 5:10 PM
We are almost done, so you're not missing much more. : )
[5:11 PM]
Thought you'd like the Scottish reference though. : )
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:11 PM
hroom hroom yes me likes
Varda Yesterday at 5:11 PM
hehe
[5:11 PM]
Digression: Treebeard mentions that elves gave them the ability to
talk.
[5:11 PM]
Anyway, we are over the hour. : )
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:11 PM
Namarie :)
Varda Yesterday at 5:11 PM
the gavels march, singing the ent song
Namarie,Arien!
[5:12 PM]
takes them a minute to realize the hammerpad is rolling
alongside, humming it with them
whappity whappity whappity
[5:12 PM]
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After-meeting!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:12 PM
Gavels can't be hasty!
Varda Yesterday at 5:12 PM
hehe
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:12 PM
:)
Varda Yesterday at 5:13 PM
In a side note, our very own Treebeard is in the chat talk
channel. : )
[5:13 PM]
I need to see about making supper. : )
Maybe Ent-draught.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:13 PM
Hroom hroom hroom, a besom is a broom.
Varda Yesterday at 5:13 PM
Have to wondr what's in that ent-draught for it to shoot up like
flames.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:13 PM
Enjoy!
Varda Yesterday at 5:14 PM
Aye!
[5:14 PM]
Cheers : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:14 PM
Chlorophyll?
Varda Yesterday at 5:14 PM
Scary green pigment!
[5:14 PM]
I'll check out your gaming news after a bit!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:15 PM
Sure! I'll do my weekly wordle and stuff, then go hit up
hearthstone.. and then follow with the report
[5:15 PM]
*daily wordle
Varda Yesterday at 5:16 PM
: )
[5:17 PM]
O, here's an old article from our beginnings:
[5:17 PM]
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/articles/f/Fangorn/Fangorn.htm
Fangorn/Treebeard
Article on Tolkien's character, Fangorn.
[5:18 PM]
(Even has pictures.)
Namarie again!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:18 PM
Any pictures of besom-beard?
Varda Yesterday at 5:19 PM
Yeppers : )
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Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 6:28 PM
Personal gaming report:
[6:29 PM]
For (non)flashgaming, have some
https://www.kongregate.com/games/baba_s/economical
Kongregate
Economical
2D puzzle action game where saving coin is
important!
Aiming for a goal using items.
Make a way with blocks.
Break a block with a hammer.
etc...
Item is use...
[6:32 PM]
A puzzle platformer where you collect coins and spend them to
build rocks/platforms, or break rocks with hammers. Get through
the level, collect keys to unlock locks, and get to the flag.
You get higher scores/medals for having certain amounts of coins
remaining at the end of the level, so... be economical!
[6:33 PM]
Did i say flag? I meant treasure chest.
[6:38 PM]
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Blizzard gaming:
[6:39 PM]
Hearthstone:
Level 83 now on the reward track. Still 700 gold to go for the
mini set, which is now out, so maybe next week? If not, the week
after.
[6:40 PM]
Brawl is old but fun, murlocs Choose a class, get a few
class spells and a whole ton of random murlocs, as well as the
shaman quest to summon 10 of em.
[6:41 PM]
Some classes synergize better with them, like paladins, warlocks
and shamans, but since there's a lot of randomness abound, it's
possible to win with any quest. I've seen demon hunters, and won a
nice game myself as druid.
[6:44 PM]
For mercenaries, patch brought a lot of new ones. Tyrael came in
for free, to celebrate the Diablo: Immortal release, and there's a
whole bunch of other new mercs as well, such as several naga and
the league of explorers.
[6:45 PM]
After picking up Tyrael, I got a new nr 18 task on a mercenary
who's always been ahead on tasks compared to any other, for me,
which is Rathorian; why his last task took so long to show itself,
I don't know
[6:46 PM]
As I always try to complete a story task before doing an 18 task,
I dove into Blackrock Mountain bounties some more, killing 25
elementals for the quest and completing the Garr bounty.
[6:47 PM]
From the pack reward from the level 18 task, I got one of the new
mercs! A naga called Lord Slitherspear, this is actually a rare
occasion with a mercenary who's native to Hearthstone and hasn't
shown up in WoW.
[6:49 PM]
In fact, he's the only naga mercenary - out of 6 added in this
patch - to be Hearthstone only.
Still, I'm sure the others will come eventually
[6:50 PM]
And lo, he actually showed up in the task list the same day! I
didn't level many mercs this week, but did get the starting levels
on Slitherspear and Sky Admiral Rogers.
[6:51 PM]
*The next day.
Diablo:
as mentioned before, I can't get into Diablo: Immortal.
It's too bad, I wanted to reproduce my favorite ranged character
Caliona; after a ranger in Guild Wars, a hunter in WoW and a demon
hunter in Diablo 3, I was looking forward to sending her into
Immortal as the same and unlock that promotion reward set, only
available for a month after release.
[6:54 PM]
Since that month is after release "in your region", maybe there is
a chance that if we do eventually get the game, we'll have a
month.. but both of those are big ifs.
[6:57 PM]
But I did get into Diablo 3, to unlock the
Immortal-release-related pet and wings. Pet looks cute, a walking
blood rose, and the wings actually seem to suit the Necromancer's
Trag'oul set better than the Trag'oul wings you could unlock in
the first place.
[6:59 PM]
But that might just be my opinion
[6:59 PM]
WoW:
[7:00 PM]
In raiding, heroic Anduin's still a pain. We're starting to get
into the second intermission now though, so making progress.
The nerf coming with the patch... wasn't as helpful as we'd hoped.
Still, every bit helps.
[7:02 PM]
Hit honor level 95 through the weekly brawl
Weekly quest is world quests, always a nice change from instances
and battleground and the like.
Lets me fly all over the place doing a few WQs a day and
collecting lots of anima.
[7:04 PM]
Headed into Torghast, into the Twisting Corridors for the first in
a long time. Normally I do the available wings and adamant vaults,
but with the patch, all wings are now permanently available, so it
kinda removes any pressure to do what's available
[7:05 PM]
I like Twisting Corridors. 18 floors rather than 5, giving lots of
anima powers. Ended up with over 200k health, nearly 100 anima
powers, and more ridiculousness.
[7:06 PM]
But it takes rather more hours than I expected at my current gear,
though it didn't really feel difficult. I completed it on layer 5,
but will leave 6, 7 and 8 until later... it seems better to
abandon the whole of Torghast until I complete the story up to
Zereth Mortis (after getting my alts through the covenant
campaigns). So... this should give me a couple of extra hours a
week to alt.
[7:07 PM]
Finally, yes, more alting!
[7:09 PM]
Finished the tour of Oribos with my mage, Caldaera, and after
arriving at Bastion I switched to Alcaria, my paladin. Alc hasn't
leveled yet, but she's delved a bit further into Bastion now,
hitting a side questline which led to 2 other side questlines out
in the field Including helping a young Larion getting his
toys back!
[7:10 PM]
But yeah, Alcaria's close to 51 now... and we'll see what more of
Bastion next week brings!
And that's my report for the week
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 7:38 PM
namarie!
June 6, 2022
Eonwλ Valar Today at 12:42 AM
Heya all. Sorry I missed the meeting. Long day Saturday led into
Sunday.
@Sandalf13
The boys didn't learn anything like this in Boy Scouts.
Eonwλ Valar Today at 12:44 AM
In response to this, here's one I like:
"As iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth
the countenance of his friend."
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