Valar Guild

May 8, 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): (8)
    Discord:
Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Ioreth, Pallando, Sandalf13, Shelob, Varda (presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Web:

Gaming:
    World of Warcraft, Warcraft: Arclight Rumble, Lord of the Rings Online, Overwatch, Hearthstone, FFXIV 
Tolkien:
    Topic:
How the first chapter of the LotR snowballed from a simple start into what became one of the biggest stories that hit the market. (Discussion never started.)
After-meeting:
    (non)Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games Hearthstone and World of Warcraft.

 
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Before-meeting

Varda — Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Aiya

Eonw๋ Valar — Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Heya.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Aiya!

Varda — Yesterday at 4:02 PM
@Bounder Happy Mother's Day! and feel free to drop in for the meeting if only to say Hi!
[4:03 PM]
Aiya Eonwe and Phar : )
[4:03 PM]

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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:03 PM]
Membership:
[4:03 PM]
It's Mother's Day so we may have a lot of busy people out there. : )
[4:04 PM]
Ioreth is gaming in LotRO a bit despite having to fight cancer. Brave lady. : )

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:04 PM
Gaming's a good distraction.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:05 PM
Dis, after her husband's death, (Walda-V in the Valar Guild) is now in a long-term care place with 4 computers.
[4:05 PM]
But unfortunately Walda had changed all her passwords to something stronger then died surprisingly fast and didn't get to tell her the passwords.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:05 PM
Hallo! Aiya all!

Varda — Yesterday at 4:06 PM
She made a free to play account and is coming in anyway. And trying to get the passwords by help ticket and guessing
[4:06 PM]
Aiya Sandalf : )
[4:06 PM]
Sauron and Fangorn have attempted to stuff me with favorite foods and been so helpful all day! Thank you. : )
[4:07 PM]
Eowyn is online right now (Cenedra) and we have been chatting.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:07 PM
That's.. an awkward addition to an already tragic situation.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:07 PM
She too is a mother of a gamer. : )

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:07 PM
Happy Mother's day to everyone!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:07 PM
Happy mother's day to all mothers and all children of mothers so... yes, everyone.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:08 PM
Happy Mother's Day to the mothers in the guild and mothers of our guild folk!
[4:08 PM]
Fangorn just came by and waved at the screen. : )

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:09 PM
Wave back!

Varda — Yesterday at 4:09 PM
: )
[4:09 PM]
Any tales you folks would like to pass along? : )

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:11 PM
It was my birthday this friday!
[4:12 PM]
And as I recall, Fladrif (who has been online this week) has his birthday in 2 days from now.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Happy Birthday, Phar!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Thanks!

Varda — Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Happy pre-birthday to Fladrif : )

Eonw๋ Valar — Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Happy Brithday.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Did you pick out a good gift for yourself?

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:17 PM
Ah, sorry. Yes  A "new" game and I think I mentioned the dart flights already.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:18 PM
Wonderful/

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:18 PM
Said game dates from 2008 but part of a series I like

Varda — Yesterday at 4:18 PM
Grats : )

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:18 PM
Thanks
[4:19 PM]
And I got a book which is really a children's book, but the proceeds go to a good cause and one of the many co-authors is my celeb-crush so that's ok.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:19 PM
Two reasons, nice.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:20 PM
The stories in it still seem fun!

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:20 PM
Is the book inn Dutch or English?

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:20 PM
Dutch.
[4:20 PM]
Which, yes, is rare for me

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:21 PM
erg goed.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:21 PM
And it can always find a new home with a youngster for a birthday or Christmas or something. : )
[4:21 PM]

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Web:

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:21 PM
If I wish to part with it, yes

Varda — Yesterday at 4:21 PM
Nothing new at the moment.
[4:21 PM]

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Gaming:
[4:21 PM]
Eonwe, would you like the gavel for this part? It's shiny!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:22 PM
(nothing wrong with reading some children's literature if you're in a feel-good mood)

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:22 PM
Nothing wrong with that at all. I enjoyed reading each of the Harry Potter books when they first appeared, too.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:22 PM
I read some. That Hobbit book was also written with children in mind. : )  (With good vocabularies.)

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:23 PM
There you go

Varda — Yesterday at 4:23 PM
Aye, we have the whole set. Meriadoc-V started us with the first three and we kept going. : )

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:24 PM
Only seen the  movies, but still good fun even in my thirties.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:24 PM
Then of course, I almost have "Goodnight Moon" memorized. Now I can read it to my grandchildren.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:25 PM
Or recite it to them like an old-style story-teller!
[4:25 PM]
We saw the movies too. : )

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:25 PM
Yes indeed.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:25 PM
for added flavor, dress up as the Cryptkeeper when you do it.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:26 PM
The Cryptkeeper?

Varda — Yesterday at 4:26 PM
heh

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:27 PM
https://tftc.fandom.com/wiki/The_CryptKeeper
    Tales From the Crypt Wiki
    The CryptKeeper
    The Crypt Keeper (or Crypt-Keeper) is the on-camera puppet host of Tales From the Crypt. In the series, the CryptKeeper would appear in the opening segment and filled the role of storyteller...

Varda — Yesterday at 4:27 PM
Nightmare time for kids. I prefer Elvira. : )

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:28 PM
I do not think  I am that ugly yet.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:28 PM
Hence dressing up! Mask and all.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:28 PM
Elvira has got some great curves.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:29 PM
: )
[4:29 PM]
Eonwe will give us gaming news when he gets back. A bit of rl going on.

Eonw๋ Valar — Yesterday at 4:29 PM
I'm back

Varda — Yesterday at 4:29 PM
So if any of you have gaming news, feel free to chime in when he mentions.
[4:29 PM]
Aiyata : )

Eonw๋ Valar — Yesterday at 4:30 PM
Hantal :}
[4:30 PM]

Gaming:

World of Warcraft:
This week's Bonus Event: Burning Crusade Timewalking.
The PvP Brawl: Shadow-Pan Showdown runs through Tuesday, May 9th.
[4:30 PM]
For Burning Crusade Classic, Fury of the Sunwell begins May 12th. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23789253/burning-crusade-classic-face-the-fury-of-the-sunwell-on-may-12
    World of Warcraft
    Burning Crusade Classic: Face the Fury of the Sunwell on May 12 - WoW
    Get ready to join the Shattered Sun Offensive and face Kil'jaeden in Sunwell Plateau in the next content phase of Burning Crusade Classic, arriving May 12.

[4:30 PM]
Check out the WoW News and Development Updates. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23803782/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.

[4:30 PM]
Check out the latest hotfixes. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23770463/hotfixes-may-5-2022
    World of Warcraft
    Hotfixes: May 5, 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.

[4:31 PM]
Warcraft: Arclight Rumble:
Yes, that's the name of the game that was announced. Check it out the reveal, and then check out the official site.
--- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23802867/warcraft-arclight-rumble%E2%84%A2-revealed
    World of Warcraft
    Warcraftฎ Arclight Rumble™ Revealed! - WoW
    Get ready to engage in a dazzling new sensation that’s sweeping the inns and taverns across the land with this action-packed mobile strategy game— coming soon to Android and iOS devices.

--- https://warcraftrumble.blizzard.com/en-us/
    Warcraft Arclight Rumble
    Experience the true meaning of joyful chaos in Warcraft Arclight Rumble, a mobile action strategy game developed by Blizzard Entertainment.

[4:31 PM]
Lord of the Rings Online:
Update 33.0.2 came out this week. ---
https://www.lotro.com/update-notes/lotro-update-33-0-2-release-notes-en
    The Lord of the Rings Online
    Update 33.0.2 Release Notes
    Here are the Release Notes for Update 33.0.2: The Yondershire, released on May 4, 2022.

Overwatch:
There's a Developer Blog up for Week 1 of the Overwatch 2 PvP Beta. ---
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/23801625/overwatch-2-pvp-beta-week-1-developer-blog/
    Overwatch
    Overwatch 2 PvP Beta: Week 1 Developer Blog
    An update from the team about what we’re learning from the Overwatch 2 PvP Beta!

[4:32 PM]
Hearthstone:
A patch is coming May 10th, and with it the first Battlegrounds season, Rise of the Naga. ---
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23784374/prepare-for-the-rise-of-the-naga
    Prepare for the Rise of the Naga
    Prepare for Hearthstone’s Inaugural Battlegrounds Season, Rise of the Naga, coming soon!

[4:32 PM]
That's it for my gaming news.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:32 PM
Arclight seems kinda fun, I might try it. As long as it's decently free-to-playable.
[4:32 PM]
I'd like for them to also give us a pc version, but if not, I think there's ways around it. Something called Bluestacks or something?

Varda — Yesterday at 4:33 PM
Thanks Eonwe and Phar : )
[4:33 PM]
LotRO active players in the kin branches for this week:
Landroval server:
Dis
Elwing
Eonwe
Eowyn
Fangorn
Ioreth
Nar
Tulkas
Varda

Anor server:
Eonwe
Fangorn
Varda

Shadowfax server:
Varda

Treebeard server:
Varda

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:33 PM
"Don't you guys have pho-"

Ioreth — Yesterday at 4:33 PM
I've been playing FFXIV

Varda — Yesterday at 4:33 PM
Ahh, thanks Ioreth. How do you like it?

Ioreth — Yesterday at 4:34 PM
It's OK. You only need one character to do all the classes, so that is fun

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:35 PM
Evening!

Varda — Yesterday at 4:35 PM
Economical in play, I guess.
[4:35 PM]
Aiya Shelob : )

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:35 PM
Aiya Shelob!

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:35 PM
I've been playing FFXIV as well!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:35 PM
Aiya!

Varda — Yesterday at 4:36 PM
How are you liking it?

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:36 PM
And while eventually you'll run out of quests to do on your single character, there's plenty of level specific leves that will yield a ton of experience.
[4:37 PM]
And as far as I can tell, the leves are not limited to anything either, except how many you can have accepted at the same time.

Ioreth — Yesterday at 4:37 PM
there are crafting and regular ones

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:37 PM
Crafting, gathering and battle.
[4:38 PM]
And there's guild leves and company leves (sort of the faction you choose when you complete your lvl 20 story quest.
Which, imho, is the only reason why you might want multiple characters, since there are 3 factions.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:39 PM
Well, that works too.

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:39 PM
And it's kind of fun to dive into a world that connects at least some of the lore of the FF genre.

Ioreth — Yesterday at 4:40 PM
It has a nice story line

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:43 PM
Yeah definitely!

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Varda — Yesterday at 4:43 PM
Does anyone have a Tolkien topic they'd like to try tonight?
[4:44 PM]

Tolkien:
[4:44 PM]
In the LotR, the first chapter starts slow and starts snowballing.
[4:45 PM]
And leads us right into one of the most popular stories out there.

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Actual
After-meeting begins:

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:45 PM
I have a quick update on membership. I broke my ankle again.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Alas.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Shelob, quit that!

Ioreth — Yesterday at 4:45 PM
I'm sorry

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Good thing you have 8 of them.

1

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Same ankle?

Varda — Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Spiders should not use roller skates.

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Same ankle, same bone, same break.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Eek.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Oy Weh.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Weak spot.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:46 PM
How long to heal?

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Another 3 months at the least.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:46 PM
ugh

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:46 PM
I say again, oy Weh.
[4:47 PM]
"Oy" is sort of universal now...Weh = "woe."
[4:49 PM]
Make sure to take plenty of Vitamin D3....it really helps. When I broke one of my metatarsals two years ago, it took about two months to heal...but the Doc said to start D3, and it really helped speed the healing process.

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:49 PM
Isn't "Oy veh" yiddish for "oh crap"?

Pallando-Valar — Yesterday at 4:49 PM
Aiya

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:49 PM
One translation, yes. But "Weh" is also perfect German, where it does in fact mean "woe." Another close expression is "Weh ist mir," or "woe is me."

Varda — Yesterday at 4:49 PM
Aiya Blue Wizard!

Arien  Valar — Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Aiya

Pallando-Valar — Yesterday at 4:50 PM
I am in the land of ice and fire.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Aiya!

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Isn't 'weh' pain though? As in, 'es tut mir weh'? 'it hurts me'

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Aiya! Icleand?

Arien  Valar — Yesterday at 4:50 PM
it is Sandalf

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Both. Weh is an all purpose word, it seems.

Arien  Valar — Yesterday at 4:51 PM
Woe to me would be as similar to Alas?

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:51 PM
A bit of weh goes a long way.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:51 PM
Ha ha ha.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:52 PM
Es tut mir leid is how I heard it.

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:52 PM
That's 'I'm sorry'

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:52 PM
Did you collect any rocks, Pallando? I would love to get my hands on some real Iceland specimens....my ship never stopped there on our North Atlantic cruises.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:52 PM
Literally that does me pain, but used as I'm sorry

Pallando-Valar — Yesterday at 4:53 PM
I have no rocks as of yet, but we're going out tomorrow
[4:53 PM]
Either the southern loop or the golden circle.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:53 PM
I thought that "Es tut mir Leid" meant literally "it does to me sorrow," because "leiden" is "to suffer."

@Varda
Literally that does me pain, but used as I'm sorry
Shelob — Yesterday at 4:53 PM
True! But leid is never used as 'pain' in that context.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:53 PM
Thank you

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:53 PM
If you mail me some small specimens, i will pay for the postage! Wow!

Varda — Yesterday at 4:54 PM
Silly German class, heh.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:56 PM
I chatted this morning with one of my German host-sons. I write in German, he writes back in English....good practice for us both. One of my other four loved America so much that he went to school here, and then headed to Ohio State U. for a PhD in history...he is now finishing that up.
[4:56 PM]
He is now married and has one daughter. Life moves so fast.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:57 PM
It does. : )

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:57 PM
I hope to visit with him and his family in August.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:57 PM
Cool : )

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:58 PM
It moves rather slow if you're sitting at home with a broken ankle.

Varda — Yesterday at 4:58 PM
Game!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:58 PM
I hope it doesn't pass you by, Shel!

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:58 PM
At least it's not as bad as last time!
[4:58 PM]
This time I knew it was bad and went to the hospital to have it checked out immediately.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:59 PM
Can you manage to work at home via internet?

Varda — Yesterday at 4:59 PM
Experience

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:59 PM
Some things you wish you didn't need experience for.

Shelob — Yesterday at 4:59 PM
I'm in school.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:00 PM
Even better.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:00 PM
That's worse. No online classes anymore.
[5:00 PM]
Thankfully!

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:00 PM
But isn't summer vacation just about here?

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:00 PM
In 6 more weeks plus 2 exam weeks. Yes.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:01 PM
That's still 2 months. "Just about" seems a bit premature

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:01 PM
That's an entire block of courses still to go.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:01 PM
I was thinking of our local college...they are in final exam week right now.
[5:02 PM]
A two-semester system....Aug thru Dec, then Jan through May.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:02 PM
We also have 2 semesters.... but those are then again subdivided into 2 more semesters each.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:02 PM
Ah! Now I see, said the blind man.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:03 PM
So... quadrimesters, I guess.
[5:03 PM]
Besides, exam period is also here as well... but only for final year high schoolers.
[5:03 PM]
Not uni.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:05 PM
Speaking of college, I made the big decision to attend thge 50th  Reunion of my graduating class from Lafayette College. I graduated in 1971, but the 1970, 1971 reunions were cancelled due to Covid, so we are having a joint reunion with 1972...three classes will be represented. I booked a room in one of the old dorms that was there even when I was. June 9 - 11th.

Varda — Yesterday at 5:05 PM
Sounds great and long-awaited. : )
[5:05 PM]
We have reached the hour.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:06 PM
Aren't those just... trimesters, Shel?

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:06 PM
A lifetime of doing geology...and I still love it. I am so lucky.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:06 PM
Trimester is 3 periods, Phar.

Varda — Yesterday at 5:06 PM
the gavel hops to the shelf to celebrate on the other side of the wall.
[5:06 PM]
After-meeting!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:06 PM
No, a trimester is 3 months, isn't it? Semester is 6 months.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:06 PM
I guess Tolkien time got supplanted by 'gezellige' chat.

Varda — Yesterday at 5:07 PM
: )
[5:07 PM]
Namarie!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:07 PM
A quadrimester would be a period of 4 months.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:07 PM
You are correct Phar.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:07 PM
Namarie, Varda!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:07 PM
Namarie!

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:07 PM
But it's also used to denote a year in the life of a student.
NEW
[5:08 PM]
Which is probably why it's been supplanted as 'three times a year'
[5:08 PM]
'Muricans'.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Huh, I never knew that. I figured semester = 1 half of a year, even if said "year" isn't a full 12 months, and in same thought, a trimester would be originally 3 months but now used for 1 fourth of a study year.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Not entirely.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:09 PM
I think there are too many variations of what a semester is to count...

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:09 PM
It's 1/3rd of a study year.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Never too old to learn, then

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:09 PM
A trimester is also any of the three periods into which the school or college year is sometimes divided.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Quarter (Latin: quartarius, lit. 'fourth part of a measure') used in American English to refer to one of four terms into which the academic year is divided at some universities.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:09 PM
According to the cambridge dictionary.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:10 PM
Very well. 4 quarters.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:10 PM
When I taught at the local community college, we were one a quarter system: Fall,  Winter, Spring, and Summer. It worked out very nicely.
[5:11 PM]
Each "quarter" was about 10 weeks.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:14 PM
Yeah, that's how it's divided here. 7 for lessons, 2 for exams, and 1 for random stuff.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:15 PM
That random stuff sounds interesting.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:15 PM
Best part of the curriculum, random stuff!

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:15 PM
Well, it could be resits, a buffer week, or entirely non-existent.
[5:15 PM]
hence my characterisation of random. You'll never know what it's going to be.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:16 PM
10th week's like a box of chocolates.
[5:16 PM]
You expect it to be full of random stuff but then it turns out there's actually nothing in it.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:16 PM
If you don't know what's in the darn box of chocolates, you bought the wrong box.

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:19 PM
Sounds like "life is like a box of chocolates" - Tom Hanks.
[5:20 PM]
Forest Gump.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:21 PM
That was the idea

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:21 PM
Sorry. I am a little slow in the uptake.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:21 PM
that's fine

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:22 PM
Es tut mir Leid.

Arien  Valar — Yesterday at 5:22 PM
You never know what you get

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:23 PM
That is why I like picking out my chocolates piece-by-piece at a good candy store...I know what I am getting.

@Sandalf13
Sorry. I am a little slow in the uptake.
Shelob — Yesterday at 5:24 PM
So was Forrest Gump. He definitely bought the wrong boxes.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:25 PM
There was also a running theme in one of the Discworld novels about how a box of chocolates has a lot of good stuff but there's also the occasional nougat.
As in the box, as in life

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:25 PM
Yum on the nougat!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:25 PM
Heh, yes, the main character didn't care for it though

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:28 PM
Yes, but Rincewind might have been even slower on the uptake than Forrest was. Wizzard.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:28 PM
In this case it was Susan Sto Helit, though.

Shelob — Yesterday at 5:29 PM
Susan slow whatnow?

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:29 PM
Death's granddaughter.
[5:31 PM]
And I'm not sure if I'd call Rincewind truly slow on the uptake. He had a few less fluent areas, but seemed to quickly grasp many things and he was rather more cynical than Forrest  In fact, I'd say the rest of the faculty - Ponder Stibbons excluded - was rather slower than Rincewind.

Pallando-Valar — Yesterday at 5:39 PM
Rincewind knew exactly when to start running (always, mostly). Very fast on the uptake really.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:39 PM
Hehe, yes.

Arien  Valar — Yesterday at 5:41 PM
i ll run upstairs i fear

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:41 PM
Run, Forrest, run!

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:41 PM
Namarie, Arien! Ich hoffe, dass du eine gute Nacht hast! Sei gesund!

Arien  Valar — Yesterday at 5:42 PM
thanks Sandalf :)#
[5:42 PM]
Be safe every one and Namarie !

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:50 PM
Namarie Arien!

Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:50 PM
I too must go....The Telegraph Mill calls, and I still have some work to do to wrap up the weekend...It was 30 degs. F Thursday, tomorrow will be 94 Degs. F. One must be hardy to live here! Namarie, all!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:51 PM
Good luck!
[5:51 PM]
And namarie

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Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 6:47 PM
Perrrsonal gaming report
[6:47 PM]
For (non)flashgaming, here's an inventive one I can't help but play again every time it comes up
[6:49 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/FractalSunrise/knight-errant is a chess-like game where you play a lone knight having to knight-move your way across a battlefield, battling all opposite pieces along the way. Some interesting "boss" stages along the way!
    Kongregate
    Knight-errant
    A chess knight#39s little adventure.

[6:49 PM]
Very beautifully set up, with good music as well. Enjoy!
[6:51 PM]

As an aside mention, as said earlier, I've got a new game, bought for myself for my birthday. As a fan of the old Dungeon Siege series, I don't know how I hadn't found out about this 14 year old game before, but it's called Space Siege, which is similar gameplay but on a space station, and some new features that should be fun to explore!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 7:08 PM
Blizzard gaming:

Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 7:55 PM
Hearthstone:
58 on the reward track now. Did not get demon hunter to 60 yet, but he's close.
[7:55 PM]
Got enough gold to buy another card back, In a Dark Wood, tied to the Witchwood expansion.
1 card back to go!
[7:56 PM]
Brawl is Cloneball, where each player gets random legendaries, 4 of each, and the occasional card to make them cheaper.
Much randomness!
[7:58 PM]
For mercenaries, got a whole bunch of levels including starting up Wrathion and Murky, but no new max levels.
[7:59 PM]
Also a new merc pack through a task, which got me a portrait for Xyrella.
WoW:
[8:00 PM]
Raiding continues, as we're making heroic progress, defeating the Oracle and the Prototype Pantheon.
[8:01 PM]
Weekly is timewalks, where I got a sporebat soulshape, looks very nice
[8:02 PM]
Also children's week was this week! Got the last pet from the BfA version, Mr. Crabs.
Only took 4 years
[8:04 PM]
Between more RL stuff - including a birthday, and a barbecue at the workplace the day after - as well as catching up on more Dragonflight stuff, I haven't had time for alt. There's always next week!
And that's my report for the week
[8:05 PM]
namarie!

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