October 9, 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,
Pallando, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Web:
Tolkien Site /Articles/ Papers:
"Denethor
as Macbeth: The Tragedy of the Last Ruling Steward of Gondor"
by Sandalf13-(T). Posted Oct 3.
Gaming:
Lord of
the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Diablo 2:
Resurrected, Eve
Online
The
State of Valar Gaming report
Tolkien:
Topic:
What happened to the Fellowship after the War of the Ring?
Where
to next for the Valar Guild?
Arien's suggestion:
After-meeting:
(non)Flashgaming
Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.
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Before-meeting
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 11:37 AM
Wonderful! I just got in from the Coffee House (the CoHo), where I
had to update my monthly financial statements. That always seems
to take a long time. It is another unbelievably beautiful day
today, so I will do a few minutes on the piano, then do my daily
exercises and go out for a long bike ride (over one hour). I got a
good run in yesterday, and I only run every other day now..so I go
for a long bike ride on the "off" days. Hope you have a lovely
afternoon/evening, and I will see you later at the meeting! Sei
gesund!
[11:37 AM]
Varda Yesterday at 12:16 PM
Aiya folks : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 12:18 PM
Aiya Varda!
Varda Yesterday at 12:39 PM
Aiya Sandalf : )
Varda Yesterday at 12:53 PM
I need to restart this computer
Varda Yesterday at 1:05 PM
Back
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 1:53 PM
Just got back from my one hour + bike ride. The weather here is
too beautiful...it can't be real. This morning it was about 49
Grad F, but it has warmed up to 74. Very dry...need to put
chapstick on while riding or running....clear blue sky, slight
wind. I wonder if this is what heaven is like.
[1:55 PM]
I will wash up and head over to Costco for some salad fixings,
pop, etc. Need to get ready for the Valar Guild this afternoon! I
may go to a local Panera so I can attend the meeting someplace
different today.
Varda Yesterday at 2:10 PM
Sounds fun : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 3:57 PM
Aiya all!
Varda Yesterday at 4:00 PM
Aiya and Happy 25th Anniversary
[4:01 PM]
@Bounder Final meeting of the 25th Anniversary chat marathon! Come
say hi, chat gaming and Tolkien.
[4:01 PM]
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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:01 PM]
Membership:
[4:01 PM]
Good to see you, Phar. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:02 PM
You too!
Varda Yesterday at 4:03 PM
The chat marathon continues through the end of this meeting, for
credit as one that helped with it on the Anniversary page. Hey,
it's not gold, but it's credit. ; )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:04 PM
Hallo! Aiya all!
Varda Yesterday at 4:04 PM
Aiya Sandalf
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:04 PM
Aiya!
Varda Yesterday at 4:04 PM
If anyone would like to mention membership news, now is good!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:05 PM
Got my official invite, leading to getting my fourth vaccine
tomorrow
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:05 PM
Got my 5th shot Friday!
[4:06 PM]
Good luck with your 4th shot! For some reason, the last shot hurt
a tad bit more than the others....Moderna.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:08 PM
I think my confirmation mentioned something new...
[4:08 PM]
Something called Comirnaty.
[4:12 PM]
...Or maybe that's just the official name for Pfizer/Biontech
Varda Yesterday at 4:12 PM
(Any sign of Sunshine?)
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:13 PM
Hmm, hang on, I'm not on bnet right now...
Varda Yesterday at 4:13 PM
No worries.
[4:14 PM]
I am happy to say that Ioreth, despite cancer, is still posting on
Facebook. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:14 PM
Arien poked.
Varda Yesterday at 4:14 PM
Alatar was hoping to come by here on Discord during the marathon,
but timing for the meeting may be tough.
[4:15 PM]
Thanks!
Dis was gaming on LotRO, but says being on Discord at the same
time knocks her out of the game. She's grabbing her playtime
chance while she can!
[4:16 PM]
Letting folks here know for a feeling of touching base with other
members.
[4:17 PM]
On to
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Web News:
[4:17 PM]
On October 3rd, we posted Sandalf's:
"Denethor as Macbeth: The Tragedy of the Last Ruling Steward of
Gondor"
[4:18 PM]
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/papers/Sandalf13/5DenethorMacbeth.htm
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:18 PM
ponders wasn't there also something about walking trees in
Macbeth?
Varda Yesterday at 4:18 PM
This is really good for putting all the Denethor info in one
place.
There was!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:19 PM
That is included in Chapter 5.
Varda Yesterday at 4:19 PM
JRRT read that and was annoyed that there were no walking trees
and made ones that really did. : )
So annoy your writers to pick up some fun stories? : )
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:19 PM
Heya.
Varda Yesterday at 4:20 PM
Aiya Fionwe : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:20 PM
Aiya Eonwe!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:20 PM
Aiya!
Varda Yesterday at 4:20 PM
By chapter 5, he means the link posted above, in case anyone is
confused.
[4:21 PM]
Anyway, if you need to know anything about Denethor, that's a
piece to go check!
Contents page at the top, in hopes that it helps.
[4:22 PM]
He has more in my email pipeline, so something to look forward to!
(more articles)
On the Forum,
[4:23 PM]
in case someone hasn't posted their Happy Anniversary comment, the
thread is here:
https://valarguild.proboards.com/thread/1679/happy-25th-anniversary-valar-guild
Happy 25th Anniversary to the Valar Guild, for
2022! | Valar Guild
Happy Anniversary number 25, here in 2022.
One-quarter of a century, gang! Congratulations! Feel free to add
to the Anniversary page all through October. T
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:23 PM
Geologists are like their chosen field....very slow
moving....almost sloth-like in their speed. It took a while to get
other geologists to review Chapter 32. Sorry.
Varda Yesterday at 4:23 PM
Chapter 3?
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:23 PM
Yes.
Varda Yesterday at 4:23 PM
No worries. My programming is glacial.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:24 PM
Not hardly, as they say.
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONFj7AYgbko
YouTube
Disney Movies
Zootopia | DMV (Flash)
Varda Yesterday at 4:24 PM
hehehehe
[4:25 PM]
That is my coding. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:25 PM
Heh, I liked that scene
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:26 PM
i am here
Varda Yesterday at 4:26 PM
I love the laugh! : )
yay, Arien!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:26 PM
The sloth does sound like some geologists I know discussing rapid
plate motions.
Varda Yesterday at 4:27 PM
hehehehe
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:27 PM
Aiya Arien!
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:27 PM
aiya Sandalf
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:27 PM
Tis an impressive geologist indeed to move slower than continental
drift.
Varda Yesterday at 4:27 PM
: )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:27 PM
You got that right....
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:27 PM
And Aiya Arien!
Varda Yesterday at 4:27 PM
Another bit of web news would come from Eonwe!
[4:28 PM]
And let him segue right into Gaming. ; )
Fire when ready, Eonwe!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:28 PM
Gridley?
Varda Yesterday at 4:28 PM
Exactly what I was thinking, yes. : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:29 PM
Damn the torpedoes....full speed ahead.
Varda Yesterday at 4:29 PM
Eonwe is on the wing, as in winging it. He has a lot to tell us!
He's done a ton.
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:29 PM
Lord of the Rings
Online:
Check out the preview of a zone coming in Before the Shadow:
Swanfleet. ---
https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-before-the-shadow-swanfleet-en
The Lord of the Rings Online
Before the Shadow: Swanfleet
Prepare to explore the region of Swanfleet in
Before the Shadow!
Varda Yesterday at 4:29 PM
I meant web news, heh, but ok.
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:30 PM
World of Warcraft:
Sorry. One sec.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:30 PM
Now picturing Eonwe moving subjects as slowly as the sloth.
Varda Yesterday at 4:30 PM
Go ahead and finish up gaming, no worries. Keep it all together
[4:31 PM]
He's tired. : )
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:33 PM
Arg,...
Varda Yesterday at 4:33 PM
Hey, folks will enjoy the pics in any case. : )
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:33 PM
This week's Bonus Event: Shadowlands Dungeons.
The PvP Brawl: Comp Stomp runs through Tuesday, October 11th.
The Torghast Event: Beasts of Prodigum is running until Tuesday,
October 11th.
The Great Gnomeregan Run is today.
Varda Yesterday at 4:34 PM
Gnomeregan!
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:34 PM
Naxxramas, The Eye of Eternity, and Obsidium Sanctum are now live
in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23837381/wrath-classic-naxxramas-eye-of-eternity-and-obsidian-sanctum-now-live
World of Warcraft
Wrath Classic: Naxxramas, Eye of Eternity and
Obsidian Sanctum Now ...
The first three Wrath of the Lich King raid
dungeons are now open for intrepid groups of 10 or 25 adventurers!
There's an overview for the major factions in Dragonflight
available. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23823105/dragonflight-major-factions-overview
World of Warcraft
Dragonflight: Major Factions Overview - WoW
Dragonflight ushers in a unique way to progress
with Major Factions. Earn Reputation to unlock Renown ranks and
access to rewards when you assist denizens of the Dragon Isles.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:34 PM
Did my yearly gnomeregan run with the little pinkhaired warlock.
Only time of year she gets to go out.
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:35 PM
Check out the Warcraft News and Development Notes. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23823106/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.
[4:35 PM]
Check out the latest hotfixes. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23800887/hotfixes-october-7-2022
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: October 7, 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.
[4:35 PM]
Diablo 2: Resurrected:
There's been some hotfixes listed in the 2.5 patch notes. ---
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo2/23827590/diablo-ii-resurrected-patch-2-5-now-live
Diablo II: Resurrected Patch 2.5 Now Live
Terror Zones are now live in Diablo II: Resurrected! Experience
this new feature in all expansion-enabled online games now and on
October 6 when Ladder Season Two begins.
[4:37 PM]
For news that crosses the Membership/Web/Gaming borders: The GSMU
has been completed and the new data is up. Please check your
gaming information to make sure it's correct
Varda Yesterday at 4:37 PM
Massive effort there! Thank you, Eonwe!
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:37 PM
The State of Valar
Gaming for 2022 has also been put up:
https://valarguild.org/gaming/news/state-of-valar-gaming-2022
The Valar Guild Games Site
Valar Guild Games Site
Highlights:
Varda Yesterday at 4:38 PM
(the State is also linked to the Anniversary pg)
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:38 PM
Last year we had 162 members playing 27 games. Now it's 162
playing 22 games.
Varda Yesterday at 4:38 PM
More focused, sounds like.
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:39 PM
LotRO is stil our most played game.
WoW went down and now ties for second place with Starcraft 2.
That's it from me.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:40 PM
Poor old WoW. You won't lose me yet, game!
Varda Yesterday at 4:41 PM
Thank you, Eonwe!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:41 PM
4 WoWers... that'd be me, Eonwe, Arien and... Shelob, perhaps?
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:42 PM
I was going to check, but apparently an error got into the data
table somewhere so now I have to go digging for it.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:42 PM
Yeah, I tried to check myself
Varda Yesterday at 4:43 PM
Shelob ought to be here to speak for itself anyway. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:43 PM
I figured my browser just had a loading problem.
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:43 PM
The fourth is probably Melkor, actually.
And Arien didn't respond.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:43 PM
Aha.
gasp
Varda Yesterday at 4:44 PM
We of course have no idea that she plays WoW and LotRO... ;
)
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:44 PM
Melkor
Varda Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Celebrian said she intends to email you.
[4:45 PM]
Good to hear Melkor is still gaming!
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:45 PM
oh right
Varda Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Slacker. ; )
[4:47 PM]
(I pause when seeing someone typing.)
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:47 PM
oh i haven t seen him actually ... i just was
playing wow to be honest and saw that you
mentioned my name and the first thing i typesd was Melkor
because i thoughtr you said ev erybody who is here say
Melkor
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:47 PM
BTW - can one E-Mail from Valinor back to Middle-earth? ha ha
Varda Yesterday at 4:48 PM
hehe - I would love to see Melkor again and his gang of Melkorrim.
But they haven't been on LotRO lately.
[4:48 PM]
Valinor uses Discord! See? I'm here typing.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:48 PM
Melkor and his gang sounds ominous.
Varda Yesterday at 4:48 PM
The Melkorrim!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:48 PM
His gang of seven? Or is it nine?
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:49 PM
I saw Dis and Nar though last week:)
Varda Yesterday at 4:49 PM
He has three sons and a mess of grandkids that used to game with
us. So "Melkorrim".
Very good!
They are daily regulars on LotRO! Kudos!
(Nar and Dis)
[4:50 PM]
Good that you were on at the same time. : )
I keep missing Thranduil. Think we were on at the same time once,
heh.
Anyway, more news for LotRO:
Lord of the Rings Online players that were in kin this past week:
Landroval
(RP-encouraged, regular server, level to 140):
Arien
Dis
Eonwe
Fangorn
Lenwe
Marigold
Morwe
Nar
Thranduil
Varda
Crickhollow (regular server,
level to 140):
Eonwe
Fangorn
Varda
Shadowfax server (fast,
difficulty slider server, VIP only, level to 105):
Varda
Treebeard server (slow,
difficulty slider server, VIP only, level to 65):
Varda
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Every time you try to reach him, the lights go out and he goes to
a different spot!
Varda Yesterday at 4:51 PM
We have a place in the swamps like that, for the dwarves we're
trying to find.
[4:52 PM]
Any other general web news?
[4:52 PM]
./facepalm. Gaming news, I mean?
[4:54 PM]
On to
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Tolkien!
[4:54 PM]
So the topic is: Where to next?
[4:54 PM]
In the Lord of the Rings, what happened to the Fellowship
members after the War of the Rings?
[4:54 PM]
Aragorn
Boromir (well, maybe not him. How
about his brother, Faramir?)
Frodo
Gandalf
Gimli
Legolas
Merry
Pippin
Sam
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:56
PM
aragorn turned into king elessar
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:56 PM
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1313
"He gets the uber-sword, the kingdom, the hot elf wife, and we get
to be his handyman and his gardener?"
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:56 PM
Strider i mean:)
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:57 PM
Sam sailed, Pippin palavered, Merry mingled, Legolas left, Gimli
grabbed gold, Gandalf googled, Frodo fantasized, and Aragorn
abjured.
Varda Yesterday at 4:57 PM
hehehehe
The laugh can go to both Phar and Sandalf : )
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:58 PM
Frodo became mayor for a month and book author in
Hobbiton before he tried to sneak off to valinor
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 4:58 PM
Sam lasted a lot longer as mayor, at least.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:58 PM
Gandalf helped him not to sneak off to valinor
Varda Yesterday at 4:58 PM
Frodo wanted peace and quiet at home after all his adventuring.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:59 PM
and went with him
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:59 PM
Alas. No one could carry the Ring and ever completely be at peace.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:59 PM
understandable varda , Varda
Varda Yesterday at 4:59 PM
Thus the trip to Valinor.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:01 PM
Gimli , now Gimli is interesting, went
wandering with Legolas , returned
to erebor , maybe did some leftover cleaning work in
various lands and eventually was picked up by
Legolas to sail west as well
Varda Yesterday at 5:02 PM
I liked the kindness of letting Merry and Pippin and Sam be
together to give a farewell to Frodo and journey home together.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:02 PM
My first story on the Valar Guild, "Das Buch," deals with Sam's
decision to go to Valinor after he read a note from Frodo...but it
was a snail mail letter, left in Estel's handwritten copy of The
Tale of Luthien and Beren, that he gave to Bilbo.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:02 PM
As I recall, 5 of the Fellowship ended up sailing away. That's
more than half!
Varda Yesterday at 5:02 PM
Gimli also was Lord of the Glittering Caves.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:02 PM
He did some mining there. Mithril, I suspect (Chapter 3).
Varda Yesterday at 5:03 PM
Soon!(tm)
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:03 PM
His good buddy Legolas was not too far away in Ithilien...
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:04 PM
As was Faramir. I bet they got along well.
Varda Yesterday at 5:04 PM
Legolas took a group of elves from Mirkwood to the forest of
Ithilien to heal it, aye.
And yes, those two should have teamed well.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:04 PM
One of the cutest fan artist drawings that I saw was the adult
Faramir meeting a very young Faramir, son of Pippin.
Varda Yesterday at 5:05 PM
Oh, that would be fun. : )
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:06 PM
of course how could i forget Aglarond
Pallando-Valar Yesterday at 5:06 PM
Aiya
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:06 PM
aiya Pallando
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:06 PM
Aiya!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:06 PM
Aiya Pallando!
Varda Yesterday at 5:06 PM
Pallando! Aiya!
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:07 PM
that is very cute :d
Varda Yesterday at 5:07 PM
Pardon, Sandalf, but since that's not a direct url, could you give
credit to the artist?
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:07 PM
But were the glittering caves of Aglarond carved out of limestone
and dolomite, or where they formed in an granitic environment?
Either one presents significant geologic hurdles.
[5:08 PM]
Oy weh. I will have to do some research on that. I downloaded the
image for my personal collection, and did not copy down the
artist. I will have to find it so I can amend my error.
Varda Yesterday at 5:08 PM
It shows some info on the url that comes up from the Discord copy
[5:09 PM]
argh
[5:09 PM]
you_must_be_faramir____by_heartsart_d517pa5-fullview.jpg
[5:10 PM]
That's the last part, should help us find the artist. : )
[5:11 PM]
got it:
[5:11 PM]
https://www.deviantart.com/heartsart/art/You-must-be-Faramir-304369853
[5:11 PM]
Ok, now we can move on. : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:11 PM
https://www.deviantart.com/heartsart/art/You-must-be-Faramir-304369853
I got it too. Thanks!
Varda Yesterday at 5:12 PM
Yay us!
[5:12 PM]
Well done. : )
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 5:13 PM
Member Tables fixed: WoW players are Eonwe, Melkor, Alatar,
Pharazon.
Varda Yesterday at 5:13 PM
On the geology thing, it was below a strong fort. So would
granitic make better sense?
[5:13 PM]
And it was on a large area of plains, so that could cause
conniptions.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:13 PM
Thanks Eonwe, curiosity satisfied
Varda Yesterday at 5:13 PM
Way to go, Eonwe!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:13 PM
That is what I think, but the geologic problem (reality, if you
will) is that Caves DO NOT generally form in igneous rocks, if at
all!
[5:14 PM]
Lots of glittering minerals....but no caves.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:14 PM
Maybe it was a large geode?
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:14 PM
Limdstones and dolomites...lot of caves, not any glittering
minerals.
[5:15 PM]
Now that is something to think about....it would have to be huge,
though....
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:15 PM
Indeed!
Varda Yesterday at 5:17 PM
Glittering minerals. Need what for that? Mica? And it would need
to be huge.
[5:17 PM]
How about volcanic caverns?
[5:18 PM]
Wow, that sounds like a problem. One or the other.
We are at the hour.
I did want to ask one more thing while you're all here.
[5:19 PM]
For the Valar Guild, where to next?
We are working on improving the website, so that's happening.
[5:20 PM]
What would you like to see to improve our gaming side?
[5:22 PM]
Guess the ones who might answer that would be Arien and Eonwe.
We can talk about it another time, after mulling it over a bit.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:22 PM
Well, I'd like to see Fladrif back in WoW, but that's not
something easily fixed
Varda Yesterday at 5:22 PM
Perhaps something you'd like to see on the Tolkien Site? More of?
Change? Different color scheme? Other? : )
[5:23 PM]
Does Flad play Hearthstone with you? He used to be in Second Life?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:23 PM
Actually I met him in Hearthstone a few days ago, spectated a few
of his games for fun.
Varda Yesterday at 5:24 PM
Great! : )
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:24 PM
Yep, always fun
Varda Yesterday at 5:25 PM
Ok, well, feel free to offer suggestions anytime on how to improve
your guild. : )
[5:25 PM]
Maybe we can figure something out.
[5:26 PM]
Any other comments, requests for materials or invites, et cetera?
[5:26 PM]
the gavel bounces slowly over to the hammerpad
they circle each other rhythmically, in a dance
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:26 PM
Is it a regulation gavel?
Varda Yesterday at 5:27 PM
the bow causes a...
thunk!
top
After-meeting!
[5:27 PM]
eyes gavel
May-be.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:27 PM
Like in that video, "Here Come the Geologists," one would not want
to get caught using a non-regulation gavel.
Varda Yesterday at 5:28 PM
Right!
[5:28 PM]
That was a fun video. : )
We are now officially unofficial!
Free time to eat, sleep, game, write, ride bicycles, or what have
you. : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:28 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NU51lJIdrg&ab_channel=TheAmoebaPeople
YouTube
The Amoeba People
The Geologists Are Coming!
Varda Yesterday at 5:28 PM
heh
or re-watch a video : )
[5:31 PM]
http://www.theamoebapeople.com/
The Amoeba People
The Amoeba People
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:32 PM
As long as we're on videos, I'll give a relevant scene from a
movie that's infamously any geologist's nightmare... The Core.
[5:32 PM]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-PAimSAL08
YouTube
Movieclips
The Core (7/9) Movie CLIP - Crystal Grand
Canyon (2003) HD
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:35 PM
http://www.theamoebapeople.com/video
The Amoeba People
Video The Amoeba People
[5:36 PM]
You can find the one on "Hammer Safety" here, that recommends the
use of only approved hammers, that is to say, gavels.
Varda Yesterday at 5:36 PM
http://www.theamoebapeople.com/video
The Amoeba People
Video The Amoeba People
[5:36 PM]
heh, thanks
[5:37 PM]
That one with the guy, Wegener, sounds awfully familiar all over
the science spectrum. Ouch
[5:38 PM]
Seems as if we would be more open to new ideas, want to explore
them, instead of being so laz... er, disbelieving.
Arien Valar Yesterday at
5:47 PM
improve in gaming?
[5:47 PM]
try to do something fun together once a month maybve?
[5:48 PM]
group quest , instance , rp
something like tgat
[5:49 PM]
that
Varda Yesterday at 5:49 PM
Sounds fun : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:49 PM
I would like to try to get on to LoTRO when there are some others
of us playing, so I could maybe tag along...
Varda Yesterday at 5:50 PM
That can happen. : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:50 PM
:)
Arien Valar Yesterday at 5:57 PM
Namarie friends
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:57 PM
Namarie!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 5:57 PM
Namarie, Arien, and sei gesund
Varda Yesterday at 5:57 PM
Sleep well!
[6:00 PM]
Namarie for now. I expect to be back later. : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 6:00 PM
Namarie, Varda!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 6:00 PM
Namarie!
Varda Yesterday at 6:00 PM
And a chat marathon reminds us we can do the same thing all year
long. Some of us do!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 6:01 PM
I shall try to help. I too must bid you all a fond adieu, and say
Namarie, if I want to get to the Tel Mill for some more work on
Tolkien...IT is good to get out on such a wondrously beautiful
day.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 6:02 PM
Namarie, enjoy the day
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 6:02 PM
Vielen Dank! Sei gesund
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Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 7:48 PM
Personal gaming report!
[7:48 PM]
For (non)flashgaming, we've got...
http://www.kongregate.com/games/JoelLikesPigs/just-passing
Kongregate
Just Passing
You wake up on a bus you don#39t remember
boarding to a town full of SPooOOooOky GhooOOosts
Music by Viktor Kraus:
https://m.soundcloud.com/iktorraus/sets/just-...
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 7:49 PM
I am still with you, Ar....I am at the Tel Mill working on Chapter
8 - the Etymology and L:anguage Structure of the LoTR (or
something like that).
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 7:50 PM
An adventure/puzzle game where you find yourself (dead) in a
mysterious town full of ghosts! You make a deal at the train
station to go back home, but for that you have to help 7 souls
pass on that have been lingering.
[7:50 PM]
Explore, talk to ghosts, get quests, collect items, and solve all
their problems
Aiyata Sandalf!
[7:51 PM]
Blizzard gaming:
[7:51 PM]
Hearthstone:
Level 91 on the reward track. Almost there!
[7:55 PM]
And as mentioned, spectated a few games Fladrif was playing
there I usually bring him bad luck by spectating, but this
time I stuck around until he won one
[7:56 PM]
Brawl is Temporus Shift, where each player gets double turns,
allowing for some crazy combinations and burst damage.
[7:57 PM]
I put together a mass murloc deck for the shaman, which was pretty
good at synergizing with itself and just overwhelming the opponent
a few times.
[7:57 PM]
WoW:
[7:59 PM]
Still raiding, though we're kinda out of goals. So we're just
trying to get a few more bosses done on fated heroic, which is
going smoothly. I did suggest going for non-fated heroic Jailer
for the mount, but we lack the shortcuts on heroic and the group
is not quite sure yet if it's worth it. Maybe I'll pug it closer
to DF launch.
[8:00 PM]
Oh, and we did take that group picture with the slimesaber mounts,
looking good
[8:02 PM]
Weekly is mythic dungeons, where I did Tirna Scithe a few times.
Still my favorite dungeon of the expansion. Weekly quest's reward
was a necklace with good stats for cat, and 6 ilevels higher than
my previous. Not a massive upgrade, but it's nice!
And while brawling, I got to honor level 103!
[8:03 PM]
Altwise, I've actually been busy with no less than 4 alts this
week!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:04 PM
Can you upload the picture that you mention above? I am sure that
others besides myself would enjoy seeing it.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:05 PM
I already mentioned my pink gnome warlock, Calrana, who went on
her yearly Gnomeregan run. Always fun, though it was late in the
evening and I didn't see many other players doing it as well,
though I did meet up with some other gnomes in Stranglethorn Vale
(after I accidentally fell into the water and had to find my way
back up), and we finished the run together, as well as some RPing
around when we'd reached Booty Bay. That was nice
Oh, sure, let me see if I can fetch it from our WoW discord
server...
[8:06 PM]
Let's see if this works...
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/98425690877104128/1028835911376588810/unknown.png
[8:07 PM]
Yep, apparently you can copy it over directly from another server
in Discord.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:07 PM
Which one are you? Third from the left, or am I mistaken? he
he
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:08 PM
Close! Fourth from the left, with the weapon I have lovingly
dubbed "The Cotton Swab" strapped on my back.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:08 PM
Wow. I cannot believe how close I was! Great picture Ar!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:08 PM
You can even see my pet Jiggles, the kitty I mentioned last week,
sitting to my left (well, my right, but left on the picture) and
looking at me.
Heh, thanks
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:09 PM
The Cotton Swab? Great name for a weapon!
I think I will fear using a cotton swab for the rest of my life.
I might hurt myself.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:10 PM
It's actually https://www.wowhead.com/item=189799/elysias-promise
but I liked the resemblance so much I chose a weapon glow/illusion
to make it look a bit unravelled for effect
Wowhead
Elysia's Promise
This epic staff has an item level of 226. It is
looted from Prototype of War. In the Staves category. Added in
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.
[8:15 PM]
Anyway, alts! The second alt I've been playing is my beast mastery
huntress, Caliona. She would have been the next alt to level to
the maximum after the current rogue and next-up mage, but there
won't be time for that before the expansion hits. But with the
anniversary event coming up, bringing bosses with unique loot
appearances, I wanted to get her to at least 30 anyway so she can
try for those, as my mail-user.
[8:16 PM]
Starting out at 11 this week, I've decided to give her half a
level every day. That should see her to 30 a few days before the
event starts.
So I sent her to Teldrassil (gotta start at the beginning!) to do
the Cataclysm versions of the night elf starter quests she'd
completed so long ago.
[8:19 PM]
Turns out, at that level, xp is really fast, often only requiring
1 or 2 quests for half a level, especially with the Winds of
Wisdom xp buff (which convinced me to level her anyway for this).
So she and her pet wolf have been clearing the starting section in
Shadowglen, getting to level 13, and she's now on her way to
Dolanaar... and currently in the process of doing a quest for a
satyr. Bit naive, but I'm sure it'll work out fine in the
end
[8:21 PM]
Third alt would be the death knight on WoW Classic I mentioned
last time, Callunara. At one quest a day, she's progressing even
more slowly than Caliona, but after running around Acherus a bit
to explore details and dialogue, getting a runeblade, talking to
some famous Scourge npcs, and scouting out the Scarlet Crusade's
town with a magic eye, she's now finally on the ground.
[8:23 PM]
Next week will feature her doing a bunch of parallel quests in the
frontlines, at the peasant town of Havenshire, where she'll get
her first real combat done!
[8:26 PM]
And finally, back to the rogue in Shadowlands Caldros the
poison gnome started at the penitent hunt, switched sides (what
are rogues for?), and completed Revendreth, ending with a
cinematic showdown with Sire Denathrius, after which he's returned
to Oribos.
[8:27 PM]
I didn't quite get my mage started in Bastion, but the rogue
should be able to finish his side questlines early in the coming
week, and then I can start playing with fire.
So yes, lots to do, but I'm enjoying it, so it's fine
[8:29 PM]
And that's my report for the week!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:30 PM
Bravo! Time for you to rest up and recuperate for the coming week.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:31 PM
Right And time for my shot in... 6 and a half hours?
So, namarie!
[8:32 PM]
No, 7 hours. Better!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:35 PM
Namarie! Hope you have a wonderful week.
****
From Harbor channel, Pallando's report for Eve Online:
Pallando-Valar 10/08/2022
MADE IT THROUGH TO THE AT
Ar-Pharazon-V 10/08/2022
Congrats!
[3:48 PM]
You in the big leagues now, bro!
Varda 10/08/2022
Wow! Congratulations, Pallando and team!
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