Varda — Today at 3:59
PM
[4:00 PM]
Aiya folks : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:00 PM
Aiya!
Varda — Today at 4:00 PM
Hey Phar : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:00 PM
Poked the sun.
Varda — Today at 4:01 PM
@Bounder Happy Easter! Valar Guild meeting time for lurkers and
chatters about gaming and Tolkien!
[4:01 PM]
@Guild-friend Happy Easter! Valar Guild meeting time for lurkers
and chatter about gaming and Tolkien!
[4:01 PM]
Thanks!
[4:02 PM]
How's your finger afrer that?
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:02 PM
Blistering!
Varda — Today at 4:02
PM
Cleric/minstrel repairs the finger
[4:03 PM]
o right and priest from WoW
Funny, I played all three of those. : )
top
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:03 PM]
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today
at 4:03 PM
I've got 2 priests, is that double?
Varda — Today at 4:03 PM
Double-healing!
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:04 PM
Aiya Al!
Varda — Today at 4:04 PM
Hmm, if I start counting the various ones I have... no let's
not.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:04 PM
Aiya!
Varda — Today at 4:04 PM
Aiya Sandalf : )
[4:05 PM]
Lots of folks are involved with Easter happenings of various
kinds, including secular things, heh.
Arien Valar — Today at 4:05 PM
aiya ~
Varda — Today at 4:05 PM
You may be seeing stuff happening in-game too, like eggs and
scavenger hunts.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:05 PM
Aiya Arien!
Varda — Today at 4:05 PM
Aiya Sunshine : )
Arien Valar — Today at 4:05 PM
and happy Easter all
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:05 PM
Aiya Arien!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:06 PM
Heya.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:06 PM
I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful Easter weekend.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:06 PM
Oh, thanks for reminding me, will have to do some easter
objectives for the trading post next week.
Varda — Today at 4:06 PM
Aiya Eonwe
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:06 PM
Aiya Eonwe!
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:06 PM
Aiya Eonwe
Varda — Today at 4:06 PM
It's a beautiful day here, partly cloudy, gentle temperatures,
birds working the bird-feeder. : )
[4:07 PM]
Baby birds cheeping just above our back door.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:07 PM
It is a gorgeous day here...,mid-70s, dry as a bone, bright and
sunny. I am handcarrying 90 paving stones to make the walkway
into my backyard from the front yard...a perfect day to be
outside.
Varda — Today at 4:08 PM
That should look gorgeous! Take it easy!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today
at 4:08 PM
It's.. night, here
Arien Valar — Today at 4:08 PM
indeed it is ^^
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:09 PM
There it is, so far...
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/98425690877104128/1094730750793891860/20230409_095409.jpg
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:09 PM
Nice!
Varda — Today at 4:09 PM
We have some difficulty getting the Americans in here simply
because it's a very busy time of day.
Arien Valar — Today at 4:09 PM
oh nice one
Varda — Today at 4:09 PM
O wow, Sandalf. Tightly packed.
Pallando-Valar — Today at 4:09 PM
Aiya
Varda — Today at 4:09 PM
That's a lot of rock
Pallando! Aiya : )
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:09 PM
Aiya Pallando!
What is rock to a geologist?
Pallando-Valar — Today at 4:09 PM
Doing some electrical work so not able to be here.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:10 PM
Aiya Pallando!
Arien Valar — Today at 4:10 PM
aiya Pallando
Varda — Today at 4:10 PM
Lifeblood?
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:10 PM
And yet here you are.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:10 PM
Ya sure, ya betcha~!
Pallando-Valar — Today at 4:10 PM
Eve: The shadow wars continue, nullsec is hot, new
expansion in June, no details. :)
Varda — Today at 4:10
PM
Thanks for saying hi! Good luck with the lightning carrying!
ohhh : )
Lot of info in one line there.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:11 PM
"I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn't have the
time...." Benjamin Franklin
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:11 PM
hehe
Varda — Today at 4:12 PM
Ben was so right!
Being concise takes effort.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:12 PM
Tolkien must have been a busy man.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:12 PM
Yes it does.
Varda — Today at 4:13 PM
Any other membership news?
[4:14 PM]
passes around homemade brownies
[4:15 PM]
Sandalf13 — Today at
4:15 PM
Pass me a brownie, please!
Varda — Today at 4:15
PM
The continuing saga of working on the site continues. : )
[4:16 PM]
brownie plate slides around the table, stopping off briefly
to let folks grab the goodies
[4:18 PM]
Here's hoping you enjoyed the various April Fools fun that
happens in the various games, some of which had mentions last
meeting. : )
Eonwe has the gaming report for today, despite some weirdness
going on with the Games Site.
tosses a brownie-munching gavel to Eonwe. 'ware crumbs!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:19 PM
Thanks.
Lord of the Rings
Online:
Update 35.0.1 is out
this week. ---
https://www.lotro.com/update-notes/lotro-update-35-0-1-release-notes-en
The Lord of the Rings Online
Update 35.0.1 Release Notes
Here are the release notes for Update 35.0.1,
released on Wednesday, April 5th, 2023.
[4:19 PM]
World of Warcraft:
This week's bonus event: Arena Skirmishes.
The PvP Brawl: Shado-Pan Showdown is going until Tuesday, April
11th.
Turbulent Timeways: Mists of Pandaria Timewalking is going.
Check out this week's hotfixes. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23922961/hotfixes-april-7-2023
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: April 7, 2023 - WoW
Here you will find a list of hotfixes that
address various issues related to World of Warcraft:
Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade
Classic, and WoW Classic.
[4:20 PM]
Diablo
4:
A new video is out: Diablo IV Inside the Game: Into the Endgame.
---
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23935318/diablo-iv-inside-the-game-into-the-endgame
Diablo IV Inside the Game: Into the Endgame
Join members of the Diablo IV development
team as they pull back the curtain on the experiences waiting
for you in the endgame.
[4:20 PM]
Hearthstone:
Patch 26.0 is out. ---
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23934449/26-0-patch-notes
26.0 Patch Notes
Patch 26.0 is the venue for Festival of
Legends, and includes updates to the Core Set, Battlegrounds,
Duels, Arena, and more!
[4:20 PM]
Diablo Immortal:
Check out the latest bug fixes. ---
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo-immortal/23826549/diablo-immortal-bug-fixes-and-patch-notes-for-all-platforms
Diablo Immortal Bug Fixes and Patch Notes for
All Platforms
We will continually update this blog with all
bug fixes and patches the team implements for Diablo Immortal on
all platforms.
[4:20 PM]
Overwatch:
A hero coming April 11th: Lifeweaver. ---
https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23934868/
Overwatch
Spring into Action! A Deep Dive into
Lifeweaver, Overwatch’s Newest...
Overwatch’s latest hero dashes into the
support lineup with the same warmth and brilliance as his
biolight blossoms.
[4:21 PM]
Also check out the Director's Take on Season 4 and what's
coming. ---
https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23935891/
Overwatch
Director’s Take – Looking Ahead To Season
4:23935891
Game Director Aaron Keller is back with new
thoughts about Overwatch 2’s latest hero and more.
https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23935221/
Overwatch
Overwatch 2 Season Four brings a new hero,
new skins, and new out-o...
Brace for impact! Overwatch has initiated our
Season Four landing sequence.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:21 PM
WoW: 10.1 announced for start of May.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:21 PM
Also for WoW: Noblegarden should be going soon if it hasn't
already begun.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:21 PM
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-gb/news/23934869
World of Warcraft
This Week in WoW: 3 April 2023 - WoW
Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store
for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in
the know byte by byte. Mark Your Calendars: Embers of Neltharion
Goes Live 3 May !
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:21 PM
And that too. Thanks Phar.
[4:22 PM]
That's it from me.
Varda — Today at 4:22 PM
Thank you, Eonwe : )
Some additions for LotRO:
[4:23 PM]
The Leading the Charge Deeds remain available through May 17th.
Return to Carn D�m instances (Sant Lhoer, Thaurisgar, and
Sagroth) are now available on Tier 4.
They are temporarily closing the Tier 4 version of
Thaurisgar, the Vile Apothecary due to a bug where instance
completion is not awarding its proper Tier 4 chest. The Tier 4
version of this instance should return in the next game update.
[4:24 PM]
Landroval:
Arien
Eonwe
Fangorn
Nar
Pengolodh
Thranduil
Varda
Crickhollow:
Eonwe
Fangorn
Varda
Shadowfax:
Varda
Treebeard:
Varda
Starcraft 2:
[4:24 PM]
Eowyn, Fangorn, and grandson were just playing together. : )
[4:25 PM]
Assuming others have also been playing, but those I know of
right now.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:25 PM
Oh, and in about a month I'll need to request the services of
Arien to invite my then new horde alts into The High Guard
guild
Varda — Today at 4:25 PM
Any other gaming news?
ahh nice. : )
[4:26 PM]
Arien, did you catch that? : )
[4:27 PM]
Good thing you have a month!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:27 PM
hehe
Varda — Today at 4:27 PM
Any other gaming, membership news to add? Requests, other?
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:28 PM
To be fair, the plan is to make an alt, recruit it to the guild,
level it to 10 in whatever time I'm not on my main, then make
the next one. So it'll be a somewhat regular service.
Varda — Today at 4:28 PM
zug zug (work work)
On to
[4:29 PM]
Everyone here has not only read the LotR but the Sil and a lot
more, so
this question can be tossed out there for allllll the books!
JRRT wrote a fantasy world. What monsters
real and/or unreal did he throw at the heroes?
Have fun. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:30 PM
The monster that is mortal greed..
Varda — Today at 4:30 PM
and hubris. : )
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:31 PM
I have always been intrigued by the "nameless things" living far
beneath Moria that were unknown even to Sauron and his evil
minions...I wonder what Tolkien in mind for these monsters (if
they were, in fact, monsters), and perhaps he was leaving
himself an "out" to include other beasties and things later...
Varda — Today at 4:32 PM
Sauron may have known more of them than we do.
Leaving the monsters in the dark can be scarier than coming out
and labeling them all.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:32 PM
Quite possible, but even Gandalf said "Sauron knows them not,"
or something like that.
[4:33 PM]
And Gandalf didn't tell anyone about what he saw "down there"
either.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:33 PM
Indeed, Varda, there's nothing a description can do that's worse
than the imagination of the unknown...
[4:34 PM]
...Which means Gandalf was just creeping them out by not telling
people
Varda — Today at 4:34 PM
LotRO has a batch of the "nameless evils" so we gamers
appreciate the ambiguity there. ; )
heh, Phar
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:35 PM
I have determined that the name of all nameless evils should
be.... Billy.
Varda — Today at 4:35 PM
Maybe it's the familiarity from gaming, but did it say nameless
things or nameless evils? I forget.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:36 PM
Probably "nameless things", actually.
Varda — Today at 4:36 PM
That does give a different light and way to think about them.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:37 PM
Sure. Means they're not malevolent per se.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:37 PM
Bah, as usual, the book I need is not amongst the pile of books
I have.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:37 PM
Just want to be left alone.
[4:37 PM]
Or maybe they're very friendly, throwing parties down there!
Varda — Today at 4:37 PM
They might just eat you because they don't realize you're not
the usual munchie.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:37 PM
Like the powerful magician/wizard in Monty Python's King Arthur
movie...."Oh mighty wizard...what is your name?" "Call me Tim."
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:37 PM
Party snack.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:38 PM
"A grrraaaaaaaaiiiiiil?!"
Varda — Today at 4:38 PM
heh
There you go. Tim lives down there!
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:39 PM
Along with Billy, no doubt.
Eonwë Valar — Today at
4:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJZK6rzjns
YouTube
zabakka
Tim The Enchanter
Varda — Today at 4:40 PM
Almost named an RK Tim, but you were saved. : )
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:40 PM
hehe
Varda — Today at 4:41 PM
The fell beast description sounded a lot like a pteranodon or
pterosaur.
[4:42 PM]
They were fed foul things and trained as Sauron needed. They
could bear the dread of the Nazgul.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:43 PM
Hmm, I know the pteras had rather distinctive heads/beaks, and I
don't think anybody referred to the fel beasts as bird faces
[4:43 PM]
I liked the movie representation of them, with the snake-like
heads instead.
Varda — Today at 4:43 PM
They didn't say they weren't bird faces, either. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:43 PM
True, that.
Varda — Today at 4:44 PM
Things from ancient times with skin rather than feathers or
scales
[4:44 PM]
Just a neat thought.
[4:45 PM]
Don't guess the special black horses stolen from Rohan and
trained for the Black Riders qualify, but close.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:45 PM
Yes. The Pterosaurs apparently possessed no evidence of
feathers....they evolved later, with the the rise of true birds.
At least that is what the fossil record tells us to date.
Varda — Today at 4:46 PM
Aye, Sandalf
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:46 PM
Many of them were one way fliers...they would swoop down on
unsuspecting prey, but then have to climb back up their rock
outcrop or "tree" or whatever in order to do the whole thing
over again. They were not really good fliers, for the most part.
Varda — Today at 4:48 PM
Wargs and wolves came against our heroes too.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:49 PM
So maybe a bit more like flying squirrels, Sandalf?
Varda — Today at 4:49 PM
They could fly a bit as I remember, not just gliders?
Arien Valar — Today at 4:50 PM
there is a species that is actually called flying
squirrel or flying fox . i think they are native to
australia or something like that let me check ..
Varda — Today at 4:50 PM
Both exist.
[4:51 PM]
The flying squirrel is a glider, a squirrel.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:51 PM
Yes. That would be the correct analogy. Of course, we cannot be
sure about this, a lot of our knowledge of these creatures comes
from evidence in the fossil record, biomechanics, and what they
could likely do. There are no living (or recently living!)
specimens we can use for an analaog.
Varda — Today at 4:51 PM
The flying fox is a bat.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:51 PM
You mean Jurassic Park isn't true?
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:51 PM
What? Are you questioning the way it REALLY was?
he he.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:51 PM
https://www.britannica.com/story/did-dinosaurs-really-have-feathers
Encyclopedia Britannica
Did Dinosaurs Really Have Feathers?
And how did feathers evolve?
Varda — Today at 4:52 PM
Some say feathers evolved from scales.
Arien Valar — Today at 4:53 PM
yes .. but the flying squirrel originates from asia and
some are from russia and belarus so my mistake . but
there you are
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:53 PM
Just for fun. Based on fossil imprints, looks like some
dinosaurs and pterosaurs had feathers.
Arien Valar — Today at 4:53 PM
feathers maybe as protection against the elements? rain
and the cold maybe?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:54 PM
Would make sense.
Sandalf13 — Today at
4:54 PM
But not all...and just as "hair" is a distinguishing
characteristic for mammals, not all mammals are hairy....like
us.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:54 PM
We do have some hair.
[4:55 PM]
We're not naked molerats.
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:55 PM
Absolutely. And I wish I had more where I need it, and less
where I don't need it. Ah, age...
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:55 PM
hehe
Varda — Today at 4:56 PM
We have the advantage of being able to use clothes to handle
putting on and off hair as the weather dictates. : )
erases sentence and starts over
Sandalf13 — Today at 4:56 PM
One of the many glories and advantages of the human condition.
We can live almost anywhere, and do.
Varda — Today at 4:56 PM
Aye : )
So, any other monsters from Middle-earth we want to mention?
Dragons maybe?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:57 PM
https://nhmu.utah.edu/blog/2023/fossil-feathers-bring-dinosaurs-to-life
Natural History Museum of Utah
Using Skin Impressions and Feathers to Bring
Dinosaurs to Life
When it comes to reanimating dinosaurs from
even the smallest collections of fossils, paleoartists play a
crucial role.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:57 PM
Dragons, balrogs, massive spiders..
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:57 PM
Those Elves are pretty monstrous.... Pretty and monstrous.
Varda — Today at 4:57 PM
hehe - ask any dwarf, especially petty dwarves.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:58 PM
And yes, elves... terrific and terrible.
Varda — Today at 4:58 PM
Giant turtle: Fastitocalon
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:58 PM
Trolls.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:59 PM
Oh no, he was the friendliest of all Eru's creatures. He let a
bunch of people land on him and only went under when someone
thought it a good idea to light a fire on his back. Tell me you
wouldn't do the same thing? :}
Varda — Today at 4:59 PM
That would be annoying. : )
gavel points at self. Tattoo says "monster"
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:00 PM
Hmm, reminds me of a similar scene in one of the first Discworld
novels, where they light a fire in a gigantic troll's mouth,
thinking it's a hollow in a mountain.
Varda — Today at 5:00 PM
I am being called away, but feel free to weigh in on creatures,
good or bad depending on a certain point of view. : )
Sandalf13 — Today at
5:00 PM
Enjoy your family dinner!
Varda — Today at 5:01 PM
thonk! Hammerpad. It came from below! A monster!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today
at 5:01 PM
Wasn't there a giant in one of his other stories? Or am I just
thinking of another dragon...
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:01 PM
Giants in the Hobbit as memory serves.
Varda — Today at 5:01 PM
Group effort. I got it started and the guys finished. Later!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:01 PM
True, in the mountains.
Varda — Today at 5:01 PM
giants throwing stones from Nordic folklore/myth
Sandalf13 — Today at 5:03 PM
I have a monstrous need to do some more manipulation of many
paving stones. I will check back later to see was macht.
Eonwë Valar — Today at
5:03 PM
Well might as well let you all see this one too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTaP0_Galg
YouTube
nOizyGR
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 3 Questions
[HD]
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:03 PM
Good luck, Sandalf
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:04 PM
And a song for you all as you go about saving the day in your
various games (or in real life):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7nRsMnBDX4
YouTube
Nathan Wagner
Nathan Wagner - The Hero
Arien Valar — Today at 5:08 PM
enjoy your easter with eggs or without
[5:08 PM]
Namarie all
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:11 PM
Take care Arien.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:13 PM
namarie Arien!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:14 PM
Oh, someone posted to the RP.
[5:14 PM]
Meant to mention it earlier, but oh well.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:47 PM
Anyone still here who has a minute? Need a quick test from a
couple of people.
[6:47 PM]
*test of the Games Site.
Sandalf13 — Today at 6:54 PM
Aiya!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:55 PM
Welcome back.
Sandalf13 — Today at 6:56 PM
Some great progress today!!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:58 PM
Nice work. I especially like the touch on the left where you
drew a shadow of a guy taking a picture.
Sandalf13 — Today at 6:58 PM
Yeah...that is me, indeed.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:58 PM
Seriously, looks like it's coming along great.
Sandalf13 — Today at 6:59 PM
Thanks! It is a good project to do . Very relaxing, actually.
Not too much thought involved.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 6:59 PM
Working with one's hands can be quite relaxing.
[7:00 PM]
Certainly an underrated experience.
Sandalf13 — Today at 7:00 PM
You are so right. Do you have any ongoing projects like this at
home?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:00 PM
Unfortunately no.
Sandalf13 — Today at 7:01 PM
Maybe something will start up for you!
[7:02 PM]
I also hope you enjoyed a good holiday weekend.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:07 PM
Relaxing and peaceful is all one can hope for, so by that token
I'd say it was good.
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:24 PM
For fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJabPYimznY
YouTube
CelticWomanVEVO
Celtic Woman - I See Fire (Official Audio)
Sandalf13 — Today at 7:27 PM
Great Music! I am enjoying it as I type. Where did you find this
group? Are you a fan?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:31 PM
Celtic Woman? I'd have to say yes, I'm a fan. Beautiful voices.
[7:32 PM]
Don't remember where I found them at this point, heh.
Sandalf13 — Today at 7:57 PM
Still here. I wondering if Ar will return for his weekly
personal gaming report, or did I miss something?
Eonwë Valar — Today at 7:58 PM
I'm sure he will.\
Sandalf13 — Today at 8:00 PM
As we say auf Deutsch (in German), "Mal sehen!" Literally, "time
to see," just like our expression "time will tell" in English.
It is interesting to me that so many of our basic folk-sayings
in English so closely resemble their German equivalent...perhaps
hinting at their antiquity.
More to come on this when I get my Chapter on "Folk-sayings in
the LoTR" up and going on our website.
Varda — Today at 8:04 PM
back
Phar has given his report every Sunday for a very long time. : )
Sandalf13 — Today at 8:09 PM
What was for dinner?
Varda — Today at 8:13 PM
Roast chicken, corn on the cob, asparagus, brownies. : )
Sandalf13 — Today at 8:14 PM
Oooohhh...sounds delicious...I had salad with cut-up chicken
(from Friday) and a small piece of coffee cake (with
chocolate/peanut-butter icing).
Varda — Today at 8:14 PM
Sounds good : )
The song sounds good, thanks for sharing.
Sandalf13 — Today at 8:15 PM
I hope that one day you will be able to make a trip up here for
a visit. I would love to do some cooking for you and Fangorn. As
I told you, I have (right now) TWO guestrooms....but will always
keep one for guests only.
Varda — Today at 8:17 PM
Sounds fantastic. Won't be happening for quite some time yet, I
fear.
Sandalf13 — Today at 8:17 PM
"The years will bring what they may."
Varda — Today at 8:17 PM
Aye : )
Sandalf13 — Today at 8:18 PM
As I told you before, I may be in Texas again in July or August
this year...mal sehen (see above)!
Varda — Today at 8:21 PM
That would be cool. Nothing takes us out to your neck of the
woods, unfortunately.
Sandalf13 — Today at 8:24 PM
Woods are hard to find on the Great Plains, unless they are
planted by humans. On the drive from Lincoln to Denver, I always
note that almost all of the trees one sees along the road are
planted by farmers/ranchers for windbreaks, or are the
cottonwood trees along the stream beds. A big joke in
Nebraska is the the Nebraska National Forest consists of trees
that were planted by men in the CCC back in the 1930s. One does
not see a single tree for miles and miles in the Sandhill
country, or the rest of Nebraska, for that matter...unless in a
town.
[8:29 PM]
Funny that you used the expression "neck of the woods" in your
answer....as I was just talking to Eonwe about folk-sayings.
Neck of the woods uses a very old meaning of the word neck, that
is, a narrow piece of land or sea...rarely used in that sense
today.
Varda — Today at 8:32 PM
I'm loaded with those expressions. Have to keep them cut out of
any writing, but just chat? Here they come.
[8:36 PM]
I also fight monsters for the right-o'-way. ; ) A clearing
made in the woods usually to put something like telephone lines
down. Makes great edge for critters to get a change in food
thanks to the sunlight and grass.
Sandalf13 — Today at 8:48 PM
Hallo Varda! What is the correct way to cite the HoME series? I
am reworking Chapter 6 at your request, and need to include
reference to the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth.
Varda — Today at 9:10 PM
Pretty much like any other book. Title and chapter, but it's a
kindness to include which number of the HoMe it is also.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today
at 9:19 PM
Alright, after spending the last hour playing a game made by the
same person as a badge of this week....
[9:19 PM]
Personal gaming report!
Sandalf13 — Today at 9:19 PM
Endlich!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 9:20 PM
For (non)flashgaming, rather than giving the badged game, I
guess I'll give the one I've been playing for the last hour
[9:21 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/Ferociter/amidst-the-sky
is a platformer taking place high up in the sky. Jump from
platform to platform, using clouds to swim and rise through, and
wind currents that blow you in a certain direction. Investigate
the ruins along your way to spawn stuff outside, as well as
unlock new abilities such as switching currents on and off, or
freezing yourself in time to stop your momentum or time events.
Kongregate
Amidst the Sky
Embark on a mysterious journey through a land
floating high up in the sky. Swim through clouds, soar along
wind currents at great speed and jump over floating...
[9:22 PM]
After that hour of play I'm not sure if I've even gotten
halfway... I might poke it some more in the future and see what
else there is to unlock.
[9:22 PM]
Or you can see for yourself It can be pretty difficult
though, with certain jumps and sections requiring a good many
tries.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 9:27 PM
Blizzard gaming:
[9:28 PM]
Hearthstone:
New expansion is coming soon, but so far we're still on the old
reward track. Made it to level 159 there.
[9:29 PM]
Brawl is the random deathrattle one, where each minion you play
gets a deathrattle of a random minion. Lots of luck needed, but
hunter and priest tend to work well with deathrattles, so those
are advised.
Though I think I won one with mage too.
[9:30 PM]
Got 50 wins with the death knight, unlocking a bunch of golden
versions of the standard death knight cards, including a bunch
I'm using, so now they look nicer
[9:31 PM]
The other skin rewards from the event quest not chosen, are
indeed available, but for real money as feared. Guess I'll just
have the one for now
WoW:
[9:33 PM]
After a less than 1% wipe on thursday on heroic Razsageth, we
finally brought her down today! So the heroic raid is now
cleared, and achievement gotten. Pretty smooth kill as well, and
done within the first hour of the raid, so we used the rest of
the night to go back to the start of the raid and clear 6
earlier bosses to maximize the vault rewards. We've still got to
kill her again for some of our players who weren't present
tonight, but it's a massive milestone
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 9:34 PM
Two weekly quests this week, being the second timewalk week and
the arena skirmishes. Completed the timewalks, still very
smoothly, and got 8 out of 10 skirmishes done, which is also not
actually going that badly. The reward from the timewalks was not
an upgrade, though.
[9:36 PM]
Haven't made much progress on the trading post for this month,
but with Noblegarden coming up, I can complete some objectives
there.
[9:37 PM]
And with patch 10.1 coming up I drafted a bit more details for
my upcoming horde characters, figuring out a few names... with
less than a month to go, the anticipation rises
Eonwë Valar — Today at 9:37 PM
I did the Darkmoon Faire to get mine going, hope to use
Noblegarden to get almost done if not full-done.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 9:37 PM
Hmm, I considered the Faire, but too late now
Eonwë Valar — Today at 9:38 PM
Pleasantly surprised to learn the profession quests give you
profession knowledge too.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 9:38 PM
But I'm also questing on the mage some more, so at least the 30
quest objective should be done in time.
[9:39 PM]
She's joined the House of the Chosen, doing some chores, as well
as freeing the Primus' runeblade and helping to forge the hilt.
Still a bit slow going, but as I'm also catching up on mmochamp
again on the side, more free time should happen soon!
[9:40 PM]
And that's my report for the week
Namarie!
Eonwë Valar — Today at 9:44 PM
Sleep well.
Varda — Today at 9:44 PM
Thank you, Phar : )
Sandalf13 — 04/09/2023
10:08 PM
Signing off. Sorry I missed Ar's goodbye. I was busy editing
Chapter Six. Namarie and sei gesund! My tired old bones are
crying out for bed!
[10:08 PM]
Eonwë Valar — 04/09/2023 10:10 PM
Take care Sandalf.
Varda — 04/09/2023 10:15 PM
Good night. : ) I'm looking for that sleep time too.
Namarie!
Eonwë Valar — 04/09/2023 10:16 PM
Sleep well.
[10:16 PM]
Still one of my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zQdaEE-RwU
YouTube
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