December 31, 2023
Sunday Meeting
5:00 P.M. Eastern 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, which is Valar time and LotRO /servertime.]
["Notes" come from Varda when putting the transcript online.]
Attending (and typed): (5)
Discord: Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sanadalf13, Shelob/Ungwetari, Varda
(presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Web:
Gaming:
World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Diablo 4, Lord
of the Rings Online
Tolkien:
Topic:
Lands under the waves will be lifted up again! Which lands might
those be?
After-meeting:
(non) Flashgaming
Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games
afterwards.
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Before-meeting
Eonwë Valar — 12/30/2023 11:30 PM
It's 12:30am 31dec2023 on the US East coast, and you know what that
means... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZid3J36wH8
YouTube
7clouds
Europe - The Final Countdown (Lyrics)
December 31, 2023
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 12:43 PM
It's 1142 MST 31 December 2023, and I'm still waiting to figure out
all that happened in 2023. Dinner at 1830!
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:00 PM
Aiya!
[4:00 PM]
@Bounder @Guild-friend Valar Guild meeting time! Come say hi, chat,
and/or tell us why your game is great!
[4:00 PM]
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:01 PM]
Membership:
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 4:01 PM
Heya.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:01 PM
Hi to Eowyn/Cenedra and Treebeard/Fangorn playing in Starcraft 2. :
)
[4:01 PM]
Aiya Eonwe : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:01 PM
Aiya!
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:02 PM
Aiya Phar : )
[4:02 PM]
Today is New Year's Eve, maybe already the New Year for some, or
nearly there.
[4:03 PM]
So food and fireworks and happiness to all!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:03 PM
An hour away here, so you can imagine I'll be afk a lot
[4:04 PM]
Also things are being moved about between homes, so I'm now sitting
behind a small extendable table with my monitor on it.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:05 PM
O wow. Exciting day/evening/night and much new to the upcoming year
for Phar!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:05 PM
Wibbly wobbly.
[4:05 PM]
Hmhm!
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:05 PM
timey wimey ? : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:05 PM
looks at table I hope not.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:06 PM
You don't have a phone booth in that room by any chance? Blue one?
[4:07 PM]
May your table not wobble!
[4:07 PM]
Web:
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:07 PM
wibbly webbly
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:07 PM
Nothing new this week. But the new year, things may be happening!
[4:08 PM]
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Gaming:
[4:08 PM]
Likely that our games have events going on today or left-over ones
from all the holidays.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 4:08 PM
Phar's table: https://media1.tenor.com/m/S42RUQ9XJeEAAAAC/back-to-the-future-disappearance.gif
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:08 PM
ack!
[4:09 PM]
makes sure the pit has a good fire extinguisher
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 4:09 PM
Web: I hope to have something to announce by midnight, but if not
certainly not too terribly long after.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:09 PM
ohhh! Sounds like fireworks incoming. : )
[4:09 PM]
A New Year!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:10 PM
Heh, they've been going here all day. Despite the rain.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:10 PM
We had them going since before Christmas, at least somewhat. And
rain needs thunderbooms, right? ; )
[4:11 PM]
At least those shouldn't cause any fires. : )
[4:11 PM]
On to
[4:11 PM]
Gaming!
[4:11 PM]
fiery-looking gavel flies to Eonwe!
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:12 PM
'Aiya All! Just got back from Planet Fitness....crowded!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:12 PM
Aiya!
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:14 PM
Aiya Sandalf : )
[4:14 PM]
Guess they are all starting on their New Year's resolutions?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:14 PM
Day early, no?
[4:14 PM]
Maybe they want to make sure they can run away from the fireworks.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:15 PM
It is always so crowded for about a week before and after New
Years...thj=e physical fitness novelty wears off pretty quickly for
a lot of folks.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 4:15 PM
Kirby brings his own fireworks: https://youtu.be/bxOHHSiXaTU?t=23
YouTube
Zephiel810
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - All Copy Abilities
[4:16 PM]
Gaming:
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:16 PM
Such a transition.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 4:17 PM
Couldn't find a gif of just that power, unfortunately.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:17 PM
Fireworks!
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 4:17 PM
Gaming:
[4:17 PM]
World of Warcraft:
[4:17 PM]
Don't forget to get your presents under the Winterveil tree before
it's too late!
[4:17 PM]
This week's bonus event: Battlegrounds.
[4:18 PM]
Next week should be WotLK Timewalking if memory serves. I had such
fun with the BT timewalking raid, I might give ICC timewalking a try
if I can find the time.
[4:19 PM]
The PvP Brawl Shado-Pan Showdown is available until Tuesday, January
2nd.
[4:19 PM]
Diablo 3:
[4:19 PM]
The Darkening of Tristram event begins with the arrival of the
Cultists at 4pm PST today. The portal to Tristram opens January 3rd.
The event runs through Januaray 31st. --- https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/blog/24030420/the-darkening-of-tristram-returns-january-3-2024-12-29-2023
Diablo III
The Darkening of Tristram Returns January 3, 2024!
Our anniversary event is fast approaching! Prepare to face
mysterious cultists and enter a portal into Diablo's past.
[4:21 PM]
That concludes the last gaming report for the year.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:21 PM
Few more days until Midwinter Blight ends in D4.
[4:21 PM]
Get your stuffs while you can.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:25 PM
Thank you, Eonwe and Phar : )
[4:25 PM]
Lord of the Rings Online:
[4:26 PM]
Go for the Yule Festival, and Frostbluff, and Storvagun
instance/raid while it's still up!
[4:26 PM]
The Umbar crafting guild may be reached by using the travel fish
near Candaith's statue in the kin house on Landroval server.
[4:26 PM]
Landroval:
Arien
Eonwe
Fangorn
Meriadoc
Nar
Pengolodh
Varda
Crickhollow:
Eonwe
Falco
Fangorn
Varda
Treebeard:
Varda
[4:26 PM]
Starcraft 2:
[4:27 PM]
Eowyn, Fangorn, and Faramir are known to be gaming there : )
Two gaming in it together at this very moment. : )
[4:28 PM]
Any other gaming news? Membership news? Requests, suggestions,
comments? Remarks about the past year and upcoming year? : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:28 PM
May it be a day longer than the current!
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:28 PM
Leaping year? : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:28 PM
I think so
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:29 PM
Yep, 2024 is a Leap Year. : )
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:30 PM
Yes. I mentioned to Varda yesterday and thought that I would mention
it here as well. I am a member of the Geological Society of America
(GSA, one of my professional organizations), and they have an online
"Open Forum" for members to post news, geologic events, reports, and
so on. Someone mentioned Middle-earth, so I submitted a post
referring people from the GSA to Chapter Three of my book, the
Geology of Middle-earth. I see no reason why my post will not make
it past the site managers, so perhaps we will see some adventurous
geologists looking at out website to check out my chapter. Who
knows?
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:31 PM
Huzzah!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:31 PM
And that's how we suddenly got 7 new members!
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:31 PM
hehe - that kind of thing actually has happened. Website used to
pull in a lot of our members.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:32 PM
I think I will post a reference to the Chapter in the Rocky Mountain
Association of Geologists "Outcrop" as well.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:32 PM
7 geologist members, all playing Minecraft.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:33 PM
What else would you expect geologists to play?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:33 PM
Exactly!
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:33 PM
We are into mines....both literally and figuratively.
[4:33 PM]
Sort of like dwarves, I guess, although none of the geologists I
know remotely resemble a dwarf.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:34 PM
Diggy diggy hole.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:35 PM
The song is now playing in my head.
[4:35 PM]
On to
[4:35 PM]
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Tolkien!
[4:35 PM]
Here's a quick one:
[4:35 PM]
In Return of the King. Treebeard and
Galadriel say their goodbyes, and Galadriel remarks "Not in
Middle-earth, nor until the lands that lie under the wave are lifted
up again. Then in the willow-meads of Tasarinan, we may meet in the
spring. Farewell!"
[4:36 PM]
.
[4:36 PM]
Soooo, lands under the waves will be lifted up again! Which lands
might those be?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:36 PM
On the first day of Numenor ♪
[4:37 PM]
Nah, Tasarinan was in Beleriand I believe.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:37 PM
Wow Vardea! You hit the nail on the head. I have often thought
about that comment in terms of plate tectonics...suggesting that the
"Great Sea" of the Third Age is more like a Cenozoic Western
Interior Seaway (The Cannonball Sea) of North America....very
shallow.
[4:38 PM]
Easily "uplifted" through minor plate tectonic activity.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:38 PM
Well, Beleriand was sunk in the War of Wrath, but some bits were
still sticking out of the water, so it can't have been that deep.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:38 PM
Absolutely!
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 4:38 PM
Shallow comparitively, I assume. Still deep enough for ships to go
over.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:38 PM
So at least the eastern part was relatively shallow.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:39 PM
Yup. I have sailed the Aegean, the ADriatic, and the like....pretty
shallow seaways at best...but still a few hundred feet is all you
need to steam on.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 4:39 PM
Doesn't seem like anyone was peering over the prow going "Hey,
there's my old house!" (edited)
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:39 PM
And it's said the Meneltarma in Numenor might be sticking out of the
water as well.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:39 PM
Supposedly Elendil could see that through the Palantir at Lindon.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:42 PM
So unless the entire ocean between Valinor and Middle-earth was
shallow, you'd probably just sail over some massive shallow bits.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:42 PM
So Beleriand and Numenor could return in the future. Talk about
hunting around for old treasures!
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:42 PM
Yes, geologically speaking. But to an elf and an Ent, time is not a
problem, is that not so? (nicht wahr?)
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:43 PM
Of course if that doesn't happen until after the remaking of Arda,
the treasures may be part of the regular minerals.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:44 PM
I assumed the remaking would be more of a reboot than a restoration.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 4:44 PM
Aye. a Doriathrin coin might not make it through several thousand
years of sitting buried under dirt and water.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:44 PM
The salinity of shallow inland seas is often higher than that of
deeper oceans. I wonder if the geochemistry of the Great Sea would
impact the weathering and dissolution of the Elf/Man structures (and
those of Morgoth as well) now below the sea.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:45 PM
Is that a depth or a circulation thing, Sandalf? Because it wasn't
exactly inland.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:46 PM
As we speak (or write), I can see the Dakota Hogback to the west of
me, butt up against the Rocky Mtn Front. The Dakota is the first
beach that marked the inrushing Western Interior Seaway back in the
Cretaceous. The next outcrop of the Dakota to the east is Antelope
Park, in Lincoln, NE. It is subsurface all the way there...some 484
miles.
[4:47 PM]
Well...Tolkien sort of leaves it up to us to determine the width of
the Great Sea. The entire Arctic Ocean is pretty shallow, and it is
several hundreds of miles across...even thousands in a few
directions.
[4:48 PM]
Uplifting Beleriand again as per Galadriel would pretty much
required it to be an "inland" sea.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:49 PM
If done tectonically.
[4:49 PM]
If it's just the Valar or Eru lifting a finger, it could very well
be in the middle of the ocean. Or at least the coastal region for
Beleriand.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:50 PM
Very true....I am just a dumb geologist. Who am I to judge? (he he)
[4:51 PM]
I am not privy to the will of the Valar or of Eru himself.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 4:53 PM
K, guess I'll be back in half an hour or so.. next year
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:54 PM
Happy New Year! Have you ever seen the ball drop in Times Square in
New York City?
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:55 PM
Only on TV.
[4:55 PM]
Next year, Phar!
[4:56 PM]
The new Arda is supposed to be a complete re-boot, done right, with
all working on it together in song.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:56 PM
I will check in later for Ar's report. Namarie Ar! I am meeting some
friends for dinner tonight at a place called the Yak and Yeti....an
all-you-can-eat Indian and Tibetan restaurant. It is so crowded,
that we had to make reservations.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:56 PM
No marring by Morgoth.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:57 PM
And Elves and Men and Dwarves will all be reunited, I believe.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:57 PM
May it be a fun dinner! All you can eat is the perfect serving. : )
[4:57 PM]
There is some discussion that what happens with Elves will depend
somewhat on Men. Interesting thought.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 4:58 PM
As Finrod Felagund thought, too.
Varda — 12/31/2023 4:59 PM
So, if there are Orc spirits, they might be cleaned up and rebooted
in different bodies. Or would all the evil things go strictly to the
Void to be dissipated? I need to do some more reading. : )
[4:59 PM]
Finrod is one of my favorite characters. : )
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:00 PM
Yes. Critics have noted that the Orcs represent a real problem for
Tolkien. HJow can any form of (quasi) intelligent life be doomed to
be unredeemable? Any as has been suggested, are not the Orcs only
Elves and Men that Morgoth took and twisted for his own purposes?
Hardly their fault, I assume.
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:01 PM
But a mix and a twisting. Take a fair bit of clean-up!
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:01 PM
No question. But irredeedmable? I do not think so.
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:02 PM
gavels zip across the wax table pushing mops to clean away the
old world
[5:02 PM]
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After-meeting!
[5:02 PM]
This is a fantasy, not our real world. So if JRRT decides they are
irredeemable, they are in trouble!
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:03 PM
We may never know Tolkien's real beliefs about this....
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:04 PM
He probably went back and forth on it himself. He used a mix of
other mythology and folklore mixed into Christianity, and a great
deal of his own work.
[5:05 PM]
If a mixed Uruk-hai (part orc twisted from either man or elf plus
man) had to be cleaned up, it might become two people?
[5:06 PM]
The need to add man to make an orc able to handle sunlight really
pushes the idea that they did not originate as man.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:06 PM
I doubt that. being part Elf and part Man doesn't meaning you've got
two spirits vying for control in you. Kind hard to extract and
repair a whole apple from applesauce.
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:07 PM
Aye. Could end up with vapor or those barely existing souls.
Maybe they could power future butterflies. ; )
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:08 PM
Maybe I am just a softie, but I always felt sorry for the Orcs.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:08 PM
Based on what I've read from LotR, Sil, and HoME, I think the best
way to see the orcs is essentially three "generations":
[5:09 PM]
First would be lesser Maiar serving Morgoth who took a hideous
physical shape (or were even just incapable of taking a "beautiful"
shape, just like Sauron became unable to eventually).
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:10 PM
They did display some redeeming qualities: loyalty to a cause,
willingness to fight for their "beliefs," a dedication to fighting
through to the end....not such bad things in humans...and elves.
and Espriti d'Corps.
"We are the frighting Uruk-hai!" and so on.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:11 PM
If this group... bred... they would seemingly become bound to their
physical bodies so long as their children were also alive (see:
Melian) unless slain.
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:11 PM
Not exactly loyal although they had little else to go to. They spoke
of wanting to set up bandit gangs independently of Sauron if they
could have gotten away with it.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:12 PM
Second would be the introduction of the Elvish strain when Morgoth
took prisoners. I don't think we need to get into details on how
that would've happened.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:12 PM
That was some of them, of course. I realize that my comments are
pretty broad-brushed, but still....
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:12 PM
Orcs did breed in the manner of other beings of Arda, aye. That
would be the ones after the first were built.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:13 PM
This would again further tie any of those first generation Orcs to
their bodies.
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:13 PM
Apparently original orcs or something called orcs were made by
corrupting elves that ran from Orome, so they started as being the
less brave and/or less curious of the elves.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:14 PM
Third would be the introduction of the "Mannish strain", which
seemingly had been somehow lost to time, but Saruman "rediscovered"
it. Again, I don't think we need to imagine how this might've
happened.
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:14 PM
Fell Beasts were bred from other creatures and fed foul things and
trained. Some kind of mixing going on there.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:14 PM
I agree with Eonwe on that one. Some things are better left unknown.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:15 PM
In this case, unsaid is more like it.
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:15 PM
We don't have to go into details to work out some things.
Anyway, enjoy your New Year's Eve meals and the fireworks at
midnight!
[5:16 PM]
In a neat bit of trivia, while we know drabbles are 100 words
exactly, 50 words exactly is termed a dribble. : )
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:18 PM
dribbling and drabbling...
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:18 PM
note to self: must dribble :}
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:18 PM
hehe
[5:19 PM]
We have drabbles and double drabbles on our site. It comes close to
writing poetry.
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:19 PM
We should have a section for sonnets only...both Italian and English
style.'
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:19 PM
It helps to have a common frame of reference, such as Tolkien's
legendarium, to explain quick references.
[5:20 PM]
It's called the "Poetry" section. : )
Feel free to do those if you like!
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:20 PM
A subsection for sonnets, then.
Ungwetari — 12/31/2023 5:20 PM
Happy New Year from the Netherlands from me and my girlfriend.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/98425690877104128/1191159085953978468/PXL_20231231_225935793.jpg
Sandalf13 — 12/31/2023 5:21 PM
Namarie for now! I must get ready for Yak and Yeti, and finish up
some 2023 business. Wow!!! What a great picture!
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:21 PM
Aiya Shelob : )
Namarie Sandalf!
[5:22 PM]
Happy New Year!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 5:25 PM
Happy new year, also from the Netherlands!
So drabbles are double dribbles to dabble in.
Say that 10 times fast.
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:25 PM
hahaha - right!
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:26 PM
So double drabbles are quadruple dribbles.
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:26 PM
Sure 'nuff.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 5:27 PM
Indubitably.
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:27 PM
Math and writing, fun in one place!
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:27 PM
I feel like if we keep this up the next step is an Oompa-Loompa
song.
[5:28 PM]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y8aYd9uqFY
YouTube
TheRealWhatTheFudge
WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: Pure
Imagination Gene Wilder...
Varda — 12/31/2023 5:38 PM
That was a song by Willy Wonka, creator from his imagination.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:40 PM
Aye. The Oompa-Loompas didn't have a song about wordplay, but Gene
Wilder's Wonka had plenty of fun with words in that movie.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 5:51 PM
I seem to recall the Oompa-Loompas having some gibberish rhyming
though, that's pretty close.
Eonwë Valar — 12/31/2023 5:55 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkC8wPSmcPg
YouTube
Saina Asadi
Willy Wonka 1971 Oompa Loompa Song
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Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 9:13 PM
Personal gaming report:
[9:14 PM]
For (non)flashgaming I could give you another idle game as
new badge for the week, but instead i'll give an old one that is
always nice to play when it comes up.
[9:15 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/FractalSunrise/knight-errant
is a chess puzzle game where you play a chess knight, making your
way across a world/maze of chess squares using the knight's move.
(edited)
Kongregate
Knight-errant
A chess knight#39s little adventure.
[9:15 PM]
Your job is to follow and take down the opposing chess pieces one by
one, ultimately freeing the princess.
[9:18 PM]
A very relaxed game, good music, all turn-based so no pressure, and
infinite lives if you fail what I can only describe as a duel.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 9:29 PM
Diablo 4:
Spent more time on the seasonal blood necromancer.
[9:30 PM]
I completed the required minimum objectives for chapter 3 of the
season journey, only missing the Cathedral of Light, the capstone
dungeon for tier 2 difficulty. But that's level 50 minimum, and
she's in her early 40s, so after a few attempts wherein I was way
over my head, I decided to take chapter 3 for complete, and continue
the season's questline.
[9:31 PM]
So I cleared a bunch of Blood Harvest event stuff, and finally faced
down the big boss vampire, Lord Zir, completing the seasonal quests.
[9:33 PM]
After that I had a few days remaining for the Midwinter Blight
event, so I took her through the initial quests there, unlocking the
title and achievement for defeating the Redcloaked Horror, and
getting enough event currency to buy the unique legendary aspect.
There's also a ton of transmogs to get but they're much more
expensive, so I'm assuming they'll be back next year. If not, I'm
not a huge fan of diablo 4 appearances anyway.
[9:36 PM]
So now, though she's only level 43, she's pretty much done. Got what
I wanted out of the season and out of the winter event. Time to
focus on other things until season 3 starts in about a month, for
which I'm sure I'll be making a new character.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 9:36 PM
We've no idea what the theme will be, so I don't know which of my
WoW characters I'll recreate for this one, with which class and
spec. We'll see!
[9:38 PM]
Hearthstone:
Level 76 on the reward track now. Getting pretty slow again.
[9:39 PM]
Opened some more packs, and got 2 legendaries: Spurfang, a raptor
minion, and the signature version of MC Blingtron. Signature
legendaries are quite a rare sight!
[9:40 PM]
Tavern Brawl is the classic New Year Bash: Two players working
together from opposite sides of the board to survive long enough to
hold off crazed dancers, hang up decorations and defeat the pinata.
[9:41 PM]
Matches can be rather close, but the decks are fixed: One person is
a druid, and one a rogue, and when you know the combos and cards
that go around it shouldn't be too hard, as long as the other player
does too
Some luck needed though.
[9:42 PM]
Warcraft Rumble:
Collection level made it just to 24. The mini levels required seem
to cap at 50 per collection level now, but levels are getting harder
to get.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 9:43 PM
Got the new mini unlocked from seasonal guild chests, the Chimaera,
which started at uncommon.
[9:44 PM]
Also got 2 other ucommons upgraded: The polymorph spell, and the
very useful beast family leader, Hogger.
I've not seen the right talents for them on the grid yet, though.
[9:45 PM]
I also saved up enough gold to buy the Rare quality Rivendare
upgrade from the grid, rather than one star at a time. Adds a level
to him, and will do another when I buy a talent, but I already have
the most useful one anyway, so it doesn't matter which of the 2
remaining I get.
[9:48 PM]
It's beast family week now, so that means Hogger. Got a few dungeon
levels cleared/rewarded with his team already, and got 4 fights done
in the sigil campaign: Goreclaw, Tabetha, the Darkmist Broodqueen,
and Jaina Proudmoore herself. All that remains in Dustwallow is an
annoying dragon, but I'm sure that's just a matter of time (and
possibly a few levels).
[9:49 PM]
And no, it's not Onyxia, that dragonlady will be a raid at the end
of the campaign
WoW:
[9:50 PM]
Winter Veil continuing! Got a few days left. No luck with getting
the weapon illusion from the Greench quest, though.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 12/31/2023 9:51 PM
Got 2 new toys from the winter veil gifts under the tree, the Winter
Veil Socks, which leave a wintery trail when you walk, and the
Junior Timekeeper's Racing Belt, which spawns rings for friends to
race through, similar to the dragonriding races.
[9:53 PM]
I got all my alts to the winter veil tree as well, getting some
achievements, enjoying the atmosphere and music, and opening the
gifts. First time for all my horde alts. Calsjona the goblin warrior
couldn't make it though, since she's still on the Lost Isles. She'll
take part next year, as will the horde alts I've not created yet,
and maybe even the new Earthen race depending on when the new
expansion comes out
[9:54 PM]
Weekly quest is battlegrounds; I found out that the fastest way to
get the 4 wins is queueing up for Battleground Blitz brawls. They're
fast-paced versions of random battlegrounds, with pretty short
queues, so it's recommended if you want to grind those wins!
[9:55 PM]
Other than the winter veil trips, no alting done this week; but with
Diablo 4 season done, next up will be the mage again, continuing in
Revendreth.
Assuming I have enough time next week, with the move happening
around this time; probably officially moving over some time in the
week.
[9:56 PM]
And that's my report for the week!
Namarie :)
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