June 11, 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.]
Attending (and typed): ()
Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Web:
New art!
Gaming:
Tolkien:
Topic: friendship theme
Topic: Arien Valar —
06/11/2023 4:51 PM
I wonder whether a minor ring can be destroyed in a normal elven
fire or elven forge or does it have to be a master smith or
runekeeper or wizard of some kind or how can minor rings be
destroyed?
or can it even be purified and used for good?
After-meeting:
(non)
Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard
games.
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Before-meeting
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:00 PM
Aiya : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:00 PM
Aiya!
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:00 PM
Yay Phar!
[4:01 PM]
@Bounder @Guild-friend Valar Guild meeting time! Lurk or say hi!
Join in the chat for Tolkien and gaming. Advertise your favorite
game.
[4:02 PM]
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:02 PM]
Membership:
[4:02 PM]
Phar and I have made ourselves known. Feel free to come out of
lurkdom to say hi. ; )
Eonwë Valar — 06/11/2023 4:03 PM
Salutations
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:03 PM
Aiya Eonwe!
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:03 PM
Aiya
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:03 PM
Sauron will be housesitting for us while Fangorn and I do a bit of
traveling. We plan to visit Meriadoc along the way and join up with
Eowy, Faramir, and Real Floppa : )
[4:04 PM]
Aiya Eonwe and Arien : )
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:04 PM
Say hello to Eowyn and Fangorn and Real Floppa from me
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:04 PM
Aiya Arien!
[4:05 PM]
And Aiya to the others mentioned
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:05 PM
Actually you can do that here in Discord, but sure. : )
Eonwë Valar — 06/11/2023 4:05 PM
Be careful of any brand new accessories you find laying around the
house when you get back. If you go to wear a hat and hear spooky
voices saying anything about ruling them all, take it off
immediately :}
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:05 PM
But surely this ring will be fine? So shiny...
Eonwë Valar — 06/11/2023 4:06 PM
Oh sure, what harm could there be in a ring, the least of trinkets.
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:06 PM
pretty
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:07 PM
Well, I'm a Valie, so it really isn't stronger than I am. Be fun to
push a backfire through it!
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:07 PM
it is mine my preciousssss
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:07 PM
Trinkets! squawk Pretty trinkets!
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:07 PM
Oh, pardon me. tosses the Ring to Arien
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:08 PM
catches and flashes at it with a ray while tossing it in the air
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:08 PM
Hmm, did that Ring just melt in the fire of the Sun?
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:08 PM
ooops
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 4:08 PM
Aiya all!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:08 PM
Your little sun couldn't even melt ordinary gold!
[4:08 PM]
...Or can it...
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:08 PM
She's not a campfire!
[4:09 PM]
Aiya Sandalf : )
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:09 PM
aiya sandalf
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:09 PM
Sandalf, we just melted the Ring by accident.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:10 PM
Aiya Sandalf!
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:10 PM
How are we going to help the Free Peoples grow now?
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 4:10 PM
You mean THE RING?
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:10 PM
That puddle that is currently turned to vapor.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:10 PM
If your standard method is "getting half of them killed"...
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:11 PM
Well, no, they are supposed to learn to take care of themselves.
[4:11 PM]
We even sent trainers to help out!
[4:11 PM]
They seem to be like everyone else though. "Oh shiny!"
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:12 PM
puts away king-befitting golden armor I don't know about that.
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:13 PM
I'm the original shiny maker, uh oh. looks up at the sparkling night
sky
[4:14 PM]
Web:
[4:14 PM]
Our Tolkien Site has new art!
[4:14 PM]
DeepGroover-(T) built and painted a new model and sent a photo for
us. : )
[4:15 PM]
"Gandalf the Grey Fighter"
[4:15 PM]
https://valarguild.org/tolkien/encyc/art/gallery/DeepGroover/GandalfGreyFighter/GandalfGreyFighter.htm
Gandalf the Grey Fighter
Photo of model put together and
painted by DeepGroover.
[4:15 PM]
[4:16 PM]
He says he's working on Frodo next. : )
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:16 PM
wow that is beautiful
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:16 PM
Agreed!
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:17 PM
sorry for the bunnt was an accident blush
[4:17 PM]
bunny
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:17 PM
Really? Thought it was a happy comment. : )
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:18 PM
thats all right then ^^
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:18 PM
So if he wanted to make it Gandalf the White, would he just need to
change the color? Or the staff too, I guess.
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:18 PM
He could!
[4:19 PM]
Fun with paint. : )
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 4:19 PM
I thought it was a happy comment too. When I hovered over the bunny,
it said "happy."
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:19 PM
Aye
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:19 PM
Happy Arien!
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:19 PM
Sunny!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:19 PM
Sunny bunny!
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:20 PM
Anyway, I was impressed with the model and am bunny happy that we
get to host it. : )
[4:20 PM]
./duck
[4:20 PM]
Next up...
[4:20 PM]
Gaming!
[4:21 PM]
Here's hoping all of you had the chance to game this past week!
[4:21 PM]
I snuck in a few times!
Eonwë Valar — 06/11/2023 4:21 PM
Oh, and don't forget next week is Father's Day so I expect you all
to do something awesome for Dad.
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:21 PM
tosses the shiny gavel to Eonwe
[4:21 PM]
What Eonwe said! Thank you. : )
Eonwë Valar — 06/11/2023 4:22 PM
Lord of the Rings Online:
Update 36.0.1 came out this week. ---
https://www.lotro.com/update-notes/lotro-update-36-0-1-release-notes-en
(edited)
The Lord of the Rings Online
Update 36.0.1 Release Notes
Here are the release notes for Update 36.0.1 released on Wednesday,
June 7th, 2023.
[4:22 PM]
The Midsummer Festival is going through July 4th. ---
https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-midsummer-festival-guide-en
The Lord of the Rings Online
Midsummer Festival Guide
Learn about our Midsummer Festival and get started earning your
rewards!
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:23 PM
So much to do! needs to talk to the Valar of Time
Eonwë Valar — 06/11/2023 4:23 PM
World of Warcraft:
This week's bonus event: Pet Battles.
The PvP Brawl: Gravity Lapse is going through Tuesday, June 13th.
[4:24 PM]
Raider Finder Wing 3 of Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible is now
available. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23935246/aberrus-the-shadowed-crucible-raid-finder-wing-3-now-live
World of Warcraft
Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Finder Wing 3 Now Live! - WoW
Breach Neltharion’s secret laboratory hidden within Zaralek Cavern.
It is here that he created the dracthyr and ultimately succumbed to
the whispers of the Old Gods and their corruption. Learn more about
the upcoming new raid arriving with the start of Dragonfight Season
2.
[4:24 PM]
Check out Blues News. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23967713/blues-news-june-9-2023
World of Warcraft
Blues News: June 9, 2023 - WoW
Stay up to date with World of Warcraft when you join us each week as
we round up some of the latest top blue posts and discussions.
[4:24 PM]
Check out This Week in WoW. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23964688/this-week-in-wow-june-5-2023
World of Warcraft
This Week in WoW: June 5, 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. Raid
Finder Wing 3 opens in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible, this week,
allowing players to face Magmorax and the Echo of Neltharion.
And of course check out this week's hotfixes. ---
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23948562/hotfixes-june-9-2023
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: June 9, 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.
[4:24 PM]
Diablo 4:
Diablo 4 is live this week. With it comes some stuff to check out:
[4:24 PM]
The Latest Patch Notes---
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23964909/diablo-iv-patch-notes
Diablo IV Patch Notes
We will continually update this article with all patches the
development team implements for Diablo IV.
[4:24 PM]
A blog: Peeling Back the Varnish: The Graphics of Diablo IV ---
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23964183/peeling-back-the-varnish-the-graphics-of-diablo-iv
Peeling Back the Varnish: The Graphics of Diablo IV
Diablo IV ushers in an age of unspeakable darkness on June 5. Join
members of the development team to see how technology and innovation
set the foundation for Lilith’s return to Sanctuary.
[4:25 PM]
Two short stories: "Witness" and "The Toll of Darkness and Light".
Get links to the PDF of both in the announcement ---
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23964692/diablo-iv-short-stories-witness-and-the-toll-of-darkness-and-light
Diablo IV Short Stories: “Witness” and “The Toll of Darkness and
Li...
Join Tejal, a scribe of the sacred Hedaji, as she recounts tales
from Sanctuary in two new short stories set during the events of
Diablo IV.
[4:25 PM]
Hearthstone:
A New blog is out: Inside Battle.net: Meet the sound team behind
Hearthstone’s harmonic design. ---
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23964694/inside-battle-net-meet-the-sound-team-behind-hearthstone-s-harmonic-design
Inside Battle.net: Meet the sound team behind Hearthstone’s
harmoni...
We caught up with the team to talk about their latest releases, how
they jam during the design process, and the sick concoctions they’ve
created in their endeavors to capture the perfect spell sounds.
[4:25 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.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:25 PM
Not sure about the US, but in the EU we've actually got 2 weekly
quests in WoW. Not just pets, but also mythic dungeons.
Eonwë Valar — 06/11/2023 4:25 PM
I didn't see anything suggesting we had two on the website, but I
also didn't check the in-game calendar.
[4:26 PM]
Can't imagine them not doing the same for US and EU though, so I
might've just missed it.
Overwatch 2:
A new Director's Take is out: Balance Updates for Season Five. ---
https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23964413/
Overwatch
Director’s Take: Balance Updates for Season Five
Game Director Aaron Keller is back with a preview to the balance
changes coming to Overwatch 2 in Season Five
[4:27 PM]
Hmm, there it is, the second is Dragonflight Dungeons.
[4:27 PM]
So for WoW, get in your Pet Battles and your Dragonflight Mythic
Dungeons.
[4:27 PM]
Good catch Phar.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:27 PM
salute
Eonwë Valar — 06/11/2023 4:28 PM
Midsummer Fire Festival coming soon to WoW too while we're talking
about it. Gives alot of credit for the Trading Post, so if you need
to get that registered, there's your chance to knock alot of work
out.,
[4:29 PM]
And apparently getting two treasure goblins killed during the
current event works for credit as well, so if you gave up on that
already, go out there and get two of them just for that.
[4:29 PM]
I've managed to grab all the stuff from the goblins now (at least
that'll last beyond the event: charms don't matter) so I don't have
to chase them down anymore :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:30 PM
Still lacking one leg myself, but that's AHable. Now got bags on 6
chars though.
Eonwë Valar — 06/11/2023 4:30 PM
Exp boost event also coming for WoW. so if you need to work on alts,
be expecting that to start soon according to the in-game calendar.
[4:31 PM]
I got the bag on 3-4 chars. All I cared about was my main, so I'm
good there too :} (edited)
[4:32 PM]
That's it for gaming news from me. Back to you Varda.
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:32 PM
Thank you, Eonwe : )
[4:33 PM]
A bit more on Lord of the Rings Online:
[4:33 PM]
The Legendary World of Treebeard now has a level cap of 85.
[4:33 PM]
Landroval kin branch:
Arien
Eonwe
Fangorn
Nar
Pengolodh
Thranduil
Varda
Crickhollow kin branch:
Eonwe
Falco
Varda
Treebeard kin branch:
Varda
[4:34 PM]
There seems to be a bit of lag between here and Discord tonight.
[4:34 PM]
Arien, go ahead.
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:34 PM
it is not too bad though I hardly notice it
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:35 PM
Oh good. : )
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:35 PM
yeah just wanted to say that the early history of the Rohirrim quest
line in Rhovanion is quite good fun
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:36 PM
Ahh, thanks for mentioning!
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:36 PM
and interesting as well as it speaks also of some hidden
hobbits over there and the adventures of Eorls ancestors
[4:37 PM]
now we are back in Erebor learning of the dwarves involvement
[4:38 PM]
on the way to Gundabad in fact at least i expect it to lead
there
[4:38 PM]
back to you Varda
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:38 PM
Thank you, Arien
[4:38 PM]
Pallando has Eve news for us. : )
Pallando-Valar — 06/11/2023 4:39 PM
CCP has posted their patch notes for Tuesday a little early:
https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/viridian-expansion-notes
EVE Online
Viridian: Expansion Notes | EVE Online
The expansion notes for the upcoming Viridian expansion are now
available.
[4:42 PM]
The high level points are:
Corporations are getting the ability to paint their structures
Corps can offer a sort of in-game pseudo-mission to members
T2 Dreads and their lancer modules have stats
Tax reform for industry
Cap production getting a big cost cutting
PI taking half volume it used to
Marauder bastion mode going to 60s, and they lose ewar bonus
Rokh, Mael, Lare Railgun buffs
New newbie focused "homefront operations" which will require small
fleets to run
(edited)
[4:43 PM]
If anyone wants to try out Eve, homefront operations look like a
great way to do it, and I'd be happy to join with you in doing so.
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:43 PM
Thanks!
Pallando-Valar — 06/11/2023 4:44 PM
Shadow war update: The Amarr have joined the Caldari in finishing
construction of their shipcaster. The Minmatar have completed over
90% of the research required, and the Gallente are just about at
85%. I currently expect both to finish their shipcaster by July.
[4:44 PM]
...and now I go back to watching the PC Gaming Show.
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:46 PM
enoy
[4:46 PM]
enjoy
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:46 PM
Thank you, Pallando : )
[4:47 PM]
Does anyone have any other membership or gaming news that we haven't
gotten to yet? Go ahead and comment!
[4:48 PM]
On to
Tolkien!
[4:48 PM]
One of the major themes in Tolkien's
work is Friendship.
[4:49 PM]
This is true in even his early notes, and certainly in the concept
of the Fellowship.
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:49
PM
Shi Aila! shi aila! a question ! a question!
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:49 PM
Fire!
[4:50 PM]
(If anyone can fire, it's Arien.)
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 4:50 PM
A solar flare?
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:50 PM
Could be!
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:51 PM
I wonder whether a minor ring can be desstroyed in a normal elven
fire or elven forge or does it have to be a master smith or
runekeeper or wizard of some kind or how can minor rings be
destroyed?
or can it even be purified and used for good?
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:52 PM
By its nature, thanks to the Sauron "back door" and his teaching,
none of the Rings were considered safe to use. Not "good". A way of
tempting someone with power.
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 4:53 PM
I believe that the only way to "purify" any of the lesser rings
would be to smelt them down to their native state and remold them
into something new, without the weight of "magic" upon their
creation.
[4:53 PM]
I think I would prefer a dwarven forge, however, as they can
definitely get temperatures up to the point of smelting iron ore and
working the finished product.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:55 PM
For the Great Rings, I think it was specifically dragons that could
melt them, for the minor ones a dwarven forge could be enough. Elven
forges might be up there among the Noldor, like used to be in
Eregion. Probably in Rivendell too?
[4:55 PM]
I mean, Eregion was where they were forged.
Eonwë Valar — 06/11/2023 4:56 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, I must be off early tonight. Got some storms
coming through that I have to beat. Take care all, good night, sleep
well, and have fun.
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 4:56 PM
Fe: 1530 Grad C, Au: 1064 Grad
C Melting points.
[4:56 PM]
Namarie Eonwe!
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 4:56 PM
take care Eonwe and be safe!
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:56 PM
Ok, got it looked up in the Fellowship
[4:57 PM]
"The Shadow of the Past'
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 4:57 PM
Namarie!
Varda — 06/11/2023 4:58 PM
Gandalf has been telling Frodo about the Ring. Frodo can't manage to
toss it into the fireplace.
[4:58 PM]
"Your small fire, of course, would not melt even ordinary gold."
[4:59 PM]
So none of the rings would be destroyed in an ordinary campfire or
cookfire.
[5:00 PM]
"It has been said that dragon-fire could melt and consume the Rings
of Power, but there is not now any dragon left on earth in which the
fire is hot enough;
[5:00 PM]
"nor was there ever any dragon, not even Ancalagon the Black, who
could have harmed the One Ring, the Ruling Ring..."
[5:01 PM]
so agreement with Phar there.
[5:01 PM]
but
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 5:01 PM
Of course, as a scientist, I am concerned about the lack of testable
data regarding the temperature of dragon fire.
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:02 PM
Maybe we should go to Steam and ask Scatha-(Valar)? : )
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 5:04 PM
i did a quick check on Research GAte and found no articles related
to the temperature of dragon fire...and they include articles from
China as well.
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 5:04 PM
He is online but seems away atm
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:07 PM
Since there are comments before the dragon-fire about the forges of
the Shire, and the anvils and furnaces of the Dwarves, that seems a
suggestion of a temperature.
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 5:07 PM
given that the One ring only could be melted int the fires of
Sammath Naur in the lava can minor rings
then be destroyed in lava anywhere else i wonder? say maybe in
Moria where they sat there are volcanic folds deep down?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:07 PM
Well, supposedly dragon fire is hotter than a forge, then?
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:08 PM
As the dragon-fire would need to be hotter to work.
[5:08 PM]
The One Ring also needed to be in the fire of its original creation,
so some magic like salmon returning may be at work as well?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:09 PM
Good question, Arien. I don't know whether Orodruin was hotter than
other volcanoes and lava places, so perhaps it is the only place
they know that contains lava in the first place.
[5:09 PM]
Ah, or that, sure, Varda.
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:10 PM
Gandalf says only the one place will work. Otherwise he might have
sent Frodo to a place not covered up with ringwraiths and orcs and
Sauron!
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 5:10 PM
Basaltic melts (such as those that would probably have been found in
Orodruin) have metling points ranging between 1100 and 1600
Grad C.
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:10 PM
So maybe with help from Sauron, it would be a higher temp than even
that?
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 5:11 PM
I would assume that Ororuin basalt melts would tend to the lower
range on the that gradient, due to the near-surface presence of the
basalt stock.
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:11 PM
Otherwise, why send Frodo to a place within Sauron's easy reach?
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 5:12 PM
There are no reported volcanoes anywhere else in Middle-earth at the
time of the LoTR.
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:12 PM
"...find the Cracks of Doom in the depths of Orodruin, the
Fire-mountain, and cast the Ring in there, if you really wish to
destroy it..." - Gandalf.
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 5:12 PM
So Orodruing would have to be the destination, of necessity.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:12 PM
The Fire-mountain. If there were other volcanoes around, that
wouldn't have been singled out, would it?
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:13 PM
So, depths reached through special cracks that were the same way
Sauron reached the higher temperatures?
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 5:13 PM
i agree.
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:13 PM
Good question, Phar.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:13 PM
I agree with Sandalf, it might be the only volcano that's not 3
years away or something
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:13 PM
Okie dokie. : )
[5:14 PM]
We are now past the hour and I must away ere break of day. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:14 PM
Maybe if they had more knowledge of geology they'd have stayed in
Moria and just dug a little deeper
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 5:14 PM
Have a safe, healthy, and wonderful trip! Send us some pictures!
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 5:14 PM
to find the strange enchanted gold?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:14 PM
Namarie, Varda!
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:14 PM
the gavel has a hot-foot and bounces at speed to the hammerpad
[5:14 PM]
splash!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:14 PM
To find the molten rock
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:14 PM
the hammerpad was doubling as a swimming pool
[5:15 PM]
After-meeting!
[5:15 PM]
(side hustle for the hammerpad)
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:15 PM
Actually, if the world was flat during the Second Age, I wonder how
Orodruin was formed in the first place. That was, after all, when
the Ring was forged.
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 5:15 PM
gavel makes a header
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:15 PM
We have very large hammerpads here.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:15 PM
Why would there be a lava beneath a flat world?
[5:15 PM]
Or hot plumes or tectonics?
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:15 PM
There was an ocean, Vai, below the ship of the world.
[5:16 PM]
So there was more than the ship of the world there to affect things.
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 5:16 PM
oh i thought it was a disk ridiing on the back of a turtle l
oops that is a diffent franchise
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:16 PM
hehe
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:17 PM
Fastitocalon didn't handle the whole world. : )
[5:17 PM]
And it's turtles all the way down!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:17 PM
Great A'tuin did, though!
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:17 PM
Well, that's true. : )
[5:17 PM]
Cross-over!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:18 PM
The most amazing geological event in the Discworld, that I can
recall, was the crash of the Fifth Elephant. Gave birth to the fat
mines of Uberwald
[5:19 PM]
I don't remember much about volcanoes, or whether the disc was thick
enough to put enough pressure on the rock to form magma.
[5:19 PM]
I suppose Arda might be, though.
[5:19 PM]
Warmth through pressure, I should say.
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 5:20 PM
well safe travels Varda dont let us crazy people keep you
Varda — 06/11/2023 5:22 PM
but such fun! and shiny!
[5:22 PM]
Namarie belatedly to Eonwe
[5:23 PM]
Namarie to all of you!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:23 PM
Namarie
Pallando-Valar — 06/11/2023 5:25 PM
@Ar-Pharazon-V Gameplay reveal (remembering it's pre-alpha, they
only have one incomplete faction) https://youtu.be/cq4M38TychE
YouTube
Frost Giant Studios
Stormgate Gameplay Reveal (Pre-Alpha) - PC Gaming Show 2023
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:26 PM
Thanks, checking it out
Pallando-Valar — 06/11/2023 5:27 PM
my wishlist grows.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:28 PM
Definitely a lot of Starcraft in it.
Pallando-Valar — 06/11/2023 5:28 PM
11 new games added today:
Revival: Recolonization (post-apoc 4x)
Last Train Home (this is cool from a historical perspective if no
other, CoH-sdtyle RTS about Czechoslovakian legion)
Frostpunk 2
Chimera (open world survival. I'll probably drop this but the art
was enough to make me look at it)
Warhammer AoS: Realms of Ruin (RTS)
Road to Vostok (post apoc survival FPS)
Naheulbeuk's Dungeon Master (It's Dungeon Keeper)
Mars Horizon 2 (it's a sequel. hard to describe, go look at MH1)
Clockwork Revolution (inExile's Bioshock Infinite)
Avowed (Obsidian's Skyrim)
Towerborne (co-op adventure thing)
3 last week:
Rune Coliseum (management fighting game?)
Beastieball (Pokemon volleyball)
HELLDIVERS 2
(BG3, Stray Gods, Dune Awakening, and Stormgate were already on it)
[5:29 PM]
THE WISHLIST MUST GROW
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:29 PM
haha
[5:29 PM]
Ooh, creeps.
Pallando-Valar — 06/11/2023 5:30 PM
I really hope they keep the chicken in somewhere as an easter egg
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:31 PM
Is that thing wearing a hat?
[5:32 PM]
I'm curious about the resources. They look more like single-place
goldmines than starcraft's mineral rows. But they could also be
limitless.
[5:34 PM]
"Therium is also a bit of a unique resource, it spreads and enriches
when unmined and has different forms"
[5:34 PM]
...Tiberium?
[5:35 PM]
Gods, this just wants to make me play the games already on my list
[5:35 PM]
So far I've been reminded of Starcraft, Impossible Creatures,
Warcraft, C&C...
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 5:41 PM
Namarie from me as well
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:41 PM
Namarie!
Arien Valar — 06/11/2023 5:41 PM
sleep well when you get to it
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 5:42 PM
Namarie, Arien!
[5:42 PM]
Report, Ar?
[5:42 PM]
Later?
@Ar-Pharazon-V
I'm curious about the resources. They look more like single-place
goldmines than starcraft's mineral rows. But they could also be
limitless.
Pallando-Valar — 06/11/2023 5:42 PM
Yeah, they went with WC goldmines instead of SC minerals
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:42 PM
Later. Wrapping up a few things I want done within the next 20
minutes, then gotta decide whether I watch a movie or play some
Diablo 4
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 5:43 PM
Later, then...and Namarie all for now!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:43 PM
Namarie!
Pallando-Valar — 06/11/2023 5:43 PM
but the secondary resource is really interesting. It's like WC trees
(ie, you harvest it and it's gone) except it grows back, and it has
a growth curve, so the longer you leave it the faster it grows so...
when do you pick to harvest it? do you prune it all the way back and
get a big bump but have no sustain after?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:44 PM
Speaking of games on my list, that sounds a bit more like Populous:
The Beginning
Pallando-Valar — 06/11/2023 5:44 PM
going up and stealing from the enemy is even more hurtful than
usual... I think it's gonna be really interesting.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 5:44 PM
hehe, yes, take their trees
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 8:48 PM
Hello Ar! Are you still here?
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 9:00 PM
I am now!
[9:00 PM]
Time for personal gaming report
[9:01 PM]
For (non)flashgaming, a badge I'd not gotten before this
week, at
https://www.kongregate.com/games/HapiwakuProject/incremental-epic-hero-2
Kongregate
Incremental Epic Hero 2
A mixture of incremental/idle and roleplaying game set in fantasy
world filled with monsters and things to explore, where battling is
constant, almost everythi...
[9:03 PM]
One of the more recently badged larger idle games on kongregate, an
rpg where you start with a one-person guild, a single hero
completing quests and fighting slimes. As you go along the tutorial
quests, you'll unlock more and more features, including new
heroes/classes, pets to capture and tame, and upgrades for pretty
much everything, as you move into newer areas with tougher enemies.
[9:04 PM]
I haven't figured out all the stuff yet, but there's a lot to do,
upgrade, research, craft, equip...
[9:06 PM]
The badge itself, though, is categorized as an "easy" badge, being
the first of a series of pet-related badges for the game, but it
actually takes quite a bit to even unlock the pet feature. So it's a
bit misleading. Still, I started like 4 days earlier than needed so
it went fine
[9:07 PM]
Blizzard gaming:
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 9:08 PM
I'm "listening"!!
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 9:09 PM
Diablo 4: Went in there, with a druid! Big guy, hairy (green hair),
and halfway to bear already in his appearance Named him
Calaron, after my WoW druid.
[9:09 PM]
Druid's fun so far, with bear and wolf shapeshifting, though I'm
focusing on the bear. I did unlock an ability for the wolf shape to
restore health, though, so with a lack of passive regeneration in
the game compared to Diablo 3, it's very useful to have between
fights.
[9:11 PM]
Any case, he's gotten to level 13 so far, completing the prologue
and several sidequests. He's made it to the town of Margrave, where
there's another bunch of side quests, and then he'll continue to
chase Lilith into the mines.
[9:12 PM]
I'm quite enjoying it so far, though I'm not sure how far I want to
stray for side quests/areas/Renown, as I'll want to save a few more
Renown tiers to unlock after the story mode is done, since they
won't have any effect until I unlock difficulty tier 3 anyway.
[9:12 PM]
Gotta give myself something to do later
[9:14 PM]
Hearthstone: Level 88 on the reward track! About 2 more weeks to
100, I'm thinking.
[9:15 PM]
Along the way I've also reached 1200 total on all reward tracks so
far, unlocking a new choice of tier 2 class skins, and I picked the
Deathmantle rogue set.
[9:16 PM]
As well as reaching level 31 with the death knight class.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 9:17 PM
Started and completed the quest event I mentioned last week, as they
were a bit more generic than previous ones and I could usually deal
with them with some decks I'd already made. Last quest, however,
required a legendary minion I didn't have yet, so had to craft him.
[9:17 PM]
Which also reminded me that my packs continue to pile up, up to 280
now o.O
[9:17 PM]
Should really spend some time on that!
[9:17 PM]
Opening them, that is.
[9:20 PM]
Brawl is an old Diablo themed one, The Dark Wanderer. Comes in 2
phases, and starts with 3 special secrets on the opponent. After you
take him down, he turns into Diablo at 150 health. I found a
cheap-ish hunter deck online for it, filled with damage spells,
which work well with the enemy secrets and any imp minions he throws
out.
[9:20 PM]
But even if you don't bring him down, don't worry, next match will
pick up where you left off, so you'll get it eventually
[9:21 PM]
WoW:
[9:22 PM]
Raiding continues, as we got 2 new bosses down on heroic difficulty!
4 down now. I also got my fourth tier piece from the Vault, and the
4-piece bonuses are quite good for both feral and guardian spec. And
I got my first few heroic upgrades as well.
[9:23 PM]
(oh, back up: If you complete the Diablo brawl in Hearthstone once,
you get a special Lilith card back!)
[9:24 PM]
Anyway, as mentioned earlier, 2 weekly quests this week in WoW...
pets always fun to do from the safety of the garrison, but for the 4
mythic dungeons I enjoyed testing out my setbonuses
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 9:24 PM
Almost done with June's trading post journey as well, just a few
raidbosses or honor to get.
[9:25 PM]
Treasure goblin event is still going for a few days, and while I'm
still missing one of Wirt's legs, mostly I've been using alts to try
and get the 36-slot bags on them. Got them for the mage and the
hunter this week
[9:26 PM]
Finally, alt questing!
[9:28 PM]
With the firemage in Ardenweald, I made my way to Hibernal Hollow
after fighting back some Drust, took care of a side questline in
Shimmerbough to deal with masked fae, and upsetting more Drust in
Tirna Noch by stealing back all the anima they'd taken. Only a few
questlines in the zone to go, and those will be quite intense,
focusing on saving Ysera's wildseed and defending against a siege by
angry Drust.
[9:29 PM]
Project Horde also continuing! Got the tauren hunter Caliboes to
level 10, transmogging him to look the character I based him on, and
sending him to Eversong Woods to tame his second pet, a turtle.
Ar-Pharazon-V — 06/11/2023 9:32 PM
For reference, this is who I based him on, and
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-gb/character/eu/argent-dawn/caliboes
is his current look. You can also see both pets on that page as well
World of Warcraft
Caliboes - Character - WoW
Caliboes (Argent Dawn) ❮Innovation❯ - 10 Tauren Survival Hunter, 3
ilvl
[9:32 PM]
Pretty much as close as I'm going to get him in the WoW limitations.
[9:32 PM]
And with that done, I created my next horde alt!
[9:32 PM]
Calgitha, orc affliction warlock, all witchy style
[9:33 PM]
She's been working her way through the Valley of Trials, making it
to level 6 on the way, as well as getting her first demon pet, an
imp called Jubbis. The name's random, and while you can replace your
imp pet to get one with a different name, Jubbis is growing on me
[9:34 PM]
In the style of Carbotanimations... he's Jubbis't friend
[9:35 PM]
cough that horrible pun out of the way...
[9:35 PM]
Next week, let's see how close we can get her to 10!
[9:37 PM]
And that's my report for the week
[9:37 PM]
Namarie!
Sandalf13 — 06/11/2023 9:43 PM
Namarie!!!
[9:43 PM]
I had to step away for a moment! Thanks for the report, Ar!
Eonwë Valar — 06/15/2023 8:21 PM
Anyone else notice there's apparently a chess game now available
through Discord? Just to give people ideas. I believe it was Fladrif
who used to play online chess? :}
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