February 4, 2024
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): (6)
Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon,
Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
(Sightings of Fladrif and
Nob.)
Before-meeting
Skiing
Groundhog Day
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Ar-Pharazon
is now Uncle Phar. :)
Mastering a skill, how long does it take?
Web:
Gaming:
World of Warcraft, WoW Classic,
Hearthstone,
Diablo 4, Diablo
Immortal, Overwatch 2, Lord
of the Rings Online, Eve Online, Vanguard (Eve spin-off), more Eve
Tolkien:
Topic:
What motivation kept the Fellowship members going against so much
set against them? Especially Frodo? Answer.
After-meeting:
Tolkien chat continues.
(non) Flashgaming
Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games
afterwards.
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Before-meeting
Eonwë Valar — 01/29/2024 7:41 PM
So Diablo, Warcraft, and WC2:Bnet edition are available through
Blizzard's shop now. Going back to D1 would be quite the nostalgia
trip, but too bad the ME mod most likely wouldn't work with it.
[7:43 PM]
I'd have to know that it wouldn't be hideously small on my 4k screen
though.
Varda — 01/29/2024 9:52 PM
Sandalf, sounds wonderful!
Eonwe, sure hope the games and computers finally get together again!
[9:53 PM]
Middle-earth mod would be fantastic. : )
January 30, 2024
Sandalf13 — 01/30/2024 4:05 PM
Good day of skiing...18 long runs, 16 Black slopes, 2 Blue slopes.
It warmed up to 40 Grad F today!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/98425690877104128/1202011666246533222/20240130_122620.jpg
January 31, 2024
Varda — 01/31/2024 4:32 PM
Great picture!
February 1, 2024
Sandalf13 — 02/01/2024 9:01 AM
Thank you.
February 2, 2024
Eonwë Valar — 02/02/2024 6:44 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUi1PdYn5nk
YouTube
sideffx
GROUNDHOG DAY WAKEUP
February 4, 2024
Varda — Yesterday at 3:42 PM
That was a learning movie. : )
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 3:58 PM
Loved that movie
[3:59 PM]
such a great fun
and a good message
Varda — Yesterday at 4:01 PM
Aiya : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:02 PM
What exactly was the message? If you don't live each day to the
fullest, try and try again?
Aiya!
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Aiya
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Heya.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:03 PM
Aiya Eonwe!
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 4:03 PM
dont forget he only could continue normal life when he had spent the
day in a sensible and fulfilling way
Aiya all
Varda — Yesterday at 4:04 PM
Aiya Arien, Phar, and Eonwe : )
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:04 PM
You know, he spent a little longer than 6 more weeks of winter...
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:05 PM
I read a blog once that concluded he'd spent over 40 years in it.
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:06 PM
I think I read somewhere it was closer to 200 years. Or watched a
video, something.
Varda — Yesterday at 4:06 PM
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
Membership:
[4:06 PM]
Groundhog Day, never grow older, but it takes a while to grow wiser.
And it took time to learn all those skills including piano.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:06 PM
Right!
Varda — Yesterday at 4:07 PM
I don't know how long, but he was focused after a while, stuck, so
that can speed up learning.
Aiya Sandalf : )
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:07 PM
aiya all! Kust popped my chicken in the oven, for dinner...
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:08 PM
Aiya Sandalf!
Varda — Yesterday at 4:08 PM
we all troop over to have chicken dinner
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:08 PM
I have plenty!
Varda — Yesterday at 4:08 PM
or we play Hobnangians! Go chickens!
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:08 PM
Mastery of a skill takes something like 10,000 hours of use.
Varda — Yesterday at 4:08 PM
Virtual food does pass around well.
[4:09 PM]
That's a lot of hours. Maybe we'd better get started learning
something!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:09 PM
100,000 to be the best there ever was, according to a Doctor Who
scene I recently saw
Varda — Yesterday at 4:09 PM
Hey, he has time.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:09 PM
Twas another character actually, but still
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:10 PM
Comes out to about 3.5 years of use, 8 hours a day, no weekends
off.
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:10 PM
Quite a working schedule, hey?
Varda — Yesterday at 4:10 PM
Valarites have time on their side, but still. Need to focus and do
it!
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:11 PM
Tut es einfach! (as one says in German...just do it!)
Varda — Yesterday at 4:11 PM
Can't put it off!
[4:12 PM]
What Sandalf said. : )
On to
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Web:
[4:12 PM]
Nothing visible at this time.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow?
Varda — Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Good morrow, Phar. Get crackin'!
@Sandalf13
Tut es einfach! (as one says in German...just do it!)
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:13 PM
Loud sound warning:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RS-UBeVMshc
YouTube
Strong Mind Motivation
Shia LaBeouf "Just Do It"
Varda — Yesterday at 4:13 PM
aka "Where there's a whip, there's a way".
Do it. No dream, no try, just do it. : )
@Varda
aka "Where there's a whip, there's a way".
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:14 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y
YouTube
NTorch
Where there's a whip, there's a way!
Varda — Yesterday at 4:14 PM
We hope to have our web stuff where you can see it soon. We are just
"doing" it. : )
[4:14 PM]
On to
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Gaming!
[4:14 PM]
Here's hoping we are making progress in our games!
[4:15 PM]
Eonwe, this shiny gavel hopped out of the shelf and headed your way
singing "Just do it!".
As in, it needed to get on over to you and didn't wait for a call!
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:16 PM
As long as it wasn't singing "Where there's a whip, there's a way."
[4:16 PM]
Gaming:
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:16 PM
Oh, totally missed some membership news!
[4:17 PM]
For as of this morning, I am an uncle.
Varda — Yesterday at 4:17 PM
Hey, Ugluk! We need you over here for motivational "speaking"!
[4:17 PM]
Uncle Phar!!! Grats!!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:17 PM
Thanks!
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:17 PM
Congrats!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:17 PM
Haven't met my nephew yet, will be tomorrow or tuesday.
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:17 PM
Say hello for us!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:18 PM
But I've heard everything went well
Will do!
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 4:18 PM
congratulations
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:18 PM
Thanks
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:19 PM
Just got back from one week up at Swan Mountain; got in three days
of skiing...and left just before the beg snowstorm hit...we got 9
inches in Thornton, about 2 feet in the mountains.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:19 PM
Oof.
Varda — Yesterday at 4:20 PM
So you need to go back and test the new snow? : )
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:20 PM
Not for a little while! I need to recover. I don't snap back as
quick as I used to...but I did mostly black runs (groomed) so I am
very happy.
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 4:21 PM
well done
Varda — Yesterday at 4:21 PM
Cool : ) /duck
[4:21 PM]
Eonwe, your floor. : )
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:23 PM
Thanks.
[4:23 PM]
World of Warcraft:
[4:23 PM]
Darkmoon Faire is going.
This week's bonus event: Cataclysm Timewalking.
The Lunar Festival is going February 3rd through 17th.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:24 PM
(and from tomorrow, love is in the air)
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:24 PM
Was about to say that, but yes :}
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:24 PM
Ah, sorry, didn't know there'd been a news post yet
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:24 PM
No, hadn't put it on the Gaming News yet, but I'd remembered it :}
[4:25 PM]
Blizzard hadn't put up the announcement yet either last I checked.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:26 PM
That's what I meant, actually, and I think you usually base your
gaming news on those, so thought I'd mention it.
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:26 PM
But yeah, thanks for making sure it's mentioned.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:26 PM
But carry on, don't mind me
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:26 PM
Most news from their announcements, yes; I do try to catch the
in-game calendar too :}
[4:27 PM]
Check out Season
of Discovery Phase 2 (for WoW
Classic). ---
World of Warcraft
Go Inside Season of Discovery Phase 2 - WoW
Sit down with World of Warcraft Classic team
designers to explore more of what Season of Discovery Phase 2 has in
store for you when it goes live on February 8.
[4:29 PM]
See what's available in February's
Trading Post. (reminds me I need to get moving on getting the
month's credit) ---
World of Warcraft
Love Blossoms this Month in the February Trading
Post - WoW
Celebrate one year of the Trading Post with two
steeply discounted items, the Mannequin’s Charm toy and X-53 Rocket,
and earn an extra 500 Trader’s Tender this month!
Cast a spell with this month’s signature item the
Love Witch’s Attire transmog ensemble.
[4:29 PM]
And of course hotfixes
for the week. ---
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: February 1, 2024 - 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, Season of
Discovery, and WoW Classic.
[4:29 PM]
Hearthstone:
Patch
28.4.1 is out. ---
28.4.1 Patch Notes
Patch 28.4.1 brings balance updates to
Hearthstone and Battlegrounds.
[4:30 PM]
Diablo 4:
Lunar
Awakening runs February 6th through February 20th. ---
Luminant Prosperity Awaits in Lunar Awakening
Activate Lunar Shrines for 50% bonus XP and
increased movement speed.
Earn Ancestral Favor Reputation to celebrate
Lunar Awakening!
[4:31 PM]
Diablo Immortal:
Check out this week's bug
fixes. ---
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.
Overwatch 2:
Year
of the Dragon is live. ---
Overwatch
Roar Into the Lunar New Year – Year of the Dragon
Now Live
Play fan-favorite Prop Hunt and earn new rewards
as you celebrate the Lunar New Year in Overwatch 2.
[4:31 PM]
That's it from me.
Varda — Yesterday at 4:32 PM
Thank you, Eonwe : )
[4:33 PM]
Lord of the Rings Online:
Landroval branch:
Arien
Dis
Eonwe
Falco
Fangorn
Nar
Pengolodh
Varda
Crickhollow branch:
Eonwe
Falco
Fangorn
Varda
Treebeard branch:
Varda
[4:33 PM]
StarCraft 2: Eowyn and Fangorn have been working together out
there, along with the grandson and Faramir. : )
[4:34 PM]
Anyone else here get to game with other Valarites, or seen any?
This past week, I mean.
[4:35 PM]
Any sign of Fladrif? Helm? Aragorn?
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:36 PM
I think I saw Fladrif recently online at least.
Varda — Yesterday at 4:37 PM
O good. : )
[4:37 PM]
Chatted a bit with Nob on LotRO Landroval. : )
[4:38 PM]
Pallando may have a brief mention for us.
Pallando-Valar — Yesterday at 4:38 PM
Official Eve news remains quiet, but the CSM summit is
coming up very soon and we might get some official words out of that
once the minutes are published.
[4:39 PM]
In in-game events, the Insurgencies introduced in November in the
Havoc expansion have been a streak of uninterrupted wins for the
Pirates for various reasons
[4:40 PM]
The Gallente Milita just scored the first win for the Empire forces
vs the Guristas yesterday:
https://zkillboard.com/kill/115275378/
zkillboard.com
Guristas Pirates FOB | Commando Guri | Killmail
(Commando Guri) lost their Guristas Pirates FOB
in Ouelletta (Verge Vendor).
Final Blow by darkmatter456 (Eden Dominion
Coalition) flying in a Omen Navy Issue. Total Value: 0.02 ISK
[4:41 PM]
The Minmatar Militia is attempting to replicate this feat vs the
Angels, but it's a much closer and harder struggle.
[4:41 PM]
I have been part of that effort and am continuing that work even
now.
Varda — Yesterday at 4:41 PM
Huzzah!
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 4:41 PM
good luck :)
Pallando-Valar — Yesterday at 4:42 PM
Vanguard, the upcoming FPS from CCP
Games that will tie into the Eve universe, had another test weekend
this past weekend. People are pretty enthusiastic about it. There
are more tests every month through June, with feature updates slated
for March and June and bugfixes inbetween.
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Cool.
[4:46 PM]
Has a platform been announced, or is it strictly for PC?
[4:47 PM]
Or undetermined as of yet?
Varda — Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Guessing Pallando is away. He is welcome to break in with an answer
as we move along.
[4:51 PM]
Any other news, requests, invitations needed?
On to
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Tolkien!
[4:52 PM]
Before mentioning the topic I had in mind, here is an interesting
video on orcs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCS4B99W3Y
YouTube
Realms Unravelled
What Happened to the Orcs After the Ring was
Destroyed and the War ...
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:52 PM
Ah, I thought it'd be the whip song again
Varda — Yesterday at 4:52 PM
Always interesting to hear what the gang thinks of that subject.
heh
[4:53 PM]
Surprise, Phar!
Anyway, the topic in mind was related to some of what was said
earlier.
What motivation kept the Fellowship members
going against so much set against them? Especially Frodo?
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:54 PM
Estel
Varda — Yesterday at 4:54 PM
Yes, but what fueled that hope?
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:54 PM
Food.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:54 PM
hehe
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:54 PM
Seriously, probably more like determination.
Varda — Yesterday at 4:55 PM
What fueled the determination?
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:55 PM
Light plays a role in it. The phial of Galadriel, in the caverns of
Shelob. The lone star shining through the smoke over Mordor. Gandalf
the White blinding the orcs at Helm's Deep (or is that movie only?)
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 4:55 PM
On the edge of Mordor, both Frodo and Sam were thinking about The
Shire, and how the mission they were involved with ws purposed to
preserve "goodness" in Middle-earth.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:55 PM
The light shining on the old statue in Ithilien.
Light is a good source of hope.
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 4:56 PM
The desire to not just let Sauron win and snuff out everything good
in the world.
@Eonwë Valar
Has a platform been announced, or is it strictly for PC?
Pallando-Valar — Yesterday at 4:58 PM
Sorry for disappearing, I'm running around like mad for the
Insurgency work. Currently strictly PC with no indication of
consoles. The previous Eve FPS was DUST514 and somewhat infamously
was a PS3 exclusive released less than a year before the PS4 came
out (which had all of the bad effects you might imagine..), so there
might be some hesitance around consoles. That said, it's early in
the development and modern engines (it's a UE5 game) make porting
much, much easier than it used to be, so it's possible.
[4:59 PM]
vanishes in a puff of smoke again
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:59 PM
sigh wizards...
Varda — Yesterday at 4:59 PM
Thank you, Pallando! Nice thing about text is it lets us work around
time problems.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 4:59 PM
Can't resist a good disappearance act.
Varda — Yesterday at 4:59 PM
sneezes from smoke
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 4:59 PM
sometimes its also thinking of what the enemy aims to achieve and
then it comes to you : *No i am not the one that lets THAT going to
hapen" but i dont know whether Tolkien used that
Varda — Yesterday at 4:59 PM
O yes, Arien. It looked as if that was in there too.
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:00 PM
Sometimnes you just have to do what you have to do, espeically when
it comes to defeating evil in the world, and despite the odds being
against you....sort of fatalistic, I suppose, but that is Tolkien
for you.
@Pallando-Valar
vanishes in a puff of smoke again
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:00 PM
https://youtu.be/U8WrlTLF_XY?t=14
YouTube
costmo69
TMNT 2 NINJA VANISH
Varda — Yesterday at 5:00 PM
Soldier on.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:00 PM
Fatalism.. but as Gandalf said, with an unseen hand nudging things
along, hopefully the Valar
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:01 PM
Or Eru Iluvatar?
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:01 PM
Even better, perhaps!
Varda — Yesterday at 5:01 PM
The Valar act as Eru's hands when doing what they should be doing.
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:01 PM
Hige sceal the heardra, and all that good stuff, that Tolkien
thought deeply about.
Varda — Yesterday at 5:02 PM
Remember to translate. : )
[5:02 PM]
For the Shire!
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:03 PM
Sam: "For Rosie!"
Varda — Yesterday at 5:03 PM
: )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:03 PM
For Bill the Pony!
Varda — Yesterday at 5:03 PM
To make sure what one loves will continue.
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:03 PM
Will shall be harder, heart the stronger, spirit the greater, as our
strength lessens....Old English, the Battle of Maldon, that Tolkien
studied in detail.
Varda — Yesterday at 5:04 PM
Frodo sure showed that one.
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:04 PM
The same idea as in the poem "Ulysses," by Lord Alfred Tennyson...a
very English concept.
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:05 PM
Aragorn fought to be with the woman he loved, but if he failed she
could've still escaped to safety across the Sea (whether she would
have gone, or pulled another Luthien, we don't have enough
about her to know). There was nowhere safe Rosie could go if Sam
failed.
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:06 PM
I believe that Aragorn was fighting for more than just his love for
Arwen...he was raised to believe that the fight for "right" over
"evil" was his (and others) duty.
Arwen was a nice side catch, as it was.
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:06 PM
Of course.
[5:07 PM]
Of course he was fighting for more than that.
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 5:07 PM
Got to check on my chicken....be back in a moment. Duty calls!
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:08 PM
My point was that the danger in failure was more personal for Sam.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:08 PM
chicken checkin'
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:10 PM
The battle needed fought. Even if Aragorn wasn't trying to reclaim
his kingdom, he would've fought it, but if he failed, if he died
(which would've been a top priority for Sauron if he succeeded,
finishing off the Heir of Isildur), he could take some solace
knowing the woman he loved would be safe.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:12 PM
Funny, that. Considering he was still the Heir of Isildur, it means
his ancestors did manage to procreate before dying. While he waged
battle after battle, putting himself on the edge of death again and
again, not starting a family until he was king.
[5:13 PM]
Had he always known it'd be down to his generation, or were his
ambitions in love just so much greater than his forefathers?
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:13 PM
Elrond set the bar: "I'm not giving my daughter to anyone but the
King of Both Arnor and Gondor." At that point it's step up or give
up.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:13 PM
I mean, if he'd fallen right there and then, the entire line's
effort would've been for nothing right at the last moment.
[5:14 PM]
So yes, it was his ambition, then, going for a (3/4th, give or take)
elf as his love interest, rather than settling for a human like his
ancestors
[5:16 PM]
Another question of fate, then. If it'd been a hundred years later
for the Ring to turn up and Sauron to make his move... no elf bride
for him.
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:17 PM
Well, he'd fallen in love, and for Elves (which the Numenoreans
became more like when they were given Numenor) getting over
something like that isn't an "Oh, I woke up feeling better today"
kind of thing. It might've taken him decades to fall in love again
if he'd lost Arwen, assuming he ever did meet someone.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:17 PM
So would the line have ended at that point? Or would he have some
cousins running around somewhere?
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:18 PM
I suspect he would've just devoted himself to the cause and not
fallen in love again, but that's me.
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 5:18 PM
Also Aragorn had the little task of keeping Surons lackeys and evil
in check ... i mean keeping watch over peaceful people like the
Hobbits .. and just on this occasion he was getting rid of the root
of the evil
Sauron's
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:18 PM
It doesn't say if there were other descendents of Isildur out there,
just that Aragorn was 39th in direct line.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:19 PM
Kinda some pressure to make a 40th, then, wouldn't you say?
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 5:19 PM
or not necessarily Sauron 's lackeys but keepin g them sacfe in
general
@Ar-Pharazon-V
Kinda some pressure to make a 40th, then, wouldn't you say?
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:20 PM
I don't know. That's a longer discussion than I have time for.
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 5:21 PM
like hee ^^
https://valarguild.org/tolkien/encyc/fiction/authors/Arien/stories/JustaDare.htm
here
[5:22 PM]
thats his peopel but Aragorn was the head and leader of them
people
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:22 PM
Fair enough. I just thought it was funny that after 40 or so
generations, it was lucky that the one heir who had his heart set on
one that required the kingship, was the one being around at the
right time to actually have the chance to claim it.
Varda — Yesterday at 5:23 PM
Was it luck?
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:23 PM
Hence my mention of fate, earlier :)
Varda — Yesterday at 5:23 PM
Ok : )
The timing of things all around was interesting, but a different
subject
and we have blown right past the hour.
[5:24 PM]
gavels look up guiltily from around the hammerpad where they are
all having a picnic
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:24 PM
Arvedui had tried.
Varda — Yesterday at 5:24 PM
one bops a tankard against the hammerpad as if it were a table
Bop!!!
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After-meeting!
[5:25 PM]
Free chat. Carry on chat or fall asleep or whatever suits your
fancy!
The world would have fallen to Sauron and all would have been dark
and enslavement. What a lousy way to live. Yep, I'll go on this
mission.
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:25 PM
Probably alot of signs that said it was going to be Aragorn or
nobody. Narsil revorged, the Ring showing up, etc.
[5:26 PM]
Not that Aragorn would've known that was going to happen when he
fell in love, but there you go.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:26 PM
Wasn't Narsil reforged just for this occasion? Sauron's forces
coming back?
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:26 PM
Setting the bar that high makes sure Aragorn is serious, but it's
dangerous too. Thingol set the bar so high it destroyed his kingdom
and cost him his life.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:27 PM
Hmm, true that
And yes, Aragorn wouldn't have known that, so good for him that it
worked out
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:28 PM
Elrond had Elvish foresight though. He knew things were heading that
way, and he probably suspected when he set that bar that Aragorn was
"that guy".
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:29 PM
Ah, good point.
In contrast to Thingol, actually, who tried to force the situation
by initiating the breaking of the status quo himself.
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:30 PM
Perhaps Elrond was essentially buying Arwen time to decide to sail
with him if Aragorn failed. "You're not convincing my daughter to
give up her immortality until you can show me she'll be safe."
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 5:32 PM
and the world she d rzaise her children in
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:32 PM
Thingol just wanted Beren dead, aye, so in his bid to have Beren
dead and keep his own hands clean, he dragged himself into a Doom
he'd so far managed to avoid.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:32 PM
Thingol sending out Beren would've been the equivalent to Elrond
saying to Aragorn, "I know nothing's happening right now and
Sauron's asleep in Mordor, but if you want my daughter's hand you'll
have to go in there yourself and take him out. And if you could find
the Ring along the way, that'd be nice." Instead, Elrond knew things
were about to change regardless.
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 5:32 PM
that be Elrond';s grandkids
[5:33 PM]
but anyway .... I have to keep Dreamlands safe .. (side note I
enjoyed playing in the emera;d drea, a ;pt ^^)
(a lot)
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:34 PM
Oh, tonight, while dreamwalking to Moonglade for the Lunar Festival,
I actually discovered the dreamgrove now has a portal to
Amirdrassil. Not the Emerald Dream version though, which would've
been handy for the raid
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:35 PM
Cool
Sleep well Arien.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:35 PM
Namarie Arien!
Varda — Yesterday at 5:35 PM
Namarie : )
Arien Valar — Yesterday at 5:35 PM
hehe okay Namarie, Valarites May all your coming adventures
(in real life or in game) succeed
Namarie
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:36 PM
I'm running late on being gone myself.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:36 PM
Namarie, then!
Varda — Yesterday at 5:37 PM
We are a hazard to schedules. : )
Eonwë Valar — Yesterday at 5:41 PM
Take care all, good night, sleep well, and have fun.
Varda — Yesterday at 5:42 PM
Fun shall be had!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:42 PM
Indeed!
Varda — Yesterday at 5:42 PM
Or if it's Phar, he'll work out double the fun. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:43 PM
Well, I'm always doing several games at once
Varda — Yesterday at 5:51 PM
So triple the fun? : )
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:51 PM
Sometimes!
Varda — Yesterday at 5:52 PM
hehe
[5:53 PM]
In side news, my laptop no longer hooks to the internet wirelessly
as of last night. Now using a cord, which kind of blows the ability
to move around. But it works!
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 5:54 PM
Ah, weird. But glad you can still have it work!
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 6:10 PM
Chicken is fine, and is on warm. Frozen veggies are in the pot,
waiting to boil when the guests arrive (5 kids and two adults).
Salad is made and dressed. Bread is on the table. The table is set.
The guacamole is ready for dipping, and there are chips out for the
kids. So. All I need now is for the guests to arrive...and I did
manage to clean myself and change my clothes, so as to be
presentable!
[6:11 PM]
Dessert is non-dairy frozen yogurt, grapes, and some pie. With the
all-day fog and gloom out there, a good night to have some friends
over!
Varda — Yesterday at 6:33 PM
Pie!
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 9:31 PM
Aiya all! The guest are gone, the dishwasher is humming, and the
kitchen is clean. Time to read Ar's report, if he is still with us.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 9:32 PM
I'm here, soon done with my actual gaming
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 9:32 PM
The three youngest guests were 5, 7, and 9...quite a busy group. The
older boys are 13 and 15, so a little more "tame."
[9:33 PM]
And I am ready for your report!
It is very strange looking out over my snow-covered backyard with a
thick fog lying low on the ground...surreal.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 10:01 PM
Shpooky!
[10:01 PM]
Anyway, personal gaming report:
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 10:01 PM
OK!!!
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Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 10:02 PM
For (non)flashgaming, I give you https://www.kongregate.com/games/Aimless_Studios/law-of-the-cat-god
an idle game with a feline theme. Taking place in a future where
cats have taken over the world, have built up a society and live by
praying to the cat god, usually by petting themselves.
Kongregate
Law of the Cat God
Law of the Cat God is an idle clicker game with a
unique storyline and a touch of humor. In this game, you find
yourself in a future where cats have taken over...
[10:02 PM]
Get karma by petting cats, hiring extra paws, and befriending famous
cats from the history outlined in the lore book.
[10:03 PM]
You can then reset for favor by spending karma, reset for gifts by
spending favors, spending gifts for blessings, etc!
And enjoy the many... many. Many catpuns.
[10:05 PM]
Blizzard gaming:
[10:08 PM]
Hearthstone:
Level 107 on the reward track, as it goes faster after 100, although
the rewards are reduced to 50 gold per level. For level 100,
however, I got my first pick of the new set of reward class skins,
and chose Scourgeborne Arthas for the death knight. It fits my
unholy deck well.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 10:10 PM
Brawl is Lunar Blessings: For the lunar new years, choose a class,
get a random deck, and choose between 3 animals of the chinese
calendar, each with a unique buff. Some of the more powerful ones
are giving minions reborn or extra health below a certain mana cost,
which works well with classes such as death knight and shaman.
[10:11 PM]
Rumble:
Collection level 26 now. I read 50 is supposed to be the maximum, so
we're into the second half!
Made more progress in the sigil campaign, getting the first 3 fights
in Un'goro done.
[10:12 PM]
It's beast week in the dungeon this time, and I cleared level 11
with Hogger. Higher than that is giving me a bit of trouble though.
[10:14 PM]
For the minis, I got 1 more to uncommon, the Spiderlings. More
uncommons were piling up in the grid, and I couldn't afford to keep
them all in there by moving them constantly, so I decided to let
them go and focus on them now as they come up again.
I did get 3 new talents though: Second one for the mountaineer, and
the ideal ones for the skeleton party and the aforementioned
spiderlings.
So now talents are caught up again, and it's time to save up for
more uncommon upgrades.
[10:16 PM]
WoW:
More raiding! We cleared the first 7 bosses on tuesday and
one-shotted the last 2 tonight, so not only was it a short raid, but
we've also got tuesday off again. The raid is now firmly on farm.
Ar-Pharazon-V — Yesterday at 10:17 PM
For old raiding, we finally got the last pet from the secondlast
boss in Siege of Orgrimmar, so on our future runs we can drop out
early. I think I'll go back to using the druid for that, since I
only brought the paladin for the shoulders from the last boss, but I
don't see that as a priority.
[10:18 PM]
Weekly quest is Cataclysm timewalking, which I got done on saturday
because one of the instances counts for 2. No upgrade from the
reward though, but that's expected at this point into the raidtier.
[10:20 PM]
From the Lunar Festival, there was one new bit I could find, which
was a new dragon customization armor, Lunar Festival themed for the
winding slitherdrake. At 50k gold, I pooled a bit of gold from my
alts to buy it. I don't know if I have enough if another shows up
for Love is in the Air, but it should be fine.
[10:22 PM]
And finally, for alting, a bit more Revendreth on the mage. She's
helped out Theotar a bit more, made a journey with him across the
Ember Ward, and is now helping a mirror maker escape from the ward
by collecting mirror shards. That side questline should take me into
an enemy base next, and after that I'll continue on the last main
chapters of the zone.
[10:23 PM]
And that's my report for the week!
Namarie :)
Sandalf13 — Yesterday at 10:32 PM
Namarie!
Had gotten busy on another site and just finished up your report.
Have a great week!
Varda — Yesterday at 11:03 PM
Namarie
February 5, 2024
Eonwë Valar — Today at 3:39 AM
Just realized I got distracted by rl and missed congratulating Uncle
Phar, so congrats.
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