Sunday, June 22, 2025
5:00pm Eastern Time
Discord: Valar Guild/meeting_place
Attending: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
Topic: What type of fighting remained after the War of the Ring?
[4:01 PM]Varda: Aiya!
[4:01 PM]Varda: @Bounder @Guild-friend Valar Guild meeting time! Come on into meeting_place and say hi!
[4:02 PM]Varda: Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:03 PM]Sandalf13: Aiya! Am in Lincoln, got to leave early for a dinner engagement...
[4:03 PM]Varda: Aiya!
[4:03 PM]Sandalf13: Very hot and dry here, wind has been blowing solid for 2 days out of the south...
[4:03 PM]Varda: Didn't really expect to see you at all with so much traveling. Good to see you!
[4:03 PM]Varda: I'll call this Membership
[4:04 PM]Sandalf13: I will stay as long as I can, but I have to stop at the store to buy some beer for our gathering this evening.
[4:04 PM]Varda: That or be dismembered by that gathering, got it.
[4:05 PM]Eönwë Valar: Heya.
[4:05 PM]Varda: That was a bad pun. /duck
[4:05 PM]Varda: Aiya Eonwe : )
[4:05 PM]Varda: Did Eonwe bring pizza?
[4:05 PM]Sandalf13: Aiya Eonwe!
[4:06 PM]Eönwë Valar: Sure. Hope everyone likes pineapple on their pizza.
[4:06 PM]Sandalf13: One of my favorites.
[4:06 PM]Varda: Adventure in pizza!
[4:08 PM]Varda: Fangorn and Eowyn were busy in Starcraft 2 a little bit ago.
[4:08 PM]Varda: Web News:
[4:08 PM]Varda: No new content. However, we are expecting some good stuff to come out of the Anniversary writing. : )
[4:09 PM]Varda: Those can be sent in for the October anniversary well ahead of time, but please mark on them somewhere that it is intended to be part of that.
[4:10 PM]Varda: The theme will be Trees/Forests but so very much can be slid into that. ; )
[4:10 PM]Varda: On to
[4:10 PM]Varda: Gaming News!
[4:10 PM]Arien Valar: Aiya all
[4:10 PM]Varda: gavel jumps on a hoverboard and zooms to Eonwe
[4:10 PM]Varda: Aiya Sunshine!
[4:11 PM]Sandalf13: Aiya Arien
[4:11 PM]Arien Valar: may i just fit in a bit of Member news not much i promise :)]
[4:11 PM]Varda: Please do! Eonwe has not yet grabbed the zooming gavel.
[4:12 PM]Arien Valar: okay .. it is fairly grave news for Bruce and me in fact.. Our landlord we have rented the house from is selling and we have to move out by 13th of September.
[4:13 PM]Arien Valar: I find it hard to keep my positive self at the moment but mostly it prevails
[4:14 PM]Varda: The new owner will not rent to you?
[4:14 PM]Arien Valar: we are on the social housing list and i beat the drum as much as i can ab out our situation and what we are looking for but the housing situation on the island is not very good to say the least
[4:15 PM]Arien Valar: We don t know .. it is very probable though that its going to turn into a holiday let to make some money for the owner or mayube a health worker thats moving here
[4:16 PM]Varda: Your English is wonderful. Maybe you could be legal migrants to the USA?
[4:16 PM]Varda: Let us know how it's going! That is quite the adventure.
[4:16 PM]Arien Valar: no offense star lady, you guys are wonderful people but the states is the very last place i want to migtrate to
[4:17 PM]Varda: Uncomfortable things, adventures.
[4:17 PM]Varda: No worries. : ) Just a thought. Here's hoping it goes well for you! I'd hate to have to be forced into another country by such a thing too, no matter how pleasant or icky. : )
[4:18 PM]Varda: Eonwe, did you catch that skateboarding gavel yet?
[4:18 PM]Eönwë Valar: Yeah, just thought I'd let Arien speak before I started.
[4:19 PM]Varda: Thank you for that!
[4:19 PM]Varda: I don't see Pallando.
[4:19 PM]Arien Valar: go on Eonwe i am finished
[4:19 PM]Eönwë Valar: World of Warcraft:
[4:19 PM]Eönwë Valar: This week's bonus events: Delves and Battle for Azeroth Timewalking (Turbulent Timeways III).
[This week's PvP Brawl: Classic Ashran.
[4:20 PM]Eönwë Valar: Speaking of the Turbulent Timeways event, it's a good time to level alts.
[4:20 PM]Eönwë Valar: The Midsummer Fire Festival is running through July 5th.
[4:20 PM]Eönwë Valar: WoW Classic 20th Anniversary Edition Phase 5 update is live.
[4:20 PM]Eönwë Valar: Check out WoW Weekly for anything not mentioned above.
[4:21 PM]Eönwë Valar: Check out this week's hotfixes.
[4:21 PM]Eönwë Valar: Diablo 4:
[4:21 PM]Eönwë Valar: The next Developer Update Livestream will be June 27th.
[4:21 PM]Eönwë Valar: Check out this week's patch notes.
[4:22 PM]Eönwë Valar: Diablo Immortal: A new tale is out: "Year of the Harvest".
[4:22 PM]Eönwë Valar: Diablo 2: Ladder Season 11 is live.
[4:22 PM]Eönwë Valar: Overwatch 2:
[4:22 PM]Eönwë Valar: This week's Weekly Recall: Journey to Season 17.
[4:23 PM]Eönwë Valar: Season 17 begins June 24th.
[4:23 PM]Eönwë Valar: Last but not least:
[4:23 PM]Eönwë Valar: Lord of the Rings Online:
[4:23 PM]Eönwë Valar: Update 44.3 is out this week.
[4:23 PM]Eönwë Valar: The Midsummer Festival is going.
[4:24 PM]Eönwë Valar: That's it from me.
[4:24 PM]Varda: Thank you, Eonwe. : )
[4:24 PM]Sandalf13: Thanks! Good pix.
[4:24 PM]Varda: Pig in a Blanket Housing Decoration Coupon Code through June 26: ISLEEPHERE
[4:25 PM]Varda: Those are quite cute and a free one snoring images in your house can be fun.
[4:26 PM]Varda: Midsummer Festival has some very nice housing items.
[4:26 PM]Sandalf13: Oooos...I have to run for a six pack of craft beer, and then dinner at an old friend's house in Lincoln...will check in later! Namarie!
[4:26 PM]Sandalf13: Ooooops
[4:27 PM]Varda: Namarie for now, Sandalf!
[4:27 PM]Varda: Enjoy dinner!
[4:27 PM]Eönwë Valar: Havefun Sandalf.
[4:27 PM]Varda: Our LotRO servers of Treebeard, Angmar, and Mordor are temporaries that will be shutting down.
[4:29 PM]Varda: For those of you that are on them, let me know if you would like a kin jump to a fresh start (some have kin houses), individual jumps to our current servers, or let it all drop.
[4:29 PM]Varda: A jump can be with one character carrying all your stuff and gold to hand over to a character on the new place or keep that hauler character (s).
[4:31 PM]Varda: Lord of the Rings Online kinfolk that showed up this past week:
Peregrin branch (US RP-encouraged 64-bit):
Glamdring branch (US normal 64-bit):
Treebeard branch (temp VIP slow-level 32-bit):
Angmar branch (temp US VIP "Veil of the Nine" 32-bit):
Mordor branch (temp EU VIP "Veil of the Nine" 32-bit):
[4:32 PM]Varda: If no feedback on the departing kins, I'll just pick a spot and jump the kin house and let you guys know where. Much rather have input so we can go where the gang wants to go.
[4:33 PM]Varda: Any other news? Gaming? Membership? Jokes? Pineapple pizza?
[4:34 PM]Varda: On to
[4:34 PM]Varda: Tolkien!
[4:34 PM]Varda: Here's a starting topic:
[4:34 PM]Varda: What type of fighting remained after the War of the Ring?
[4:35 PM]Arien Valar: skirmishing and mopping up stragglers
[4:36 PM]Arien Valar: restoration of destroyed villages and towns , checking on the survivors and what kind of help they need
[4:36 PM]Arien Valar: find out how many enemy forces remain and assess whether there are srtrong leaders hidiing likely to wage another war
[4:37 PM]Eönwë Valar: Re-establishing Arnor.
[4:39 PM]Varda: We know that in places it was so bad that a joint army of Gondor with Aragorn and Rohan with Eomer went out to clean up folk from such places as Harad.
[4:40 PM]Varda: Obviously orcs and trolls would be loose and who knows what nameless things and ancient evils were wandering about.
[4:41 PM]Arien Valar: aye thats i d count under mopping up and establish what enemy forces remain
[4:41 PM]Varda: Aye
[4:42 PM]Varda: If we are done, we can adjourn early if you'd like.
[4:43 PM]Arien Valar: i mean its the usual work after a war i suppose .. restoration of what can be restored, purging and destoying what cannot
[4:44 PM]Arien Valar: It is also how the ebon Knights worked in the shadow vault by the way
[4:45 PM]Arien Valar: deciding what is happening with the survivors in enemy territory
[4:46 PM]Arien Valar: freeing prisoners
[4:46 PM]Arien Valar: find out who is wanting to leave that territory and offer them maybd a new start if possible
[4:46 PM]Arien Valar: and if they chose so
[4:48 PM]Arien Valar: oh adding some personal gaming news as well .. the dwarf mage i levelled for the Conspiacy in Cata classic has reached 85 a few hours ago and thus the Conspiracy has become classy
[4:55 PM]Arien Valar: Namarie for now , Varda and eonwe1
[4:55 PM]Varda: Namarie!
[4:56 PM]Varda: the gavel's skateboard collides with the hammerpad
[4:56 PM]Varda: thwockidoink!
[4:56 PM]Varda: After-meeting!
[6:50 PM]Varda: Back from supper
[6:50 PM]Varda: Going to play with Fangorn in LotRO, but will be available here too.
[8:26 PM]Sandalf13: Aiya Varda
[8:26 PM]Sandalf13: How was LotRO?
[June 23, 2025
[12:10 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Aiya! Quite busy but hopefully starting to get things under control...
[12:10 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: I hope Arien gets a new house thing sorted!
[12:11 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Wish I could help, but the NL is having housing shortages as well
[12:17 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: As for the topic, I would be remiss to not mention The New Shadow! I mean, you didn't specify when after the war, so despite it being about 200 years after, it still seems like a fair representation of the fighting going on in post-war times.
[12:17 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Legends of darkness turning into inspiration for new groups, such as orc-inspired cults.
[12:18 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: The restlessness of men in peace.
[8:27 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Welp, this got a bit silly Started to do Rumble before the report, felt myself dropping off, and woke up 7 hours later! It's already mid-monday, after a visitor came by
[8:27 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Personal gaming report:
[8:36 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: For (non)flashgaming, here's Kongregate - A Dance of Fire and Ice".
[8:37 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: A rhythm game where you click your way through a winding path, with the rhythm matching tiles and corners to take.
[8:37 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Casual enough, with unlimited tries, not too long levels, and catchy songs
[8:39 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: The -x levels are pretty tough though, but with some practice you might go a long way!
[8:40 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Blizzard gaming:
[8:43 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Hearthstone: Level 120 on the reward track now.
[8:44 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Will soon have enough gold for yet another skin.
[8:45 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: The Secrets of Un'goro quest event is going now, with 3 Un'goro themed weekly quests, the first one being to draw 500 cards, with beasts and spells counting twice. I made a hunter deck for it full of draw-cards, spells and beasts
[8:45 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: It didn't win much but got the job done!
[8:46 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: The associated daily quests are interesting, since in true exploratory fashion, they are written in pictographic code. You can try out what they mean, since there is logic behind them, but there's also sources of their explanations online.
[8:47 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Brawl is Shiftcon West! Each player gets a deck full of shapeshifting minions and spells that change around every turn they're in your hand. Much luck needed obviously since you can get anything, though there is some strategy in what you choose to play
[8:48 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Warcraft Rumble: No new collection level yet, though we're pretty close.
[8:50 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Completed the Horde Family event reward track well ahead of time, with a lot of horde play. In a week and a half it'll end, with a new login reward event coming afterwards, though there's still a few other regular events going, which is nice for tomes and stars.
[8:51 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Completed the last dungeon levels with Thrall, who's now just one level / experience track behind the others. Apparently pvp win experience heavily favors the lowest minions in your deck, so that helped
[8:52 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Also threw myself at the Siege of Ironforge for the first time, clearing it on normal, and getting 200 more valor and a wildcard slot, which I've started distributing a bit randomly now. They all gotta get there eventually.
[8:53 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Also got the first boss on heroic difficulty after a good amount of attempts. That got me a golden skin for the dark iron miner, and will also give valor in upcoming weeks. Quite useful as I give all my leaders diamond slots!
[8:54 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: As for quality upgrades, I got one more mini to epic: the Blizzard spell. Fitting for the company! Also got it its last talent.
[8:54 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: I've gotten a few good deals lately in the Grid, including some 4-star deals, but further epics might be some way away.
[8:56 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: WoW: A bit more raiding, as we work on getting the last few bosses before Gallywix on farm, who also has not been killed yet on heroic.
[8:57 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Weekly quests are delves and the new Battle for Azeroth timewalking, and I've cleared the latter in one night to get the mastery buff, which is necessary for the achievement and new mount.
[8:57 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: I also bought the two new pets from the new timewalking vendor, the Flotsam Harvester, and the little brutosaur called Lil Daz'ti.
[8:59 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: And I got a third pet this week, the Spicy Mean-Ball, from the third Dastardly Duos quest. As it gives me Lucha libre vibes, I named it Luchadorb
[9:00 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: The Midsummer event is going, and I'm poking Ahune daily for a shot at the new weapon appearances. Also need to collect more fire blossoms, though, since there are 3 new appearances for sale from vendors.
[9:01 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: So yes, busy times once more! I've left Horrific Visions for now because of that, but I am working on more delves, only missing 2 more tier 11 delves in tank mode, I think. One of them was an overcharged one, giving me a new ability for my belt, and enough shards for a new console perk.
[9:02 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: So somewhere I'm making progress
[9:02 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: And that's my report for the week!
[9:03 AM]Ar-Pharazon-V: Namarie :)
Thus ends this week's meeting. Come back and see us next week!