Sunday, November 9, 2025
5:00pm Eastern Time
Discord: Valar Guild/meeting_place
[6:53 AM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 6:53 AMEönwë Valar: I'd forgotten this part of the Paladin mount quest in Legion: apparently I got Rivendare's mount... just not the drop from the boss, heh.
[3:47 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:47 PMVarda: Aiya
[3:48 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:48 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Aiya!
[3:50 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:50 PMVarda: It's a Phar!
[3:51 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:51 PMVarda: Curious to see if we can get more Valarites in the meeting than at my house today. ; )
[3:51 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:51 PMAr-Pharazon-V: That's simple, just get them all to join. :)
[3:51 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:51 PMVarda: That would help, aye. : )
[3:55 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:55 PMVarda: Three of them are into the chocolate ice cream now, heh.
[3:56 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:56 PMVarda: I mentioned your suggestion. There was laughter. sigh
[3:56 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:56 PMAr-Pharazon-V: aww :stuck_out_tongue:
[3:56 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:56 PMVarda: : )
[3:57 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:57 PMVarda: We may get a few hellos after a while though. : )
[3:58 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:58 PMAr-Pharazon-V: That's good!
[3:58 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:58 PMArien Valar: Aiya all :)
[3:58 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:58 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Aiya!
[3:58 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 3:58 PMSandalf13: Aiya!
[4:00 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:00 PMArien Valar: i was there shortly last week but nobody was here and when i came back to have a sneak look in you were gone already but had been here
[4:00 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:00 PMArien Valar: so my apologies for that
[4:01 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:01 PMVarda: Aiya : )
[4:01 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:01 PMVarda: Sometimes the gavel person has to go it alone for a while. Someone usually shows up eventually.
[4:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:02 PMVarda: @Bounder @Guild-friend Valar Guild meeting time, huzzah!
[4:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:02 PMVarda: Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[Some above, kind of.
[4:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:02 PMVarda: Web news:
[4:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:02 PMVarda: I really need to get that article finished, heh.
[4:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:03 PMVarda: And if anyone has screenshots for the anniversary run, those are welcome.
[4:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:03 PMVarda: Including theme shots.
[4:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:03 PMVarda: Gaming:
[4:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:03 PMVarda: Eonwe seems to be coming alive. Let's see who takes gaming today
[4:04 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:04 PMEönwë Valar:
[4:04 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:04 PMVarda: hehe
[4:04 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:04 PMVarda: Aiya Eonwe
[4:04 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:04 PMEönwë Valar: Heya :}
[4:05 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:05 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Aiya!
[4:05 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:05 PMVarda: I need to mention that our internet connection has been iffy. Work being done on various lines in the neighborhood
[4:05 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:05 PMVarda: and we happen to be the hub. yay?
[4:05 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:05 PMArien Valar: aiya :)
[4:05 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:05 PMEönwë Valar: I think I saaw them out ther working on your line.
[4:05 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:05 PMEönwë Valar: Odd looking fellow.
[4:06 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:06 PMEönwë Valar:
[4:06 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:06 PMVarda: heh
[4:06 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:06 PMAr-Pharazon-V: hehe
[4:06 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:06 PMEönwë Valar: Oops, I don't think you have internet right now.
[4:06 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:06 PMArien Valar: i remember that scene :)
[4:07 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:07 PMVarda: That looks about right. : )
[4:07 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:07 PMEönwë Valar: :}
[4:08 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:08 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Eonwe, linking 2 crazy scientists in a row.
[4:09 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:09 PMAr-Pharazon-V: In two different contexts as well.
[4:09 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:09 PMArien Valar: mmmmh i wonder what that tells us about him :)
[4:09 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:09 PMEönwë Valar:
[4:09 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:09 PMVarda: Now we know.
[4:10 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:10 PMEönwë Valar: :}
[4:11 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:11 PMEönwë Valar: You know what it tells me?
[4:11 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:11 PMEönwë Valar:
[4:11 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:11 PMVarda: Eonwe, will you be doing Gaming news?
[4:12 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:12 PMEönwë Valar: I should probably, yes :}
[4:12 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:12 PMEönwë Valar: World of Warcraft:
[4:12 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:12 PMEönwë Valar: This week's bonus event: Pet Battles and Legion Timewalking.
[This week's PvP Brawl: Warsong Scramble.
[4:12 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:12 PMEönwë Valar: Legionfall is live in Legion Remix.
[4:13 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:13 PMEönwë Valar: Some bugs ongoing, some bugs fixed. See which ones with this week's hotfixes.
[4:13 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:13 PMArien Valar: (( YouTube - Fluffle Puff - FPMV: "PFUDOR"" ))
[4:14 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:14 PMEönwë Valar: A new Developer Insight is out: Hearthsteel Virtual Currency and Housing in Midnight.
[4:14 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:14 PMEönwë Valar: Check out WoW Weekly for anything not mentioned above.
[4:14 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:14 PMEönwë Valar: Overwatch 2:
[A new Director's Take is out: Loud and Clear. ---
[4:15 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:15 PMAr-Pharazon-V: (yay Fluffle Puff!)
[4:15 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:15 PMEönwë Valar: Hearthstone:
[4:15 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:15 PMEönwë Valar: Across the Timeways is live.
[4:15 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:15 PMEönwë Valar: See Blizzard's announcement on how they're smoothing out some issues.
[4:16 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:16 PMEönwë Valar: Heroes of the Storm: A new patch is on the PTR. ---
[4:17 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:17 PMEönwë Valar: That's it for my gaming news.
[4:17 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:17 PMEönwë Valar:
[4:19 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:19 PMVarda: Thank you, Eonwe : )
[4:19 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:19 PMVarda: StarCraft 2 gamers this past week:
[4:19 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:19 PMVarda: Eowyn, Fangorn, Faramir, Floppa, Varda
[4:20 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:20 PMVarda: Lord of the Rings Online:
[4:20 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:20 PMVarda: LotRO code: Violet dye through Nov 13 code: VIOLETSARE
[4:20 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:20 PMVarda: Lord of the Rings Online gamers this past week:
Peregrin branch (main):
Glamdring branch:
Meriadoc branch:
Angmar temporary branch:
Mordor temporary branch:
[4:20 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:20 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Roses are pink, violets are violet.
[4:21 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:21 PMVarda: Aye, flower colors just don't seem to be one type, do they? : )
[4:21 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:21 PMAr-Pharazon-V: I mean, it's what their names suggest, isn't it?
[4:21 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:21 PMVarda: I have roses out front right now. Some are deep red, some are variegated with orange and yellow.
[4:22 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:22 PMAr-Pharazon-V: True, there is variation.
[4:22 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:22 PMVarda: and even some pink mixed in.
[4:22 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:22 PMAr-Pharazon-V: The color rose is a shade of pink, though.
[4:22 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:22 PMVarda: On to
[4:22 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:22 PMVarda: Tolkien!
[4:22 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:22 PMAr-Pharazon-V: It's also the Dutch word for pink.
[4:22 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:22 PMAr-Pharazon-V: (alright, continue) :)
[4:23 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:23 PMEönwë Valar: "Rose you're turning rose Rose."
[4:23 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:23 PMSandalf13: Gertrude Stein
[4:23 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:23 PMVarda: Sandalf had a suggestion for the upcoming celebration months.
[4:23 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:23 PMVarda: He recommended real life trying out of LotRO recipes and posting our results.
[4:23 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:23 PMVarda: This posting could be done at a meeting.
[4:24 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:24 PMEönwë Valar: How many leaps are we making in assumptions to try and make that happen? Holding a steak over the fire isn't going to produce beef stock like in LotRO, heh.
[4:25 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:25 PMAr-Pharazon-V: boils some taters
[4:25 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:25 PMVarda: Sandalf, would you like to take it from here?
[4:26 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:26 PMEönwë Valar: Not saying it's a bad idea, just saying some of the recipes won't quite work out if we take it too literally, heh.
[4:27 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:27 PMSandalf13: Here is an example: I looked up "recipes for Lembas Bread" and found not ONE recipe, but about 18 different recipes. BTW - if we go ahead with this idea, I claim Lembas Bread...but back to the recipes. Scattered throughout the LoTR and the Hobbit are references to the food cooked over open fires, but also in the kitchens of Imladris, Rohan, Gondor, and of coursre, The Shire. No one really clues in to these mentions on the first or second or third go through, but they are there.
[4:28 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:28 PMSandalf13: I think we can be imaginative. If we include the (ugh) movies, there are even more options...including small tomatoes.
[4:28 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:28 PMSandalf13: If The Shire is supposed to be somewhat like Merry Olde England, that opens up a whole 'nother raft of possibilities....
[4:29 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:29 PMEönwë Valar: To back up and clarify: LotR, or LotRO?
[4:29 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:29 PMVarda: Sandalf is talking real life
[4:29 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:29 PMVarda: Real cooking, real photos.
[4:29 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:29 PMSandalf13: Mutton? Roast lamb? roast beef?
[4:29 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:29 PMVarda: Plenty of Middle-earth recipes online.
[4:29 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:29 PMAr-Pharazon-V: What's real life, precious? What's real life, eh?
[4:29 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:29 PMSandalf13: A dream, Ar, a dream.
[4:30 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:30 PMSandalf13: Some miscellaneous roots and herbs?
[4:30 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:30 PMSandalf13: Rabbit?
[4:30 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:30 PMSandalf13: Herbs?
[4:30 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:30 PMSandalf13: The list goes on and on, just like the road.
[4:30 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:30 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Mushrooms?
[4:30 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:30 PMEönwë Valar: OK, that's why I started talking about the ways cooking goes in LotRO :}
[4:30 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:30 PMVarda: My apologies.
[4:31 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:31 PMArien Valar: Fish , roast tatters with herbs and lemon , fresh strawberries and cream for pudding
[4:31 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:31 PMSandalf13: There you go, Arien!!
[4:32 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:32 PMSandalf13: Raw fish?
[4:32 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:32 PMSandalf13: Sushi?
[4:32 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:32 PMVarda: Looking up recipes online for Middle-earth shows tons. Could do something simpler from the books.
[4:32 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:32 PMVarda: Many here don't play LotRO, so that would not work for this. : )
[4:32 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:32 PMSandalf13: That is one thing that is neat about this idea...everyone gets to choose their own dish....fancy, hard-to-cook, to easy to make (liike roasted taters, e.g.)
[4:33 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:33 PMVarda: Then we have to show where it is in the books. ; )
[4:33 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:33 PMSandalf13: Yes!!!
[4:33 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:33 PMArien Valar: honeycakes sounds a bit like our florentines anyway just that they dont have a chocolate cover
[4:33 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:33 PMSandalf13: And discuss how hard/easy it was to prepare and what it actually tastes like...
[4:33 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:33 PMVarda: Sounds like Facebook, heh.
[4:33 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:33 PMEönwë Valar: I was making a list of foods named in LotR at one point. Didn't get a chance to move past Fellowship yet due to other ongoing projects.
[4:34 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:34 PMSandalf13: I think it could be a lot of fun, but I am just a dumb geologist.
[4:34 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:34 PMVarda: Rock candy?
[4:35 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:35 PMVarda: You are also quite the gardener!
[4:35 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:35 PMVarda: So when you post your photos to Discord, could you describe how to do that?
[4:36 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:36 PMVarda: Not everyone knows how.
[4:38 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:38 PMSandalf13: The above is a test. Perhaps it would help for me to show how to post a photo on Discord.
[4:39 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:39 PMSandalf13: First: click on the plus sign at the left side of the message bar.
[4:39 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:39 PMSandalf13: Then click on upload a file.
[4:39 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:39 PMSandalf13: Select the file, and click on it. IT should post immediately to discord once you hit enter.
[4:39 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:39 PMSandalf13: There...it works...
[4:40 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:40 PMVarda: Thank you.
[4:40 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:40 PMSandalf13: BTW - did anyone besides Eonwe see that image of the Old Trail Guide that I put up before the meeting?
[4:41 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:41 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Yes, it was funny :)
[4:41 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:41 PMVarda: Yes. I put a heart on it earlier to add to Eonwe's
[4:41 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:41 PMAr-Pharazon-V: A bit dark, but still!
[4:42 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:42 PMEönwë Valar: (Btw, you can also drag and drop onto the Discord screen.)
[4:42 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:42 PMSandalf13: Dark humor is sometimes the funniest...
[4:43 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:43 PMVarda: Anyway, for a topic that was pre-determined, maybe some quick answers:
[4:43 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:43 PMVarda: What is a place you'd like to visit if you were in Middle-earth?
[4:43 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:43 PMVarda: Thanks, Eonwe
[4:43 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:43 PMAr-Pharazon-V: You can even do print screen and then paste directly into Discord.
[4:43 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:43 PMVarda: And that's three ways! yay!
[4:44 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:44 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Found that out rather recently for a discord server for a particular browser game.
[4:46 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:46 PMVarda: Wellll, then. How about What is a place you'd like to avoid if you were in Middle-earth?
[4:47 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:47 PMAr-Pharazon-V: I wanted to say the Sammath Naur, but honestly I'd be quite curious to see what an active volcano actually looks like from the inside.
[4:47 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:47 PMEönwë Valar: Rivendell to visit, Mordor to avoid... unless I were a being that could wander Mordor without concern for Sauron or his minions, then maybe I'd want to take a look around.
[4:48 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:48 PMArien Valar: If you don 't like elves, don't go to Belfalas :)
[4:49 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:49 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Harad seems a bit warm for me. Not as warm as the above volcano, but still1
[4:50 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:50 PMEönwë Valar: Might I suggest Angband then? Up north, surrounded by cold, so if the furnaces get too hot you have somewhere to retreat. (edited)Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:50 PM
[4:50 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:50 PMAr-Pharazon-V: That might be a bit too extreme on the other side?
[4:50 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:50 PMArien Valar: Belfalas - Belfalas as a vacation spot, after the War of the Ring.
[4:50 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:50 PMSandalf13: My choice would be to wander around the probable Pre-Cambrian outcrops surrounding Lake Evindim...
[4:51 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:51 PMSandalf13: If not that, the pine-covered hills surrounding Dorthonion at the time of Turin and Tuor....lovely setting.
[4:52 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:52 PMVarda: Bombadil's house to visit, Barrow-downs to avoid
[4:53 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:53 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Hmm, was just thinking barrow-downs. Seems rather gloomy and foggy.
[4:54 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:54 PMVarda: They try to strong-arm you.
[4:54 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:54 PMArien Valar: The old forest to avoid .. specifically Old Man Willow
[4:54 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:54 PMEönwë Valar: It's spooky, full of treasure and history and historical treasure and treasury history. Nerdy Pally will find her way there from the WoW universe for sure. (The Barrow Downs)
[4:54 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:54 PMSandalf13: He must be uprooted by now!
[4:54 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:54 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Good place if you want to nap, though!
[4:55 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:55 PMArien Valar: leaned against creaks in the tree ..
[4:56 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:56 PMSandalf13: No thank you...I think I prefer my waterbed for sleeping...
[4:56 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:56 PMArien Valar: cracks even
[4:56 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:56 PMSandalf13: But the trees creaked, also.
[4:56 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:56 PMArien Valar: aye
[4:57 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:57 PMAr-Pharazon-V: You don't wanna croak in the creaking cracks, that's for sure.
[4:58 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:58 PMVarda: Do we want to drop by Orthanc?
[4:58 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:58 PMArien Valar: interesting Architecture for sure
[4:58 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:58 PMArien Valar: i d like to see that
[4:59 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:59 PMSandalf13: Looks like it is made of basalt of komatiite.
[4:59 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:59 PMSandalf13: or
[4:59 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:59 PMAr-Pharazon-V: What point in the story are we talking about? Might be dangerous between all the orc industry, but post-flooding might give a nice view.
[4:59 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 4:59 PMSandalf13: Perhaps the Numenoreans knew how to model chalcedony?
[5:00 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:00 PMVarda: We have reached the hour (and you can pick any spot in Orthanc's history!)
[5:00 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:00 PMVarda: bonk goes the gavel
[5:01 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:01 PMVarda: After-meeting!
[5:01 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:01 PMSandalf13: Or black obsidian?
[5:01 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:01 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Obsidian seems fitting. It is supposed to be smooth, after all.
[5:01 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:01 PMEönwë Valar: Go back before it was inhabited, introduce myself in Rohan and Gondor as Saruman the Brown, get the keys and make people ask questions when the real Saruman shows up.
[5:01 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:01 PMArien Valar: YouTube - Travel and fun stuff with Marko - NECKARTOWER • VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGEN, GERMANY 🇩🇪
[5:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:02 PMArien Valar: my dad calculated the statics for this building :
[5:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:02 PMArien Valar: ;0
[5:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:02 PMArien Valar: :)
[5:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:02 PMVarda: I'll just mention that for my birthday tomorrow, Valarites here are Elwing, Earendil, Sauron, and Fangorn.
[5:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:02 PMVarda: Saruman the Brown? heh
[5:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:02 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Ah, tis now after midnight here, so happy birthday :)
[5:02 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:02 PMSandalf13: Happy, Happy Birthday1!
[5:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:03 PMArien Valar: have a great day tomorrow :)
[5:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:03 PMVarda: Thank you. So I'm 72 there and 71 here? boggles
[5:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:03 PMSandalf13:
[5:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:03 PMEönwë Valar:
[5:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:03 PMVarda: Thank you.
[5:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:03 PMArien Valar: Happy birthday
[5:03 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:03 PMSandalf13: You don't look a day over 40.
[5:04 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:04 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Must be that Ring she's pocketing.
[5:04 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:04 PMSandalf13: And with that I must depart for now...chores to do, errands to run, supper to fix (somehow)...maybe some taters...definitely not Lembas...
[5:04 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:04 PMSandalf13: Namarie!
[5:04 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:04 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Namarie!
[5:05 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:05 PMArien Valar: Namarie !
[5:06 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:06 PMVarda: Namarie!
[5:06 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:06 PMVarda: hmm lembas...
[5:06 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:06 PMAr-Pharazon-V: And look! More lembas bread.
[5:07 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:07 PMVarda: hehe
[5:07 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:07 PMVarda: Lembas sandwich bread.
[5:09 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:09 PMEönwë Valar: I must be off as well. Take care all, good night, sleep well, and have fun :}
[5:09 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:09 PMAr-Pharazon-V: Namarie :)
[5:31 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 5:31 PMVarda: Namarie
[7:42 PM]Sunday, November 9, 2025 7:42 PMSandalf13: Aiya Ar!
[November 10, 2025
[12:52 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 12:52 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Personal gaming report:
[12:53 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 12:53 AMAr-Pharazon-V: For (non)flashgaming, nothing new, but haven't linked Four Color Theorem Coloring Puzzle Game" in a while :)
[12:54 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 12:54 AMAr-Pharazon-V: It's based on a theory that in any given 2-dimensional map, all regions can be colored in with a maximum of 4 colors without any color touching itself.
[12:55 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 12:55 AMAr-Pharazon-V: So there's a bunch of set levels that have you coloring them in with up to 4 colors, and even a random generator to further push the theory :)
[12:55 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 12:55 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Takes a bit of logic, and trial and error, but certainly doable, and nice music too!
[1:04 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:04 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Blizzard gaming:
[1:06 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:06 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Hearthstone: New expansion started, and got level 30 so far on the reward track :slight_smile:
[1:07 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:07 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Bunch of gold, packs, and some standard early track rewards: some gold rares and epics, the Time War card back, and 2 legendaries: Lady Azshara and Chrono-Lord Deios.
[1:07 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:07 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Also got the november card back, Zereth Mortis. A place I still haven't quested in in WoW shakes head
[1:09 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:09 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Expansion comes with a quest event, with the main quests being playing cards, spending mana, drawing cards. All having a boost for expansion cards and legendary cards. I don't even need that many expansion cards to do these in a reasonable timeframe, but it helps :slight_smile:
[1:11 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:11 AMAr-Pharazon-V: The daily events for the quest are interestingly random, and a bit of a blast from the past in some cases, like playing games with one of two classes, instead of the one of three we get as normal daily quests these days. Extra points for wins as well, which is also from the past :slight_smile:
[And I've seen some other random stuff as well, like taking damage on your own turn.
[1:11 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:11 AMAr-Pharazon-V: If all the events in this timetravel expansion are as random, widely doable and nostalgic, it'll be quite fun!
[1:14 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:14 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Brawl is, as expected, new recipes for each class using the new expansion. Tried out a few classes, settled on hunter. The combination of spammable 1-cost cards and buffs to the hero power make for a powerful combo, and gives you multiple ways through while other classes' decks seem to be stricter in requirements and luck.
[1:14 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:14 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Haven't tried all of them, though, so there might be even more powerful ones :slight_smile:
[1:43 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:43 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Warcraft Rumble: Level 64 reached! Bunch more minis leveled, though the bulk of this little flood is now over. I guess things will continue trickling in though.
[1:45 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:45 AMAr-Pharazon-V: New Siege of Stormwind's going on, and I got enough valor to complete upgrading Tirion's army, and started on Cairne's army for horde. Completing one leader per faction seems like a good idea for the last stages of the campaign.
[1:46 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:46 AMAr-Pharazon-V: For upgrades, 2 minis hit epic, the Huntress, and the Earth and Moon spell.
[1:46 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:46 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Both got their last talents as well.
[1:48 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:48 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Minis leveled up to their 200k track are: the leader Hogger, the Chimaera, Earth Elemental, Gryphon Rider, Shaman, Footmen, Banshee, Drake, the leaders Sylvanas and Orgrim, the S.A.F.E. Pilot, Meat Wagon, and Fire Elemental.
[1:49 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:49 AMAr-Pharazon-V: WoW:
[1:49 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:49 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Bit more raiding, bit more currency to upgrade my gear. Also got heroic version of the best bear weapon from the vault, which I've been waiting for.
[1:50 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:50 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Weekly quests are timewalks and pet battles, though no useful reward from them.
[1:50 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:50 AMAr-Pharazon-V: (that I got, anyway)
[1:52 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:52 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Continued the delves, getting more flickergates, and enough Undercoins to buy the final appearance I was missing, the Undermine Weaponry arsenal. Some goofy goblin weapon appearance stuff, including the "rocket taped to a screwdriver" wand I linked earlier this week. Certainly worth checking it all out, very unique stuff!
[1:53 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:53 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Wowhead" for all the appearances!
[1:56 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:56 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Finally, remix... but I barely played it. A few researches, I think. It's not that I'm tired of it or the game, just tired in general. I'll think I'll take an hour or two nap and play some afterwards, only waking up 5-6 hours later. It's weird! Maybe I'm falling into hibernation. :)
[1:56 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:56 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Maybe next week will be better!
[1:57 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 1:57 AMAr-Pharazon-V: Namarie!
[8:52 AM]Monday, November 10, 2025 8:52 AMVarda: Changes in season can mess with you. : )
[9:59 PM]Monday, November 10, 2025 9:59 PMEönwë Valar: OK, quick poke to the RP story folks: it'sa been quite a while since we looked at it, talked about it, maybe even thought about it. Do we want to get back into it?
[9:59 PM]Monday, November 10, 2025 9:59 PMEönwë Valar: If so, we should get thoughts and discussion on it warming again, and hopefully this long break has given us fresh perspectives and ideas on it.
[November 11, 2025
[3:32 AM]Tuesday, November 11, 2025 3:32 AMEönwë Valar: Ok, Trial of Valor solo actually isn't that bad, once I realized the two minibosses at the beginning will split themselves up to cast certain attacks, so long as you keep moving. Just need to be fast enough to do so and then do enough damage to take advantage of it.
[3:37 AM]Tuesday, November 11, 2025 3:37 AMEönwë Valar: And just did "Boneafide Tri Tip" achievement in Heroic Trial of Valor.
[3:40 AM]Tuesday, November 11, 2025 3:40 AMEönwë Valar: Heroic Trial of Valor now down.
[3:41 AM]Tuesday, November 11, 2025 3:41 AMEönwë Valar: For the aforementioned achievement, seems the chew toy used to despawn when the battle started (or at least some people had that happen to them). Didn't do that for me.