<State of Valar Gaming Reports>

Here is the State of Valar Gaming report for this year.

At the begining of the GPMU, 97 members were listed on the Games Page. Approximately that many were e-mailed. Members joining since April 1st were considered exempt, though a couple responded anyway (Thank you to those!). Nine e-mails were undeliverable.

Before update:

Members of the Valar Guild admitted to playing a total of 34 games.

Many games had only one member listed as playing. These were:

Age of Wonders, America's Army, Battle for Middle-Earth, Battle for Middle-Earth 2, BFME2: Rise of the Witch-King, Command and Conquer, Counterstrike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Diablo 2, Dungeon Siege, Eve Online, Half-Life, Neverwinter Nights 2, Rise of Nations, Runescape, Sacred, Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard, Team Fortress Classic, War of the Ring, Warcraft 2

Four games had two players listed. These are:

Battlefield 2, Dark Age of Camelot, Starcraft: Broodwar, Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne

Two games had three players listed. These are Counterstrike and Neverwinter Nights.

Four games had four players. These are:

Guild Wars, Starcraft, Warcraft 3, Well of Souls

Games with more than four players:

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction had seven members playing.

Lord of the Rings Online had 18 Members Playing (presumably all on Landroval)

World of Warcraft had 45 members playing (across all servers)

After Update:

At the conclusion of the Update, we have 112 members, counting Members of Honor. Twenty members responded to the update. Counting members who joined since April 1st, this brings the total to 35. Twenty-six games are being played by members now.

Games with only one member playing right now:

Age of Empires 3, Anarchy Online, Battlefield 2142, City of Heroes, Dark Age of Camelot, Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction, Dungeon Siege 1, Dungeon Siege 2, Dungeons and Dragons Online, EMpire Earth, Eve Online, Online Chess, Realm of Kaos, Star Wars Galaxies, Starcraft, Supreme Commander, Total Annihilation, War of the Ring

Games with 2 members playing:

Battle of Middle-Earth 2, Rise of the Witch;King, Battle for Middle-Earth, Well of Souls

Games with 3 members:

Battle for Middle-Earth 2

Games with 4 members:

Guild Wars, Warcraft 3

World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings Online are our strongest.

Lord of the Rings Online: 25

World of Warcraft: 15 (admitted playing or seen on recently).

Everyone else is listed under "none," so if you didn't send in gaming info, or you didn't reply saying "I don't have time to play games right now," You need to get your info in.