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State of Valar Gaming 2025

Hail to all members of the Valar Guild on the 28th Anniversary of the Valar Guild!

Prior to September 2025, per the Games Site roster, there were 161 members playing 21 games.

Of those 161 members:

• 24 members played Lord of the Rings Online.
• 5 Members played Starcraft 2.
• 4 Members played World of Warcraft.
• 3 Members played Starcraft.
• 2 members played each of Guild Wars 2 and Heroes of the Storm.
• 1 member plays each of Chess, Diablo 3, Diablo 4, Eve Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Games of Thrones: Winter is Coming, Guild Wars, Hearthstone, Polobridge 2, Polybridge 3, Rift, Spellstone, Star Trek Online, Warcraft 3: Reforged, and Wingspan.

Additionally:

• 6 members said they could be found on Battle.net.
• 2 members said they could be found on Steam.
• 1 member said they could be found on Kongregate.
• 1 member said they could be found on lichess.

On September 15th, 2025, the Games Site Mass-Update letter was sent out, requesting all members to send in their most up-to-date gaming information by September 30th. Only members listed as active on the Membership Page, and having an e-mail on file with us, were sent the GSMU e-mail. This year, that total was 45 (not counting myself). Of those, 3 were undeliverable (up from last year) and 9 responded by the deadline (again, not counting myself). To those who responded, thank you.

A further 11 members' gaming information was gleaned from Guild Branch activity. In Lord of the Rings Online, gleanings were taken from our official servers Peregrin and Glamdring. There was no new information to glean from World of Warcraft branches this year. As with previous years, any activity within 90 days was counted as recent activity.

Once all sources accessible were verified for recent activity, the Games Site roster was updated to reflect current gaming information.

As of October 5th, 2025, the Valar Guild Games Site now reflects a total of 161 members playing 14 games (down seven from last year).

Of those 161 members:

• 1 member plays each of Diablo 3, Diablo 4, Final Fantasy XIV, Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Spellstone, Starcraft, Warcraft 3: Reforged.
• 2 members play each of Guild Wars 2, Heroes of the Storm, Polybridge2, Polybridge 3, Rift, Spellstone, and Star Trek Online.
• 3 members play Starcraft 2 and World of Warcraft.

Lord of the Rings Online remains our most played game with 16 members, down 8 members from our final numbers from the previous year. This is likely in part due to the forced move to 64-bit servers. Members who missed their original chance to move from one of our servers are encouraged and welcome to rejoin our kin once transfers from 32-bit realms are re-opened, or start new characters on our new servers Peregrin or Glamdring.

Additionally:

• 3 members can be found on Battle.net.
• 1 member can be found on Kongregate.

This concludes the State of Valar Gaming for 2025. As always, please check over your gaming information and make sure it is correct. If you didn't respond to the GSMU, or for some reason you didn't receive an e-mail, you can still send in your gaming information. Updates are welcome any time during the year.

Happy 28th Anniversary!

Eonwë