April 14, 2024 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending:(8): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Leod, Fangorn/Treebeard, Pallando, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
  • New Member: Léod-(V). Welcome to the Valar Guild!
• Web:
  • Tolkien Site: Article:
  • "Léod" by Léod-(V), posted April 8.
  • Tolkien Site: Stories:
  • "In the Eye of the Beholder" by Eonwe-(Valar), posted April 9.
  • "At First Sight" by Eonwe-(Valar), posted April 13.
• Gaming
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • Starcraft 2
• Tolkien
  • Topic: By the time of the War of the Ring, did Radagast still live at Rhosgobel?
• After-Meeting
  • More Tolkien chat
  • Non-flashgaming.
  • RP post by Eonwe

April 13, 2024 Saturday

• Tolkien Site: Stories
• "At First Sight" by Eonwe-(Valar), for his Narn I Auros series. "While making deliveries, Farothel, Auros, and Dinmir get to know some of the folk of Dinmir's new town." Emailed and posted April 13, 2024.

April 9, 2024 Tuesday

• Tolkien Site / Stories
• "In the Eye of the Beholder" by Eonwe-(Valar), in which young Auros has a bit of fun in a hairy situation. Part of his Narn I Auros series. Emailed April 7, posted April 9. Enjoy!

April 8, 2024 Monday

Welcome to the Valar Guild, Léod-(V)!

In the books, Léod was the Lord of the Éothéod and father of Eorl the Young.

Some of Leod-(V)'s favorite characters are Glorfindel, Bombadil, Radagast, and the rangers. He's read the H, LotR, Sil, BoLT1, Tolkien Companion, and Smith of Wooten Major. He's read part of Roverandom. He has Histories of Middle-earth as reference books. As a gamer, he has been playing daily in STO and LotRO. He sometimes plays BDO, ESO, Star Trek Online, and New World. The kin he used to play in on LotRO Landroval became empty so he did his homework looking up other kins and found us interesting. He's 55 and lives in Kentucky, so his time zone is Eastern. He is in our kin on Landroval and in our Discord server, so you should probably have a chance to meet him. He passed his test very well in LotRO (as Tyriah, a Gondorian Guardian) and Discord with Varda.

He also made the following article for the Tolkien Site:

• Tolkien Site / Articles
• "Léod" by Léod-(V). Emailed and posted April 8, 2024.

April 7, 2024 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending:(6): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • No new content.
• Gaming
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo IV
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • Eve Online
• Tolkien
  • Topic: Petty Dwarves, why did they have that name?
• After-Meeting
  • Non-flashgaming.

April 1, 2024 Monday

Gaming: Lord of the Rings Online

    LotRO has re-opened.

March 31, 2024 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending:(7): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pengolodh, Sandalf13, Fangorn/Treebeard, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • No new content.
• Gaming
  • World of Warcraft
  • Diablo 4
  • Diablo 3
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Starcraft 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien
  • Topic: Humor: What activities might the tourism boards advertise for competing vacation spots such as Mordor and other Middle-earth locations?
• After-Meeting
  • Non-flashgaming.

Gaming: Lord of the Rings Online

The gaming worlds are still all down. The company is investigating the problem.

March 30, 2024 Saturday

Gaming: Lord of the Rings Online

The gaming worlds are all down. The company is investigating the problem.

March 28, 2024 Thursday

Gaming: Lord of the Rings Online

Update 39.1.1 is live. Here are the release notes

March 24, 2024 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending (6): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Falco, Pallando, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • No new content.
• Gaming
  • World of Warcraft
  • Hearthstone
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Diablo 4
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
  • Starcraft 2
  • Eve Online
• Tolkien
  • Topic: Humor: What activities might the tourism boards advertise for competing vacation spots such as Mordor and other Middle-earth locations?
• After-Meeting
  • Non-flashgaming.

March 17, 2024 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript

March 13, 2024 Wednesday

Gaming news: Lord of the Rings Online:

Update 39: Arenas of Conflict went live today.

Discover the 12-man raid entrance just east of Khutra along the small southern road towards the beach, going to the cave entrance.

March 10, 2024 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript

    Summary of the meeting:

• Membership:
  • Attending: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Sandalf, Shelob/Ungwetari, Varda (presiding)
• Web:
  • Stories: Until It's Gone by Eonwe-(Valar), posted in his Narn I Auros series on March 9, 2024.
• Gaming:
  • World of Warcraft
  • Diablo 4
  • Warcraft Rumble
  • Overwatch 2
  • Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien:
  • Topic: Is Tolkien's work too short? And what about coffee?
• After-Meeting:
  • Math humor
  • (Non)-Flashgaming (plus) by Ar-Pharazon

March 9, 2024 Saturday

Tolkien Site / Stories:

    "Until It's Gone" by Eonwe-(Valar) for his Narn I Auros series, set after "First Impressions". You don't know what you have...

March 3, 2024 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript

Summary of the meeting:

• Attending
• Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Eowyn/Cenedra, Sandalf, Shelob aka Ungwetari, Varda (presiding)
• Web
• New story: "First Impressions" by Eonwe, posted Feb. 29, 2024.
• Gaming
• World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Lord of the Rings Online
• Tolkien
• Topic: Tolkien showed us heroes. What is a hero? Who are some of the heroes in Tolkien's works? How do his heroes have different approaches to acting as heroes?
• After-meeting
• (Non)-flashgaming plus

Feb. 29, 2024 Thursday

Tolkien Site / Stories:

    "First Impressions" by Eonwe-(Valar) for his Narn I Auros series, set after "Saying Goodbye". Dinmir inspects her new shop and meets her neighbor.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript

New version of the transcript programmed and done by Eonwe-(Valar)

Tolkien Site / Stories:

    "Saying Goodbye"" by Eonwe-(Valar) for the Narn I Auros series.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
        Web:
            Tolkien Site / Stories:
                "Bravado" by Eonwe-(Valar). "Some things take great courage." Stand-alone short story for Valentine's Day (not related to any series).
        Gaming:
            Eve Online, World of Warcraft, Diablo 4, Diablo Immortal, Overwatch 2, Lord of the Rings Online
        Tolkien:
            Topic: Heroes are often associated with rescuing others. What rescues or rescue attempts can we think of in Tolkien's works?
        After-meeting:
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.

Sunday Meeting

Meeting Transcript
    Summary of the meeting:
        Attending (and typed): (6)
            Discord:  Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Pallando, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
                (Sightings of Fladrif and Nob.)
        Before-meeting:
            Skiing
            Groundhog Day
        Membership news:
            Ar-Pharazon is now Uncle Phar. :)
            Mastering a skill, how long does it take?
        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?
        After-meeting:
            Tolkien chat continues.
            (non) Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games afterwards.