Greetings! Tomorrow’s Hall of Fire discussion is about those brave little hobbitses, constantly getting themselves into adventures they do not seek… or do they?

How did Gandalf nudge the ball and hold the reins? How was The Shire perceived by the rest of Middle-Earth? What formed the bridge between their isolated world and the outside?

Join us pesky big people on Saturday March 2 at 5pm EST (New York time) in the Hall of Fire chat to go over the ins and outs of this great topic! Cheers, and see you there!

Hall of Fire connection info:

Our chats usually last one to two hours, and are very newbie friendly. Simply drop in and join the conversation! Chat this weekend will happen on #thehalloffire on irc.surrealchat.net — (temporary IRC server due to the usual being down at the moment).

You can connect instantly via our embedded Mibbit client that works inside your web browser. Alternatively, you can install a dedicated chat program such as mIRC on your computer and just plug in the following connection details.

Server: irc.surrealchat.net
Port: 6667
Channel: #thehalloffire

General Chat info:

However, our main room, #theonering.net is open 24 hours a day. We don’t always talk Tolkien there, but if you have a burning question, you’ll usually find one or two of “the regulars” up for a chat!

Time zone conversions

Not sure what time the chat will be where you are? Check this little conversion table out for some help. Alternatively, head to our event announcer on Time and Date.

America:
5.00pm EST (New York)
4.00pm CST (Chicago)
2.00pm MST (Denver)
2.00pm PST (Los Angeles)

Europe:
10.00pm GMT (London)
11.00pm CET (Paris)
Midnight EET (Helsinki)

Asia-Pacific
8.00am AEST (Sunday) Brisbane
9.00am AEDT (Sunday) Sydney, Melbourne
11.00am NZDT (Sunday) Wellington