{"id":48187,"date":"2011-09-14T20:21:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T01:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=48187"},"modified":"2011-09-14T20:21:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T01:21:06","slug":"try-the-hall-of-fire-trivia-challenge-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/09\/14\/48187-try-the-hall-of-fire-trivia-challenge-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Try the Hall of Fire trivia challenge this weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"

How’s your Tolkien trivia? Do you know the difference between a Balcoth and a Brandybuck? All the seven names for the Noldorin stronghold of Gondolin? How many great rings of power there were in total?<\/p>\n

Well, if you’re up for the challenge, we’re powering up our trivia master Elrond for this weekend’s Hall of Fire session. Elrond knows more than 750 questions — some easy, some not so easy! So join us this evening (Saturday September 17) from 6pm EDT in #thehalloffire on our IRC server (irc.theonering.net) where we’ll be indulging in a fun battle of wits where that will test your Tolkien geekery to the limit!<\/p>\n

Upcoming chats in Hall of Fire<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 17 — LoTR and Middle-earth Trivia!
\nSeptember 24 — The Hobbit Ch 13<\/p>\n

Time zone conversions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not sure what time the chat will be where you are? Check this little conversion table out for some help.<\/p>\n

America:
\n6.00pm EDT (New York)
\n5.00pm CDT (Chicago)
\n4.00pm MDT (Denver)
\n3.00pm PDT (Los Angeles)<\/p>\n

Europe:
\n11.00pm GMT (London)
\nMidnight CDT (Europe)<\/p>\n

Asia-Pacific
\n8.00am (Sunday) Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
\n11.00am (Sunday) Wellington<\/p>\n

Our chats usually last 45 mins to an hour, and are very newbie friendly. Simply drop in and join the conversation!<\/p>\n

Where — connection details<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chat happens on #thehalloffire on irc.theonering.net \u2014 the TORn IRC server. You can connect instantly via our embedded Mibbit client<\/a> that works inside your web browser.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, you can install a dedicated chat program such as mIRC<\/a> on your computer and just plug in the following connection details.<\/p>\n

Server: irc.theonering.net
\nPort: 6667
\nChannel: #thehalloffire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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