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Minecraft build server recreating the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Proud users of the Conquest Reforged mod. https://linktr.ee/ardacraft
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AND SO IT BEGINS!!

@tearreader.bsky.social and I will be trekking through minecraft middle earth (server created by @ardacraft.bsky.social and following the steps of Frodo and Sam!! #minecraft #lotr

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS!!!

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PPP Moot is happening this December 18th-21st! We have a full schedule – keynotes, presentations, papers, entertainments and other digressions – from Thursday evening to Sunday noon for both in-person and online attendees!
It’s only lembas if it’s produced in the Naith region of Lórien, otherwise it’s just sparkling waybread
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I can’t even avoid idiot AI bros when I go to Oxford. My brother in Earendil ChatGPT is not the same thing as the steam engine.
We were worried it was going to be that bad yeah
Gondorian countryside
The Great Gate of Minas Tirith
Only available to attendees unfortunately
@blu3r4d0n.shutdown.network reposting here - it’s pretty clearly about generative AI and they even propose making some live at the event
Sadly it’s very much “we are going to do this and we’re even going to make some Tolkien-related AI art live at the event”
Really quite disheartening and disappointing to see the Tolkien Society hosting a discussion on “AI in fantasy filmmaking” this year at Oxonmoot.

It feels about as morally and philosophically opposed to Tolkien’s work as a talk on the benefits of deforestation.
Some recent shots - Minas Tirith, Bree, and the Dead Marshes
We've just released a 1hr37 music and nature ambience video set in the Gondorian countryside!

Perfect background to writing, reading, or building fields on ArdaCraft 🌱

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Gondor | Mediterranean Nature Ambience & Music | Minecraft
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Gondor is coming along nicely.
The Blue Mountains - based on the landscapes of Scotland and Norway
The Blue Mountains getting a bit of a facelift

#Minecraft
At that point we can query whether this is literally true or if it comes from the bias of Gondorian historians ;)

Lifespan is a pretty good proxy for veneration of Eru, righteousness, etc. The later Númenórean gu kings were every bit as “blood pure” but their lifespan reduced nevertheless
We see this with Aragorn, where his lifespan far exceeds that of his more recent ancestors. He seems to be somehow “more Númenórean” and I don’t think it’s about blood purity but rather about deeds/fate
The Kinstrife in Gondor was a civil war kicked off because some of the old Númenórean nobility were so racist that they couldn’t abide their king being married to one of “lesser race”. But they ended up losing and were explicitly the Not Good Side.
Looking eastward into the sunrise from Bree-hill, with the dim outline of Weathertop visible in the distance.
Can you please send some to the UK?
Vignettes of life in rural Gondor
The mountains of the north