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fate of 290s , 40/15, and 3/20/20s

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go_d2 - 04 Dec 2003 17:00 GMT
Hi all,

What do you think will happen to 290s, 40-15, and 3/20/20s and imp
brows and c-grips?? Will blizzard someday suddenly go crazy and delete
all those?? I hope not.

When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.

When they deleted bstrings and wis rings, my lvl 75 zon can't take a
hit.

Now 290s are currencies of d2 lod 1.1 and it's great that they are
very useful to carry around. U don't carry 8 sojs when u do baal runs.

It's going to make every class useless if 290s are deleted. barbs,
pallies, zons, assins, durids, can't do anything without 290s because
even hell act5 champions have dual immunes.

40-15 is totally cool, but we know blizzard hates all cool things.

Do u think blizzard will delete them??  Do they ever post a notice or
warning before they start to delete cool things???

Thanks all, for the love of d2 lod 1.1

go_d2
Sascha - 04 Dec 2003 17:27 GMT
Play open Battle.net

I think it is there you belong

> Hi all,
>
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>
> go_d2
MiNus - 04 Dec 2003 17:39 GMT
I'll have to agree, we don't need your kinda around here, we all hear this
on b-net to much as is...

Minus
> Play open Battle.net
>
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> >
> > go_d2
David Besack - 04 Dec 2003 18:38 GMT
> Hi all,
>
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> When they deleted bstrings and wis rings, my lvl 75 zon can't take a
> hit.

Then you must have really screwed up these builds.

> It's going to make every class useless if 290s are deleted. barbs,
> pallies, zons, assins, durids, can't do anything without 290s because
> even hell act5 champions have dual immunes.

uh, I've played every class in 1.10 so far and your impressions are way off
base.  Just because a class has a hard time (and they all do) in hell act 5
doesn't mean they are useless.  It's not useless to try and win at cards
without being able to see your opponent's hand.

> Do u think blizzard will delete them??  Do they ever post a notice or
> warning before they start to delete cool things???

There's nothing cool about items that make you kill everything in an instant
and make it impossible for you to die - it makes things really boring.  Why
not just play single player, use an editor to give yourself +2000 to all
stats, and finish the game in 10 minutes.

It's not impressive to be able to dish out godly damage and be unkillable.
It's impressive to dish out mediocre damage, have trouble in many areas,
find yourself at times underpowered, and yet still find a way to win.
EvilBill - 04 Dec 2003 20:12 GMT
> It's not impressive to be able to dish out godly damage and be
> unkillable. It's impressive to dish out mediocre damage, have
> trouble in many areas, find yourself at times underpowered, and yet
> still find a way to win.

What's not impressive is being one-hit-killed because Lister whacked
you before your computer finished lagging, but of course that can only
be fixed by the biggest hacks of all: those that work for Blizzard.

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short - 04 Dec 2003 20:23 GMT
> > It's not impressive to be able to dish out godly damage and be
> > unkillable. It's impressive to dish out mediocre damage, have
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> you before your computer finished lagging, but of course that can only
> be fixed by the biggest hacks of all: those that work for Blizzard.

Or even easier, just back away to the point where they still spawn, but
can't see you.

short
EvilBill - 05 Dec 2003 02:54 GMT
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>>
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> Or even easier, just back away to the point where they still spawn,
> but can't see you.

I usually do after laying the smackdown on Ventar, but there's always
the possibility of a badly timed desync. <g>

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short - 06 Dec 2003 20:53 GMT
> > "EvilBill" <evilbillCOLLECTIVERECTUM@lineone.net> wrote in message
> >>
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> I usually do after laying the smackdown on Ventar, but there's always
> the possibility of a badly timed desync. <g>

Heh, yes there is.  Or the time I run up and try and grab the rejuves that
fall *before* Lister comes out.  Being right smack in the middle of that
pack just about always sucks.

short - of course I've never really done that.....
Shiflet - 04 Dec 2003 21:17 GMT
> When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.

Then it's a shame you suck. Perhaps you should try an easier game...perhaps
Fisher Price's Count by Numbers?
MiNus - 04 Dec 2003 21:46 GMT
I dunno man.... even that might be to hard for the little tyke...

Minus

> > When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.
>
> Then it's a shame you suck. Perhaps you should try an easier game...perhaps
> Fisher Price's Count by Numbers?
go_d2 - 08 Dec 2003 17:45 GMT
> > When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.
>
> Then it's a shame you suck. Perhaps you should try an easier game...perhaps
> Fisher Price's Count by Numbers?

Wow, I just wanted some opinions, I had no clue there are so many
"legit only" players here and they know how to insult people.

I'm very dispointed in this group :-(
EvilBill - 08 Dec 2003 17:57 GMT
> "Shiflet" <rshiflet@charter.net> wrote in message
>> "go_d2" <go_d2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm very dispointed in this group :-(

We're *all* legit-only in here, we don't support hacks, cheats, dupers
or any of that crap. And the vast majority of us have beaten Hell with
multiple characters - and multiple *builds* of the same character
class - without using any of that stuff. It's just laziness, people
who use hacks just can't be bothered to play the game how it's
supposed to be played.

And if your sorc is useless at lvl 97 without hacks, she obviously
wasn't built right, cause most sorcs in their 70s or 80s can beat Hell
Baal.

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go_d2 - 08 Dec 2003 23:15 GMT
> We're *all* legit-only in here, we don't support hacks, cheats, dupers
> or any of that crap. And the vast majority of us have beaten Hell with
> multiple characters - and multiple *builds* of the same character
> class - without using any of that stuff. It's just laziness, people
> who use hacks just can't be bothered to play the game how it's
> supposed to be played.

Can u tell me your total legit bowazon build? gears? and how u finish
baal? I assume u don't use wf or valor 'cause 99.99% of em are dupes.
tcells - 08 Dec 2003 23:55 GMT
> > We're *all* legit-only in here, we don't support hacks, cheats, dupers
> > or any of that crap. And the vast majority of us have beaten Hell with
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> Can u tell me your total legit bowazon build? gears? and how u finish
> baal? I assume u don't use wf or valor 'cause 99.99% of em are dupes.

I've not found a wf but the valours I have are legit because I found them.
Which zon build are you interested in, stafe, MS, Immolation, javazon,
hybrid, full dex or mavs set?
Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 01:05 GMT
> Which zon build are you interested in, stafe, MS, Immolation, javazon,
> hybrid, full dex or mavs set?

Hahaha go_d2, to quote most public duelers, "owned"
go_d2 - 09 Dec 2003 15:48 GMT
> I've not found a wf but the valours I have are legit because I found them.
> Which zon build are you interested in, stafe, MS, Immolation, javazon,
> hybrid, full dex or mavs set?

I want a bowazon that can go all the way to solo finish baal. My
gowazon is lvl 85 now, with max FA, 18 in GA, 18 in valkrie, 10 in MS,
and some points in critical strike and penatrate. But it's almost
impossible for her to finish baal. Just doesn't have enough power.
Also she often got put down but the things (don't remember the name)
that come up from the ground like roots, which sometimes can hit u
with fist of heaven. There got to be a good build that can do solo
baal.

Also did u find valor on baal run? thx.
tcells - 10 Dec 2003 07:04 GMT
> > I've not found a wf but the valours I have are legit because I found them.
> > Which zon build are you interested in, stafe, MS, Immolation, javazon,
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> and some points in critical strike and penatrate. But it's almost
> impossible for her to finish baal. Just doesn't have enough power.

if you mean a bowazon for mfing baal then you've picked the wrong class.
The skill which seems low is crit strike.  It really wants a minimum of 16
and wear LoH now instead of chance guards.  Some type of CBF is needed or
swift drinking of antifreeze. Strafe works comparatively well for me and
I've been told magic arrow does too (yet to try this to any large extent but
it works ok on PIs even at low levels).

> Also she often got put down but the things (don't remember the name)
> that come up from the ground like roots, which sometimes can hit u
> with fist of heaven. There got to be a good build that can do solo
> baal.

sounds like you've low passives and aren't tanking him hard enough - too
much dodging around to miss being hit and thus not enough damage output.
There's two mini strats you can try which might help you.  If your bow is
relatively low powered go back and fight baal how we had to fight D with the
bow bug (enh damage used to not work on bows) - grab a shield and hack him
to bits with a (good pre3ferably elemental/magic) sword/mace etc.  The other
way is to use your inventory to hold pots and drink from there directly -
both of these will get you into the habit of focussing on the damaging
you're doing rather than taking.

> Also did u find valor on baal run? thx.

it wasn't baal, for the life of me I can't recall exactly where they've
dropped, but both were whilst questing and not in mf gear.
EvilBill - 09 Dec 2003 02:41 GMT
>> We're *all* legit-only in here, we don't support hacks, cheats,
>> dupers or any of that crap. And the vast majority of us have
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> finish baal? I assume u don't use wf or valor 'cause 99.99% of em
> are dupes.

Well, last time I finished Hell with a zon was in 1.09. She used a
Goldstrike (later swapped out for a Buriza), Spirit Shroud, Tal
Rasha's belt and mask (she later found a Shako in cows which she put
on her merc), and the rest of her gear IIRC was various rares/magicals
she found or gambled. Think she has a +2 to zon skills ammy she got
from Gheed, I'm not sure. Looking back now, she's quite a flawed
build - can't solo cows, certainly couldn't solo Hell 1.10. I'm
building a new bowazon in 1.10 but so far she's still in act2 Normal,
around lvl 18.

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LineNoise - 09 Dec 2003 05:53 GMT
"Bother!", said Pooh, as he read go_d2's latest post to alt.games.diablo.

>> We're *all* legit-only in here, we don't support hacks, cheats, dupers
>> or any of that crap. And the vast majority of us have beaten Hell with
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>Can u tell me your total legit bowazon build? gears? and how u finish
>baal? I assume u don't use wf or valor 'cause 99.99% of em are dupes.

You see that Matriarch in my .sig?  Legit.  The vast majority of her gear
is stuff I found myself.  The few pieces that aren't were given or traded
from other players that I know to play only legit.  None of it is perfect,
nor is it my dream gear.  With the possible exception of Tal's Mask, which
I found for myself.  She uses:

Disciple set
Rare/Gambled rings
Tal's Mask
Passion Grand Matron Bow

For MF, she switches out the Disciple for:

Wealth Wire Fleece
Blood Craft Gloves
Goldwrap
Caster Craft Boots
Atma's Scarab

I found or made all of that gear myself, except for the Blood gloves and
the Telling of Beads (thanks again, Simon).

For skills, she's got 8 points in MS and Strafe, maxed GA and Valk, one
point in FA, and the rest in passives.

She can't solo Baal yet, not without a much heavier bow.  But she managed
to beat him in a two-player game with the help of a jab/LF 'zon in a public
game.  Blizzard has made it pretty clear that they don't want people to be
running solo, and so I don't see that as a huge strike against her.

If your character "needs" WF or Arkaine's, or any of the other top-end
items to be able to play the game, then I am forced to question your skill.
I've seen a whole lot of very underpowered characters in Hell games and
spot reports, and they seem to manage just fine.  I've also seen just as
many Orb sorcs and Burrito-zons get trashed in games because they rushed
rght into a boss pack, or otherwise did something stupid.

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Shiflet - 08 Dec 2003 19:44 GMT
> Wow, I just wanted some opinions,

I gave you one. I gave you my opinion that if you have a lvl 97 sorc who
sucks because your hacked items got deleted, you should try an easier game,
cause you obviously suck. My sorc is lvl 79, uses no hacks, and can beat the
game, so if yours can't, you have no skill. Period. Then I suggested a game
that might fit your skill levels. In retrospect, perhaps I was being too
generous.

> I'm very dispointed in this group :-(

And I'm very dissappointed that you have to cheat in order to win.
EvilBill - 08 Dec 2003 19:48 GMT
>> Wow, I just wanted some opinions,
>
> I gave you one. I gave you my opinion that if you have a lvl 97
> sorc who sucks because your hacked items got deleted, you should
> try an easier game, cause you obviously suck. My sorc is lvl 79,
> uses no hacks, and can beat the game,

My Gemstone sorc was 79 when she gave Hell Baal his much-deserved
whooping. He dropped sh.t, of course.

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go_d2 - 08 Dec 2003 23:39 GMT
> > Wow, I just wanted some opinions,
>
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>
> And I'm very dissappointed that you have to cheat in order to win.

Have u ever seen a botd colossus blade which deals 750+ dmg?? assume
it's legit, alright? and u know the odds to get zod from drop is like
1:200000+. then what's wrong with 40-15 wf??

yes you use all legit items, assume u r not lying, and u never trade,
'cause if u ever trade, u can't garanty anything is legit, even the
UNIDs. but that doesn't mean u r any smarter than other players. Just
remember be polite with others alright. I'm teaching u lesson now.
tcells - 08 Dec 2003 23:56 GMT
> > > Wow, I just wanted some opinions,
> >
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> UNIDs. but that doesn't mean u r any smarter than other players. Just
> remember be polite with others alright. I'm teaching u lesson now.

ok, what are you going to teach us?
go_d2 - 09 Dec 2003 22:09 GMT
> ok, what are you going to teach us?

Well, sorry, I can't teach anybody anything. i'm just a newbie. Some
members of this group are very rude. I'm disappointed. And u don't
have to rude to make a point.
tcells - 10 Dec 2003 07:28 GMT
> > ok, what are you going to teach us?
>
> Well, sorry, I can't teach anybody anything. i'm just a newbie. Some
> members of this group are very rude. I'm disappointed. And u don't
> have to rude to make a point.

well if you hang around long enough, you'll realise that the overwhelming
amount of people here play the game "legitimately" - I use quotes around
that because what the word means does vary a bit from person to person.  But
it doesn't include dupes and hacked items in anyone (here's) definition.
Being a proponent of using hacked items and dupes will get a flaming, just
as you'd probably react to someone asking for a download of LoD.

The flaming over these issues serves it's purpose - it puts the poster (and
new people) in no doubt about how ideals of dupes/hacks are viewed by the
group and most immediately leave.  Occaisionally one hangs around for a
while and learns that they can get a lot more out of the game by playing
legitimately and becomes one of the group.  This is one of the few issues
where unfortunately you do need to be rude to make the point.  If we went on
pandering to people's feelings on it would only result in long protracted
discussions on hacking and eventually we'd see uber guides which require
hacks and dupes pop up.

Save your judgment on this until, and if, you hang around for a while - it
might change from feeling that you've been harshly dealt with or victimised
to understanding why the 'tude, ok?
go_d2 - 10 Dec 2003 15:52 GMT
- it
> might change from feeling that you've been harshly dealt with or victimised
> to understanding why the 'tude, ok?

I still think that regardless of your d2 style, skill lvl, d2 exp, u
do not have to be rude to make a point under any circumstances. This
is always true both in and outside of the realm of d2.

Maybe the members in this group do d2 all legit overwhelmingly. I
respect that, it's ur freedom of choice and u have to work very hard
to be all legit. But on b.net what I see is that overwhelming majority
of the  b.net users use, trade, and enjoy things like imp brow,
c-grip, 40/15. Has anybody bothered to ask WHY??? u go figure. U like
to beat the odds of 1:1,000,000 for wf?. Blizzard loves your kind.

It felt like if u mention the word "steak" in a group of vegetarians,
you deserve to be treated harshly with rudeness. That's so WRONG.

(i've never seen, or used, or traded, or mentioned any crazy stuff
like white ring).

I saw a posting yesterday. somebody just found a 40-15. So 40-15
should be legit.

There are many items that have similar stats of imp-brow, and c-grip.
You could be using imp-brow and c-grip, just yours has a different
name.

Also the all legit's are not the only ones that work hard. You think u
can get imp-brow or c-grip easily??  good luck.

be kind, not rude, have fun

thx.
Julie d'Aubigny - 10 Dec 2003 16:04 GMT
> - it
> > might change from feeling that you've been harshly dealt with or victimised
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> c-grip, 40/15. Has anybody bothered to ask WHY??? u go figure. U like
> to beat the odds of 1:1,000,000 for wf?. Blizzard loves your kind.

It's easy to play legitimately online. Simply avoid interacting with the
elements of Battle.net play that rely on that kind of thing - it is
possible. I never play in a game that's not passworded, after all.

> It felt like if u mention the word "steak" in a group of vegetarians,
> you deserve to be treated harshly with rudeness. That's so WRONG.

There's a difference between talking about "steak" around vegetarians
and talking about counterfeiting money around people who work for a
living.

> (i've never seen, or used, or traded, or mentioned any crazy stuff
> like white ring).
>
> I saw a posting yesterday. somebody just found a 40-15. So 40-15
> should be legit.

ITYM "could be legit." That one could drop does not make all the dupes
legit.

> Also the all legit's are not the only ones that work hard. You think u
> can get imp-brow or c-grip easily??  good luck.

In 1.09, there was always pindlebot runs.

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Shiflet - 10 Dec 2003 20:23 GMT
> > Also the all legit's are not the only ones that work hard. You think u
> > can get imp-brow or c-grip easily??  good luck.
>
> In 1.09, there was always pindlebot runs.

Well, FYI, Imp Bow and C-Grip are duped rares. Pindlebot runs wouldn't have
helped there.
short - 10 Dec 2003 20:27 GMT
> > > Also the all legit's are not the only ones that work hard. You think u
> > > can get imp-brow or c-grip easily??  good luck.
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> Well, FYI, Imp Bow and C-Grip are duped rares. Pindlebot runs wouldn't have
> helped there.

Imp Bow and C-Grip?  I must be behind in the duping, I've never seen these.

short
Julie d'Aubigny - 11 Dec 2003 08:09 GMT
> > > Also the all legit's are not the only ones that work hard. You think u
> > > can get imp-brow or c-grip easily??  good luck.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Well, FYI, Imp Bow and C-Grip are duped rares. Pindlebot runs wouldn't have
> helped there.

I didn't mean those specifically so much as items of that caliber.

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David Besack - 10 Dec 2003 16:51 GMT
> I still think that regardless of your d2 style, skill lvl, d2 exp, u
> do not have to be rude to make a point under any circumstances. This
> is always true both in and outside of the realm of d2.

Hacks and dupes have ruined BNet or many people.  You should expect some
level of resentment in a crowd who prefer legit play.

> Maybe the members in this group do d2 all legit overwhelmingly. I
> respect that, it's ur freedom of choice and u have to work very hard
> to be all legit. But on b.net what I see is that overwhelming majority
> of the  b.net users use, trade, and enjoy things like imp brow,
> c-grip, 40/15. Has anybody bothered to ask WHY??? u go figure. U like
> to beat the odds of 1:1,000,000 for wf?. Blizzard loves your kind.

Why?  Because they don't really WANT to play Diablo.  What they want to do
is compare their dick size to everyone else.  They see it as "winning" if
their item does 1 more damage than another person's, even if the item's
existence is due to a cheat.

Don't like the odds for finding a WF?  Ask yourself, why do you need one?
I've seen bowazons finish hell with a kuko (a legit item VERY easy to trade
for by the time you're in hell), or a rare bow that Anya gave them.  Why
can't you?  Oh right, because that is not your goal.  Your goal is to have
the best item, even if you have to cheat to get it.

> It felt like if u mention the word "steak" in a group of vegetarians,
> you deserve to be treated harshly with rudeness. That's so WRONG.

No, but if you eat your steak over their plate, and it drips on their
vegetables, expect them to treat you with contempt.

And by the way, the word is "you".  If you type like you can't be bothered
to take the time to make your words easy to read, people will respond in a
much less pleasant manner.
EvilBill - 10 Dec 2003 17:44 GMT
> Don't like the odds for finding a WF?  Ask yourself, why do you
> need one? I've seen bowazons finish hell with a kuko (a legit item
> VERY easy to trade for by the time you're in hell),

Hell, you can finish Hell with a skystrike if you're very patient. <g>
I did so with a goldstrike IIRC, before getting myself a Burrito.

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romendacil - 10 Dec 2003 18:20 GMT
> > Don't like the odds for finding a WF?  Ask yourself, why do you
> > need one? I've seen bowazons finish hell with a kuko (a legit item
> > VERY easy to trade for by the time you're in hell),
>
> Hell, you can finish Hell with a skystrike if you're very patient. <g>
> I did so with a goldstrike IIRC, before getting myself a Burrito.

A Goldstrike amazon was pre-1.10 very capaple of beating Hell. Look at those
mods again. Maybe it doesnt have the same kind of damage as Windforce and
Buriza-Do-Kyanon, but with its speed and its ~250% damage to demons and
undead, it was quite sufficient. Almost all monsters in act 5 are demons or
undead.

In fact, I would still believe that, _if_ a bowazon is capaple of finishing
Hell solo, then it can be done with a Goldstrike.

Regards Romendacil

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ald - 11 Dec 2003 04:24 GMT
>In fact, I would still believe that, _if_ a bowazon is capaple of finishing
>Hell solo, then it can be done with a Goldstrike.
>
>Regards Romendacil

No "if" about it, a Bowazon *can* finish Hell solo, *if* the stupid
game doesn't come up with idiotic error messages :-(

Ok, that needs to be explained. In AR, where the monsters are
*definitely* harder (but the rewards are greater), I've been
desperately trying to verify that Diablo runs in Hell are the best
place to item hunt. Unfortunately, I haven't seen anything decent drop
up to Diablo himself, and both times I've tried the computer or game
has locked up as soon as I release Diablo. The first game, I was
running up to meet him when the computer completely locked up, had to
do a cold boot to get it back. The second time, I noticed as I hit the
last seal that FPS was showing 287/287 memory used, and paused the
game and alt-tabbed out to try to free up some memory. I'd managed to
free up about 90 of the 288 when all of a sudden (remember, the game
was paused, nothing should have been happening in it) up pops an all
too familiar error message, wait a sec, I've got it exactly in error
logs:

Location : Fog\Src\Mem\mem.cpp, line #902
Expression : MEMORY ERROR: Out of Memory

That one actual came from killing Shenk with Zan-AR, but trust me,
it's the same one :-( Anyway, the point I was trying to make is that
she handled all of the CS (and believe me, it's tougher in AR, the
Chaos Grand Vizier is shooting some form of Chain Lightning that
bounces from the Decoy to the Valk to her to the Rogue and sometimes
back again) with *no* problems twice now, I have no doubt that she can
handle any part of the game, *except* the stupid error messages :-(

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LineNoise - 11 Dec 2003 06:47 GMT
"Bother!", said Pooh, as he read ald's latest post to alt.games.diablo.

>>In fact, I would still believe that, _if_ a bowazon is capaple of finishing
>>Hell solo, then it can be done with a Goldstrike.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>No "if" about it, a Bowazon *can* finish Hell solo, *if* the stupid
>game doesn't come up with idiotic error messages :-(

So far, the only bit of 1.10 Hell that I haven't done solo is Worldstone 2
and Baal.  I've beaten Baal in a two-player game with a jab/fury 'zon
tanking for me.  I probably *could* do it now that I've got the Buriza, but
when I was using the Passion, I wouldn't have wanted to try it.  Between
his regen, and the amount of time I spent refilling my belt with potions
and running to town for arrows, it would've taken 3-4 hours to finish him.

Hell Diablo, by comparison, takes only a couple minutes once I pop the last
seal.

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Julie d'Aubigny - 11 Dec 2003 08:33 GMT
> That one actual came from killing Shenk with Zan-AR, but trust me,
> it's the same one :-( Anyway, the point I was trying to make is that
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> back again) with *no* problems twice now, I have no doubt that she can
> handle any part of the game, *except* the stupid error messages :-(

Have you sent the error information to the mod author?

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ald - 12 Dec 2003 02:49 GMT
>Have you sent the error information to the mod author?

No, because I was getting the *exact* same error message all through
the beta. This *doesn't* occur every game, or even usually at the same
point in a game (the Diablo runs with Sis-AR are the exception to
that) and I often don't actually see it (especially in the beta,
before I figured out what was going on, but I've found out that if I
alt-tab out of the game as soon as it freezes, I *do* see it). Another
example, in a place (*like* Diablo spawning) where there shouldn't be
any fog: The first time SisEight-AR took on Duriel in NM, I
accidentally took her on at "players 1" (I think I posted about that,
it was in the post about having to remake the Staff, and I'd dropped
it to "players 1" to make the run for the Staff easier and forgot to
put it back to "players 8" before I went down to fight the bug). She
beat her with no problems, talked to Tyrael, came back up to town and
sold off the drops, and was running over to talk to Jerhyn when the
error message popped up :-(

Today she started up her turn again, and I was *very* surprised to
still find the Staff in her pack (apparently the last save the game
made was as she was finishing off cubing the Staff before she went
down to the fight). No big deal, she knew the way (and incidentally
*all* of her map was there, including the Tyrael part of Duriel's
chamber), after the first huge battle just off of the stairs in the
true tomb (4 or 5 boss packs all together, I lost count ;-) ) it was
smooth sailing to the Orifice. This time Duriel *was* at "players 8",
and at first I thought that was a big mistake, as his life ball hadn't
moved when I got the crossed arrows symbol (I'd forgotten to replenish
my supply before the fight, although I would have *thought* that I
still had plenty, but obviously not). Quick trip up to town, bought an
extra 4 quivers (all I could hold), and back down to the battle. The
Rogue needed a purple before I got everything set up (the only potion
used during the entire fight), but then I got it set up so that the
Rogue and Sis were firing from far enough away so that the Holy Freeze
wasn't hitting them and the million or so Valks and Decoys were taking
the damage and keeping the bug away from us. About 2 quivers later the
bug was dead, and you'd better believe I high-tailed it over to Jerhyn
and back to Meshif and made it to Act 3 before IDing and selling stuff
;-)

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radiodude - 12 Dec 2003 18:01 GMT
> - it
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> of the  b.net users use, trade, and enjoy things like imp brow,
> c-grip, 40/15. Has anybody bothered to ask WHY???

It's because there are so many lazy-a.s kids (and 'kids' can be any age)
out there that want the 'glory' without any of the work.

 u go figure. U like
> to beat the odds of 1:1,000,000 for wf?. Blizzard loves your kind.
>
> It felt like if u mention the word "steak" in a group of vegetarians,
> you deserve to be treated harshly with rudeness. That's so WRONG.

Yes, it is. But your comparing oranges with rotten apples. Cheating is
wrong, and since there is on-line play with this game, it lessens the
enjoyment of the game for all the normal folks who want the most game
for the buck.

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Mickey - 10 Dec 2003 16:50 GMT
> > > ok, what are you going to teach us?
> >
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> might change from feeling that you've been harshly dealt with or victimised
> to understanding why the 'tude, ok?

Very well put. This is a forum devoted to people who love this game.
As such, no one should be surprised in the least bit by flames
directed as those who would corrupt the world we play in.

Mickey
ald - 11 Dec 2003 04:55 GMT
>well if you hang around long enough, you'll realise that the overwhelming
>amount of people here play the game "legitimately" - I use quotes around
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>might change from feeling that you've been harshly dealt with or victimised
>to understanding why the 'tude, ok?

Yeah, but (or HOWEVER, for Mickey) ... ;-)

Back in D1 days, this group used to think the same way about PKKs,
that they were the same as PKs and thus were the lowest of the low.
They used the same hacked items as PKs, so they had to be as bad,
right? That was the attitude when a certain Stalker-||AE|| joined the
group and started talking about his PKK experiences, and promptly got
quite severely flamed for it. He took the flames, and explained
himself quite well (Google for PKK in this group and you'll see a few
of the discussions), and basically changed the attitude of the group.
Now, I don't think that anyone is going to be able to change the
attitude of this group toward people who use hacked items in D2
(*unless* they're using them for the same purpose that Stalker was,
but that's highly unlikely, with the possible exception of Mickey and
his White Ring), but I've always felt bad about the original reception
that Stalker got (which, IIRC, I was as much to blame for as anyone
else), *especially* since it was *his* Honorable Player's List that we
eventually relied upon to know if people played "legit" or not ;-)

By the way, for those who don't know, Stalker made several "legit"
characters, which he kept completely separate from his PKK characters,
which by his own definition were anything *but* "legit".

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Julie d'Aubigny - 11 Dec 2003 08:36 GMT
> By the way, for those who don't know, Stalker made several "legit"
> characters, which he kept completely separate from his PKK characters,
> which by his own definition were anything *but* "legit".

I can understand the reaction to PKKing with hacks and dupes, but I have
to admit I can't complain too much about the practice.

I never really got into Diablo 1 bnet play because of the cesspool it
became.

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ald - 12 Dec 2003 03:12 GMT
>I never really got into Diablo 1 bnet play because of the cesspool it
>became.

Tell me about it ;-) Shortly after I'd joined this group (well,
actually, shortly after I'd bought the computer so that I'd stop
staying at work until 2 a.m. playing the game, but that's a
*different* old and often retold story ;-) ) I decided to check out
what this BattleNet that everyone was talking about was. And promptly
got PKed about 5 times in less than 15 minutes, the last one being in
town IIRC. I left BattleNet, and swore that I would never be back.

And I *kept* that promise to myself, until Justus was formed and it
became easy to find the people from here that I'd been talking with
for the last year-and-a-half or so, at that point. Good thing, because
that first night getting to play with Dalai (yeah, the same Dalai Lama
that still occasionally posts here) and A.G. Turner is *still* one of
my best memories, and got me hooked on MP ;-)

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Julie d'Aubigny - 12 Dec 2003 08:31 GMT
> >I never really got into Diablo 1 bnet play because of the cesspool it
> >became.
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> got PKed about 5 times in less than 15 minutes, the last one being in
> town IIRC. I left BattleNet, and swore that I would never be back.

The strange thing is, I never had a bad experience. I ran into some
really cool people on Diablo battle.net...or people who seemed cool. I
just didn't know if I could ever trust anyone who came into my games,
and the horror stories got worse.

> And I *kept* that promise to myself, until Justus was formed and it
> became easy to find the people from here that I'd been talking with
> for the last year-and-a-half or so, at that point. Good thing, because
> that first night getting to play with Dalai (yeah, the same Dalai Lama
> that still occasionally posts here) and A.G. Turner is *still* one of
> my best memories, and got me hooked on MP ;-)

Yeah, if I'd gone looking for decent groups, things would have turned
out differently.

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romendacil - 12 Dec 2003 10:45 GMT
> >I never really got into Diablo 1 bnet play because of the cesspool it
> >became.
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> that still occasionally posts here) and A.G. Turner is *still* one of
> my best memories, and got me hooked on MP ;-)

There have been some memorable moments in D1. But then again, I have always
thought that it was the superior mp game compared to D2. The experience is
so much more intense with friendly fire and monsters that are way faster
than you.

Regards Romendacil
ald - 13 Dec 2003 05:28 GMT
>There have been some memorable moments in D1. But then again, I have always
>thought that it was the superior mp game compared to D2. The experience is
>so much more intense with friendly fire and monsters that are way faster
>than you.
>
>Regards Romendacil

Yeah, another of my more memorable moments came in a game with the
same participants, IIRC, and Ken Noone's Sorc. Both his computer *and*
mine said I was behind him when he fired off that (Chain?) Lightning
spell, but what we had seen didn't matter, I was still just as dead
;-)

And as far as monsters being faster than you, the solution to that one
that I relied on was to play "Stealth". <shameless plug> If you want
to read about my experiences with that, check the URL in my sig, I'm
pretty sure the last entry under Early Adventures is still "A Stealthy
Laz Run, or Why I Love a Stealth Rogue" ;-)

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romendacil - 13 Dec 2003 06:34 GMT
> >There have been some memorable moments in D1. But then again, I have always
> >thought that it was the superior mp game compared to D2. The experience is
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> spell, but what we had seen didn't matter, I was still just as dead
> ;-)

Long live Bnet. Already then it had its technical troubles :)

> And as far as monsters being faster than you, the solution to that one
> that I relied on was to play "Stealth". <shameless plug> If you want
> to read about my experiences with that, check the URL in my sig, I'm
> pretty sure the last entry under Early Adventures is still "A Stealthy
> Laz Run, or Why I Love a Stealth Rogue" ;-)

Playing with zero light radius? I always thought it made you feel something
like a burglar or something.

But it was one of the few relatively safe ways of navigating the lower
levels of hell.

Regards Romendacil
ald - 13 Dec 2003 22:56 GMT
>Playing with zero light radius? I always thought it made you feel something
>like a burglar or something.

-80, actually, but same idea ;-)

>But it was one of the few relatively safe ways of navigating the lower
>levels of hell.
>
>Regards Romendacil

Yeah, but it made item recovery runs a *whole* different ball game ;-)

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Julie d'Aubigny - 13 Dec 2003 08:38 GMT
> Yeah, another of my more memorable moments came in a game with the
> same participants, IIRC, and Ken Noone's Sorc. Both his computer *and*
> mine said I was behind him when he fired off that (Chain?) Lightning
> spell, but what we had seen didn't matter, I was still just as dead
> ;-)

Ouch.

Oh, yes, multiplayer D1 "corpse recovery." Yay.

> And as far as monsters being faster than you, the solution to that one
> that I relied on was to play "Stealth". <shameless plug> If you want
> to read about my experiences with that, check the URL in my sig, I'm
> pretty sure the last entry under Early Adventures is still "A Stealthy
> Laz Run, or Why I Love a Stealth Rogue" ;-)

I'll take a look.

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romendacil - 11 Dec 2003 13:31 GMT
> >well if you hang around long enough, you'll realise that the overwhelming
> >amount of people here play the game "legitimately" - I use quotes around
[quoted text clipped - 39 lines]
> characters, which he kept completely separate from his PKK characters,
> which by his own definition were anything *but* "legit".

Very nice piece of background information. Most of us here where not around
in those days, though I seem to remember some of the discussion from the DSF
way back then.

Thanks for sharing this old story with the rest of us.

Regards Romendacil
Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 01:08 GMT
> Have u ever seen a botd colossus blade which deals 750+ dmg??

Yes, I have. And my paladin has killed a few barbs wielding them, so what?

> assume it's legit, alright?

Why?

> and u know the odds to get zod from drop is like
> 1:200000+. then what's wrong with 40-15 wf??

Nobody said those barbs using dupes were any better, dimwit.

> yes you use all legit items, assume u r not lying, and u never trade,
> 'cause if u ever trade, u can't garanty anything is legit, even the
> UNIDs. but that doesn't mean u r any smarter than other players.

Yes, but we can 100% guarantee that HACKED items like occy rings are not
legit. A 40/15 WF is likely duped, but it can still be legit, the chances
are just slim. An occy ring or white rings CANNOT be legit, there is a 100%
chance they are hacked. Don't be a tool.
tcells - 08 Dec 2003 23:53 GMT
> > > When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.
> >
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> I'm very dispointed in this group :-(

I bet you can't see the sad irony of your statement.
Julie d'Aubigny - 09 Dec 2003 03:15 GMT
> > I'm very dispointed in this group :-(
>
> I bet you can't see the sad irony of your statement.

You beat me to it. :)

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Julie d'Aubigny - 09 Dec 2003 03:09 GMT
> > > When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.
> >
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> I'm very dispointed in this group :-(

Irony, thy name is usenet.

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radiodude - 12 Dec 2003 17:51 GMT
>>>When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> I'm very dispointed in this group :-(
              ^(sp)

...and we're very disappointed someone like you found this group and
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Doc - 04 Dec 2003 21:54 GMT
go_d2 <go_d2@yahoo.com> stared blankly into space for a short while
before writing:

> When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.

Good grief. This is a troll, right?

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tcells - 04 Dec 2003 22:38 GMT
> go_d2 <go_d2@yahoo.com> stared blankly into space for a short while
> before writing:
>
> > When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.
>
> Good grief. This is a troll, right?

I hope not.  Take a look at the structure of it's sentence; if it's a troll
their standards have dropped to an all time low and they're accepting
anyone.
Dalai Lama - 05 Dec 2003 00:08 GMT
>Hi all,

< /s on>

>What do you think will happen to 290s, 40-15, and 3/20/20s and imp
>brows and c-grips?? Will blizzard someday suddenly go crazy and delete
>all those?? I hope not.

There was a link to new  info on the Arreat Summit  (since taken down,
as the update is delayed) where they were hinting at allowing people
to cube up the 290's.   Put three of them in your cube with a Ber, a
Jah and a 40-15 jewel and you'd get either a 60-30 jewel or a 500
pdsc.    I think they are holding out on that to see if players can
handle 1.10 without them.  

>When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.

Mine too,  she can handle normal mode Rakanishu, but that's about it
now.   If you see me online, I can hook you up with a Dreamflange
amulet though.  

>When they deleted bstrings and wis rings, my lvl 75 zon can't take a
>hit.

You need to get some Stormstriders- though its easy for other player
to tell you are using them because Blaze kicks in the first time you
get hit and doesn't turn off until you leave the game or go to town.

>Now 290s are currencies of d2 lod 1.1 and it's great that they are
>very useful to carry around. U don't carry 8 sojs when u do baal runs.

I prefer to carry 4 or 5 Maras and a couple Wisps.  I won't be
bothered trading for stuff so paltry that it can be had for Sojs.

>It's going to make every class useless if 290s are deleted. barbs,
>pallies, zons, assins, durids, can't do anything without 290s because
>even hell act5 champions have dual immunes.

Rword should be ready for the ladder soon, and being able to put a
runeword on any equippable item (except belts) should make up for
Blizzard's petty anti-cheats.

>40-15 is totally cool, but we know blizzard hates all cool things.

They're just crunchy old,  can't remember when it was a game not a
job.  

>Do u think blizzard will delete them??  Do they ever post a notice or
>warning before they start to delete cool things???

Yeah, usually a day or two heads up, so you can pawn the stuff off to
noobs.  They don't want aggro from the serious players.   It's when
the boosted items get shoved in the noobs faces and they realize how
much they are missing out on, that Bliz gets embarassed and has to do
something.   You have to understand they can't let everybody have the
goods.  

>Thanks all, for the love of d2 lod 1.1

Peace out!

>go_d2

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> Hi all,
>
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>
> go_d2

Gotta quote that completely...
Hahahahahah LOL.
Thanks for a good laugh. :o)
SpinyDevil - 05 Dec 2003 02:05 GMT
  I no D00D!  Bliz iz lame-o!  my butt naked bare handed barb cant solo
8 player kow games in hell Nymore! i had to by armer for him butt i
cudnt trade for a shaft becaus all my occys were gon!  I cant even play
d2 much now becaus i have to work extra late at pizza hut to save up and
buy maphack butt i keep spending it!  :-O

>Hi all,
>
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>
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royls@telus.net - 05 Dec 2003 10:05 GMT
>What do you think will happen to 290s, 40-15, and 3/20/20s and imp
>brows and c-grips?? Will blizzard someday suddenly go crazy and delete
>all those?? I hope not.
>
>When they deleted occy rings, my lvl 97 sorc is totally useless now.

Tell you what: tell me your account name and password and I'll test
her for you.  I'm betting she's not the one who's useless.

>When they deleted bstrings and wis rings, my lvl 75 zon can't take a
>hit.

But there have been Guardian zons on the _HC_ ladder lower than
that....

>Now 290s are currencies of d2 lod 1.1 and it's great that they are
>very useful to carry around. U don't carry 8 sojs when u do baal runs.
>
>It's going to make every class useless if 290s are deleted. barbs,
>pallies, zons, assins, durids, can't do anything without 290s because
>even hell act5 champions have dual immunes.

And you'd have to actually know something about the game to kill them!
How unfair is that?

-- Roy L
Jordan - 05 Dec 2003 10:17 GMT
>Hi all,
>
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>
>go_d2

It's amazing anyone can lvl at all on the ladder then I guess. In a
world free of all the hacked/duped items people seem to be doing just
fine.
Mickey - 05 Dec 2003 22:54 GMT
> >Hi all,
> >
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> world free of all the hacked/duped items people seem to be doing just
> fine.

Those are people who know how to play. Then again, there are some of
us who have charms like that which didn't get deleted.... I wonder
why.... Oh yeah, that's right, their LEGIT!!!!!

Mickey
Tresa - 07 Dec 2003 03:19 GMT
> > It's amazing anyone can lvl at all on the ladder then I guess. In a
> > world free of all the hacked/duped items people seem to be doing just
> > fine.

Except it's no longer free of hacks and dupes.

> Those are people who know how to play. Then again, there are some of
> us who have charms like that which didn't get deleted.... I wonder
> why.... Oh yeah, that's right, their LEGIT!!!!!

Firstly, it's "they're".
Secondly, I wouldn't exactly call dupes "legit".  Copies of legitimate
items were, for the most part, untouched by the patch.  So, remaining
in posession of such items does not automatically mean they or the
player are "legit".

Tresa
Doc - 07 Dec 2003 06:18 GMT
Tresa <tresa@metalminded.com> stared blankly into space for a short
while before writing:

>>> It's amazing anyone can lvl at all on the ladder then I guess. In
>>> a
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> in posession of such items does not automatically mean they or the
> player are "legit".

Firstly, no-one gives a sh.t about typo's.

Secondly, IIRC Mickey *found* at least one of the charms, and the rest
were rolled. So, they certainly *are* legitimate.

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Shiflet - 07 Dec 2003 06:35 GMT
> Firstly, no-one gives a sh.t about typo's.
>
> Secondly, IIRC Mickey *found* at least one of the charms, and the rest
> were rolled. So, they certainly *are* legitimate.

Firstly, some people apparently do.
Secondly, some people don't necessarily believe Mickey's claims. I know *I*
am skeptical about "the bow" if Simon was correct. Mainly cause if Simon was
correct, "the bow" just happens to match(exactly) the duped bow sold on
every D2 item site around. Not to mention that I've seen a lot of
information stating that a weapon can't legitly roll both perfect 300 ED and
perfect 63 max damage due to a glitch.
Thirdly, she never even said *Mickey's* where dupes, just that not using
hacks doesn't make someone legit by default. But what a shock, anytime
someone dares to even maybe imply that Mickey isn't a perfect God amongst
men, you're right there to tell them otherwise. Do you get PAID for this, or
what?

> --
> Doc
Julie d'Aubigny - 07 Dec 2003 11:00 GMT
> > Firstly, no-one gives a sh.t about typo's.
> >
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> information stating that a weapon can't legitly roll both perfect 300 ED and
> perfect 63 max damage due to a glitch.

Well, this is partly easy to resolve: On what realm is the bow duped? On
what realm does Mickey have this bow? If they're different, that should
go some distance to allaying suspicions. That is, if it even matters.

Since Mickey apparently does spend a lot of time getting magic items,
what does he have to gain by lying about that bow? More to the point,
what does he gain about lying about it, and referring to a duped bow? It
strikes me as fairly easy to catch - as far as lies go - and Mickey
strikes me as intelligent enough to know that such things would stand
out.

Mind you, I'm not speaking as someone who has always agreed with what
Mickey has posted in the past (during previous lurking/posting periods),
but I don't see anything that indicates he's claiming to have generated
dupes.

> Thirdly, she never even said *Mickey's* where dupes, just that not using
> hacks doesn't make someone legit by default. But what a shock, anytime
> someone dares to even maybe imply that Mickey isn't a perfect God amongst
> men, you're right there to tell them otherwise. Do you get PAID for this, or
> what?

Of course, insinuating that Mickey is passing off a dupe as a legitimate
item is not simply "implying that Mickey isn't a perfect god amongst
men." Insinuating that about anyone isn't that. It's insulting, for one
thing.

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Shiflet - 07 Dec 2003 11:50 GMT
>> Well, this is partly easy to resolve: On what realm is the bow duped?

West. Possibly east as well, but definitely on west.

> On what realm does Mickey have this bow?

West.

> Since Mickey apparently does spend a lot of time getting magic items,
> what does he have to gain by lying about that bow?

Simple. He likes to sound impressive. He constantly refers to his hordes of
level 99's. He constantly points out how much "uber" gear he has found. He
repeatedly brags about how tough his Sazabi set wearing merc is. He almost
goes out of his way to show how godly his characters and gear is. He brags
about how much money he has, about his job, about basically everything he
can. All of which is his perogative, mind you. However, all that becomes a
lot less impressive if the gear he has is duped/bought online, rather than
found himself. I'm not saying it is, but I certainly do have my doubts.
Which sounds more impressive to you-finding 5 Windforces, or going to
D2items.com(or Ebay, or whatever) and buying 5 Windforces? And who would you
have more respect for, the player who found 5 godly items, or the player who
shelled out $50 and bought 5 godly items?

> More to the point, what does he gain about lying about it,

Respect, and an ego boost. Finding all that gear is quite an accomplishment,
and is something many people will respect. But most people around here
wouldn't have nearly as much respect for someone if that person was using
duped/hacked/bought items, rather than items they took the time and effort
to find themselves.

> and referring to a duped bow? It strikes me as fairly easy to catch - as
far as lies go - and Mickey
> strikes me as intelligent enough to know that such things would stand
> out.

Mickey was caught using a white ring, and first denied using it, then
changed his story and admitted he was using it, but only to fight a hack
using PK. And then, he "forgot" to take it off once he joined another game.
And I could mention the time he bragged in a cow run about how the cow he
just killed dropped an Ohm...despite the fact that another person stepped
onto the screen just as he did, and there were no dead cows anywhere,
nothing at all on the ground(not a gold pile, not quiver of arrows,
nothing), just Mickey and an empty field.

> Mind you, I'm not speaking as someone who has always agreed with what
> Mickey has posted in the past (during previous lurking/posting periods),
> but I don't see anything that indicates he's claiming to have generated
> dupes.

No, he bragged about his bow that he rerolled with gems. According to Simon,
the bow is a perfect 300 ED/63 max mat. bow. Which is coincedentally, the
exact same bow that was sold by d2items and every other D2 item store
online. And if what I heard is true, due to a bug/glitch, NO item could
legitly roll a double perfect ED and max(according to several sources, you
could get 299/63 or 300/62, but the only way to get a 300/63 was with
hacks), then, well, that right there would pretty much seal it. BUT, I am
also waiting to hear what Mickey has to say, in order to confirm or deny
what Simon remembered, AND I would like someone to prove the "no perfect
ED/max damage mods on 1 item" story if possible. That would at least
partially convince me.

> Of course, insinuating that Mickey is passing off a dupe as a legitimate
> item is not simply "implying that Mickey isn't a perfect god amongst
> men."

Perhaps. Unfortunately, in Doc's case, you could say that Mickey didn't sh.t
gold and apples and he'd be on your a.s about it.
Julie d'Aubigny - 08 Dec 2003 00:32 GMT
> Simple. He likes to sound impressive. He constantly refers to his hordes of
> level 99's.

Well, sure. I mean, he spent a lot of time getting them there. So what?

> He constantly points out how much "uber" gear he has found.

Given how much good gear (not uber, but hey) I've found up to level 41,
it seems plausible that he'd have it. I've also seen him offer other
players on this newsgroup some of said gear to improve their characters.

> He
> repeatedly brags about how tough his Sazabi set wearing merc is.

Lots of people brag about their mercs. I used to brag about my Jarulf
iron wolf, but then *everyone* got one and it was declasse.

> He almost
> goes out of his way to show how godly his characters and gear is.

Again, so what?

> He brags
> about how much money he has, about his job, about basically everything he
> can.

Yes, I've seen him talk about his competence as a programmer. So what?

> All of which is his perogative, mind you. However, all that becomes a
> lot less impressive if the gear he has is duped/bought online, rather than
> found himself.

Of course it is. So, it's easy to say "it could be a dupe and he'd
refuse to admit it." But it's also easy to see why people who don't like
him would leap to the conclusion that he's using more duped gear than
he'd care to admit.

> I'm not saying it is, but I certainly do have my doubts.
> Which sounds more impressive to you-finding 5 Windforces, or going to
> D2items.com(or Ebay, or whatever) and buying 5 Windforces? And who would you
> have more respect for, the player who found 5 godly items, or the player who
> shelled out $50 and bought 5 godly items?

Honestly? I don't think my respect would really be affected either way.
They're objects in a game. If the game is important enough to someone to
spend $50 on five Windforces, I might consider that their priorities are
a bit whacked, but it's their prerogative. I'm more impressed by
civilized behavior in games.

> > More to the point, what does he gain about lying about it,
>
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> duped/hacked/bought items, rather than items they took the time and effort
> to find themselves.

Yes, of course, which is also a reason (as I point out above)someone
might want to call his veracity into question. Not because it's true,
but because if it's *believed* or even if sufficient doubt is
introduced, it tarnishes his reputation.

> > and referring to a duped bow? It strikes me as fairly easy to catch - as
> far as lies go - and Mickey
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> changed his story and admitted he was using it, but only to fight a hack
> using PK. And then, he "forgot" to take it off once he joined another game.

That's entirely possible. I've seen people do things like that before
outside Diablo.

> And I could mention the time he bragged in a cow run about how the cow he
> just killed dropped an Ohm...despite the fact that another person stepped
> onto the screen just as he did, and there were no dead cows anywhere,
> nothing at all on the ground(not a gold pile, not quiver of arrows,
> nothing), just Mickey and an empty field.

And who was the other person?

> > Mind you, I'm not speaking as someone who has always agreed with what
> > Mickey has posted in the past (during previous lurking/posting periods),
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> ED/max damage mods on 1 item" story if possible. That would at least
> partially convince me.

You could ask around on the Lurker Lounge technical forum.

> > Of course, insinuating that Mickey is passing off a dupe as a legitimate
> > item is not simply "implying that Mickey isn't a perfect god amongst
> > men."
>
> Perhaps. Unfortunately, in Doc's case, you could say that Mickey didn't sh.t
> gold and apples and he'd be on your a.s about it.

So, is this more about Doc defending Mickey?

Fundamentally, long-term grudges getting dragged out again and again
aren't particularly interesting.

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Doc - 08 Dec 2003 00:46 GMT
Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> stared blankly into
space for a short while before writing:
> Lots of people brag about their mercs. I used to brag about my
> Jarulf
> iron wolf, but then *everyone* got one and it was declasse.

I hereby declare Julie winner of "Word of the week" for using a word of
such elegance that I myself rarely use it. Actually, I've never used it.
I had to look it up. :)

Your prize pack is on it's way...

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Julie d'Aubigny - 08 Dec 2003 01:38 GMT
> Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> stared blankly into
> space for a short while before writing:
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>
> Your prize pack is on it's way...

Ah, thanks. Just wait until I have reason to use truly esoteric words.
:)

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tcells - 08 Dec 2003 05:12 GMT
> Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> stared blankly into
> space for a short while before writing:
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>
> Your prize pack is on it's way...

Doc,

"brag" means to boast, it's not an uncommon word at all.

;-)
Julie d'Aubigny - 08 Dec 2003 06:48 GMT
> Doc,
>
> "brag" means to boast, it's not an uncommon word at all.

You are teh funny. :)

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Doc - 08 Dec 2003 13:34 GMT
tcells <tcells1@yahoo.com> stared blankly into space for a short
while before writing:
>> Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> stared blankly into
>> space for a short while before writing:
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>
> ;-)

Goodonya

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Doc - 08 Dec 2003 01:13 GMT
Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> stared blankly into
space for a short while before writing:

> So, is this more about Doc defending Mickey?

Funny thing is, I'm not actually one of Mickey's friends, as such. I
have chatted with him online maybe 2 or 3 times, and played in perhaps
half a dozen of his cow runs, and that's about it.

So, why do I defend him? I really not sure. I think that I would jump in
and defend *anyone* when

a) I liked, or at the very least, didn't dislike the person
and
b) People were telling what I perceive to be complete BS about them

And then on other occasions I have been tempted to jump in, only to
think "They can look after themselves". Which is funny, 'cause I *know*
Mickey can look after himself :)

Anyway, sorry to boor you with this.

Cheers

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Shiflet - 08 Dec 2003 04:49 GMT
> Well, sure. I mean, he spent a lot of time getting them there. So what?

So what? You asked for a reason. The reason is that he's a braggart. He
likes to brag and boast about everything he has and everything he's done. He
likes showing his godly gear. This is common on B.net, lots of people using
hacks and dupes and Ebayed items bragging about everthing they have.

> Given how much good gear (not uber, but hey) I've found up to level 41,
> it seems plausible that he'd have it.

Perhaps, perhaps not.

> I've also seen him offer other players on this newsgroup some of said gear
to improve their characters.

Some yes, but I don't recall seeing him offer up his "5 Windforces" or his
super bow, or other true top end elites(I'm not referring to things like
Gaze, Buriza, Shaft, etc, cause while they are good items and are somewhat
rare, they are still not nearly as hard to get as stuff like WF, Valor,
etc).

> Lots of people brag about their mercs. I used to brag about my Jarulf
> iron wolf, but then *everyone* got one and it was declasse.

Yes, but hey don't also brag about every single other thing in the lives,
generally. And they don't go out of their way to post the merc's gear
normally, either.

> Again, so what?

Again, it shows his personality. He's boastful and a braggart, and at least
some people question just how much he really has to brag about.

> Yes, I've seen him talk about his competence as a programmer. So what?

Again, how does his competence as a programmer(there are people who doubt
that story too, BTW) have ANYTHING to do with this group? He likes to brag,
he likes to sound superior.

> Of course it is. So, it's easy to say "it could be a dupe and he'd
> refuse to admit it." But it's also easy to see why people who don't like
> him would leap to the conclusion that he's using more duped gear than
> he'd care to admit.

> Honestly? I don't think my respect would really be affected either way.
> They're objects in a game.

Okay, perhaps not yours, but try telling that to most people here who will
jump all over anyone who admits they use duped(or hacked) items.

> Yes, of course, which is also a reason (as I point out above)someone
> might want to call his veracity into question. Not because it's true,
> but because if it's *believed* or even if sufficient doubt is
> introduced, it tarnishes his reputation.

Except how does that benefit anyone?

> That's entirely possible. I've seen people do things like that before
outside Diablo.

In a previous thread, Mickey had said there is NEVER a reason to use hacked
items and that he would NEVER use one. Yet then he turns around and gets
one(and just how that happened I'm not sure...most people weren't exactly
giving them away), keeps it(he didn't sell it or dump it in a solo game, he
kept it), used it to kill another player, and STILL had it when he joined a
private AGD game and was using it.

> And who was the other person?

Why should I say? Anytime I've named names in the past they were lambasted
by Mickey and several other people(Doc, of course, and Shari, to name 2), I
really don't wish to name any. If you really want, I can email you, but I
won't post it here.

> You could ask around on the Lurker Lounge technical forum.

Unfortunately, they don't seem real sure either. I had originally read about
it there and at Dii.net's "bugs and glitches"(or whatever) forum.

> So, is this more about Doc defending Mickey?

No, cause that's just to be expected. Like I said, Mickey could come out and
say he *invented* all the hacked items on b.net and Doc would happily defend
him.
Mickey - 09 Dec 2003 17:11 GMT
> > Well, sure. I mean, he spent a lot of time getting them there. So what?
>
> So what? You asked for a reason. The reason is that he's a braggart. He
> likes to brag and boast about everything he has and everything he's done. He
> likes showing his godly gear. This is common on B.net, lots of people using
> hacks and dupes and Ebayed items bragging about everthing they have.

Oh really? Have you ever seen the one ring? Ever seen a screenshot of
it? Can you post a link to said screenshot? DO you even know what it
is? It happens to be the best ring on any realm anywhere on
battle.net, and yet you know nothing about it. Odd that a "braggart"
such as I would neglect to crow about it.

Mickey
Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 20:19 GMT
> Oh really? Have you ever seen the one ring? Ever seen a screenshot of
> it?

No. I've never seen a screenshot of MOST of the things you have or say you
have, for that matter.

>  It happens to be the best ring on any realm anywhere on
> battle.net, and yet you know nothing about it. Odd that a "braggart"
> such as I would neglect to crow about it.

Whoa, whoa, this is great. You're bragging about having the "best
ring...anywhere on battle.net" in order to show that you're not a braggart?

> Mickey
John Lame - 09 Dec 2003 19:36 GMT
> > Yes, I've seen him talk about his competence as a programmer. So what?
>
> Again, how does his competence as a programmer(there are people who doubt
> that story too, BTW) have ANYTHING to do with this group? He likes to brag,
> he likes to sound superior.

Not really intended as a comment about Mickey, but one's competence as
a programmer could be very relevant in this forum.  If someone is
offering their personal insight into how the game might work behind
the scenes (e.g. how the database might be structured based on
empirical observation of battlenet behavior),  then a bit of
background info from the speaker is entirely appropriate and is not
necessarily boastful imo.

On the other hand, if someone started a post with a topic of "I have
godly computer programming abilities -- Muhahahahaha."  or something
like that, then I suppose that could be considered both off-topic and
boastful.  ;)

John
EvilBill - 09 Dec 2003 20:39 GMT
> On the other hand, if someone started a post with a topic of "I have
> godly computer programming abilities -- Muhahahahaha."  or something
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>
> John

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Mickey - 09 Dec 2003 22:33 GMT
> > > Yes, I've seen him talk about his competence as a programmer. So what?
> >
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> background info from the speaker is entirely appropriate and is not
> necessarily boastful imo.

Do yourself a favor and don't bother answering these types of lame
attacks. For those who have been here, I was one of the creators of
NetherWorld and have over 33 years experience coding, a FACT verified
by people who know me in REAL LIFE. Shitless is just being what he is.

> On the other hand, if someone started a post with a topic of "I have
> godly computer programming abilities -- Muhahahahaha."  or something
> like that, then I suppose that could be considered both off-topic and
> boastful.  ;)

And who would argue with that. The only time I mention my experience
in IT is eitehr when it is relevant to the topic at hand, or to
occasionally reply to Shiflet and his ilk. Then again, one wonders
where HE thinks I get all my info about the game if not by reading the
code.

Mickey
Julie d'Aubigny - 10 Dec 2003 04:38 GMT
> Do yourself a favor and don't bother answering these types of lame
> attacks. For those who have been here, I was one of the creators of
> NetherWorld and have over 33 years experience coding, a FACT verified
> by people who know me in REAL LIFE. Shitless is just being what he is.

I noticed the name "Mickey" attached and was going to ask. And then I
realized I probably did ask a couple of years ago. :)

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Mickey - 10 Dec 2003 15:58 GMT
> > Do yourself a favor and don't bother answering these types of lame
> > attacks. For those who have been here, I was one of the creators of
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> I noticed the name "Mickey" attached and was going to ask. And then I
> realized I probably did ask a couple of years ago. :)

In the spirit of full disclosure, Frank did the coding on NW. This was
due to 2 reasons. Firstly, he wanted to learn to play with PC
assembler code, and secondly because I am the more persistent tester,
a fact recognized by Blizzard, as I have beta tested D1, D2, LoD and
did the stress testing for battle.net prior to the release of D2. I'm
a good monkey and all programs need a good monkey test.

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Julie d'Aubigny - 10 Dec 2003 16:05 GMT
> In the spirit of full disclosure, Frank did the coding on NW. This was
> due to 2 reasons. Firstly, he wanted to learn to play with PC
> assembler code, and secondly because I am the more persistent tester,
> a fact recognized by Blizzard, as I have beta tested D1, D2, LoD and
> did the stress testing for battle.net prior to the release of D2. I'm
> a good monkey and all programs need a good monkey test.

I also notice that it is only multiplayer, which isn't a problem so much
as a change in approach.

The changes are fun, though, and I'm kind of used to the multiplayer
"style" thanks to D2.

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ald - 11 Dec 2003 05:00 GMT
>I also notice that it is only multiplayer, which isn't a problem so much
>as a change in approach.

It is? Now *that* I don't remember, but I was pretty much only playing
MP in one form or another by that point.

And wait until you get down to level 15 and especially 16. One of my
most memorable Diablo experiences came in level 16 in that game, in a
game with Stephen, which I won't go into in detail here since it would
spoil the surprise for you ;-)

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Julie d'Aubigny - 11 Dec 2003 08:39 GMT
> >I also notice that it is only multiplayer, which isn't a problem so much
> >as a change in approach.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> It is? Now *that* I don't remember, but I was pretty much only playing
> MP in one form or another by that point.

SP Diablo 1 = persistent dungeons. You save the game, and everything is
saved.

MP Diablo 1 = not persistent dungeons. Every time you start a new game,
you generate new maps.

> And wait until you get down to level 15 and especially 16. One of my
> most memorable Diablo experiences came in level 16 in that game, in a
> game with Stephen, which I won't go into in detail here since it would
> spoil the surprise for you ;-)

Sounds exciting.

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Mickey - 11 Dec 2003 15:51 GMT
> > In the spirit of full disclosure, Frank did the coding on NW. This was
> > due to 2 reasons. Firstly, he wanted to learn to play with PC
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> The changes are fun, though, and I'm kind of used to the multiplayer
> "style" thanks to D2.

We made it MP by intention. It was by doing that that we were able to
introduce characters like The Gatekeeper. When you have played it
through once, see how many things you can see that were taken from NW
for D2/LoD

Mickey
romendacil - 10 Dec 2003 18:22 GMT
> > > Do yourself a favor and don't bother answering these types of lame
> > > attacks. For those who have been here, I was one of the creators of
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> Mickey

So now we have a monkey, as well as a goat (who is not a goat) and several
(pack-)rats. Its beginning to smell like a zoo in here :)

Regards Romendacil
jerk-o - 10 Dec 2003 19:08 GMT
And then "romendacil" <romendacil@hotmail.com> spake, saying:

>> Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:<3FD6A492.9A5B4D6B@comcast.net>...
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>So now we have a monkey, as well as a goat (who is not a goat) and several
>(pack-)rats. Its beginning to smell like a zoo in here :)

Don't forget the wombat and the spider monkey!
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romendacil - 10 Dec 2003 20:00 GMT
> And then "romendacil" <romendacil@hotmail.com> spake, saying:
>
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>
> Don't forget the wombat and the spider monkey!

The wombat is hardly here at the moment, so we are fortunately free of his
smell for the time being...  The spider monkey? Someone enlighten me, I must
have been very sleepy lately...

Regards Romendacil
Orchid - 11 Dec 2003 04:59 GMT
> > And then "romendacil" <romendacil@hotmail.com> spake, saying:
> >
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
> smell for the time being...  The spider monkey? Someone enlighten me, I must
> have been very sleepy lately...

Hmm. Spider Monkey...perhaps he means "Cheese Monkey"? There's also a
moose but he isn't here very often anymore.

Shari (Orchid)
jerk-o - 11 Dec 2003 10:07 GMT
And then orchid@nospamcsonline.net (Orchid) spake, saying:

>> > And then "romendacil" <romendacil@hotmail.com> spake, saying:
>> >
[quoted text clipped - 31 lines]
>
>Hmm. Spider Monkey...perhaps he means "Cheese Monkey"?

Ya

>There's also a moose but he isn't here very often anymore.

What about me?
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Stephen van Ham - 11 Dec 2003 19:49 GMT
Yo dawg, on Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:07:00 GMT, jerk-o <jerk-o@yomomma.org>
came 'round looking for action.   Check it:

>>> The wombat is hardly here at the moment, so we are fortunately free of his
>>> smell for the time being...  The spider monkey? Someone enlighten me, I must
>>> have been very sleepy lately...

>>Hmm. Spider Monkey...perhaps he means "Cheese Monkey"?

>Ya

>>There's also a moose but he isn't here very often anymore.

>What about me?

Sure, you're the guy with the five hundred line signature that rarely
snips out old text when responding.   I dub thee... Cascade Monkey.  

Actually, we could call you 'Desktop' if you like, but we already gave
that name to someone else, and it might get confusing.  Or maybe the
Bandwidthsnatch, or the Jerk-owocky.
jerk-o - 11 Dec 2003 21:08 GMT
And then Stephen van Ham <svanham@xtra.co.nz> spake, saying:

>Yo dawg, on Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:07:00 GMT, jerk-o <jerk-o@yomomma.org>
>came 'round looking for action.   Check it:
>
>>What about me?
>
>Sure, you're the guy with the five hundred line signature

I did cut back on the sig.  Only one quote out of 18 gets picked at "random" whenever I
log in to my computer.  Don't make me put them all in...

>that rarely snips out old text when responding.   I dub thee... Cascade Monkey.  

I don't like that name, it can be confused with Crack Monkey

>Actually, we could call you 'Desktop' if you like, but we already gave
>that name to someone else, and it might get confusing.  Or maybe the
>Bandwidthsnatch, or the Jerk-owocky.

I like the Jerk-owocky
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Stephen van Ham - 12 Dec 2003 00:30 GMT
Yo dawg, on Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:08:12 GMT, jerk-o <jerk-o@yomomma.org>
came 'round looking for action.   Check it:

>>Actually, we could call you 'Desktop' if you like, but we already gave
>>that name to someone else, and it might get confusing.  Or maybe the
>>Bandwidthsnatch, or the Jerk-owocky.

>I like the Jerk-owocky

All in favour, say GRRR, and try not to fall down the wombat hole.
ald - 12 Dec 2003 03:16 GMT
>Yo dawg, on Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:08:12 GMT, jerk-o <jerk-o@yomomma.org>
>came 'round looking for action.   Check it:
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
>All in favour, say GRRR, and try not to fall down the wombat hole.

GRRR

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romendacil - 12 Dec 2003 10:46 GMT
> Yo dawg, on Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:08:12 GMT, jerk-o <jerk-o@yomomma.org>
> came 'round looking for action.   Check it:
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> All in favour, say GRRR, and try not to fall down the wombat hole.

GRRR

Regards Romendacil
Desktop - 13 Dec 2003 22:06 GMT
> Yo dawg, on Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:07:00 GMT, jerk-o <jerk-o@yomomma.org>
> came 'round looking for action.   Check it:
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> that name to someone else, and it might get confusing.  Or maybe the
> Bandwidthsnatch, or the Jerk-owocky.

Keep your hands off Desktop Stephen!

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Orchid - 12 Dec 2003 04:58 GMT
> And then orchid@nospamcsonline.net (Orchid) spake, saying:
>
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>
> What about me?

You want to be a moose, too? ;-)

Well, you're not an animal being the jerk-o and all but if you pick one
that suits you, we can see how well it fits.

However, Hammy seems to have found you a new sobriquet already.

Shari (Orchid)
Doc - 07 Dec 2003 22:29 GMT
Julie d'Aubigny <kali.magdalene@comcast.net> stared blankly into
space for a short while before writing:

> Of course, insinuating that Mickey is passing off a dupe as a
> legitimate
> item is not simply "implying that Mickey isn't a perfect god amongst
> men." Insinuating that about anyone isn't that. It's insulting, for
> one thing.

Don't go too hard on Shiflet, he only talks that way 'cause I plonked
him a while back. :)

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Mickey - 09 Dec 2003 17:09 GMT
> > > Firstly, no-one gives a sh.t about typo's.
> > >
[quoted text clipped - 35 lines]
> men." Insinuating that about anyone isn't that. It's insulting, for one
> thing.

More than that... he isn't the first person here to accuse me of
either lying or cheating. He has also been here long enough to see
just how foolish those that walked this path before him wound up
appearing, and yet he merrily charges into the fire, like a moth. This
isn't due to anything he truly believes or based on even the remotest
shred of evidence, it is simply due to his childish dislike of me.
Like a 14 year old, he allows his personal dislike of me to rise to
the point where he makes a fool of himself simply in the always vain
attempt to take a cheap shot. I find it sad, as I have really no
issues with him OTHER than his penchant for making a fool of himself.

Mickey
Julie d'Aubigny - 09 Dec 2003 17:30 GMT
> More than that... he isn't the first person here to accuse me of
> either lying or cheating. He has also been here long enough to see
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> attempt to take a cheap shot. I find it sad, as I have really no
> issues with him OTHER than his penchant for making a fool of himself.

I am disinclined to believe that you're duping, or passing dupes off as
legitimate for several reasons, not the least of which is your page of
level 99s. It strikes me as perfectly plausible that anyone patient
enough to run that many characters up to level 99 in the post-LoD
high-level XP-nerfing is probably patient enough to reroll items over
and over again to get the desired results.

I probably shouldn't have encouraged the topic, and I apologize for
that.

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Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 20:04 GMT
> Like a 14 year old, he allows his personal dislike of me to rise to
> the point where he makes a fool of himself simply in the always vain
> attempt to take a cheap shot.

I dislike Shari too, but I've never seen her using whites.

> Mickey
romendacil - 08 Dec 2003 18:26 GMT
> > Firstly, no-one gives a sh.t about typo's.
> >
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> men, you're right there to tell them otherwise. Do you get PAID for this, or
> what?

Dont you ever shut up with this Mickey-bashing?

Regards Romendacil
Shiflet - 08 Dec 2003 19:43 GMT
> Dont you ever shut up with this Mickey-bashing?

I didn't start it champ.

> Regards Romendacil
EvilBill - 08 Dec 2003 19:47 GMT
> "romendacil" <romendacil@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> Dont you ever shut up with this Mickey-bashing?
>
> I didn't start it champ.

But what's the point in continuing it? Everyone else just reacts with
'Oh no, not again'. It gets old, this constant back-and-forth between
Mickey and the people who don't like him. It disrupts the NG and takes
us away from more important topics.

Like - arg. Why the hell did Ormus give me this F*cking +1 to Light
Radius ring AGAIN??

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Zamboni - 08 Dec 2003 20:06 GMT
> Like - arg. Why the hell did Ormus give me this F*cking +1 to Light
> Radius ring AGAIN??

Because it does him no good?
EvilBill - 08 Dec 2003 20:26 GMT
>> Like - arg. Why the hell did Ormus give me this F*cking +1 to Light
>> Radius ring AGAIN??
>>
> Because it does him no good?

Well it does me no good either so why doesn't he just throw the thing
in the dock? LOL

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Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 01:04 GMT
> Because it does him no good?

Perhaps not...but it'd be nice if he'd consider that it doesn't do anyone
ELSE any good either, and just toss it a river or something;-P
romendacil - 08 Dec 2003 20:17 GMT
> > Dont you ever shut up with this Mickey-bashing?
>
> I didn't start it champ.

I did not say you did..

I did not mean to offend anyone, its just that we know how you feel about
Mickey. You dont have to jump at every opportunity to express your attitude
towards him.

You have the right to feel however you like about whomever you like. You
even have the right to express those feelings whenever you like. So I am not
trying to force you to shut up. I am just suggesting that you consider if
you have to tell us how you feel, as often as you do.

Regards Romendacil
Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 01:11 GMT
> I did not mean to offend anyone, its just that we know how you feel about
> Mickey. You dont have to jump at every opportunity to express your attitude
> towards him.

I was *asked* why I would suspect Mickey of using dupes, why I might doubt
his word, and why I think he would be dishonest about it. I answered. And to
answer, I must state what I have seen, which yes, is negative things.

> Regards Romendacil
romendacil - 09 Dec 2003 05:56 GMT
> > I did not mean to offend anyone, its just that we know how you feel about
> > Mickey. You dont have to jump at every opportunity to express your
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> his word, and why I think he would be dishonest about it. I answered. And to
> answer, I must state what I have seen, which yes, is negative things.

Were you? I didnt notice.

Anyway, my point still stands, that we know how you feel without you telling
us avor and over again.

Regards Romendacil
Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 06:18 GMT
> Were you? I didnt notice.

Yes, I was.

> Anyway, my point still stands, that we know how you feel without you telling
> us avor and over again.

Obviously someone didn't know, or I don't think they would've had to ask.
They asked several questions. I answered them. Would you have preferred me
to NOT answer and just been ignored the person?

And heck, by your own logic, we know all about Mickey's godly gear,
characters, mercs, etc etc etc without him telling us over and over again,
no?

> Regards Romendacil
romendacil - 09 Dec 2003 07:20 GMT
> > Were you? I didnt notice.
>
> Yes, I was.

Ok, my bad then. Though I still cant see where...

> > Anyway, my point still stands, that we know how you feel without you
> telling
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> They asked several questions. I answered them. Would you have preferred me
> to NOT answer and just been ignored the person?

Well no. If you are directly asked, then you should naturally answer.

> And heck, by your own logic, we know all about Mickey's godly gear,
> characters, mercs, etc etc etc without him telling us over and over again,
> no?

Yes, we do. And it bores me much to hear about again and again. The
difference being that his posts are generally in a positive tone, and thus
they dont annoy me as much. But yes, he  does the same. We all do. But you
spend a lot of time bashing others, while others spend time promoting
themselves. I, for one, prefer the latter.

Regards Romendacil
Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 07:55 GMT
> Ok, my bad then. Though I still cant see where...

"Since Mickey apparently does spend a lot of time getting magic items,
what does he have to gain by lying about that bow? More to the point, what
does he gain about lying about it, and referring to a duped bow?"

These are 2 I answered.

" It strikes me as fairly easy to catch - as far as lies go - and Mickey
strikes me as intelligent enough to know that such things would stand
out."

And I respond to this with the white story, as it shows that he's willing to
lie, even when it's easy to catch.

> Well no. If you are directly asked, then you should naturally answer.

Okay then.

> But you spend a lot of time bashing others, while others spend time
promoting
> themselves. I, for one, prefer the latter.

And I'd prefer to listen to someone hostile to me than someone boastful who
loves to stroke their own ego. Take dueling games for instance. I'd much
rather hear someone whine and insult someone for beating them("I lagged!
Pally don't use smite, that skill sux, it noob skill loser!") than I would
someone who keeps bragging about how "I own you nub, I got 1337 gear, enigma
better than your armor!"

> Regards Romendacil
Julie d'Aubigny - 09 Dec 2003 08:17 GMT
> And I respond to this with the white story, as it shows that he's willing to
> lie, even when it's easy to catch.

I asked because I do agree with others - it does seem over the top to
me.

I don't see what you're trying accomplish.

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romendacil - 09 Dec 2003 18:09 GMT
> > Ok, my bad then. Though I still cant see where...
>
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
>
> > Regards Romendacil
romendacil - 09 Dec 2003 18:13 GMT
> > Ok, my bad then. Though I still cant see where...
>
[quoted text clipped - 25 lines]
> someone who keeps bragging about how "I own you nub, I got 1337 gear, enigma
> better than your armor!"

But the first (the smite pally comment) only falls when you have beaten
them, and the last, I would guess, only falls when you are beaten.

I can understand if you prefer winning your duels. But this is nothing
special, I would assume.

Regards Romendacil
Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 20:07 GMT
> But the first (the smite pally comment) only falls when you have beaten
> them,

No, it usually falls when they get upset that I don't zeal. Apparently,
paladins are supposed to zeal only.

>and the last, I would guess, only falls when you are beaten.

No, it falls when OTHER people in the game are beaten, and they haven't
faced me yet. Or, more amusingly, last night, when I beat the person 4 times
in a row(frankly, they sucked, and were getting killed by *everyone*). How
that means they "owned" us all is still a mystery, but hey, whatcha gonna
do?

> Regards Romendacil
Mickey - 09 Dec 2003 18:15 GMT
> > Ok, my bad then. Though I still cant see where...
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> And I respond to this with the white story, as it shows that he's willing to
> lie, even when it's easy to catch.

The ONLY one lying now is YOU. That story about the white ring is old
and the person who told it long ago admitted HE was in error. I had
obtained the ring by corpse popping a PK and then wore it while
annoying him. I was then paged by a PCM player to join him and otehr
in a cow run, and I forgot to remove it when exiting the game with the
PK. Now, either you are too stupid to have read all this when it
happened, or you did and have simply chosen to ignore it for the
purposes of bolstering you perpetually lame attacks on me. Talk about
a Hobson's choice.....

Mickey
Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 20:08 GMT
> The ONLY one lying now is YOU. That story about the white ring is old
> and the person who told it long ago admitted HE was in error.

I was in the game dude. Believe it or not, we have done runs together. You
can tell your story till the proverbial cows come home, but it won't change
what I saw.

> I had obtained the ring by corpse popping a PK

Oh, new story, cool.

> Mickey
Mickey - 09 Dec 2003 17:12 GMT
> > Dont you ever shut up with this Mickey-bashing?
>
> I didn't start it champ.

You most certainly did. More to the point, you have also kept it going
for a year now. Then again, I really don't give a rats a.s, as people
have LONG ago formed whatever opinion of me they will, and you just
sound like a little boy having tantrums. Carry on.

Mickey
Mickey - 09 Dec 2003 17:05 GMT
> > Firstly, no-one gives a sh.t about typo's.
> >
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> men, you're right there to tell them otherwise. Do you get PAID for this, or
> what?

I wonder... Are you on a mission to prove you're an idiot, or does it
just flow naturally ion the course of day-to-day conversation? The Bow
happens to be perfect in its mods. Now I wonder who here thinks it
amazing that a bow that gets duped 1000 times was also done from a
perfect one? This isn't some rare with odd mods we are talking about
here, it is a blue item with 3 mods. This isn't like hitting the
lottery twice or some such. The fact that you dislike me (and have for
ages now) shouldn't prevent you from doing some rudimentary thinking,
and yet it does. It is a shame that someone who is obviously NOT a
fool makes such an effort to behave like like one.
Mickey
Shiflet - 09 Dec 2003 20:24 GMT
>The Bow happens to be perfect in its mods.

And according to things I've read on LL/Dii.net, due to a
glitch/bug/whatever, an item legitmately ROLL perfect enhanced AND max
damage. According to them, you can roll 300/62 or 299/63, but not 300/63.
I'd still like some confirmation on this, but the people(Apocalypse_Demon,
for instance) are people who are USUALLY right, so I'm inclined to believe
them. I'm not saying your bow IS a dupe, but I am saying it's very
suspicious(and that's if Apoc and the others are wrong).

> Now I wonder who here thinks it amazing that a bow that gets duped 1000
times was also done from a perfect one?

The duped Grandfathers that were all over west weren't duped from perfect
ones. And it's not that you rolled a nice bow that really has me wondering,
it's the supposed no 300/63 bug.

> Mickey
Tresa - 07 Dec 2003 15:21 GMT
> Tresa <tresa@metalminded.com> stared blankly into space for a short
> while before writing:
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
>
> Firstly, no-one gives a sh.t about typo's.

I wasn't sure it was a typo.  A lot of people make that spelling
mistake.  For some not native to English, typos which turn one word
into another common word can be confusing.

> Secondly, IIRC Mickey *found* at least one of the charms, and the rest
> were rolled. So, they certainly *are* legitimate.

Uhh, I never said anything about Mickey... I was simply noting that
the argument he was using to discern legit from non wasn't a sturdy
one.

In the future, you might want to buy your underwear in a larger size.

Tresa
Doc - 07 Dec 2003 22:23 GMT
Tresa <tresa@metalminded.com> stared blankly into space for a short
while before writing:
>> Tresa <tresa@metalminded.com> stared blankly into space for a short
>> while before writing:
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
> mistake.  For some not native to English, typos which turn one word
> into another common word can be confusing.

I'm sure that Mickey knows the difference even though English is his
second language. The way your post read was as a personal attack,
especially since you began it by thumbing your nose at his spelling.
I'll go out on a limb here and state that correcting people's spelling
(unless asked to) is universally regarded as being rude.

>> Secondly, IIRC Mickey *found* at least one of the charms, and the
>> rest
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> the argument he was using to discern legit from non wasn't a sturdy
> one.

Mickey said that he had charms that weren't deleted ("some of us" etc.)
because they were "legit". You implied that his were dupes by saying "I
wouldn't exactly call dupes "legit"."

> In the future, you might want to buy your underwear in a larger
> size.

Are you saying that I have a large penis?

--
Doc
 
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