Stay a while and listen.
I'm an old-timer that made the rounds before the 1.10 patch. My favorite memory is the imba corpse explosion. Just stopping by and seeing what's up around here.
I first bought D2 shortly after its release and played through v1.01. I remember that the fight to kill big D took about 45 minutes just to kill him with my barbarian. After that, I put it down for a while. I came back to it probably a year or so later and then found these forums. As I learned more about the game, I played more and more obsessively. The SPF was my home. I never really got into b-net. I played there a couple of times and found it to be a drag.
After about 5 years of game play and a lame attempt at the SF grail, I finally put it down for Titan Quest, which I am still playing as actively as my job will allow (which really isn’t that much lately). When I stopped playing D2, I stopped visiting these forums.
Anyway, I saw D3 announcement and figured I’d come back here as I figured it would be the best place for info on the game. I’m looking forward to the game but none of us will be playing for quite a while (my guess is Q4’09). If it is similar to D2, I’ll probably play SP only with the occasional TCP/IP game. To me, that is the only way to go. And hopefully Blizzard won’t ignore SP players like they did with their later patches for D2.
Anyway, I don’t recognize many names here anymore but to all the ‘new’ people and my old friends a warm hello.
I'm 18, started playing the first diablo when I was 11 then second one when I was 12.
Diablo used to scare the crap out of me when I was 11 because I never played horror games before, I used to play Diablo with the speakers turned off 24/7. The first time I died I was a bit "in shock" and stopped playing for 2 days because of it, that is one of my shameful past. After that event, I was so scared that I might die again, that I trained myself to level 17 (necro) and was still on Act1 Q4, worst of all I was playing single player, so it took me FOREVER to get to that level (had dial-up that time so I couldn't play online). My friend then later, broke my diablo disc when he borrowed it, he put it in his back pockets of his pants and accidentally sat down on the bed and snapped it. He told me "don't worry, I'll repay you soon", then 3 years later...he bought me a new D2+expansion (as a sorry+bday gift). I was 14 that time, when I played D2 again I wasn't afraid of anything, in fact I even rush through the game a lot.
Now the Diablo series is a cake walk to me, and it became my all time favorite game (tied to super smash brothers).
Also, diablo was the first game I've played online, so I didn't know what the word "noob" or "lol" meant that time...lol.
Hey,
I am a 25 yo student (BA in literature) from Israel. I always were a big video games fanatic and as blizzard release some of the best polished games in the industry I always had a soft spot for them. Although my favorite games are Fallout and Baldur's Gate 2 I must admit I CBA to take them up again, D2 is a whole different story.
I first got hooked on blizzard with warcraft 1 (well actually I played lost viking before that but didn't know it was blizzard until much later) at that time I didn't have a pc with cd-rom so I went to my friend's house to watch him play it for a few hours every day. When WC2 came out I thanked god I could play it myself and that I won't have to build any roads if I want buildings
When I first saw in a magazine that blizzard will make an rpg, my favorite kind of game, I went frenzy (not the barbarian skill). I asked my dad, which was in the USA at the time, to buy it and come home asap! (it wasn't even released yet) But I missread the name of the new game because the way it was spelled in Hebrew made me think you can call it Davelu (a minor dyslexia didn't help either) so the people at the shops didn't know what the hell is he asking about
Laters I learned the real name for Big D, bought it and had loads of fun with it. When D2 was announced I went frenzy again. Only this time I could let out some steam (not valve's thingie) by reading stuff on diabloii.net
I enhanced my frenzy skill in the stress test with a dual 2h swords 3 gemmed barbarian. It's a funny thing I didn't even remember it until I came upon this thread. Now I understand why I am obsessed about keeping my best unperfect gem in my inventory and why I am rushing to click every gem shrine I see.
When D2 released I played it so much I didn't notice that summer was gone (and with it my free time from school and the best time of my life). My record for D2 is playing 15 hours straight, no sleep, no food, same album in the stereo on repeat (Brave New World-Iron Maiden) with the same friend watching me play THE WHOLE ****ING TIME!!!!
Anyway to cut story short: I ditched wow 1.5 years ago and I was searching for my next obsession ever since; enter Diablo III. Since the announcmet I took D2LoD up again to (hopefully) fill the time until D3.
For those who read: I hope that you enjoyed my little bio.
For those who skipped: I understand why
See you around.
It's already gotten a hold of me... Don't feel too bad :POriginally Posted by Bri
Hi all.
Glad to hear D3 is on way....ive actually been getting my life back in order since i ridded myself of the addiction that d2 is.
Well so much for that...this is the conspiracy that is determined to have me sat clicking for the next 1000 years.
Cant wait
24 years old english male.
Started played FPS's such as Quakeworld, CS +Quake3.
Moved onto the delights of LoD back in 2003. Made some really close in-game friends and had an awesome time playing EU HCL and LLDing. Joined the forums as they are unrivalled when it comes to easily accessible information, intelligent (ok most of the time) discussion and fair trading!
Of course when the behemoth that is WoW came onto the scene my Diablo playing stopped completely, as did the majority of my university work, and so after playing WoW since Final Beta, I applied to be a GM for Blizzard Europe. In Winter 2005, I was asked to attend an interveiw which I passed and I started as a WoW GM in the summer of 2006 (after finishing UNI), in the beautiful industrial dump that is Velizy. 9 Months later I was promoted to the Account Administration department and there I remained untill may 31st 2008 when I left blizzard, paris and lots of friends to travel to canda with my canadian girlfriend, in an attempt to save money for our intended move to New Zealand.
Currently do not have internet at home, thus I am using the local library to get online and LoD is the only game I can run on the old PC we currently have at the house (got rid of all my luxuries inc pc when moving from paris to canada) so im slugging it through single player atm with a zealot and a bugged act 2 nm defensive merc who insists on using defiance no matter what the **** i do with him... (im suspecting its somehow linked to my merc magically dissapearing in norm around act4-5 (not dieing as no option existed to resurrect him - any help appreciated on this prob) patch 1.07 is proving rather interesting to say the least.....
so i came back to this site and forums to check out some old information i had forgotten and here we are. just like it used to be, apart from the adverts :*(
p.s imagine seeing d3 in-game footage over a year ago, that was a very happy day in france
Last edited by TheHolyGrail; 06-08-2008 at 18:44.
I started as a Warcraft and a Starcraft fan, snubbing Diablo 1 because the pictures on the back made me think is was an RTS with big lumpy units. Somehow I discovered this was not the case and became addicted, making myself three characters. Cataclysmiac the Warrior (whos name has been featured on my main melee characters ever since), a Rogue, and Sorcerer. I was young, so I'd beg my parents to let me use the phone line for just an hour or to to play on Battle.net.
Years passed, I heard about D2 and flipped my wig. I was in High School by the time and had less time to play. With all the new options and skill trees, I actually made a character for every kind of play I could imagine. Frenzy Barb, Berserk Barb, WW Barb, Fire, Lightning, Cold, Tri-Element, and Inferno Sorceresses, Poison Necro, Summoning Necro, Bone Necro, Teeth Necro, Bowazon, Javazon, Passivazon, Zealot, Avenger, and Martyrs (I'd experimented with and quickly dismissed the Blessed Hammer skill, oh fool me!). This was all on single player, since I could only weasel a few hours at a time on the dial up for Closed B.Net.
D2x expanded my hopes and dreams and along with patch 1.10 turned me into a rabid Diablo machine. Eventually the love tapered off and I got involved with Warcraft III.
I reinvolved my friends from high school into Diablo 2 for a six month stint during college. The nostalga was fun, even if the graphics were getting dated. Since then I'd pop it in and play once in a while, just to visit the past.
Hearing about Diablo 3 has absolutely thrilled me. I anxiously await both D3 and SC2, spending the idle moments inbetween dreams working and building my family with my wife (who has no interest in video games whatsoever, but loves me enough to support my hobby anyways).
I probably should've introduced myself earlier, but I went straight over to the Plot and Story forum.
I played D2 through Normal near release, then got the same three characters (Sorc, necro and zon) through Act V when LoD came out. Some friends got interested in that point, and eventually we each mat/pat'ed one 'toon in 1.09 (my sorc). 1.10 came and changed everything, ultimately for the (even) better, and I let go of D2 with 12 mats/pats, having joined in the SPF. I dabbled in Eastern Sun, but put that down late-2006 after a mat/pat in each class.
With the D3 announcement, the itch was back, and I, like so many others, started up again. My playing is still all SP, and you'll see me posting in the SPF. Most of my D3 interest is the Story and Plot: listening to the ideas, good and bad. I'm not expecting it any time soon, but I'll have a PhD to finish, so better that it isn't released near handin...
I was born in Poland... long time ago. A month before "Star Wars" hit the screens if you have to know
Never was a hardcore gamer although sometimes I get those "hardcore phases" when I play a week or month 10-16 hours a day.
Now! Don't burn me alive!! I'm a true believer now!
But the first time I've seen "Diablo 1" I thought "Damn! What kind of game is this? I can't see a thing!". Now that I think about it I probably saw this guy going through Catacombs
I re-discovered it year or two later (in dormitory on my roommate's computer) and it triggered yet another of my "hardcor phases". But I can't say I got hooked. Not at this point. Some time later, when I saw some guy showing off new Diablo II box I just thought "That's nice but I don't have a machine to run this anyway". And another couple of years passed. I finnaly got the computer capable of running D2 (believe it or not but my friend found it in the dumpster behind Max Planck Institute of Munich). And when I started Diablo II the first time - then I got hooked!
I don't consider myself an experienced Diablo player. I've finished D1 and D2X in SP with one character (although I tried every class in both games) but never had it in me to go through it again (although, again, I'm giving the Barbarian a second chance now). I never played on the Battle.net (only a couple MP lan parties with friends). I guess I'm not exactly a team player.
I'm more of an explorer than fighter. I love to discover new monsters, new areas, new magic items, new books of lore (sadly neglected in D2), new features in game... Example: I loved idea of Horadric Cube but it should be possible to find recipes in game realm as well and not only on the webpage.
Same with Runewords. If someone wanted to skip a lenghty search then voilą, there is a compilation on diabloii.net
And about week ago by sheer accident I came across the info that Diablo III was announced. And here I am - typing all night (and early morning in fact) and hunting for every tiny bit of information about my beloved game
See you all on forums, hopefully in beta-tests : praying really hard: and possibly on Battle.net 2.0 (if they implement in-game voice chat - can't play and type at the same time).
35 years old. I strated playing on 1.01 I think. Played almoast daily for years. The highlight of D2 for me was getting picled for the LOD Expansion. I put it down after I moved from one state to another. Pick it up now and then. Always have to start over as my accounts expire but I still have a blast playing.
Anyways, I used to have a different account on here years ago but that got deleted to so with the DIII Anoucement, I got thirsty and signed up again.
So, hi to all, see you around.
@ Felis, czesc!
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