Interest was lost long ago. I mean come on blizz you announce it's reveal in 2008 only to deliver 4 years later in 2012, must be nice to work for a company that doesn't have any deadlines or schedules to meet, I really think we should have already been playing this like at least a year ago, if not earlier - sorry to say but it's already dated before it even hits store shelves, Blizzards great beta debacle pretty much sealed the deal for me FUCK YOU BLIZZARD (Wilson, bashiok, chef boyardee etc )
Its pathetic that we are still dealing with people getting angry at blizzard.
Blizzard can take their time and release the product when they want to. Sorry to say... but they are not liable to ANYONE but their shareholders. If you are impatient and cannot wait for a game to be released... don't follow its fucking development.
Blizzard could have announced D3 when the project started; I mean the 3D version from 2005. Some companies do in fact announce their projects / development from CREATION to release. Blizzard, after learning from the mistake that is Starcraft: Ghost... decided to wait until they were absolutely certain they would release this. We should be thankful for that much....
Look at the only MMO I was excited to play and how it died: Stargate Worlds. I was following this game basically from project start until the project went under and RGM revoked their stargate license.
You're losing interest in the beta, not Diablo 3, you haven't played it.
Frankly who cares about if you're losing interest? You're still going to buy the finished product and play it till your fingers bleed because there'll be nothing else even comparable to Diablo on the market.
Inb4:(lol@>)Skyrim.
You're losing interest in the beta, not Diablo 3, you haven't played it.
Frankly who cares about if you're losing interest? You're still going to buy the finished product and play it till your fingers bleed because there'll be nothing else even comparable to Diablo on the market.
Inb4:(lol@>)Skyrim.
Actually for a bunch of people, I'm sure that's still up in the air(as in they are still deciding, don't over think my statement, I'm very literal when making such posts), so the old fans of the series just check up on sites like this, to know what they would be possibly buying, instead of buying a game in the dark, just to find out it sucks.
There are too many crappy games being made these days(in the industry in general), to go on blind faith, especially for a company that hasn't made enough games to have a rep to beginwith(also they are far apart which makes it even more worrysome, not to mention each game is a different genre).
Game design is more of a science then a art, you don't need to play a game, to know that certian system will effect gameplay in a negative way, all you need to know is how certian systems work/were implimented. Also you only need to see or hear certain things, to know if stuff sucks or are good, such as map design/music(aka the outside maps in act 1 suck, while the dungeon maps are very good "for example". Granted they say the outside maps are better in the other acts, but that doesn't change the fact that "atleast" the outside maps in act 1 are crappy).
The hype is wayyyy down. They mention "by the end of 2011" too many times, then launch beta, then hit us with "2012".. it has been a roller coaster of emotions. I will still play the game but yea I guess I've lost interest in the hype and getting caught up in "the moment."
I'm just waiting patiently now. I'm glad there are other games out to keep me busy until D3. Playing Rage now until Skyrim. Then going to play zelda skyward sword. That should be enough until D3.
The hype is wayyyy down. They mention "by the end of 2011" too many times, then launch beta, then hit us with "2012".. it has been a roller coaster of emotions. I will still play the game but yea I guess I've lost interest in the hype and getting caught up in "the moment."
I'm just waiting patiently now. I'm glad there are other games out to keep me busy until D3. Playing Rage now until Skyrim. Then going to play zelda skyward sword. That should be enough until D3.
Getting tired of the emotional rollercoaster as well ... this last time tho I REALLY had put alot of faith into the buzz it would be released this year .. After the delay, that was it for me. Im done investing until the final product.
Until then, we have Rage, Batman AC, Uncharted, Zelda, Skyrim, Demon Souls, and many other console titles to easily eat up the next few months until its ready (well ... maybe)
Everyone should be able to find something on that list to keep then content for awhile. Luckily for all of us, this latest delay is happening when a nice rush of great games are released. Otherwise, we'd all be doomed
what I don't understand is that there is maybe 5+ hours of content, the graphics are outdates and they need 6 months of public testing? seriously I don;t understand what is taking so damn long, its a bit rediculous huge good titles like Modern Warfare,tera, torchlight 2 batman AC, skyrim which was announced last year is being released way before blizz releases this 5+ hour non mmorpg? like seriously what are they slow pacing this project for? just release now its fine the way it is! Just patch it up real easy right? No, there gonna have a beta test with limited players.... what is blizz thinking seriously, are they just being nice to other game companys to make sales before they release this game? by the time the winds set no one is gonna care about D3 they will be playing TERA, SWTOR, modern warfare, and torchlight. this is a bad move blizz hurry up and release this game there is no need to push it back another 4 months this is rediculous you guys do this for every game SC2 took 7 years and people played it once then stopped something tells me you guys are getting lazy, hell WoW was released earlier than D3! this is absolute B.S. who agrees?
41% "Yes" in an diablo fansite ? In diablofans (the site with the lowest amaount of trolls and biggest amount of fanboys) ?
Creepy!
Just goes to show you how badly Blizzard screwed up with their artificial hype scam with D3, and what happenes when you announce beta is coming a dozen times, but then release a Demo in its place.
41% "Yes" in an diablo fansite ? In diablofans (the site with the lowest amaount of trolls and biggest amount of fanboys) ?
Creepy!
There are 340 active members in just the last hour yet only 236ish have voted. It's a very small number of votes for the amount of active people here overall. I doubt it's an accurate representation.
Contrary to your belief, there are a large number of trolls here and they are very active.
Just goes to show you how badly Blizzard screwed up with their artificial hype scam with D3, and what happenes when you announce beta is coming a dozen times, but then release a Demo in its place.
Just goes to show how many people here believe idiotic stuff like this. What hype scam, and what's the difference between artificial hype and real hype? Yeah, baseless accusations without any backing. Secondly, common sense tells us it's a beta, not a demo. If they were looking to use the beta as a vehicle to hype the game, it would be an open beta like BF3. Now THAT was a demo. In actuality, they've done the exact opposite by limiting the size of their beta, which is further proof that it really is a infrastructure beta. Apparently the kids things it's cool to hate Blizzard and their games these days.
41% "Yes" in an diablo fansite ? In diablofans (the site with the lowest amaount of trolls and biggest amount of fanboys) ?
Creepy!
There are 340 active members in just the last hour yet only 236ish have voted. It's a very small number of votes for the amount of active people here overall. I doubt it's an accurate representation.
Contrary to your belief, there are a large number of trolls here and they are very active.
Just goes to show you how badly Blizzard screwed up with their artificial hype scam with D3, and what happenes when you announce beta is coming a dozen times, but then release a Demo in its place.
Just goes to show how many people here believe idiotic stuff like this. What hype scam, and what's the difference between artificial hype and real hype? Yeah, baseless accusations without any backing. Secondly, common sense tells us it's a beta, not a demo. If they were looking to use the beta as a vehicle to hype the game, it would be an open beta like BF3. Now THAT was a demo. In actuality, they've done the exact opposite by limiting the size of their beta, which is further proof that it really is a infrastructure beta. Apparently the kids things it's cool to hate Blizzard and their games these days.
Reg hype comes from the fanbase just anticipating a game, where Artificial hype comes from the developers jerking the fan base around, rather it be over advertising/and announcing time periods they were never planning to keep in the first place, speaking a lot of words, yet not saying anything, atleast nothing that hasn't been announced already, among other typical Blizzard BS, like holding your own gaming events, when every other company out there shares an event(lol clearly they went too far this time, because it has completely back fired on them, there's like no more hype left).
No you fool, Excluding people from a Demo, generates hype for the game(makes people want in even more).
This thing is nothing but a scam, it "is not" a Beta. In a beta, you bug test, in a beta there is literally patches more or less everyday(then there is usually additional patches when needed called hot fixes inbetween dailly patching), if this where considered a closed beta like you claim, there would be an "NDA" lol, which clearly Blizzard themselves don't consider it a beta(all their other betas have NDA's and such), Blizzard is fully aware that this is not a beta.
In a beta, especially a so called closed beta, you don't pull this F&F BS, this Press BS, and now this mass contest BS(lol contests are yet another example of creating artificial hype).
In addition, Blizzard's claim that this so called beta is for stress testing, is BS, because even if you add all the people together(including the contest winners), It's not many people at all(and I assure you, not everyone who has got a key, are even still messing around with the demo so It's even fewer people. Too few people are allowed in, and the waves are too far a part).
If they really wanted to stress test, they would place a player cap on the "server", which they would slowly raise when stable, not a cap on invites lol.
41% "Yes" in an diablo fansite ? In diablofans (the site with the lowest amaount of trolls and biggest amount of fanboys) ?
Creepy!
There are 340 active members in just the last hour yet only 236ish have voted. It's a very small number of votes for the amount of active people here overall. I doubt it's an accurate representation.
Contrary to your belief, there are a large number of trolls here and they are very active.
Just goes to show you how badly Blizzard screwed up with their artificial hype scam with D3, and what happenes when you announce beta is coming a dozen times, but then release a Demo in its place.
Just goes to show how many people here believe idiotic stuff like this. What hype scam, and what's the difference between artificial hype and real hype? Yeah, baseless accusations without any backing. Secondly, common sense tells us it's a beta, not a demo. If they were looking to use the beta as a vehicle to hype the game, it would be an open beta like BF3. Now THAT was a demo. In actuality, they've done the exact opposite by limiting the size of their beta, which is further proof that it really is a infrastructure beta. Apparently the kids things it's cool to hate Blizzard and their games these days.
If they really wanted to stress test, they would place a player cap on the "server", which they would slowly raise when stable, not a cap on invites lol.
Why would they invite a whole bunch of people and say "LOL Sorry, server capped"? Talk about foolish. Blizzard understands what the servers can handle. They don't need to cap the servers (and I'd argue that the servers probably do have a cap, it's just higher than the number of people playing public games)
Honestly if anyone is the fool, it's you and your backwards logic. Blizzard didn't jerk anyone around. The only people that would think this, are the ones that created the hype themselves. Blizzard never affirmed a 2011 release. They were really hoping for one, but that's it. If you want to interpret that as a confirmation or some self entitled driven expectation, and hype yourself up over it, that's your call. *Especially* when every single one of us are well aware of how often Blizzard pushes titles back in the name of quality. To take small tidbits of hints and hopes, hype yourself up, then point the finger at them... get over yourself.
You also don't get to make up phrases like "regular and artificial hype" and base an entire argument from it when they are ridiculous definitions you came up with in your head. The same goes for "closed beta as needing an NDA" there's no rules of how a Beta test is run. There is just, again, you're ridiculous expectations.
With all do respect, you are an incredibly ignorant individual that believes everything should run, and only be run the way you think it should, not because there's a set protocol.
41% "Yes" in an diablo fansite ? In diablofans (the site with the lowest amaount of trolls and biggest amount of fanboys) ?
Creepy!
There are 340 active members in just the last hour yet only 236ish have voted. It's a very small number of votes for the amount of active people here overall. I doubt it's an accurate representation.
Contrary to your belief, there are a large number of trolls here and they are very active.
Just goes to show you how badly Blizzard screwed up with their artificial hype scam with D3, and what happenes when you announce beta is coming a dozen times, but then release a Demo in its place.
Just goes to show how many people here believe idiotic stuff like this. What hype scam, and what's the difference between artificial hype and real hype? Yeah, baseless accusations without any backing. Secondly, common sense tells us it's a beta, not a demo. If they were looking to use the beta as a vehicle to hype the game, it would be an open beta like BF3. Now THAT was a demo. In actuality, they've done the exact opposite by limiting the size of their beta, which is further proof that it really is a infrastructure beta. Apparently the kids things it's cool to hate Blizzard and their games these days.
If they really wanted to stress test, they would place a player cap on the "server", which they would slowly raise when stable, not a cap on invites lol.
Why would they invite a whole bunch of people and say "LOL Sorry, server capped"? Talk about foolish. Blizzard understands what the servers can handle. They don't need to cap the servers (and I'd argue that the servers probably do have a cap, it's just higher than the number of people playing public games)
Honestly if anyone is the fool, it's you and your backwards logic. Blizzard didn't jerk anyone around. The only people that would think this, are the ones that created the hype themselves. Blizzard never affirmed a 2011 release. They were really hoping for one, but that's it. If you want to interpret that as a confirmation or some self entitled driven expectation, and hype yourself up over it, that's your call.
You also don't get to make up phrases like "regular and artificial hype" and base an entire argument from it when they are ridiculous definitions you came up with in your head. The same goes for "closed beta as needing an NDA" there's no rules of how a Beta test is run. There is just, again, you're ridiculous expectations.
With all do respect, you are an incredibly ignorant individual that believes everything should run, and only be run the way you think it should, not because there's a set protocol.
You are a moron, perhaps you forget, but there are many timelines in the world. The idea is to have the server full 24 hours aday, and if the server is stable, you keep raising the cap, until you find a issue, then fix the problem, wait to see if the problem is fixes, then you raise the cap again.
I'm a true beta tester, I'm not a twit like you, who thinks the main reason for a beta, is to get a early look at the game.
Ignorant because I think beta testing= bug fixes, not marketing BS. Also I'm sorry, but allowing a "total" of like 5k people in a game within a 2+ month period, that needs to be stress tested to have atleast 10-30k people on at the same time(lol not over a period of 2, 4 or 5 months) is not stress testing. This so called beta was nothing but a plublicity stunt.
PS. I couldn't care less about push backs(It's well known Blizzard has no concept of time Vs development), but making a mochory of Beta in hopes of building hype, announcing systems they can't possibly think is a good system(aka the unnatuned rune scandle, It's funny how fast they came up with a brand new system, instaed of going back to the original idea), and BSing in general is not acceptable
what I don't understand is that there is maybe 5+ hours of content, the graphics are outdates and they need 6 months of public testing? seriously I don;t understand what is taking so damn long, its a bit rediculous huge good titles like Modern Warfare,tera, torchlight 2 batman AC, skyrim which was announced last year is being released way before blizz releases this 5+ hour non mmorpg? like seriously what are they slow pacing this project for? just release now its fine the way it is! Just patch it up real easy right? No, there gonna have a beta test with limited players.... what is blizz thinking seriously, are they just being nice to other game companys to make sales before they release this game? by the time the winds set no one is gonna care about D3 they will be playing TERA, SWTOR, modern warfare, and torchlight. this is a bad move blizz hurry up and release this game there is no need to push it back another 4 months this is rediculous you guys do this for every game SC2 took 7 years and people played it once then stopped something tells me you guys are getting lazy, hell WoW was released earlier than D3! this is absolute B.S. who agrees?
Lol so true, they have serious time management issues, combined with the fact, personally I think they don't even want to make non WoW titled games anymore, which is why it has that lazy feel to it(clear evidence is that somehow a very small multiplayer game, took way more then any MMO would ever take, nevermind other non MMO games, yet alot of the systems are over simplified, which should have made it a very easy game to make), but due to the fact the Diablo series is what built Blizzard in the first place, followed by SC, they feel they have no choice.
and then they play games by releasing a Demo, but calling it a beta, which there Isn't a single aspect about this Demo that should lead people to think It's a beta(also it sickens me that people actually stick up for Blizzard, even when they pull **** like this. Whoever thinks this is a beta, should apply for a job at Blizzard, I'm sure they are looking for people to stroke their ego).
Oh so ignorant....
And my interest in D3 isn't going, my interest in keeping tabs on it up until launch has completely disappeared though
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Blizzard can take their time and release the product when they want to. Sorry to say... but they are not liable to ANYONE but their shareholders. If you are impatient and cannot wait for a game to be released... don't follow its fucking development.
Blizzard could have announced D3 when the project started; I mean the 3D version from 2005. Some companies do in fact announce their projects / development from CREATION to release. Blizzard, after learning from the mistake that is Starcraft: Ghost... decided to wait until they were absolutely certain they would release this. We should be thankful for that much....
Look at the only MMO I was excited to play and how it died: Stargate Worlds. I was following this game basically from project start until the project went under and RGM revoked their stargate license.
Frankly who cares about if you're losing interest? You're still going to buy the finished product and play it till your fingers bleed because there'll be nothing else even comparable to Diablo on the market.
Inb4:(lol@>)Skyrim.
Actually for a bunch of people, I'm sure that's still up in the air(as in they are still deciding, don't over think my statement, I'm very literal when making such posts), so the old fans of the series just check up on sites like this, to know what they would be possibly buying, instead of buying a game in the dark, just to find out it sucks.
There are too many crappy games being made these days(in the industry in general), to go on blind faith, especially for a company that hasn't made enough games to have a rep to beginwith(also they are far apart which makes it even more worrysome, not to mention each game is a different genre).
Game design is more of a science then a art, you don't need to play a game, to know that certian system will effect gameplay in a negative way, all you need to know is how certian systems work/were implimented. Also you only need to see or hear certain things, to know if stuff sucks or are good, such as map design/music(aka the outside maps in act 1 suck, while the dungeon maps are very good "for example". Granted they say the outside maps are better in the other acts, but that doesn't change the fact that "atleast" the outside maps in act 1 are crappy).
I'm just waiting patiently now. I'm glad there are other games out to keep me busy until D3. Playing Rage now until Skyrim. Then going to play zelda skyward sword. That should be enough until D3.
Getting tired of the emotional rollercoaster as well ... this last time tho I REALLY had put alot of faith into the buzz it would be released this year .. After the delay, that was it for me. Im done investing until the final product.
Until then, we have Rage, Batman AC, Uncharted, Zelda, Skyrim, Demon Souls, and many other console titles to easily eat up the next few months until its ready (well ... maybe)
Everyone should be able to find something on that list to keep then content for awhile. Luckily for all of us, this latest delay is happening when a nice rush of great games are released. Otherwise, we'd all be doomed
Its not going to be 5hrs. Don't know where you got that info from. I'd rather blizz delay it till they deem it ready then have a mediocre title.
Creepy!
Just goes to show you how badly Blizzard screwed up with their artificial hype scam with D3, and what happenes when you announce beta is coming a dozen times, but then release a Demo in its place.
There are 340 active members in just the last hour yet only 236ish have voted. It's a very small number of votes for the amount of active people here overall. I doubt it's an accurate representation.
Contrary to your belief, there are a large number of trolls here and they are very active.
Just goes to show how many people here believe idiotic stuff like this. What hype scam, and what's the difference between artificial hype and real hype? Yeah, baseless accusations without any backing. Secondly, common sense tells us it's a beta, not a demo. If they were looking to use the beta as a vehicle to hype the game, it would be an open beta like BF3. Now THAT was a demo. In actuality, they've done the exact opposite by limiting the size of their beta, which is further proof that it really is a infrastructure beta. Apparently the kids things it's cool to hate Blizzard and their games these days.
Reg hype comes from the fanbase just anticipating a game, where Artificial hype comes from the developers jerking the fan base around, rather it be over advertising/and announcing time periods they were never planning to keep in the first place, speaking a lot of words, yet not saying anything, atleast nothing that hasn't been announced already, among other typical Blizzard BS, like holding your own gaming events, when every other company out there shares an event(lol clearly they went too far this time, because it has completely back fired on them, there's like no more hype left).
No you fool, Excluding people from a Demo, generates hype for the game(makes people want in even more).
This thing is nothing but a scam, it "is not" a Beta. In a beta, you bug test, in a beta there is literally patches more or less everyday(then there is usually additional patches when needed called hot fixes inbetween dailly patching), if this where considered a closed beta like you claim, there would be an "NDA" lol, which clearly Blizzard themselves don't consider it a beta(all their other betas have NDA's and such), Blizzard is fully aware that this is not a beta.
In a beta, especially a so called closed beta, you don't pull this F&F BS, this Press BS, and now this mass contest BS(lol contests are yet another example of creating artificial hype).
In addition, Blizzard's claim that this so called beta is for stress testing, is BS, because even if you add all the people together(including the contest winners), It's not many people at all(and I assure you, not everyone who has got a key, are even still messing around with the demo so It's even fewer people. Too few people are allowed in, and the waves are too far a part).
If they really wanted to stress test, they would place a player cap on the "server", which they would slowly raise when stable, not a cap on invites lol.
Why would they invite a whole bunch of people and say "LOL Sorry, server capped"? Talk about foolish. Blizzard understands what the servers can handle. They don't need to cap the servers (and I'd argue that the servers probably do have a cap, it's just higher than the number of people playing public games)
Honestly if anyone is the fool, it's you and your backwards logic. Blizzard didn't jerk anyone around. The only people that would think this, are the ones that created the hype themselves. Blizzard never affirmed a 2011 release. They were really hoping for one, but that's it. If you want to interpret that as a confirmation or some self entitled driven expectation, and hype yourself up over it, that's your call. *Especially* when every single one of us are well aware of how often Blizzard pushes titles back in the name of quality. To take small tidbits of hints and hopes, hype yourself up, then point the finger at them... get over yourself.
You also don't get to make up phrases like "regular and artificial hype" and base an entire argument from it when they are ridiculous definitions you came up with in your head. The same goes for "closed beta as needing an NDA" there's no rules of how a Beta test is run. There is just, again, you're ridiculous expectations.
With all do respect, you are an incredibly ignorant individual that believes everything should run, and only be run the way you think it should, not because there's a set protocol.
You are a moron, perhaps you forget, but there are many timelines in the world. The idea is to have the server full 24 hours aday, and if the server is stable, you keep raising the cap, until you find a issue, then fix the problem, wait to see if the problem is fixes, then you raise the cap again.
I'm a true beta tester, I'm not a twit like you, who thinks the main reason for a beta, is to get a early look at the game.
Ignorant because I think beta testing= bug fixes, not marketing BS. Also I'm sorry, but allowing a "total" of like 5k people in a game within a 2+ month period, that needs to be stress tested to have atleast 10-30k people on at the same time(lol not over a period of 2, 4 or 5 months) is not stress testing. This so called beta was nothing but a plublicity stunt.
PS. I couldn't care less about push backs(It's well known Blizzard has no concept of time Vs development), but making a mochory of Beta in hopes of building hype, announcing systems they can't possibly think is a good system(aka the unnatuned rune scandle, It's funny how fast they came up with a brand new system, instaed of going back to the original idea), and BSing in general is not acceptable
Lol so true, they have serious time management issues, combined with the fact, personally I think they don't even want to make non WoW titled games anymore, which is why it has that lazy feel to it(clear evidence is that somehow a very small multiplayer game, took way more then any MMO would ever take, nevermind other non MMO games, yet alot of the systems are over simplified, which should have made it a very easy game to make), but due to the fact the Diablo series is what built Blizzard in the first place, followed by SC, they feel they have no choice.
Oh so ignorant....
And my interest in D3 isn't going, my interest in keeping tabs on it up until launch has completely disappeared though