I've been kickin' around here since Summer '06 in a kind of stay-awhile-and-listen mode, but just started posting recently.
I've been a huge fan of Blizzard since 1996 when I purchased WarCraft II in September '96, after reading about it in one of my sister's PC Gamer magazines. Shortly thereafter, I found an article about the then unreleased Diablo, which started me foaming at the mouth in anticipation. I've been playing since the day it was released. (I still have my original CD-ROM of the game, too.)
I couldn't afford Diablo II when it was released, and didn't have a computer that could handle it at the time, anyway.
My first experience with it didn't come until after LOD had been released and I had built a new machine. I've never played DII Classic.
I'm also a bit of a lone wolf (or more specifically a lone bear since I'm partial to playing a druid, heavy on the werebear skills), playing single-player games much more often than multi-player games for various reasons, so I've missed out on quite a bit that the game has to offer.
Anyway, the recent talk of a new DII patch got me stoked, so I've been hanging around more often, lately.
Hah, I've seen you on the Who's Online list soooo often. lol, you should post more. You may as well, as long as you're not just dissing everyone all the time.
um, yeah, welcome.
you definitely should play multiplayer too. Its a whole new experience.
The counter has created all kinds of new excitement lately.
Hopefully you will stick around and join in all the fun this time.:D
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Welcome back to the forums, Anakyn. Your introduction post was really refreshing to read, and we're glad to have you.
I'm going to agree with Atrumentis here, though; you should really try multiplayer, if you haven't already. Personally, I think the best way to do it is to play through the entire game with a group of friends, using only what you can find or buy.
Yeah, multiplayer is a lot more fun. I used to only play single player up until 6 months ago. Now I enjoy the game a lot more, especially when playing with people that like to joke around. I've gotten killed a couple of times because I was laughing too hard at something someone said in game.:D
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Smiling is infectious.
Give, expecting nothing thereof. ------------ BoD - Come have some fun! Folks will always come and go, so enjoy them while they're meant to be in your life.
I have played multi-player in years past (Diablo I; way back yonder in 2000).
I've shied away from it because I'm not a huge gamer to begin with, as far as variety (the Diablo series has been pretty much it since Dec. '96; not much else has been able to hold my interest).
And when I finally found someone else who even knew what Diablo was (most of my friends aren't as geeky as I am, and I haven't socialized very much in the online gaming community), I didn't like the stories I heard about how people behaved on Battle.net in those early days. Never been much for the PK-style of play, so trust has been slow to come.
But beyond the social aspect, when I got my sister and her boyfriend interested in the game so we could play online, I couldn't keep up with them because they had better, faster computers than I had at that time. I had a DSL connection by then, but my machine couldn't handle online play -- too s l o w.
(As an aside, they grew to like the game so much that they bought Diablo II the day it hit the shelves, and teased me about it unmercifully for a year! I was able to build a new box, eventually, and get my hands on the game, and LOD, but I have yet to become an expert player. My sister is better than I am, to this day! HaHa!)
That computer just died in January, and I've built a better one, since, but the old feelings are still difficult to let go. That, and my skill-level isn't anywhere near what most of you folks play at.
Man cause if you never played multi-player than you missed out on alot of good stuff. I feel bad for people that never do stuff like that and would enjoy it... oh well, welcome.
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We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
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I find it soooo ironic when people with 4 posts welcome people to the forums.
Multiplayer is much more of a gaming experience, with all the gaming speak involved. Its a very different atmosphere - mostly a rushed one, so it is an experience, but not necessarily something that you would enjoy. if you're happy to play singleplayer, then sure, stick to it. In some ways multiplayer spoils the game for you.
I've been a huge fan of Blizzard since 1996 when I purchased WarCraft II in September '96, after reading about it in one of my sister's PC Gamer magazines. Shortly thereafter, I found an article about the then unreleased Diablo, which started me foaming at the mouth in anticipation. I've been playing since the day it was released. (I still have my original CD-ROM of the game, too.)
I couldn't afford Diablo II when it was released, and didn't have a computer that could handle it at the time, anyway.
My first experience with it didn't come until after LOD had been released and I had built a new machine. I've never played DII Classic.
I'm also a bit of a lone wolf (or more specifically a lone bear since I'm partial to playing a druid, heavy on the werebear skills), playing single-player games much more often than multi-player games for various reasons, so I've missed out on quite a bit that the game has to offer.
Anyway, the recent talk of a new DII patch got me stoked, so I've been hanging around more often, lately.
How y'all doin'?
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
um, yeah, welcome.
you definitely should play multiplayer too. Its a whole new experience.
Welcome back!
The counter has created all kinds of new excitement lately.
Hopefully you will stick around and join in all the fun this time.:D
Folks will always come and go, so enjoy them while they're meant to be in your life.
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... with alllll those other people. lol.
Welcome back to the forums, Anakyn. Your introduction post was really refreshing to read, and we're glad to have you.
I'm going to agree with Atrumentis here, though; you should really try multiplayer, if you haven't already. Personally, I think the best way to do it is to play through the entire game with a group of friends, using only what you can find or buy.
Edit: 300 posts - madness, Sparta, etc.
Folks will always come and go, so enjoy them while they're meant to be in your life.
Exactly. I like you too Anakyn. I just hope the constant barrage of bullshit and petty insults here don't turn you cold and bitter.
Good luck friend.
I have played multi-player in years past (Diablo I; way back yonder in 2000).
I've shied away from it because I'm not a huge gamer to begin with, as far as variety (the Diablo series has been pretty much it since Dec. '96; not much else has been able to hold my interest).
And when I finally found someone else who even knew what Diablo was (most of my friends aren't as geeky as I am, and I haven't socialized very much in the online gaming community), I didn't like the stories I heard about how people behaved on Battle.net in those early days. Never been much for the PK-style of play, so trust has been slow to come.
But beyond the social aspect, when I got my sister and her boyfriend interested in the game so we could play online, I couldn't keep up with them because they had better, faster computers than I had at that time. I had a DSL connection by then, but my machine couldn't handle online play -- too s l o w.
(As an aside, they grew to like the game so much that they bought Diablo II the day it hit the shelves, and teased me about it unmercifully for a year! I was able to build a new box, eventually, and get my hands on the game, and LOD, but I have yet to become an expert player. My sister is better than I am, to this day! HaHa!)
That computer just died in January, and I've built a better one, since, but the old feelings are still difficult to let go. That, and my skill-level isn't anywhere near what most of you folks play at.
Bah. Enough rambling for now.
Glad to be aboard!
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and don't become a ghost.
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.
Tupac Shakur
100% Legit baal runners
SICK_Bambi 93 Barb (46th barb)
SICK_Paladin 95 Necromancer (12th necro)
SICK_ferret 95 Assassin (10th sin)
~~us West Ladder~~
Multiplayer is much more of a gaming experience, with all the gaming speak involved. Its a very different atmosphere - mostly a rushed one, so it is an experience, but not necessarily something that you would enjoy. if you're happy to play singleplayer, then sure, stick to it. In some ways multiplayer spoils the game for you.