Great to hear you guys did well. Unfortunately I can't make it into Bnet (have since long lost my keys and CD cases), but would be up to start a 2-3 person group on Hamachi.
I'm not sure why these things need to be scheduled: it could just be an on-going competition to see which party gets the farthest instead of a race to see who can clear out the acts the fastest. Probably would need to be Hardcore. Progress would be determined by average player level, perhaps? Or maybe number of quests completed. This would let groups get together on their own times, and let new groups join in whenever.
Well the idea was to be cooperative, rather than competitive. To work together towards success, rather than trying to see who can do it the best/fastest. If people really would prefer to play that way, maybe someone should set up an event along these lines. I am not the only one that can schedule events in this guild.
Thanks to those who participated for helping to make this first event a success! It was great getting back into the game, and I think I speak for everyone when I say we had a fun (and educational) experience! Who knew scrolls of identify would become such a hot commodity.
Anyways, with Round 1 complete, we've already gone ahead and started planning Round 2. So everyone keep an eye out for that. We've got the group from R1 returning to work on their game further, but who knows - maybe we can get a second group together too?
When everyone logs on, please head on over to the chat channel: SonsOfOhr. I will be there at around 2:55 PM PST. This will eventually become our official chat channel (with a bot and everything! :D). At about 3:05-3:10 (depending on how many people we have) I would like to begin the game. We will wait as long as need be if there's only two people - though that would be very sad, lol.
Anyways, the game will be played on Battlenet, US East (hopefully to help our friend, emil with lag problems), at 3:00 PM PST tomorrow, Saturday March 20th.
I think hardcore, while interesting, would be a short-lived experiment for us (considering this is most - if not all - of our first times playing ironman). SC is better for now. Once we become more accustomed with it, maybe we can try HC.
Also, first visit means first visit to the town. Individual vendors are unimportant. You may make purchases at any vendor any number of times until you first leave a town. Then that's it. No more.
When someone dies, the others should try to aid them in retrieving their corpse. They are free to use WPs or TPs to get back to the spot where they died and re-unite with the group. Not much fun if you die in the first quest (somehow) and then are out for the rest of the game.
Remember everyone - the main focus of this guild is always to have as much fun as possible as a group.
So play anyways! (In all fairness, I've never even done an ironman before!). Who knows, it could be fun? If it proves not to be, maybe we'll just figure out something else to do next time.
All player characters must begin play completely fresh at level I
During the course of the derby, none of the involved characters may receive outside aid
During the course of the derby, none of the involved characters may use cheats or hacks
No equipment or items may be purchased from a town except on the characters' first visit. Towns are otherwise used only to receive quests and / or return to the site of death via Town Portal / Waypoints
Equipment and items may only be sold when arriving in a town for the first time
Use of stash is completely permitted
Other members of the group should aid one another as much as possible, including carrying items for one-another if necessary
Mercenaries are permitted but must not be resurrected. If your merc dies, that is that
Well, so far that's probably at least four (myself included).. unless you want to join us too, emil? Who knows? Could be fun!
Anyways, I expect this first round will only last a few hours, anyways, so nobody should worry too much about sticking around for the whole thing (as the whole thing likely wont be too long anyways).
Okay, folks, I have revised the schedule for this event. I would still very much like to do this (and I hope you guys do too). I'm trying to be accommodating in terms of what platform (BNet/Hamachi) we play it on, but I do require some feedback on the matter. Please give me some opinions!
Thank you!
Diablo II LoD Ironman Derby - Round 1
Nature of Event: Diablo II LoD Ironman Derby Realm / Platform: UNDECIDED Date & Time of Event: Saturday, March 20 (3:00 PM PST) Minimum Participants: 3 Maximum Participants: N/A
Brief Description: Ironman events are tough but exciting. Essentially, the concept is to use as little aid as possible to complete the game. A small party sets forth (usually around 3 players) with only their base equipment and must complete as much of the game as possible without returning to town to make purchases. They may only buy items from a town when it is their first visit. If a character dies, they must immediately return to the group. The game only ends when there is no conceivable way of continuing (loss) or the party completes the game (win). The game may be paused and continued at a later time if need be.
Okay, well, since nothing was officially decided on this one, I'll bump it to next Friday. Please guys, I need some input on this (to find out how people want to go about playing this).
Hamachi or BNet?
Diablo II or LoD?
Ladder or Non-Ladder?
3:00 PST or 4:30?
Thanks, y'all!
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Well the idea was to be cooperative, rather than competitive. To work together towards success, rather than trying to see who can do it the best/fastest. If people really would prefer to play that way, maybe someone should set up an event along these lines. I am not the only one that can schedule events in this guild.
Anyways, with Round 1 complete, we've already gone ahead and started planning Round 2. So everyone keep an eye out for that. We've got the group from R1 returning to work on their game further, but who knows - maybe we can get a second group together too?
Anyways, the game will be played on Battlenet, US East (hopefully to help our friend, emil with lag problems), at 3:00 PM PST tomorrow, Saturday March 20th.
Also, first visit means first visit to the town. Individual vendors are unimportant. You may make purchases at any vendor any number of times until you first leave a town. Then that's it. No more.
When someone dies, the others should try to aid them in retrieving their corpse. They are free to use WPs or TPs to get back to the spot where they died and re-unite with the group. Not much fun if you die in the first quest (somehow) and then are out for the rest of the game.
Remember everyone - the main focus of this guild is always to have as much fun as possible as a group.
Sound good? (Difficult, but good, that is)
We'll wait till the ladder reset has happened (23). In the mean time, I see no reason to change Round 1 of the Ironman Derby.
Would it help / work for people if it were a couple hours earlier? Or would that cause more problems?
Anyways, I expect this first round will only last a few hours, anyways, so nobody should worry too much about sticking around for the whole thing (as the whole thing likely wont be too long anyways).
Thank you!
Diablo II LoD Ironman Derby - Round 1
Nature of Event: Diablo II LoD Ironman Derby
Realm / Platform: UNDECIDED
Date & Time of Event: Saturday, March 20 (3:00 PM PST)
Minimum Participants: 3
Maximum Participants: N/A
Brief Description: Ironman events are tough but exciting. Essentially, the concept is to use as little aid as possible to complete the game. A small party sets forth (usually around 3 players) with only their base equipment and must complete as much of the game as possible without returning to town to make purchases. They may only buy items from a town when it is their first visit. If a character dies, they must immediately return to the group. The game only ends when there is no conceivable way of continuing (loss) or the party completes the game (win). The game may be paused and continued at a later time if need be.
Hamachi or BNet?
Diablo II or LoD?
Ladder or Non-Ladder?
3:00 PST or 4:30?
Thanks, y'all!