DiabloFans

So you're saying there is a nonsensical Acts called V.I?

No, I didn't. In fact, I made it very clear. As did other members. If you continue along this road, you will be punished for trolling. Consider this a warning.

Oh, okay Nevermind then.

gledymae wants to become a member in your alliance and sends the following message: can I join your clan

Anyone know her? Otherwise I'm going to have to pry information out of her to assess her.

Yes, that's the one! Thanks

Haha, I remember that! Oh, the good ol' days!

If you really don't like someone and never want to read their thoughts again, is it not possible just implement a feature in the user control panel where you are unable to read any of his posts?? (ie I muted/squelched/silenced you)

Yeah, you have to add that user to your ignore list or whatever it's called here. I think it's under Buddies or something on the UCP.

The system would be more honorary than systematic... No, that's not the right word... Practical? As in, like you guys have said, it's more a badge than an end-all for that person. But, if the amount of times people could add to your reputation was increased, it would become an average of your total points, so anyone would get a general ball park of how you are on this forum. I don't know, it makes sense to me somehow, lol.

I vote trail period

+ =

About D2, ppl keep being very seletive. Theres no dark mod in the deserts, cannibal child with giant heads or icy caverns.

That's the most closed-minded thing I've read in months.

You've never been to a desert, have you? You've never felt the sweltering heat beating down on you. Have you ever smelled a decaying body's pungent scent wafting in 105 degree weather? Have you watched as insects crawl in to it and through the gore and flesh, as animals pick at the carrion, as it wastes away to mere bones? Have you see bones bleached white by the relentless sun, dry and desolate like the hope of survival in such a lifeless place?

That's actually from a book I've been reading, but I think it applies. There are different kinds of "darkness".

There's the emo darkness of the Cathedral dungeons, shadow covering the corners and hiding misshapen objects in the gloom, screams echoing from the distance and reverberating off the rock and flagstone. Nothing wrong with this, it has its time and place. But you can't apply it to a whole game. Diablo isn't about a dungeon, anymore- it's about a living, breathing world on the brink of chaos.

There's the darkness of the deep jungles. Vines and trees as far as the eye can see, your path lost in an instant. Animal and human carrion strewn on the river bed, eyes watching you silently from the depths of the eaves, waiting for your most vulnerable moment. Insects buzzing maddeningly as you struggle to find your way through the foot-deep mud and thick underbrush. And, in Diablo II's case, cannibal tribal men warped by evil, their cauldrons filled to the brim with blood and gore, their dungeons dark and rank, filled with bones and bodies- all tortured to the brink of madness.

The silence of the northern caverns. Darkness everywhere. What little light there is reflecting and refracting through the crystals, showing mirages of walls and ways of escape where there are none. Your body ligaments completely numb from frostbite, probably never to be used again. Lost in a maze of ice, the remains of Barbarian would-be heroes nailed to wooden stakes and crosses, male and female, bodies laying across the icy floor, stiff and frozen in pools of their own blood. Beasts roaring and ramming through the tunnels, your hero running for his or her life. (That is how it was supposed to be, but because of character imbalance, the game was too easy.)

Don't you ever say it wasn't dark enough. It was a different kind of darkness- darkness reflected in horror, despair, hopelessness...

Bottom line, you can't apply the same thing you do to a defiled dungeon some hundred feet in to the earth that you can to a world that has lived in peace for twenty years and is just on the brink of being invaded by the forces of Hell. The colors you saw in the living world were allegorical to the relative prosperity of the world in the wake of the death of the Three and their conjured evils- if you know anything about artwork, you should know about symbolism. The only way this argument of yours holds any value is in the green dungeon in the beginning of the demonstration, which I barely agree with.

Robes are always nice- I really miss robes from Diablo I...

Anyway, godspeed on that, I'm sure you'll do an excellent job.

You can't view your total reputation points, it really does not impact anything in the forums except (when you get a lot of positive reputation) when you hover your pointer over the green box under your avatar, the phrase may change. Usually it says "x member is on a distinguished road."

I use it just because I know people do check their reputation from time-to-time, and I like to tell them that I agree, disagree, etc. with their post without having to get caught up in the thread.

I've been playing ladder us west every day for a while now- I'm normally in the SICK channel, op xsickx.

Quote from Answerme

Thanks all for your comments.

Can you guys elaborate more on the games length. Since me and my friend we dont really try out new classes or multiple characters. we just stick to one from start to end. even in Wow i just have 1 character since 4 years.

Then maybe diablo is not the kind of game for you and your friend.
Diablo, unlike WoW, is a "introspective" game. This mean that the very core of the game is your character, not the world around your character. In other words, building character is the number one and the core feature of diablo (both by looking for items and by creating skill combinations). This is the reason why people keeps playing the same 5 dungeons in the last 10 years: the dungeon doesn't matter as long as you are playing with different characters.

I dunno how many hours of D2 i've played but it's huge amount. I've builded more then 40 different characters, most of then are lvl.80+, a few are 90+ and 3 are 99. And after all this time, all this characters, now and then i still come up with something new to play.

I"m not saying that diversity in maps and dungeons is not important. But they are not so important as diversity of characters. This is diablo phylosophy.

I'm ready for schooollll!!!!

True story, though.
Happened to me as well...

I remember back when I was Seth's babe, he'd buy me all kinds of shiny things, tell me he'd stop spending so much time at the office, but he never did.
He never did :(.

Then I find out he's banging that secretary Nekro, and I fucking flip.
Wiped shit all over the walls of our house, killed one of our kids and collected the insurance, told them he was just playing hop scotch near the wood chipper, they believed me, the dumb shits.

Now I sit here, rich and alone.

Don't hold onto him Nekro, he'll leave you for the next piece of meat that comes along.

Quote from Syllix

Party_Foul is a sex machine

Fix'd

Welcome

Well something i noticed while watching ze wizard gameplay vid, in the graveyard she's shooting all these bolts everywhere at zombies. Then she kills this one zombie and he tumbles over the wall out of the map, but even out of the map he tumbles a bit off the ground. So that brings me to the conclusion that the area outside, which is for decoration, is interactible too...in a matter of speaking. Which is probably one of my favorite aspects of the game, theres nothing better then cleaving a zombie off a cliff and seeing him toumble down 8D

1 - Why Marijuana is illegal

I have actually done a considerable amount research on this matter, branching off from a study I had to do on cotton a few years back. There's a considerable amount of evidence to support the theory that Marijuana was originally made illegally only because it was a byproduct of the Cannabis plant, which was also used to make hemp. During the early times of American colonization, a great deal of the fledgling country's economy was based on cotton. It funded the slave trade, funded western expansion, funded the government, etc. There was a terrible amount of money invested in this single crop with hundreds (if not thousands) of acres of land devoted to cotton plantations.

Then along came hemp. Certain (progressive) people started to realize that hemp (another byproduct of the Cannabis plant) could be turned into a much stronger, more resilient, lighter and longer-lasting material than cotton with otherwise very similar properties. Had it become a business venture, it likely would have destroyed a lot of the cotton business, as it would have been considerably more value without any extra effort or work.

Immediately plantation owners and those heavily involved with the cotton industry (almost everyone, including many politicians) came down hard on it. They pointed out the narcotic aspects of the Cannabis plant, among other supposed "problems" with it and banned its growth and production - essentially killing any resistance to the cotton movement. Down the road, more and more people would begin to view Cannabis as this evil child-corrupting drug (all part of the government's very clever campaign to justify it's own actions). Since then it's stayed illegal mostly due to people's fear of it that has been disseminated from the government for it's mind-altering properties and dangerous 'gate-way drug' status.

2 - The facts about Marijuana usage and health

Marijuana is not bad for you (the average person) at all. AT ALL. The plant itself, is simply that, a plant. Consuming Marijuana is analogous to eating broccoli in terms of harmfulness to the human body (physiologically speaking). Marijuana when consumed through eating (baking it into brownies or cookies or whatever) or as vapour (through a water bong, bubbler, etc) has no harmful effects what-so-ever. The only potential direct harm from Marijuana consumption is if you smoke it. This is due to the harmful chemicals (such as Carbon Monoxide aka SMOKE) and the ash entering your lungs, throat, etc.

It should be noted, though, that smoking almost anything else will be worse for you. Look at cigarettes, for example. Cigarettes contain approximately 4,000 different chemicals (many of them harmful). To name a few: Formaldehyde, Acetone, Ammonia, Arsenic, Benzene, etc. This is in addition to the carbon monoxide and ash inhalation. Finally, cigarette smoke is also highly addictive, as it contains the chemical Nicotine. Some people can get permanently hooked on the drug after only a single dosage (one cigarette).

Another harmful (but completely legal) drug product is alcohol. Alcohol impairs your judgement and removes inhibitions. It is the ULTIMATE gateway drug, because it is completely legal for young people to buy (and they will!) and removes your normal inhibitions that make you say, "no cocaine for me, thank you". In addition to this, alcohol and ethanol are poisonous to humans. Consuming them is deadly. Ever heard of alcohol poisoning?

Other legal (and harmful) drugs include: caffeine (in coffee and chocolate), cough medicine, glue, pain medication, sleep aids, anti-depressants, and oxy-contin. All of these are considerably more addictive and harmful than simply consuming Marijuana.

Even sex, on average, is more dangerous than consuming Marijuana. Through sex, you can get any number of deadly or horrendous diseases such as HIV, HPV, Hepatitis, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Herpes, Mononucleosis, Crabs, etc. Recreational sex is enjoyable yet dangerous (just like alcohol, cigarettes, caffeine, etc, etc, etc).

(The following stats apply only to the USA and are approximated)
Annual deaths directly related to Alcohol consumption: 85,000
Annual deaths directly related to Cigarette consumption: 435,000

(The following stats apply to the entire world and are approximated)
Annual deaths directly related to Sexually Transmitted Diseases: 7,000,000
Annual deaths directly related to Marijuana consumption: 0

Marijuana has actually been proven to help some people suffering from pain or certain debilitating diseases (such as glaucoma). While it is obviously not generally used as a treatment by all, it is used very successfully by some and should continue to be. If it is going to improve the quality of your life, you should do it.

The only potential health risk I can even imagine being attributed to Marijuana consumption is obesity (and that's a pretty flimsy argument at best). Some people say Marijuana makes you lazy. Well, it can, but so can using the computer or watching TV or drinking beer. A lot of the time, Marijuana actually makes people more active, prompting them to want to go and explore or travel somewhere. It does increase appetite, but if you're a generally healthy individual in general there should be no cause for concern. The point is, if you're fat, it's probably your own fault. Don't blame it on the drug that you choose to take that makes you a bit hungrier. That's just silly.

3 - What should be done

This is tricky subject. Every country is different and has different laws. Being a Canadian, I am most familiar with Canadian society and its legal system. I am pretty familiar with the American society and system as well, though, so I'll try to comment on that as well.

In both countries, the recreational and medicinal use of Marijuana should be legalized but restricted. The production and distribution of Marijuana should be strictly regulated and controlled by government agencies. This should be similar to the production and distribution of alcohol or tobacco. The government should put a tax on it and print warnings on all packages sold warning of the potential hazards of smoking Marijuana (similar to with cigarettes).

- It should be illegal for minors (under 21 in the USA or under 19 in Canada) to purchase, own, or consume Marijuana
- It should be illegal for anyone to give or sell Marijuana to minors
- It should be illegal to consume Marijuana and then operate machinery or drive
- If there are restrictions on smoking cigarettes in public, the same restrictions should apply to smoking Marijuana
- The government should promote safe and responsible usage by encouraging the use of bongs or baking rather than smoking

This system would accomplish several things at once.

- It would cut down significantly on the amount of black market illicit drug trafficking
- There can be incentives to buy in-country Marijuana, promoting local agriculture
- Taxing sales would increase government revenue
- Regulated quality would prevent 'lacing' from occurring, promoting safer usage
- Restricting it from minors would make it just as legal as cigarettes and alcohol

At very least, Marijuana should be de-criminalized. We need to stop putting people in prison for consuming a relatively healthy, safe drug in the comfort of their own home, far from causing anyone else any harm.


If you have any respectable (like, from a scientist, not a pastor) evidence to support the idea that Marijuana is dangerous, harmful, addictive, or evil in any way, please reply. I'd love to hear it.

End

Quote from Magistrate

Item hoarders rejoice! Though nothing particularly definitive yet, Bashiok updated us today with another bit of the shiny silver lining of the proverbial clouds of Diablo III! Okay, that was pretty much the worst analogy ever, but still:

Official Blizzard Quote:

it's something we hope to do, it's not designed or in any sort of implementation phase so until we reach that point and either hit a revelation of it working or not we won't know for sure. But yes, still hope to have some sort of easy way to share between characters. "Drop games are dumb." - Bashiok

Shared stashes on the caliber of the popular Diablo II mod Eastern Sun? Wandering from the archaic and traditional stash concept of the previous games into something more accessible and modern? Hopefully more information will come in the days ahead, and BlizzCon 2010.

i wuz the post creator, and bash replied to my question, nao i feel special, YAY ME!

Could you tell us where in the process you are at in creating this? (That looks so grammatically wrong, but I don't care.)

Approximately 70% complete; the client software is complete which was the most time-consuming task as I despise the language it's written in (Java). I'm working on the server at the moment.

yeah try c:games instead of program files.

I've disabled my router

im not tech savvy or anything, but how are you connected to the internet when u do this?