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I have never been banned, used a hack, or used JSP (or what ever it's called).

I actually play though act 3, too :O. It's gotten pretty bad. The other day my brother asked this level 95 if he wanted to do Lam Esen's Tome, and the guy didn't even know what it was.

The way I got D2 & LoD to run on mine (10.5.8, Nvidia 9600) was registering the games on the new battle.net accounts, downloading the game client, and installing.

It wouldn't let me install from the disc, though.

Yes, Macs are over priced. For what in inside a Mac you will pay more.

Something a lot of people don't know about is that Apple has a refurbished section on their website were you can get obscene discounts some times.

I got last years top end laptop (4gb ram, 15 inch screen, nvidia 9600, 2.53ghz proc) for more than $1000 off the original price.

The computers are always in brand new condition, too. The way it works is that if some one returns a computer with a faulty part, they take all the good parts and put them in a stock pile. When they have enough parts for a complete computer they put them in a new case and sell it for 15 - 50 % off the list price.

Here's another person who didn't really do his homework about the art controversy. The colors were not a big part of what most people didn't like. The only big offender in regards to color was the neon green dungeon which was seen less and less as more of the game was revealed.

The main complaint was the over all light hearted style the early reveals of the game had. There were cartoony spikes over everything, the witch doctor saying "oggey boogey," the gallons of anime blood coating everything, the huge shoulder pads, the disappearing bodies, the Barbarian using ranged spells more than melee attacks, the marshmallow demon, etc. There was a lot of stuff for people to complain about besides the color.

Was it premature for them to complain? Yeah, but they also had every right to make their voices heard. Blizzard even said they got too much negative feed back about disappearing bodies, so they changed it.

The newest reveals of the game look fantastic, of course, but now people are concerned over new things, such as reply value. I was one of the people who thought that I didn't like where Diablo 3 was going. Even though I've changed my opinion, what I didn't like had nothing to do with colors.

Quote from "dunhac82" »

WFrom the best of my knowledge though, Mac parts are not upgradable (ie have fun shelling out tons of money buying a new Mac when your old one becomes an expensive doorstop

Oh and as far as the 32 and 64 debate; won't matter with Windows 7 as it ships with both a 32bit and 64bit version. Even if you buy a pre-built system most companies offer a free upgrade to Windows 7.

Not entirely true. iMacs and Mac minis are for the most part non upgradeable, but Mac pros totally are. Each internal component is in a neat little drawer that you can pull out and replace without mucking around with wires and stuff. Still, buying a Mac for games isn't a financially good idea, unless gaming isn't the main function of the machine.

As for game selection, Macs can run and Windows OS. For 64 bit, OS X 10.6 can boot into either.

All Apple products are for morons, much like only people with small dicks drive hummvees.

I'd say flaming people for choice of computers is for people with no life. Seriously, wtf is your problem? Any can see macs are over priced for the hardware, but they are excelent computers. I have Windows and Mac, and both are good for different things. Overall I perfer Mac OS X to windows, because it seems more fluent. But really, the Mac/PC thing is so 1990s. Get over it already.

If Blizzard wanted a big departure (or just to tick of fans), they would do a non human class. Like a Lacuni spear throwing/whip cracking class.

Quote from "Pryda" »

i would had prefered a rebel type of background story.. you know.. something badass

Spending your whole life tattooing your self while growing a Rasputin beard, learning martial arts, and learning magic isn't cool enough for you?

Also, could the Monk at Blizzcon use helmets, shields, poll arms, or any other weapon besides his staff? What did his armor look like when you put on a heavier set?

Obviously, Deathwing is the same as Diablo, as the continent of Sanctuary is on the other side of Azeroth. D3 will end with the destruction of Sanctuary, forcing the heroes to sail across the sea in a fleet of boats. They crash on an unknown shore, and begin to move into the jungle, drawing their weapons. They hear things crashing towards them, and D3 ends with orcs running out of the underbrush towards the D3 heroes.

Later, when Azeroth is destroyed by the sundering it turns into a Volcanic planet renamed Char, and the Forgotten One turns out to be the overmind, setting up the next Blizzard game, World of Blizzard, where Medivh summons heroes from all of the franchises via the cavern of time to do battle.

I wouldn't put it past Blizzard.

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I understand the side that supports public healthcare. I understand the fantasy of many paying so that the few needing vital and life saving treatments that they can't afford otherwise and the cruel private insurance companies can add to their bottom line.

But that is not how it works.

Except in Canada, England, France, Denmark, Sweden . . .

America spends, on average, around $7500 per person a year, while England spends around $3400 (converted from pounds), and we don't cover everyone, and our insurance companies reserve the right to deny to pay for pre-approved operations.

And about wait times? Canada, England, and France all have private insurance companies. That's right, after 61 years of completely socialized health care, England still has a strong private insurance sector for those who can't stand "the wait."

Our private insurers are expected to raise their premiums at six times the pay raise rate in the coming years, while continually dropping and denying people from their plans.

No one (except far, far lefties) is suggesting America goes to single payer (like England, where no one has to "buy into" a plan, you already are taxed accordingly), but they are proposing a public option: something no one is forced into (the part of the bill Palin and Limbaugh say forces you into it actually is just for educating people who have lost their insurance to what their options are) and competes, not dominates, with the private sector. Remember, England's fully socialized health plan hasn't put private insurance out of business after 61 years, so why would a less comprehensive plan put the more powerful American health insurance companies out of business.

The next argument is on taxing people to pay for the public plan.

1) 2/3s of the plan is already paid for by rearranging how Medicare and other governmental plans work.

2) The public option is an option that individuals buy into out of pocket, so that will also help pay for the plan

3) No one making a profit of more than $250,000 will get taxed on this at all. Even people who make up to $500,000 can only be charged a tax of up to $1500. If the public option works to lower over all prices by adding competition, people will see savings in their own plan, even if they don't buy the public option.

And about the whole thing where people say it will pamper people who have lost "all will to succeed." Do you really think that people who are on welfare or would buy a public health plan are living it up on tax payer dollars? Most of these people live in sh*t holes with starving families to feed. They are in no way living a half way decent life, even while "milking the system." These people are living at the bottom of America, and no one should ever suggest that they are somehow living fulfilled lives on tax payer dollars, and no one will ever want to be in their position, no matter how many government handouts they get. They may be alive, but they certainly aren't enjoying it.

Well, I won't be complaining about colors anytime soon.The new area looks brilliant, and I love the bounty on the guy's head. Very nice.

+ no more health bars floating around.

Am I the only one who liked the red outline.

No. I like them as well. It's very retro (back to Diablo 1).

I think there was an HTML based editor called "Horadric Editor." It was a while ago, so it might not work with 1.12.

As for 3D sound, I was never able to get it on my G4, but it is >10 years old.

Quote from "Darkkasor" »

Well you spent a whole act in a desert in D2 surprised there weren't any curved or jagged swords there

You mean like falchions and sabers? There were also jagged edged two handed swords in D2. I honestly don't see the appeal in 8 foot long, 3 pointed, set with skulls, demon horn handled weapons that you can duel wield. It looks stupid, ridiculous, childish, and cliche.

Diablo 2 got the feel between fantasy and realism pretty much spot on.

Quote from "italofoca" »

I"m gald when D3 come out you will see you're wrong :-)

Wrong in what sense? I only stated what Bashiok and other Blizzard reps have said about features in the game.

Actually, the Diablo series was never a real RPG series in the sense that you don't "role play" at all. You can't make choices about what side to take, can't decide where you travel or where to fight, or really have any effect on the world around you. You choose a character class and follow a predetermined quest path to the end of the game, which is always the same.

I like how when I repeat what Blizzard reps and devs have confirmed about the game, people seem to think I'm attacking the game and saying it will be bad when I'm actually quoting what the game, in its makers own words, will be like.

If a post here doesn't explicitly idolize D3 (and I always make sure I affirm my positive feelings for the game), people attack you for being a petitioner or a troll.

I'm not sure what impact on fun any of this will have, but they are removing lots of those "real" (to quote the OP) features. They already removed repairing items, keys, and probably identifying items as well. They removed stat point allocation, stat requirements for items, ditched the skill tree system, most likely adding in skill respecs, make your character respawn with all the gear after death, and removed synergies. I like to say that if you liked Gauntlet, you'll like Diablo 3, because despite what the developers say, they seem to be removing lots of RPG elements to the game, and turning it into a complete 'hack 'n slash' game like Gauntlet (the Barbarian's rage is how you used skills in Gauntlet, too), except with items and more skills. Diablo 3 will be much less about character building or RPG experiences, and much more focused on just killing thousands of enemies.

I love Gauntlet, so it isn't that big of a deal for me, but when people say something is "different" about Diablo 3, this might be what they mean.

It's already more of a Hack & Slash than D2 was. I mean, they took out a lot of RPG elements and are leaning more towards a Gauntlet feel.

(To stop flamers, I'm not saying this is a bad thing)