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Well you're ain't the thread creator.
Ask Zhar if you wish to change the game.

Lmao I'm not changing the game. I'm making things easier. I said just copy and paste it so we can read the entire story.

Changing the game would be like:

Zhar: Let's make up a story one word at a time.

deathMars: FUCK YOU! Let's play hide and go seek.

So after many adventures involving a "C" in government and me getting thrown out head first through the kitchen window, I am back to this beloved forums where I am sure you all are going to embrace me with love and joy. Many of you might me like "Who the hell is this kid?", but I was the kid who pissed you off countless occasions because I proudly lived up to my reputation as being a complainer. But hey, I need to get the new record for infraction points so the more the mods hate me, the happier I am! :thumbsup:

Also, this is the second time where I left and came back, so go ahead and post hate words and a nice picture of a mutated penis monster with a nice "FUCK YOU" attached on its head because I really don't care. I'm just glad to be back and I want to say that I missed you all

Please tell me what happened in the time that I missed as well (approximately 2-3 months). I will try to be a more frequent poster but my computer time is limited so I'll probably get a good 8-10 posts a day.

Anyway, I missed you all very much. Glad to be back!!!!

That's because no one would ever PM you anyways.

Jk

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I voted NO!
and really, it's the parents fault! we need to start looking after our children!
kids are overexposed to things they're clearly not ready to deal with... whether it's TV, the internet, real life or video games, we have to try & minimize their contact with such material and watch over them whenever we can

Lol. I have a mental image of you already, and it kind of relates to what Kyle's mom looks like in South Park.

Creating a taboo over such material will only make it worse. What you should really do is to tell them it's not really a big deal. Why do kids start to drink in high school? Because they want to be a rebel and show it by doing something "bad".

Don't listen to crap about other people saying it's bad. I thought it was amazing. The fighting was spot on, the plot was awesome, the acting was... okay.... (but who cares, it's a Transformers movie).

Megan Fox needs to shot for being so hot.

Er.... Welcome to the site.... Won't it be kind of wierd being on the same site as your brother?

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Anyways, to answer DeathMars' question (since he's one of the few members posting in here I actually feel like interacting with right now)...

What will earn you a ban...

Multiple Accounts w/o Explanation - Perma Ban (Never Expires)

Porn / Other Adult Content - Perma Ban

Trying to (or talking about) hacking this site - Perma Ban

Posting personal information about another user w/o their permission - Perma Ban

Being a spam/porn bot - This one is obvious. Perma Ban.

Requesting / Posting Hacks, Warez, Torrents, etc - Ban length will depend on level of infraction

Discussing hacks for Blizzard games with the intent of making it easier for the player or disrupt other players' gaming experience (discussion of modifications like Eastern Sun are OK) - Ban length will depend on level of infraction


This being said, other ordinary infractions can earn you a ban if you break the rules frequently enough. Essentially, if the staff decides that you warrant a ban, you will get one.

Hmm... Makes sense. But, like you said, I guess most of it is also based on how the moderators thinki about the offense, meaning if you make an April Fools joke about hacking the site it won't really be bannable. Or is it?

I noticed that starting fights wasn't there. Can trolling or "flaming" someone get you a ban? or is it one of those things you have to do a lot of to get a ban?

Blizzard is known for their "It's done when it's done" slogan and their trademark "Soon™" which can cause much debate and mystery over their games' progress. While there has been no official word of how far along in development Diablo III is, there is some interesting information floating about that may just give us a hint and a guess of where they are at. With some careful reading and in-depth investigation, we can get some sort of idea on where they are at with Diablo III's progress.

Rob Pardo, Executive Vice President of Game Design for Blizzard, has shared quite a bit of information regarding Diablo III's progress. While never giving exact dates, numbers, or details, he has alluded to some very interesting facts about the games development.

In the Beginning

Starting back in 2008, Diablo III was first announced at the World Wide Invitational in Paris. Soon following this announcement, Rob Pardo shared why they decided to announce the new game.
Starting off this announcement with such positive views of the game development helps signify how far along the game is now. Even back in June of 2008, a lot of work had been done. The Barbarian and Witch Doctor were shown and Rob Pardo even mentioned other classes being playable at that time. We even later found out that the Wizard had been developed long before the Witch Doctor and was even more complete. We also later found out that the fifth unveiled class was the first class they worked on. This left the Monk, which has since been revealed, to actually be the class with the least development made. With the Monk's development now, we can assume that the most of the work on the Heroes is near completion.

In this first interview regarding Diablo III, Rob Pardo also shared that Act I was playable. Now, we know that the Diablo Development team does not work linearly. So, if Act I was playable, then we at least know that back in 2008, the rest of the Acts were at least being worked on. Since then, we have learned that Act II at least has playable areas. However, Rob Pardo mentioned that there was still a lot of work to be completed on the Acts. He mentioned that specific areas were polished but not the whole Act. With two years of time to develop these Acts even more and knowing that the team polishes one area to get a reference for the rest of the areas, it is quite possible that all four Acts are closer to completion, at least environment wise.

The next clue we got on a purposed release date was given in another interview following the announcement. In the interview, Rob Pardo was asked about Blizzard's plan to release a new game each year and where Diablo would fall in this line up. The interviewer spoke about StarCraft II coming out in 2009 (keep in mind this was before the delay), World of WarCraft's Cataclysm in 2010, and Diablo following that. Rob Pardo responded by saying:
While this quote gives us no actual information, the fact that Blizzard has stated that they are trying to get a new game out each year and Diablo III following two other games, which are both now announced for actual release, this gives us a good idea that they at least originally planned Diablo III to be released in 2011.

In one last interview at the 2008 WWI, Rob Pardo was once again asked why they decided to announce Diablo III now, with two other major titles ahead. Again, Rob Pardo answered with an idealistic time line that they have for Diablo III.
There is good and bad news from this statement. First the bad. He mentions that they idealistically announce games hoping to get them out in about a year and half. That would place Diablo III to be released late last year. We all know this is not true and that it will not even be coming out this year. However, the good news is that he jokingly makes a comment about three years later. While being sarcastic, we can imply that three years out is the furthest they have released a game after its announcement. With Diablo III being announced in June of 2008, three years later would be about summer of 2011.

While the game was far from complete when first announced, Rob Pardo did give some interesting insight to just how far along they were at this stage and when they had planned on having Diablo III released.


StarCraft's Influence

Since this initial announcement and release of information, Rob Pardo has not spoken too much directly about Diablo. However, with StarCraft II at the peak of hype and close to release, he did mention a few things about StarCraft II that can be related to Diablo III's progress.

StarCraft II has both had an influence on figuring out Diablo III's progress but has also had no actual influence on its development. Let me start with how StarCraft II and its development, along with any other game Blizzard is working on, has no effect on Diablo III's progress. Back in 2008, StarCraft was pushed back with the decision to split up the game into three parts. Then in 2009, the game was pushed back even further due to Battle.net design and issues. Many worried that this delay would also mean the delay of Diablo III. However, this is just not the case. Mike Morhaime discussed that the delay of StarCraft would have no effect on the release dates of any other games they were making. He also went on to explain that the release date of any game would not push back any other release dates as proven by both StarCraft II and Cataclysm both coming out in 2010. Rob Pardo went on further to explain why this was.
This news is nothing new but something that needs to be reaffirmed. With Blizzard having separate teams for each game that they make, no game's delay or release, really has any impact on Diablo III's progress and development. This includes not only StarCraft but all games they are currently working on such as Cataclysm and the other two games they are currently working on. It is possible that when a game finishes that some of the people move to other teams to work on the project but that would hardly help them get a game out any amount of time sooner. Most teams continue on with the same team to create the next expansion or sequel of that game. If anything, some good news comes from StarCraft's delay in regards to Diablo III. With Battle.net 2.0 being a big reason for StarCraft's delay, many of these major issues had to be worked out. With Battle.net 2.0 being a big reason for StarCraft's dealy, many of these major issues had to be worked out. Bearing in mind that Diablo III will also use Battle.net 2.0, it is safe to assume that these major issues have been resolved and will not cause any delay for this game.

As mentioned, while StarCraft II has had no actual impact on Diablo III's development, there are some clues it gives us to when we can expect this game. Rob Pardo was asked in an interview about Diablo III's progress. While not giving any actual information he did share an interesting clue.
While StarCraft II was not released at the time of this interview, it has since come out. With this, we can figure out about just how long it took for them to develop it and how long it will take for them to develop Diablo III. StarCraft II was announced in May 2007 at the WWI. Even with its delays and development problems, the game was released on July 27, 2010. This is approximately three years from its announcement date. With Diablo III, the game was announced in June 2008. With approximately three years needed to finish development, the game should be able to released in the summer of 2011 as long as they are matching StarCraft's development as stated.

Lastly, there is StarCraft II's sequel Heart of the Swarm that may give us some clues as to when we can expect Diablo III. First, let me begin by recanting a statement I made in my last "How Soon is Soon™" article. I made the statement that Rob Pardo had said that Diablo III would be released before the Heart of the Swarm expansion for StarCraft II. While I remember reading this "somewhere" I have yet been able to reproduce this quote. While it still may be true, I will not use it as a credible reference for Diablo III's progress. With that said, we can still use this to figure out some information on Diablo III's progress. Going back to Blizzard saying they want to release a game each year, many have said that HotS will be the game coming out in 2011. However, there is evidence that HotS will not be coming out before Diablo III. Rob Pardo recently mentioned HotS's progress.
While the game engine and other hardware issues have been dealt with in the previous installment, there is still a lot of work to be done on HotS. While Diablo III may still have work to be completed, it has far advanced from initial art and programming. If Blizzard is planning on still trying for the one game a year statement, it is only likely that Diablo III is the only game far enough in its development to come out next year.

Unfortunately, Rob Pardo has not said much else in regards to Diablo III. Since 2008, Jay Wilson has taken over as the official spokesperson for all news regarding Diablo III. But, thanks to Rob Pardo and his early statements, we at least have a vague idea of what was planned and what they are shooting for with the release of Diablo III. I am still guessing June 28, 2011.

We could have two separate juggernaut runs each Saturday. That way those of us who can't make the 7 PM PST game can make an earlier game such as one set for 7 AM PST. I'm just using the second time as an example, it could end up being decided that the earlier game is later than that.

I think even if you're just paraphrasing the authors of Cracked.com you should provide at least an in-text citation.

Well, I was watching some Diablo 3 vids today and I noticed that the inventory design has changed over the past couple years. So, I've taken my artistic skills and put in a lot of time to make this high quality comparison. One thing to note is just the overall design and look and how it has changed - I actually like the most recent one the best, the one from the Artisan video. The next thing to note is that they started with the character having gloves and belts, but now they have pants and belts merged as a single item slot, and wrists (separate from gloves). Soooo, I'm basically posting this just wondering if anyone has noticed this, and if not, well, shame on you!

http://s1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa334/Syllix/?action=view&current=DiabloInventory.jpg

Hmmmm ok it won't let me embed the picture, so just click the link.

Syllix

When you look at the wrist spade that gets crafted the damage is in a glowy green text and when you read down the stats there is +5-6 poison damage... and you look at the weapon he is holding it is just a red colour... didn't know if anyone noticed this because he put it on rather fast... I was also wondering since a normal weapon is glowing red how it would look with added fire damage?

Here is the picture from the video

http://img834.imageshack.us/f/etgsdfsf.jpg/

EDIT: Don't forget, the Create a Monster Contest ends the 25th at midnight, make sure you get your submissions in!

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Remember gems? You know, those highly under-powered, easy-to-find sparkly things that made that pleasant PING sound when they dropped? In case you haven't been around for the last two years, gems are making a comeback in Diablo III, but with a major twist. Instead of the old set of five gem grades, Diablo III will feature a jaw-dropping fourteen grades of gems, not to say all the different kinds of gems that will be featured in the game.

Sounds impressive, eh? However, considering that only the first five grades can actually drop in the game, that leaves more than half of them just out of our button-mashing fingertips. A fan over at the official Diablo III forum board decided to do some simple calculations, and, if his math is anything better than his spelling ("monsereus"?), this is what he got:

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it takes 3 gems of each level to create one gem of the next level... that comes to 19,683 level 5 gems of the same type to make just one level 14 Gem, assuming you get all gems of the same type...

The concern that follows is not without merit, I'd say. He came up with a few answers to why we may not have to worry, or solutions to what may be a daunting system (paraphrased:

• Simply increasing the grade drop by one tier (from five to six) would decrease the number of required gems by more than half (19,683 to 6,561).
• Allow higher-end items to be salvaged for these higher-end gem grades.
• Combining gems of different levels could result in a higher-grade gem.

And, of course, there's always the boring way it was done in Diablo II: combining three of the same grade of gem for a higher-grade gem of the same type. However, Bashiok came to the rescue, once more stating how impermanent systems are at the moment, how large the online player base will be (not to account for single player, though), and so forth:



So, there you have it: the conundrum of the gems in a nutshell. What do you think could help alleviate the enormous gaps between lootable and unlootable gems? Is the system fine how it is? Other thoughts?

This is getting off topic, and getting rediculous.

For once in my life...I actually have faith that Blizzard will FAIL to dissapoint me.
Meaning, I believe that Blizzard will get everything right this time.
(Spam, bots, and other annoying shit)

Also, I highly doubt that Blizzard will limit our account making ability.
I say this, because they know we probably know we wont need multiple accounts.
Factor in the fact that each character will unlock all skills as you level...
So there is no Hammer din, FoH Din, Ice Sorc, Fire Sorc......
Each character you will make, will be able to do everything in the tree....
So, why would you need multiple accounts? Mules??
As said before, its not likely we will have such low amounts of space as we did in D2.
Mules will not be needed, in that I also believe that we will have a universal stash which will make mules obsolete.

If theres anything i Missed.....tuff.

(And yes my sentence structure and grammar is awesomely aweful.)
(Glad you like it, you nazi's)

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ying

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and BAM everything explodes as if one billion Chuck Norris'es punched each enemy at once.

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and bam the universe divided by 0.

ohmygod

I think its a great aspect of the game that you can hire a "person" with a special skill. I liked it even more that in DII lod you could adjust their character with armor, weapons, and leveling them too.

Hirelings (as i think they are called), what types would you like to see in DII

From what i can think of at the moment: (just rough idea)

-sorcerer/caster: casts fireballs, lightning, the typical spell book..blizzard..etc
-archer: typical archer, flaming arrows, arrow net, etc..
-assassin/spy: can lay traps for you, and can enchant you to give an advantage against a certain enemy
-brute: uses sword and shield..
-pikeman: enough said..
-bodyguard: the job of this hireling is to absorb some damage for you, while attacking very little.
He could offer you some buffs, but when you get attacked, he will try to teleport in the way of it, or run to defend you
-leach: this hireling has no attack, but he has a certain skill that allows him to drain the enemies powers. This allows your merc to attack an enemy with its own ability.

post your own ideas...


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Airandius - Tamed Animals.