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Now that's commitment...

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I do mean forced commitment to a mental institution ^^

But kudos ;D

I'm with the cute fuzzy one.

There are many lies that are there to protect people's feelings, so called white lies. Ie; "Do I look fat in this dress?"

People under 18 legally don't have property Wingless. It all legally belongs to their parents.

I'm European, from a country not eligible for any of the contests.

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My hope died long, long ago :'(

First off, for someone not interested in Diablo 3, you seem to be keeping a tight eye on the fansites. You sir, need a new hobby =)

Next let's examine the fallacies and false assumptions in your post =)

Why would this forum contain the oldest/best/most faithful followers? I'd personally say the old style battle.net forums are at the very least a very good match.

Also, where on earth are you getting this "a significant portion of the fanbase" from? The ones posting on any forum are but a small minority of their total customers, and if you pay attention only a handfull of, admittedly very vocal, people are screaming bloody murder about the games development and have done so since pretty much the beginning. This is the same for the development of every game. All the rest is simply anxious for a release.

Now to adress your concerns about offline/online play. How is this different from a game like WoW? Atleast with Diablo 3 they have the possibility to patch in all the server side activities to be handled on our own pc's, making it offline play, should that dark dark day ever come. Reasons why they wouldn't do this are basically limited to; armageddon, gouverments collapsing into anarchy, or a world disaster whiping out civilization as we know it. In all these cases, I wouldn't be all that worried about the fact I can't play Diablo 3 anymore.

The beta was supposed to be 1 or 2 months long. Some may remember that Bashiok said long time ago beta should be whole act or even two. Then they decided they can release the game in 2011 so the beta was cut to this demo. Sadly, game is still months and months away...

Holy assumptions Batman! o.O

They said the beta was planned to be short and rough, they never said 1-2 months, that's just your interpretation. Clearly they ran into more problems than anticipated, on which I'd prefer not to speculate.
Next they didn't "decide" they could release in 2011, they just hoped they would be able to, but as said before, they ran into difficulties somewhere.
Thirdly, I dare you to find any link to Bashiok saying a beta should be 1 or 2 acts. The only post of his in reference to this subject was him saying the beta would be very limited contentwise, to not spoil too much. Just like Diablo 2's beta

Finally I dare not even guess where you pulled the "this beta is a cutdown version of their original plan" from.

Blizzard should just take a page from Mark Twains philosophy ^^

"Never argue with idiots, for they will drag you down to their level, and then beat you with experience."

When posting an item on the Real Money Auction House, you have to choose wether to have your potential earnings transferred to your paypal account, or your Battlenet balance. Once in the Battlenet balance, it can no longer be cashed out, and only spent on Blizzard products and the RMAH =)

Then do you demand to eat the apples from an orchard owner when they haven't ripened yet?

I have been a firm supporter of blizzard for a countless number of years.

Considering Blizzard's age this is really more of an enditement against your country's educational system...

Hello Diablofans!
This is my last post on this and any Diablo related site because i'm sick of finding out that the game is being pushed back. I've recently quit smoking and i feel like i can do anything now so i'm quitting seeking out info on what diablo is going to feel like and just play it when it comes out.
Hopefully one of my brothers will alert me as to when a release date happens so i will be there with you all the moment it begins but if not i think i'll be alright.
Force has got me into Magic:the gathering Duels of the plainswalkers. I used to collect the TCG back when i was younger so i've got myself completely hooked with this p.c version.

huh? maybe ppl should just stop posting speculations from now on. I can actually picture ppl stoning the guy for proposing the 14-Mar, such is the frustration of ppl about the official release date.