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This brought back memories!! Excellent choice in memes!! XD

Edit:
      This wasn't s a "semi-meme" it was a really big thing for a while. People went through a lot of effort to create and animate their favorite characters to this song. Others put on some pretty amazing cosplay and danced it themselves instead. Haven't seen it in a while, though, I have to say!

Game: Blizzcon Seer

Goal: To collect the most points by having the most accurate predictions.

Equipment:

• One sheet of paper per person playing.
• Writing utensils.
• A score-sheet or tokens to represent points.
• Blizzcon Virtual Ticket

Steps:

1. Distribute paper and writing utensils.
2. Have everyone write down an agreed upon number of predictions for each major Blizzard game or panel. Do this before each panel starts.
3. Put predictions out of reach of everyone as panel starts. No changing is allowed at this point.
4. Assign points based on accuracy of predictions.
5. The person with the most points after a panel is the winner of that game.

Points:

• 0 Points: There is nothing in your prediction that resembles what has been announced.
• 1 Point: There is a very small similarity between your prediction and something that has been announced.
• 2 Points: There is a moderate similarity between your prediction and something that has been announced, but your prediction is less than 50% accurate.
• 3 Points: There is a visible similarity between your prediction and something that has been announced, and your prediction is more than 50% accurate.
• 4 Points: There is a clear and undeniable similarity between your prediction and something that has been announced, and your prediction is more than 75% accurate.
• 5 Points: Your prediction is 100% accurate and matches something announced completely.

• Name: Hero of Blizzcon
• Description: Hero of Blizzcon is an RPG set within the realm of Blizzcon 2013. Each player takes on the role of an attendee that has to use wit and tenacity to complete certain tasks in order to become the hero of blizzcon.
• Objective and the rules: The objective is to make meaningful choices that eventually lead you to become the one and only hero of blizzcon (the person with the most points at the end of blizzcon). Part of these objectives are realized by causing your opponents to fail. Here are a few RPG elements that can be modified by the group before gameplay begins but you should create an additional 15-20 as a group:
• Get autographs from the entire WoW development panel: During the WoW development panel, roll a 20 sided dice, if you roll 17 or higher you get the autographs. Roll a 12 sided dice. If you roll a 6 or greater you can remove 1 signature from an opponent for however much you roll above 6. For example someone who rolls a 12 can remove 6 signatures. Whoever has the most signatures gets a point.
• Whenever a zerg player wins a match in the WCS tournament roll a 20 sided dice. If you roll a 15 or higher get a point. Roll a 12 sided dice. If you roll a 6 or higher then you gain 1 bonus point if the zerg player makes 6 zerglings within the first 4 minutes of the next match.
• If at any point there is mention of the crusader class each player rolls a 20 sided dice. Whoever rolls a 18 or higher first gets a point.

GL HF!

The Name of the Game: Blitzcon
Objective: Have a good time drinking with your friends while watching Blizzcon

Rules: At the beginning of your Blitzcon game, everyone will write their name on a piece of paper. They will then place that piece of paper in one of two cups: one cup is marked 'New Class' and the other is marked 'No New Class'. This will come into factor later.

Triggers:
Your class is mentioned in conjunction with 'nerf' or 'nerf bat'. Take 1 shot. BONUS: If the phrase 'to the ground' is mentioned in the same sentence, Take a bonus shot while everyone else points and stage-laughs at you. They may choose to laugh genuinely if they have the mean-spirited nature required to do so effectively.

Someone mentions the Dance Studio. Take a drink.

Someone mentions new character models. Take a drink.

Someone mentions faction favoritism. Take 2 drinks if you are a member of that faction.

Anytime someone says OP or Overpowered. Take a drink.

Someone in your group says OP. They take a drink.

Anytime someone asks a lore-based question that you did not remotely follow. Take 2 drinks to wash away the sorrows of your ignorance.

Blizzard recycles an old dungeon or raid. Take a shot and yell, 'COME ON, BLIZZ!' You know you're thinking it on the inside. Bonus: If it's a troll dungeon, Take a shot and 2 drinks and yell, 'OF COURSE IT'S A TROLL DUNGEON!'

The guy who broke his leg in the dance contest at Blizzcon appears again. (Youtube it if you dare, but I still cringe when I think about it) Take a drink and hope he keeps it on the ground this time.

They mention legendaries. Take a shot. (2 Minute Cooldown. Seriously, honor the cooldown. I won't be held responsible if someone finishes their rum before the hour is up.)

Someone in your group says 'Called it' or 'Man, I totally called that' or any similar phrase as judged by the group at large. That person takes 3 drinks because nobody likes a wise-arse.

Bonus Games:

When the new World of Warcraft Expansion is mentioned, get out the 2 cups from earlier. When the details are out, everyone who guessed correctly gets to distribute 3 drinks. They may take them for themselves or they may give them to anyone who did not guess correctly. Caveat: No person who guesses incorrectly may take more than 8 drinks. Drinks may remain undistributed in the case that only one or two unlucky sods guessed wrong.

Anytime Blizzard says or prints 'SOON', the first person to yell 'TM' or 'TRADEMARK' gets to assign a shot to someone, themselves included.

Definitions:

Drink - when the game specifies a number of drinks, this is a number of swallows of your beverage of choice, whether it's beer, cocktails, or the hard stuff. You set your own pace, but typically a drink will be larger than a sip and smaller than a gulp. If you're unsure if your swallow is too large, I recommend a diet and exercise until it's flight speed is that of an average unladen European swallow of similar size and disposition.

Shot - This is 1 ounce of the hard stuff. Hard stuff is a relative term, but it's recommended that you go with something at least stronger than wine and weaker than a Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster.

Trigger - A trigger is a condition that is or is not met during your Blizzcon viewing. If a trigger is met - that is, the thing happens or is said - then you do the proscribed activity.


Addendum: While this game does encourage social drinking and entertainment value associated with such, alcohol poisoning is a very serious thing and it should not be taken lightly. If at any point you feel you've had enough, declare it thusly and take a break until you happen to feel you'd like to get back in the trenches. Should you think your friend(s) might be overserved, feel free to express concern and suggest they switch to water or coffee or tea for a while. Anyone who is currently sitting out from the drinking portion is still more than welcome to engage in the related shenanigans as this is - above all - a social game centered around the company and content that we all love (or love/hate. or wish we could break up with but picture in a cowboy hat while mouthing, 'I can't quit you!') and you don't need alcohol to express that mutual-love-hate-weirdcowboy thing.

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Blizzcon In A Bottle

Objective: Get drunk and have fun!
Rules:
-Take 1 shot when someone says "For The Horde/Alliance"
-Take 2 shots when someone says "Soon"
-Take 2 shots if during the voice contest someone says "Zug zug," "Loktar ogar," or "MRGRLRLLRLRLR"
-Finish your drink if someone dresses up as an elf during costume contest

Damnit, there goes my idea.

Okay, here's my second idea. Aptly titled "Where's Waldo Thrall?"

Here's how you play. With 2-∞ players, each player writes the name of ten characters on seperate slips of paper, and they are all put into a hat, and the hat is then shuffled. Each person then draws one slip of paper at the start of the festivities. Their role is to then watch and try to find their character (whether that character is a costume, on a poster, in a video, etc). Once they see their character, the player yells "Yahtzee Murky!" then puts their slip aside and draws another. This game continues until a specified time as decided by the players, or until the viewing is over. At the end, the player with the most slips wins. In the event of a tie, the remaining players play a game of Roshambo Hearthstone, and the winner of that game is declared the winner of "Where's Waldo Thrall?"

We do not have plans to implement an offline mode. While the always-online requirement made the auction house possible, the auction house was never the driving factor in our decision to make the PC version of Diablo III require an Internet connection. The game was built from the ground up to take full advantage of Battle.net, which provides a number of important benefits, including persistent server-side character saves, a seamless PC multiplayer experience, cheat prevention, and Real ID and BattleTag social features.

I usually try to stay away from using overly strong language when voicing my dislike of something, but this...I'm sorry...this is some of the biggest loads of bull**** I have heard from Blizzard, though sadly that seems to be par for the course. The AH WAS the driving factor because they HAD to keep people from finding ways to hack and abuse it with an offline mode that gave them access to so much more than what we have now. Even more so with the fact that there was a RMAH involved and you can bet that if someone had found a way to screw around with that through unscrupulous means and stole items/money that Blizzard would've really been up the ****creek without a paddle or life jacket when it came to people suing them for lost goods/money or credit card numbers or whatever. It just boggles my mind that they honestly believe that this statement will (and sadly it will) convince people that it's the other things they mention as the driving forces as to why they wanted the game to be online only and DRM put in...bull-*******-****.

Big deal on server-side character saves, and Battle Net 2.0 is a terrible abomination compared to the original Battle Net and that's saying nothing about the horrendous GUI for chat channels and communications in general. So bare bones minimum and it's going to get even worse with the removal of the AHs and trading needing other avenues, and that's saying nothing about just wanting to make games for public or for friends. So far the Real ID and 'social features' have been sorely lacking and the only real thing that has had any real use is the 'cheat prevention', and even then that seems sketchy now and then, which just makes me shake my head even further. Add to that you have the console versions which clearly have an offline mode and no AHs to be seen...so WHY can't the PC version get the same thing now that the AHs will be gone?

It just reeks of poorly thought out and pathetic PR spin that's rivaling some of the stupid stuff that Microsoft spouted out with their whole XBox One E3 conference and the whole "Buy an XBox 360 if you can't get stable/good Internet". I can't say I 'fail to understand' why Blizzard is keeping the game online only...I see why...I see it and it just makes me shake my head at how ******* stupid it is.

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Is there a chance to delete this thread?

There's a chance, but this isn't battle.net, so adult, well-reasoned posts without personal attacks that actually discuss the series usually stay up. Sorry.

Expansion Key Notes

These are the keynotes of Diablo 3’s future Expansion, and will contain:

Ø Battle.Net

Ø Items

Ø World

Ø Crafting

Ø Paragon

Ø PvP

* Keep in mind that the game changes are made keeping 1.0.7 in mind.



Battle.net 2.0+

• Game Menu = City Hub

Upon logging in and choosing a character, the player will now be placed into a Major City Hub. The City Hub is real-time place where players can meet each other. The City Hub will be introduced with Act VI and has a player cap of 100, after reaching 100 players; a new instance of the City Hub is made to ensure a playable environment.

The Medieval City Hub:

• Blacksmiths Guild Street

o Your Backsmith and 3 Highest Experience Blacksmiths of players.

• Jewelers Guild Street

o Your Blacksmith and 3 Highest Experience Blacksmiths of players.

• Mystics Guild Street

o Your Blacksmith and 3 Highest Experience Blacksmiths of players.

• Auctioneers Area

o Different Auctioneers for Gems, Crafting, Armor and Weapons.

• PvP Queue Area

o Defense of the City

o Endless Rush

o Gladiator

• Waypoints

o The City Hub Waypoints are connected to all acts.

o Upon entering a different act; no quests will be present. However, all bosses will be spawned.

o Selecting quests is available through the Gate System.

• Gates (Game Selection Area)

o Gate to quest area in ACT VI

o Gate to open game system

o Gate to quest selection

• Random Objectives at Random Times.

o Random Objectives, from defending Tristram from waves of random monsters to defeating a set amount of monsters/ elites/ goblins to completing randomly generated events throughout the game. Completing the objective is rewarded with a treasure chest. Higher monster power increases the quality of the treasure.

• Guilds

o Guild support has been added

• Half of Fame (Ladder)

Items

• Item stats are now allocated into 3 main categories and 1 bonus category.
• Rare Armor items dropped from monsters now roll 4 to 6 affixes and have a small chance to roll 1-2 sub-affixes.
• Legendary Armor items have had their sub-affixes removed, and now have an average chance to roll an extra 1-3 sub-affix. Legendary items also have small chance to roll legendary-specific sub-affixes that are not listed below.
• Items now roll at least one primary class attribute

• Primary (Affix)

o Strength (Class)

o Dexterity (Class)

o Intelligence (Class)

o Vitality

• Offensive (Affix)

o Critical Hit Chance

o Critical Hit Damage

o Attack Speed

o Defense Piercing % (New)

o Bonus Damage

o Bonus Elemental Damage

o Increases damage against Elites

o Mixed Stat, two of: (Crit / Crit Damage/ Increased Attack Speed/ Defense Piercing%), each 45% of max base value.

o Skill Bonus (New) (Specific skill bonus, all skills are available)

o Standard Socket (New).

o Specialized Socket (New). Increased effect if socket and gem match color.

• Defensive (Affix)

o Reduce Damage from Elites

o Reduce Control Impairing effects

o Reduce Slow effects (New)

o Health Regeneration

o Increased Healing by % (New)

o Increased Block

o Movement Speed

o All Resistance

o Elemental Resistance (Fire/Cold/Poison/Physical/Arcane) – Double Cap of All Resistance.

o Armor

o Life %

o Reduced Melee Damage

o Reduced Ranged Damage

• Bonus (Sub-Affix)

o Bonus %XP

o Magic Find

o Gold Find

o Gold and Item pickup radius increase (New)

o Resource Stat (Barbarian / Witch Doctor / Demon Hunter / Wizard / Monk)

o Chance to Blind/Freeze/Fear/Bleed/Knockback/Immobilize/Stun

o Level Reduced Requirements

o Treasure Hunter (New) Increases chance of finding Treasure Goblins and Resplendend chests and increases the quality of loot received through objectives and PvP.

• All items now roll equal primary attributes.
• All items now roll at least one primary (class) attribute.
• The affixes indestructible and thorns have been removed from the game.
• The magic and gold find cap has been removed.
• Players are considered Elites as of 1.0.7

• Diamond gem has been added.

o Weapon - Defensive Piercing %

o Armor - All Resistance

o Helm - Reduces Damage by %

• Wings can now be added to your inventory, and can now be toggled on or off that persist through game switching.

• Charm System introduced.

o A dedicated inventory will be introduced with a quest in Act IV.

o Charms spawn in sizes of 3x1, 2x1 and 1x1. Charms are rolled similar to items (affix / sub-affix).

o Each Charm Size has unique affix and sub-affix rolls.

World

• Acts

o Players can now switch between acts through the waypoint system.

o All zones should spawn equal mobs and elites packs based on their size. For a zone of 1000m2 meters spawns 100 mobs, and 4 champion packs, and a 2000m2 zone spawns 200 mobs and 8 champion packs. Some degree of randomness will be used to vary elite pack amounts.

• Bosses

o Sub-bosses have had their legendary drop chance increased by 300% when killed with 6 Nephalem Valor stacks or higher.

o End of Act bosses have had their legendary drop chance increased by 400% when killed with 10 Nephalem Valor stacks or higher.

• Unique Name Monsters

o Health increased by 400% and now have a 200% increased chance of dropping legendary items. Their loot table has also been changed to match the loot table of rare and champion monsters.

o Now roll (difficulty +1) random abilities.

o Upon killing a named monster, the player increases the Nephalem Valor cap by 1.

o Upon killing a named monster, the player gains a Nephalem Valor stack.

• Nephalem Valor

o Nephalem Valor stack size cap increased to 10.

o Nephalem Valor now increases your Magic and Gold find and Experience gained by 10% per stack.

• “Secret Level”

Treasure Goblins now have a very small chance of dropping a Gheeds’ Treasure Tome when killed. The Tome can be used on other Treasure Goblins, making their portal permanent and enterable by players.

Gheeds’ Exotic Treasure Island contains:

o Treasure Goblins

o Goblin Gladiators (GG’s)

o Goblin Mages (GM’s)

o Goblin Fanatic of Gheed (GFG’s)

o Uber Treasure Goblin King, comparable to an end of act boss.

o (Very small chance of spawning Gheed himself)

o Many treasures!

Crafting

• Mystic has been added as new crafter, unlockable in Act VI.

The Mystic specializes in altering armor and weapons.

o Alter item appearance

o Change to another random sub-affix

o Reroll amount of sub-affix

o Change to another random primary (class) attribute

o Reroll amount of affix

o Craft Rare Dyes

• Altering Affixes require very rare materials dropped from monsters.
• Altering Sub-Affixes require rare materials dropped from monsters.
• Altering Sub-Affixes quality require common salvage materials.
• Altering an items’ appearance requires one of an items with the desired appearance, and it will be destroyed in the process.

o Special items unlocked by achievements

• Crafters can now specialize in a certain tree.

o Reducing its craft cost

o Craft time

o Unlocking special recipes

o Gaining unique appearances

o Experience system after maximum level.

o Higher Quality Affix

o Higher chance of rolling a Sub-Affix

• Off-hands can now roll base damage ranges (Witch Doctor/ Wizard Source)
• Quivers can now roll base attack speed
• Shields can now roll base block chance
• Crafting uses the new Affix / Sub-Affix system.

Paragon Level Perks

• (Account Bound), I.E. All characters benefit from the bonuses.
• Upon reaching level 100 all your characters gain an additional 50% more experience after reaching level 60 and gain magic find equal to your highest paragon level character.
• Level 100+ is only available for expansion characters.

• Each level beyond 100 increases the experience gained by 3% for all characters on your account.
• Level 1-100: Magic and Gold find bonus as well as attributes.

• Perks:

Introduce perk system at Paragon 50

Level 50: Increases the starting amount of Nephalem Valor stacks by 1.
Level 55: Increases the chance of finding Legendary items by a small amount.
Level 60: Treasure Goblins and Resplendent chests are now marked on the minimap.
Level 65: You can now list 15 auctions, up from 10.
Level 70: Your experience gain is increased by 5%.
Level 75: Monsters explode more violently.
Level 80: Increases the chance of finding rare monsters by a small amount.
Level 85: Increases healing received by 10%
Level 90: The cooldown triggered by your health potions is reduced by 20%, and potions restore 10% of all your resources.
Level 95: You resurrect players 35% faster
Level 100: The size of your Charm Specific Inventory is increased by 2.
Level 105: Increases the pickup radius of gold and items pickup by 2 yard.
Level 110; Increases your movement speed by 5% in PvE areas
Level 115: Increases your stash by 1 half-tab.
Level 120: Reduces the crafting costs by 20%
Level 125: Increases the number of followers you can have in a solo game to 2.
Level 130: Increases item quality of random objectives
Level 135: Increases the chance of finding rare monsters by a small amount.
Level 140: Reduces the cast time of town portal to 2.5 seconds.
Level 145: Increases the size of your additional stash tab.
Level 150: Increases movement speed by 5% in PvE areas
Level 155: Increases the starting amount of Nephalem Valor stacks by 1.
Level 160: Increase item quality of PvP objectives
Level 165: The size of your Charm Specific Inventory is increased by 2.
Level 170: You can now list 20 auctions, up from 15.
Level 175: The cooldown triggered by your health potions is reduced by 20%, and potions restore 10% of all your resources.
Level 180: Increases the number of followers you can have in a solo game to 3
Level 185: Reduces the duration of control impairing effects by 15%
Level 190: Increases the duration of your control impairing effects by 15%
Level 195: The size of your Charm Specific Inventory is increased by 2.
Level 200: 1 Follower will now join you in a multiplayer game.
- FIERY WINGS ITEM
- All your characters gain an additional 25% more experience after reaching level 60.

Level 201-999: Increases XP by 3% per level after reaching level 60. Also Room for future perks.



PvP

• Defense of the City

Players can now queue up to compete against each other in “Defense of the City”. The goal of Defense of the City is to kill as many monsters as fast as possible while defending the different city gates.
Random monsters will spawn in waves that will even challenge the most experienced players.

o Instanced for each team, with the addition of a scoreboard (Monsters Killed)

o Everyone is rewarded with a Random Treasure Chest with its’ quality according to score.

o Average siege duration of 10 minutes.

o Game Modes

]- 1v1v1v1

]- 2v2v2

]- 4v4

o Queue system that will match players according to gear equipped. Cannot change gear while in Queue or during Defense of the City

• Endless Rush

Players can now queue up to compete against each other in “Endless Rush”. The goal of Endless Rush is for a team to venture as deep as possible into a randomly generated dungeon.

Random dungeon levels will spawn, with random monsters and elite packs.

o Instanced for each team, with the addition of a scoreboard (Level Reached)

o Everyone is rewarded with a Random Treasure Chest with its’ quality according to score.

o Average Rush duration of 15 minutes.

o Game Modes

]- 1v1v1v1

]- 2v2v2

]- 4v4

o Queue system that will match players according to gear. Cannot change gear while in Queue or during Endless Rush.

• Gladiator

Players can now queue up to compete against each other in “Gladiator”. The goal of Gladiator is for a team to kill as many other players of the opposing team(s) as possible while being sieged by heavy duty demons.

o Scoreboard of players killed by team

o Everyone is rewarded with a Random Treasure Chest with its’ quality according to score.

o Average Gladiator duration of 10-15 minutes.

o Game Modes

]- 1v1v1v1

]- 2v2v2

]- 3v3

o Queue system that will match players according to gear equipped. Cannot change gear while in Queue or during Gladiator.

o Players can queue for Gladiator against other players or teams of their choosing.

o Players can place wages on who will be victorious in “Gladiator”

* Notes are fan-created by Varox (Varox#2933), Astion @ Diablofans.com.

* Changes I would like to see to Diablo 3, simply because I love playing this game, and hopefully for long time to come!

* These changes are how I would like to see the game changed. Ofcourse personal opinions may vary, but I would greatly appreciate the feedback (both ways)!

-Varox

My favorite area is still the cathedral. Must. Smash. All. Barrels.