- If you are wondering, I contacted my XFire liaison around noon. No response as of 3pm.
- Also one of my Blizzard liaisons. Blizzard has not made any press releases concerning a Game Announcement.
Original Story
XFire either accidentally posted there would be a Game Announcement based on the rumors sprung from DiabloFans.com and Blizzplanet, or they know something and oops ... slipped it. Did XFire confirm there will be a game announcement?
As usual, I will communicate with my XFire and Blizzard contacts for a comment to clarify this new rumor. Stay tuned for updates.
At this point, this is still considered a rumor -- keep that in mind. Blizzard has not made any official announcements concerning a a game announcement at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals.
This is what appears at the XFire website:
Thanks, IG_The Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, to be held in Paris on June 28th & 29th is sold out! If you can't attend, Xfire will be on the showfloor, bringing the event straight to your computer!
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- Learn what the pros think of the latest Starcraft 2 developments, including the Zerg race
- Discover the latest version of the 2nd WoW Expansion, Wrath of the Lich King
- Meet the Blizzard devs and ask them your questions
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- Follow the invitational WoW Arena, Warcraft 3 and Starcraft tournaments
Come back here starting June 27th for our first news udpates about the event. In the meantime, you can register for the chat rooms by entering your email address on the right hand side of this page.
I think a patch will provide more evidence that D3 is on its way soon. And no patch would state the contrary.
The clickable gem placed in the middle of the screen in the D2 Lobby.
Ya i am lost to don't know anything about a gem activate button
its blue. right above where all the little character avatars are in the lobby, right in the middle above them is a blue gem and when you click it it turns purple. if you click it like 200 times it might say something, it has like 3 phrases it says i think and they are random. and it does absolutely nothing.
Or does it?? Really idk :D. What u mean by phrases anyways? YOUTUBE Awaaaaaaay.
like, if you click it a bunch, eventually it will say "mooo" instead of say gem activated or whatever and i think it says two other things too.
Chat Gem
There is a purple chat gem that is only visible when inside a chat channel. There are many theories about the purpose of this gem. There is, however, no verified purpose for this gem aside from a meaningless message. The gem toggles between an active and inactive state. When activated, a chat message appears stating, "Gem Activated" and likewise, a message "Gem Deactivated" is shown when it becomes inactive. It is also known to say "Mooooooo!" and "Perfect Gem Activated" on random, rare occasions. The official Multiplayer FAQ noted that "[the gem] is working correctly and has more than exceeded our expectations".[4] It wasn't until much later in a fan-chat where Bill Roper revealed that the secret about the gem is that it has no secret, "Sometimes a Gem is just a Gem!"
Oh hai I also found this interesting tidbit of info.
It was awarded a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records "2000 edition" for being the fastest selling computer game ever sold, with more than 1 million units sold in the first two weeks of availability;[11] by January 2001, it had sold 2.80 million copies worldwide.[citation needed] According to the 2008 Guinness Gamer's Edition, the title still holds the record[
Hmm. If Diablo would be an MMO and these current trends continue, Just the box price (Note: Estimated 50$ box price.) 50 million in the FIRST TWO WEEKS. And for our purposes lets just say an average player would play the game for about 6 months then quit. Also for our purposes we'll say maybe half the regualr subscribers than WoW, equaling out to approximately 5 million subscribers.(Note: I really dont know if that number is true but lets roll with it:)) So the equation would look something like this:
(P=Profit)
P=15(5,000,000)+50,000,000
Equaling out to 125,000,000
GTA 4 (The most costliest game ever.) cost 100,000,000 to make.
This is an extremely rough estimate and just about everying is subject to changes.:cute:
So all you fools saying that Diablo 3 MMO cant ever ever ever happen...It can.
I can quote all my sources if you guys all want.
Lol im not rooting for either.
Its an estimate nothing else. Im trying to get everyone to see that absolutley anything can happen and that Blizzard is NOT restricted to do one certain thing or another.
6 1/2 Hours? I logged in when it was scheduled to be reset and it displayed "Server Down" about 8 mins afterwards.
A patch that takes 6 hours? Seems fishy to me o.O
I got an idea.....DIablo1 LEGIT FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And i didn't even know what the gem activation thing did until today lol, i clicked it and was like ZOMG WTF?! Cuz some1 was talking about it in chat, and now i wonder if it does anything or if it ever did :O.