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I think the fact that this only surfaced after blizzcon had started and we knew the stuff this guy had supposedly "leaked" is all the proof we need that it is fake. Also, they didn't announce the release date at Blizzcon.

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Haha lol at the heading!! So cheesy, but funny!! Sorry if that sounds rude...I also do think this is fake. I haven't read the other threads about this, so I might mention the same stuff.

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One can argue that this might be legit:
1 - This email was supposedly sent on Aug 17.
2 - Blizz announced that the game will be pushed back till Q1 2012 on Sep 23.
3 - The email contains: "Release date will be announced. Dates are tentative: Nov 24 2011, backup 17 Jan 2012"
4 - The slide still have point 3, since at that time (Aug 17) they didn't know D3 would be pushed back.

If fake: Why not take out Nov 24 or something? To make it look authentic? Perhaps and prolly true.

Man, it's like 5h in the morning here and I'm not thinking clear, confusing myself...might be a bunch of BS I wrote. I'm sure you meant all this indirectly, hoping we're smart enough to read between the lines...unlike me.

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Besides wondering at why someone would go through the trouble of directly posting images of slideshow slides in an email and not simply typing the information out.

There's some crazy lazy people out there!

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The email is simple enough. Sending two empty slide images to himself, the supposed email recipient could then snap a picture, upload it to imgur.com, and wait a couple months. With the information revealed at BlizzCon, the uploaded image could then be edited directly with the website's software--without changing the upload date.

If he planned this so long in advance and had nothing better to do = Forever Alone.

TL;DR: The guy who wrote the email:

Now this is just not fair. Talk about contradicting your own rules. When other people posted this "speculation" of a release date on the forums all those topics were blocked. Why do you have the rite to post this and we do not?

This doesn't say that is they want to release on thanksgiving. This says when they will announce the release date. If, and this is a HUGE if, it is true in any way.

Well... I guess we will know the release date for sure when they announce one ;_;

For now I plan on keeping myself distracted with some upcoming releases like Skyrim and MW3.

If it's true I will once again trust Blizzard. My optimistic hopes have been dashed again and again, so when I heard Q1 2012, I decided to go with the worst case scenario..April 2012. The sooner the better Blizzard! Tomorrow would be great!

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Now this is just not fair. Talk about contradicting your own rules. When other people posted this "speculation" of a release date on the forums all those topics were blocked. Why do you have the rite to post this and we do not?

I disagree with what you are saying. I think it's a good thing they posted this - on the main page where a lot of people where see it - because too many people are seeing fake release dates and getting super excited and spreading it around thinking it's a real release date. This post is bringing to attention that a lot of these dates are indeed fake, and people need to watch out for them. Basically telling all those gullible people out there to smarten up and stop being silly.

I guess there is a difference when someone posts a thread saying OMG THIS IS THE RELEASE DATE! vs when someone posts a thread saying it's speculation. Either way, I think the comments in those threads always end up going in the same direction anyway.

As for me, I'm not believing any release date until I hear it from Blizzard. I didn't know when to expect the game originally, and when the beta started in Sept, I had a guess in my head that it would come out in March 2012, based on something that Jay Wilson had said (that the Beta will start 6 months before release). I was actually surprised when they said originally they wanted it out this year and they had to push it back. I had no idea they wanted it to come out so soon. So really, I think it'll come out sooner than I expected, which is nice for me.

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Now this is just not fair. Talk about contradicting your own rules. When other people posted this "speculation" of a release date on the forums all those topics were blocked. Why do you have the rite to post this and we do not?

I disagree with what you are saying. I think it's a good thing they posted this - on the main page where a lot of people where see it - because too many people are seeing fake release dates and getting super excited and spreading it around thinking it's a real release date. This post is bringing to attention that a lot of these dates are indeed fake, and people need to watch out for them. Basically telling all those gullible people out there to smarten up and stop being silly.

I guess there is a difference when someone posts a thread saying OMG THIS IS THE RELEASE DATE! vs when someone posts a thread saying it's speculation. Either way, I think the comments in those threads always end up going in the same direction anyway.

As for me, I'm not believing any release date until I hear it from Blizzard. I didn't know when to expect the game originally, and when the beta started in Sept, I had a guess in my head that it would come out in March 2012, based on something that Jay Wilson had said (that the Beta will start 6 months before release). I was actually surprised when they said originally they wanted it out this year and they had to push it back. I had no idea they wanted it to come out so soon. So really, I think it'll come out sooner than I expected, which is nice for me.

Yes, but the thing is I did post a thread called exactly: "Speculation: Potential Diablo 3 Release Date".

http://www.diablofans.com/topic/31092-speculation-potential-diablo-3-release-date/page__p__695023#entry695023

But that got blocked, it had the exact same intention as this thread does and did not for one minute say that the release date was true. So as you can see, I do feel kind of betrayed by the fact that this thread was created stating that the release date was merely "speculation" and that the moderator who blocked my thread said that the rules do not permit "speculation" threads. So, I stick with my case. =)

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Yes, but the thing is I did post a thread called exactly: "Speculation: Potential Diablo 3 Release Date".

http://www.diablofans.com/topic/31092-speculation-potential-diablo-3-release-date/page__p__695023#entry695023

But that got blocked, it had the exact same intention as this thread does and did not for one minute say that the release date was true. So as you can see, I do feel kind of betrayed by the fact that this thread was created stating that the release date was merely "speculation" and that the moderator who blocked my thread said that the rules do not permit "speculation" threads. So, I stick with my case. =)

Send a mod a pm, as this isn't the place to discuss their actions.

Back on topic....I don't know. It's a tough call either way. As Magistrate aptly said, one could very easily make an argument for and against it's validity. I rather like the very early 2012 release date, but won't take it as truth until something official pops up.

The fact that this surfaced after Blizzcon is enough proof for me that its fake.

fake, its TO obvious.
why would blizz include an idea of "how" to leak it? using imgur?

"pokemon approach?"

FAKE all the way

Lol. "Why didn't we hear about that image 2 months ago?".

Because 2 months ago, you had never visited his site? And if you had, you would have dismissed it as speculation (and this site and most others would have just deleted it without any further thought)?

I have been a follower of DC for the best part of a year. The post was in August, although originally the link was guarded by a few clues. Not that I expect many of you to be convinced.

Ask yourselves - "prior to blizzcon, what could have been posted to a non-blizzard website by a non-blizzard employee that would have convinced me this was legit?". For most of you the true answer will be "nothing would have convinced me. i will always call fake and not take it seriously". If that's the case, don't be surprised that you don't hear about leaks until after the official confirmation. There is literally no other way for you to have the information sink in.

THAT BEING SAID; Even legitimate leaks aren't always correct - I think mid Jan was very likely a target date, but it hasn't been met. The Blizzcon leak specified (and plenty of other watchers also expected) that the date would be announced. It wasn't. If it was going to be Jan 17th, we really should have seen an announcement made - there aren't a whole lot of working days left between then and now. The fact they weren't ready to announce a date makes it extremely likely that it's slipped IMO, most likely to Feb.

Definitely a fake. Whoever put this together tried to hard to make it look legit and it feels very suspicious. Even it were a real slide, the date was not actually announced at Blizzcon. Changing their minds about announcing it would probably mean they decided releasing by that date was unlikely or completely impossible.

And then the Thanksgiving thing. Yeh right. LOL!