Sunday Diablo 2

Um... Where are you guys?

I had to go shopping the whole afternoon and I need a bit of rest ;). I''ll see if I can catch up later.

>snick< Hurgh... to many hours of Diablo2... I''ve been playing nine straight hours... I need food, sleep... and not craziness.

Hey fang, sorry man! Battle.net was f*cked for a while and it wasn''t taking the gwj_ name for anything. I think we ran with gwjd2 but I really can''t remember.

I hit clvl37 with my barb today and we killed Baal. I''m kind of nutso now so I''m going somewhere else.

My brain is fried!

hehe that was intense!

I''m very worried about all of you.

Its almost 4pm PST

My sorceress is making her way thru act V.

Could use some help =) and the xp boost.

37? You bastards!

Three Prime Evils and only one unique weapon? Bleh! It was a damn brandistock to boot. Ah, well. Level Forty is nice! Only a few more to go and I have maxed Sword mastery!

www.battle.net/diablo2exp is the uber site I visit for all you guys with questions.

Yup! That site has everything you''ve probably ever wanted to know about Diablo 2 LOD.

BTW, if tonight has made any Sorceress converts, I will be happy to assist anyone in getting to 30 should they want to build one to test her out.

All I can say is, ""Wow!"". I haven''t participated in such gaming debauchery like that in a looong time. I don''t know if it made me feel young again or old because I had to fight my way through sleepiness at 10pm. Of course, once I overcame that wall, I was good for the 4 and a half more hours we played. I knew that no matter when I jumped in channel GWJ or checked my friends list, one of you would be battling evil. Not once did you disappoint.

Kegboy gets the vampire award for only going to bed once the sun had come up in Ireland. Reaper wins some sort of award for knowing waaaay too much about Diablo. Whether he had the runewords and their effects memorized or had a big chart in front of him is immaterial. Fang Blackbone showed up with a new character every time and still managed to outpace us all. Elysium played with the smug confidence one only gets from knowing he has caused a friend to become addicted to a favorite game. Certis played with the waning confidence that he could quit at any time. Gaald''s unrelenting stream of profanity on GameVoice was truly inspiring. He made dying fun! Chrisg and Nei showed up and both were very calm and accepting of our rushing through Act 1. Thanks for your patience, guys. We promise that if you are around on Tuesday night, we''ll be moving at a slightly more leisurely pace. Have I forgotten anyone? If I have, it''s only because part of me feels I should either be sleeping or playing Diablo right now. Oh, and special thanks need to be given to wives, girlfriends, roommates, etc...for putting up with that.

So has anyone else been dealing with some of the issues that arise from playing a single game too much? I know I have. This morning, as I opened a fresh set of contact lenses, I thought I saw the word ""Diablo"" on the lid. It turns out the serial number or code on them started with ""DABI10"". Then while driving to work my car made a noise that I swear sounded like a chipped skull dropping...""KLOP"". I can''t wait to explain that noise to the mechanics. And I''m sure I''ll be running through skill trees in my head during lunch.

So thanks for some awesome gametime, all. I look forward to Tuesday night. I still think we should resist the temptation to pass along any of the high level loot to the Tuesday characters, but there''s no reason we shouldn''t give it to one of the dozens of other characters we''ve seen people playing. Besides, we all earned ourselves a Crown of +10 Geekery this weekend.

"Sway" wrote:

Chrisg and Nei showed up and both were very calm and accepting of our rushing through Act 1. Thanks for your patience, guys. We promise that if you are around on Tuesday night, we''ll be moving at a slightly more leisurely pace.

Well I don''t know about Chrisg, but I was calm because....
1. I was tired; I haven''t slept or had a decent mean for a week.
2. Besides trying to keep up with everyone, I had to locate a plug for my Laptop in a dismal place I call my room... not that I need it, I was playing on my desktop... but on top of that I was trying to learn a little of Chinese, so that I can talk Chinese Restaurant into giving me a lunch special at 2am!
3. It was also the first time I loaded the expansion pack... and I was trying to figure out what exactly my character can do... besides looking like a sheep with that helm...
4. ...and on top of that my stats were flying, I was looking at the stats and skill screen most of the time.

...but in the end it was a lot of fun, thanks everyone and I'm more than ready for this Tuesday! he-he-he...

The particular award Sway refers to is the DSM-IV-TR diagnosis 300.3 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

I don''t know about you but I am obsessed with getting or making a kick ass pair of swords for my Barbarian I was playing this weekend! I checked out that website and learned a few things thanks reaper!

Well I was quiet because I played through D2 SP once and fired up MP once plus I had just bought the expansion. So I thought I try not to look too newbie and see what you guys are doing ;). I must say I never thought it would be possible to finish act one in under 2 hours like we did. Next time I''ll try to look more into what skills to develop and whatnot. Since my headset is broke I cannot use gamevoice for now and since you guys are always running over the map its hard to keep up and type at the same time :D.

So then I am off to the pub now, cu all tomorrow.

*sigh* No Sorceress converts?

They cant hold up to much punishment and not much can withstand the punishment they give out. So things get naturally wreckless. IMHO that is the key to the Sorceress.

Embrace the wreckless gameplay and you will have a lot of fun. Dying can be almost comical. While shattering into ice chips everything in sight, you turn a corner and are ambushed by 10 Abominables. You die in less time then it takes you to clear a room of lesser fodder (about 1 second). Body count: them 100, you 1.

You cant also be a great set up man. Your cold spells have a tendancy to freeze large clumps of enemies, nicely packed. It is something to behold watching a whirlwind Barbarian blendering his way into a close nit pack of chilled beasts.

Just two examples of why people still play this game after 3 years.

Actually I''d like to play through as a sorceress, but was deterred by their initial weediness but I have to admit that last night watching your sorceress freeze everything in sight was a sight to behold!

Roll on tomorrow night!

Hey Fang, I''m starting a Nova Sorc and I''d love some help.

gwj_d2 stan

I''ll be on for a little while tonight. Hope to see you there!

I''ll be on for a little while tonight. Hope to see you there!

Dman you all! I''m stuck behind this firewall until about 10.00PM EST after which I may well be on!

Stupid office firewall!