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You're gonna have to open a what drugs you're gonna smoke when d3 is out thread for that to be pertinent.

I'll put that on my To-do list.

*scribbles

Mike Morhaime: You tell them Diablo III is delayed again.
Jay Wilson: No! You do it!
Mike Morhaime: I did it the last time Jay...
Jay Wilson: Oh yeah...
Jay Wilson: Dammit.

I would have to say that the first time my eyes laid upon Diablo, was at my uncles apartment. I watched him as he crawled through the halls of the first layers of the labyrinth, and the atmosphere of the game was extremely enticing. Being a youngster, I had to ask what the game was. He responded with "Diablo" and it stuck in my head. I seemed to forget about it as time passed.

Diablo II hit shelves at the end of June 2000, and I happened to walk by it in Target one day while I was shopping. I immediately recognized the dark, evil box art and grabbed it. I opened the front tab to see all the badass characters. I was getting this game, and I was making a Paladin, god dammit! I raced home, installed it, and made my Paladin, adequately named Alex (my own name).

The first guitar strums in the Rogue Encampment immediately set the mood. I browsed around town and found my way into the Blood Moor. It lived up to it's name as I spilled zombie and quill rat blood everywhere. Sweet! As I progressed through the game, I was becoming addicted. Constantly updating my gear. But something was missing. Why didn't I have any sweet spells yet?

Until I searched around and found the skill tree. 12 skill and 55 stat points left to distribute. I guess I WAS missing something! I felt incredibly dumb, but I got the skills I wanted (HORRIBLE build compared to whats acceptable today). But now knowing what was to be done, I felt ten times stronger, and anxious to see what else the game had to offer! I got to Act 2 after a crazy battle with Andariel.

Time progressed, and so did my character. Until I hit a brick wall known as Duriel. The first time I was dropped into that pit I was mortified. I was slain countless times, and often spent all my gold on Town Portal scrolls. Defeat after defeat, I decided I needed to really gear up for this guy. Unbelievably, I leveled to 30 in Act 2. Each time I ran through the tombs, I'd stop at the pit entrance and tease myself by sitting by it and telling myself I couldn't do it. One day, I got the courage and I went it. Down Duriel went, without a challenge. It was surprising to me, and I was greatly relieved. Act 3 was a cakewalk, and Act 4 the same. Diablo was a strong opponent, but due to my overleveling in Act 2, I was able to take him down without a problem.

After that, it's just a blur of all the good times I had with my friends. MF runs, getting scammed on trades, dueling, leaching on "bloody runs", rushing, crafting powerful runewords, trading, the whole nine yards. All my memories of D2 are great, and I hope D3 can match it.

I will eat tons of snacks during D3's lifespan. However, the most memorable and largest binge will be on the first night of the release of the game. Allow me to elucidate.

First off, let me remind you that planning for this binge will come closer to release, so my answer is subject to change. My grocery list will go through a long polishing phase, one that I am confident will optimize my feasting euphoria. Here is the basic list:

Fluids:
- Coca Cola classic
- Arizona Raspberry Tea
- Gatorade: Fierce Grape
- Full Throttle: Citrus
- Water (for when I really need it)

Accessible Snacks:
- Chips (Jalapeno cheddar, Spicy Nacho Doritos, Ruffles Cheddar Sour Cream, Fritos Scoops with salsa)
- Sunflower seeds: Giants brand, Dill Pickle and BBQ (eat them together, and you got a McRib)
- Cheezits/Cheese Nips
- Handi-Snax
- Fruit snacks (gotta get your daily serving of fruit, amirite?)
- Popcorn, buttery as hell
- Beef jerky - for when I'm playing my Barb

Snacks that will have to be made by my slave/girlfriend:
- Kraft Mac&Cheese
- Rice-a-Roni
- Chicken nuggets
- Cardboard pizzas
- Sandwiches - turkey, ham, Miracle Whip, onion, tomato, lettuce, and dijon. Oh and I forgot, Bacon.

Realistically, I'd probably have a hard time downing what I have listed, but nevertheless, I will try with a little help from my green.

Oh my god... This is going to be SO good!

You make me sick with your amount of skill. Great job! Seriously.

Maybe they will put in level 1 skill runes temporarily. Maybe skill runes will drop from Act 1. Perhaps that is a change that the development team has made.

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It would be great if a wave of invites went out soon after the patch.

Didn't they say something about this already?

I remember reading something about "many" invites that has yet to be sent.

They certainly did! I would think this patch will be fairly significant and they want to test it with more people. I'll keep my fingers crossed that this is the case. It would be another step towards release.

But the question is, how many more steps are left?

We may never know.

It would be great if a wave of invites went out soon after the patch.

I suppose that would mean something to me

IF I WERE IN THE BETA.

I think they have plans about the dead zone (level 30-60).

I would like to see what they come up with to fill the void. Something tells me it's got to be about the items or character stats. Maybe stat points are coming back and they are trying to figure out how to balance them so you don't break your character.

I've been playing Black Ops with my girlfriend at night. She deserves my last remaining monthes before I'm sucked into D3. Poor thing.

When she's tired, sleeping, or "not in the mood", I bounce around from Skyrim to Torchlight.

But I'm ready to drop both of them when I get my hands on the beta (which I hope I can get ahold of soon) or when the game is released.

The answers aren't very "Blizzard-like". They are always excited about their games, and they never say that it isn't fun to them, but probably is to the outsiders.

Plus I doubt the art team would know anymore about the release date and share it than the CM's.

Why haven't I got the Book of Cain yet?

Am I daft?

Years of devotion... Still nothing.

I broke down and decided to enter contest #2. Only because it's my favorite character class, the Dubya-Dee!