DiabloFans

Think about it, when did you play with 7 other people in D2? Most likely it was when you were doing either Tristram runs, Tomb runs, Chaos runs, Baal runs, etc. And most of these games you never had to swing a weapon. You either had to follow a high level character or bot or sit in town and wait for a portal.

YaY! Not.

4 players is the perfect number. It won't be over cluttered and you'll have to be much more strategic and tactical with the party members you have. In Diablo III, it is the development team's goal to make cooperation vital. If you stray too far from your party, watch out. Gameplay will be much more enthralling, and that's what matters most.

Best (and worst) way to waste your summer vacation: Get a girlfriend.

But what if you put something up for trade, go to bed, and in the middle of the night, someone wants to bargain with you. Makes you a GREAT deal. But you're not there, so then you wake up and the other guy logged off. Instead, someone bought it out with gold. Missed opportunity - and unfair for the guy with less gold, but better items.

We should all rally up and get into the DiabloFans IRC on Monday. Whaddyasay?

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I'm not even sure if I'd want to participate in a beta. I want to experience Diablo 3 in it's final, complete, awe-inspiring form.

You're the kind of person we need in the beta, though! Otherwise all the WoW fans will get in instead and give their opinions <_< The Diablo fans need to make sure the game is a true heir to the franchise. That Diablo III lasts just as long as its predecessor!

Trust me, I feel the same way you do, but I need to get my hands on this game as if I'm going to die before the release. Which is entirely possible. As with you. And everyone else. But if you live to release without spoiling it, and playing the complete final version; then you my friend, are my idol. You are someone I cannot become because of this sick addiction that has corrupted me. Damn you Diablo... I love you!

My meat cannot be tenderized.

Gameplay first.

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Are you a... WIZARD?! :sorcerer:

A Wizard somedays. A Jedi the rest.

I would prefer the theme of Diablo III to be similar to D1

Alright.

I got the Collectors Edition of Diablo III pre-ordered - and it's a must to get it at midnight. Gamestop in the local mall sounds fair enough. Price doesn't matter. I've only been waiting FOREVER. I'll stop in about an hour early - should give me time to chat with the local nerds. Maybe get some numbers (Battle.net ID's).

Then, I'll make my significant other drive back home - so I can undo the glory of the Collectors Edition in the car. Once I get home, I will sit down in my leather computer chair, but not after I change into some pajama pants and a t-shirt. The shades will be set to block all forms of light. My chips, soda, and urine jar will be place atop my fresh week-old computer desk - meant for the christening of Diablo III. All doors will be closed and locked. The temperature will be a comfortable 74 degrees. The only light in my room will be coming from my computer monitor, which will be showing the install screen, and should give perfect lighting so I can geek all over the Collectors Edition goodies.

Alright, install is over. Time to throw the goodies onto the floor. Enter Battle.net. Choose character. Hmmm. OMG I haven't thought of I character I wanted. Pffft - of course I have, Witch Doctor it is. Name? Lazcerayt. Sounds good.

Alright... Choose game... Set password. Yeah that's right. NO ONE is getting into my game. It's time to have my way with you, you little Devil...

- 24 hours later -

Wow. My build is terrible. Maybe I should sleep and get over it. I'll play more in a few hours. No. Time to start my Demon Hunter. Nokzen. Got it. Lets go.

- 12 hours later -

Alright, pretty fucking awesome. But I need some sleep.

- 3 hours later -

Alright, restocked on chips and soda. Lets go.

- 48 hours later -

Time for work. UGH. Now my thoughts of Diablo III will fill my head, much like Diablo II filled my head in high school.

- 12 years later -

WHERE IS THE DIABLO IV BETA?!?!?!

So my 9 year old is starting 4th grade this year. He is also going to start managing his own blog. I watch him play like Quake Live and he beats a good portion of the people he plays. Maybe he'll be the next Fatality and make daddy some dollas.

Anyway this is what he wrote - http://ericlovin.com/i-am-excited-about-diablo-3/

Here is the copy/paste if you don't wanna go to the site

I cant wait for the classes to come out and the beta test its going to be off the hook Im going to play a demon hunter me and my dad are going to to beat that game so quick If you blink you will miss It. my dad is going to play witch docter and hes going to probly be pretty good but not as good as me not even close. he,ll probly will die really quick I wont because Im really good so good you might want me to tooter you just kidding. but Im stil way better than alot of peoplle If Im in a group or have the good stuff .i am unstopabl and i was just kidding about all those things i said its just Im not that good at sword games ahhh gotya.


Notice how he says 'tooter' and not 'tutor' lol .. so funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcc0ThGLijs&feature=channel_video_title

Listen to this. You will probably hate it, but just know it was made in about an hour and not taken seriously in hopes that the fine folks at Blizzard will take notice and send me a beta key.


EDIT:

https://rapidshare.com/files/2305997085/All_I_Need_is_a_Beta_Key.mp3

there's a download link for whoever would like it.

As a side note, any rumors you may have heard about a gate to Diablo’s Burning Hells opening in Cologne are completely unfounded. Seriously, nothing is happening at Rudolfplatz from the evening of August 16 — especially nothing to do with demonic invasions.

super RANT lol....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDYjljdje-g

They aiming for 2 mouths of beta. If beta starts at late september, we still have november and december for the release.


I still believe in 2011 release.

4 Witch Doctors, 16 Mongrols, 4 Corpse Spiders, and 4x the plague of toads all on one screen. Still want 5?

I found this interview by looking at the source code of the page for the beta announcement of D3. It's a short interview but it has some pretty cool stuff, I'm not sure if it was part of the press kit or not. I'm also not sure why it's not available from the side menu on the page, maybe it was meant to be released later?

Interesting tidbit about D3's difficulty modes. Kevin mentions "hell and inferno" as being the games harder difficulty modes, I'm curious if it goes Normal, Nightmare, Hell, Inferno?

This picture shows that Nightmare difficulty is indeed in the game. Four difficulty modes!?!

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http://www.blizzplanet.com/

It's a countdown on the side on the front page

Ok then lets decode that information. Lucky charms--> magically delicious-->Witches perform magic-->strippers perform naked-->Physical's are done naked-->Doctors do physicals-->Doctors are rich-->rich people burn money-->Donald trump is mean to everyone.

What does all this mean?

Witch Doctors burn everyone! Thanks for the update guys!