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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:33 am
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Hey There
Well I'm back to D2/LoD again after a foray into, gasp, other games.
Played Travian for a while. A very fun game. But it's quite insidious. It
starts off as simple and quite slow, but it grows and takes up more and more
of your time. Till it pushes out all your other gaming time and starts
taking time away from real world activities. I was running an alliance with
almost 200 members. We were late starters to the world so we were far out
classed by the major powers of the world. But the world was so evenly
divided that we were in a power position. I ended up spending the vast
majority of my time running the alliance and playing world politics, and
didn't have time to actually play my cities and properly manage my armies.
And RL was being neglected. So I transferred my account to someone else in
the alliance and walked away clod turkey. Overall it was a VERY good time,
but just too much of a time commitment to continue.
I then moved to Civilization III. An old game, but I had never tried the Civ
series. It is another good game. A turn based simulation rather than a Real
Time Simulation like Starcraft/Warcraft. But it's more diplomacy and
culturally driven than a pure wargame, so it's not exactly my cup of tea. I
like a more hardcore wargame. But I still enjoy it. I just play a Communist
government and wage constant war.
So I came back to a comfortable old friend. And I was quite happily amazed
to see that I could recover all my expired characters. Something new? It's
wonderful because I had just re-established the basics in the new ladder
before I wandered off. I have a MF Sorc to run Hell Mephy for items, a
Trapper to run Keys, a Skellimancer to turn Keys into Organs, a Smiter to
hunt Clones and run UT, and the usual slaves; Chanter and BO Barb. So with
all the basics I get to come back and play fun toons. So I started a Bowler.
I played one with Spook and Cinna last ladder, and he was a blast, so I want
to try to Guardian one now. I blasted him through Normal and started to
actually play him in NM. A1 went well, no real problems. The little monsters
take multiple hits from my Boulders and generally die with 1 or 2. Bigger
monsters take more, but with a merc and Grizzly to keep them busy it's no
problem. I'm sure by late NM early Hell it's going to get tough, but that's
what I'm looking for.
So it's good to be back to D2/LoD, and it's good to see most of the usual
suspects still posting here. If anyone is playing EHCL, give me a yell and
I'll keep an eye out for you. I've run into Art a few times already.
Regards-
Mark
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:04 pm
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"Mark" <bongofury DeleteThis @verizon.net> wrote in
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> So it's good to be back to D2/LoD, and it's good to see most of the
> usual suspects still posting here. If anyone is playing EHCL, give me
> a yell and I'll keep an eye out for you. I've run into Art a few times
> already.
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> Regards-
> Mark
> Bongo Fury
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Hi Mark! Glad to hear from you again. There's still life here in the West
too!
Best,
Mark.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:20 pm
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Somewhere on teh intarweb "Mark" typed:
> Hey There
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> Well I'm back to D2/LoD again after a foray into, gasp, other games.
[snip]
Mark, great to see you back. 
Yeah, the BCMs changed it so that expired characters are still accessable
unless someone else uses the name, in which case they're unrecoverable.
Being the BCMs I wouldn't want to rely on it too much though. You're one of
the lucky ones, more than one person has returned to the fold and deleted
their 'expired' chars, only to hear the news...
Welcome back.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:12 am
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"~misfit~" <misfit61nz.RemoveThis@hooya.com.au> wrote in message
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> Mark, great to see you back.
Give it some time, I'm sure I'll piss someone off soon enough, and you'll
regret that this SoB came back.
LOL
> Yeah, the BCMs changed it so that expired characters are still accessable
> unless someone else uses the name, in which case they're unrecoverable.
> Being the BCMs I wouldn't want to rely on it too much though. You're one
> of the lucky ones, more than one person has returned to the fold and
> deleted their 'expired' chars, only to hear the news...
Oh, I know the BCM's. I've been able to recover the occasional 'expired'
character in the past. So it's de rigueur to at least attempt to activate
them before deleting. So that's why I was so delighted to get all of my
toons back. Even the ones from last ladder on West (so if anyone wants
non-Ladder HC stuff, speak up. Bueller?).
Regards-
Mark
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:18 am
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"Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson.RemoveThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Mark! Glad to hear from you again. There's still life here in the West
> too!
At least at the beginning of this ladder season, East was much more
populated that what I saw on West in the previous ladder. And I have played
in the odd Basin game since coming back, there's still at least one HC game
going there every time I have looked.
Now if I hadn't been able to recover all my 'wealth' (LOL) from the early
part of the season I'd certainly have considered moving back West. But I
have just enough stuff on East that I can now play fun characters, instead
of just the cookie cutter power builds.
Regards-
Mark
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:31 am
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"Mark" <bongofury.RemoveThis@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Well I'm back to D2/LoD again after a foray into, gasp, other games.
Speaking of other games, did anyone try Hellgate: London, by the ex-Blizzard
folks? Any reports on that game?
Regards-
Mark
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:56 am
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"Mark" <bongofury.RemoveThis@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Speaking of other games, did anyone try Hellgate: London, by the
> ex-Blizzard folks? Any reports on that game?
A lot of my GW and D2 mates tried it, reported it buggy as hell, and came
back to D2 and/or GW shortly thereafter. Never tried it myself, as my comp
can't handle it.
> Regards-
> Mark
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> Bongo Fury
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:48 am
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In article <t%WGj.4560$N_5.3418@trnddc05>, Mark <bongofury RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote:
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>"Mark" <bongofury RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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>> Well I'm back to D2/LoD again after a foray into, gasp, other games.
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>Speaking of other games, did anyone try Hellgate: London, by the ex-Blizzard
>folks? Any reports on that game?
Much more interesting is perhaps Mythos, by the same guys:
www.mythos.com
They recently released Zone 3 (similar to an Act in Diablo II), with an
ice/snow theme. They also released the whole Crafting part of it, which is
_very_ complex, involving three trees of skills (separate from your main
skills), lots of ingredients, and the possibilities to make many many
things.
It's all still a bit buggy, but the biggest problems have been ironed out
with an even more recent patch.
It's currently in Closed Beta, with no more invites available, but it will
go to Open Beta soon. So they say.
Google this group on 'Mythos' to find some reports by myself, and others,
about this game, which will incidentally be free to play. See the forums
about Mythos for how they think to make money off it.
Regards,
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:28 pm
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In alt.games.diablo Mark <bongofury.TakeThisOut@verizon.net> wrote:
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: "~misfit~" <misfit61nz.TakeThisOut@hooya.com.au> wrote in message
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:> Mark, great to see you back.
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: Give it some time, I'm sure I'll piss someone off soon enough, and you'll
: regret that this SoB came back.
: LOL
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:> Yeah, the BCMs changed it so that expired characters are still accessable
:> unless someone else uses the name, in which case they're unrecoverable.
:> Being the BCMs I wouldn't want to rely on it too much though. You're one
:> of the lucky ones, more than one person has returned to the fold and
:> deleted their 'expired' chars, only to hear the news...
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: Oh, I know the BCM's. I've been able to recover the occasional 'expired'
: character in the past. So it's de rigueur to at least attempt to activate
: them before deleting. So that's why I was so delighted to get all of my
: toons back. Even the ones from last ladder on West (so if anyone wants
: non-Ladder HC stuff, speak up. Bueller?).
:
It makes me want to be sure to pick odd enough names now when I make new
characters so that they aren't 'used' if I allow them to expire. I've
also enjoyed this new feature.
Glad you're back. Wherever we are.
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:04 pm
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Somewhere on teh intarweb "Mark" typed:
> "~misfit~" <misfit61nz.TakeThisOut@hooya.com.au> wrote in message
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>> Mark, great to see you back.
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> Give it some time, I'm sure I'll piss someone off soon enough, and
> you'll regret that this SoB came back.
> LOL
LMAO!
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:00 am
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"Shiflet" <rshiflet RemoveThis @charter.net> wrote in message
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> A lot of my GW and D2 mates tried it, reported it buggy as hell, and came
> back to D2 and/or GW shortly thereafter. Never tried it myself, as my comp
> can't handle it.
Yeah, my computer is minimal for its requirements too. So I never even tried
the demo. But it certainly looked to have great potential. And the design
team had credibility. So I'm surprised to hear that it's a flop. That buggy,
eh? Not even something they patched up shortly after release to fix it up?
Just unplayable?
Regards-
Mark
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:00 am
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"Mark" <bongofury RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Yeah, my computer is minimal for its requirements too. So I never even
> tried the demo. But it certainly looked to have great potential. And the
> design team had credibility. So I'm surprised to hear that it's a flop.
> That buggy, eh? Not even something they patched up shortly after release
> to fix it up? Just unplayable?
Not unplayable, just not FUN from what I've heard from most of my friends.
> Regards-
> Mark
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:04 am
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"Patrick Vervoorn" <patrick.vervoorn.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.perihelion.demon.nl> wrote in
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> Much more interesting is perhaps Mythos, by the same guys:
Hadn't heard about that one. By Flagship too. Hmm, I followed the
development of Hellgate a little bit, but never saw a mention of Mythos on
their website.
I didn't look around at that link too much. But what's the deal with the
'free to play' thing. What kind of business model is that? How are they
going to make their money off it?
Regards-
Mark
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:08 am
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"Dave Ryan" <dryan.TakeThisOut@visi.com> wrote in message
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> It makes me want to be sure to pick odd enough names now when I make new
> characters so that they aren't 'used' if I allow them to expire. I've
> also enjoyed this new feature.
Yeah, I was never very creative with my character names. So I'm surprised no
one took them. Even the AGDHC mules are still there; AGD-One, AGD-Two, ...
> Glad you're back. Wherever we are.
Same as it ever was. Sitting on the other side of my monitor.
Good to see another old timer still lurking about.
Regards-
Mark
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:00 am
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In article <zAgHj.1152$Eq.1026@trnddc05>, Mark <bongofury.RemoveThis@verizon.net> wrote:
>"Patrick Vervoorn" <patrick.vervoorn.RemoveThis@NOSPAM.perihelion.demon.nl> wrote in
>message news:eb350$47ecbed5$82a1d3bf$3604@news1.tudelft.nl...
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>> Much more interesting is perhaps Mythos, by the same guys:
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>Hadn't heard about that one. By Flagship too. Hmm, I followed the
>development of Hellgate a little bit, but never saw a mention of Mythos on
>their website.
It was pretty unknown to me too, until Shiflet told me about it, and got
me a Beta invite.
>I didn't look around at that link too much. But what's the deal with the
>'free to play' thing. What kind of business model is that? How are they
>going to make their money off it?
See their forums, specifically:
http://forums.mythos.com/showthread.php?t=15671>
(If the info is correct, the forums are readable for everyone since they
introduced Zone 3, although you need an account to post there..)
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