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Article #1998Re: Diablo web sites - flame and query
From: Joseph John Johnson Jr.
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 00:00
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BC2807.F06A1F20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If your looking for a really comprehensive Diablo site based only on the complete and final version of Diablo you might want to try http://www.monmouth.com/~osmodius/diablo/ which is a site I am constantly working on and should be adding even more to. It has a thorough list of all Legitimate Unique Items, Spells, Unique Monsters, Shrines, Fountains, Potions. Expect updates to include a list of all the item modifiers, list of normal monsters and their stats for all 3 difficulty settings, and much more. Daniel DuBois <nojunkm...@spyglass.com> wrote in article <331b4a57...@news.enteract.com>... > One thing I'd like to say is that there are too many Diablo sites. Have > you looked at > http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Computer_Games/Genres/Role_Playing/Tit les/Diablo/ > lately? It looks like there's more web pages than players! When are > people going to learn that slapping together some graphics and add a > <blink>this game is cool</blink> does not constitute valuable content. > > That having been said, what site(s) out there is comprehensive with it's > information? > > I came across http://www.citystuff.com/xanthus/unique.html which is an > excellent list of unique items, both in presentation and content, but has > nothing else interesting on it's site. > > http://www.gac.edu/~mjohnson/Diablo/unique-items.html has a list of > uniques, but is missing some of the items like Eaglehorn, and is missing > some of the stats of the artifacts it has. I'm know I'm pretty anal, so > it's probably just me, but I think having a list that's wrong is much worse > than having no list. > > http://www.sfu.ca/~alaric/unique.htm has a long list of uniques with lots > of info (although you have to click on each item to see it's stats, but > that's no biggie), but the big thing that concerns me is that the list of > shrines on this site is missing some shrines, and some of the data for the > shrines it has is missing. Some of the things mentioned in the Room Items > page makes me think pieces of the site may still have information that's > only appropriate for the demo - which is by FAR my biggest gripe about > diablo pages. > > So is there one site that aspires to have (and has succeeded in having!) > the most accurate information? Is there one "best Diablo site"? > > ----- > Daniel DuBois, Traveling Coderman www.spyglass.com/~ddubois > o The Heroes of Might and Magic II Bible is here! > http://www.spyglass.com/~ddubois/HOMM2.html > o Please note my return address may be invalid in order to > foil mailing list generation software. > ------=_NextPart_000_01BC2807.F06A1F20 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><p><font size=3D2 = color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial">If your looking for a really = comprehensive Diablo site based only on the complete and final version = of Diablo you might want to try = http://www.monmouth.com/~osmodius/diablo/ which is a site I am = constantly working on and should be adding even more to. It has a = thorough list of all Legitimate Unique Items, Spells, Unique Monsters, = Shrines, Fountains, Potions. Expect updates to include a list of = all the item modifiers, list of normal monsters and their stats for all = 3 difficulty settings, and much more.<br><br><br><br>Daniel DuBois = <<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>nojunkm...@spyglass.com</u><font = color=3D"#000000">> wrote in article <<font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>331b4a57...@news.enteract.com</u><font = color=3D"#000000">>...<br>> One thing I'd like to say is that = there are too many Diablo sites. Have<br>> you looked = at<br>> <font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Computer_Games= /Genres/Role_Playing/Titles/Diablo/</u><font color=3D"#000000"><br>> = lately? It looks like there's more web pages than players! = When are<br>> people going to learn that slapping together some = graphics and add a<br>> <blink>this game is cool</blink> = does not constitute valuable content.<br>> <br>> That having been = said, what site(s) out there is comprehensive with it's<br>> = information?<br>> <br>> I came across <font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.citystuff.com/xanthus/unique.html</u><fon= t color=3D"#000000"> which is an<br>> excellent list of unique items, = both in presentation and content, but has<br>> nothing else = interesting on it's site.<br>> <br>> <font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.gac.edu/~mjohnson/Diablo/unique-items.htm= l</u><font color=3D"#000000"> has a list of<br>> uniques, but is = missing some of the items like Eaglehorn, and is missing<br>> some of = the stats of the artifacts it has. I'm know I'm pretty anal, = so<br>> it's probably just me, but I think having a list that's wrong = is much worse<br>> than having no list.<br>> <br>> <font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.sfu.ca/~alaric/unique.htm</u><font = color=3D"#000000"> has a long list of uniques with lots<br>> of info = (although you have to click on each item to see it's stats, but<br>> = that's no biggie), but the big thing that concerns me is that the list = of<br>> shrines on this site is missing some shrines, and some of the = data for the<br>> shrines it has is missing. Some of the things = mentioned in the Room Items<br>> page makes me think pieces of the = site may still have information that's<br>> only appropriate for the = demo - which is by FAR my biggest gripe about<br>> diablo = pages.<br>> <br>> So is there one site that aspires to have (and = has succeeded in having!)<br>> the most accurate information? = Is there one "best Diablo site"?<br>> <br>> = -----<br>> Daniel DuBois, Traveling Coderman = www.spyglass.com/~ddubois<br>&g= t; o The Heroes of Might and Magic II Bible is = here!<br>> <font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.spyglass.com/~ddubois/HOMM2.html</u><font= color=3D"#000000"><br>> o Please note my = return address may be invalid in order to<br>> = foil mailing list generation = software.<br>> </p> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></f= ont></font></font></font></font></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_01BC2807.F06A1F20--
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From: "Joseph John Johnson Jr." <osmo...@monmouth.com> Subject: Re: Diablo web sites - flame and query Date: 1997/03/04 Message-ID: <01bc2831$d9402720$1bb807d0@default> X-Deja-AN: 222879481 References: <331b4a57.90638611@news.enteract.com> Organization: Monmouth Internet Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,alt.games.diablo MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit