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Re: I am weak.

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From: maxterry
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:31
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On Dec 27, 6:19 pm, "~misfit~" <misfit6...@yahoot.co.nz> wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarweb "maxte...@comcast.net" typed:
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> > On Dec 27, 7:19 am, "~misfit~" <misfit6...@yahoot.co.nz> wrote:
> >> Somewhere on teh intarweb "maxte...@comcast.net" typed:
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> >>> On Dec 26, 6:02 pm, "~misfit~" <misfit6...@yahoot.co.nz> wrote:
> >>>> Somewhere on teh intarweb "maxte...@comcast.net" typed:
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> >>>> [snip]
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> >>>>> Not likely, as he understands that people change their minds.
> >>>>> Also, his kids play WoW, they just do not like it as much as
> >>>>> Diablo. Mickey will play the game when they give it away, but I
> >>>>> suspect he will NEVER pay to play a game he paid to won in the
> >>>>> first place.
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> >>>> Hi Max,
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> >>>> Please pass on my regards to Mickey and his family. Here's hoping
> >>>> that both you and they have a great holiday season.
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> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> --
> >>>> Shaun.
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> >>> I'd be happy to.
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> >> Thanks.
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> >>> If you are still playing, what accounts aer you on?
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> >> I'm playing on *mosfetnz. Not a lot but probably an hour a day at
> >> least, sometimes more. My MF has been atrocious this ladder so most
> >> of my characters are underpowered.
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> >> I've heard most every year, as I think most people have, the
> >> speculation about drop rates being changed for Christmas. Strange,
> >> yesterday afternoon I found my first Sabizi's armour [of the
> >> ladder]. 20 minutes later I found my second and the sword too. This
> >> afternoon I was playing my trapper in NM. She can take out the
> >> minions fairly easilly but has trouble with Baal so I took my MF
> >> necro in and took him out. He drops an Occy and a Demon Limb, both
> >> firsts for this ladder for me. Then, tonight, playing the necro in
> >> hell, I find another of each in different places. Very strange.
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> > Just ask his nibs, he will hook you up with any gear you want, he
> > feels he owes you for all the help farming torches last ladder. He has
> > once again managed to rebuild his supply of JSP forum gold, this
> > ladder he has done it by buying keys and harvesting the organs and
> > selling those. Not sure exactly how much forum gold he has, but I know
> > it is well over 10,000.
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> Ehhh, I enjoyed the torch farming last ladder. It only felt like work a
> couple times when Mickey was away and I was doing it by myself for a while.
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> That said though I *am* getting a little tired of fruitless MF runs, trying
> to equip my chars. As it stands I've left a few clone sit games but am
> unsure if my poorly-equiped pally could even take DC down. LOL. He probably
> could, but it would be a battle royal. He has a wand with LT charges on
> switch and my only 'uber' find of the ladder, an Astreon's, coupled with a
> Spirit Royal Shield. His armour's a bit sad, a Black Hades with (Ral Ort
> Thul?) runes for resistances.
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> I finally gave up waiting for an eth Thresher (or similar) for the merc with
> 5/0 holes a couple days ago and dropped my Obedience runes into a non-eth
> Thresher. Far better than the rare thing he was using. Still, the extra 50%
> damage of an eth one would have been nice. <shrug>
>
> I'm still finding it strange that I found two each of Occy, Szabi's Skin and
> Demon Limb in different games in a period of 36 hours, having found not one
> of either all ladder until now.
>
> Take care. Perhaps I'll bump into Mickey in the funny pages. <g>
>

Well, I was watching the 3 of you last night (while getting properly
drunk). That's one mean ass assassin he has :)

Max
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Subject: Re: I am weak.
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:31:44 -0800 (PST)
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