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On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:44:16 -0800, Moosen <nospam@buhbye.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:28:58 -0500, ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:14:32 -0800, Moosen <nospam@buhbye.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:26:51 -0500, ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>>Sadly, all of the MP characters in my sig are only alive there still,
>>>>they got lost in one or another of my forced absences from playing
>>>>online,  although the SP ones are still around here *some*where, I
>>>>just haven't played them in forever (last time I was playing SP I was
>>>>working a rotation of about 2 characters in each of three mods and the
>>>>original game, but (thankfully?) they never got high enough level to
>>>>make it into my sig).
>>>>
>>>>2003 was late enough for you to have seen UT, right? Heh, I should
>>>>talk, I still haven't worked an MP character high enough to even
>>>>*think* about trying it ;-)
>>>
>>>What is UT? Don't remember that acronym.
>>
>>Uber Tristram, where you fight three of the act end bosses on steroids
>>;-) Hopefully someone who's a bit more familiar with it can refresh my
>>memory as to exactly who it is, and the rewards that are possible.
>
>That a mod?
>

No, it's in the regular game. IIRC, you collect keys from Nilithak,
the Countess, and one other in Hell, and use them to open the portals
to Uber Tristram. Could somebody *please* jump in here and clarify
this? I'm about at the end of my memory here, and *way* beyond my
experience.

>>>>I rarely see anyone I know on BNet anymore, but then again I see most
>>>>of them in WoW, and I usually only play BNet on Tuesday mornings.
>>>
>>>I think just about everyone who migrated from Diablo to WoW, will be
>>>returning for at least a sample of D3. It's been way too long since
>>>the series had any luvin' from Blizzard, and for a huge number of
>>>people, Diablo 1 and/or 2 were there first loves, before WoW ever came
>>>along. I'm hoping that D3's revamped battle.net will be an improvement
>>>over the ancient and outdated one we've known up until now- it was so
>>>primitive and lacking in features and options. Be interesting to see
>>>what improvements they make. 
>>>
>>>Oh, I haven't reloaded D2/LoD, but you mentioned losing your
>>>multiplayer chars after an extended absence- I don't suppose there's
>>>any chance that I still have any of my old MP chars still left, after
>>>a 6-year absence? LOL! Probby not.
>>>   -Marshall
>>
>>Actually, they changed that recently, so that if no one started a
>>character with the same name, you can still res expired characters.
>>Might be worth a try ;-)
>
>Nah, it was just idle curiosity. I have no desire to resurrect my old
>D2 chars. They shall be born anew, in D3! 
>    -Marshall

That's the spirit, although playing D2 isn't a bad way to kill time on
Tuesday mornings ;-)

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
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