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Re: Anyone want to play D1 again?

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From: Jamie Kahn Genet
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:31
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Mark P. Nelson <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote in 
> news:1ixvawj.15vtt4vq0j2gdN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz:
> 
> > On Battle.net, from level one onwards, and only together so we stay near
> > each other's level. Does anyone want to relive the old days again?
> > There's still something about D1 that's spookier and inspires far
> > greater nostagia than D2 ever will - for me anyway.
> > 
> > FYI - I was Wizardling in D1 and D2 back in the day, if anyone remembers
> > me.
> > 
> > Regards,
> >  Jamie Kahn Genet
> 
> Hey, Jamie,
> 
> I keep meaning to do this, but somehow don't get around to it. I got a
> sorceror up to level 30 or so last year, but I did it all solo and got
> bored. 
> 
> Bruce was there the first time I ever got a character to 50 and a lot of
> other people along the way, and it was a lot of fun.
> 
> You're in NZ and I'm in California, so coordinating might be a bit of a
> problem, but I'd love to give it a go again.
> 
> Hmm. A fresh install of Diablo 1.00 off the original CD and I can't connect
> to bnet at all. I get the "searching for fastest server" message, then a
> "cannot connect" red panel. Yes, I did tell my firewall it wouyld be OK.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Mark.

Hmmm... I most recently installed D1 under WinXP with Fusion (I'm on a
Mac) and I had trouble at the time updating. In the end I just grabbed
the standalone updater. I also opened all these ports:
<http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21109>

HTH! :-)

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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Subject: Re: Anyone want to play D1 again?
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