Serious Sunday 08-09-09 "D"---IABLO" Edition

[broonor]

Howdy folks, time for one that everyone will want in on!  IT'S DIABLO NIGHT

Anyone not familiar with what I and some other, elite, members of brb.u have been doing the last several Sunday afternoons and evenings, we've been playing a Co-Op game per week.  After a few weeks of "what should we play next," we (I) decided we'd travel down the entire list of Co-Op games for PC, according to wikipedia. 

For our regularly scheduled trip through the computer game coop list to hit letter "D", we couldn't pass up this gem (that and it'd handily win any vote offered).

However, since all games in the series are fairly massive in scope and time, we have special rules created by yours truly.

Date: August 09, 2009
Time: 7 PM EDT (6 CDT)
Location: Direct IP connections (Hamachi may be a good alternative to help connection problems)
Hamachi group: SeriousUninstalling  pass: brbu

IRON MAN MODE

Iron Man mode is essentially a modified hardcore with extra incentive to playing as a group and "making do with what you got."

The ground rules:

The team spawns in town and purchases whatever they can before heading into the dungeon/world.  The premise is that the world needs saving as quick as possible right? Then why the hell do we run back to town every 10 seconds to sell crap and buy better stuff?  True Iron Men use only what they scavenge from the battlefield.  Oh, did your BADASS SWORD OF BADASSERY break? Time to dump it and use the peashooter you found since you were hoarding only armor. Tool.

Specifically...
* NO RETURNING TO TOWN TO SELL.
* Any weapons/armor/potions you ever use are what you find on the ground. SCAVENGE, DAMMIT! 
* NO RESPAWNING (res scrolls are permitted for Diablo 1, and each person gets 1 free respawn for each defeated boss in D2)
* If someone lags out while waiting on res scroll, they may rejoin as long as someone tosses a res scroll on their dead body's location
* If you beat the game (or Act Boss for D2), you "win" (+1 respawn per player) and move to Nightmare difficulty (tiebreaker) if two groups win.
* Winning team per game gets bragging rights and gets to make the rules for the next Diablo event
* No team size minimum, but we will keep it as even as possible (Max 4)

If you break any of these rules (going to town especially), you will be kicked or lose your bragging right ability for tarnishing the fun of the event.  It's not like there's money on the line


If interested in joining in with the Iron Men of brb.u, post here with which game you plan on joining in on (we'll sort out the teams around Friday or Saturday).



DIABLO 1 LIST
broonor
Bybus Slago
Spore


DIABLO 2 (+LoD) LIST
Zaneyard
Sponson
иιτяσus σxιdє
Professor Funbucks
Geoff
SAVAGE-0
Tom
El_Fajitas



Undecided, could go either way:



As usual, if you have any questions, hit me up on steam.

[Versus]

have never played either (ok maybe I played D2 for like 10 minutes at a friend's house years ago)

[Bybus Slago]

Real men go old school. God help any D1 group that gets to the acid beasts.

[broonor]

Real men go old school. God help any D1 group that gets to the acid beasts.

Can't wait for some person to show up and do D1 that doesn't know what "FRESH MEAT" means. 

[zaneyard]

D2+ LoD
can do bnet cause blues is cool
otherwise i can do hamachi
and for those who don't know how to set up hamachi
follow this guide http://logmeinwiki.com/wiki/Hamachi:Gaming_over_Hamachi

[tom]

I actually have both d1 and d2 O_O Never played it though, so I won't have a clue what's going on. Plus I gotta check if the cdkey is still good cause I think I gave it to someone a long time ago.  :-X :-*

[Sponson]

D2+ LoD
can do bnet cause blues is cool
otherwise i can do hamachi
and for those who don't know how to set up hamachi
follow this guide http://logmeinwiki.com/wiki/Hamachi:Gaming_over_Hamachi

Gonna go with zinny here. d2 the AWESOME SAUCE.

[Eschatos]

I have .iso's of Diablo 2/LoD.  I know they work over Hamachi. 

[Sponson]

If we do play diablo 2, make sure no one is a bone wall specialist necromancer. Like me.

[Duck, Duck, Goose]

Diablo 2

[zaneyard]

i think we can all agree on this one, let's do hamachi
follow the damn guide beforehand so we don't have to dick around on d-day (oh lol i just made a pun on accident)

[Professor Funbucks]

I have Diablo 2.
I'm fine with Hamachi'ing this business.

[broonor]

updated list.

Keep in mind, we're not voting on a game, just saying which one we want to be an Iron Man of.  There's going to be more than one game running obviously.

[zaneyard]

tom is hanging out with those two chicks, count me in
haha
how many people can we fit in D2 again?

[Geoff]

Sign me up for d2.  Me and tom are in the same boat here... never played  :-[

[Professor Funbucks]

tom is hanging out with those two chicks, count me in
haha
how many people can we fit in D2 again?

8
also, holy shit i just read the ironman rules, awesome.
potions will be so amazingly scarce.

[broonor]

[quote author=zaneyard link=topic=3396.msg103605#msg103605 date=1249349397]
tom is hanging out with those two chicks, count me in
haha
how many people can we fit in D2 again?

8
also, holy shit i just read the ironman rules, awesome.
potions will be so amazingly scarce.
[/quote]

Suddenly, that skill tree of "find potion" ain't so bad, eh?  eh???

[Professor Funbucks]

[quote author=Professor Funbucks link=topic=3396.msg103645#msg103645 date=1249358774]
[quote author=zaneyard link=topic=3396.msg103605#msg103605 date=1249349397]
tom is hanging out with those two chicks, count me in
haha
how many people can we fit in D2 again?

8
also, holy shit i just read the ironman rules, awesome.
potions will be so amazingly scarce.
[/quote]

Suddenly, that skill tree of "find potion" ain't so bad, eh?  eh???

[/quote]

that and find item if you're in a bind.
Once someone gets a ZOD rune or an ethereal weapon that self repairs, it'll be like "HAH, REPAIRS ARE DUMB"

[SAVAGE-0]

I'm down for a iron man rush on d2

[ToiletDuck]

I actually have both d1 and d2 O_O Never played it though, so I won't have a clue what's going on. Plus I gotta check if the cdkey is still good cause I think I gave it to someone a long time ago.  :-X :-*

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