Diablo III is for real

[Chesspiece_face]

That was almost convincing until I remembered that Diablo has a teleport spell....

Which part of my statement was that Gotcha! supposed to get?

Name one encounter in D1 that was designed around the use of Teleport. Ohhh. we can both gotcha!

Seriously though, Teleport in D1 is a totally different beast than it is in D2. Unless the player is hacking their character, in most instances it's mana/magic requirements limit it's use as a true mobility spell. Generally it's use is a get out of jail free card so that when the player starts to lose control of mob flow and such they can hit reset. This doesn't change the fact that the player still moves slowly and will have to deal with the enemies in the same way they normally would. they just get a reprieve from death and an opportunity to start controlling the fight again.

If your statement was referring to the technical limitations of the time and teleport somehow being an example of how the limitations i mentioned were false, then i suggest you go boot up D1 and teleport into a blind room. I'll put dollars down that you hear clanking, a loud groan, and are greated to the death screen before the room loads up.