02-16-2003, 04:56 AM
This (true) story started off with my infamous DR sorceress entering an act 5 hell game in the hardcore USWest realm. I was scavenging pk's from what games I could. I guess I was tagged for some reason because I could only see 3-4 games at a time and one of them was called TAGGED ONLY. To this day I upsets me how that happened (I just hit escape twice when i failed to join instead of waiting for the black screen to say failed to join game and got realm down for a long time and tagged... so sad). So I enter this game and see this paladin with his will and testament in his hand already trying desperately to level in bloody hills. I just barley enter bloody hills, one foot already in town, and cast my passive spells: Thunderstorm, frozen armor, mana shield. Not caring who else is in the game or who he is partied to, I re-enter town, hostile, and give chase! I manage to hit him with a TS and orb and he is almost dead when he manages to leave the game. Disheartened about my failed attempt, I search for more victims. I see a barbarian's tp emanating from halls of pain 2 so I decide to go in after him since I'm already hostile to him (everyone in the game was partied when I hostiled).
Now here is where Murphyâs law comes into play: I've told my friends more time than I can remember, and they me, never say your character is invincible - not out loud, not to anyone, not even in your head. The second you do, you've given your character a death sentence with about one week to live.
So I enter halls of pain and see the barbarian waiting for me. Ohh, a duel :D I feel greatly enthused now! I teleport over to him and we go a few rounds back and forth. First he is whirl winding me but he soon realized he isnât giving me any damage even when he connects so after almost dying twice, he goes to town. A few seconds later (I can only assume he put on absorb gear) he comes down and - READY FOR THE MURPHY'S LAW TO TAKE EFFECT? - I lag out for one second while running towards him. In this second of lag, at this EXACT same time, my mana shield drops because... whoops, I casted mana shield to PK the paladin in hills but forgot to recast my passive spells when chasing this guy. Any because I was running, my block was 1/2. So guess what? I get one hit-killed! Had I not of lagged, I would of teleported away from his attack and recast my passive spells when I noticed they were not on. Classic Murphyâs Law.
Now here is where Murphyâs law comes into play: I've told my friends more time than I can remember, and they me, never say your character is invincible - not out loud, not to anyone, not even in your head. The second you do, you've given your character a death sentence with about one week to live.
So I enter halls of pain and see the barbarian waiting for me. Ohh, a duel :D I feel greatly enthused now! I teleport over to him and we go a few rounds back and forth. First he is whirl winding me but he soon realized he isnât giving me any damage even when he connects so after almost dying twice, he goes to town. A few seconds later (I can only assume he put on absorb gear) he comes down and - READY FOR THE MURPHY'S LAW TO TAKE EFFECT? - I lag out for one second while running towards him. In this second of lag, at this EXACT same time, my mana shield drops because... whoops, I casted mana shield to PK the paladin in hills but forgot to recast my passive spells when chasing this guy. Any because I was running, my block was 1/2. So guess what? I get one hit-killed! Had I not of lagged, I would of teleported away from his attack and recast my passive spells when I noticed they were not on. Classic Murphyâs Law.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin