The D1 Meet'n'Greet

[Galbraith]

Hi,
Again, depends. Consider what we'll do after the date that the clock will no longer give random games. Will we quit playing? Will we play the same game over and over? Or will we pick some earlier time at random to give us a random game?

computer gaming have around 35 years history, And which games from beginning are still played? Diablo will stop generate random in next 20 years. 2 possible things - someone will take care of that. And more probably way - to play that game you will have to emulate windows from another version and have to use drivers and other helps to run. Like today games in DOS or games from older computers (like apple II) - emulator.
Today many games require frame limiters or processor killers to run and ofc some program which will emulate different date for running diablo with randoms. In next 20 years you will have to use more things to run d1. What about BN? probably Diablo will disappear or generating games will be fixed. Choose for yourself, probably, you can't change its fate.

First, since the technique has been used for about ten years, it is hardly an "interesting new way".

I never heard of tournaments with locked date.. is there some trace of that in web? I thought that time-locking and using it to regenerate same games was 'invented' a lot later than 10 years ago..

I reiterate; clock freezing is not cheating, but it can be used to cheat. Like backing up character files, it depends on how it is used and what it is used for. I don't believe I can make my position any clearer.

Someone could says exactly same for dupes..

Except that it eliminates the luck factor of what is in the dungeon, it changes nothing else.

It is that. For me it is major factor for Ironmans, that they don't know what is lurking around the corner, but if they are good - they can handle everything. And If i generate game at locked time, I can simple regenerate same game - it is not same playing anymore, cause i can replay something, do something better at another time etc.
If noone knows the date before start playing - that's acceptable - but ofc it is a new vision of that, becouse everyone can see and compare skills of players. And you will never know is someone replays game or not.

Good idea about one creator for all teams. - but it would require LAN games with all teams. (or time-locking works for BN? nah)