Lurker Lounge now a hack site

[WarBlade]

Most of the SP "cheater" comments come from D2.Net, but as you have read I don't pay much heed to a bunch of adolescent kiddies in order to enjoy D2 as I see fit.

Ah.

D2.Net tends to measure character builds on their ability to finish Hell or do the Cow Level.

I thought it was more like "D2.Net tends to measure equipment setups on their ability to finish Hell or do the Cow Level", but no need to plit hairs really. :lol:

The big reason I like SP so much is that in my minor opinion, it's the most challenging way to play the game.  Since I'm a full area clearing player, that means I'll have to deal with dangerous boss mods that I'd be willing to bet that 75-90% of B-Netters skip(but then again, you could say that a large % of B-Netters do only Cow/Pindle/Bloody Foothills runs). I certainly don't see the Lurker Lounge players as powergamers or rushers. I'm only pointing out that the game offers more than online realms.

Indeed. It's funny how people who care to actually play the game are the ones to be labled "the cheaters" although in this instance I believe the barb may be more directed towards Closed Realm versus Open characters perhaps? I'm only saying that because technically Open characters are easier to tamper with, but then the reality is that people like you and I find Open to be more 'closed' than Closed and subsequently cheat-free. I can say from a very brief experience that Open Realms are not worth the connection time (The 3 Socket Sigon's Guard I saw in 1.03 was one of my first clues).

BTW, I'm sorry I've "hijacked" this thread with opinions that are not on-topic in regard to the original post.

Not at all. Lurkers love opportunities to get condescending towards 1337 d00dz. ;)