01-30-2009, 11:15 PM
"Oh, and I think we still might be the biggest community despite the fact that we are dead. But not sure, havent seen POL-1 for a few months ;p"
yeah, it might be you say, ..well it's not:)go check how many are still left there..the diablo LE channel is more or less one community with many nationalities and is now surely bigger than the polish one
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Now I see you write about many years ago, how it was, and how it should've been and all that, but let me say that back then there were other players around, whom you might not even know about. The lack of mutual trust just hasn't allowed you to come in contact with them. So don't think that he who was or he who is "the best" dueler is really polish. Might be, might be not. That's the facts.
Of course. But the tournament i mentioned was cancelled after group stage because no foreigner left the group ;p. Hopfully there will be some good, creative players in this tournament, too bad no one signed me in despite sending the form ;p. Might gonna have to visit Diablo LE some day ;]"
Yep, will meet you there.
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for example Antihero in 2000-2001 revolutionized the melee rogue into a rogue shooting arrows(bow rogue back in 2000 = huhh??).
LOL melee rogue? For the sake of our discussion Im not gonna comment on this one"
Discuss all you want, my ears are open. If you tell me that there were good bow rogues in pol-1 before 2000 it will be big new to me ; -) and I probably won't beleive it^^
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The way I see it now, a polish player will enter this tourney with the same items as the other polish players in the same tourney. Please don't do that.
Dont worry most polish people kept their own items despite playing duels in duplicated ones. Im quite sure they will dig them up."
That's good news, I'm sure logs will be made of all players by some kind of judge.
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When german activity decreased in 2006,
Activity? The last time i saw more than 5-7 people in DEU-1 was 2004, most of them were d2x players."
2005-2006 there were times when the channel was full, true half were d2x, the other half were also split. Well what can I say, there were at least 6 good duelers active during that period, late 2006 not anymore.
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I checked the east gateway, in search of duke and astra-lynn, they would supposedly be the best ones there. Then I entered the channel Diablo LE and I remember there were quite some players there. My first duels in east were very interesting, I had never seen lag like that before, it was new to me. 8 pots was a must for the players there. And me, connecting from a different continent made 0 pots more or less nonsense. I tried with 4 pots, the duels didn't last very long. Lag spikes convinced one other player he could take a shot. After two seconds, the same thing happens with the other player, the game becomes agressive and duels didn't last long. Duels with lag of those proportions are usually fast and agressive (even with 8 pots).
Once again the distance doesnt make such big of a difference. Its more about the buggy game mechanics affected by gaming style (spamming spells like phasing, someone mentioned the shadow something, it occurs when spamming spells as well, making a lot of turns while walking)."
hehe, distance does make a difference, I've seen it. If you haven't, then maybe 1.) you have a godlike connection lo, or 2.) you just haven't duelled enough outside of europe
"[quote]So, before insisting that true skill is 0 pots (which I agree with in a virtual hamachi situation or "same-country" connections), think about the difference in locations that nowadays most people have because of the decreased activity.[/qoute]
8 pots can be even more skillfull than 0, if you are ok with the fact that you might be playing a duel for 1,5 h ;p"
I'm ok if the other guy is ok with it.
Thanks for the response, don't take my criticism too seriously, like I don't take yours too seriously.
It's mostly opinions here, but facts are also facts.
Best regards, Hariel
yeah, it might be you say, ..well it's not:)go check how many are still left there..the diablo LE channel is more or less one community with many nationalities and is now surely bigger than the polish one
"QUOTE
Now I see you write about many years ago, how it was, and how it should've been and all that, but let me say that back then there were other players around, whom you might not even know about. The lack of mutual trust just hasn't allowed you to come in contact with them. So don't think that he who was or he who is "the best" dueler is really polish. Might be, might be not. That's the facts.
Of course. But the tournament i mentioned was cancelled after group stage because no foreigner left the group ;p. Hopfully there will be some good, creative players in this tournament, too bad no one signed me in despite sending the form ;p. Might gonna have to visit Diablo LE some day ;]"
Yep, will meet you there.
"QUOTE
for example Antihero in 2000-2001 revolutionized the melee rogue into a rogue shooting arrows(bow rogue back in 2000 = huhh??).
LOL melee rogue? For the sake of our discussion Im not gonna comment on this one"
Discuss all you want, my ears are open. If you tell me that there were good bow rogues in pol-1 before 2000 it will be big new to me ; -) and I probably won't beleive it^^
"QUOTE
The way I see it now, a polish player will enter this tourney with the same items as the other polish players in the same tourney. Please don't do that.
Dont worry most polish people kept their own items despite playing duels in duplicated ones. Im quite sure they will dig them up."
That's good news, I'm sure logs will be made of all players by some kind of judge.
"QUOTE
When german activity decreased in 2006,
Activity? The last time i saw more than 5-7 people in DEU-1 was 2004, most of them were d2x players."
2005-2006 there were times when the channel was full, true half were d2x, the other half were also split. Well what can I say, there were at least 6 good duelers active during that period, late 2006 not anymore.
"QUOTE
I checked the east gateway, in search of duke and astra-lynn, they would supposedly be the best ones there. Then I entered the channel Diablo LE and I remember there were quite some players there. My first duels in east were very interesting, I had never seen lag like that before, it was new to me. 8 pots was a must for the players there. And me, connecting from a different continent made 0 pots more or less nonsense. I tried with 4 pots, the duels didn't last very long. Lag spikes convinced one other player he could take a shot. After two seconds, the same thing happens with the other player, the game becomes agressive and duels didn't last long. Duels with lag of those proportions are usually fast and agressive (even with 8 pots).
Once again the distance doesnt make such big of a difference. Its more about the buggy game mechanics affected by gaming style (spamming spells like phasing, someone mentioned the shadow something, it occurs when spamming spells as well, making a lot of turns while walking)."
hehe, distance does make a difference, I've seen it. If you haven't, then maybe 1.) you have a godlike connection lo, or 2.) you just haven't duelled enough outside of europe
"[quote]So, before insisting that true skill is 0 pots (which I agree with in a virtual hamachi situation or "same-country" connections), think about the difference in locations that nowadays most people have because of the decreased activity.[/qoute]
8 pots can be even more skillfull than 0, if you are ok with the fact that you might be playing a duel for 1,5 h ;p"
I'm ok if the other guy is ok with it.
Thanks for the response, don't take my criticism too seriously, like I don't take yours too seriously.
It's mostly opinions here, but facts are also facts.
Best regards, Hariel
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