05-21-2003, 05:00 PM
This is a 'feature' introduced by b'net (about a year ago) to combat duplication exploits. Methods of duplication involved sending bogus information to b'net and then quickly dropping out of a game and then re-joining the same game.
So b'net will show this message usually when you drop an item, then immediately exit a game (sometimes called 'slamming out'). I routinely get it when i dump my junk items at the end of a game and then slam out, especially if last item dropped was magic or better. I find that b'net logs me out all the way to password screen.
With this (now defunct) duping method, to make the dupe item permanent, you had to rejoin the game almost instantly. b'net combats this by making you wait 2 minutes to log back in, thus killing that particular dupe exploit.
My advice: next time it happens, take the opportunity to stretch... get a glass of water, and plot your next advance.
So b'net will show this message usually when you drop an item, then immediately exit a game (sometimes called 'slamming out'). I routinely get it when i dump my junk items at the end of a game and then slam out, especially if last item dropped was magic or better. I find that b'net logs me out all the way to password screen.
With this (now defunct) duping method, to make the dupe item permanent, you had to rejoin the game almost instantly. b'net combats this by making you wait 2 minutes to log back in, thus killing that particular dupe exploit.
My advice: next time it happens, take the opportunity to stretch... get a glass of water, and plot your next advance.