05-13-2003, 12:45 AM
Everyone knows someone involved with drugs, and I'm relatively certain that everyone has a pot-head (or worse) friend or family member. As such, most people are familiar with the concept of 'selling to support your habit', where a user will obtain and sell an amount of substance large enough to keep what's left over after breaking even on his original purchase - thus getting his dope for "free".
Believe me, looking at my Barbarian's equipment set-up when all was said and done, the simliarity between myself & the proverbial user/dealer was not lost on me.
Which, despite all the hours of fun and intelligent stuff that's come from the game (which is nowhere as prevalent as LL) it still saddens me that 'addict' really can apply to both circumstances.
At what point is escapism harmful? Do D2 players (and pot smokers for that matter) actually need to check themselves, or is it really all just good fun? --Perhaps that's another thread...
Also - I thought it noteworthy to mention that we really never found too many ubers at all (I think Tal Rasha's Armor, once) and we played to find items A LOT. That's 2 people at sometimes 10 hours a day... Hell Baal, Snapchip, Pindleskin etc...
to this day it baffles how anyone legitimately found even some of the equipment I hear nonchalantly rattled off in online character builds and such:
"...for your PvP paladin, just make sure you get 70% damage reduced..." <--Say what? Yeah sure thing buddy! Piece of cake...
Were we playing the same game?
Believe me, looking at my Barbarian's equipment set-up when all was said and done, the simliarity between myself & the proverbial user/dealer was not lost on me.
Which, despite all the hours of fun and intelligent stuff that's come from the game (which is nowhere as prevalent as LL) it still saddens me that 'addict' really can apply to both circumstances.
At what point is escapism harmful? Do D2 players (and pot smokers for that matter) actually need to check themselves, or is it really all just good fun? --Perhaps that's another thread...
Also - I thought it noteworthy to mention that we really never found too many ubers at all (I think Tal Rasha's Armor, once) and we played to find items A LOT. That's 2 people at sometimes 10 hours a day... Hell Baal, Snapchip, Pindleskin etc...
to this day it baffles how anyone legitimately found even some of the equipment I hear nonchalantly rattled off in online character builds and such:
"...for your PvP paladin, just make sure you get 70% damage reduced..." <--Say what? Yeah sure thing buddy! Piece of cake...
Were we playing the same game?
*Swarmalicious - USeast Hardcore
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men." - W Wonka
The Flying Booyaka and The Legend of Bonesnap
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men." - W Wonka
The Flying Booyaka and The Legend of Bonesnap