I am all wet. No really, instead of a pond, I have a LAKE!! That freak storm in SC nailed me. So I send a soggy greetings. I am finally able to go back online.

I have been thinking a lot lately about my life as a whole, and can't help but feel a great deal of remorse over one issue. I have no children. I might be a really strange man for saying that... At least in these parts, manly men don't get all paternal. Well they can kiss my grits... Anyhoo, I do not think I am any less of a man for feeling this way.

I never settled down when I was young, I was ambitious and ruthless and driven and ignored all thoughts of family. I am a happily married man now. My wife, much to both of our dismay, can not have children. This really hurts. It's a bitch.

I am a convicted felon and I have a long history with the law. I am not a bad man for those things, all of them happened for good reasons, well, most of them. These things alone cause me to be blacklisted from most adoption services.

I have found out though, through sources that depend on for all sorts of information, that there are still some legal options as well as some less then legal options for getting a rugrat or two. I am not talking about the illegal baby black market or anything or child abduction, I am talking about spending obcene amounts of money in other countries to cut through all the red tape and returning home with child in tow... But there is still a BIG problem getting the child into the US. However, money talks... That can be bought and paid for as well. In this world, I have found, anything and everything has a price.

And there is the rub. I am not sure I want to do that. For once, for lack of better words to describe it, want something wholly honest and decent. Rather then just buy my way through a situation or side step the law, I would like to do this as honestly as possible. I am not sure how that will go though. They let all sorts of rotten assholes become parents, including people who give birth to children that have no business having them. They let crackheads and alcoholics become foster parents. And yet, I run into all sorts of trouble if I want to adopt and all I want to do is have a carpet ape or two to spoil rotten.

Everything in my life lately has become faded and gray and mostly meaningless. I have never felt so strongly before... I really want this more then anything and while I usually am willing to stoop to just about any level to get exactly what I want when I want it... For some reason something in my mind balks over doing so on this issue.

Is it worth it?

What would any of you do in my position?

Why do I feel this way? Well, since I will try and do the best I can to give any kids of mine good values, I don't want to have to explain to them someday that I adopted them and to do so I have to lie, cheat, or steal. Or resort to blackmailing public officials. You know, all those things I am known for. Perhaps I am turning over a new leaf. I dunno. This is not the post I want to get into that though. I am not sure how to put it. I just want to start off on the right foot.

I am the Dead Old Man Who Refuses To Get Onto The Cart and I need a few more reasons to stick around.

You have until the end of this Monday to finish playing, and until the end of Tuesday to post at least a scoring summary of your game. You can complete a full report any time.

I'm afraid that I wasn't able to find time to play a shadow myself, but I'm looking forward to all the lovely postcards. B)

just started rbd7 to head on over to the crystalline passage. Went afk for a bit, and didn't notice the message. Thresh socket is now Uber D. I need some help holding this game, since it is about supper time here. Of course, I will need some help doing the deed as well....

The title says it all , Game is CB the PW is qq West realm ladder will keep it open as long as possible , I have spawned him at Treehead Woodfists tree house. Any company gladly accepted. :war: :axe: :war:

I just upgraded to WinXP. Reinstalling all my programs is a job and a half, it seems, and some aren't going to make the cut. One of my cousins plays D2, though, and I play with him on occasion. I also got curious about the new ladder difficulty after I saw a post in here a month or so ago about it.

Anyway, here's the important point:

I can't seem to get an option to enable software rendering!

The DirectDraw in D2 is one sorry ash piece of code: crashy (a NIGHTMARE especially in single player), sluggish even on a newer PC, memory hog, and it probably worships Satan, too. Does anybody know of a way (especially ini files, command line params, etc) to force software video mode in D2?

Thanks.


- Sirian

Closing Day already? OK, let's discuss our results.

- Sirian

Hey guys, I was just wondering, is it possible to somehow download previous Epics (I wanna try some of them out). I have already tried clicking on the download button, but there is no file received after download. If someone can help me out, that would be great

Okay, CH has got me beat on the mule accounts

I guess we are moving to the new ladder season. All My Mules Are Belong To You! All "my" mules are going to be on community accounts, RBD(n). CB-13 and I have already started a collection, tho not much in there now. This might change rapidly since my sorcy is now 74 and probably hit 80 by the end of the night, and CB is close behind.

Mule accounts:
Rbd1 and 2 - 1.10 unique armors and RBD1 with unique accessory
RBD3 and 4 - 1.10 unique weapons
5-6 - unique weapons
7-8 - unique armors
9 - Hats
10 - Gloves, boots, belts - non-unique armor
11 - Non-unique weapons
12 - Lod sets
13 - Normal sets
14 - Holey stuff
15 - Gem, rune, charm and jewel, etc.
16 - Throwing weapon, ethreal, white and charged items

Feel free to take and contribute. If you don't already know the pw to the accounts, just ask.

And of course, burning/logging in mules as needed would be appreciated.

EDIT: rbd1 seems not to be available unless someone created the acc with a non standard pw. So Unique Acc is at rbd2. And woohoo on first Green Shadow plate



KoP

Our most recent Epic is using Conquests 1.22, so after Rik's comment I wanted to check in on everyone's patching status. Since most SG's seem to have gone to 1.22, that seemed like a good choice for the Epics. But, I'd like to hear from players- do you prefer 1.15 or 1.22?

If your answer doesn't fit neatly into only one category above, please feel free to reply and tell me what you prefer instead of voting.

Thanks.

-Griselda

c'mon you know youre a racist! B)