Actually, I take that back. It's so misleading isn't it? You pass Hell then you end up in Inferno... shouldn't it be the other way around? Cause it sure feels like it should.
On a lighter note: Bheez helped me put together this "Barbarian's Guide to Inferno" for you. Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IiU-PxTl5u8
xo ~glynnia
Monday, May 28, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Getting hacked in D3
Yeah, I got to witness it in realtime, I got logged out twice and each time I logged back in, more and more of my items were missing. In my desperate attempt to change my password before it was finished, I completed the reset and logged back in, but alas...all was gone. So I requested a rollback etc etc...
This was the email I recieved after two days:
Greetings,
Thank you for contacting Blizzard Customer Support regarding your Diablo III account.
Each Diablo III account is limited to two rollbacks. We cannot guarantee the availability of future rollbacks beyond these two. Because of this, we require your approval to use a rollback to address this situation. If you would like us to proceed, please respond to this ticket and clearly state that you wish to use one of your two rollbacks. If you do not respond, no restoration will be made for this issue.
***Please do not play on the account in any region after requesting a rollback, as any progress gained before the account is rolled back will be permanently lost.***
To address a compromise, we will use a periodically updated rollback point to roll your account back to a prior state. Though rollback points are regularly updated, they may not be current when a compromise occurs. Progress (such as levels, achievements, and items) gained after the rollback point was saved but before the compromise occurred may be permanently lost when we roll back your account. Customer Support cannot adjust rollbacks in any way, nor can we assist with progress lost as a result of the rollback.
Your current account status appears below:
Aule/ Demon Hunter/ level 60
Aule/ Monk/ level 13
Gold 0
Hardcore Gold 0
If you approve use of a rollback, the account will revert to:
Aule/ Demon Hunter/ level 60
Aule/ Monk/ level 13
Gold 383783
Hardcore Gold 0
Any items you have gained since the above rollback point will be lost. For additional information on how compromise rollbacks are handled for Diablo III accounts, see our article on Compromised Diablo III Accounts:http://www.battle.net/support/
Note: After the first compromise rollback occurs on a Battle.net account, that account's access to the Diablo III Real Money Auction House will be restricted until an authenticator is attached. If you elect to refrain from adding an authenticator, and the account is compromised a second time, access to the Diablo III Real Money Auction House will be revoked.
Account security is critically important. To help protect your account, see the Compromised Diablo III Account support article linked above for account and computer security instructions and tips.
If you have further questions, please reply to this ticket. If you prefer to speak to a representative over the phone, our contact information can be found here: http://www.battle.net/support/
Thank you again for contacting us. We hope you continue to enjoy your experience in Diablo III!
Best wishes,
Game Master Mazarhai
Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
www.blizzard.com/support
Ok, its not like i planned on playing any more blizzard games, seeing as I will be moving to Guild Wars2 when it comes out, but this was still my main means of passing time. I wonder if any other people are having security problems
I just thought this article was interesting
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/348595/blizzard-responds-to-diablo-3-account-hacks-offers-security-advice/
note how authenticators are not 100% guaranteed to protect you. Even though you pay extra money for them(some people might argue its a small amount to be fair)
But still there is something about this that reminds me of mafia extorition. Something along the lines of, "Pay our organization protection money, or something may "happen" to your store mr. fish monger."
And no blizzard, I didn't want to shell out on an authenticator before, and I still don't want to
EDIT: AGHHHH (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
This was the email I recieved after two days:
Greetings,
Thank you for contacting Blizzard Customer Support regarding your Diablo III account.
Each Diablo III account is limited to two rollbacks. We cannot guarantee the availability of future rollbacks beyond these two. Because of this, we require your approval to use a rollback to address this situation. If you would like us to proceed, please respond to this ticket and clearly state that you wish to use one of your two rollbacks. If you do not respond, no restoration will be made for this issue.
***Please do not play on the account in any region after requesting a rollback, as any progress gained before the account is rolled back will be permanently lost.***
To address a compromise, we will use a periodically updated rollback point to roll your account back to a prior state. Though rollback points are regularly updated, they may not be current when a compromise occurs. Progress (such as levels, achievements, and items) gained after the rollback point was saved but before the compromise occurred may be permanently lost when we roll back your account. Customer Support cannot adjust rollbacks in any way, nor can we assist with progress lost as a result of the rollback.
Your current account status appears below:
Aule/ Demon Hunter/ level 60
Aule/ Monk/ level 13
Gold 0
Hardcore Gold 0
If you approve use of a rollback, the account will revert to:
Aule/ Demon Hunter/ level 60
Aule/ Monk/ level 13
Gold 383783
Hardcore Gold 0
Any items you have gained since the above rollback point will be lost. For additional information on how compromise rollbacks are handled for Diablo III accounts, see our article on Compromised Diablo III Accounts:http://www.battle.net/support/
Note: After the first compromise rollback occurs on a Battle.net account, that account's access to the Diablo III Real Money Auction House will be restricted until an authenticator is attached. If you elect to refrain from adding an authenticator, and the account is compromised a second time, access to the Diablo III Real Money Auction House will be revoked.
Account security is critically important. To help protect your account, see the Compromised Diablo III Account support article linked above for account and computer security instructions and tips.
If you have further questions, please reply to this ticket. If you prefer to speak to a representative over the phone, our contact information can be found here: http://www.battle.net/support/
Thank you again for contacting us. We hope you continue to enjoy your experience in Diablo III!
Best wishes,
Game Master Mazarhai
Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
www.blizzard.com/support
Ok, its not like i planned on playing any more blizzard games, seeing as I will be moving to Guild Wars2 when it comes out, but this was still my main means of passing time. I wonder if any other people are having security problems
I just thought this article was interesting
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/348595/blizzard-responds-to-diablo-3-account-hacks-offers-security-advice/
note how authenticators are not 100% guaranteed to protect you. Even though you pay extra money for them(some people might argue its a small amount to be fair)
But still there is something about this that reminds me of mafia extorition. Something along the lines of, "Pay our organization protection money, or something may "happen" to your store mr. fish monger."
And no blizzard, I didn't want to shell out on an authenticator before, and I still don't want to
EDIT: AGHHHH (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
D3 & Me!
Me and my new fling Lyndon the Scoundrel are having grand romps through the ruins in Diablo III! Nothing can stop the fury of a mighty Barbarian carrying her banner of the apocalypse accompanied by her boy-toy. NOTHING.
Normal? Check. Nightmare? Check. Hell? Check. Inferno? Check. Hardcore? Check.
I hadn't died once. Not once.
...
...
...
I died 50+ times in the span of an hour.
/broken
</3 Shirley
Normal? Check. Nightmare? Check. Hell? Check. Inferno? Check. Hardcore? Check.
I hadn't died once. Not once.
...
...
...
I died 50+ times in the span of an hour.
YOU MAY BREAK MY ARMOR TO A 100K DAILY REPAIR BILL, BUT YOU'LL NEVER BREAK ME.
</3 Shirley
Saturday, May 26, 2012
When Games Go Downhill
Perhaps I'll make this a new series.
I can think of a few more games that have made me feel embarrassed to admit I had played them at some point.
Today's groan has been brought to you by: Age of Conan- Cyborian Adventures
~xo glynnia
What to expect when you’re expecting (the launch of a new Blizzard title)
Better late than never as I always say! ...Wait, do I always say that?
May 14th, on the cusp of May 15th 2012-
11:50pm: Maybe the authentication servers will launch a bit
earlier to help prevent some of that bottle necking you know they have to expect
come midnight… Yeah Blizz knows what to expect I bet they will. /starts
spamming attempts to log in and fails
1 minute till 12: OK! So they don’t care about the huge dump
the servers are about to take. Or… maybe they’re over prepared since they know how
many copies this game sold. Oh man I gotta copy and paste my password faster so
I can get in right at midnight and make Bheez cry!!! YEAH YEAH /speedily copies
and pastes password
Midnight: /stares at clock while counting the amount of tabs
after the paste before the enter
I got this on lock, totally gonna beat Bheez to it, gonna
surprise that dunderhead Sel too since she doesn’t even know I got this game…
AHAHahahahah.
12:30: WTF. WHY can’t we get in?? C’mon Blizz you buncha
cash cow milking screw-ups!!! You’re ruining my night. I got my drank and my
snack and my tunes but I’m missing my game!! /begin rage
1am: SON OF A B---- WHAT YOU GOT IN BHEEZ? WTF. WTF. /panic
+ manually entering password over and over as advised by Bheez (since you know,
that’s what he did on his successful attempt… YEAH I’M IMPRESSIONABLE).
1:30am: You know what. I’m over it. This just IS NOT worth
the time, I’m tired, I feel like I got stood up and now I have no will to continue-
/while still continuing
1:31am: OMG I’M IN! I’M IN! BHEEZ I’M IN! (Bheez: that’s
what she said). Time for the long awaited sorc—er WIZARD revival! Yeeeeah!
Asahina welcome back to the world of the living-ish. /smashes CREATE button and
holds breath
1:35am: /eyes bludge…begins to pass out from holding breath
1:36am: ERROR /silence
1:37am: …What? My character already exists? Damn that sucks!
Ok, ok… Let’s try this one then… /quickly enters new character name, smashes
CREATE
1:40am: NO! How could somebody have taken THAT name?? Ugh. I
have no gamer identity anymore! Wait- what about this name… /enters again and
again and again and again….and again… and…again…
Nearly 2am: There is NO way somebody already took “JLFJKLAFHFW83FHLFJAFDHNLFDAASDFLJFKLANBCUNEAICHDEAJKNFEA,TJDIIIIIEEEE”
Just. No. ………..OK
MAYBE THEY DID. Maybe… they did… /lip quivers
Sometime past 2 cause you know what, I stopped paying
attention: BHEEZ IT LET ME IN WITH MY TOON! What…. You already started
leveling?! /reaches through computer to strangle him
OH it was just a joke… HAHA. Yeah I’m cool! I’m totally
cool. I’m good. Yeah. /deep breaths
I’m good.
Nearing 3am: You know what. I’m tired. Level 3 is fine let’s
just do this tomorrow. /already burned out
FAST FORWARD 9 DAYS LATER:
/stares blankly at the character screen, chooses the level
59 Barbarian (aka the BARBIE), creates a game and stares at the last bubble on
the level bar before level cap…
/logsout
/repeats for 2 days
Now that you’re all caught up with what I have been doing
for the last 11 days I would like to say that the login-ability (yeah I’m a
wordsmith) of the game has improved so now I get to log in and leave defeated
after only a couple minutes as opposed to a couple hours.
If you were a fan of D2 and hoped that playing D3 would
bring back all those warm fuzzy feelings, well, don’t count on it. I won’t
spoil it…
Ok I will-R.I.P.CAIN. Now who will fill the “ creepy mouth breathing
grandpa wearin’ nothing’ under that linen robe and hasn’t had a bath since D2
with dementia and schizophrenia symptoms” void in my life??
If you want to be teleported back to a more magical time
courtesy of the Nostalgia Express then my advice to you would be: Bust out your
“retired games” box and just PLAY THE GAME THAT MADE YOU NOSTALGIC IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
WAY less expensive, WAY less room for let down.
Now where did I put that Kid Icarus cartridge…
xo ~glynnia
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