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Bashiok Addresses Questions About Sites With Diablo 3 Pre-orders.
Jan 05, 2009 - 3:47 PM - by mockery
A member of the Diablo 3 Battle.net forums recently posted a question regarding some web sites that have been listing Diablo 3 for pre-order. Some of these sites even have posted street dates for the game as early as 3/27/09. Now, anybody who's been paying attention to Diablo 3 news during the past year surely knows that the game is nowhere near completion right now, but Bashiok has taken the time to address the issue of pre-orders:

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"As always, unless it is officially announced by us, usually through a press release, any release dates are purely guesses made up by the retailer. I don't pretend to know every retailer's pre-order requirements or rules, but I believe a release date usually has to be present for them to begin taking pre-orders. So they sort of make one up.

That isn't meant to discourage you
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Revised Rules & New Signature Limit
Dec 27, 2008 - 6:40 PM - by Jetrall
Please read the updated rules HERE.

The majority of updates to the rules were in form only, not in function. We have updated the look and feel of the rules so that they are easier to read and look less like a wall of text. Please review the changes so that you can be fully aware of what the rules are and so you can follow them.

Some rules have been tweaked, others have been added (or removed). One of the main additions to the rules has been a standardized Signature Size Limit. This is very important. Everyone (including the staff) must cut down their signature sizes to within this limit within two weeks - or they risk signature removal.

Thank you for your continued cooperation and contributions,
The DiabloFans Staff
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New Witch Doctor Art
Dec 26, 2008 - 5:02 AM - by Sol Invictus
Blizzard's Sons of the Storm have released some new Diablo III artwork, this time featuring the female Witch Doctor. Some of you may have seen this piece of art before in gaming magazines, but this is the first time that we've seen it online with a fully detailed background.



What a lovely holiday treat from Blizzard! Thanks Sp3tSnAz @ Hellforge.
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Happy Holidays Diablo Fans!
Dec 24, 2008 - 8:01 PM - by mockery
On behalf of the staff here at Diablofans.com, I just wanted to say happy holidays to all of you. Hope you all have a great Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus or whatever it is that you happen to celebrate at this time o' the year! But before I get on with my own festivities...



It looks like we also have another nice little gift from Santa in the form of a nice 4-page interview with Jay Wilson over on 1UP. It includes some solid Diablo 3 info and a couple o' new screenshots to help tide you over during the holidays. Thanks to forum member popez for giving us a head's up about it! Click here to read the full interview.

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Official Diablo 3 Site Media Update #3
Dec 12, 2008 - 6:00 PM - by mockery
Good news for those of you who've been starving for some new sights from Diablo 3! Blizzard has just updated the official Diablo 3 web site with three new pieces of concept artwork and seven new screenshots!

Bashiok reports, "We've just updated the official Diablo III website with new sights and sounds, as well as three new concept images and seven new screenshots. Go ahead and check out the entire site as there have been changes all around, including additional music."

First up, we have these really nice pieces of concept art by three different artists - Peter Lee, Victor Lee and Trent:


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How is death handled in Diablo 3?
Dec 12, 2008 - 5:40 PM - by mockery
A Battle.net forum member posted a question about how death is handled in Diablo 3 in regards to checkpoints. Bashiok was good enough to respond to help clear some things up:

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"We had a checkpoint system in the BlizzCon demo we showed, where you would die and pop back up at the last checkpoint you came across. Some of that was for the convenience of the demo, but we do like the checkpoint system and intend to carry that forward in the same or similar form. We're not looking toward corpse retrieval currently.

Any death system we do have needs to allow players to get back into the action quickly, but not be so meaningless that you're just flinging your corpse against a wall of monsters over and over until you finally get through."
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Diablo III Website Animation Updates
Dec 11, 2008 - 2:40 AM - by Atrumentis
Tyrael's wings have been updated on the official Diablo III website, and the Diablo III logos now have a red smokey glow animation.





They look awesome! He seems even more powerful than he did before. Before he was more calm and collected, yet held a powerful bearing presence, much like his appearance in Diablo II. Now he is just outright powerful.


This is what they used to look like:




Its good to see evidence of Blizzard working hard on Diablo III, even though we already trust that they are.

Thanks to lordbone and Shisou for the heads up.
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Avatars Return to DiabloFans.com
Dec 09, 2008 - 5:56 AM - by Jetrall
Well, it's been quite some time now since the hubub of the big annoucement, and at last things have settled down to a level where myself and the other mods feel that the risk of server strain is worth returning Avatars to everyone.

As of this moment, all avatar privileges are restored. There is a maximum width and height of 150x150 pixels. For now, only staff members can upload animated avatars (to help ease server strain), but this may change in the coming weeks and/or months.

A WORD OF CAUTION: Do not abuse these privileges. This is a strictly "abuse 'em and lose 'em" situation. Should there be a rampant mistreatment of the avatar system (pornographic or insulting avatars, etc) then they will all be removed once more. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Enjoy, everyone!
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