Hardcore Graveyard Gallery
One of the most popular features on the site back in the early D2 days was the Hardcore Graveyard. The purpose was simple; to provide a virtual burial ground for felled hardcore characters. Players could send in a screenshot of their death screen and write a short/informative memorial, which we'd then HTML and post, sorted by class and clvl. Several hundred burials were made during 2000 and 2001, but I eventually fell behind on the task, and never got back to it. (Which is a shame, since there were literally hundreds of them sent in; far more than ever got posted.)
Happily, the Graveyard has returned, and no longer must you depend on site staff to perform the undertaker's role. The graveyard is open source now; you need merely upload your death screenshot to the Hardcore Graveyard folder in the image gallery, write up the caption, and hit post. If you want to further publicize the death, make a post in this forum with whatever screenshots, details, taunts, vows of revenge, complaints, lag-blaming, or anything else you'd like to say. We'll be making a main page news post about the Graveyard from time to time, linking to some of the more interesting recent interments.
To get things started, I've posted 41 shots/captions from the classic graveyard. They're almost all from D2C (just a few D2X were added later, of my own character deaths), and as such there are no Druids or Assassins. Thrill to the days when 40 was a high level HC char, of instant MSLE deaths, of portal trapping bastards, and an overall much harder game than we enjoy today.
You can post whatever caption you like but here are the fields we suggested in the old days, and they still seem fairly comprehensive to me today:
Be sure you put your shots into the Hardcore Graveyard folder. (Not your personal folder, or they won't be seen by people browsing by category.) For greater visibility and easy class sorting, enter the correct tag. "sorceress-burial", necromancer-burial, etc. Example. Have fun! (So to speak.)
One of the most popular features on the site back in the early D2 days was the Hardcore Graveyard. The purpose was simple; to provide a virtual burial ground for felled hardcore characters. Players could send in a screenshot of their death screen and write a short/informative memorial, which we'd then HTML and post, sorted by class and clvl. Several hundred burials were made during 2000 and 2001, but I eventually fell behind on the task, and never got back to it. (Which is a shame, since there were literally hundreds of them sent in; far more than ever got posted.)
Happily, the Graveyard has returned, and no longer must you depend on site staff to perform the undertaker's role. The graveyard is open source now; you need merely upload your death screenshot to the Hardcore Graveyard folder in the image gallery, write up the caption, and hit post. If you want to further publicize the death, make a post in this forum with whatever screenshots, details, taunts, vows of revenge, complaints, lag-blaming, or anything else you'd like to say. We'll be making a main page news post about the Graveyard from time to time, linking to some of the more interesting recent interments.
To get things started, I've posted 41 shots/captions from the classic graveyard. They're almost all from D2C (just a few D2X were added later, of my own character deaths), and as such there are no Druids or Assassins. Thrill to the days when 40 was a high level HC char, of instant MSLE deaths, of portal trapping bastards, and an overall much harder game than we enjoy today.
You can post whatever caption you like but here are the fields we suggested in the old days, and they still seem fairly comprehensive to me today:
- Character Name, Class, Level, and Realm/SP:
- Location of Death:
- Cause of Death:
- Details:
- Greatest Regret:
- Famous Last Words:
- What Could Have Prevented This Tragedy:
Be sure you put your shots into the Hardcore Graveyard folder. (Not your personal folder, or they won't be seen by people browsing by category.) For greater visibility and easy class sorting, enter the correct tag. "sorceress-burial", necromancer-burial, etc. Example. Have fun! (So to speak.)
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