Playing diablo with 2 accounts (2 computers)
Blizzard gives a stern warning not to do this, at least with a single computer. To run multiple instances of the game at the same time, but I don't think they mean using 2 laptops, each running it's own copy of Diablo 2 with it's own Bnet account. Maybe you could even do it by bringing 2 laptops to McDonalds and using their Wifi.
I think there are problems though. Take me for example. I live in Massachusetts, I sign into US East on one computer, do the same on another computer, and with one high level character I can rush and twink myself, and also do direct trading, no having to re-enter a game with a mule to pick things up.
The thing I'm worried about is latency. I've gotten a message before when we tried to play starcraft with our wireless network on battlenet that the latency was too high and the game would be unplayable. That the laptop was connecting to battlenet, then all the way back to massachusetts to the other computer. But still, shouldn't someone say in South Africa playing on the European Server have a greater distance than me playing someone else at my location? So their latency would be too high as well.
If this would work. I'd just get a cheap $50 laptop of craig's list and diablo 2 is cheap now as well, for the advantages it would give me.
Blizzard gives a stern warning not to do this, at least with a single computer. To run multiple instances of the game at the same time, but I don't think they mean using 2 laptops, each running it's own copy of Diablo 2 with it's own Bnet account. Maybe you could even do it by bringing 2 laptops to McDonalds and using their Wifi.
I think there are problems though. Take me for example. I live in Massachusetts, I sign into US East on one computer, do the same on another computer, and with one high level character I can rush and twink myself, and also do direct trading, no having to re-enter a game with a mule to pick things up.
The thing I'm worried about is latency. I've gotten a message before when we tried to play starcraft with our wireless network on battlenet that the latency was too high and the game would be unplayable. That the laptop was connecting to battlenet, then all the way back to massachusetts to the other computer. But still, shouldn't someone say in South Africa playing on the European Server have a greater distance than me playing someone else at my location? So their latency would be too high as well.
If this would work. I'd just get a cheap $50 laptop of craig's list and diablo 2 is cheap now as well, for the advantages it would give me.
