"Rare Pleasure" Tournament

jiansonz said:
This sounds really interesting, but I can´t accept a fixed "end date" for the tournament, especially not so early.

When I want to play D2, I don´t want anything other than my desire to play a certain character influence my choice of which character to play.

If I get far, I might need up to a year for this...
I'm hoping Jonathan does better than my last Hunter Druid, and assuming I don't get him killed I plan to still be playing him long after the deadline. (I have no illusions of him making Guardian, or even Conquerer in a month.) So, even if the official deadline has passed I'll still be posting his progress here. I don't play for the prizes, just for the opportunity to try something new and to have others to share the battle stories with. So, unless you really want that prize stash (which I doubt considering your playstyle) don't let the deadline stop you.
isengart said:
Basically this means all characters will go fisting their way as soon as they find any rare weapon. Are you sure about this?
Take a bowazon for example: she starts with javelins and must drop them as soon as she finds ANY rare weapon, no matter if she can use it or not. Then she would have to fist her way through.
Evil, huh? Of course, there is nothing stopping her from using that rare sword until she finds a bow.
jrlafrance said:
I'm not quite understanding this. If you haven't killed Baal in normal level, you can't create a hardcore character? But you can with the help of ATMA whether you've killed Baal or not? Or do you have to Mat/Pat a character before you can create a hardcore character
Normally, you need to have completed normal with at least one character before you can make a HC character. However, you can create a new (hardcore) character using the new character function in ATMA even if you haven't completed normal with a character.
 
water_moon said:
it must be normal Baal, we had HC open before we had a mat or pat.

Normal Baal it is. You just have to have completed Normal difficulty to have the HC option.

AFAIK, ATMA on the other hand doesn't recognise this, so you can create a new HC character using ATMA even if you haven't completed normal.
 
Code:
Name            Build     	Level	Act/Difficulty		Forum Name	Points
Undead-WingWong Bonemancer        1     1/Norm		        Starving_Poet     0
Rare-Skunk      Bowzon            1     1/Norm			Skunkbelly        0
Inferno         HolyFireadin      1     1/Norm                  SuperSavage       0
LuckyCharm      ConcBarb          1     1/Norm                  OpethAZ           0
Fred            Zealot+           1     1/Norm                  jjscud            0
Jonathan	Hunter Druid	  1	1/Norm			Cattleya	  0
Coraxasn        MA-Sin            1     1/Norm                  tinantlu          0

I'm in, with the hopes that the Assassin is the lucky tourney character, after Corax's supurb win in the Zod-Tourney
 
Code:
Name            Build     	Level	Act/Difficulty		Forum Name	Points
Undead-WingWong Bonemancer        1     1/Norm		        Starving_Poet     0
Rare-Skunk      Bowzon            1     1/Norm			Skunkbelly        0
Inferno         HolyFireadin      1     1/Norm                  SuperSavage       0
LuckyCharm      ConcBarb          1     1/Norm                  OpethAZ           0
Fred            Zealot+           1     1/Norm                  jjscud            0
Jonathan	Hunter Druid	  1	1/Norm			Cattleya	  0
Coraxasn        MA-Sin            1     1/Norm                  tinantlu          0
Unknown         Unkown            0     1/Norm                  Mordalles         0

yeah, ill enter. i havent checked out the rules yet, but when i do ill post my build and name. i dont have a lot of time, so i will probably only have from the 18th to the 28th of may to play.

I'm in, with the hopes that the Assassin is the lucky tourney character, after Corax's supurb win in the Zod-Tourney[/QUOTE]
 
Code:
Name            Build     	Level	Act/Difficulty		Forum Name	Points
Undead-WingWong Bonemancer        1     1/Norm		        Starving_Poet     0
Rare-Skunk      Bowzon            1     1/Norm			Skunkbelly        0
Inferno         HolyFireadin      1     1/Norm                  SuperSavage       0
LuckyCharm      ConcBarb          1     1/Norm                  OpethAZ           0
Fred            Zealot+           1     1/Norm                  jjscud            0
Jonathan	Hunter Druid	  1	1/Norm			Cattleya	  0
Coraxasn        MA-Sin            1     1/Norm                  tinantlu          0
Unknown         Unkown            0     1/Norm                  Mordalles         0
Elolroel        Charged Boltress  1     1/Norm                  goltar25          0

This sounds like fun, I'll be joining as well.
 
OK, some answers to some questions:

@ water-moon: by "type" I simply mean where on your body it goes. So for example, if you gamble a circlet, and then equip it, you can't gamble for *any* other headgear. If you gamble for a weapon, and equip one you gambled, then you can't gamble any other weapons. Etc.

@ all the people who suggested a longer tourney. OK, YOU WORE ME DOWN. We will still start as originally posted, just so people can have time to register without getting too far behind. But the end date for the tournament will now be 7:00 p.m. EST on July First. That gives us a complete second month.

@ isengart: as Cattleya points out, just because you find a weapon that isn't your weapon of choice doesn't mean you cannot use it. So you may be building a bowzon... but she can still kill stuff with a sword until she finds an appropriately yellow bow or xbow.

Glad to see this idea is generating some interest!
 
Code:
Name            Build     	Level	Act/Difficulty		Forum Name	Points
Undead-WingWong Bonemancer        1     1/Norm		        Starving_Poet     0
Rare-Skunk      Bowzon            1     1/Norm			Skunkbelly        0
Inferno         HolyFireadin      1     1/Norm                  SuperSavage       0
LuckyCharm      ConcBarb          1     1/Norm                  OpethAZ           0
Fred            Zealot+           1     1/Norm                  jjscud            0
Jonathan	Hunter Druid	  1	1/Norm			Cattleya	  0
Coraxasn        MA-Sin            1     1/Norm                  tinantlu          0
Unknown         Unkown            0     1/Norm                  Mordalles         0
Elolroel        Charged Boltress  1     1/Norm                  goltar25          0
Melowyn         Spearazon         1     1/Norm                  Quickdeath       0

I was about to do a Charged Boltress, but I saw goltar25 beat me to it and I didn't want to duplicate.
 
Code:
Name            Build     	Level	Act/Difficulty		Forum Name	Points
Undead-WingWong Bonemancer        1     1/Norm		        Starving_Poet     0
Rare-Skunk      Bowzon            1     1/Norm			Skunkbelly        0
Inferno         HolyFireadin      1     1/Norm                  SuperSavage       0
LuckyCharm      ConcBarb          1     1/Norm                  OpethAZ           0
Fred            Zealot+           1     1/Norm                  jjscud            0
Jonathan	Hunter Druid	  1	1/Norm			Cattleya	  0
Coraxasn        MA-Sin            1     1/Norm                  tinantlu          0
Unknown         Unkown            0     1/Norm                  Mordalles         0
Elolroel        Charged Boltress  1     1/Norm                  goltar25          0
Melowyn         Spearazon         1     1/Norm                  Quickdeath       0
Icy_Hot         Bowazon           1     1/Norm                  Exarkun           0

Sounds Cool.
Quick Question: When you say that quest items can be used in that act, can we socket the gems/rune we get from the forge to use throughout the remainder of Act4? It might be a waste, but...

Ekun
 
Haven't played in a month, but it looks like time for a new char. I'll do a crossbow zon, I've thought that was a cool idea since AE was doing one. I'll have to figure out an actual build by May I guess.

Code:
Name            Build     	Level	Act/Difficulty		Forum Name	Points
Undead-WingWong Bonemancer        1     1/Norm		        Starving_Poet     0
Rare-Skunk      Bowzon            1     1/Norm			Skunkbelly        0
Inferno         HolyFireadin      1     1/Norm                  SuperSavage       0
LuckyCharm      ConcBarb          1     1/Norm                  OpethAZ           0
Fred            Zealot+           1     1/Norm                  jjscud            0
Jonathan	Hunter Druid	  1	1/Norm			Cattleya	  0
Coraxasn        MA-Sin            1     1/Norm                  tinantlu          0
Unknown         Unkown            0     1/Norm                  Mordalles         0
Elolroel        Charged Boltress  1     1/Norm                  goltar25          0
Melowyn         Spearazon         1     1/Norm                  Quickdeath        0
Icy_Hot         Bowazon           1     1/Norm                  Exarkun           0
CrossCheck	CrossbowZon	  1     1/Norm			Crazy_Bear	  0
 
Quickdeath said:
I was about to do a Charged Boltress, but I saw goltar25 beat me to it and I didn't want to duplicate.

It wouldn't bother me to have another character like mine in the tournament. That would provide a better idea of how a charged boltress would do in this situation.

I just realized, there is no restriction on MP in the rules. Is it allowed?
 
I was looking for a tourney, but I'm quite slow with my playing, in addition to being away for a substantial part of May. Given my preference for ending my tourney with my character's death, I'll unfortunately have to pass on this one.

Great idea, though. :thumbsup:
 
Thanks for giving this tournament more time.

Code:
Name            Build     	Level	Act/Difficulty		Forum Name	Points
Undead-WingWong Bonemancer        1     1/Norm		        Starving_Poet     0
Rare-Skunk      Bowzon            1     1/Norm			Skunkbelly        0
Inferno         HolyFireadin      1     1/Norm                  SuperSavage       0
LuckyCharm      ConcBarb          1     1/Norm                  OpethAZ           0
Fred            Zealot+           1     1/Norm                  jjscud            0
Jonathan	Hunter Druid	  1	1/Norm			Cattleya	  0
Coraxasn        MA-Sin            1     1/Norm                  tinantlu          0
Unknown         Unkown            0     1/Norm                  Mordalles         0
Elolroel        Charged Boltress  1     1/Norm                  goltar25          0
Melowyn         Spearazon         1     1/Norm                  Quickdeath        0
Icy_Hot         Bowazon           1     1/Norm                  Exarkun           0
CrossCheck	CrossbowZon	  1     1/Norm			Crazy_Bear	  0
Sarah           Javazon           1     1/Norm                  Hrus              0
 
skunkbelly said:
c. Skeletons and Revives are not permissible for Necromancers (bone skills *are* allowed).

I assume that only Raise Skeleton and Revive are banned skills, and that I may pump Skeletal Mages and Skeleton Mastery, as long as I never use my prerequisite point in Raise Skeleton, right?

skunkbelly said:
8. You may gamble for items; however, once you have equipped a gambled rare item in a particular slot, you may never gamble for that item type again. (This means that two rings may be gambled, and in the case of dual-wielding barbarians, two weapons). If you find something better than the gambled item, you are free to use it... but you still may not gamble for that item type in the future. Gamble wisely!

Wouldn´t 'equip gambled items wisely' be more substantial advice, or am I missing something here?

An example:
* Let´s say my character has no headgear, and gambles circlets. Can I gamble as many as I want, as long as I don´t equip one? In other words, can I keep gambling them until I actually equip a rare gambled circlet?
* Does it make any difference to the above situation if I was already wearing some (non-gambled) rare headgear?

In other words, if I gamble for an empty slot, can I choose to sell/stash the rare items I gamble, instead of equipping it, to avoid losing the gambling privilege?
 
[offtopic]
is "not cheating" in these tournaments a matter of "we just have to trust each other"?
cause if so, ill really fall in love with this community!
 
phatbrava said:
[offtopic]
is "not cheating" in these tournaments a matter of "we just have to trust each other"?
cause if so, ill really fall in love with this community!

Yes, we trust each other. And cheating is really no point in HC tournaments, because you have no good feeling when you win with cheating. We just like the competition.

And this community is very legit and tries to stay legit. So we generally trust each other, but when some new forumite claims that he found a Zod, we will not believe him and most possibly flame him.
 
neah, i wont say i've found a zod, cause i didnt!

bottom line...i'm so very happy that there is respect and trust here
the lack of these two values got me not to play online
 
Sorry to be a nag, but I have two more gambling questions:

* Do the weapon slots in switch I and II count as two different "gambling opportunities". Is it the same with shields (or dual-wielded second weapons)?

* How is the merc weapon slot viewed? If I gamble a rare bow for my rogue and equips it, will that prevent me from gambling a weapon for my future desert guard(s)?
 
Did you think I was done with the questions? No way...

Question: What if I gamble a rare javelin for my character, use it, then give it to my merc when I get to act 2. Which of those two slots (character weapon I and merc weapon) is now closed from future gambling?

I want to have this cleared up before I plan my character. :cool:


Another question: Are banned skills always forbidden to use, or can they be used from charges?
 
Geez, you guys are pesky! :) Good questions, seriously, and thanks.

Answers/clarifications are coming soon... unfortunately, right now I gotta go to a board meeting. But probably in about 2.5-3 hours...
 
I don't know how much time I'll have, but I'll give it a try. This could be fun, my first tournament.

Code:
Name            Build     	Level	Act/Difficulty		Forum Name	Points
Undead-WingWong Bonemancer        1     1/Norm		        Starving_Poet     0
Rare-Skunk      Bowzon            1     1/Norm			Skunkbelly        0
Inferno         HolyFireadin      1     1/Norm                  SuperSavage       0
LuckyCharm      ConcBarb          1     1/Norm                  OpethAZ           0
Fred            Zealot+           1     1/Norm                  jjscud            0
Jonathan	Hunter Druid	  1	1/Norm			Cattleya	  0
Coraxasn        MA-Sin            1     1/Norm                  tinantlu          0
Unknown         Unkown            0     1/Norm                  Mordalles         0
Elolroel        Charged Boltress  1     1/Norm                  goltar25          0
Melowyn         Spearazon         1     1/Norm                  Quickdeath        0
Icy_Hot         Bowazon           1     1/Norm                  Exarkun           0
CrossCheck	CrossbowZon	  1     1/Norm			Crazy_Bear	  0
Sarah           Javazon           1     1/Norm                  Hrus              0
HCTornNecroI    Bonemancer        1     1/Norm                  Thov              0
 
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