The story of Doug, The Fool
Well, lets just get it over with. The few people that had a problem with my "zod" were correct. An unlikely drop turns out to be just a dream. Of course, a corollary is that the unlikely Vex is also a dream.
Ok, so my friend did this and won't admit it. You know what? I'm not going to press him. No matter what he tried to do, or his motives for doing it, he is still my friend, and cornering him with this evidence seems counterproductive. I could go on again about what this friend has meant to me, but I would just be beating a dying horse. He has been a stand up guy, but in this he made a mistake. He has always been frustrated that I give him items and dont take any, and that I must see it drop in the game to pick it up. I can only think he was trying to circumvent this and give me a gift. However, this gift hurts. But I'm going to get over it, and I hope the SPF isn't tarnished as well. The congratulatory posters have all been had just like me, and I sincerely apologize to them for this.
Suffice it to say, I am a little downtrodden at the moment. The HoTo I have is illegit now, which is to be deleted. However, more troubling is that I MF'd with it for a while with my sorc on Mephy. I used it for a couple of days, found nothing worthwhile except an occulus, which then became her weapon and the HoTo returned to the fire druid. My reaction to this is going to be: nothing. I could not help it, and to destroy my grail like that would be more painful than quitting the game. I never found an uber item with it, well unless you count occulus, but enough harm has been done to me than to try and figure out what my sorc found and delete it. Besides, I am likely to find many more copies of all the items I have before I find a REAL zod.
So, a very embarassing, shameful episode in full light of the public and people's opinion whom I strive for respect. Thanks to the support I am getting, and to others who are holding their tongues. I am going to step back for a while, but I am not leaving. For now, the spirit of D2 still burns, albeit noticably less bright, and this is the best place to talk about Diablo there is on the internet.
Well, lets just get it over with. The few people that had a problem with my "zod" were correct. An unlikely drop turns out to be just a dream. Of course, a corollary is that the unlikely Vex is also a dream.
Ok, so my friend did this and won't admit it. You know what? I'm not going to press him. No matter what he tried to do, or his motives for doing it, he is still my friend, and cornering him with this evidence seems counterproductive. I could go on again about what this friend has meant to me, but I would just be beating a dying horse. He has been a stand up guy, but in this he made a mistake. He has always been frustrated that I give him items and dont take any, and that I must see it drop in the game to pick it up. I can only think he was trying to circumvent this and give me a gift. However, this gift hurts. But I'm going to get over it, and I hope the SPF isn't tarnished as well. The congratulatory posters have all been had just like me, and I sincerely apologize to them for this.
Suffice it to say, I am a little downtrodden at the moment. The HoTo I have is illegit now, which is to be deleted. However, more troubling is that I MF'd with it for a while with my sorc on Mephy. I used it for a couple of days, found nothing worthwhile except an occulus, which then became her weapon and the HoTo returned to the fire druid. My reaction to this is going to be: nothing. I could not help it, and to destroy my grail like that would be more painful than quitting the game. I never found an uber item with it, well unless you count occulus, but enough harm has been done to me than to try and figure out what my sorc found and delete it. Besides, I am likely to find many more copies of all the items I have before I find a REAL zod.
So, a very embarassing, shameful episode in full light of the public and people's opinion whom I strive for respect. Thanks to the support I am getting, and to others who are holding their tongues. I am going to step back for a while, but I am not leaving. For now, the spirit of D2 still burns, albeit noticably less bright, and this is the best place to talk about Diablo there is on the internet.
I thought that you really found that zod, which would have been great!