Diablo 2 fans might be interested in this :)

FrustratedPoet · April 1, 2002, 15:44

DiabloII.net has just posted a very funny April Fools joke on their site. They claim to have a copy of the plans Blizzard have for the next patch which were apparently accidently posted on Blizz's official site earlier today. Whether the joke comes direct from Blizz (who have a good record of such things) or from DiabloII.net itself i don't know, but it is VERY funny!!!

i tried to log onto the site's forums to see how many suckers have fallen for it, but couldn't get on because there was too much traffic. i'm sure some poor deluded people have fallen for it and are now madly spamming all the forums and chat rooms with "WTF BLIZ!! I WANT MY UBER ITAM BACK NOW!! I HAVE 10 WF 20 GF 500 SOJ!!! STFU U NOOB!!!!!"

sample quote from the 'official' document : "In order to address some lag issues, we need to reduce the number of characters saved on the Realms. [...] 2 characters will be deleted from every account, at random, to help with overcrowding."

*FP is ROFLMAO*

i thought the Diablo2 fans amongst us would find this amusing.

you can jump straight to the joke page here

Skanky Burns · April 2, 2002, 23:56

LOL

I'm sure those changes would make people happy

ravagon · April 3, 2002, 00:24

I liked the bits about the cow level personally

Joke had nothing to do with blizzard. It was all D2.net.

FrustratedPoet · April 3, 2002, 05:18

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Originally posted by ravagon

Joke had nothing to do with blizzard. It was all D2.net.

yeah, they've admitted it now. Blizz's april fool's joke involved the introduction of a fifth race into warcraft 3 that was made up entirely of pandas.

The Mad Monk · April 8, 2002, 17:13

I rather liked Blizzard's 'Chest Hack' April Fool's joke myself.

ravagon · April 9, 2002, 00:57

The giant panda race for WC3 wasn't bad either

FrustratedPoet · April 9, 2002, 13:39

Quote:

Originally posted by ravagon

The giant panda race for WC3 wasn't bad either

yeah, Bliz put quite a lot of work into creating that one. it's nice to see a big company with a sense of humour. That's one of the reasons I like their games so much. Have you heard any of the 'annoyed speech' for WC3 that plays if you repeatedly click on one unit - it's hilarious.

ravagon · April 9, 2002, 22:08

Haven't tried any for WC3 yet but I did like some of those out of WC2.

2-headed ogre - head 1: I've got the brain
head 2: No I've got the brain

Goblin sappers - We've got explosiivvess! Nyahhh!

Mr. President · April 10, 2002, 07:04

Beyond the Dark Portal introduced some funny annoyance speech too:

Alleria: "Do that again and you'll pull back a stump!"
Grom Hellscream: "I AM IRON MAN!"
Deathwing: "Do you like fire?" "I'm full of it!"

Okay, so they're not as funny as "Why do you keep touching me?" But they're still worth a chuckle or three.

FrustratedPoet · April 10, 2002, 07:16

a list of all the funny quotes from WC3 can be found at: http://www.lordaeron.com/war3/index.php

a lot of them are taken from Monty Python sketches, which meets with my approval.

here's a quick sample:

Human.
Peasant = You're the king? Well, I didn't vote for you.
We found a witch! May we burn her?
Help, help! I'm being repressed!

Footman = Uncle Lothar wants YOU!
It's only a flesh wound!

Knight = My favorite color is blue. No, yellowwww!
By the gods you're annoying!
I never say Ni.

Priest = I have been chosen, by the big metal hand in the sky!
"Side effects may include dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, water retention, painful rectal itch, haullucination, dementia, psychosis, coma, death, and halitosis. Magic is not for everyone. Consult your doctor before use." [yes - it's that long.

]

Sorceress = Click me baby, one more time
Let's chat on battle.net sometime.
For the end of the world spell, press Control-Alt-Delete.

well... you can look at the rest for yourself.
i particularly like the undead ones. ("You are the weakest Lich, goodbye" and "I see undead people")