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Diabloii.Net Member
My beef with Blizzard
I'd like to know how many have had problems with temporary restrictions since the ladder reset.
Personally, I haven't had a temporary restriction in over a year. Maybe that's because I'm so slow in games, or because I'm careful, but maybe not.
However I do feel very strongly about them. This is the first thread I've created in a LONG time; for some reason I just feel like talking about it tonight.
Blizzard claims they implemented it as an anti-botting measure, but has it really done anything to curb botting? Of course not. Botters still run rampant, with new bots that have countermeasures in place to avoid temporary restrictions.
Then there's the claim it's to keep latency down... well I don't see why latency is a problem when ten times as many people played on the servers without temporary restrictions in 1.09.
Then there's the fact that they can tell you what kind of restriction is on an account, but not for how long or why it was placed on the account in the first place. That's like telling someone they are going to prison, but not telling them for how long or why -- maybe Blizzard has secret ties to Guantanamo Bay? Oh did I mention? They can't remove temporary restrictions, either. Either Blizzard is lying to everyone, or they need to hire better programmers.
I'm starting to think that it was Blizzard's intention all along to implement this system when they were fully aware what it would do to the remaining legitimate players. Diablo II isn't making them much money any more, so they are actually taking measures to repel people from playing. Hell, that would also explain why they haven't fixed TPPK, and implement half-assed solutions to lag-dupes.
I've actually taken time to e-mail Blizzard about temporary restrictions. After a blanket response e-mail, and a second reply, I finally had a non-automated response. That response was:
I guess to the hundreds of people who have posted on the Blizzard forums and asked why they got restricted you should have said "blame your ISP, it's their fault!"
What I just don't understand why we are so helpless and hopeless about problems like this. Surely one would think the community of the #1 Diablo II fansite would have some pull? I wonder if Ely herself has ever tried e-mailing Blizzard as a representative from DiabloII.net asking them about the inherent problems with the game and if they ever intend to fix them? But then again, I'm pretty sure Ely and the other site admins haven't played this game for a very long time... so why would they care.
I guess there are very few people willing to do anything to try and get Blizzard's attention anymore. Too few people in our community care anymore, or even want to try: they know Blizzard won't listen because "it's all been tried before", and that anyone that thinks they can make Blizzard listen is naive. I would like to know how many organized mass e-mails there have been, and what the response was. I can't recall any, but that's probably because I hang around the hardcore forums almost exclusively. In fact, the only one I can recall is STING's, but even then I can't recall what it was about.
Recently Trish (Parsnips) tried to put something together.
Her attempt was noble, but it was derailed by generality and animosity.
I wonder if a more focused campaign could actually do anything.
I wonder.
I'd like to know how many have had problems with temporary restrictions since the ladder reset.
Personally, I haven't had a temporary restriction in over a year. Maybe that's because I'm so slow in games, or because I'm careful, but maybe not.
However I do feel very strongly about them. This is the first thread I've created in a LONG time; for some reason I just feel like talking about it tonight.
Blizzard claims they implemented it as an anti-botting measure, but has it really done anything to curb botting? Of course not. Botters still run rampant, with new bots that have countermeasures in place to avoid temporary restrictions.
Then there's the claim it's to keep latency down... well I don't see why latency is a problem when ten times as many people played on the servers without temporary restrictions in 1.09.
Then there's the fact that they can tell you what kind of restriction is on an account, but not for how long or why it was placed on the account in the first place. That's like telling someone they are going to prison, but not telling them for how long or why -- maybe Blizzard has secret ties to Guantanamo Bay? Oh did I mention? They can't remove temporary restrictions, either. Either Blizzard is lying to everyone, or they need to hire better programmers.
I'm starting to think that it was Blizzard's intention all along to implement this system when they were fully aware what it would do to the remaining legitimate players. Diablo II isn't making them much money any more, so they are actually taking measures to repel people from playing. Hell, that would also explain why they haven't fixed TPPK, and implement half-assed solutions to lag-dupes.
I've actually taken time to e-mail Blizzard about temporary restrictions. After a blanket response e-mail, and a second reply, I finally had a non-automated response. That response was:
OH, well then! My apologies Blizzard. It's all the ISP's fault.
I guess to the hundreds of people who have posted on the Blizzard forums and asked why they got restricted you should have said "blame your ISP, it's their fault!"
What I just don't understand why we are so helpless and hopeless about problems like this. Surely one would think the community of the #1 Diablo II fansite would have some pull? I wonder if Ely herself has ever tried e-mailing Blizzard as a representative from DiabloII.net asking them about the inherent problems with the game and if they ever intend to fix them? But then again, I'm pretty sure Ely and the other site admins haven't played this game for a very long time... so why would they care.
I guess there are very few people willing to do anything to try and get Blizzard's attention anymore. Too few people in our community care anymore, or even want to try: they know Blizzard won't listen because "it's all been tried before", and that anyone that thinks they can make Blizzard listen is naive. I would like to know how many organized mass e-mails there have been, and what the response was. I can't recall any, but that's probably because I hang around the hardcore forums almost exclusively. In fact, the only one I can recall is STING's, but even then I can't recall what it was about.
Recently Trish (Parsnips) tried to put something together.
Her attempt was noble, but it was derailed by generality and animosity.
I wonder if a more focused campaign could actually do anything.
I wonder.
