Diablo 3 = instant lulzfest

[Spyder]

Against my better judgment I decided to get Diablo 3. I pre-ordered it at Gamestop and got it at midnight with all the other goofy neckbearded gamers.

Now, here's the caveat: As you probably know already, Blizzard made Diablo 3 online (even if you play single player...). This being the case, they decided to make the server launch timezoned. Namely, 2:00 A.M. over here in the Midwest.

I install the game and get it up and running around 2:04. Takes a while for me to log in. Between Demon Hunter (ranged class) and Wizard, I opted to play as a Demon Hunter first. I name my character and hit "create". I get a "timed out" message. So, I restart the game. I launch the game again, type in my password and, essentially, this happens:

"The servers are busy at this time. Please try again later. (Error 37)." In plain language, it reads "We were foolish enough to make an offline, single player game into an online-based one. What's that? 5 million people trying to log into the one server at the same time? LOL!"

Since I'm not a die-hard Diablo fanboy, and since I decided to get the game for the hell of it, I'm not mad. In fact, the irony of this is killing me with jocularity.

[Smeemo]

It's beta garbage. Highly recommend everyone stays away from this one 'til it's stable. I fell asleep early, woke up around 5:00 a.m. CST, and have only been able to connect to a game 3 times out of the 25(?) I've input my password. Of the 3 times, I've played an average of one minute before timing out. I should've known better and waited a couple weeks before dropping 60 bones to just get frustrated.

[Capiturism]

It's like the Halo catastrophe all over again.
Only this time not justified.

[Smeemo]

Still getting kicked at random times + whenever I go idle for at least two minutes, but I'm a level 6 Witch Doctor now. Can't tell if it's getting better because of something Blizzard is doing or because everyone who's been trying to play since the servers went "live" is finally going to bed now.

[Guy]

PPPFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

What you do is copy your password, and Ctrl+V.
Typing it over and over makes you look like a noob. LOL

I don't like Diablo, but I might try it in a year or two.

[medkitz]

played diablo 2 and detested it. most likely wont like multiplayer either

[Spyder]

It's beta garbage. Highly recommend everyone stays away from this one 'til it's stable. I fell asleep early, woke up around 5:00 a.m. CST, and have only been able to connect to a game 3 times out of the 25(?) I've input my password. Of the 3 times, I've played an average of one minute before timing out. I should've known better and waited a couple weeks before dropping 60 bones to just get frustrated.

[VoltySquirrel]

I love experiencing lag while playing a single player game. Wait, I think I meant to say it is fucking horrendous and ruins what is at it's core a great game.

[Smeemo]

Torchlight 2 comes out soon. The latest "maintenance" is especially pissing me off atm.