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Diablo III installation servers now live
Posted: 14.05.2012 19:21 by JonahFalcon Comments: 34
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. The Diablo III installation servers have gone live. The game’s launcher will make waiting for the install easier by telling the backstory of previous games as the game downloads.

Diablo III itself will go live at midnight PST, however, so don't expect to play right away after the game is fully installed.

Let us know how excited you are to finally play Diablo III 12 years since the second game was released.

Source: VG247
Related games: Diablo III (PC)

Comments

By djole381 (SI Elite) on May 14, 2012
djole381
I can't wait to see how many people will actually be able to play at launch. I sure hope Blizzard has prepared enough servers. XD
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on May 14, 2012
JonahFalcon
I postal ordered the game so it'll arrive a few days after launch. I'm not in a hurry. :p
By djole381 (SI Elite) on May 14, 2012
djole381
Smart move Jonah.
By Arrecoolast (SI Core) on May 14, 2012
Arrecoolast
3h and 10 minutes left til the EU servers launch!! :D
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on May 14, 2012
JonahFalcon
Also, I can play Diablo III anyway because the first act is free. :D
By djole381 (SI Elite) on May 14, 2012
djole381
I thought that the first act is free only until you reach Skeleton King...
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on May 14, 2012
JonahFalcon
Yeah, but it's still free and allows me to experiment.

My UPS shipment weighs 5.6lbs. :o
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on May 15, 2012
herodotus
EB Games are selling it as fast as they can get it in right now. Spoke to the Area Manager and it looks like all available stock will be gone by day's end....at the latest which is when the servers go live here (7 hours time).
By SiyaenSokol (SI Elite) on May 15, 2012
SiyaenSokol
I got my copy last night xD

Game already installed, but haven't played yet. I am not in a hurry either, but I am quite excited to feel the experience.
By nocutius (SI Elite) on May 15, 2012
nocutius
The one thing that Blizzard never fails to deliver is the great storytelling, if nothing else at least we're guaranteed that. So high sale numbers are not really a surprise, although I'll wait for a price drop myself.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on May 15, 2012
herodotus
By all accounts from Aussie users, the launch is not going well at all. Who'd have guessed?
By djole381 (SI Elite) on May 15, 2012
djole381
OK, so has anyone started playing yet?
By BoneArc (SI Elite) on May 15, 2012
BoneArc
I AM SO EXCITED .... AND I JUST CAN'T HIDE IT !

ALL CAPS NOW AND I DONT REALLY CARE !

DIABLO 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on May 15, 2012
FoolWolf
Downloading installer now - gone fritz on the last bytes...
Ah well, it will be downloaded when it is downloaded... ;)
By BoneArc (SI Elite) on May 15, 2012
BoneArc
Wise wolf you are, fool you are not.
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on May 16, 2012
SirRoderick
...well I must be the only one NOT excited about the game O_o
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on May 16, 2012
herodotus
...make that two >_
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on May 16, 2012
SirRoderick
Right oh, great minds think alike and all that.
By nocutius (SI Elite) on May 16, 2012
nocutius
That can happen with idiots too :)
By the_fourth_horseman (SI Veteran Member) on May 16, 2012
the_fourth_horseman
Diablo as in : click, click, clickerdeeclick clickclickclikclick? O sounds very exciting!
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on May 16, 2012
SirRoderick
nocutius...are you implying that my intelligence is inadequate? -_-

How dare you sah!
By nocutius (SI Elite) on May 16, 2012
nocutius
All I'm gonna say is that I'm not overly excited about Diablo either.
The rest is up to interpretation :)
By SiyaenSokol (SI Elite) on May 16, 2012
SiyaenSokol
My excitement has been attended to :)

The game is not quite what I expected (positively, and negatively speaking). But I thought about something, which eased my mind... we as gamers can never make up our minds what we really want. When a new version of a game comes out, it is either not new enough, or not old enough.

In the case of Diablo, most people want it to be like Diablo II which is not realistic, because it is 2012, and new feature needs to be in the game, thus changing the game dramatically.

The bit I have played, I love the game, and I do not regret purchasing the game.
By BoneArc (SI Elite) on May 16, 2012
BoneArc
I see my School mates going out to buy the game , while I struggle to get it by my own means. I see their skill when we play League of Legends and Warcraft 3.

These are NOT gamers ... These are people who just "Play" games

WE, this community , this society that reads about it, thinks about it , IMAGINES IT, We are TRUE gamers.... We LIVE the games.

My point being that even after any game will be released, even Diablo 3, I want to thank you all for being part of our little SI community, I love and respect you all and I enjoy your company.
You guys are amazing, just wanted to put that out there ( sorry for it having nothing to do with Diablo 3 :S )

had to say this because of ViGoth's post, I find what he says is True
By djole381 (SI Elite) on May 16, 2012
djole381
http://9gag.com/gag/4186312

XD

Oh, and let's not forget this one :

http://9gag.com/gag/4184940
By bollo (SI Newbie) on May 16, 2012
bollo
Hell, yeah!!!...I'm looking for a friend in the US to buy me the game and then send it...it's amazing, specially the Collectors edition stuff.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on May 16, 2012
herodotus
When all is said and done, Relic do this much better. Look at the giant leap from "DoW" to "DoW II". Not nearly as much development time, and nowhere near the fanfare and hype. Just a solid product delivered on time.
Take note Blizzard, this is how the professionals do it.
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on May 16, 2012
SirRoderick
Herodutus...that avatar...it is magnificent! The Beard! The Scottish Accent! The flying droplets of saliva accompanying bombastic speech alongside an inspiring display of pyrotechnics!

Just Magnificent!
By BoneArc (SI Elite) on May 16, 2012
BoneArc
Herodotus, that is just beautiful. Such a beautiful Avatar
By SiyaenSokol (SI Elite) on May 17, 2012
SiyaenSokol
The 9gag posts are beautiful djole381 xD

I laughed my ass off, because I must confess that it is quite a problem just to get into the game... but this too shall pass.
By djole381 (SI Elite) on May 17, 2012
djole381
Thank you ViGotH :)
By nocutius (SI Elite) on May 17, 2012
nocutius
You shall not pass!
By djole381 (SI Elite) on May 17, 2012
djole381
One does not simply play Diablo III on launch day XD
By nocutius (SI Elite) on May 17, 2012
nocutius
Yea, the nerve of that guy :).