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Well folks, it looks like AGD has been taken over, today while playing (and
burning in some more mules) we had Dingogirl and 4 friends playing in AGD,
there was also another drop-in that passed by a few days ago. These
characters always seem to drop straight in camp and run around looking for
items, even into the corners ( I tested this by dropping a flawed gem at my
feet as soon as he entered, nowhere near the fire but it disappeared anyway)

Do not mule in AGD anymore unless you dont want it.
You have been warned

Is it worthwhile changing the password to something a little less obvious?

Craig
 
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After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> and realizing that it's a
small world after all, "Craig" <NOBODY@IRRELEVANT.com.au> said:

>Well folks, it looks like AGD has been taken over, today while playing (and
>burning in some more mules) we had Dingogirl and 4 friends playing in AGD,
>there was also another drop-in that passed by a few days ago. These
>characters always seem to drop straight in camp and run around looking for
>items, even into the corners ( I tested this by dropping a flawed gem at my
>feet as soon as he entered, nowhere near the fire but it disappeared anyway)
>
>Do not mule in AGD anymore unless you dont want it.
>You have been warned
>
>Is it worthwhile changing the password to something a little less obvious?

I think it is.
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:08:10 +1100, "Craig" <NOBODY@IRRELEVANT.com.au>
wrote:

>Is it worthwhile changing the password to something a little less obvious?
>
>Craig

It's the same old problem: If we did, how would we distribute it? If
it's posted in here the griefers would see it, or get it the same way
that they did this time. If it's done via something like email, who
decides who gets the password and who doesn't? FWIW, my answer is no,
I don't think it's worth changing it, while we might lose idiots like
dingogirl (for a little while), we would also lose new players like
Katyie (sp?), and that would be a true shame.

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
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CotSRSig #16
 
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I disagree with changing the password due to the same reasons others
have mentioned.

We have that public mule account, just load your unwanted yet useful
items there, as for items who are absolutely useless (Isenhart armor,
anyone?) either give it to Charsi or let dingo has it, who cares? :)
 
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"Craig" <NOBODY@IRRELEVANT.com.au> wrote in message
news:41e85eea$0$5112$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> Well folks, it looks like AGD has been taken over, today while playing
(and
> burning in some more mules) we had Dingogirl and 4 friends playing in AGD,
> there was also another drop-in that passed by a few days ago. These
> characters always seem to drop straight in camp and run around looking for
> items, even into the corners ( I tested this by dropping a flawed gem at
my
> feet as soon as he entered, nowhere near the fire but it disappeared
anyway)
>
> Do not mule in AGD anymore unless you dont want it.
> You have been warned
>
> Is it worthwhile changing the password to something a little less obvious?

This has been gone over countless times before, and most people are against
it. I will admit that the current situation is by far the worst I've
experienced in my short stay here.

I say we just make the games unplayable for the little pricks.
 
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Ok, maybe I'm thickheaded, but I found them funny. Well not them, but
the comments by other AGD regulars in response to their behavior while
in game are funny :)

A lot of the items on the agdpub haven't been touched for a while,
perhaps if we throw those out, there won't be a need for a 2nd mule.
But if you are going to start another one, why not just let the
password to be the same as the first one? CymTyr (from agd2) just
started a new account btw, *agdmule1 IIRC.
 
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I think it was jerk-o <jerk-o@yomomma.org> that wrote something
like...

>
>>Do not mule in AGD anymore unless you dont want it.
>>You have been warned
>>
>>Is it worthwhile changing the password to something a little less obvious?
>
>I think it is.

The problem isn't so much in changing the password as getting word out
what the new password is without it becoming pointless to change the
password.

Ashen Shugar
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The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule!
 
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"~misfit~" <misfit61nz@hooya.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Excellent point ald. I think we leave things as they are, maybe I build a
> PvP character and learn how to use it.

Now we're talking my language, want any PvP pally or necro advice, just
lemme know.

> --
> ~misfit~
>
>
 
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deathsabyss@yahoo.com.au (Ashen Shugar) wrote in
news:41e88710.5558953@news.individual.net:

> The problem isn't so much in changing the password as getting word out
> what the new password is without it becoming pointless to change the
> password.
>
> Ashen Shugar

I agree. Not that I've been on the realm lately, but perhaps it would be a
good idea to exchange email addys and and give out the password via email.
Doing on the NG is too public and the kids could likely find it.

Diane
 
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ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:08:10 +1100, "Craig" <NOBODY@IRRELEVANT.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> >Is it worthwhile changing the password to something a little less obvious?
> >
> >Craig
>
> It's the same old problem: If we did, how would we distribute it?
> it's posted in here the griefers would see it, or get it the same way
> that they did this time.

I'm not certain the people causing trouble are getting the password via
the newsgroup. I think they're guessing or it's word of mouth. Since
this problem got worse recently, I think it's likely someone opened the
door to someone who wasn't trustworthy who passed the word on to others.

One thing that could be done is to change the password, announce it
here, and see if the same troublemakers come back. At the very least,
we'd learn if the troublemakers were actually reading the group or if
they were a link in a chain that is now broken.

If that fails, then one can consider more drastic options like e-mail or
getting the password from another AGD person who is frequently online
and knows enough about the group to assess people based on posting names
or what-not (people like Shiftlet or Orion Ryder). I don't have a
problem with giving the password only to people who actively post or are
well-known to those who actively post and who can vouch for them.

Based on how the AGD games seem to be going (and I stopped going to them
long ago because of various problems which seem to have gotten worse), I
think there's not much to lose in changing the password. What's the
point of attracting good newcomers if they are quickly scared off by the
bad behavior of griefers? The whole point is to provide a good
environment which people are more comfortable playing in compared to
public games.

Personally, I don't care either way ATM (and won't until the ladder is
reset and I make a return to realms) but I can promise that when I do
return, I won't be in AGD games if the password hasn't been changed and
this problem hasn't been addressed in some assertive fashion.

Shari
 
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"~misfit~" <misfit61nz@hooya.co.nz> wrote in message
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> PvP Necro advice please!! Just started "Spare-Ribs" last might, he's lvl
11
> so I don't think I've done anything wrong yet. With my ping-times of late,
a
> summoner necro is about the only option. I have a teleport ammy put aside
> for him. I have some +1 Marrowwalks (might be able to steal shady's +2's
off
> her mule if she doesn't stop playing with her killer cold witch and spend
> some time on her baby necro), all of Trangs except the wing (which I'll
> trade for or find), Ume's Lament or Blackhand Key, various gear, some
pretty
> good.

I'll assume you're not dueling pros, but here's some things you'll need.
Don't go pure summoner, go summon/bone hybrid. Max skels, mastery, bone
spear or spirit, and bonewall. With Marrows, this will give you a strong
spear/spirit and good bone armor as well as your summons. Make sure you have
at least 80 FCR, you need to teleport fast to catch a hostile moving
opponent, keep your resists up as well. Use bonewall to your advantage...if
fighting a paladin or druid for example, you can bonewall him in, or setup
barricades to hide behind, then spirit away at him. Use Decrep, not Amp on
melee chars...slows down their attack speed as well as their move speed.
Against a teleporter, just go with Amp, Decrep doesn't slow cast speed so
you want them killed quickly. Take advantage of the minions bug as well-as
long as you have one "large" revive(yeti, minotaur, beetle, maggot, etc)
when you teleport, your whole army will remain stacked on you, and you can't
be directly targeted by spells, so always make sure you have a couple big
revives. Against barbs, just cast IM on him, and surround him with
bonewalls. If he tries to WW though them, he dies.

> --
> ~misfit~
>
>
 
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Alice wrote:
> I disagree with changing the password due to the same reasons others
> have mentioned.
>
> We have that public mule account, just load your unwanted yet useful
> items there, as for items who are absolutely useless (Isenhart armor,
> anyone?) either give it to Charsi or let dingo has it, who cares? :)

the problem is getting it onto the public mules, AIS before, they're coming
in and being A**holes, anything on the ground is fair game as far as they're
concerened, so unless you have 2 sets of cd keys you have to leave items
somewhere and thats when they snag things.
I've had another begging for items in both normal and hell games.

These are the same people who have been causing trouble with Katyie and
Misfit over the last month or so.

I'm not saying we must change passwords I'm just wondering if anyone else
has suggestions. Maybe firing up the bots and going into the chat channel to
see who is playing where, but thats the same as changing the password and
those who dont know the commands etc. still wont be able to find us.
These people dont seem to take hints and think its a joke if you PK them so
its hard to chase them away

Craig
 
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:08:10 +1100, "Craig" <NOBODY@IRRELEVANT.com.au>
wrote:

>Well folks, it looks like AGD has been taken over, today while playing (and
>burning in some more mules) we had Dingogirl and 4 friends playing in AGD,
>there was also another drop-in that passed by a few days ago. These
>characters always seem to drop straight in camp and run around looking for
>items, even into the corners ( I tested this by dropping a flawed gem at my
>feet as soon as he entered, nowhere near the fire but it disappeared anyway)
>
>Do not mule in AGD anymore unless you dont want it.
>You have been warned
>
>Is it worthwhile changing the password to something a little less obvious?

The only real solution, IMO, is to go to the Amazon Basin, where some
very good people are willing to put in a significant amount of work to
make sure the community stays friendly. There's no reason AGD
regulars can't jump through the few little hoops the AB requires, and
then play trouble-free.

-- Roy L
 
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"Diane" <kirchbabe1@verizon.net> wrote in message
> deathsabyss@yahoo.com.au (Ashen Shugar) wrote in
>
> > The problem isn't so much in changing the password as getting word out
> > what the new password is without it becoming pointless to change the
> > password.
> >
> > Ashen Shugar
>
> I agree. Not that I've been on the realm lately, but perhaps it would be
a
> good idea to exchange email addys and and give out the password via email.
> Doing on the NG is too public and the kids could likely find it.
>

There's the D2 Honest Traders Club Yahoo group, it could be passed out via
that.

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<royls@telus.net> wrote in message
news:41e969af.8496705@news.telus.net...
>
> The only real solution, IMO, is to go to the Amazon Basin, where
some
> very good people are willing to put in a significant amount of work
to
> make sure the community stays friendly. There's no reason AGD
> regulars can't jump through the few little hoops the AB requires,
and
> then play trouble-free.

Gotta agree with Roy on this one. The AB games have a password that
changes daily. You go to the website and login to find the PW for the
day, then go to the standard games (HC, SC, Ladder, Nonladder). AB
games are very similar to AGD games, more friendly if you can believe
it. No one there is rude, or unpleasant, or grabby; or else they
aren't there for long. Their games are just for questing, so you could
still use the AGD games (w/ the daily PW) for muling and rushing. With
the pool of D2 players shrinking all the time, it would be a plus for
all.

The only down side, some of you would have to give up your Maphack.

Regards-
Mark

Bongo-Fury
 
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"EvilBill" <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote in
news:34t873F4g36jmU3@individual.net:

> There's the D2 Honest Traders Club Yahoo group, it could be passed out
> via that.
>

Never heard of this group. Please, tell me more. Can anyone join?

Diane
 
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:45:19 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
wrote:

>"EvilBill" <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote in
>news:34t873F4g36jmU3@individual.net:
>
>> There's the D2 Honest Traders Club Yahoo group, it could be passed out
>> via that.
>>
>
>Never heard of this group. Please, tell me more. Can anyone join?
>
>Diane

Well, yeah, as long as you're approved by the group's moderator, which
I have absolutely no idea who is ATM. The group was started by
Marshall, and he was the moderator until he stepped down, after which
the group has apparently gone dormant (I haven't seen one of their
messages in *months*). Heh, sure is different from when Randy's server
went berserk and sent the group something like 160 messages notifying
us of the *wrong* new address for him ;-)

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
CotSRSig #16
 
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Diane wrote:
> "EvilBill" <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:34t873F4g36jmU3@individual.net:
>
>> There's the D2 Honest Traders Club Yahoo group, it could be passed
>> out via that.
>>
>
> Never heard of this group. Please, tell me more. Can anyone join?

Only honest traders. ;-)

desktop at home dot se
 
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"Desktop" <desktop@home.sweden> wrote in news:r4iGd.127738$dP1.458822
@newsc.telia.net:

> Only honest traders. ;-)
>
> desktop at home dot se
>
>
>

I should have guessed that one. Sheesh, lol.

Diane
 
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ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
news:kefju0t94nkb0fmu8ca3ihubvm26j2nsp5@4ax.com:
>
> Well, yeah, as long as you're approved by the group's moderator, which
> I have absolutely no idea who is ATM. The group was started by
> Marshall, and he was the moderator until he stepped down, after which
> the group has apparently gone dormant (I haven't seen one of their
> messages in *months*). Heh, sure is different from when Randy's server
> went berserk and sent the group something like 160 messages notifying
> us of the *wrong* new address for him ;-)
>
> ald
>

Thanks for the info. Wonder if there could be a resurrection of this
group. Was it just a chat kind of group, or was the purpose for trading
Diablo stuff? If it was the latter, you could do that on the realm, so
I'm just wondering what the group is about, since it was mentioned.

Diane
 
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:36:34 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Thanks for the info. Wonder if there could be a resurrection of this
>group. Was it just a chat kind of group, or was the purpose for trading
>Diablo stuff? If it was the latter, you could do that on the realm, so
>I'm just wondering what the group is about, since it was mentioned.
>
>Diane

Yeah, it was for trading, not the elite kind of stuff, but more common
equipment, or at least that's the way I remember it from the start.
The group is still listed as active, it had my old Erols address so I
had to change that, but apparently there were only two messages that
bounced, both looking for Mountain Dew points ;-) It the time of it's
conception, there were a lot of scammers on BNut (I'm not saying there
aren't now, I don't know since I've never traded), but I must say that
the reason I joined was that a bunch of the people I chatted with were
on it, and even in it's heyday there was a least a little bit of that
(although Marshall tried to rein it in).

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
CotSRSig #16
 
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Craig wrote:
> I'm not saying we must change passwords I'm just wondering if
> anyone else has suggestions. Maybe firing up the bots and going
> into the chat channel to see who is playing where, but thats the
> same as changing the password and those who dont know the commands
> etc. still wont be able to find us.

If it is Subbot you can make a help file that explains the commands to
new people. I have written some simple bits myself, and I could mail
them to you if you are interested.
 
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:08:10 +1100, "Craig" <NOBODY@IRRELEVANT.com.au>
wrote:

>Well folks, it looks like AGD has been taken over, today while playing (and
>burning in some more mules) we had Dingogirl and 4 friends playing in AGD,
>there was also another drop-in that passed by a few days ago. These
>characters always seem to drop straight in camp and run around looking for
>items, even into the corners ( I tested this by dropping a flawed gem at my
>feet as soon as he entered, nowhere near the fire but it disappeared anyway)
>
>Do not mule in AGD anymore unless you dont want it.
>You have been warned
>
>Is it worthwhile changing the password to something a little less obvious?
>
>Craig
>

I suspect that after being given a cold shoulder treatment by most of
the agd regs, these idiots will go away after a while.

I entered an AGD game yesterday after getting back form the gym and I
could have sworn i was in a pubbie game. I stayed to watch the fun.
One kid was accusing another one of stealing an item (pul rune i
think) he had dropped for transfer (ironic isn't it?). Another one was
challenging everyone to duel and calling everyone noob (He couldn't
understand why someone would have a high -level character if it wasn't
for duelling). I was hostiled for the first time ever in an AGD game.
Others would pop in every once in a while, take 2 seconds to scan for
anything that dropped on the ground, then leave.

Needless to say, all of the participants seemed to be friends of
Dinogirl and Hellsguardian.

foobear
 
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foobear <bearmac@hotmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:59:40 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like these kids think they've taken over the AGD area, huh?
>>
>> Diane
> \
> oh yeah, I forgot to mention the one that continuously claims to
> either "own" agd or have "made" agd.
>
> These are all the same fools that were harassing kaytie a while back.
>
> foobear

Jerks 🙁

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"EvilBill" <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Jerks 🙁

Jeez, maybe I DO need to build that PvP character on ladder.

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> There is no spoon.
>
> EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html
> My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/
> Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC)
>
>
 
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