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17 Dec 2008

Finally done playing Diablo 2

After 8 and a half year and 3-4000 hours of playing on at least 5 computers I’m done with Diablo 2. And I know it’s final this time because I’ve had my CD-Keys banned and I’m not buying a third set.

Oh no I got my CD-Keys banned? Diablo 2 is the kind of game where a large number of users have, at least at one point in time, use some sort of maphack at the very least. In most games a maphack would be useless but Diablo 2 had randomly generated maps every time you join or made a new game in multiplayer. There were discernible patterns that I picked up on after playing for a long time but that is not nearly as sweet as pressing 1 on the numpad and teleporting to the next level faster than humanly possibly.
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17 December, 2008 at 10:51 by Michael Hartog

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5 Dec 2008

Little Politics for You

In Canada the big thing right now is the Liberal, NDP and Bloc trying to overthrow the Conservatives and take power in the form of a coalition government.

I haven’t been following politics since the election so I have no idea if this is deserved but I’ve heard and seen things related to this issue specifically. Mostly the number of facebook groups that believe this is in some way ‘unconstitutional’ or illegal in some way.
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5 December, 2008 at 3:44 by Michael Hartog

Tags: political
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