LIVIN' ON THE EDGE: Diablo 2 Hardcore Challenge

[Shrubwise]

It's time to pull up your tube socks, strap in your sandals and adjust that fedora, folks. I present to you

The Project 1999 Diablo 2 Hardcore Challenge

We're going to be playing Diablo 2 ladder on US East. /hardcore/

Season 1: July 5th to October 5th, 2016. At the end of the season the highest level surviving character shall be announced as the winner.

Rules:

1. Character must be Ladder/Hardcore/Expansion
2. To enter the contest you must make a screenshot of your character name and post it.
3. Rushing/Botting is allowed
4. Post a screenshot of your death and list the level/act
5. No cheating/hax or mountain dew consumption (or other performance enhancing substances)

What do I win? Lots of bragging rights.

Let's see who can get the highest level without dying! You must make a screenshot of your character creation screen and enter your toon's name into the mix. Ideally post screenshots of your progress, too.

GG DD GL HF

LET'S GOOOOOOOO

[Shrubwise]

I'll kick this baby off. I'm going to be following a guide a la Arreat Summit. Since this is my first Hardcore toon with no twinking, I'll be trying a Fishymancer build (max skeletons, max skeletal mastery, corpse explosion)

Toon name Maalicious

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[Shrubwise]

Corpsefire went down pretty easy.

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Act 1 Quest 1... check.

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My first blue drop. OP ASF

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[Shrubwise]

Blood Raven involved a lot of chasing...

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...but in the end she went down rather easily.

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And the trappings

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[Shrubwise]

Exploring the Mausoleum after Blood Raven's demise.

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Spine Brow in the underground passage killed all of my Skeles when she exploded. /chortle

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Everyone's favorite little shit

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Wahooey

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I've got big plans for dis 2 socket armor. Gotta find Tal/Eth runes and I will have my very first runeword! (Stealth)

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[Spyder73]

D3 > D2

[Shrubwise]

Mr. Woodfist fell to the skeles pretty fast

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Tristram: LET'S GOOOOO

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"Stay awhile, and listen."

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Oh hell ya

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[Shrubwise]

Into the tower we go...

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Countess went down really fast. Almost didn't snap the photo in time.

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3 Runes! Alllllriiighhhttt

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Yeppers just found my offhand for the next few acts.

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[Shrubwise]

Outer Cloister

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The Barracks

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The smith was very tanky but he just took a lil time is all!

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[burkemi5]

Haven't played d2 in a loooong time. Do runes always drop in act 1 lowest difficulty or did they drop cuz you're in hardcore mode?