It wasnt "us assholes" who fucked it up. It's "joe noob" who was apparently some forum leacher who thought thought he could release rediculously large amounts of valuable items simultaneously into the public realms without worrying about how it would affect the game's internal and external(ebay) economies in order to make some money.. Thats why things like bugged con rings went from $40.00 each to $1.50 in ONE NIGHT because somebody THOUGHT he was smart, but apparently was just the opposite, and caused the entire d2 market to collapse as the result of his actions.

Peopel like me GRADUALLY sold items but maintained their value and rate of release by charging a proice determined by their technical scarcity of an item in-game. I have not technically sold an item since january 2002. I have duped hundreds of accounts worth of items since then that have never left those characters, most of which have merely deleted form inactivity. I have never mass introduced a duped item or publicly posted a dupe method, and I ONLY work with people who at least have some idea of the various possible economic impacts that can result from their actions.

I tried every damn thing I could to recover the economy after the very first LOD dupe got public (pm me if u want to hear the story... aka project ECHO). I have been around this scene longer than almost everyone around today, and am one of the more experienced in it becasue of that. I'm also known for helping out strangers and specifically members of forums who are nice to me when they are in need.

I cannot help you with the current economy, etc, adn I have no guilt, because I was not responsible for this current state in any way shape or form. The only thing I can do is let you knwo that the current softcore and hardcore realms will become teh dumping grounds of ol ladder characters at the end of every ladder season (confirmed by arreat summit) and that the integrity of the ladder realms will be significantly higher under the majority of scenarios in which teh game may finalize. It will take tiem before ANY useful exploits are even attempted to be manuipulated, as to the fact that teh game code is supposed to change so much we will have to entirely re-write hackit from scratch. Hopefully, this will not go public, because it is YOU, THE PUBLIC who has ruined the game. Our community has let too much power go to the people, and this current state of teh game is whet has resulted. You reap what you sow. You ask for power, and we trust you to be responsible, but you abuse it for your own ends without thinking of the larger picture, and get burnt by your own flames.

I am smarter than you. Never forget that.


edit: I would lke to add that I'm well known for having very, very longs posts such as this one.