The Diablo community seems really nice now.

I used to play a long time ago. . .back in the early/mid 2000's during the 1.08, 1.09 and 1.10 patches. Just came back recently right before the RotW expansion. Ironically, I didn't even know about it so I came back totally on a whim, unrelated to that. Maybe not even a week before.

I have to say, the Diablo community now seems so chill, helpful, and nice. Just trading with people from here, I've ended up chatting with and befriending a few people. Some of them even gave me a bunch of stuff to help me out (I didn't even ask), which ended up really helping a lot. People are even trusting enough to just drop stuff on the Ground to trade too.

I have to say, it's a welcome surprise. Everyone, and I mean everyone who used to play this game was so sinister, lol. It was a wretched hive of scum and villainy where almost everyone was trying to scam or rip off everyone else. I remember so many "Diablo scams". I'm sure I'm not the only one with stories about it, lmao. Luckily, I was never scammed, but almost every friend I had who played was.

Anyway, it's been nice coming back. Everyone here, at least the ones using this website and trading I suppose, have been really nice people. Not even stingy with trades. Most people just accept whatever as long as it's somewhat reasonable, so I try to be generous when I offer).

I just wanted to throw this comment out into the Void in case anyone enjoys hearing about it. Thanks for being such good people.

We all grew up from being asshole teenagers

Don't worry, i'm still the same old ass wipe.

Less teenage angst but more grumpy cynicism.

Checks and balances.

I've gotten back into AoE2 a few years ago and I noticed that (vast majority of) the active community was helpful, friendly and, in general, nice. I would encounter jerkasses during random team games but people who participated in communication, theorycrafting, discussion, etc., were understanding and accommodating. I would have put AoE2's current community as one of the most approachable.

Both Diablo 2 and AoE2 are from the early 00s. I think we are just older and more mature now and don't have either the time or the energy to be assholes online.

Knappogue wrote: 4 hours ago

We all grew up from being asshole teenagers

Not everybody was an asshole teenager. Some of us watched asshole teenagers get away with what they are and never wanting to be like them none the less.

Overall, the player base is older and nicer than 25 years ago but still be careful, especially if you have some expensive stuff.
When I tried to sell my 15ed 775 MP Enigma, I encountered numerous people who wanted me to "link" it, well they all told me the keys to drop it...Did not fall for it, of course.
There are still lots of scammers out there.