20 years later

As a kid playing d2, the notification "diablo walks the earth" appeared. I had no idea what that was or meant, so continued on. Then there he was, that b*stard killed me so many times that I gave up and quit, not knowing why he was there or what he did. After learning about the anni, that's when the fomo set in. 20 freaking years. Since RotW came out, my barb was all geared up and ready. Today there was a multi-server walk. D clone never stood a chance. Now I'm reflecting on this like it's getting revenge for my former self, with 3 annis. It's both nostalgic and rewarding. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Please share your story too! I'd love to know I'm not the only one here.

HCrob wrote: 13 hours ago

As a kid playing d2, the notification "diablo walks the earth" appeared. I had no idea what that was or meant, so continued on. Then there he was, that b*stard killed me so many times that I gave up and quit, not knowing why he was there or what he did. After learning about the anni, that's when the fomo set in. 20 freaking years. Since RotW came out, my barb was all geared up and ready. Today there was a multi-server walk. D clone never stood a chance. Now I'm reflecting on this like it's getting revenge for my former self, with 3 annis. It's both nostalgic and rewarding. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Please share your story too! I'd love to know I'm not the only one here.

Never had an Anni 20 years ago. I tried buying one once and got scammed out of my perf. Hoto. Not fun.

Then in d2r big D appeared during one of my pub trade games while farming for keys. My sorc was not ready. I was so afraid someone would join and snatch him from me.
15 minutes later I was holding my first ever Anni. A bit above average but it felt amazing.

HCrob wrote: 13 hours ago

As a kid playing d2, the notification "diablo walks the earth" appeared. I had no idea what that was or meant, so continued on. Then there he was, that b*stard killed me so many times that I gave up and quit, not knowing why he was there or what he did. After learning about the anni, that's when the fomo set in. 20 freaking years. Since RotW came out, my barb was all geared up and ready. Today there was a multi-server walk. D clone never stood a chance. Now I'm reflecting on this like it's getting revenge for my former self, with 3 annis. It's both nostalgic and rewarding. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Please share your story too! I'd love to know I'm not the only one here.

Congrats man. You must be referring to the great HCNL Dclonevwalk of 19 April. I got two

Annihilus charms today and I feel very happy too. Hunting dclone on hardcore gives you a big sense of accomplishment

HCrob wrote: 13 hours ago

As a kid playing d2, the notification "diablo walks the earth" appeared. I had no idea what that was or meant, so continued on. Then there he was, that b*stard killed me so many times that I gave up and quit, not knowing why he was there or what he did. After learning about the anni, that's when the fomo set in. 20 freaking years. Since RotW came out, my barb was all geared up and ready. Today there was a multi-server walk. D clone never stood a chance. Now I'm reflecting on this like it's getting revenge for my former self, with 3 annis. It's both nostalgic and rewarding. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Please share your story too! I'd love to know I'm not the only one here.

First time I encountered

Diablo Clone I didn't know about this game mechanic. I was in

Travincal and my merc went inside where the Council was. I didn't know why there were so much fireworks in there. It was the

Ring of Fire spell.

He came outside and tried to kill him with my underpowered blizzard sorceress but with no result.

I then changed to

Hydra / fire ball but again, with no results.
I start reading online about this

Diablo Clone and improvised a strategy but my then-low-gear I couldn't kill him.

I had a ton of adrenaline with that fight but after 4 hours I gave up went to sleep (it was 4 AM by that time).
Reading more about this I finally got my first Anni using the

Palace Cellar Level 3 trick. Now I can fight him like a real fighter, not needing to hide behind the door.

I did not even know of DClone or Anni 20 years ago

However, with D2R, met my first one about 1 to 2 months after start. Had left my PC out of the bedroom not to annoy my life, left it in the kitchen overnight, and killed him when I woke up in the middle of the night in

Cold Plains (

Bishibosh) after a 30 minutes long fight and quite a bunch of Urdars revived and lost (my first char was and still is a necromancer). Got a not great Anni, but felt proud. Second one was a week after, fight was much cleaner and netted me a 20/18/10 that is still in use on one of my chars.

Then, must have had around 1 to 3 hundreds of them in the period they were happening more than daily in SC NL Asia, where you left a game opened, checked an hour later, killed, reopened and so on. Got after quite a bunch of it one and only one perfect that is still on my... necro.