Diablo III Wild Speculation and Rumor Mongering Abounds

[schild]

http://sc2pod.com/news/Countdown_to_Diablo_3/

[Paelos]

I WANT TO BELIEVE.

THAT'S THE SPIRIT!

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

[schild]

u maed it laem

[Paelos]

u maed it laem

We're already at maximum lame in this thread.

[schild]

No, I don't think we are. Stop shitting on the froth parade, you top-hat sporting bastard.

[Paelos]

Don't shit on my fun either. I find this kind of frothing hilarious and love to point it out. 

[Trippy]

http://sc2pod.com/news/Countdown_to_Diablo_3/

That reminds me of one of those Bible numerology things

[Grand Design]

http://sc2pod.com/news/Countdown_to_Diablo_3/

That reminds me of one of those Bible numerology things

Except there is more truth to it.

[Trippy]

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

[MrHat]

They're going to announce a set release date for WotLK, Diablo 3 and Starcraft Universe all on the same day.

I would die.  For reals.

[Grand Design]

I just had a really dumb thought.  What if the announcement is the goddamned motherfucking release of some shitty WoW expansion, but all of the 'clues' continue to lead to Diablo?  Scratch that, I don't even want to consider it.

[Fabricated]

I can't find it but the ol' 4channers did some serious filtering of the image and it looks like it's an announcement that Wrath of the Lich King is coming even earlier than expected, like October,

[Ozzu]

I can't find it but the ol' 4channers did some serious filtering of the image and it looks like it's an announcement that Wrath of the Lich King is coming even earlier than expected, like October,

Jesus H Christ! That better not be it. I would be so very very sad. 

[KallDrexx]

I can't find it but the ol' 4channers did some serious filtering of the image and it looks like it's an announcement that Wrath of the Lich King is coming even earlier than expected, like October,

OMG I so hope that happens.  The nerd rage would explode the internet. 

[Fabricated]

I can't find it but the ol' 4channers did some serious filtering of the image and it looks like it's an announcement that Wrath of the Lich King is coming even earlier than expected, like October,

OMG I so hope that happens.  The nerd rage would explode the internet. 

At this rate I could really give a shit about Diablo 3.

[NiX]

If it's all for WotLK I am going to spam Schild on MSN for DAYS.

[Merusk]

So we have "D" and "O" by the "number" system.

I say it spells "Dorks."

[Aez]

We'll know tomorrow for sure.  Sc2pod has a plausible theory, the third released image will confirm it.

[Margalis]

Maybe its a totally new IP! 

Least plausible theory yet.

[lamaros]

The Warcraft MOVIE. Blizz would go big for this. Lets not forget.

WotLK Beta/release date/trailer. Again, both runes are exactly the same as the runes on frostmourne, the WotLK sword that is identified with the expansion.

Diablo 3. Umm.. one rune was reused from D2, one looks sortoflike another one, and the tundra and stuff are like from d2 acts (and WotLK zones, but lets ignore that), and some Blizzard F&F wrote "looks like hell truly has frozen over" on their blog.

Yeah.

Maybe all three at once.

[Ragnoros]

The Warcraft MOVIE.

DO NOT WANT!

[lamaros]

The Warcraft MOVIE.

DO NOT WANT!

bl bl.

[Azazel]

I'll be surprised if it's anything other than a date for WotLK.

[UnSub]

So we have "D" and "O" by the "number" system.

I say it spells "Dorks."

Perhaps it will be "DOn't you want to be a Death Knight?".

[stu]

So we have "D" and "O" by the "number" system.

I say it spells "Dorks."

Perhaps it will be "DOn't you want to be a Death Knight?".

Unicorns really do rock, BTW.

[Falwell]

You don't schedule press conferences and have week long viral teasers to have it ramp up to anything regarding any beta or a release date.

You have these in place for MAJOR announcements. Release dates, comparatively, are not major announcements in Blizzard terms. They have always made such announcements via their web sites and press releases and the usual gaming sites. I'd be very surprised it they changed it now.

WotLK is still in F&F and anyone who has dealt with any Blizz product knows they would never go from that to a release date announcement. It's just not how they operate. If this were the case it would be a serious shift in their routine. Not completely out of the question though with the impending mega merger.

WotLK beta announcement? Also highly doubtful. Too much fanfaire for that simple of an announcement. In fact, in the past, they've never made announcements out of betas whatsoever. You found out about previous betas via leak sites, fan sites, or if you got an email in your inbox.

SCII's release date? Possible, but again, doesn't stick with their past history although evidence for it is there. Many of the major retailers (Best Buy, Gamestop among them) all changed their ship date to 12/3 simultaneously a couple days ago. We all know how much retaielrs are in the loop though so obviously this is to be taken with a grain of salt.

Warcraft movie? At a glance, possibly, but a long shot. Blizzard hasn't had enough time to get the marketing machine rolling on this yet. Barring, of course, that this is the start of said marketing bonanza.

New MMO? Probably the best bet next to something Diablo related. Everyone knows they've had this in the barn for a bit now and Blizz themselves have confirmed it.

Diablo 3? The best bet so far certainly. Their only IP left untouched now for any major length of time and fans are hungry for it. Most of the evidence points this way imo and it's probaly the easy money. Although, if this is the case, that means they would have 4 projects in development at the same time. SCII, WotLK, D3 and their new MMO. That seems like a hell of a lot of irons in the fire. It's very, very possible however that the last two are the same thing.

Of course, it'll probably be a new IP come this weekend and most of us will have to taste leather.

Oh and just for kicks, DII still has one of the best cinematics every pressed to a CD to this day..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3-Jh_7IGjxI&feature=related

[lesion]

I'm going to cast a powerful spell by playing Diablo while singing Queen's greatest hits.

[Nonentity]

New splash page up. Looks like it's breaking into sky.

So, the third image is 23.jpg - that makes it W, which ruins the 'Diablo' letter theory.

Also, the new rune that appeared in the picture is from Starcraft 2 - which lends credence to the first one being a Warcraft Frostmourne rune.

I still think it's Diablo, but I think they're fucking with us now.

[Sauced]

The jobs page has "Next Gen MMO" jobs galore, but considering the positions it's a little early for that, at least.  If this is for that MMO it's 2+ years away from Beta anyway.

[Trouble]

The new splash is up now. New class is "icy" and number is 23. What's the new rune?

[Nonentity]

The new splash is up now. New class is "icy" and number is 23. What's the new rune?

Look up two posts from yours.

[Nonentity]

New word added to the metawords in the .css file is Icy.

Icy Cellar was also a map in act 5 of D2.

Hmm.

[Ratman_tf]

[Trippy]

teh winnar!

[Megrim]

Yeaaa, yea, that's pretty hard to beat.