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At Blizzard Entertainment, we're dedicated to celebrating the most epic holidays . . . ever! Halloween just happens to be one of our favorites, and in our little corner of Sanctuary we always make sure to have a ghoulishly good time.
As you can see, we're a pretty festive bunch of gamers, but what about you? Leave a comment below describing your adventures, or send us photos of your costumes and Halloween-themed decorations on Twitter using the #trickortweet hashtag.
No matter your exploits, though -- whether you're spending the evening trick-or-treating, watching spooky movies, making video games (like us!), or just slaughtering some demons for the Burning Hells of it --we hope your holiday is a fun one. From all of us on the Diablo III community team . . . Happy Halloween!
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The winners of this year's pumpkin-carving contest have been chosen -- and they're monstrously spectacular.
We'd like to thank everyone who participated this year, and we can't wait to see your mad scientist skills in action again next time around. Congratulations to the top (10) winners of this year's Pumpkin Carving Contest, who will win One (1) World of Warcraft Monopoly Collectors Edition.Also, be sure to check out this year's Honorable Mentions! (13 Additional Pumpkins)
Winners
"Troll Headhunter" Gabriel James Alton , IL |
"Grom Hellscream" Jordan Pangborn (Lurtz) Warren, PA |
"Pandaren" Eugene Flormata (YuuJin)
Burnaby, BC, Canada |
"Headless Horseman"
Nicole Honderd Edmonton, AB |
"Sha of Anger"
Richard Blinn Henderson, NV |
"Diablo III"
Greg Hendrickson Plano, TX |
"Diablo III: Witch Doctor"
Paul Frasco (maddoghoek100) New York, New York |
"Diablo III"
Justin Knapich Roswell, GA |
"Diablo III"
Jaime Inslee Bellingham, Washington |
"StarCraft II"
Alexander Chan Campbell, CA |
Honorable Mention
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Bug Fixes
- Goldskin's "100% Extra Gold from Monsters" affix will no longer affect monsters that are not intended to drop any loot
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Sokahr the Keywarden to become stuck at 1 point of health
- Fixed an issue that caused the Butcher to go idle when stunned after performing his Charge attack during "The Imprisoned Angel: Kill the Butcher"
- Fixed an issue that allowed some players to continue to dual-wield two-handed weapons under extremely rare circumstances
- Fixed an issue that caused many players to receive an “Error 3006” when reaching the Retrieving Heroes step during login
- Please note that we've only resolved one cause for this error, and that it may still occur in some situations
- Fixed a crash that could occur when gold dropped in bad locations
- Fixed a crash that could occur when the game loaded the wrong zone (based on incorrect information about the player's location) and then attempted to clear that zone
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Earlier this week, we asked @Diablo fans a simple question:
We received enough responses to fill an entire lorebook. Some were catchy ("Whirling Through Evil"), some were literal ("The Monk That Punched Everything"), and some just hit us right in the feels, man ("You're Going to Lose That Goblin"). However, none were perhaps as inspired as "Diablo Went Down to Tristram" -- a title that was not only devilishly clever, but also happened to come with its very own set of Sanctuary-themed lyrics.
So, in honor of her talent as a wordsmith, this week's community spotlight shines on Lyrala. Check out all the verses to "Diablo Went Down to Tristram" below, and feel free to hum along.
Diablo Went Down to Tristram
(to the tune of Devil Went Down to Georgia)
Diablo went down to Tristram, he was looking for a world to steal
He was kinda grim, thanks to Horadrim, he was willing to make a deal
When he came across this warrior twirling his swords and twirling 'em hot
And Diablo said, "Forget Leoric, I want what this kid's got.""I guess you didn't know it, but I have your brother too,
And if you care to take a dare, I’ll make a bet with you.
Now you swing a pretty good weapon, boy, but give Diablo his due.
I bet Mephisto's hold against your soul, cause I'm clearly better than you."
The boy said "My name’s Aidan, and it might be a sin,
But I'll take your bet, and Albrecht get; now why don't we begin?"Aidan sharpen up your sword and shine your shield up well
Diablo's come to Tristram and you're playing this on Hell
And if you win, there will begin an age that shines like gold
But if you lose, Diablo owns your soul."Aidan gemmed his doublet and he said "I'll start this show"
And fire flew from his fingertips (pretty poor as magicks go)
And he swung his sword while Diablo roared and fended off attacks
Then he backed away and drank a pot to get his health to max.
When Diablo was quite finished, Aidan thought that he was done
But in his head, Diablo said, "Why we've only just begun!"Fire in Khanduras, run boy run
Diablo's made a mess of old Tristram
"Now you've got the stone that's got my soul
But it's gonna cost you quite a toll."Aidan bowed his head because he knew it was his place
And jammed that evil Soulstone right into his bloody face
Diablo said, "Aidan, come on back if you ever want to try again
But wait till 2012 or so, cause the lore will make sense by then."