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==WitchDoctor==
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WitchDoctor was the name of a player who saw this place decades after it was made. For a long time, said player managed to play diablo without looking at sites like this. He spent a few years on Diablo 3, and then dropped off the face of the earth in favor of more grander things. Now, WitchDoctor is the legacy name of someone who is now called Runic in Diablo 3. It is the name of a user who doesn't have diablo at the forefront of attention. That said, it is also the name of a user who has played diablo for quite a long time, and as such, still has some degree of vested interest bringing him back to the games. Including this site.
 
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==Games==
WitchDoctor is a player who uses this username for all his current diablo related accounts. For the class,see  [[Witch Doctor]]. This page is him showing off his brilliant editing skills as he learns them.
 
 
 
 
===Diablo I===
 
===Diablo I===
Diablo I is currently WitchDoctor's favorite diablo game because of its music and atmosphere. He plays in vanilla leveling his level 28 rouge.
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Diablo 1 was, and still is, my favorite for the atmosphere and the gameplay. I'm not like most who play the series; the lore/atmosphere > loot. Rogue (a bit cheesy, I know) is my class of choice, or the "Rogue Mage" as I nicknamed it considering all the spells I use in conjunction with arrows.
  
 
===Diablo II===
 
===Diablo II===
  
WitchDoctor has played diablo 2 for several years. He quit back in 2012ish, and his main accounts expired. He still has single player experimental characters and plays on his barbarian Pisa on an alternate account that was still intact when he returned to diablo 2 back in October 2013, and has about 5 shared mule accounts still operating. However, he does not have more than 5 zod runs anywhere (including his friends) and does not use enigma. When playing he tries to stray as far away from cookie cutter and normal runs (baal runs, key runs, etc).
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Diablo 2's a game I've played for quite some time... still play, in fact, including with a few single-player hardcore characters with weird builds these days (melee sorc in hardcore? You bet). On Bnet, alas, most of my characters have vanished, as have all my collections of gear over the years. As such, I'm left with my singleplayer chars, with some being rather big at this point (the melee sorc is doing... pretty good, if mid nightmare counts). Once in a while I look online, but there is nothing on Bnet that is substantial that I have.
  
 
===Diablo III===
 
===Diablo III===
  
WitchDoctor (WitchDoctor#1834) currently plays on his Demon Hunter and his Wizard, and only has 1 Witch Doctor below level 60. He has 2 Wizards and one fresh to 60 demon hunter (recreated after deleting another demon hunter he played for a while, who was a test character to get his friend into diablo).
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Diablo 3's where the username WitchDoctor came from, mostly as a result of being unoriginal at the time (WitchDoctor#1834). My main chars were a wizard and a demon hunter, the wizard (Assur) being my main. I had a few more lower end characters. That was early 2014.
He currently gives away gear, tags along starting character games, fights ubers with his friends, does some pvp, and collects screenshots. He typically does not do runs or use cookie cutter builds, and likes to experiment with builds and gear.
 
  
==Forums==
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I played from the early days of D3, before RoS, removal of the RMAH, rifts, one-build-characters... the game was far from perfect, but I rather liked it. I threw out items to lower level folks, gave them all my money, basically shot myself in the foot for going up to high levels. Diablo's story has always been an appeal to me, and I was never too fond of where Diablo 3 took it. Reaper of Souls marked the end for me, and it was kicked off my hard drive. I haven't downloaded again it or purchased the expansion, and in all honesty probably won't short of someone flat out giving me a copy. I'd play it if I got it, perhaps, but I don't feel like spending money on it. Who knows. My stance may change.
  
WitchDoctor frequently checks Diablo Incgamers, the Diablofans website, and the main blizzard website. He also has accounts on other fansites, used only if he has a need for them. He checks all 3 of the mentioned forums as often as he can, and occasionally updates his diablofans profile with screenshots.
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The last time I logged in for a while was February 2014; I moved over to Starcraft for a while, then moved out of blizzard games in favor of stompy mechs in an entirely opposite universe. No regrets for a few years.
  
==Known Information==
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Then, mid 2017, I decided to see what Diablo was up to. Picked up RoS, started anew, rebuilt my old wizard. I'm completely out of the meta, with no plan of returning to it. Truth be told, I don't log in all that much at this point, and probably won't until I work on making my main gaming system more viable. That said, I still exist. Enough to be able to speak of Diablo things that aren't ancient. Enough that I can update this and that with Diablo 3 relative content.
  
Most players typically refer to WitchDoctor as a "he", including himself, so although he never directly states his gender it can be assumed he is male. No other information floating around can be considered as fact about him, and he never directly says information about his life.
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I now BS with my old legacy wizard (reborn) and a few extra characters that are very slowly climbing to 70. No powerlevels involved, quirky arrangements included.
  
 
==Projects==
 
==Projects==
  
Currently WitchDoctor is inventorying his diablo 2 mules and working on his archive of screenshots, slowly.
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Overall? Too many. Right here, just one on the side, which is mostly to do little improvements to this place bit by bit. I have no real plan; only the intent to try and catch outdated pages and make this site a competitive place for diablo knowledge that isn't ancient. I'm largely out of practice with diablo, and it is not as relevant to me as it used to be. For whatever reason, I still get the little urge to chip in every so often. Hence this update.
 
 
===Stubs===
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Category:Stubs
 
 
 
Please help make this page no longer have a use by properly taking out stubs :).
 
 
 
===Spot for WitchDoctor wiki fixes===
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Category:Stubs
 
Need more info:
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Iskatu
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Ivgorod
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Icharion
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Kingsport
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Hakan_I
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Great_Ocean
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Great_Eye
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Duncraig
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Entsteig
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Dreadlands
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Diomedes
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Mat_Hu-Ring
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Alaric
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Ancient_Repositories
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Bitter_Depths
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Blackmarch
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Bramwell
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Cathedral_of_Light
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Cornelius
 
 
 
Needs Updates:
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Inarius
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Hakan_II
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Archives_of_Zoltun_Kulle
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Diamond_Gates - last line in particular.
 
 
 
Needs Expanding:
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Sardak
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Rakkis_Crossing
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Norrec_Vizharan
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Mendeln
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Leggings
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Kurast
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Key
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Kara_Nightshadow
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Gorell_the_Quartermaster
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Glossary
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Fields_of_Slaughter
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Ethereal
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Duriel
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Dark_Exile
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Bastion%27s_Keep_Stronghold
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Crystal_Arch - could use level details
 
 
 
Needs to be Organized/Rewritten
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Hero
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Diablo:_Demonsbane
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Brotherhood_of_the_Vizjerei
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Character
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Collectable
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Darrick_Lang
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Edyrem
 
 
 
Other
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Caldeum_map - Needs to have the map on it.
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Consumed - ???
 
 
 
http://www.diablowiki.net/Horadric_Cube - needs a professional wiki editor to take a look at it.
 
  
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===Diablowiki===
  
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Late 2013 I got the title "DiabloWiki.Net Ink Slinger" Diablo Incgamers (Yes, that site right next door that isn't called Incgamers anymore). Spambots used to be fun, I would take their wall of spam and throw in some insulting, derisive or otherwise rude comment to the spammer in question (in place of whatever spam they peddled) before the registration system got an overhaul.
  
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Yes, I did more then just waste time on spambots. I suppose the productive parts are where the title came from, though frankly, nothing I ever did would light a candle to other contributors to the site. Certainly not to the old founders.
  
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Now I pop in every so often because I see something that gets on my nerves, be it outdated or simply poor writing, and make the appropriate edits. This update was the direct result of looking up Mephisto, finding an informative article on him right on this site, and then realizing that the article doesn't know about Diablo 3 yet.
  
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If I am being serious, and have a desire to make this wiki competitive to the gamepedia and wikia sites, then I would say the wiki should be approached in stages. Each stage is relative to presentation. The stages are to be approached in order of presentation. Stage "zero" would be to update the home page of the wiki to say "yes, people care, update efforts are being made, please join us" if there's enough life left to make this a project. Stage 1 is to approach the pages that are directly visible from the home page and from diabloii.net.
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===First Stage===
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The first stage is intended to make the immediately visible content of the wiki (when linked from diabloii.net) look nicer/be properly updated. Currently, they are
  
http://www.diablowiki.net/Special:WantedPages
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https://www.diablowiki.net/Monster ^Absolutely horrible, because while the site prizes itself on "first to know" and such, it appears that this section has become the last to know anything regarding diablo 3 monsters. It needs to be updated with modern mechanics and approached from a total revision scale. The Diablo 3 page needs to be updated to current Diablo 3.
  
http://www.diablowiki.net/Special:UncategorizedPages
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https://www.diablowiki.net/Category:Classes ^ Page visible from diabloii.net navigation (inconsistent given that it's a direct link to a category, not a page). The unpolished nature of its appearance doesn't look appealing. The page that, being consistent, should be there would be: https://www.diablowiki.net/Classes ^ Also in dire need of an update and expansion.
  
==References==
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https://www.diablowiki.net/Quest ^ Badly outdated, with too many red links and no RoS content.
  
All this information was given by WitchDoctor. It is up to the reader to decide the credibility of it.
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If anything is to be updated, the above I would approach first. More brainstorming to enter this section as time goes along.

Latest revision as of 20:45, 24 November 2017

WitchDoctor was the name of a player who saw this place decades after it was made. For a long time, said player managed to play diablo without looking at sites like this. He spent a few years on Diablo 3, and then dropped off the face of the earth in favor of more grander things. Now, WitchDoctor is the legacy name of someone who is now called Runic in Diablo 3. It is the name of a user who doesn't have diablo at the forefront of attention. That said, it is also the name of a user who has played diablo for quite a long time, and as such, still has some degree of vested interest bringing him back to the games. Including this site.

Games[edit | edit source]

Diablo I[edit | edit source]

Diablo 1 was, and still is, my favorite for the atmosphere and the gameplay. I'm not like most who play the series; the lore/atmosphere > loot. Rogue (a bit cheesy, I know) is my class of choice, or the "Rogue Mage" as I nicknamed it considering all the spells I use in conjunction with arrows.

Diablo II[edit | edit source]

Diablo 2's a game I've played for quite some time... still play, in fact, including with a few single-player hardcore characters with weird builds these days (melee sorc in hardcore? You bet). On Bnet, alas, most of my characters have vanished, as have all my collections of gear over the years. As such, I'm left with my singleplayer chars, with some being rather big at this point (the melee sorc is doing... pretty good, if mid nightmare counts). Once in a while I look online, but there is nothing on Bnet that is substantial that I have.

Diablo III[edit | edit source]

Diablo 3's where the username WitchDoctor came from, mostly as a result of being unoriginal at the time (WitchDoctor#1834). My main chars were a wizard and a demon hunter, the wizard (Assur) being my main. I had a few more lower end characters. That was early 2014.

I played from the early days of D3, before RoS, removal of the RMAH, rifts, one-build-characters... the game was far from perfect, but I rather liked it. I threw out items to lower level folks, gave them all my money, basically shot myself in the foot for going up to high levels. Diablo's story has always been an appeal to me, and I was never too fond of where Diablo 3 took it. Reaper of Souls marked the end for me, and it was kicked off my hard drive. I haven't downloaded again it or purchased the expansion, and in all honesty probably won't short of someone flat out giving me a copy. I'd play it if I got it, perhaps, but I don't feel like spending money on it. Who knows. My stance may change.

The last time I logged in for a while was February 2014; I moved over to Starcraft for a while, then moved out of blizzard games in favor of stompy mechs in an entirely opposite universe. No regrets for a few years.

Then, mid 2017, I decided to see what Diablo was up to. Picked up RoS, started anew, rebuilt my old wizard. I'm completely out of the meta, with no plan of returning to it. Truth be told, I don't log in all that much at this point, and probably won't until I work on making my main gaming system more viable. That said, I still exist. Enough to be able to speak of Diablo things that aren't ancient. Enough that I can update this and that with Diablo 3 relative content.

I now BS with my old legacy wizard (reborn) and a few extra characters that are very slowly climbing to 70. No powerlevels involved, quirky arrangements included.

Projects[edit | edit source]

Overall? Too many. Right here, just one on the side, which is mostly to do little improvements to this place bit by bit. I have no real plan; only the intent to try and catch outdated pages and make this site a competitive place for diablo knowledge that isn't ancient. I'm largely out of practice with diablo, and it is not as relevant to me as it used to be. For whatever reason, I still get the little urge to chip in every so often. Hence this update.

Diablowiki[edit | edit source]

Late 2013 I got the title "DiabloWiki.Net Ink Slinger" Diablo Incgamers (Yes, that site right next door that isn't called Incgamers anymore). Spambots used to be fun, I would take their wall of spam and throw in some insulting, derisive or otherwise rude comment to the spammer in question (in place of whatever spam they peddled) before the registration system got an overhaul.

Yes, I did more then just waste time on spambots. I suppose the productive parts are where the title came from, though frankly, nothing I ever did would light a candle to other contributors to the site. Certainly not to the old founders.

Now I pop in every so often because I see something that gets on my nerves, be it outdated or simply poor writing, and make the appropriate edits. This update was the direct result of looking up Mephisto, finding an informative article on him right on this site, and then realizing that the article doesn't know about Diablo 3 yet.

If I am being serious, and have a desire to make this wiki competitive to the gamepedia and wikia sites, then I would say the wiki should be approached in stages. Each stage is relative to presentation. The stages are to be approached in order of presentation. Stage "zero" would be to update the home page of the wiki to say "yes, people care, update efforts are being made, please join us" if there's enough life left to make this a project. Stage 1 is to approach the pages that are directly visible from the home page and from diabloii.net.

First Stage[edit | edit source]

The first stage is intended to make the immediately visible content of the wiki (when linked from diabloii.net) look nicer/be properly updated. Currently, they are

https://www.diablowiki.net/Monster ^Absolutely horrible, because while the site prizes itself on "first to know" and such, it appears that this section has become the last to know anything regarding diablo 3 monsters. It needs to be updated with modern mechanics and approached from a total revision scale. The Diablo 3 page needs to be updated to current Diablo 3.

https://www.diablowiki.net/Category:Classes ^ Page visible from diabloii.net navigation (inconsistent given that it's a direct link to a category, not a page). The unpolished nature of its appearance doesn't look appealing. The page that, being consistent, should be there would be: https://www.diablowiki.net/Classes ^ Also in dire need of an update and expansion.

https://www.diablowiki.net/Quest ^ Badly outdated, with too many red links and no RoS content.

If anything is to be updated, the above I would approach first. More brainstorming to enter this section as time goes along.