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It's not hate. It's pointing out that it's not Diablo in JavaScript.

• d0m 14y ago
  It's possible to point that out without being a total jerk.
  • Sandman 14y ago
    I didn't get the feeling that aw3c2 was being a jerk. The demo really does use sprites ripped from Diablo and it's in alpha quality. I could neither move nor attack, all I could do is watch that first monster attack me and wait while it completely depleted my health, at which point I did not die but just continued to stand there. Tested on FF 18.
    • pm90 14y ago
      Try running it on chrome. I had the same experience with FF
  • dboat 14y ago
    I don't blame him for being a bit frustrated though. I doesn't say anywhere that it doesn't support firefox. Was only able to move around and kill things when I switched to chrome. OT: Gamers tend not to have a lot in between hatred and love to begin with, and if you're at all familiar with the current Diablo community, well, Diablo 3 hasn't brought out the most civil side of the fans.
    • d0m 14y ago
      HN != Battle.net forums, thankfully..!
      • Yoni1 14y ago
        Yeah, "0.9999... != 1" posts would never happen on HN :)
  • shadowmint 14y ago
    The problem with this demo isn't that it's pretty alpha (and to be fair, it is, you can move, and attack, that's about it). The problem is that it uses stolen assets from another game. That is 100% not ok, even for a tech demo. (...there are plenty of free game assets out there, creative commons license; drawing attention to yourself by stealing someone elses art is douche behaviour)
    • mcantelon 14y ago
      People sample audio all the time. This isn't a commercial project and sampling some sprites from a 13 year old game doesn't seem like it's going to impact Blizzard in any way. He should, of course, give the original creators credit in his README at some point (judging by the fact there is no README the project may be still undergoing development).
      • laurent123456 14y ago
        It won't impact Blizzard but it's going to make it to the front page of HN. If the same demo was made with custom sprites, we would probably never have heard of it since it indeed doesn't do much.
        • jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
          He is sucking someone's else popularity! What an evil and selfish mind he has!
          • laurent123456 14y ago
            No, but it's sucking our "precious" time :) We're all thinking we're going to see Diablo in JavaScript, and then this...
      • shadowmint 14y ago
        Sure, it's not a commercial interest thing, its just about ethics. :) I'm not going to stand up and tell someone its mean and unethical put some harsh criticism out about a project which is in itself unethically stealing art assets and associating itself with a brand it has nothing to do with. If you're happy to accept this project and what it's doing, you should equally be happy to accept it's going to get some flack for it. You can't have it both ways (doing this is ok even tho its unethical AND but its unethical to criticise it and that's bad).
• dubcanada 14y ago
  Have to agree 100% it looks more like runescape then it does diablo.