Game Etiquette In order to make your gaming experience on Battle.net an enjoyable one for both yourself, and those around you, it is best to follow a certain set of guidelines on etiquette. Such rules you establish with yourself and regular gaming partners will allow for a much more enjoyable, stress-free environment in which to play Diablo II. While most of these kinds of guidelines should be adapted to your own needs, we have quite a few listed below for you to branch from; Language - Consider the language you are using. Vulgarities and sexual references may be inappropriate in some cases. Excessive use of such foul language can often show a low level of intelligence, and anger other players into either outright telling you of your fault, or simply ignoring you or leaving the game. - Another form of language you must consider relates to your usage of actual language. Try and use as much English as possible on the United States Realms, as the majority of users are English-speaking. On other realms, such as Europe or Asia, you can use your native language, if you choose to do so. - Spamming is not a respectable form of drawing attention to yourself, or your trade offers. It simply clutters the screen, and makes it nearly impossible to read other offers when someone is not interested in the items you have for trade. Although others choose to do so, nine out of ten times no one answers their offers for the simple reason that they have spammed the screen. - Show respect to other players who show respect to you, both in games and channels alike. Ignore those who do not rather than getting into spats over silly things that will only fill the screens of other players, and anger them to the point where they could very easily decide to leave the game or channel you are currently in. (Or they could simply squelch you.) Parties - Allow everyone in a party an equal opportunity at better items that are dropped. Hording gold and items can often quickly lose party members, and form angers directed your way that are dangerous to your character's near future and overall health, as players can very easily leave your party and set you to hostile. - Invite all players present when attempting to form a party, yet do not become bothersome towards them if they decide to ignore the invitation and continue to play solo. Many choose not to play in parties for larger increments of experience, which should not be held against them. Dueling - When dueling, establish rules before entering combat. Such things as gold theft, ear theft, or other acts that have been previously-decided by the majority of the game to be dishonest can result in your character being ganged up on, or possibly tracked and followed to other games if you leave your current game. - Congratulate players on their wins, but do not gloat when you score a win in combat. No one likes a braggart, and doing so will most likely get more than one person angry at you, triggering a dangerous situation for your character. Also, be sure not to complain if someone scores a win over you. Diablo II is a game, and therefore, should not be taken so seriously by players. - If gold has been taken, do not jump to conclusions, and do not complain excessively, even if you have seen a character pick it up. Politely request that they drop the gold, drawing everyone's attention to the fact that they have picked it up, and if they refuse, proceed to mercilessly bash their skull in through use of an angry mob of anti-lamers. Trading - During a trading session, make sure to provide the player you are trading with the full range of all of your items that you have for trade if you expect them to do the same. Also, be sure to provide them with a view of even those items you think they will not want, as you never know if the player has another character on their account that they wish to use the item for. - When making an offer on someone else's items in a chat channel, expect them to respond if you do the same when offering your own items. Simply ignoring whispers will frustrate people. It is better to politely decline an offer than not to decline one at all, leaving the player making the offer sore over your lack of interest. - Usage of trade mules can be acceptable, to a point. Do not create more than three mules, as it quickly fills the Battle.net open slots for characters, bogs down the server, and altogether annoys players. Muling is the act of moving items from one character to another by use of two computers in your home, or friends who happen to be online at the time you are muling, who can hold items for you while you switch characters.