[project1dev] Re: yes virginia, there is a santa claus

  • From: Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:28:41 -0800

Barb didn't get much love.. although whirlwind and masteries got buffed.

http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=21730644778&sid=3000

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I actually just reinstalled Diablo II, pre expansion.  no reason to
> buff the sorc though, sorc turns everything into quivering piles of
> shit and loot.  Barbarian needs to be buffed--to slay immune to
> physical (aside from shitty berserk).
>
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> hey Nick (and Eric), are you guys playing the public test realm for
>> 1.13 in diablo 2?  I am thinking of reinstalling just to mess around
>> on there, especially since you can set your level and skills at will.
>>
>> Also they buffed what I think was the best sorc build in the game,
>> quite oddly.  (frozen orb + firewall)
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Best part about that letter is that it was in reply to a question by
>>> an 8 year old.  I am betting he thought, "man I hope somebody explains
>>> what that means to me, for Christmas"
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> You broke my lol barrier.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:40 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> shroedinger: is the cat alive or is it dead? there are two concurrent
>>>>> realities!
>>>>> us: hmm... what the hell are you talking about?  what cat?
>>>>> shroedinger: the one in the box, you watched me put it in
>>>>> us: no we didn't
>>>>> shroedinger: fuck it, lets get a beer
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hehe, by the way, read today's xkcd:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.xkcd.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> > oh no, I feel it happening.. it's taking over everything!  Poof!
>>>>>> > *becomes a singularity*
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:29 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> >> quit trying to make santa disappear in a puff of logic! :)
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> But the real question is, if you observe Santa Claus, does he still
>>>>>> >>> exist?
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>> > "DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
>>>>>> >>> > "Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
>>>>>> >>> > "Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
>>>>>> >>> > "Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > "VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
>>>>>> >>> > "115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by
>>>>>> >>> > the
>>>>>> >>> > skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what]
>>>>>> >>> > they
>>>>>> >>> > see.
>>>>>> >>> > They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their
>>>>>> >>> > little
>>>>>> >>> > minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, 
>>>>>> >>> > are
>>>>>> >>> > little.
>>>>>> >>> > In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his
>>>>>> >>> > intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as
>>>>>> >>> > measured
>>>>>> >>> > by
>>>>>> >>> > the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and
>>>>>> >>> > knowledge.
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as
>>>>>> >>> > love
>>>>>> >>> > and
>>>>>> >>> > generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and
>>>>>> >>> > give to
>>>>>> >>> > your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the
>>>>>> >>> > world if
>>>>>> >>> > there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were 
>>>>>> >>> > no
>>>>>> >>> > VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no
>>>>>> >>> > romance
>>>>>> >>> > to
>>>>>> >>> > make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except
>>>>>> >>> > in
>>>>>> >>> > sense
>>>>>> >>> > and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world
>>>>>> >>> > would
>>>>>> >>> > be
>>>>>> >>> > extinguished.
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in
>>>>>> >>> > fairies!
>>>>>> >>> > You
>>>>>> >>> > might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on
>>>>>> >>> > Christmas
>>>>>> >>> > Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus
>>>>>> >>> > coming
>>>>>> >>> > down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is 
>>>>>> >>> > no
>>>>>> >>> > sign
>>>>>> >>> > that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are
>>>>>> >>> > those
>>>>>> >>> > that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies
>>>>>> >>> > dancing
>>>>>> >>> > on
>>>>>> >>> > the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not
>>>>>> >>> > there.
>>>>>> >>> > Nobody
>>>>>> >>> > can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and
>>>>>> >>> > unseeable
>>>>>> >>> > in
>>>>>> >>> > the world.
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise
>>>>>> >>> > inside,
>>>>>> >>> > but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the
>>>>>> >>> > strongest
>>>>>> >>> > man,
>>>>>> >>> > nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever
>>>>>> >>> > lived,
>>>>>> >>> > could
>>>>>> >>> > tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push 
>>>>>> >>> > aside
>>>>>> >>> > that
>>>>>> >>> > curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond.
>>>>>> >>> > Is it
>>>>>> >>> > all
>>>>>> >>> > real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real 
>>>>>> >>> > and
>>>>>> >>> > abiding.
>>>>>> >>> >
>>>>>> >>> > No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A
>>>>>> >>> > thousand
>>>>>> >>> > years
>>>>>> >>> > from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he
>>>>>> >>> > will
>>>>>> >>> > continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>>
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