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October 24,2008: RoS 0.7: *Surtur is constantly working on Reign of Shadow and made another new version 0.7.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
September 24,2008: 2 new Server: Hurray, today we got two new servers live !
As a start we put SnEj on it because it's load in the last weeks, but later we'll use them to replace our old server.
Till then SnEj's realm should be capable to support 150 games for 380 player. Overpowered ? Invite your friends, otherwise we'll reduce the power later on, if it's not used ;-).
September 14,2008: Damnation 2.7: *Jew (the MODder of Damnation) made a new 2.7 version.
Beside the new version, player also need to install D2-Maniacs specific Damnation 2.7 D2Net.dll.
For detailed installation instructions read this forum thread.
Lot thanks to *Jew for his support.
September 09,2008: SnEj 6.002 upd: *Seltsamuel made a SnEj 6.002 update.
Game-Clients also need to be updated to this version !
Lot thanks to *Seltsamuel for his support !!
August 10,2008: Damnation 2.5c: Does nobody recognized, that Jerry (the MODder of Damnation), made a new major version weeks ago ?
However, today we installted this new Damnation 2.5c version.
Beside the MOD, player also need to install the D2-Maniacs specific Damnation 2.5 D2Net.dll.
As the file name suggest, this new version needs a fresh character start !
For detailed installation instructions read this forum post.
Lot thanks to Jerry for this new version.
August 08,2008: SnEj Server upd: *Seltsamuel made us a Server- exclusive 6.001 update which fixes some issues.
A client update is NOT necessary.
Lot thanks to *Seltsamuel for his support !!
July 24,2008: SnEj 6: The countdown is coming to his end. Tomorrow the 25th July at 6 o'clock pm (GMT time), *Seltsamuel (*Faust and *Samusaran) finalized the new SnEj version 6.0, and we're proud to present the SnEj-6.0-Premiere here at our realms.
Everybody is invited to start a new SnEj adventure and rush a clean ladder.
Lot thanks to the team around SnEj for this new experience !!
July 18,2008: RoS 0.65: *Surtur is constantly working on Reign of Shadow and made another new version 0.65.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
July 18,2008: Damnation 2.5a-fix2: Forget to inform that *Jew (the MODder of Damnation) made a 2.5a-fix2 patch. This patch contains ONLY the 'Patch_D2.mpq' and has to be placed ON-TOP of the normal 2.5a-fixed version !
For detailed installation instructions read this forum thread.
Lot thanks to *Jew for his special support.
July 15,2008: Damnation 2.5a-fixed: *Jew (the MODder of Damnation) made a fast 2.5a-fixed version.
Player also need to install the fixed version as well as D2-Maniacs specific Damnation 2.5 D2Net.dll.
Not all problems are solved now in this fixed version, but he's working on getting it better and better.
For detailed installation instructions read this forum thread.
July 15,2008: ISP fixed: After incredible ISP conversations, they got our routing back configured as before.
July 15,2008: ISP error: Our ISP changed his routing which heavily affects our clustering. The servers are not reachable. We're waiting for support from our ISP ...
July 14,2008: Damnation 2.5a: Today we installed Damnation's new version 2.5a.
Due to some character incompatibility and a lot of balancing work from the MODder, it was necessary to do a character wipe which in turn results in: "hurray" --- a fresh clean ladder !
Player also need to install the new version as well as D2-Maniacs specific Damnation 2.5 D2Net.dll.
For detailed instructions read this forum thread.
July 9,2008: Erni up GMT 19:15: Server Erni is back online. While in RAID rebuild mode it will be partly slowlier for the next 2 hours (HC player should be more careful than normal).
July 9,2008: Erni down: Due to a RAID Harddisk failure, our Server "Erni" will go down today from GMT 19:00 to somewhen. This affects the Gameserver/Realms ES-2, Reign of Shadow, SnEj-2, Test, Ze-2 and Zy-El.
I'll do my best to get the server back online as fast as possible.
July 4,2008: Zy-El 4.4c: *Kato made a new Zy-El version 4.4c.
Read this forum thread for install instructions and links.
June 27,2008: RoS 0.64: *Surtur is constantly working on Reign of Shadow and made another new version 0.64.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
June 20,2008: Median Event: The Europe Mastership 2008 Event @ Median is starting soon. More player needed !
June 19,2008: Damnation 2.4: Today we installed Damnation's new version 2.4.
Player also need to install the new version as well as D2-Maniacs specific Damnation 2.4 D2Net.dll.
For detailed instructions read this forum thread.
June 16,2008: Zy-El 4.4b: *Kato is active again with Zy-El.
We just re-alived our Zy-El realm to the current 4.4b version.
Read this forum thread for install instructions and links.
May 12,2008: RoS 0.63: *Surtur made another new Reign of Shadow MOD update to version 0.63.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
May 10,2008: Damnation: As in the previous news announced, we start to host Damnation in place of Doggy MOD.
For further detailes see this forum thread.
May 10,2008: Doggy MOD: Doggy is going down for a while.
*LordDog is thinking about a total rewrite of his MOD, but till then he has organized the permission to host the Damnation MOD.
Thanks to *LordDog for this activity and his long preview of his nice Doggy MOD !
May 2,2008: RoS 0.62: *Surtur made a major Reign of Shadow MOD update to version 0.62 which also makes it reasonable to start a new ladder season !
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
April 2,2008: RoS 0.60: *Surtur made another new Reign of Shadow MOD update to version 0.60.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
March 21,2008: EasternSun R6D: Today we installed *Tsuru's new R6D version.
Player also need to install the new version !
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for his continuous support !
March 2,2008: RoS 0.59: *Surtur made another new Reign of Shadow MOD update to version 0.59.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
February 28,2008: EasternSun R6C: Today we installed *Tsuru's new R6C version because: *Tsuru wrote:
A Japanese player reported an exploitable loophole in R6B, so I made a quick fix. Player also need to install the R6C version !
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for his special realm attention !
February 18,2008: EasternSun R6B: *Tsuru made a new major R6B version.
Due to his comment:
*Tsuru wrote:
R6 can load R5 characters, but in R6 characters are given more skill points, and R5 characters are weak, so players would hope a realm reset. we follow his recommendation and start a new ladder season.
Everybody is invite to enter the new taintless ladder ;-) !
Of course, Player also need to install this version !
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for this new patch and his continuous realm support !
February 18,2008: RoS 0.58: *Surtur made another new Reign of Shadow MOD update to version 0.58.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
February 10,2008: RoS 0.57: *Surtur made a Reign of Shadow MOD update to version 0.57.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
January 31,2008: RoS 0.56b: *Surtur made a Reign of Shadow MOD update to version 0.56b.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
January 13,2008: RoS 0.55: *Surtur made a Reign of Shadow MOD update to version 0.55.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new version and his support in our realms !!
January 03,2008: Reign of Shadow: After some months of break, Reign of Shadow is back with a new 0.54 MOD version.
Lot thanks to *Surtur for this new MOD version and his support in our realms !!
December 30,2007: Zephyrus 2.0a: Today we installed a new Zephyrus 2.0a patch.
Player should also install this version !
Lot thanks to Alex for this new patch !!
December 29,2007: Zephyrus 2.0: Today we installed Zephyrus's new 2.0 version.
Lot thanks to Alex for the new version as well as his continuous support in our realms !!
December 27,2007: ES Server Patch: Today we installed a new server only patch from *Tsuru. Check this post for detailed infos.
Player do NOT need to install anything special except the normal R5H version !
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for his special realm attention !
December 15,2007: EasternSun R5H: Today we installed *Tsuru's new R5H version.
Player also need to install this version !
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for this new patch and his continuous realm support !
December 14,2007: Median 2008 1.57b: *Brother_Laz finalized his new 1.57b version of his Median 2008 MOD, and we're proud to announce that we just put it online with a brand new ladder. Thus: 'go go go', fill it up with entries.
Lot thanks to *Brother_Laz for his work and support !
November 11,2007: New Woni VServer: Woni sponsored a VServer for co-usage, which is running since yesterday as second server for Johnnys.
Let's say "lot thanks" to him for supporting our realms !
November 3,2007: Johnny 1.20: Due to a vote in Johnnys forum, we switched back to the old Johnnys '1.20 final' version, with a clean char and ladder base.
October 28,2007: 2 server gone: The contract from two of our old servers ended. The result is that we've to drop the less played realms/MODs because we've not enought server capacity for all of them anymore.
We feel very bad about it, but the affected/stopped MODs are: "Reign of Shadow", "Valhalla" and "Zy-El".
October 13,2007: New ES ladder: Today at 17:30 GMT we started a new ladder season @ Eastern Sun. Everybody is invited to rush the ladder with a new ladder character.
October 6,2007: DoggyMod 0.11b3: The development of DoggyMod is going on.
Today *LordDog installed his new 0.11b3 version. Player also need to update to version 0.11b3.
October 5,2007: Johnnys: After some downtime, Johnnys MOD game-server is back online.
September 24,2007: DoggyMod 0.10: We're happy to announce that DoggyMod development is going on again. Read this forum post for further informations.
Today we installed *LordDog's & *Corey's new DoggyMod 0.10ba2fixed !
September 24,2007: Median @ 1.11b: Median's realm is now running as 1.11b realm.
Median player need to install the MOD on top of Diablo2 version 1.11b !
September 21,2007: ES 3.00 R5F: Today we installed *Tsuru's new R5F version.
Player also need to install this version !
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for this new patch and his continuous realm support !
September 15,2007: Median 2008: Now that we've some more server capacity from *LordDog, we're happy to announce that Median is back online with 'Median 2008 1.56' (a MAC-OS compatible MOD).
Welcome back to *Brother_Laz !
September 15,2007: New GameServer: Hurray, *LordDog sponsored a further co-usable game server !
Lot thanks to him for his very long server support and this new one !
August 28,2007: Zephyrus 1.3: Today we installed Zephyrus's new 1.3 version.
Lot thanks to Kathi & Alex for their MOD as well as their continuous support in our realms !!
August 12,2007: New Server: Server move nearly finished.
All MODs are moved and running again.
With the exception of some minor website stuff (which will get made ready somewhen the next days) everything should work again as before.
August 11,2007: New Server: We're just moving our login and character servers, MOD by MOD, to our new login- & character server.
If your MODs specific channel topic informs you about the move, then you need to connect to the new server in one of the following ways:
1.) Check if you already have a 'New D2M Server...' in your gateway list and use this for your connection.
2.) Use our new address 'pvpgn2.d2maniacs.org' or the new IP '88.198.129.38'
July 22,2007: SnEj 5.3Stable: *Seltsamuel finished the SnEj 5.3Stable version, which get installed today together with a new ladder season.
Player also need to install this version !
Lot thanks to *Seltsamuel for this new version and his realm support !
July 14,2007: SnEj reloaded 5.3: *Seltsamuel made a new SnEj 5.3 version.
Player also need to install this version !
Lot thanks to *Seltsamuel for this new version and his realm support !
July 8,2007: ES 3.00 R5D: Today we installed *Tsuru's new R5D version
Player also need to install this version, otherwise they might get a 'version mismatch' error-messages when trying to connect to D2Maniacs !
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for this new patch and his continuous realm support !
July 7,2007: Doggy Mod: Today we started a new ladder season @ DoggyMod.
The MOD is still beta and patches also haven't been release over more than a year, but nevertheless worth enought to get played for another new season.
Everybody is invited to fight for his place in the ladder.
July 6,2007: Website move: Some might recognized that we moved the last days with our website to our new (faster, more secure and load-balanced) Server.
Finally I got the forum running this night.
Our game server will follow somewhen the next weeks.
June 25,2007: Zephyrus 1.2 beta 1: Today we installed Zephyrus's new 1.2 beta 1.
Lot thanks to Kathi & Alex for their MOD as well as their support in our realms !!
May 4,2007: ES 3.00 R4G: Today we installed *Tsuru's new R4G version
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for this new patch and his continuous realm support !
June 4,2007: Johnnys online: Johnnys MOD is back online on *LordDog's sponsored server.
June 4,2007: Eastern Sun: Today we replaced the slow ES-2 Server with a faster one, which also does more games.
June 3,2007: Valhalla online: Valhalla is back online on a new server.
May 25,2007: 1 realm server gone: After years of continuous server support, *Rekrut's last server went down today, which will effect Johnnys, Nezeramontias and Valhalla.
Uncountable games have been played during this long time of server share support and we want say: "Thanks a lot to *Rekrut" !!!
We'll try to find a solution as soon as possible. If there's a D2-Maniac out there who's willing to share his (linux) root server with us, is invited to contact me (JEBs) inside our forum.
May 22,2007: Zephyrus 1.1 fixedfix: Today we installed Zephyrus's new 1.1 fixed fix.
Lot thanks to Kathi & Alex for their MOD as well as their support in our realms !!
May 17,2007: Zephyrus 1.1 fix: Today we installed Zephyrus's new 1.1 fix.
Lot thanks to Kathi & Alex for their MOD as well as their support in our realms !!
May 17,2007: ES 3.00 R4F: Today we installed *Tsuru's new R4F version
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for this new patch and his continuous realm support !
May 12,2007: Zephyrus 1.1b3: Today we installed Zephyrus's new 1.1 beta 3 version.
Lot thanks to Kathi & Alex for their MOD as well as their support in our realms !!
April 30,2007: ES 3.00 R4D: Today we installed *Tsuru's new R4D version as well as we installed his new World-Event settings file.
Lot lot thanks to *Tsuru for this new patch !
April 24,2007: Zephyrus 1.1b2: We're happy to announce a new MOD hosted @ D2Maniacs: Zephyrus.
Beside the current '1.1 beta 2' version, player also need to install this special Zephyrus/D2M 'D2Net.dll' (otherwise joining games fail) !
Lot thanks to Kathi, Alex (and the team around Zephyrus: m4xz, ...) for building this MOD as well as their support in our realms !!
April 7,2007: New Server: Lot thanks to *LordDog, who spent a new server for co-usage.
Just put DoggyMod back live and made a second EasterSun Server on this machine.
April 1,2007: ES 3.00 R4B: *Tsuru made a new R4 series patch (which is based on Eastern Sun 3.00).
It contains general game balance changes, new Monster, Recipe- & Skill changes, and lot more.
As some already assumed, this amount of changes is reason enought for a new ladder season !
Lot lot thanks to *Tsuru for this hell of patch, his continuous MOD support as well as his realm support !
March 24,2007: Johnnys 1.21f5: We're sad to announce *Eimernase's last patch #5 which contains some minor bugfixes.
*Eimernase has MODded/patched Johnnys MOD very serious for a long period.
D2Manics want say to *Eimernase: "Thanks a lot for that long MOD & realm support. You've been one of our best and most reliable MOD supporter we ever had, and we wish you the very best for your next steps, project(s), real live, family or whatever you plan to do !"
BTW: We also started a new ladder season @ Johnnys, and player also need to install the patch !
March 20,2007: Zy-El 4.3: Do you recognized that the MODding team of Zy-El made a new 4.3 version ?
We just updated our Zy-El realm to that new 4.3 version. Zy-El player also need to update to the new 4.3 version (and also remember to use the Zy-El/D2Maniacs specific D2Net.dll).
February 2,2007: ES R3H: Today we installed *Tsuru's new 'R3H' patch for Eastern Sun 3.00. Player also need to update their client.
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for his ongoing support !
January 28,2007: SnEj 5.2a fix 1: The team around SnEj made a 5.2a fix 1 which is also needed to get installed at players site.
Lot thank to the team around SnEj (*Chaotica, *SamusAran & *Destrution, ...) for this new version and their ongoing realm support !
January 28,2007: Rollback@JM: We're sorry about it, but due to a intermediate-patch compatibility problem, it was required to do a character rollback to Jan.27, 2007 (11:10GMT).
January 28,2007: Johnnys 1.21f4: *Eimernase made a new patch #4 which contains some minor bugfixes as well as some changes.
Player also need to install the patch !
Lot thanks to him for one more patch and his great work !
January 17,2007: SnEj 5.2a: We just went live with SnEj's new 5.2a version.
Lot thank to the team around SnEj (*Chaotica, *SamusAran & *Destrution, ...) for this new version and their ongoing realm support !
January 17,2007: English RoS: Thanks to *Poly for making a english localized Reign of Shadow version.
Jan. 13, 2007: 2 * 2nd GameServer: Due to the heavy load in Johnnys & Reign of Shadow realms, we installed a 2nd GameServer for both, which shall result in a better load balance and thus in less lags.
January 7,2007: Johnnys 1.21f3: *Eimernase found some more things required to fix. Today we installed patchfix-3 for Johnnys 1.21.
Player also need to patch their client.
Lot thanks to him for one more patch and his great work !
January 6,2007: Johnnys 1.21f2: We just installed *Eimernase's patchfix-2 for Johnnys 1.21.
Player also need to patch their client.
Lot thanks to him for one more patch and his great work !
January 6,2007: ES R3E: Today we installed *Tsuru's new 'R3E' patch for Eastern Sun 3.00. Player also need to update their client.
In addition the World Event's key item changed.
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for his ongoing support !
December 29,2006: Johnnys 1.21f1: Installed *Eimernase's first bugfix for Johnnys 1.21.
Lot thanks to him for one more patch and his reliable work !
December 29,2006: VH Server fix: Tried to fix the Char-SaveSize-Bug in Valhalla's game server. Let's see if it work.
December 28,2006: Reign of Shadow: Today we installed a new D2 1.10 based MOD, which is called "Reign of Shadow".
The current installed 0.31b version has to be seen/played like an evaluation version till 0.3x is coming out (somewhen on after weekend), because we'll start a new ladder season with 0.3x.
Beside the two MOD installation files, you need this special RoS 0.31/D2Maniacs specific D2Net.dll.
Lot thanks to *DocDat who requested the hosting of the MOD as well as the MODder *Sami for building this MOD.
December 17,2006: Johnnys 1.21: New ladder-season and new 1.21 version @ Johnnys realm.
Lot thank to *Eimernase for this new version and his continuous support !
December 16,2006: ES R3B: *Tsuru made a special new 'R3B' realm version (of Eastern Sun 3.00), with some special realm-exclusive runewords.
Because of some cool changes between R2x and R3x, and the fact that the last ladder started in april 2006, we also decided to start a new ladder season.
We're really proud to have such creative, active and nice guy like *Tsuru as an MODder and realm supporter. Lot thanks to him at this place !
December 1,2006: New AR Ladder Season: Woww, 2 years are gone since the last ladder season in Ancestral Recall's realm... time for a new one.
Everbody is invited to climb the new ladder in AR !
November 17,2006: ES R2K: *Tsuru made a new 'R2K' realm patch for Eastern Sun 3.00.
Lot thanks to him for his continuous support.
November 4,2006: ES R2H: Installed *Tsuru's new 'R2H' patch for Eastern Sun 3.00.
Lot thanks to him for his continuous support.
October 30,2006: Zy-El reanimated: Now, that our server supports the old Diablo 1.09d again, we decided to reanimate one of the most public MODs from that 1.09d epoch: Zy-El !
Check this Zy-El post in our forum for further informations like Zy-El's home.
In addition to a Diablo 1.09d installation and the Zy-El MOD itself, you need this Zy-El/D2Maniacs specific D2Net.dll.
October 30,2006: New PvPGN version: After some days of adaption, testing &debugging, I'm ready with D2-Maniacs specific/required patches, on top of the current PvPGN developer version.
In addition to our standard patches, I fixed a problem in the max-connections-per-IP configuration option which makes this option now usable. From today on, the maximum connections per IP are technically limited to two (as defined in our rules since months).
Last but not least I also back-ported Diablo 1.09d protocol stuff so that we're able to run 1.10 based MODs in parallel to 1.09d ones. This new (old) functionality will be used soon, for the reanimation of the old 1.09d based Zy-El MOD. Today we successfully switched over to that new version.
October 22,2006: RoS 6.07: Updated to *Talonrage's Requiem of Sorrow 6.07 version. Beside installing the MOD, player also need to replace RoS's D2Net.dll with D2Maniacs specific D2Net.dll (otherwise the door don't open).
October 9,2006: Power blackout: We've had a power blackout between 4:00am to 2:00pm (GMT).
This happened in the whole computer center, where our servers are located, and affected thousands of other servers too.
October 01,2006: RoS 6.06: Updated to *Talonrage's Requiem of Sorrow 6.06 version. Beside installing the MOD, player also need to replace RoS's D2Net.dll with D2Maniacs specific D2Net.dll (otherwise the door don't open).
September 28,2006: ES R2D: At long last I finally found the time to install *Tsuru's Eastern Sun 3.00 'R2D' patch !
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for this new patch and his ongoing MOD support !
September 27,2006: Valhalla: One of our (shared) sponsored server is silently gone today :-(.
The one which had Valhalla running (till now). Lot thanks to *Alex[MPGA] for their long and continuous server sponsoring !
Has taken some time to find and install a new one.
Lot thanks to *Rekrut who's sharing his server with us so that we're able to keep Valhalla online !!!
September 03,2006: RoS 6.04: Installed *Talonrage's new Requiem of Sorrow 6.04 version. Beside installing the MOD, player also need to replace RoS's D2Net.dll with D2Maniacs specific D2Net.dll (otherwise the door don't open).
September 02,2006: Nezeramontias 1.09: Installed *fecesfaerie's new Nezeramontias 1.09 version (and made the required character & ladder reset).
September 02,2006: Sad news: *Matze, the MODder of Walhalla has stopped developing his MOD, and *Brother_Laz the MODder of Median has asked to take his MOD offline from D2Maniacs because of to less activity as well as some PhrozenKeep restrictions(/impact), which I don't wanna comment here...
Both MODs have been taken down.
August 26,2006: ES 'R2B': Installed *Tsuru's new 'R2B' patch for Eastern Sun 3.00.
Lot thanks to him for his continuous support.
August 23,2006: SnEj: Due to some lag occurences in SnEj's realm, we just installed a second server which takes over 2/3 of all SnEj games.
August 05,2006: Median 2007: *Brother_Laz is back live on our realms with a new Median series.
The current online (and actual) version is 'Median 2007 1.23B'.
If you're open for a total new and cool skill system, in the flavor of original LoD, then you'll get a total new adventure with Median 2007.
Thanks to *Brother_Laz for the new MOD and his continuous support of our realms.
August 01,2006: ES-R: Installed a patched server file, gotten from *Flameboy, which shall fix the save-size error issue. Let's see if it work as expected.
Lot thanks to *Flameboy for his support.
July 29,2006: Valhalla 5.03: Valhalla's new 5.03 version is now live , but with some doubts (for more detailed infos about that, please check our forum).
Clients (Player) need a new 5.03 enabled D2Net.dll.
Lot thanks to *Afterlife, *DJ HyDrA and the rest of their team, for the new version and their ongoing support of our realms.
July 20,2006: ES-N: What'a shame, I accidently deleted ES-N Series MOD from our realms.
Has taken some time before I recognized it (thank for the forum-question) and getting it back online.
Also updated the N-Series realm to the latest N11A version.
Sorry for that !
July 18,2006: Offline: Tonight we've had a server outage for some hours.
It's now back online.
July 14,2006: Doggy Mod: Tomorrow (Saturday) at 10:00am GMT (12:00 German time) we'll start a new ladder season @ DoggyMod.
The MOD is still beta but nevertheless worth enought to get played for a new season.
Everybody is invited to fight for his own cool place in the ladder.
July 12,2006: ES-R1G: Installed *Tsuru's new 'Eastern Sun R1G' patch. ES player need to update their clients too.
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for his ongoing support !
June 25,2006: ES-R online: ES-R is back online.
Built and activated a script which is whispering you whenever your character reaches a critical size.
June 23,2006: Nezeramontias: Today at 18:00 GMT (20:00 German time) we're starting a new ladder season @ Nezeramontias realm.
Everybody is invited to take a fast run to level 750.
June 20,2006: ES-R down: Due to a very problematic bug in Eastern Sun R-Series, we decided to take ES-R temporary down, till a solution or workaround is found.
Please don't ask us how long it takes, it simply takes as long as it needs (we estimate some days).
June 15,2006: Requiem of Sorrow: Today we installed *Marques new patch/version '6.03a' of *Talonrages 'Requiem of Sorrow' MOD with which i.e. the annoying server crashes are gone.
Lot thanks to *Marques for his support !
June 15,2006: SnEj: The team around SnEj announced for tomorrow a new ladder season.
The exact time isn't confirmed now but we proposed to start at GMT 18:00 (20:00 German time).
Everybody is invited to rush the new ladder !
June 09,2006: ES 'R1D' patch: Installed *Tsuru's new 'Eastern Sun R1D' patch. ES player need to update their clients too.
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for his ongoing support !
June 04,2006: ES 'R' series patch: Installed a parallel 'Eastern Sun R...' series realm for *Tsuru's new 'R1C' patch (which isn't character compatible to the old 'N...' series patch).
All 'Eastern Sun' player who are interested in a new challenge are invited to enter the new clean realm/ladder.
Those who don't like to start up with a new character may play in the old 'Eastern Sun N...' realm.
Lot thanks to *Tsuru for his great support !
May 25,2006: Median offline: *Brother_Laz is tired in wasting work into a MOD which isn't played or for which he's getting flamed (at least here at D2-Maniacs).
As logic consequence he put his 'Median' project on ice (at least here at D2-Maniacs) and starts (somewhen) over with a complete new D2 MOD project called 'Demon Trip 3'.
We're really unhappy for that evolution, in special that his MOD hasn't found his own player community here, but due to the fact that we know his MODding experience, we'll look forward what's comming next.
Lot thanks to *Brother_Laz for his long and always good support, as well as for his Median MOD itself.
In respect, the D2-Maniacs team.
May 14,2006: Johnnys 'en' fix: *Eimernase made a 'english' fix of the current '1.20 fix 2' version, with which now also english clients are able to play.
English clients need to apply this fix or re-download the complete (but fixed) version.
Lot thanks to *Eimernase for his great support !
May 13,2006: Walhalla 0.97 alpha 2: *Matze the MODder of 'Walhalla', made a new '0.97 alpha 2' version.
We just installed the new version on our server. Clients (player), need to update too !
Lot thanks to *Matze for his support !
May 07,2006: Requiem of Sorrow: We're proud to present a new MOD live, here @ D2 Maniacs: Talonrage's Requiem of Sorrow.
We've some special installing instructions as well as a special MOD-fix (made by *Marques), which needs to be installed to get it played here.
Lot thanks at this place to *Marques, who organized and managed all MOD specific things/problems so that RoS could be hosted here, and of course also lot thanks to Talonrage, the MODder itself, for building such nice MOD.
May 05,2006: Johnnys 1.20 fix 2: *Eimernase made a second 1.20 fix. Clients either need to apply this fix or re-download the complete (but fixed) version. Lot thanks to *Eimernase for his great support !
May 03,2006: Median 2006 1.19: We just installed *Brother_Laz's new 'Median 2006 1.19' version.
Visit his site for more infos and the download.
Lot thanks to *Brother_Laz for his non-stop support !
May 01,2006: Johnnys 1.20 fix 1: *Eimernase made a 1.20 fix. Clients either need to apply this fix or download the complete (but fixed) version.
Lot thanks to *Eimernase for his support !
Apr. 28,2006: Nice Statistics: Just finished the new website statistics.
You'll find general Server statistics as well as Diablo-2 specific statistics, people often asked for.
Apr. 24,2006: Website Ladder: The website ladder is back live.
Apr. 22,2006: Johnnys 1.20: Today we installed the new Johnnys MOD version 1.20.
Due to some major changes in the new version the chars aren't compatible to the old one. Some may cry and others may joy about it, but at least the ladder is clear and need some ladder-runs.
Lot thanks to *Eimernase for his great work !
Apr. 17,2006: Server move: All realms successful moved to the new server.
Apr. 17,2006: Server move: After years of use, our old server has made his job, let's move to some new.
Due to the fact that we're talking in real about a new ISP, new server hardware, new PvPGN software, new server software modifications and a new account storage layer, you might imagine that the server move will take some time (maybe some days).
We're preparing this move since some weeks and decided that only a hard-break-move would be praticable.
Thus the server move is processed step by step.
You'll just end up in the new login (account) server, which means that we successfully transfered the > 36000 accounts to the new storage layer.
Next we'll activate the (currently) most used MOD 'SnEj' and end up with one of the lesser used ones.
At final we'll switch over with this website, which will publish for the time being, the old ladder and statistic files.
Please be patient till your favorite MOD is back online.
Apr. 03,2006: Walhalla: A new challenge started.
*Matze the MODder of 'Walhalla' released a realm compatible 0.97a version.
Enjoy this new MOD here @ D2M, and have fun in climbing the ladder.
Apr. 02,2006: Walhalla: *Matze the MODder of 'Walhalla' (yeees, you read right, it's written like Valhalla BUT with a 'W'), made his Walhalla MOD realm compatible.
Today we successfully finished some major tests on realm ;) !
Be patient in waiting for his official 'Walhalla multiplayer' version, which is coming soon and will have a version >= 0.97 (earlier version do NOT work @ realm).
Lot thanks to *Matze for his support !
Mar. 31,2006: Chars restored: Successfully restored all lost characters (20:00 GMT).
If someone still misses a character, please drop me a PM in our forum.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Mar. 31,2006: Chars disappear: What a pain. Today at about 12:00 (GMT), our main login- and character- server logged: '0 space left on device'.
That's why a lot of you lost their chars today.
But don't worry, I've big hope to get most of them back from our 12:00 (GMT) backup. The others get restored from the 6:00 (GMT) backup.
Mar. 23,2006: Median 2006 1.18: Just installed *Brother_Laz's new 'Median 2006 1.18' version.
Lot thanks to him for his ongoing support !
Mar. 23,2006: TFW: The Awakening: Well, it seems that I get banned @ Phrozen.
Can't say any more details about it, because I only get a black page (with a error in the html sources).
It seems to be the MODders answer to my PM crash report/support question about TFW.
Not that kind of answer I expected, but at least clear to understand.
Not worth to waste any more time in unsupported MODs.
Mar. 19,2006: Skill-System@TFW: Really sad :-( !
The skill-system of TFW isn't running well on our realms.
Let's hope that we get support from the MODder.
Mar. 18,2006: TFW: The Awakening: I'm very happy to announce the awakening of an old MOD: 'The Fury Within' or in short 'TFW'.
In addition to the MOD 'TFW: The Awakening V2.00 (alpha 2)' and 'patch 2', you need this TFW-D2M specific D2Net.dll (otherwise the door don't open).
When not starting via the MODders VB-Script, don't forget to start the game with option '-mod tfw' !
The MODder may forgive us that we host his MOD without any question !
Mar. 13,2006: Median 2006 1.15: While I've been in holidays, *Brother_Laz made some more fixes and balancing stuff.
Today I found the time to install his new 'Median 2006 1.15' version.
Lot thanks to *Brother_Laz for his ongoing support !
Mar. 02,2006: Median 2006 1.13: Installed new 'Median 2006 1.13' version.
Lot thanks to *Brother_Laz for his support !
Feb. 22,2006: ES 3.00 N9R update: Installed *Tsuru's new 'N9R' update (inside the Eastern Sun realm).
Clients require to install the update too !
Do NOT install the old D2Maniacs specific D2Net.dll anymore ! This is gone for the gain of MAC connectivity !
Lot thanks to *Tsuru and his team for their ongoing support !!!
Feb. 14,2006: SnEj 5.13b: Installed SnEj's new 5.13b version.
Player should install the new version too. Lot thanks to the team of SnEj for their ongoing support !
Feb. 09,2006: SnEj 5.13: Installed SnEj's new '5.13' version.
Player need to update their clients too.
Lot thanks to the MODder of SnEj for their continuous support !
Feb. 04,2006: Valhalla season: Today we'll start a new ladder season @ Valhalla.
The starter's gun can be heard at 13:00 GMT !
Jan. 19,2006: Median2 SE 1.06: Got a new 'Median 2 Special Edition 1.06' version from *Brother_Laz.
Thanks to him for makeing the MOD perfect ;-) !
Jan. 18,2006: SnEj realm problem: Due to a deadlock in the servers OOM handler, the SnEj realm was down for nearly the whole day.
Has taken some time to find the problem/reason.
Changed/fixed it in all relevant servers.
Jan. 10,2006: Median 2 SE 1.02: *Brother_Laz made a new 'Median 2 Special Edition 1.02'.
Beta testing, patches and all that stuff is already made by him and his community.
Thus: Everything should work fine for a new race to level 99 on the new ladder.
Yees: Because of some char changes and some other issues, it was required to wipe out the old chars and the ladder.
Looot thanks to *Brother_Laz for this new version and his ongoing support.
Jan. 03,2006: SnEj 5.12: Installed SnEj's new '5.12' version.
Player need to update their clients too.
Lot thanks to the MODder of SnEj for their continuous support !
Dec. 31,2005: ES 'N9J' patch: *Tsuru made us a 'Happy new year' gift: Patch 'N9J' ! *Hurray*
Just got it live here in the realms.
Eastern Sun player need to update their client too !
After the update you still need to run: 'd2m_es300n_setup_4151', otherwise the door don't open.
Loooot thanks to *Tsuru (and his volunteers), for his/their continuous MOD- & Realm- support.
Dec. 12,2005: SnEj 5.11 final: Installed SnEj's new '5.11 final' version.
Clients need to update their their clients too (download).
Lot thanks to the MODder of SnEj for their support !
Dec. 01,2005: Johnnys 1.17 final: *Eimernase got it !
Just installed Johnnys MOD version '1.17 final' on the server ... and the runewords are working now !
Player need to update their client to (download) !
Nov. 18,2005: Hell Unleashed 1.14: Installed new Hell Unleashed 1.14 version.
You also need a new D2Net (otherwise the door won't open).
ATTENTION: You need to reinstall our D2Maniacs gateway because the HellUnleashed install silently exchanges your gateways !!!
Nov. 15,2005: Johnnys 1.17a: Minor Johnnys 1.17a update/patch installed. Clients need to update too.
Lot thanks to the team of Johnnys for their work !
Nov. 07,2005: Johnnys 1.17: We've just gone live with Johnnys new 1.17 version AND started a new ladder season in that realm.
The MOD can be downloaded @ http://www.eis-naddel.de.vu/.
Lot thanks to the team around Johnns MOD for their ongoing support, and their true community !
October 21,2005: Median_2 1.17: *Brother_Laz made a important 1.17 (Median_2) patch.
Check his website for further information and download links.
Lot thanks to him for this fast patch.
October 16,2005: Median_2 1.16: *Brother_Laz made a new 1.16 (Median_2) version.
Check his website for further information and download links.
Lot thanks to him for his support.
October 14,2005: Median_2: A new MOD 'Median_2 1.14' is gone online yesterday.
The MOD can be downloaded from the MODders website.
For further realm specific issues, check our Median_2 area in our forum.
Lot thanks to *Brother_Laz, supporting us with his new MOD.
October 01,2005: Eastern Sun N8H: Installed *Tsuru's new 'N8H' version.
In addition we got a server prob fixed: The Merc is now fully usable !
Sep. 22,2005: New MOD: Just installed a new MOD called 'Hell Unleashed'.
The MODder is *Soulmancer (not to mistake with *SoulOnyx !).
The current version is '1.13' and can be downloaded here.
In addition to the MOD, a HellUnleashed-1.13/D2Maniacs specific 'D2Net.dll' is required.
Lot thanks to *Soulmancer for his support.
Let's rock the new MOD :-) !!
Sep. 21,2005: Eastern Sun N8D: *Tsuru made a new 'Eastern Sun 3.00N8D' patch.
I just installed it and activated a new 'D2Net.dll'.
You need to update your client with his new 'N8D' patch, as well as the new 'D2Net.dll'.
Thanks to *Tsuru for his continuous support !
Sep. 16,2005: Holidays: We're back from holidays... restarted all crashed gameserver... enjoy D2-MOD gameplay ;-)
Sep. 04,2005: Holidays: We're in holidays from 5th to 17th September.
We wish you a nice, lag-free and a stable server time.
August 30,2005: THoC beta 8.1: Updated 'The Hordes of Chaos' to their new 'beta 8.1' version.
Clients need to update to the new version, as well as there's a new D2Net.dll for playing it online here @ D2Maniacs.
August 28,2005: Eastern Sun patch: Just installed *tsuru's new 'Eastern Sun 3.00N7E' patch.
Thanks to him for his good support !
August 28,2005: Eastern Sun patch: *Tsuru made us a big realm compatible Eastern Sun 3.00-N7 patch.
Check our forum for more infos, links and a detailed install guide from *tsuru.
Lot thanks to him for his great support.
August 05,2005: Nezeramontias 1.08a: Nezeramontias is back online again !
Here's the story:
*Rekrut offered one more server for another MOD, some others already asked for Nezeramontias, and it seems to be maintained again.
Thus, why not putting it online again.
Lot thanks to *Rekrut for spending some more of his CPU/bandwidth and lot thanks to *fecesfaerie for making this MOD !!!
July 31,2005: Server move: One of *LordDogs's server went down, but don't worry, he already spent a new one !!
Just got the configuration finished. AncestralRecall, Doggy- and Johnnys MOD should work now again as normal.
Loooot thanks to *LordDog for his huge and continuous support in spending us that amount of CPU power !!!
July 15,2005: KoT 1.13a: Updated 'Kingdom of Tenai' to the new '1.13a' version and started a new ladder season.
KoT player need to update their client too !
Lot thanks to *Vegabond_635 for his continuous support.
July 15,2005: Johnnys realm: Fixed Johnnys MOD realm name from 'b' to 'a'.
Nothing further happen or required !
July 9,2005: Johnnys Ultra 'b' patch: Updated Johnnys Ultra MOD realm to the 'b' version.
Lot thanks to Eimernase and his co-worker for their great support.
June 17,2005: Johnnys 'a' patch: Updated both Johnnys MOD realms to the 'a' version.
Lot thanks to Johnnys team for their great support.
June 4,2005: Johnnys Ultra: Johnnys made a special 'Ultra' addon for his great Johnnys MOD.
Rekrut, a big Johnnys Fan and Supporter, spend another Server to get it hosted.
Now it's time to get both together and online :-)
Looot thanks to Johnnys and Rekrut for his great work and support !!!
May 22,2005: JM/Eimernase Patch: Installed Eimernase's patch #1 in Johnnys realm.
Johnnys MOD player need to install the patch too.
Lot thanks to Eimernase for his support.
May 19,2005: KoT 1.12: Just installed *Vegabond's new 'Kingdom of Tenai' version 1.12.
Due to the new starter item, a new ladder season started @ KoT.
Lot thanks to *Vegabond for another new version of his great MOD.
May 13,2005: ES-BC-1 patch: *BadCop made us a EasternSun patch in which some major stuff is fixed.
Check our ES specific forum for further details ... I think he'll announce some details there as soon he could validate them.
Lot thanks to *BadCop for his support !!
May 11,2005: Johnnys 1.16: Updated to Johnnys new 1.16 version.
Nothing special required, everything is in their package.
Lot thanks to Johnnys team for their awesome work and their continuous support !
April.17,2005: Underworld 2.9: Updated to Hades new Underworld 2.9 version.
In addition to his new MOD version, you need this: Underworld_2.9-D2Manaics specific 'D2Net.dll' !
Lot thanks to Hades for his ongoing support (and sorry for my late install).
Mar.25,2005: 2nd SnEj-5 Server: Due to a problem with Angel & Nova's ISP, we installed a second SnEj-5 server today.
The SnEj-5 realm is now totally overpowered. Please invite 50 more SnEj-5 player ;) !!
Mar.06,2005: THoC beta7: Just installed Darque's new THoC 'beta 7' version.
In addition to his new version, you need this: THoC_beta7-D2Manaics specific 'D2Net.dll' !
Feb.03,2005: Hades Underworld 2.8: Modem/ISDN player better don't read on ;)
Hades made a new Underworld 2.8 version. He made some tiny changes ... his zipped MOD has now 591'302'838 Bytes, or in short 563MByte !!!
Of course, a new version means a new D2Net @ D2Maniacs. After installing Hades new Underworld 2.8 version, you need to unpack this: HU2.8/D2Maniacs specific 'D2Net.dll' !
Well I really like his work and wanna say 'Thank you Hades for your awesome, continuous work and support'.
Jan.24,2005: SnEj 5.01: SnEj made a new SnEj-MOD version 5.01.
Lot thanks for the new version.
The realm goes live today at 19:00 UTC (20:00 local time).
Jan.23,2005: JM-2@Rekrut: *Rekrut spend a server to be used for a second Johnnys MOD game server.
We just installed it this evening. The waiting queues in Johnnys MOD realm should be gone for now.
Lot thanks to *Rekrut that he's supporting us and Johnnys MOD by his server usage-donation !!!
Be nice to him if you see him in channel ;)
Jan.19,2005: Johnnys 1.15: Installed new Johnnys MOD version 1.15 !
Nothing special required to install. Everything is inside their MOD package.
Simply check Johnnys website for further infos and download links.
Special thanks to Johnnys, Crush and the others who are involved in the development of Johnnys, for their support !
Jan.18,2005: Valhalla 4.5: Hurray... MPGA's server is back online. This makes our Valhalla 4.5 player very happy. Lot thanks to MPGA's admin guys !!
Jan.18,2005: SnEj 4.3: Just installed SnEj's new 4.3 version. Lot thanks to him at this place !
This will be the last major update here at D2Maniacs.
The newest 5.0 and all further updates are made exclusive at and for Jen(s)world. The ones who're interested in playing the newest SnEj version should leave D2Maniacs and join over to Jen(s)world.
Jan.17,2005: Valhalla 4.5: MPGA's monster server died !
Don't know what's happen but it effects the Valhalla 4.5 realm. I just made a 2nd fallback server, but it's much more smaller than the one from MPGA, so waiting queue could happen...
Let's hope that's only a temporary technical problem.
Jan.12,2005: Valhalla 4.5r3: The team around Valhalla made the third Valhalla release.
Today *Drew-ID presented us with the link and we just updated our 'Valhalla 4.5' realm to Valhalla version 4.5r3 !
All Valhalla 4.5 player need to update their version to 4.5r3 !!
Accidentally they seem to forgot to place the D2Maniacs specific D2Net.dll into the archive. Well, if you updated to Valhalla 4.5r3 and the door still don't open, unpack this VH45r3/D2M-specific D2Net.dll into your Diablo folder.
LOT THANKS TO THE MODDER OF VALHALLA FOR THEIR GREAT SUPPORT !!!
Jan.04,2005: Cheater: Banned 6 more accounts because they used (pindle)bot and pickit. No further comment.
Dec.31,2004: Underworld 2.7: Yesterday Hades finished his new 'Underworld 2.7' version. We just updated our realm to his new version.
The new version can be downloaded from Hades website
In addition to his new game version, you need this new HU2.7/D2Maniacs specific D2Net.dll as well ;)
LOT THANKS TO HADES FOR HIS GREAT WORK !!!
Dec.25,2004: Back online: Okay, gameservers are back running for now.
The attack seem to come from 'gigachat.net' and they used a shellbot from the 'Atrix Team'...
Well not sure what it really mean yet and haven't cleaned the system in total for now, but isulated the attackers area and hopefully fixed the resulting failures.
The next days will show if I was successful.
Dec.24,2004: Attacker: We've been hacked by 'dont know now'... Cause of that we've some BIGGGG problems... Just making an rollback in ALL realms... I'm sorry for that !!!
Let's hope that I really killed the bot for now !
Dec.19,2004: Doggy 0.08b: After some break *Lorrdog provide a new Version of his MOD.
It's called 'Doggy MOD 0.08b' and you should check this post
LOT THANKS TO HIM FOR HIS GREAT WORK AND SUPPORT !
Dec.13,2004: Valhalla 4.5r2: Installed 'Valhalla 4.5r2' release. Clients should update too. Nooo, no new D2Net.dll required ;)
Dec.12,2004: General MOD Info: For those who get angry to the num of new MODs here @ D2Maniacs:
The new 'KoT' MOD will be the last new MOD here @ D2Maniacs for the next months !
In the next time we need to get the already installed MODs more known/played and their realm community stabilized (and not more and more MODs).
Dec.12,2004: Kingdom of Tenai: A lot player asked for it and after some probs, which have been founded in MY silliness, I re-tried it with KoT version 1.11 and got it working now ;)
MOD details and download links can be found at the MODders website.
In addition to the MOD, you need this specific D2Net.dll as well, for playing KoT-1.11 here @ D2Manics.
Dec.12,2004: Valhalla 4.5: Yesterday the team around Afterlife finished the new 'Valhalla 4.5' version.
The new version can be downloaded from Afterlife's website.
Because of the character incompatibilities we opened a new separate 'Valhalla 4.5' realm, but since the new version you need this specific D2Net.dll as well ;)
LOT THANKS TO THE TEAM OF VALHALLA FOR THEIR AWESOME WORK !!!
Dec.07,2004: Server update: Today we've been unplayable for about one hour because we installed some big server updates. The ones who are intersted in the detailed server changes/fixes may check this forum post
Dec.03,2004: SnEj MOD: We're proud to host another promising MOD called "SnEj".
For detailed infos & download links check the MODders website.
All further realm specific stuff and problems should be handled in our forum.
Nov.29,2004: Underworld 2.6: Updated to 'Hades: Underworld' version 2.6. Check this forum thread for further infos and download links. And yes, you need this 2.6 specific D2Net.dll as well ;)
Lot thanks to Hades for his continuous support !
Nov.29,2004: Server crash: Buff... Another server crash. Cooler died. Took a hour till they repaired it...
Nov.29,2004: Server crash: Ups... We've had this night a server crash on our main login & character server. This hasn't happen since more than a year...
Nov.27,2004: Johnnys 1.14: A new version arrived in the naked area of our realms ;)
Just updated 'Johnnys Mod' to version 1.14.
Lot thanks to Johnnys and his team for the new version and their support !
Nov.22,2004: DoggyMod 0.07b: *Lorddog finished this night his new 'DoggyMod' version 0.07b, and made it active on the realm.
Check this forum thread for further infos and download links.
Lot thanks to him for his awesome MOD !
Nov.18,2004: Underworld 2.5: Updated to 'Hades: Underworld' version 2.5. Check this forum thread for further infos and download links. And yes, you need this 2.5 specific D2Net.dll as well ;)
Lot thanks to Hades for his awesome work !
Nov.17,2004: New MPGA Server: Did you notice that there is since a week a new, really fast, Server online ?!?
Well, it has space for more than +50 Valhalla player and we're very thankful to *Alex & *Storm from MPGA that they share the server with us.
Nov.13,2004: Underworld 2.4: Updated to 'Hades: Underworld' version 2.4. Check this forum thread for further infos and download links. And yes, you need this 2.4 specific D2Net.dll as well ;)
Nov.07,2004: Doggy 0.06b: *LordDog made and activated a new DoggyMod version 0.06b. For further infos check this forum thread.
Nov. 05,2004: CE is gone down: I'm sorry, but we've been FORCED to shut the CE realms off.
I'll build a package of all chars in the hope that *Chaos will import them for you into his CCC server, but I worry ...
It was a quite nice time and we want to say thank you to all who have had fun in/with the CE realms !
PLEASE ACCEPT IT AS IT IS, and don't participate on public, stupid discussion held somewhere which only result in more trouble. Instead of, let's be happy that D2M still exists and that we've other interesting MODs online !
Nov. 05,2004: CE update: *Chaos made a new 'Chaos Empire' version 7.49e.
Today we found the time in getting our servers updated. All player need to update their Client too !!!
Lot thanks to *Chaos for his new version, and to *AnAconDaZzz for packing us a server version !
Nov. 03,2004: Hades update: Updated to 'Hades: Underworld' version 2.3. You need to try it out too !!! Check our forum for further infos and download links.
Nov. 03,2004: Missing CE Server: We currently lost the connection to *Angel & *Nova's server. Because of that we've only 2 servers left hosting 'Chaos Empire'. We're working on that issue ...
Nov. 02,2004: DoggyMod 0.05b: Updated to DoggyMod version 0.05b. You need to try it out !!! Check our forum for further infos and download links.
Nov. 02,2004: Holidays: We (*Sunny & *JEBs) are back from holidays...
Oct. 19,2004: Holidays: Sunny and me (JEBs) are going into holidays till the 2nd of November. Those who wanna be killed for bad behavior, may ask *LordDog. I'm sure he'll hold the realms clean !
Oct. 18,2004: Underworld 2.2: Hades made a new 'Underworld 2.2' version and we just updated our server to it.
You need to update your client too !
ATTENTION: You need this new 'HU 2.2 - D2Maniacs' specific D2Net.dll
Oct. 17,2004: DoggyMod: A new MOD with the name 'DoggyMod' is gone live today ! It's a early stage beta with version number 0.01 but has impressive screenies ! You should check our forum for further infos.
Oct. 16,2004: Underworld 2.1 fix: Just put 'Hades: Underworld 2.1 fix' online. Thanks to Hades and have fun with his MOD !!
Oct. 08,2004: Underworld 2.1: Hades made a new 'Underworld 2.1' version and we just updated our server to it.
ATTENTION: You need this new 'HU 2.1 - D2Maniacs' specific D2Net.dll
Oct. 03,2004: Johnnys 1.13: Got 'Johnnys' new MOD version 1.13 running.
As mostly @ D2Maniacs, you need this new 'JM 1.13 - D2Maniacs' specific D2Net.dll
Very interesting MOD... you know ? the one with the naked Assasin ;)
Oct. 01,2004: Underworld 2.0: Updated 'Hades Underworld' to version 2.0.
ATTENTION: You need this new 'HU 2.0 - D2Maniacs' specific D2Net.dll
Sep. 29,2004: Underworld 1.9: Updated 'Hades Underworld' to version 1.9.
ATTENTION: You need a new 'HU 1.9 - D2Maniacs' specific D2Net.dll
Sep. 26,2004: Realm Selector: We're just installing the 7th MOD to our realms, which result in a overfilled realm selection box. Don't panic about any missing realms. They're either above the first or under the last entry and you can reach them with the cursor keys.
Sep. 25,2004: Lost connection: We're sorry but this night the AR-1 and all CE servers lost their connection.
Sep. 24,2004: CE 7.49: Chaos made us his new ChaosEmpire 7.49 version available. Lot THANKS !
Client upgrade/installation is required ! For downloads or any further infos check the MODders (Chaos) website.
Rechanged some realms to get enought power for ChaosEmpire from the remaining 3 servers. Lot thanks to Angel&Nova and LordDoG's server support.
Sep. 24,2004: AR move: Moved with 'Ancestral Recall' to LordDoG's server.
Sep. 23,2004: Friendslist: Increased num of possible friends (in list ;)) from 40 to 80.
Sep. 15,2004: Friendslist: Increased num of possible friends (in list ;)) from 20 to 40.
Sep. 15,2004: New MOD: Some asked for a new MOD playable here. Just opened 'Hades Underworld 1.8'.
Sep. 11,2004: CE-4: Do you recognized that there's a new CE-4 server online ?!
Well, it's another Server from 'LordDog' !
Lot thanks to LordDog for spending CPU Power and traffic !
Sep. 08,2004: ES-2: Because of the high load in Eastern Sun, we opened another server for a better load balance.
Sep. 01,2004: CE-3: Do you recognized that there's a new big CE-3 server online ?!
Well, 'LordDog' is hosting it on his server as well as spending the traffic for it !
Lot thanks to LordDog for his support !
Aug. 31,2004: System-Update: Today we're going down for about 30 minutes because of some major updates.
One interesting/important update is the one of our game server software, which results in ladder reset. This is ONLY a ladder reset, NOT a new ladder season ! Simply join a game with your existing char and you'll be back on ladder (after some minutes).
Let's hope that everything went well.
Aug. 27,2004: Online: Server is back running ;-)
The reason for the fault was a lost boot block. Let's hope that we've not a dying harddisk !
Aug. 26,2004: One Server died: BAD NEWS !
Seem that our IPX2 Server has gone his way.
After he got today his 4th restart in his life, he seem to decided no to come back. This affects 2/3 of ChaosEmpire and the whole AR realm.
We're just in contact with the technical guys but haven't heard anything good till now :/
We need to wait...
For the time beeing, go pooping ;)
Aug. 24,2004: Server move: ATTENTION: Our ISP is changing today their computer center between 20:00 to 06:00 (GMT) !!!
Inside this time our servers are going down SOMEWHEN !!!
We DON'T know the exact time. So don't make HC or big mule games !!!
Aug. 14,2004: Eastern Sun: Because of the silence in our 'Nezeramontias' realms and the appearance that it isn't supported anymore by the MODder, we decided to give 'Eastern Sun' another chance (after a long period of bypassing it).
You need a D2Maniacs specific D2Net.dll for playing/testing 'Eastern Sun' here.
You find all necessary URLs here.
Aug. 2,2004: Valhalla 4.2 try: Tried to do the Valhalla 4.2 update...
Well I didn't got it running...need to talk to Afterlife about it...
June 29,2004: Server fix: Installed a bugfixed server version in which the Character-Difficulty-Init shall be fixed.
June 24,2004: Donation: Very good news !
We just ordered the next traffic-package for the CE-1/AR-1 server. For more infos read here.
Lot thanks to all who helped with their donation !!!
June 21,2004: New Server: Special thanks to Angel & Nova's great support who's server is gone online this night with a CE-2 game server. This is a first single-shotup. Detailed configurations and watchdog implementation is still necessary...I'll do it later.
June 19,2004: Server donation: Lot lot thanks to Angel & Nova who spend their server to be used with ChaosEmpire. With some luck we get it online today so that we do not need to wait for our next traffic package...
June 16,2004: Cheater: Whole account The-Kaka disabled because the use of bot-cheats.
June 15,2004: CE-1 & AR-1 closed: Gameserver ChaosEmpire-1 and AncestralRecall-1 are temporarily closed due to traffic limits reached. ChaosEmpire-2 and the other MODs are still open ...
June 14,2004: Donation: We shifted our opinion about the donation issue. Read here for a detailed descripion.
June 10,2004: Harddisk problems: We got again some harddisk problems :( and need to do a 5-hour rollback to 04:00 (GMT).
June 6,2004: LaAaAgy: Our ISP has some backbone problems in Frankfurt and needs to reroute nearly all European packets because of that.
Tomorrw at 04:00 (GMT) they exchange the relevant switches. Till then most European player have to count with baaad LAGS !!
June 4,2004: PK pain: Cold-Ricky*RicKy@ChaosEmpire gots a char rollback because of PK.
Reason of the PK was "my cows".
Team statement: "No, cows are for all" !
General behavior @D2Maniacs: If you wanna do PvP games announce them and let him a adequate time ...
June 3,2004: Harddisk full: Don't blame me, but since we don't have a database anymore, our regulary backup has eaten all free harddisk capacity the last days.
Because of that we've had today at 22:20 GMT zero space left on our harddisk, whith the result that some chars are gone.
That's the reason why we made a complete character rollback to 22:00 GMT in all realms.
Sorry for that, it was mainly a embarrassing fault of the admin = /me = JEBs ;/
May 31,2004: Thiefs: Today we disabled the following accounts because they're surely detected as thiefs:
*DerKiller, *DoE-Several, *DomEya, *Kloeschen666, *SoE-Several & *Soj.
Even if *Blutie shows repentance and reparation, he should be disabled in my opinion too. But because of Sunny's veto he get a last chance !
Therefore *Blutie, don't play with your mercy !!!
May 26,2004: Server juggling: Today I juggled somewhat with our gamerservers.
The objective of that juggling is to get more (lag-free) playable games into ChaosEmpire and a more stable Valhalla realm server.
May 22,2004: Racist names: Removed three accounts and made 5 chars unplayable because of racist names.
Cleared up two accounts because they've been identified to be thiefs.
May 21,2004: Realm exchanges: Because of the high load and some lag issues in the CE realms, we made some realm rearrangements.
CE is now configured to do a max of 75 games, while AR is now limited to 25 games.
Let's see if they now still lag when the limits are reached.
May 17,2004: CE Update: ChaosEmpire server got a new MOD update from ChaosEnergy which contains:
- New Blizzard Runeword Splendor/Pracht
- Some drop issue fixes
May 16,2004: Server is stable: The new server (PvPGN) and all realms are up and running. Everything seem to work without any problems, except that PvPGN seem to take much more performance :(
However, the most important: The crashes seem to be gone !
Player who have a dot in their account name, don't worry, simply contact me via forum or ICQ.
May 15,2004: ATTENTION: We're in a server test phase with PvPGN 1.6.3.
If something odd happen, we may switch back to our old server in which case all char and acc changes of the meantime are lost !!!
PvPGN seem to have some other problems...
In addition it seem that in special Diablo gaming wasn't maintained very well :(
However, PvPGN is much more actual and we wouldn't be alone in developing anymore.

Current state of add-on development:
- Highlevel games/MODs additions = applied
- Level 100 workaround = applied. Need some feedback if it's working @ Valhalla or Nezeramontias - Profil fix = applied
May 14-16,2004: Server change: Somewhen these days we switch over to PvPGN, which means that we go offline for about 1-2 hours. So don't worry when D2Maniacs is suddenly not reachable anymore, we're coming back ;)
May 10,2004: Valhalla 4.1r2: All @ Valhalla have to patch their version to 4.1 release 2. Check the website of 'Afterlife' for downloads or further informations.
May 10,2004: ChaosEmpire 7.14: All @ ChaosEmpire have to install the new 7.14 version downloadable from http://planetdiablo.com/chaosempire
DON'T forget to do an 'ceUNinstlal' before installing the new version !!!
May 10,2004: Security hole: Someone found a security hole and was able to get in with some or all accounts. I just compiled a raft workaround for that. We do a 16:00 (GMT) ROLLBACK to get the last save version. The whole server is going down for approx. 30 minutes !
May 10,2004: CE Version: Everybody how's playing CE has to be sure to MOD his client in the same version as the realm is named ! DON'T use another version ! I'm absent for the next 15 hours, so DON'T try any newer version except you want to be unplayable @ CE realm for the next 15 hours !
May 10,2004: 10 chars deleted: Another 10 characters with racist names deleted ! Guys, take normal, non racist names. Don't waste our time with childish things !
May 8,2004: 2nd CE server: Because of the high usage in the ChaosEnergy realm, I just installed a second game server. Have fun in smoother games ;)
May 4,2004: Login-Server bug: Think I found the bloody login-server bug. Let's see if the login-server remains now stable ;)
May 3,2004: Lvl 100 workaround @ Nez: Today I activated the level 100 workaround. If you've a char which is affected by the lvl 100 bug check our forum to see how to activate it.
May 2,2004: Thief deleted: Account "Neweras" detected as thief and has been deleted from our realms.
Apr. 25,2004: Nezeramontias opened: Yonder found another MOD which may worth to play. Nezeramontias 1.07a. Check our forum to get more infos and links.
Apr. 24,2004: New CE server version: Today I found the time to install ChaosEnergy's new server version. Client update is NOT required. Lot thanks @ ChaosEnergy for the update.
Apr. 24,2004: Login server crash: Ups, today we've had a ugly bnetd login server crash (for about 45minutes) which couldn't be restarted by our Watchdog. Sorry for that.
Apr. 19,2004: ChaosEmpire 7.13: ChaosEnergy made us a new 7.13 version with some minor changes/bugfixes. Thanks a lot for this.
Client update is REQUIRED ! Check ChaosEnergy's website or inside the 'ChaosEmpire' area in our forum for further details and download links.
Don't forget to run the ceUninstall.bat before installing the update !
Apr. 18,2004: Valhalla 4.1 update: Afterlife made a new Valhalla 4.1 version :) (Lot thanks at this point) We're just switching over to it.
Check Afterlife's website for details and MOD download. A post in our forum is here
Because Afterlife modified many game specific stuff we decided via a vote in our forum to make a clear startup.
Since Diablo 1.10 this can easily be made via a new 'ladder season' which means that your old characters become NON-ladder characters.
You can still play your old characters but only together with other NON-ladder characters and without being published on the ladder.
Apr. 15,2004: ChaosEmpire info: SC players may do 'Sinners' runs again to see if 'Sinners' was the reason for our past game server crashes.
Apr. 15,2004: 1st SC @ CE: HaLLuCiNoGeN reached the 1st place @ ChaosEmpires SC ladder. Congratulations !
Apr. 15,2004: Valhalla 4.1: Afterlife's new Valhalla 4.1 version will be finalized somewhen the next days or week. Your vote is needed in our forum !
Apr. 14,2004: ChaosEmpire info: No undefined crashes since yesterday ! You may do 'The Seven' runs again. But still no 'Sinners' PLEASE !
Apr. 13,2004: ChaosEmpire info: It seems that there exists still some small problems. ChaosEnergy assumes them in the extra levels of Harrogath. Therefore: Please don't play 'Sinners' and 'The Seven' for some days.
Apr. 13,2004: LoginServer crash: This night we've had a total login server crash and have been offline for about 8 hours. Sorry for that.
Apr. 12,2004: ChaosEmpire 7.12: New ChaosEmpire version 7.12 arrived !
All ChaosEnergy player have to install 7.12. Check the CE area in our foum where to get the files !
Apr. 11,2004: CE DLL fixes: ChaosEnergy made some DLL fixes which are MANDATORY to install on all ChaosEnergy MODed clients !
Apr. 11,2004: Repacked CE 7.11: There was a package failure in the previous version.
Installation of the new MOD version 7.11 is REQUIRED again !
Check our forum @ http://d2maniacs.shbe.org inside the ChaosEmpire area to see what's new and where to get the files !
Apr. 10,2004: New CE version 7.10: ChaosEnergy made a new ChaosEmpire version.
Install of new MOD version 7.10 REQUIRED this time !
Check our forum @ http://d2maniacs.shbe.org inside the ChaosEmpire area to see what's new and where to get the files !
Apr. 10,2004: LoginServer crash: Today we've had a one hour long login server crash ! Sorry for that.
Apr. 9,2004: Bugfixed Valhalla realm: Today I found some more time for Lvl100Bug debugging. Let's see if it's working now for lvl > 160 and hell difficulty.
Apr. 9,2004: Bugfixed ChaosEmpire: New bugfixed ChaosEmpire version (final 7.03) installed. Client update is NOT required.
Apr. 7,2004: New ChaosEmpire version: ChaosEnergy made us a new server version (final 7.02) in which some minor stuff/bugs are changed/solved. Lot thanks for his support. A client update is NOT required.
Apr. 7,2004: RIP: Abra-Again: Today, in a real bad second, our best HC @ ChaosEmpire ladder died with level 80. Accept our deep sympathy from all HC players @ D2Maniacs which all have daily "lag" nightmares.
Apr. 4,2004: Chaos Empire online: Just put a new MOD online: Chaos Empire. Check our forums whats needed to install. The MODders website is http://ce.4u4all.de
Apr. 3,2004: New server version: Today we installed a new server version in which I implemented a level 100 bugfix/workaround. Check our forum to see how (and when) to activate it.
Mar. 21,2004: DB cleanup: Today I made a database cleanup/boost and deleted 7'389 chars of realms we do not support anymore. Now we've only 5'960 chars left ;)
Mar. 19,2004: Fixed cheat detection: Either since Valhalla 4 or since the new game server we got a wrong cheat detection. Temporarily removed detection "Set waypoint to invalid ..."
Mar. 18,2004: Valhalla 4: Today I installed some new/bugfixed server versions AND Valhalla 4.0 !
No sorry, I haven't fixed the lvl 100 bug now, but I'll try it soon.
Have fun with Afterlife's great new Valhalla 4.0 MOD !!!
Mar. 17,2004: Valhalla 4 vote: I opened a vote about Valhalla 4 in our forum @ http://d2maniacs.shbe.org. Please visit our forum and check it.
Mar. 6,2004: Holidays: I'm going this night into Snowboard holidays for one week *yippii*. Cause of that I tried to build some more crash identifiers into our Watchdog. Let's hope that the realms work well inside the following week. If the watchdog didn't recognize a dead realm ask Sunny for restarting it. If the watchdog didn't get the realm up, I'm sorry, I dunno what to do and Sunny can't help you too.
Mar. 5,2004: Think I found a gameserver solution: After hundrets of startups it seems that I found a solution/workaround. AR & Valhalla-2 has this new workaround. Let's see what's happen... One coooool sideeffect is that the startup procedure is dramatically increased !! It takes now not more than 1 minute ! Doesn't matter on wh ich realm server !!
Mar. 4,2004: Try to fix gameserver problem: The realm startup probelms really sucks ! I tried everything to fix them, but haven't found anyting :(
I'm just trying now to compile a separate windows emulator. I'll do that at first in the AR realm cause there's not so much traffic.
However, AR players will be unable to play for at least 2 hours from now.
Feb. 22,2004: Valhalla GS problems: Since some days we've massive problems with Valhallas game server. It has heavy problems in starting up. Sometimes it needs up to 10 startup tries.
Feb. 20,2004: Max lvl 255 fixed: Today we fixed the lvl 255 limit @ Valhalla realm.
Feb. 22,2004: Valhalla GS problems: Since some days we've massive problems with Valhallas game server. It has heavy problems in starting up. Sometimes it needs up to 10 startup tries.
Feb. 20,2004: Max lvl 255 fixed: Today we fixed the lvl 255 limit @ Valhalla realm.
Feb. 16,2004: CheatDetector: Activated cheat detector @ Valhalla-1 game server
Feb. 16,2004: Valhalla reanimated: Got Valhalla running again. Don't blame me, but I dunno what's happen. Moved to another server which is somewhat faster in realm-startup and got again 3 crashes. Nevertheless it seems up again. Tomorrow I'll figure somewhat more on the old valhalla server. Don't get panic when reading "Watchdog ... @Valhalla1" we've now two Valhalla realms.
Feb. 16,2004: Crash @ Valhalla: 20:30 to 21:00 (GMT) We've some problem with the new Valhalla realm. Need to do some updates and a total realm restart. Realm remains offline for about 30 minutes. Sorry for that.
Feb. 16,2004: NM CowBug @ Valhalla: There's a bug with nightmare cows. Afterlife posted a patch into our forum @ http://d2maniacs.shbe.org. All Valhalla player have to install it !
Feb. 16,2004: DDoS Attack: Today our ISP has had from 19:15 to 19:30 (GMT) a very long DDoS attack. Sorry for that.
Feb. 15,2004: Server-Bug: I assume a server bug which may occur in Valhallas realm when chars reach a server-internal lvl 255 limitation. You may get a "unable to join" MSGs when reaching this limitation. I hope that I can fix this next weekend :/
Feb. 14,2004: Valhalla 3.6 MOD: After days of searching we found a new "closed" compatible MOD: Valhalla 3.6. Check the MODers site @ http://www.afterlife.ws or our forum @ http://d2maniacs.shbe.org for further details.
Feb. 13,2004: XaMeKaS = thief: XaMeKaS was multiple times identified to be a thief. His Acc will be banned as soon as Black-Rose was able to kill him ;)
Feb. 13,2004: THoC MOD failed: Bad news, it seems that THoC isn't closed realm compatible for now. I'll do some more testing soon, but I've not much hope :(
Feb. 13,2004: THoC MOD testing: Found another MOD which seems to be really interesting. It's still a beta version and might be somewhat incomplete but all screens and features I've seen are really promising. Please remember, it's BETA ! Char and/or game crashes might occur and in case of the next beta, chars or items may become incompatible !!!
Feb. 8,2004: Cheat detection: Now that our 1.10 server seem to run nearly normal we reactivated our cheat detection with full action events. Lot thanks to Kronos, the owner of the PKA server, who triggert me for this action by a "cheater warning eMail" !
Feb. 8,2004: Middle Eart failed: Just finsihed testing phase with "Middle Earth MOD 1.91". It isn't server compatible :(
Feb. 7,2004: Middle Earth MOD: We're starting to install/test a new MOD called "Middel Earth 1.91". Check our forum @ d2maniacs.shbe.org for further details. Keep in mind, that from now on, there're multiple realm entries in the character selection screen.
Feb. 7,2004: Debug mode activated: Next time the bnetd server crashes, it shall start up in a special debug mode which shall help me to find the bug. This debug mode needs some more seconds to startup after a crash.
Feb. 1,2004: Bug detected: I've build somewhere a bug into our main bnetd server daemon. It may crash after about 300-500 logins :(. I activated a reanimate mode which will restart the server automatically after 60 seconds.
Jan. 31,2004: Back to 20 chars limit: Because of some unidentified problems we temporarily limited the num of chars per acc back to 20. If you already made >20 chars, delete some old/unwanted chars, the ones >20 will be filled up when you've made some space.
Jan. 29,2004: Diablo 1.10: We've switched over to 1.10. Let's hope that everything is working stable. Here're some details:
- Diablo 1.10 support but no "Original" realms.
- All new created chars which are created as 'ladder chars' get onto the ladder.
- Increased num of chars per account from 20 to 40.
- The first realm is running "Ancestral Recall 1.10".
- Account email support is integrated but not activated. Don't try to change your eMail or send a forgotten password. This topic is still on todo.
Jan. 26,2004: Diablo 1.10: Last weekend I found some time to take a look to the Diablo 1.10 modifications. Lot thanks to "Jules" who presented me the bnetd-thread-110 sources. With a little hope we switch over to 1.10 on next weekend. Let's see....
Dec. 24,2003: Merry XMAS: We wish you Merry XMAS and some lovely days !
Dec. 7,2003: Back from Holidays: We've been in holidays for about 2 weeks. Sorry for the offline-time in some realms
Oct. 26,2003: Temp SiC 2.21B realm: Temporary SiC 2.21B realm opened for testing SiC 2.20 characters. All SiC 2.20 players which are intersted in SiC 2.21B should check their characters/items/skills in the temporary SiC 2.21B realm. Do some gameplay with all important characters, test all your skills and fight somewhere in different areas. Please drop us a note in our forum @ http://d2maniacs.shbe.org about your tests. !!! The "Temp SiC 2.21B" realm is temporary !!! That means that all characters/items are deleted when we finished all tests !!!
Oct. 5,2003: SiC update failed: Tried today the SiC 2.21B update, but cause of some char chrashes, we decided to go back to 2.20 till it's cleared how to go on.
Oct. 3,2003: ES Watchdog: Fixed a bug in ES's watchdog. Realm crashes and restarts shall now work correct !
Sep. 29,2003: ES moved: Today we moved the ES realm to our second server. This will give us a somewhat faster realm startup and may be more stability too.
Sep. 16,2003: HoF support: Lot thanks to Cannabis who decided to support us in building the "Hall of Fame" images. The last days he's made a lot samples and has had some really good ideas. Check our website to see the first new HoF-Image.
Sep. 16,2003: RAM extended: After a long period our ISP installed today our RAM extension on the server where XyRAX is running. Now I can start to configure the virtual servers, to get a better load balance of the other MODs
Sep. 02,2003: CheatDetector: Today we installed on all realms a new CheatDetector version. Main changes are: More detailed output and a better identification rate.
Aug. 20,2003: ISP backbone back okay: After 4 hours in which nearly all traffic was routed through Frankfurt, they got it fixed. Everything is back as normal.
Aug. 20,2003: Version update: Used the unplayable line to do some version updates (Mainly bug-fixes).
Aug. 20,2003: ISP Backbone problems: Something strange happen with our ISPs backbone. We've a really baaaad connection and a lot of packet lost !! I hope they'll fix it soon !
Aug. 16,2003: XyRAX is back online: Just got XyRAX back online. Enjoy this heavy MOD.
Aug. 15,2003: Reboot: Made a fatal failure while configuring the new server. Because of that we got that big bang today and the 15 minute offtime.
Sorry
Aug. 13,2003: XyRAX is coming back: Yesterday we ordered a new server. If it's online and I got the mammoth configuration stuff finished, we'll realive XyRAX !
Aug. 3,2003: SiC / XyRAX vote: I'm very surprised about the current vote. In my opinion I've a small problem. From the technical point of view the two best MODs are in concurrent ! Everybody who has'n voted till now, check our forum @ http://d2maniacs.shbe.org and make you decision !
Aug. 2,2003: Server move finished: Our ISP just finished the server move to the new rooms.
Aug. 2,2003: ISP maintenance: Our ISP announced to do some maintenance work between 8:00-12am (GMT). The total offtime will be only somewhat around 10 minutes.
July 27,2003: SiC started: Just started with "Sanctury in Chaos" testing. Read in Forum what's needed to install. Try it some days and give your vote which one shall remain.
July 26,2003: New realm vote: It's becoming silent in our realms ... Read and vote in our Forum how it should go on ! The vote it located in Diablo->Game announcements
July 20,2003: New ES FlammoFix-3: Cause of the problems with the last fix, Flammo built us a new version. Lot thanks to him for his work and fast response ! All EasternSun players need to use this new version !!! Check our forum to get the required files downloaded.
July 18,2003: New ES version: Lot thanks to Flammo who built us a second EasternSun bugfix ! All EasternSun players need to use this new version !!! Check our forum to get the required files downloaded.
July 12,2003: CheatDetector: Today I installed a new CheatDetector version which gives somewhat more detailed infos, and which is more flexible for me to configure
June.23,2003: ES 2.2 b5: Just switched over to ES 2.20 Beta5, with a special bugfixed/rebalanced MPQ we got from Flammo. Lot thanks to him ! Check our forum what's needed to play the new Eastern Sun version. And yes, as discussed over weeks in the forum, the old ES 2.10 characters are lost in space !
June.15,2003: AR-SE: Attention !!! Today we installed AR-SE instead of AR-CS. You need to install this AR-SE MOD, otherwise you'll blocked as cheater !! You can download it from our forum @ http://d2maniacs.shbe.net
June.13, 2003: AR-?? vote: Some days ago we started a new vote related to the yet used AR-CS realm. Visit our forum @ http://d2maniacs.shbe.net and make your vote.
June.4, 2003: DVR entry updated: For those who're playing on DVR/Ketos server too, we updated today the DVR-Gateway entry with his new IP.
June.1, 2003: Power fail: Tonight we got a power fail. Everything was gone up automatically.
May 29, 2003: XyRAX moved: Just skipped our "Original" realm and moved with XyRAX to that (faster) production server. Have fun in playing this nice MOD ! This is another action to see more players here, so invite your friends to enjoy in MOD playing with us.
May.28,2003: XyRAX/Original exchange: I think we need no more testing in the XyRAX realm. The MOD runs stable and seems to be really cool. Today I saw that we've had somewhat around 10 players in the XyRAX realm, so we'll moove soon, away from the test-server and give it full power on our production environment.
May.27,2003: XyRAX/Original MOD exchange: The XyRAX MOD testing is successful till now. Visit our forum at http://bnetd.shbe.net/ to see what's needed to install. If XyRAX remains stable for the next days, and we got somewhat around 8-10 simultaneous players, we'll exchange it with the Original realm. That means that we'll drop our old Original realm somewhen the next days !
May.26,2003: New MOD testing: Started again a new testing phase with a MOD called "XyRAX", but this time on a separate (low bandwith) server instead the one on which our "Original" realm is running. So be patient, if it work, you'll get informed !
May.24,2003: Original is back: No more intersting MODs found yet. So we returned back to our Original-Realm.
May.23,2003: Johnnys closed: Cause of more and more bugs, we decided today to close the JM-Realm. However, let's see what MOD is coming next....
May.22,2003: Watchdog@Johnnys: Found a new crash-identification in Johnnys realm, and teached it to our Watchdog.
May.19,2003: Closing Original: It seems that all players here are tired in playing our realms while waiting for some news like ES2.2. Because of that we decided to close the fewest used realm "Original" and try instead a new MOD. So, be patient, we're just checking some new MODs.
May.19,2003: New Server version: Today we installed a new BNetD version with the following changes:
- Country specific channels
- Account profile editing
- Some minor bug