Q: Possible fraud!!!!!!

[Bluesky81]

Has anyone heard of WWW.HallsofPain.com. Well, I believe I have, but more curious is how they got my eastern bn realm account name and email address, I didn't request that I be placed on any mailing lists at BN.,.... and then,... even more peculiar, why would they email me requesting my membership. I'm informed it's a combination donation funded chat/forum site like this but also, I gather, by thier literature,... a D2 lan (local area network) privatized realm (an internet club), sanctioned by Blizzard but required to operate within a narrowly defined set of rules which Blizzard has openly announced they intend to tighten.

The legal rule which Blizzard requires any LAN duplicate, i.e., a privatized, but "non-profit" clone of BN to operate by; is that the (privatized/mock up) LAN based d2 realm websites' administrator does not change in any way, or permit or allow the change, in any way, of the same thing people would experience on the official realm.

SO: Has anyone else gotten this junk mail yet? Or, is it junk mail? Is this worth getting involved with? What is it? Has anyone had their BN account name and thier BN registered email address confiscated by marketeers or opportunists lately? Or, is this a legit, trustworthy and reputable group of people at Halls fo Pain who have sincere and benign motives?

[hellsing293]

I don't know how they would have gotten your email address and account name. I can't think of any way, in the game, that they could have acquired this information. I believe that it would be legit though. I can't see how they would be able to steal your password for the real b.net or anything like that.

Also, stop trying to write fancy/sophisticated in your post. It's not working for you and takes away from your general point.

[Bluesky81]

I am not trying to sound pretentious but the point was that the only people in possession of that information , BN , obviously provided it to someone, someone on the staff at that website. I have never even given my account name out on this website much less Halls of Pain , which I don't belong to, and which, I'm sure is not owned and operated by Blizzard. So, the question was, "what gives blizzard the right to sell my name on a mailing list, which, after all is what we are talking about. No one said anything about passwords. What is Halls of Pain about and why do they want bn players' email addresses besides possibly offering a chat community? Has anyone here at D2 sector joined a d2 club and played Diablo on a local area network? That's what I believe Halls of Pain is doing. Does anyone here belong to Halls of Pain? Are their staff indeed just do-gooders wanting to expand the D2 interest group. `
If it is completely legit and straightforward then someone here should know that to be the case and confirm it for me.



I was just curious if anyone has recieved anything like this because I never have and I don't know where else to get answers besides here.


Gee, I hope I didn't sound like a dictionary.

[Basher]

Hey, I am an admin over at hallsofpain. Your email account must have been registered to the website at one point or another, i sent a boardwide email announcment about bad realm, you probably used your account name as your board account name, i can assure you there is no foul play.

Anyway, heres some info about bad realm.




What is BAD REALM?
BAD Realm is a private realm, hosted by Clan BAD. We have a custom patch, that is updated every month. New maps, New items ( that don't unbalance dueling), New Quests, New Monsters and new Graphics.

Dueling On BAD REALM
We are currently launching our dueling ladders, where members can compete to be recognized as the #1 BAD REALM Dueler, for each class.
We also Run monthly Grand Tournaments, prizes for winning this include a crown, sometimes Cash and a Npc named after you in the next patch
Each Night we run dueling contests, with point prizes given, to buy special items at the bad realm store
Clan vs Clan Battles
BAD REALM Patch Info
Graphic Changes:
Darker Lighting - Player/Monster Light Radius Removed
New Title Screen
New Character Screen
New Loading Screen
170+ New Inventory Images
Npcs Renamed - Some visually Changed
Some Npc's Scrolling Text Changed
New Town Portal Animation


Item Changes:
Drop Mod
New Rune: BAD Rune
New Rune: HOP Rune
New Rune: DRE Rune
New Item: Torch (+8 Light Radius) - Used For Dark Caves
New Item: Hostility - Dueling Helm
New Item: Grim Spurs - Dueling Boots
New Item: Armageddon Fletch - Dueling Amulet
Blue Present
Red Present
Green Present
Santa's Candy Cane
Santa's Hat
Santa's Boots
Santa's Belt
Santa's Mitts
Santa's Bag
Ornament
Mistletoe
Jingle Bells
New Runeword:

Validation - 6 Socket Swords
BADBADBADHOPVEXZOD

+4 All Skills
+40 Faster Cast Rate
5% Chance to Cast Lower Resist on Being Struck
+20% Faster Hit Recovery
+10-20 Faster Run/Walk
7% Mana Recovery
+Life Based on Level
All Resistance 40-45
Skill Effects
Teleport may now be used in town
Leap may now be used in town
Charge may now be used in town
Dragon tail may now be used in town


Cube Recipies

Weapon Downgrader (Cube Transmute) -Unique Weapon + minor Health potion (akara sells in norm) = Normal version of Armor
Armor Downgrader (Cube Transmute) - Unique Armor + minor Health potion (akara sells in norm) = Normal Version of Armor
Shield Downgrader ( Cube transmute) - Unique Shield + minor health potion ( you guessed it, akara sells in norm) = normal shield
Helm Downgrader (Cube Transmute) - Unique Helm + Minor health potion = normal helm

Add 3 sockets to Armor (Cube Trans) - Armor + Scroll of Identify = 3 socketed Armor
Add 4 Sockets to Armor (Cube Trans) - Armor + 2 Scrolls of Identify = 4 Socketed Armor
Weapon 4 Socketer (Cube Trans) - Weapon + scroll of Identify = 4 Socketed Weapon
Weapon 5 Socketer (cube Trans) - Weapon +2 scroll of identify = 5 socketed weapon
Weapon 6 Sockter - (cube Trans) - Weapon + 3 Scroll of identify = 6 socketed weapon
Shield 3 socketer - (Cube trans) - Sheild + scroll of Identify = 3 socketed shield
Shield 4 Sockter - (Cube Trans) - Shield + 2 scroll of identify = 4 socketed shield
Helm 3 socketer- (Cube Trans) - helm + scroll of identify = 3 socketed helm
Monsters
8x harder to kill than normal
50% easier to level

Screenies and Registry can be found at hallsofpain

[jedimaster86]

~moved since the topic at hand seems to be a modded realm

Mmmm sorry buddy, but I'm not really sure exactly what is going on here (try to keep it simple to allow us to understand); heck it took me long enough to figure that BN means B.net (I guess). I don't think they would provide your information to someone else, much less a website they wouldn't really want running in the first place.

Hopefully this Basher guy/HallsofPain can figure out your situation over on their side; I'd take a look, but I'm sure they can figure out the situation just as well and see if maybe you had actually joined the site and just forgot about it. I can keep a half eye open here if any help is needed, but I'd suggest just getting in contact with Basher and hopefully he can remove you from any listings (if that's what the problem is). Good luck.

[FrogMan]

Well its sounds like this basher person has explained why you might of gotten the email, is this what has happened to you?

[Jammer74]

I've heard of halls of pain before,but I've never heard anything bad about them.And it would be illegal for b.net to sell any account info/email addresses without specific permission.The dueling on east is outta hand.I might give bad a try,if I meet their requirements,lol.