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Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
March 22 2013 19:09 GMT
#41
Hey Kaiser we're on the same team!
Mooneyes
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden72 Posts
March 22 2013 19:24 GMT
#42
On March 23 2013 04:01 starcraft911 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2013 23:17 TOCHMY wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:15 Mellon wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:14 Enzymatic wrote:
Sadly, the majority of people going into the cow level chat room probably haven't ever even played the actual cow level and don't know where it originated


Warcraft 2 right?


Diablo 2

EDIT: Probably didn't originate from D2 tho


It originated in diablo 1. It was a rumor that people would talk about though it wasn't real. Blizzard ended up adding it in d2 because of all cult following of it.


It also made sort of a semi apperance in Hellfire (the expansion for Diablo, produced by Sierra On-Line, not considered part of the story) with the Cow quest were you would get a brown suit for a "complete nut" (cant remember if he was in a cowsuit at that point or if it was the suit you were getting) and be rewarded with a black and white plate armour named "The Bovine Plate".

Hmm i wonder if i can get Hellfire to work on win7....
Blatantly stolen: The Zerg: Protoss is soooo imbalanced. The Protoss: Zerg is soooo imbalanced. The Terran: I would like to thank all my friends and family for another GSL win. -GSL 2011
SamirDuran
Profile Joined May 2012
Philippines895 Posts
March 22 2013 19:30 GMT
#43
i saw it.. hahaha
Don't practice until you can get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong.
Rantech
Profile Joined April 2010
Chile527 Posts
March 22 2013 19:33 GMT
#44
hahaha, this is nice... moo !
wangstra
Profile Joined March 2011
922 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-22 19:39:55
March 22 2013 19:39 GMT
#45
On March 23 2013 04:24 Mooneyes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2013 04:01 starcraft911 wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:17 TOCHMY wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:15 Mellon wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:14 Enzymatic wrote:
Sadly, the majority of people going into the cow level chat room probably haven't ever even played the actual cow level and don't know where it originated


Warcraft 2 right?


Diablo 2

EDIT: Probably didn't originate from D2 tho


It originated in diablo 1. It was a rumor that people would talk about though it wasn't real. Blizzard ended up adding it in d2 because of all cult following of it.


It also made sort of a semi apperance in Hellfire (the expansion for Diablo, produced by Sierra On-Line, not considered part of the story) with the Cow quest were you would get a brown suit for a "complete nut" (cant remember if he was in a cowsuit at that point or if it was the suit you were getting) and be rewarded with a black and white plate armour named "The Bovine Plate".

Hmm i wonder if i can get Hellfire to work on win7....


Please don't forget to mention that it made an appearance in classic StarCraft! :D
Vlare
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
748 Posts
March 22 2013 19:43 GMT
#46
This shall be where all the Pro Gamers hang out
Mass zerglings doesnt fail
viasacra89
Profile Joined January 2012
United States134 Posts
March 22 2013 19:48 GMT
#47
rofl, it works!
Crazypyro1
Profile Joined May 2010
United States446 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-22 19:53:29
March 22 2013 19:49 GMT
#48
I'm almost positive 1 is just number of the chat channel. Its there for overflow protection I'd assume.

This is almost confirmed by the fact that the name of the channel at the bottom of the screen just says The Cow Level. This is also how general chat, Sc2 looking for team, Arcade and every other blizzard defined chat channel works.
dsjoerg
Profile Joined January 2012
United States384 Posts
March 22 2013 19:55 GMT
#49
Wow that is awesome.
card-carrying grubby fan. developer of GGTracker.
Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12027 Posts
March 22 2013 20:01 GMT
#50
In the cow level, thanks for the heads up :D
FanTaSy's #1 Fan | STPL Caster/Organiser | SKT BEST KT | https://twitch.tv/stpl
Mooneyes
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden72 Posts
March 22 2013 20:05 GMT
#51
On March 23 2013 04:39 wangstra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2013 04:24 Mooneyes wrote:
On March 23 2013 04:01 starcraft911 wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:17 TOCHMY wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:15 Mellon wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:14 Enzymatic wrote:
Sadly, the majority of people going into the cow level chat room probably haven't ever even played the actual cow level and don't know where it originated


Warcraft 2 right?


Diablo 2

EDIT: Probably didn't originate from D2 tho


It originated in diablo 1. It was a rumor that people would talk about though it wasn't real. Blizzard ended up adding it in d2 because of all cult following of it.


It also made sort of a semi apperance in Hellfire (the expansion for Diablo, produced by Sierra On-Line, not considered part of the story) with the Cow quest were you would get a brown suit for a "complete nut" (cant remember if he was in a cowsuit at that point or if it was the suit you were getting) and be rewarded with a black and white plate armour named "The Bovine Plate".

Hmm i wonder if i can get Hellfire to work on win7....


Please don't forget to mention that it made an appearance in classic StarCraft! :D


So true almost forgot about that... but i mean who would want to skip missions
Blatantly stolen: The Zerg: Protoss is soooo imbalanced. The Protoss: Zerg is soooo imbalanced. The Terran: I would like to thank all my friends and family for another GSL win. -GSL 2011
Crypdos
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands110 Posts
March 22 2013 20:12 GMT
#52
I think people get put into lvl2 once lvl1 channel is full.

Right?
Grovbolle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark3813 Posts
March 22 2013 22:35 GMT
#53
On March 23 2013 04:24 Mooneyes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2013 04:01 starcraft911 wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:17 TOCHMY wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:15 Mellon wrote:
On March 22 2013 23:14 Enzymatic wrote:
Sadly, the majority of people going into the cow level chat room probably haven't ever even played the actual cow level and don't know where it originated


Warcraft 2 right?


Diablo 2

EDIT: Probably didn't originate from D2 tho


It originated in diablo 1. It was a rumor that people would talk about though it wasn't real. Blizzard ended up adding it in d2 because of all cult following of it.


It also made sort of a semi apperance in Hellfire (the expansion for Diablo, produced by Sierra On-Line, not considered part of the story) with the Cow quest were you would get a brown suit for a "complete nut" (cant remember if he was in a cowsuit at that point or if it was the suit you were getting) and be rewarded with a black and white plate armour named "The Bovine Plate".

Hmm i wonder if i can get Hellfire to work on win7....

Talking to the cow would make it drop a bomb, which you could use to open a portal to "The Hive"

Source: http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/The_Jersey's_Jersey and 4 years of playing D1 Hellfire. The bovine plate was pretty good except for on spellcasters.
Lies, damned lies and statistics: http://aligulac.com
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45387 Posts
March 22 2013 22:49 GMT
#54
Haha this is actually pretty cool I just confirmed that it works. Now all we need is for a mapmaker to make a cow level map...
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-22 23:00:56
March 22 2013 23:00 GMT
#55
This was in WoL as well, click the logo 10 times. Seems crazy to me that no-one knew about this.

EDIT: Well, few people. And it's not really a different method, you click the logo a bunch.
Pufftrees
Profile Joined March 2009
2449 Posts
March 22 2013 23:02 GMT
#56
This is pretty old, you could do it in WOL. I guess noone knew about it lol... would hang there a bunch.

Chance favors the prepared mind.
Atrbyg
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States513 Posts
March 22 2013 23:33 GMT
#57
Damn this is cool. Never really knew about the cow level in Blizzard games.
Bashnek
Profile Joined May 2011
Australia895 Posts
March 22 2013 23:54 GMT
#58
This was in wings too, nothing new.

/人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕人\
Moosegills
Profile Joined March 2011
United States558 Posts
March 22 2013 23:56 GMT
#59
You are a god among men ... moo!
#1 HuK fan, zerg player playing for http://www.complexitygaming.com - @coL_Moosegills
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-23 01:02:18
March 23 2013 01:01 GMT
#60
There is actually no cow level in Diablo 1, and the rumor was absurd coincidence it seems. However, after so much noise about it from the community, Blizzard played along and really started making cow levels, as well as including the phrase "there's no cow level" in cheat codes and hiding it in all kinds of places in their games. It's one of those community-Blizz-community interactions, which make Blizzard so good and so popular / having a strong fan following.
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
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