With the announcement of patch 1.1.1, the developers of Diablo 4 have received praise. Only on Reddit was there almost exclusively complaining. One player managed to amuse the otherwise negative community with his post.
A player posted on Reddit on July 28, 2023, and managed to amuse the community. He told his wife to stand in line in Diablo 4 and was able to lighten the mood in the otherwise negative subreddit.
The gameplay trailer for Season 1 in Diablo 4 also received backlash from the community:
“I told her she had to stand in line. And she did.”
This is how the player amused the Reddit community: In his post, the user 87CoCo writes that he told his wife she had to stand in line if she wanted to talk to the blacksmith in Diablo 4.
“I told my wife, who is new to gaming, that she had to stand in line to use the blacksmith. And she did,” 87CoCo writes in the post’s title. “She stood there for a good 30 seconds until I started laughing,” he adds in the accompanying text.
His wife is new to gaming. Although she had already approached the blacksmith once, it didn’t work this time, apparently due to a silly coincidence (via Reddit). The post in the subreddit currently has 3,200 upvotes, over 430 comments, and several awards.
Here you see how your character stands next to other players at the blacksmith:
“Tell her she’s charming”
How does the community react? 87CoCo receives numerous comments about it. Some users report their own situations in which they have trolled their partners and friends. Others jokingly ask if the wife is still single and if a gaming wife also has RGB lighting.
A comment with over 400 upvotes comes from Hamilton-Beckett:
That reminds me of when one of my friends […] started playing Diablo 4 after me. […] I rode up on my horse and said: “Get on, it goes faster!” He said: “Cool!” and came closer. Stood there for a while, ran around the horse a few times, and said: “What should I do here, it doesn’t work, damn BLIZZARD?!” Then I had to laugh. He said: “I can’t even ride the horse, right?”
via Reddit
Pixelhouse18 has a similar story. His friends joined his WoW game and asked if they could ride the horses. He replied: “Go behind the horse and press Alt+F4 to get on.” When the game closed, they burst into laughter.
Brolex-7 comments on the post with “Tell [your wife] she’s charming.” Rivallss writes: “You are the true evil in Diablo. Lilith is good compared to you.”
87CoCo comments on his post in the evening: “Hey guys. […] I’m delighted that it made you laugh. My wife took it with humor! Thanks for the awards. I’ve never received anything like this. How can I redeem them now and get rich?”
Akmeister praises 87CoCo for his post: “This is the best post this subreddit has ever seen.”
At least the post could lighten the mood. When scrolling through the Diablo 4 subreddit, one comes across many negative posts. During the Campfire Chat, the developers introduced the new patch and received a lot of praise. Only on Reddit was there predominantly complaining about it:
Over 47,000 fans watch Blizzard make Diablo 4 better, praising the changes live
