/vr/ - Retro Games

Everyone here always have to be such a contrarian, claiming some obscure ass game as your favorite. Just admit that it's either Diablo 2, Fallout 2 or The Sims already. Geez...

have you ever played a multiplayer game where the community created its own "mini games"? back in the day, there were a few very popular activities in Diablo 2 that i've never seen mentioned since and have probably been lost to time. off the top of my head:
>low level dueling
people used to make characters and only grind them to certain levels: 9, 12, 15, 18, 24 and 30. they'd then try to max out the character with the best gear possible for that level, and duel with other people of the same level. it was a ton of fun.
>drop trading by akara
some items like hellfire torch couldnt be directly traded, so you'd have to drop it on the ground to give it to someone. if you were selling it, this meant someone could scam you easily. the workaround was going to the stone wall by akara, dropping your respective items for trade on either side, and on the count of 3, running to the other person's side to grab what they dropped as a form of soft scam prevention.
>gambling
this one was the best. youd trade somebody and put an item in. that person would then accept the trade, then trade you back that item plus another. youd keep trading more and more items of greater value until somebody decided to take it all and run away. whoever had the balls to risk losing it all could potentially get a ton of good shit for free if they called the other guy's bluff.

can you think of other stuff like this?