For those of you who don't know yet, blizzard announced a beta realm for their new patch:

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=37966440&f=115
http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=37968971&f=68

My suggestion is simple: create a trading subforum for the 1.13 beta realm and treat is as a ladder reset (ie. allow the use of the forum for creating coops etc.). It would give a centralized place for players to come together and explore the new patch as well as trade so they can try go get into hell mode. Treat the forum as a trading forum (meds can still be requested through topics and TM/TAs would have control over the forum).

Any thoughts/criticisms welcome. The only foreseeable problem imo is that, since the realm will eventually be deleted as well as all characters on it, the items on there will actually not have any value in some sense. However, any person who is trying out the beta realm should already be aware of this and accept it as part of the process of beta testing.

edit: null voted

This post was edited by krazi_mofo111 on Dec 11 2009 12:00am

no, wont last long enough.. besides its pointless to build up a character if its just gonna get removed anyway
beta could last a week to a year, no one knows

This post was edited by Anemoii on Dec 11 2009 12:06am

If they've released the public beta, Its probably fairly close to release time.