Subject: From: Host: Date: Diablo II: All Realm Downtime for v1.09 Patch Battle.net Team Blizzard Entertainment Fri Aug 17 18:21:21
All realms will be shut down at 9:00 A.M. PDT (UTC -8) on Monday, August 20th for approximately 2 hours. Diablo II v1.09 will be distributed to all the servers during this time.
REMINDER: Diablo II v1.09 will fix the "dual wield" bug. Any characters exploiting this bug when Diablo II v1.09 goes live will lose one of the weapons involved.