Diablo 4 players crash out of hardcore race thanks to glitch

gamesradar.com:

A Diablo 4 player was 18 hours into their Hardcore Sorceress run when a glitch prevented them from moving or activating their life-saving skills, dashing their hopes of being one of the first 1000 Diablo 4 players to hit the level 100 cap on hardcore mode.

Everything had been proceeding without incident until they tried to use their ultimate skill, the animation for which seemingly froze their character, preventing them from progressing and essentially killing their run. 

"Dying to a bug after 18 hours of play is brutal," Max "Maximum" Smith tweeted afterwards (thanks, PC Gamer). 

Dying to a bug after 18 hours of play is brutal. Pretty sure can relevel and still get top 1000 but dont really wanna put the time in just for something like this to happen again like what happened to me or exile. pic.twitter.com/oil2tiihRRJune 2, 2023

"Pretty sure I can re-level and still get top 1,000, but don't really wanna put the time in just for something like this to happen again."

Maximum was trying to be among the first players to hit the level cap on hardcore difficulty. The race - which invites players to "cheat death" and fight to be one of the first 1000 players to hit the level 100 cap - kicked off on June 1. The first 1000 players to reach the cap will have their username "immortalized on a statue of Lilith". 

And it seems they're not the only one who has had issues, too. Pro WoW player Imexile had a different issue when their Flame Shield wouldn't negate the effects of poison DoT, forcing them to quit, log back in, and see their character had died on the character creation screen. 

"I'm very confused at what just happened," he said. "I don't even know how to… What I was supposed to out-play?"

As PCG reports, both players are