I have - years … and years ago.
But in terms of old school d2 - I liked just creating a new game with a title and waiting for people to join. Its one of those things that I completely understand blizzard wanting to streamline or remove … .but its also one of those things that are just weird and annoying enough to be entertaining.
I feel like it could be streamlined successfully, kind like how I just recommended. Like a forum for items. I mean - thats how d2jsp has operated for years, and its plenty successful. Im not sure why blizzard couldnt just create a web api for items and let people talk through trades on their own site and automate trades within it.
Then you have something to do when youre at work, playing an entirely different game when youre not in front of the actual game.