I personally think Diablo 2 hardore ladder were one of the coolest things about Diablo 2, though we don’t know yet, if this feature will be part of the new Battle.net 2.0  

We can noyl speculate about if the Diablo 3 developers will think about the hardcore playerbase, and include this feature or jump on the petition wagon yet again.

I would love to play Diablo 3 hardcore, what about you… are you a man or mouse.

Know this, my friend – the evil that you move against
IS THE DARK LORD OF TERROR
                                           – Deckard Cain