The column was put on ice, and is technically not finished today. Three entries were made, reflecting upon Diablo II, and the fact the sequel, Diablo III had been announced that same summer at WWI 2008. The median mods started looking less and less like a mod, and more and more like a Diabloish game on its own.ĭuring 2008, Laz featured on, writing his Dead Fish column.

In December 2007, Brother Laz released Median 2008, wich enhanced his series of mod to an even higher standard with more features and more fun. Many hours have been spent patching and improving Median 2 SE, and Laz has said 'in short, don't get hooked on modding unless you have a lot of time to waste. -)' He took the opportunity to add new content and replace some of the existing unbalanced content, creating 'Median 2 Special Edition', released in December 2005. After a couple of months, Laz wanted to fix some issues with Median 2 but was unable to because the fixes would corrupt existing characters. The development took about two or three weeks (spread over a long time) and became a hit among fans. In early 2005, development on Median 2 started, using the files from the first Median as a base. Somewhere in Act II, characters got corrupted, and he could not find the cause, thus scrapping the mod. It had a skill system similar to Diablo I, where skill books were used to learn new skills. In 2003, when Patch 1.10 was still in beta, he worked for two months full-time to create the mod called Median. The mod he has become widely known for is the Median mod, however. These mods were in Laz's own opinion sloppily coded, but as time passed and he felt he grew mentally he wanted to do better. They were the first mods to replace character animations and the first mods to feature new skill trees. He released his first mod, Inferno ( download) under the name 'Myokai', and was in hindsight regretting publishing his first mod, as he felt it was so bad, looking back.īrother Laz's first set of mod gathering followers under his own name was the Demon Trip mods. Brother Laz is a Belgian Diablo II fan who started modding in Patch 1.09.

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