Why I deserve to be a champion of the mortal realm and fight the forces of evil for the sake of humanity:
1997: Diablo was one of the first PC games I ever played. It was one of the demo's included on
the Monolith Windows 95 Games Sampler 2 CD, and was very different from the 2 level Spawn
Diablo Demo, which didn't allow you to kill "The Butcher". From the day I got Diablo, I lived in front
of my Pentium 1 PC, fighting the forces of Evil,until... I defeated Diablo on Level 16. Finishing
Diablo left me wanting so much more, so the release of the Diablo Hellfire Expansion by Sierra was
a welcomed addition to my (still very small) PC game collection. It only added about six extra
levels and a few extra monsters and items, but it was worth every cent. In 2001 I bought my
copy of Diablo 2 at CNA, It took forever to install on my then Pentium II 266MHz machine, and the
CD swapping was endless, but it was all worth it at the end. At first, the small amounts of gold
which you collected was disappointing, and I didn't like the fact that the monsters "Respawned"
everytime you load your game, but this disappointment was shortlived as I got more and more
engrossed in the Diablo 2 world. It wasn't long before the Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction Expansion
was released, and I was able to expand my game by an extra Act. It wasn't a huge expansion,
but again it was worth every cent. For many years after I completed Diablo 2 (Single Player) was
my LAN game of choice and became very addictive when I started playing online. I would
sometimes play for 12 straight hours at a time, trading, fighting, gaining experience, helping new
players gain experience. It eventually became so addictive that I had to stop. Now my Diablo
collection is proudly displayed on a shelf up on my computer room wall for everyone to see. By
the time I learned Diablo 3 was available to Preorder, all of the Collector's Edition Copies were sold
out. I'm pretty darn gutted about that, but I've decided to wait until the game is released before
I purchase my copy of Diablo 3, in the hopes of getting hold of the Collector's edition somehow.
Maybe this is my chance? Here's hoping.
And that's my story.


