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This piece follows Matt Uelmen through two books — David L. Craddock's Stay Awhile and Listen, Book I and Book II (BI / BII below). Every quotation is kept in the original English with a page reference; the Chinese edition of the same material lives on the Chinese side of this site.

The page numbers are PDF pages, not p…

In 2000 and 2001, shortly after Diablo II shipped, Blizzard posted an MP3 of the week on its site, each one accompanied by liner notes written by composer Matt Uelmen. The notes ran from July 2000 to June 2002 and covered the base game, the expansion, and a handful of outtakes.

These are Uelmen's precious creative journ…

This is another documentation piece. diabloii.net was invited to visit Blizzard North in December 1999, where they got a look at the game in development and left behind precious records of the Arena and the Guild Halls. This article was translated by DeepSeek and proofread by me.

Read it with care as well: some of what …

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I. Battle.net Town

1. Chapter epigraphs — three lines that set the tone

This chapter opens with three epigraphs that pin down the core tension of the Battle.net chat room / town design:

"We weren't exactly sure how it would work, but basically we wanted to skip the chat room and make a real environment."

— Dave Brevik, …