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The mod His first real set of followers he got under his own name was later upgraded further from making the Demon Trip mods. They were the first mods to replace character animations and renamed ''Median XL'the first mods to feature new skill trees. These mods were in Laz's own opinion sloppily coded, which added more changes such but as more uberlevels time passed and class skillshe felt he grew mentally he wanted to do better.
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[[File:Median_XL_screenshot_1.jpg|thumb|right|Screenshot from Median XL]]
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Median XL was 's creator, {{iw|Brother_Laz Brother Laz}} first started modding in Patch 1.09. He released in December 2007 as ''Median 2008'' as a major overhaul of his first mod, [http://stopforum.ru/topic/45107/spisok_modov_diablo Inferno] ([http://www.mewgood.com/Diablo II]%20files/Misc/d2-v109-fres.zip download]. The mod changes many variables in ) under the game including class skillsname "Myokai", player mechanicsand was in hindsight regretting publishing his first mod, monsters, levelsas he felt it was so bad, items among other thingslooking back.
''The video here is an example of Barbarian gameplay in Median:''
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[[File:Median_XL_screenshot_1.jpg|thumb|right|Screenshot from Median XL]]
In 2003, when Patch 1.10 was still in beta, he worked for two months full-time to create the mod called Median. It had a skill system similar to {{iw|Diablo_I Diablo I}}, where skill books were used to learn new skills. Unfortunately, a massive bug appeared. Somewhere in [[Act II]], characters got corrupted, and he could not find the cause, thus scrapping the mod.
In early 2005, development on Median 2 started, using the files from the first Median as a base. The development took about two or three weeks (spread over a long time) and became a hit among fans. 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. 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.
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. The median mods started looking less and less like a mod, and more and more like a Diabloish game on its own.
The sequel to Median 2008 was released in October 2008 together with a new website. {{iw|Median_XL Median XL}} was the new name, and the mod that has been continuously updated since then.
The mod changes many variables in the game including class skills, player mechanics, monsters, levels, items among other things.
==Blizzard Notice==
Median is popular and technically proficient enough that it was commented on by some of the Diablo 3 designers during an interview at Blizzcon 2009. [http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/pc/games/156898.Diablo-III/features/133759.20090831.BlizzCon-Diablo-III-devs-discuss-design-decisions-direction-depth-drops/]
