What has made me turn it into a Mod...
At the release of patch 1.02 it finally became possible to create mods for d2, (as it was possible to modify the game, but who would like to download d2data.mpq???) as patch_d2.mpq was implemented in 1.02 (1.01 just changed some code if I remember correctly)
Basically after it became possible I created my First mod which was GBG (Gods Be Gone, something that survived deep into the 1.04/5 patches)
I still played mods by other people back then as I had time, One of these has inspired me to start working on the mod that was born back then XyRAX was first created in mid 1.02, while the modding community was very very very (you get the idea I guess) small. Shorty I dragged out that dusty project of mine and started (i cant say the word here) (as it was still considered that back then) the game, since that day I have kept updating it, until the 1.08 menace arive, thought i actually had it 100% ready to publishing things have happened that have made me disapear from the scene for a long time, then i returned when 1.09 was out and again I started working on a update for the xpack, but soon after this several things have hit me very hard, both real life issues such as some academic tests, but the real reason I was gone was the LEECHING, (try to deal with quintillions of lame emails from people who dont want answers but are actually to lazy to move a finger by themselves)
I then decided, thought with great sorrow to disapear from modding again.
Now however thanks to user9 which convinced me to return (thought we never got to work together as we planed, even he is helping me with tests right now) I am back. and this time nothing (well nearly nothing) will be able to prevent me from finally updating this thing
Now to the actual part of the topic. The Story. (this is a background story, not the ingame story keep this in mind, I just want people to know who they will face)
The story actually begins in the previous continuum where a great war has come to an end, It was the war between three dominions, The Legions of Chaos, The Aunax Legacy and the Ancient Ones, Even this war has costed more life then anything compareable in the past...
...Victory was not celebrated anywhere. It was then when that the Dark One has seen his last chance in destroying the boundaries of the dimensions and make the entire continuum collapse into a singularity.
It was then that all that once was, has been lost for eternity... It was the Aunax' arrogance that made them attempt to trap the Dark One in a dimensional chasm, but their foolishness has lead to their down doom.
However It was the Dark Ones plan from the begining to be defeated in this war, Just so he could take over the next continuum. He has split his force into 13 demon lords, one of them, the 13th one being his own reincarnation. These demons survived the collapse of the realms in a spiritual form. Thought when the new times began they have re-manifestated in their original shapes. aeons have passed since that day.
In our time, over 15 billion years after these events in which the thirteen have lain dorment in realms far beyond, the presence of the three supreme evils has awakened one of them... The Lord of Chaos, he is driven by revenge at the three, which have taken what was once his...
An artifact of great power, shattered into three halfs aeons ago in the realms of light, the Eye of Zernoth would allow its wielder to surpass perfection... Even it was not known by many in those times the Three of Prime evils have gotten their power from the three parts of the Eye of Zernoth, kept secret from the four lesser evils and from any other being. They could not expect that the one, they have stolen it from will return.
The Legions of Chaos are massing up beyond the Portals to oblivion, legions of uncountable numbers. The force of Chaos grows stronger from minute to minute... As the Lord of Chaos prepares to open a portal into the mortal realms. He will wage war againts the three and between the fronts of the Legions of Hell and the Legions of Chaos lays the Mortal Realm which will probably cease to exist.
The time is running out, as the lord of chaos has sent his four war lords:
Androctonus, Inimicus, Umorokai and Therhaka into the mortal realm again.
You must find the Eye of Zernoth before they do! And put an end to the Lord of Chaos and his forsaken empire.
As I said, im not going into great detail here, As well as this is a very modified version of the original Story as I had to adjust it to the D2 story.
The original one is a 50+ pages long document on my hd, which is NOT even close to be finished.
, so I'll start modding again, and hope I can bring out my own mod soon 
