bradsmithsite wrote:I believe Median XL doesn't do the mod justice. Why not call it Diablo the Sin War. The eternal battle between good and evil
Brother Laz (the original creator of the mod) called it MedianXL for the following reasons:
Median - because when it was first created the author thought of it as just another average mod in the ocean of D2 modding.
XL - because Laz was a fan of the WipEout futuristic video game racing serie and one of the titles had "-XL" as suffix.
You may not like it or feel no attachment towards the name's origin, but it is what it is, and in the years "MedianXL" grew to be a renown name in the D2 community. The original meaning behind the name has been lost to time, or overshadowed by the project identity which has always been defined by its playable content. This allows the obscure and apparently nonsensical name to be a great candidate as title to be worn by the project without constraining it into a definition or a statement. The mod benefits from this in the sense that has an open-end path of evolution and a title with no longer a traceable meaning outside of the project itself, thus maintaining it always as a fitting choice.
One could argue that "MedianXL" is actually a perfect name for such large and original mod.
bradsmithsite wrote:We need shrines that give cryptic messages, cube scripts, etc. I would like to join developing the project, but I looked at the GitHub, and it seems there is just the launcher.
The developement GitHubs are not public, so you will not find them. On a side note, the development is not a free-for-all water well in which to throw everything that could be done just because it can be done, it'd be better to argument the reasons behind a suggestion so you can sway people to your cause or receive contructive criticism.
bradsmithsite wrote:I thought Median XL was a joke - RandomInteger, 5000000) - but it's way beyond that. I want to add more lore to Diablo from the books. It would be nice if you add another character called a Witch - Blood, Poison, Nature. Can one of the talented masters who made Median please P.M. I would like to join to the project.
Don't worry about the lore, we have a VERY long and detailed list of potential new levels to add, while also being lore related and compatible with current/future content. As for adding a whole new character that's not happening.
Team members and people close to the development process are not what they are because they asked to be made so, they have been selected over the years after they gave tangible reasons as to why one would have wanted to have them on-board. Many hadn't even the intention of joining to begin with, they just enjoyed contributing and then were later asked to join. If you want to join the project just ask yourself "what I have to offer? what would the project truly gain from my involvement?" then, once you've ordered your thoughts, the only thing you can do is start doing things with enjoyment in doing those things as it could aswell be the only reward to be had, there's no guarantee of joining the team.
bradsmithsite wrote:Why not use the resources from Diablo 1 and include it?
D1 resources are not plug-in and play, furthermore a lot of assets of the first game simply do not fit in the second.
Ultimately, the type of suggestions you are generally proposing requires a deep knowledge of D2 modding as to not result only into blind shots, I'd suggest to acquire such knowledge prior to start suggesting things of this scale.
CallMeCrazySam wrote:why not BIG DICK PERFECT PRO PLAYER BIS DIABLO MOD 9000
Not gonna lie, doesn't sound so bad.
► BDPPPBDM9000
syke! it was a lie all along