Hahah, I played so much Diablo 2. It's like, half my childhood!
I kept playing hardcore mode (which means that if your character dies, you lose it), and I spent a lot of time trying to kill other players in order to steal their items or just to be a bastard. I was young and sadistic at the time (people could work on those characters for months). It made me rather infamous in the European hardcore community after a while.
I have a bit of nostalgia when thinking back. When you were duelling 1on1 in hardcore mode with characters that you spent so much time on, it gave you such a damn heart beat rush. Never had such excitement with a game. Then the expansion came and ruined everything
. I hope they'll make it more similar to original D2 than the expansion. LoD felt a bit too user-friendly, anyone could get the highest level etc. In the original you needed to pay attention or you could just die at any time.
Oh and I look forward to Starcraft 2, too. I played so much WarCraft 3, both expansion and original. Blizzard games are the best fo sho.... (Not counting WoW :x)