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Diabloii.net grew hugely busy during the early 2000s, when Diablo 2 and its expansion were popular, and the site maintained a high popularity all through the 00s. Diabloii.net staff were invited over to Blizzard North, and as a sign of how important the site has been for the community, Elly, Flux and Gaile are also featured in the Diablo II expansion as [[Mercenaries]].
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Diabloii.net was created by [[Elly]] and [[Rush]], and was born in 1997, as an updated, Diablo 2-themed version of an earlier page that had focused on [[Diablo I]] and [[Diablo: Hellfire|Hellfire]]. Writer and content contributors [[Flux]] and [[Gaile]] joined the effort in 1998 and 1999, respectively, and along with numerous contributors from the community, built what many fans considered to be the best single-game website on the Internet.
Diabloii.net grew hugely busy during the early 2000s, when [[Diablo II]] and its [[Diablo_II:_Lord_of_Destruction|expansion]] were popular, and the site maintained a high popularity all through the 00s. Diabloii.net staff were invited over to [[Blizzard North]], and as a sign of how important the site has been for the community, Elly, Flux and Gaile are also featured in the Diablo II expansion as [[Mercenaries]]. Gaile later moved on as a Community Manager over at [[ArenaNet]], taking care of Guild Wars[[GuildWars]].
In mid-2008 the site was redesigned and upgraded, and reborn as Diii.net, with a primary focus on Diablo III.
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===Diii.net===
In spring 2008, everyone believed the next game to be announced at the [[WWI 2008|Blizzard WWI in Paris]] would be Diablo III, and spirits were high. In June, the site got it's first major facelift in a decade, and upgraded it's name from Diabloii.net to Diii.net, a friendly hint to fans of the site, who used to call the site "Dii.net".
With the new site a much easier way to add news was added, and a CMS that allowed for guest authors. The forums got new Diablo 3 subsections, and the whole community shifted gear a in anticipation of the third Diablo game.
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