Click, click, bloody click, Diablo!

So Diablo III was announced by Blizzard this week and the hypemachine is already rolling full steam ahead based on the scant tidbits revealed so far. Whatever comes of Diablo III I'm sure it will be another entertaining click-fest and I'll have a great time playing it.

Update (Predictions): With two of five classes announced being the Barbarian and Witch Doctor what will the other three classes be? Since both male and female models will be available for each class the Amazon needs to change, my prediction is a Rogue (or Ranger?) class that will take on aspects of the Amazon and Assassin. Some kind of Knight or Paladin class would make a compelling contrast to the Barbarian. This leaves the old Druid and Sorceress which I'll suggest could be replaced with a classical Mage class.

Ekard Unseated in EQ2

Previously I wrote about how my character Ekard in EQ2 continued to hold the Highest Melee Hit Worldwide record I set in 2005. I captured a screenshot of the highest hit board to commemorate that achievement. Well it appears to have been well timed as Ekard has finally been unseated in the EQ2 Highest Melee Hit Worldwide record. At the time of this writing Ekard is down to 5th place Worldwide although still ranked first on the Guk server (but I wouldn't count on that lasting).

I want to congratulate the EQ2 Assassin community on finally reclaiming the Highest Melee Hit board from Ekard. It has been a long time coming, enjoy.