Hello everyone!

As some of you know DIABLO III is in BETA now and this weekend it is open for everybody!!
I've got my hands on it and I must say that this game looks promissing. Now let me elaborate;
Yes, there are some issues with their servers, but they are working as hard as they can to fix it!
Gameplay itself is very intense and fast paced. I've been playing as "Barbarian" (hero) and I am 10lvl now.
The main quest is to kill the SKELETON KING. There are a few "levels" that you need to go through to be able to get to him, throughout the game you collect gold & weapons which later on you can use to buy gear or salvage.

I highly recommend you to try out the game if you can, it is much like WoW - so if that is your game type - I say TRY IT OUT!

~express

1. System tweaks and optimization
General:
- I recommend a fresh system installation with 2 partitions; 1 for system files and 1 for your data. If u don't have a fresh one, doesn't matter it will work but the effect will be smaller.
- Make sure you've updated all drivers(sound, LAN, peripheral..)
- Maintain(defrag, clean, scan..) your PC regulary


Step 1 - Basic visual tweaks
Start - Control panel - View by: Small icons and click on the System icon. Go to Advanced system settings and under the Performance tab click Settings.
Untick the next options:
Animate controls and elements inside windows
Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
Animations in the taskbar and Start Menu
Enable Aero Peek
Fade or slide menus into view
Fade or slide ToolTips into view
Fade out menu items after clicking
Save taskbar thumbnail previews
Show shadows under mouse pointer
Show translucent selection rectangle
Show windows contents while dragging
Slide open combo boxes
Smoots-scroll list boxes

Step 2 - Turn off User Account Control
Start - Control Panel - User Accounts - Change User Accounts Settins - Move slider to never notify

Step 3 - Faster boot
Start - msconfig - Boot - go to Advanced options - tick Number of processors and choose the highest

Step 4 - Disable unnesessary services
Detailed, full list of services and possible combinations - www.blackviper.com/2010/12/17/black-vipers-windows-7-service-pack-1-service-configurations/

Start - services.msc - and then just right click on the process - Properties - choose Startup type disabled or Automatic(delayed start)

The next services I have disabled:
Diagnostic Service Host - troubleshoot and problem detection, not really needed
Diagnostic System Host - troubleshoot and problem detection, not really needed
HomeGroup Provider - if ur not using HomeGroup
Print spooler - if ur not using printer
Server - only if you dont share files over network
Remote registry - security reasons
UPnP Device Host - if not networked
Windows...

Well today (30.7) i got my hands on BF3 Alpha.
I've played the game for a few hours, the game looks pretty cool & I'm sure that they will improve all the bugs & glitches in the original version, though there isnt a huge amount.

Biggest improvement - movement
Biggest mistake - prone