So, I've lurked the forums checking these walkthroughs out for a little while, and decided to give it a shot.
I've never played the game in single player, and haven't touched the game in just about 10 years or so.
With that being said, I have a lot of catching up to do on the game basics, so any advice is appreciated.

Build
Frenzy barb, using axes only
I will be going all vita, except for what I'll need for wearing gear
I will be allowed to restat once per difficulty at Akara

Skills
I will max skills in the following order:

Battle Orders
Frenzy
Axe Mastery
Shout
Taunt

I will work up to get 1 point in Increased Speed and Natural Resistances as they become available
I may get shout and axe mastery side by side, depending on what Diashi is lacking as I play through

Rules
Axes only
All runewords allowed
Extended stash allowed
Hardcore and Players 8 at all times, except Countess reruns
All quests must be completed

Goals
Enjoy the nostalgia
Make it to hell difficulty (Low bar, I know. This is just a trial run to get acquainted with the game again )
If I somehow make it to hell, I'll set a new set of goals

Problems I'll have
Don't remember much of anything about gearing basics
My copy of Windows is not genuine, meaning the game will randomly minimize about once an hour on me
Never played hardcore in my life in any game
No clue how to properly gear a frenzy barb

Highlights so far
Norm was relatively easy
Did a lot of Countess reruns to prepare for runewords as early as possible
Forgot that merc should use eth items, so didn't pick up a lot of stuff I should have
Forgot that when dual-wielding, stats from one weapon don't have an effect when the other hits
Messed up the whole which weapon goes on which hand, and how to do the trick to get better attack speed
Before going to nightmare, ran a lot of trav/meph/shenk/eldritch/pindle runs
I have spent countless hours looking stuff up because I forgot so much stuff - I could have had my insight/blood helm combo before I killed Ball in norm if I wasn't a dumbass

Here is a link to an imgur album with all my screenshots I've taken so far - http://imgur.com/a/5ERks

What I'm currently doing/Questions I have
Trying to figure out what my current gear goals are. I'm thinking butcher's axe, crescent moon, and honor are all good things to strive for. Smoke/duress/treachery for armor. Not sure what's best. Thoughts?
Is reaching fhr breakpoints important in single player?
If I find another great base (and the runes needed), should I have Gulzar use obedience instead of insight?
I am basically useless
Gulzar wrecks everything
I basically bo/shout/taunt. Occasionally howl if things get sticky. He straight up dominates
Re-running Andy/Countess before I progress right now
For some reason, Gulzar dies in no time when Andariel focuses on him. I have no problem tanking her. Anyone know what I can change to fix this? Or make sure she always targets me?
Debating on changing merc to might or holy freeze aura. I kill fast enough, but could help for bosses. On the other side, my resis aren't great, and my defense needs improvement


Let me know if I need to take more or less screenshots, and if there is stuff I need to make sure I take screenshots of.

With that being said, let's do this!


lol, tried to make the topic title "Diashi - The Frenzy Demon" but got an illegal title notice for Diashi - the...

Great start!

Current stats/gear.

First, MF setup - 126 mf. Need to socket a chest with topaz and break into the 200s!



Next, main setup.



And first new find picture. Got on and ID'd the items from my last run that were still in my cube, and got this beauty. BY FAR my best charm.

Ran some NM Andy to try and find some upgrades.

First unique ring dropped!



Right after that my first unique amulet dropped. On a roll!



Ring was a manald, but the ammy was a definite upgrade

Another cool grand charm dropped. Don't really need the frw.



Decent gloves dropped on the way to Countess

Decent large charm



Found a good base and made lore. Being able to use battle cry is a huge boost.



Pretty sick nec circlet dropped. Sadly, it's useless to me

Really wanted to upgrade my armor/resis, so decided to make smoke. Ran Countess for a while until I got the runes needed




Then I learned that you can't upgrade runewords. I thought they counted as uniques

Time to go through act 2!

Staff



Amulet



And then I learned the hard way not to play when tired.
I was trying to figure out why my repair cost was so high, and somehow SOLD MY SMOKE TO FARA. FML.
Turns out you can't buyback runewords.

le sigh. anyways, i picked this up from Fara to use for now.



Time to sleep for now.
I'll finish act 2 tomorrow

Finishing Act 2.
Got Summoner on the first try!


Duriel down! The freeze was a pain, but nothing difficult.


Unique amulet!

Junk


Good drops from a chest


Jewel was pretty decent, stashing for later

Gidbinn ring sucked as usual


Council down


Meph followed shortly. Buying a life tap wand was definitely a good investment