Cacowards 2017 Mentionation Thread

I'd also nominate the Crystal Maze mod.

On 12/1/2017 at 10:31 AM, Linguica said:

Now that's December I can say with absolute certainty that the Cacoward selections are already locked and your mentionations do nothing (protip: they always did nothing)

Also known as the Daedalus effect.

For posterity's sake, I decided to tally up all of the total votes mentions. This in no way affects a mod's chances of winning, nor did it influence any decisions, but it's still fun to talk about the stuff we liked playing.

MAPS:

NOT MAPS:

2017 was a fantastic year full of good mods, good maps, and cool things. Great work to everyone. It sounds sappy, but you're all winners to me.

Here's to an even better 2018!

oh, did i remember to pitch in a vote for Final Doomer yet? it's almost time for the Cacowards, but the newly released update is pretty sweet, boasting uniquely themed weapon-sets for BTSX, JPCP, and AA, all of which fit the mapsets they were designed for really well, i think.

1 hour ago, TerminusEst13 said:

Here's to an even better 2018!

You do realize the stronger the competition, the more hated we get for any decision?

You cannot crush my optimism.

5 hours ago, TerminusEst13 said:

For posterity's sake, I decided to tally up all of the total votes mentions. This in no way affects a mod's chances of winning, nor did it influence any decisions, but it's still fun to talk about the stuff we liked playing.

MAPS:

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Rise of the Wool Ball - 14

 

Brigandine - 11

 

Counterattack - 10
Lilith.pk3 - 10
Moonblood - 10
TNT: Revilution - 10

 

Saturnine Chapel - 8

 

Disjunction - 7
Inquisitor 3 - 7
Mayhem17 - 7

 

CastleVania: Simon's Destiny - 5
Hellscape - 5
Shadows of the Nightmare Realm - 5
UnAligned - 5
Waterlab GZD - 5

 

Blade of Agony E2 - 4
No End in Sight - 4

 

2017 Collection - 3
Altitude - 3
Dimension of the Boomed - 3
Foursite - 3
Oscillation - 3
Progressive Duel 2 - 3
Redemption of the Slain - 3
Stardate 20x7 - 3
The Given - 3

 

Crystal Maze Map - 2
Dark Encounters - 2
Doom 64: Retribution - 2
Experiencing Nirvana - 2
Hellebarde - 2
Joy of Mapping 4 - 2
Legacy of Heroes - 2
New Gothic Movement 2 - 2
Plutonium Sandpit - 2
Return to Daro - 2
Temple of the Lizard Men 4 - 2
Templum Dormiens Dei - 2
The Alfonzone - 2
Travelling to the Moon - 2
UAC Vinur Prime - 2
Void and Rainbow - 2
Witness of Time - 2

 

50 Monsters - 1
3 Hours of Agony - 1
Akzos City - 1
Atlas Complex - 1
Autopsy - 1
Back to Saturn X E1 - 1 (lol)
Bloody Rust 2 - 1
Brutal Doom 64 - 1
Chainworm Kommando - 1
Dark Tide - 1
Dead.Air - 1
Demon Forest - 1
Disciples of Darkness - 1
Doom: Damnation - 1
Doomguy Gets a Puppy - 1
Echelon - 1
Evil Returns - 1
Good Morning Phobos - 1
Heretic Upstart Mapping Project - 1
Hide and Seek - 1
Italo-Doom - 1
Lazarus - 1
Malevolent Horizon - 1
Night Town - 1
NoDoom - 1
Phobos Mission Control - 1
Pizza Steve - 1
Pyrrhic Duel - 1
Return to Hadron E2 - 1
Scattered Evil - 1
Scythe - 1 (lol)
skinnyman.wad - 1
Skulldash: Enhanced Edition - 1
Solace Dreams - 1 (lol)
Spoiled Waters - 1
ST98 - 1
Synthwave - 1
The Deimos Incident - 1
The Kerberos Complex - 1
The Red Line - 1
The Wayfarer - 1
Uni - 1
Urania - 1
Water Spirit - 1

 

 

Your list truly brings to light what the community are more incline to play ^{(which is actually quite helpful)}, you should also put a (+#) to the number of "likes" the mentioned mods have received not that it really matters to be fair.
^{What would have made the list even better is if you linked the mods to the actual mod pages.}

One thing that's probably worth mentioning in regards to the vote tallies (albeit incidental): I haven't bothered re-mentioning things that have already been mentionated in the thread already (unless by accident). I'm probably not the only one who follows that methodology, so the correlation between total mentionations and popularity/well-liked-ness is likely to be weaker than expected.

19 hours ago, TerminusEst13 said:

For posterity's sake, I decided to tally up all of the total votes mentions. This in no way affects a mod's chances of winning, nor did it influence any decisions, but it's still fun to talk about the stuff we liked playing.

MAPS:

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UnAligned - 5
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Return to Daro - 2

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Whoa! I had no idea my dumb WADs got this many mentionations. Thank you to whoever voted for them!

2 hours ago, Ryath said:

Thank you to whoever voted for them!

You don't vote for things, you mention them. There's a bit of a difference.

4 hours ago, Xaser said:

One thing that's probably worth mentioning in regards to the vote tallies (albeit incidental): I haven't bothered re-mentioning things that have already been mentionated in the thread already (unless by accident). I'm probably not the only one who follows that methodology, so the correlation between total mentionations and popularity/well-liked-ness is likely to be weaker than expected.

Not to mention that with the highest mentionation count being 14, the overall tally is hardly representative of the hundreds or thousands of people who have an opinion about Doom wads.

On 12/1/2017 at 5:31 PM, Linguica said:

Now that's December I can say with absolute certainty that the Cacoward selections are already locked and your mentionations do nothing (protip: they always did nothing)

Before anyone even tries, this is no joke. Maxim Skull, Tangerine Dream or TNT: Respectance all fall into the 2018 season already.

On a related note, for people making their Cacoward predictions, don't forget about No End in Sight, which was too late for last years awards. Looking at you, Doom France! ;)

1 hour ago, dew said:

Maxim Skull

MY MAGNUS OPETH

*Falls to his knees*

9 minutes ago, Eris Falling said:

No End in Sight

Or as Dime keeps calling it... No One in Sight.

No Buns In Sight.

*moderator sees this thread*

No Fun In Sight.

Stop jinxing it people!! 🤞

46 minutes ago, NaturalTvventy said:

Stop jinxing it people!! 🤞

No Cacoward In Sight? 😱

Got a question about the Cacowards:

So generally speaking, the Cacowards are done around January or so?  I am not asking for a specific date or anything like that. I'm merely curious as to how long it actually takes to make a decision and then create the pages with the awards on them.

The Cacowards are supposed to be put online on December 10, which by the way is tomorrow!

However sometimes they're late for a reason or another. One time, the guy in charge just disappeared without a trace and then we woke up and saw there was no cacoward and we freaked out and a ragtag team of Doomworlders was assembled to hurry up and save Doomsmas. But, usually, it's there on the tenth with no excessive fuss.

53 minutes ago, Gez said:

The Cacowards are supposed to be put online on December 10, which by the way is tomorrow!

 

However sometimes they're late for a reason or another. One time, the guy in charge just disappeared without a trace and then we woke up and saw there was no cacoward and we freaked out and a ragtag team of Doomworlders was assembled to hurry up and save Doomsmas. But, usually, it's there on the tenth with no excessive fuss.

Good to know.  Whoever is making the page for 2017s should also make sure that any wad links are indeed working.  Some of the earlier Cacowards pages had several broken links, which and I and several others pointed out and were eventually fixed.

I'll guarantee you one thing: all the links were working when they were originally published. The problem is what happens two, three, five, ten years down the line.

sees announcement

Well, time to learn what I neglected to play this year.

inb4 all the awards go to square rooms with 150 hellknights

5 minutes ago, bioshockfan90 said:

inb4 all the awards go to square rooms with 150 hellknights

Sorry, that also qualifies for 2018. But yeah, no need to create a follow-up thread, next year is a wrap.