What does GZ in GZDoom mean?

[Thorogrimm]

My first guess is Graf Zahl but I could be wrong.

[Reisal]

G(L)ZDoom?

[seed]

Both Graf Zahl and OpenGL.

[Chip]

Good Zame (that's game with a german accent). 

[vanilla_d00m]

Graf Zahl

 

I asked about this too becauase I was curious, I used it for a long time (2006-2007 till now) and just wondered what it means. 

Edited September 15, 2020 by vanilla_d00m

[Gez]

Global Zombification

[croc_rock]

Geriatric Zombies

[Redneckerz]

More interesting is why Christoph Oelckers is called Graf Zahl in the first place. The answer may surprise you!

[SilverMiner]

GRAF ZAHEL

[Doom_Dude]

Graf Zeppelin Doom.

[DiaBomb]

40 minutes ago, Redneckerz said:

More interesting is why Christoph Oelckers is called Graf Zahl in the first place. The answer may surprise you!

That's honestly not that surprising for me because I live in Germany and grew up with Sesame Street.

[Lila Feuer]

German ZDoom

[FabulousDoom]

Congratulations Doom

[45th Parrallel]

Gratuitous Ziolence 

[Dark Pulse]

Geschäftszeichen.

 

See you in court.

[Redneckerz]

1 hour ago, DiaBomb said:

That's honestly not that surprising for me because I live in Germany and grew up with Sesame Street.

Its not a great joke i know but still.

[DiaBomb]

8 minutes ago, Redneckerz said:

Its not a great joke i know but still. 

Accurate

[Eric Claus]

4 hours ago, Doom_Dude said:

Graf Zeppelin Doom.

 

This is what it is to me now thank you.

[VanaheimRanger]

But... what did the Z in the original Zdoom stand for?

[Rajerel]

8 minutes ago, guitardz said:

But... what did the Z in the original Zdoom stand for?

Zoinks Doom!

[Eric Claus]

8 minutes ago, guitardz said:

But... what did the Z in the original Zdoom stand for?

 

zenzizenzizenzic Doom

[Rajerel]

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zoinks

Ah nvm

[taufan99]

What about LZ and QZ?

[Rajerel]

Just now, InDOOMnesia said:

What about LZ and QZ?

Low ZDoom? idk QZ

[Eric Claus]

1 minute ago, InDOOMnesia said:

What about LZ and QZ?

 

Landing Zone Doom and Queen Zine Doom obviously

 

Edit: Yes I am just finding random things on the internet

[Rajerel]

Just now, Eric Claus said:

 

Landing Zone Doom and Queen Zine Doom obviously

Landing Zone Doom sounds like a Chex Quest port lmao

[Eric Claus]

1 minute ago, Mr. Jar (aka: Nelguy) said:

Landing Zone Doom sounds like a Chex Quest port lmao

 

Kinda does now that you mention it...

[Rajerel]

ikr

[Dark Pulse]

1 hour ago, guitardz said:

But... what did the Z in the original Zdoom stand for?

Why have "a Doom" when you can have ZDoom?

[Doomkid]

1 hour ago, guitardz said:

But... what did the Z in the original Zdoom stand for?

"Hey, Z is a pretty cool looking and sounding letter, let's use that"

I can't confirm it but I'm sure I asked somewhere at some point and that was roughly the answer I was given. It could be total bullshit or a joke but I never questioned it further.. I will say though that ZDoom still has the best source port name out of them all:

 

GZDoom / LZDoom / PrBoom+ = Too many letters, just sounds like an unappealing jumble, even though the ports are actually great.

 

Zandronum = Another overly-long jumble that's hard to spell, pronounce, and still doesn't make sense even when you know where the name comes from.

 

Skulltag = The old version of Zandronum with a seventy-billion-times-cooler name, derived from DogTag.

 

Odamex = O Dam, a Mexican server, it's gonna lag like hell!.. Actually means Online Doom... experience... fuck, I used to know.. Fantastic port, but underwhelming name. Was going to be named Zwango at one point, which is also a little odd, but still sounds cooler and makes more sense historically.

 

ZDaemon = Matt Daemon.

 

K8VaVoom = Actually sounds kind of cool, and it sort of "has to" since it's based on VaVoom, but it does feel a little too long-winded similar to PrB / GZD / etc.

 

Eternity Engine = Genuinely one of the best named source ports. A little longer than ZDoom so it's a touch less "punchy" but compared to the others it's a downright great name.

 

Chocolate Doom / Crispy Doom = Sounds a little silly at first, but an endearing name, and makes sense coming off the back of Vanilla Doom.

 

Doom Legacy = As far as port names go, this one is probably second only to ZDoom. Sounds cool and catchy.

 

Doom95 = Rolls off the tongue better than literally all of these, but wearing your age right in the name, well, ages the port.. (So glad Doom 2016 followed that convention, 100% intelligence)

 

 

This old community has loads of great source ports!... But not loads of great source port names...