Linguica Posted June 11, 2003 So, it's 6 months to the 10th birthday of Doom... is anyone going to do anything special for it? I had planned to maybe do a "10 Years of Doom" thing for DW but I doubt I will. I mean, I could write articles about TCs and the history of WADs and whatever but no one would really care. It's not like Doom addons are such an important topic to require a big journalistic orgy. I think it would be cool if people banded together and made like a mini-TC in the next six months, to commemorate the 10th anniversary, or something. Maybe Freedoom and Daedaleus could even get finished in time :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Naked Snake Posted June 11, 2003 Doom is pretty old, but still kicks all sorts of ass. I, for one, wouldn't mind a 10 years of Doom thing. Heh, maybe Julian could interview you, Ling, since you kinda ran Doomworld, which is pretty much the biggest and best Doom site on the entirety of the internet. Another cool thing would be to see if Romero still has that DAT of him discovering the newly implemented -turbo command-line :-P Also, IMO, another cool thing would be to take a look at the other Doom engine games, Heretic, Hexen, Strife and Hacx (to a certain extent), as well as throwing in a blurb about Chex Quest for shits and giggles :-P Also, a cool thing would be to see if you could maybe hit up Bobby Prince to do a "Tribute to Doom" track or something, that'd be mega-badass IMO 0 Share this post Link to post
Igor9 Posted June 11, 2003 My exams will be over in July so I may probably do that 10-year in review thing during my vacation. It'll probably be more of a grand n00b guide though cause I'm still sort of a n00b but I've always wanted to do that :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Torn Posted June 11, 2003 Me, erik alm and espi is making a new doom1 megawad as a present to doom. :) For all the levels, we gonna try to use the same style as the original had, with some new mapping stuff, etc. It will not be total a remix of the original, but it will use the same elements as the original level used. Eg: e2m2 will have a big crate room and the other stuff there makes e2m2 e2m2. I guess you understand what I mean. 0 Share this post Link to post
Torn Posted June 11, 2003 Linguica said:I think it would be cool if people banded together and made like a mini-TC in the next six months, to commemorate the 10th anniversary, or something. Maybe Freedoom and Daedaleus could even get finished in time :P Heh, someone need to make the monsters then. At least all the doom1 monsters. It would be great, if freedoom got done until 10dec. 0 Share this post Link to post
Grogglogobofink Posted June 11, 2003 yeah i'm going to do a little 10 years thing showcasing the best pwads by year of doom's first 10 years (possibly a top 10 list from each year) 0 Share this post Link to post
Igor9 Posted June 11, 2003 Hey Torn, if you want I can do up some dehacked patches for you. I've got a few simple ones here like a plasma shooting spider mastermind, a machine gun trooper and a rocket firing chaingunner. If you have some new ideas I can make some up. 0 Share this post Link to post
Grogglogobofink Posted June 11, 2003 heh, i doubt torn will be interested. the point of his project is to make something true to the original in order to commemorate the game. and from the maps i've seen so far it's going to accomplish that very nicely :) 0 Share this post Link to post
pritch Posted June 11, 2003 On the big day I plan 32-player coop. Seriously if anyone wants to allocate me any articles to write for a feature I'll do my best. 0 Share this post Link to post
BlueSonnet Posted June 11, 2003 I plan to do something special for doom, maybe a few doomwads, maybe a big ass piccy, and celebrate with my doom-fan siblings. :D 0 Share this post Link to post
Erik Posted June 11, 2003 Yeah I planning to help Torn get his doom1 megawad done, and no we don't need any dehacked work done, this is a pure mapping project. 0 Share this post Link to post
Julian Posted June 11, 2003 Erik said:Yeah I planning to help Torn get his doom1 megawad done, and no we don't need any dehacked work done, this is a pure mapping project. ugh... how about mids? 0 Share this post Link to post
Erik Posted June 11, 2003 The Merovingian said:ugh... how about mids? ask torn about that, I think that would be a very welcome addition. 0 Share this post Link to post
Torn Posted June 11, 2003 The Merovingian said:ugh... how about mids? Hmmm.... let me think about that. Dunno still. :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Szymanski Posted June 11, 2003 BBG said:Also, a cool thing would be to see if you could maybe hit up Bobby Prince to do a "Tribute to Doom" track or something, that'd be mega-badass IMO As long as he doesn't rip off Linkin Park :) Interviews, comps etc could all be cool. The 'win a title' comp was damn funny. 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted June 11, 2003 Freedoom has its shareware wad subproject which probably could be completed in time if people worked hard enough. It would be really nice to have something complete and playable. 0 Share this post Link to post
Reisal Posted June 11, 2003 Hmmm..what about a list of the 100 best wads (and megawads, TCs, etc) as an article? 0 Share this post Link to post
Szymanski Posted June 11, 2003 Maybe also interview the people who made them? It would be cool to hear what they think of those projects (especially the early megawads/TC's like Aliens etc) 0 Share this post Link to post
insertwackynamehere Posted June 11, 2003 How about on the day of Doom's birthday, everyone's avatar is replaced with one of fireworks, and than "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOOM" in a loop! Or we could make a megawad with an E1 style level, and E2 style level, E3 style, E4, Doom II map 01-11 style, Doom II map 12-20 style, Doom II map 21-29 style, 3 Plutonia and 3 TNT levels in the same order as Doom II, an Icon Of Sin level, and two Wolf-esque secret levels! Thats 17 levels with all the aspects of Doom! Or we could make 2 of each type minus the wolf levels and have a perfect 32 level Megawad! 0 Share this post Link to post
Torn Posted June 11, 2003 insertwackynamehere said:How about on the day of Doom's birthday, everyone's avatar is replaced with one of fireworks, and than "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOOM" in a loop! Or we could make a megawad with an E1 style level, and E2 style level, E3 style, E4, Doom II map 01-11 style, Doom II map 12-20 style, Doom II map 21-29 style, 3 Plutonia and 3 TNT levels in the same order as Doom II, an Icon Of Sin level, and two Wolf-esque secret levels! Thats 17 levels with all the aspects of Doom! Or we could make 2 of each type minus the wolf levels and have a perfect 32 level Megawad! We are making a megawad, but for doom1, look back. :) your idea is good, but I don't find it good for doom's 10th birthday. 0 Share this post Link to post
Grogglogobofink Posted June 11, 2003 insertwackynamehere said:How about on the day of Doom's birthday, everyone's avatar is replaced with one of fireworks, and than "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOOM" in a loop! Or we could make a megawad with an E1 style level, and E2 style level, E3 style, E4, Doom II map 01-11 style, Doom II map 12-20 style, Doom II map 21-29 style, 3 Plutonia and 3 TNT levels in the same order as Doom II, an Icon Of Sin level, and two Wolf-esque secret levels! Thats 17 levels with all the aspects of Doom! Or we could make 2 of each type minus the wolf levels and have a perfect 32 level Megawad! heh, i say leave doom II out of the festivities. this is doom's birthday, not doom II's or final doom's. doom II still has another year to wait =P 0 Share this post Link to post
Mordeth Posted June 12, 2003 I'm thinking along the following lines: An extensive review list of the 'best wads ever', maybe grouped in SP/DM, single-level/episodes/TC, with a poll so visitors can pick their top 3 out of these. Up several weeks before anniversary, with results of poll posted at the anniversary. Advantage: we can add those reviews to our resources. I'll try and get our resources (files, ports) up to date. Yeah yeah I know... Having a life sometimes truely sucks :) A contest of some sort, with Real Prizes to win. Two drawbacks: we probably don't have money to give out a Real Prize, and what form of contest? It's hard to top that 10-sector feature :) Interviews with (ex-)id'ders? As if they aren't swamped with such requests already. Series of articles by well-known Doomers? Dealing with past, present and future of Doom. Something with Doom3. This depends on whether or not the game is out by then. 0 Share this post Link to post
Szymanski Posted June 12, 2003 Mordeth said:I'm thinking along the following lines: A contest of some sort, with Real Prizes to win. Two drawbacks: we probably don't have money to give out a Real Prize, and what form of contest? It's hard to top that 10-sector feature :) I'd contribute, Im sure a few forum regulars would chip in. It wouldn't have to be much, something cool like a signed DOOM3 box would be worth a lot more. Maybe a legit copy of Deepsea etc 0 Share this post Link to post
SmellyOgre Posted June 12, 2003 I would just play Doom all day, first i play Doom, then i play Doom 2, and then of coarse Doom 3. Doom 3 will be an awesome game. 0 Share this post Link to post
Vegeta Posted June 12, 2003 What about a megawad where each level actually look as it original name, for example E1M1: The level look like an hangar E1M2: A nuclear plant And so on... Or what about a ZDOOM mod that recreate the original plot of DOOM (the one of the DOOM Bible), I know that someone tried to do that, but it never was completed because the author designed maps that actually had nothing to do with the DOOM Bible, and nobody helped him. I actually have five maps based in the original plots. -Hangar 2 -Supply Depot -Waste Processing facility -Mess -Control Center 0 Share this post Link to post
Linguica Posted June 12, 2003 I'd like to see: An article by a speedrunner talking about how and why the Doom / Doom 2 levels are so strangely good for speedruns An article by a coder discussing all the good bugs in the Doom engine (straferunning, wallrunning, voodoo dolls, fake floors, instalifts, ghosts, grabbing shit through walls, etc) Big list / reviews of top wads Some sort of wad 0 Share this post Link to post
Shaviro Posted June 12, 2003 Interviews with various Doom community members; mappers, musicians, coders, webmasters, etc. 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted June 12, 2003 The Merovingian said: ugh... how about mids? They're making a plain DOOM II wad (if I'm not mistaken), so the MIDs should have to be good as MUSs. 0 Share this post Link to post
Torn Posted June 13, 2003 myk said:They're making a plain DOOM II wad (if I'm not mistaken), so the MIDs should have to be good as MUSs. you mean plain Doom wad. Not doom II. 0 Share this post Link to post