Cacowards 2017 Mentionation Thread

[Walter confetti]

+1 for Simon Destiny

+1 for Doot

[anotak]

unaligned

[Dragonfly]

On 04/11/2017 at 11:04 PM, Marcaek said:

Progressive Duel 2

I would like to +1 this despite being a contributor. The great work by the rest of the team is why I contributed in the first place!

[Fonze]

On 11/4/2017 at 7:04 PM, Marcaek said:

Progressive Duel 2

I'll ++ this as well; they have done a fantastic job so far and it's just a ton of fun to play. I'm heavily anticipating the release soon :)

[Bryan T]

The best wads I've played this year were

 

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/m-o/mek-catk

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/drkenctr

[Dragonfly]

5 hours ago, Rowsol said:

The best wads I've played this year were

 

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/m-o/mek-catk

I've been streaming this recently and after beating map03 I have no doubts the rest of the project is the same level of brilliance. Was going to wait till I completed it to 'mentionate it', but have my nod for @Mechadon's Counterattack. :D

[Tango]

Doom II Hellscape has been my favorite by a longshot this year!

[Suitepee]

The Joy of Mapping 4. For encouraging so many newer mappers on a technical level, plus being a good megawad to boot!

[Nine Inch Heels]

How about Cacowards for speedrunners and maxers?

 

-Best UVspeed

-Best NMspeed

-Best pacifist

-Best reality

-Best UVmax

-Best tyson

etc..

[Linguica]

Those actually existed for a couple of years, they were held by COMPET-N and were called the "Golden Cybers". One could argue that since they came first, the Cacowards actually copied them.

[dybbuk81]

CASTLEVANIA! SIMON'S DESTINY!!!!!!!

 

also Run for It as a mock award

[Ezepov]

Dark Encounters 

[Tormentor667]

On 12.11.2017 at 9:47 PM, Lokust Sun said:

CASTLEVANIA! SIMON'S DESTINY!!!!!!!

Seconded, a lot of effort and dedication has been put into this.

[Chainie]

Void and Rainbow by Serious_Mood

[Camahueto]

I really feel like i missed out this year. I'm still catching up with a few of last year's maps, so i haven't played any new ones. Atleast these threads are great for finding great releases.

[VGamingJunkie]

+1 for High Noon Drifter

[Poorchop]

Disjunction

 

I think that this was first unveiled in 2016 but it wasn't officially released until 2/2017. Hopefully it counts because it's a masterpiece and that's an understatement. I seriously can't praise this map set enough. Great selection of music, great map design and layouts, beautiful aesthetics, tons of custom textures, and more. It has the quality of a map set that was put together by a team of veteran game designers and then play tested extensively to refine the game play.

[Gothic]

Lutz for mapper of the year.

[cannonball]

I guess it is almost time I guess, I did mention NEIS at the start of the year as it fell into that 2016/17 crossover period and it still deserves some recognition.

Anyway so whilst I have not played enough doom related stuff this year there has been some real decent releases, some of which have come out of the blue somewhat.

So firstly - https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/m-o/mek-catk 

To be honest this is no real surprise, Mechadon is probably in my view one of the best mappers out there creating huge and immersive environments with some compelling gameplay to boot. 

Now the other two were certainly ones to come out of the blue by mappers who have not been on the scene for long.

 

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/disjunct

This came out at the start of the year, whilst there are flaws, there are some great visuals and some real standout encounters in here.

 

 

Very similar to disjunction in my thoughts, some great ideas and settings produced here.

[Master O]

The Castlevania one

Rise of the Wool Ball

The Adventures of Square

[bioshockfan90]

Just gonna up and say it.

 

+1 The Alfonzone, by Pinchy

 

Came straight outta left field, and it's so goddamn good.

[Urthar]

TNT Revilution has been my favorite mapset this year.

[TMD]

Alfonzone is a masterpiece, in the literal sense.

Pinchy should punch his ticket for Mapper of the Year for the works on this alone (are there other stick out favorites, or just the usual crowd)
Its going to take a while to digest this one, because Alfonzone is such a show stopper.

[Big Ol Billy]

Gotta nominate the Doom Loot Box mod for Mockaward. Haven't actually played it, admittedly, but it's a crafty bit of commentary on AAA game publishers that also implicitly argues for Doom's continued modern relevance. Has gotten some nice media attention for the community, too.

[Salt-Man Z]

Rise of the Wool Ball and Lilith are easy locks, IMHO.

 

I'll also throw out Lutz's Dark Tide, and Monti's Witness of Time, both very cool.

[Gideon020]

I'd like to suggest the newly-released Final Doomer Plus which adds weapon packs themed on BTSX, Ancient Aliens and the JCMP alongside TNT, PLutonia and classic Doom.

[Deadwing]

I second Witness of Time

[Linguica]

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)

[Quasar]

Time for the Peoples' Choice Cacowards :P

[Doom64hunter]

On 25.11.2017 at 10:57 PM, Big Ol Billy said:

Gotta nominate the Doom Loot Box mod for Mockaward. Haven't actually played it, admittedly, but it's a crafty bit of commentary on AAA game publishers that also implicitly argues for Doom's continued modern relevance. Has gotten some nice media attention for the community, too.

Kind of tame honestly, the shit actual triple A developers are pulling is way more over-the-top than what's done in this mod.

Should have had everything, ranging from health, monsters, ammo, even whole entire maps, locked away in lootboxes.