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Blighted Aura: Land of Parthoris (Final beta Release)
Major Arlene replied to RonLivingston's topic in WAD Releases & Development
um, no. people don't take you seriously because you plagiarize. this really isn't hard. I'm a dogshit Doom player but again, I make my own maps with my own hands. just make a map that is at your playing skill. or get someone to test your work. do the work that literally every Doom mapper does. I can't make you take responsibility but keep in mind that absolutely no one is buying this. -
Hot Take Time: the next doom should NOT have s*x jokes, dr*g usage, or even any swearing
Major Arlene replied to nathanB404's topic in Doom General
Isn't it past your bedtime? -
Blighted Aura: Land of Parthoris (Final beta Release)
Major Arlene replied to RonLivingston's topic in WAD Releases & Development
But you didn't. there are screenshots from this very mapset that have clearly been lifted from other people. This makes no sense. Internet outages mean you would have less access to other people's work to plagiarize from, therefore forcing you to draw with your own hand. And weirdly with my pretty much nonstop internet usage and access I've always drawn my maps with my own hands. Please understand how this looks. this isn't going away with a little frowny face. please own up to what you are doing before you ask for forgiveness. and don't expect it either. plagiarism is a plague for any creator's catalogue, both looking back and going forward. it is a breach of trust for not just the people you stole from but the people who may enjoy your work - because now they begin to wonder if any of it is actually yours. -
Blighted Aura: Land of Parthoris (Final beta Release)
Major Arlene replied to RonLivingston's topic in WAD Releases & Development
Saying vs doing are two different things. idk, this looks kinda damning -
ZlimBratSki is wonderful
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I've added context for this in my other comment because I realize now how I made that sound - Agent Strange is lovely, he just wanted more eyeballs on the project at the time because he in good faith, like a lot of people did, didn't realize all the issues with it at the time.
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Hi. I for one admit to hogging all the Cacowards for myself and fuck you for asking. In seriousness - the goal of my tweets was not to "take down" the Doom Awards, I absolutely was not expecting the series of tweets that's been linked a few times in this thread now to blow up the way it did, when it did. I was made aware of this project when Agent Strange first tweeted about this way back on May 5 - I immediately became suspicious when it was linked to the ZDF drama - whatever you feel about that, ZDF has never had a thing to do with the Cacowards or Doomworld. But hey, whatever. Maybe a project started out of spite may for once actually not turn out to be complete crap. But as can be quickly found in all the evidence posted, the effort was not put in to make it something good. I'm trying not to repost everything that I posted to Twitter about the topic but I want to emphasize that the Cacowards team members do this work, for free, on top of full time jobs most or all of the time. Many bilingual people have learned to get past their language barriers to create wonderful reviews. And it is hard. fucking. work. And you have to be committed. I found over time I could not commit to the quality that the Cacowards needed at that time and stepped down. And amazing writers have come in my place, I could not think of a better team to lead it now. It feels hollow to have words that an AI generated sent to me and the expectation for me to accept that gracefully and with open arms was silly. As I would feel it would be for most creators (but I can't speak for everyone, of course). Someone had asked "why don't you accept the recognition? you should be grateful!" and the truth is I don't need that. I have a community I feel at home with, I like the things I make, I am happy, and I am safe. It may have been something I wanted for myself when I was younger and less secure in my work but it's not something I want or need now. My advice is, in the words of Emily Artful: do what you love, and fuck the rest. Accolades are wonderful but do not let them be what define you. EDIT FOR IMPORTANT CONTEXT: Agent Strange who is mentioned in this post is not involved in the Doom Awards, he was simply trying to help get eyeballs on it at the time at the request of I guess Hakros. He's a pillar of the Doom community on Twitter and has since disavowed this entire thing as well. He's wonderful and I'm sorry for not clarifying that. Second edit: Emily Artful got that from Little Miss Sunshine, my bad for wrong attributions (she attributes it correctly)
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What's the controversy about DoomAwards.com? (controversy/drama-bait)
Major Arlene replied to Havok's topic in Doom General
and as an FYI, I will always stand by that. but you gotta actually write em -
Snow Wave (Christmas Community Project)
Major Arlene replied to Misty's topic in WAD Releases & Development
Evening, doing some more work on this. hoping to finish building/detailing today and get working on combat/playability tomorrow! -
Snow Wave (Christmas Community Project)
Major Arlene replied to Misty's topic in WAD Releases & Development
A+ title -
idk, Cameo exists for a reason, sometimes people just want it if the option is there. and it's not like he charges for every question you ask him - he answers questions frequently on Twitch if he's streaming and the discord holds FAQ sessions often. my guess is that this may be more aimed at press, etc.
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Could you use a source port other than GZDOOM to sell a game?
Major Arlene replied to jmpt16's topic in Source Ports
Rekkr uses DOS. -
Snow Wave (Christmas Community Project)
Major Arlene replied to Misty's topic in WAD Releases & Development
Been putting in some work :3 -
Thank you guys so much for the Break//Point// mention (and sneaking in a Heelbain one!). And even for letting me sneak in on the Doot Eternal section (and land a last-minute addition). Congratulations to all the winners and mentions this year. This community went all out for the thirtieth birthday of Doom and did not disappoint.
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I really enjoy nonsensical map names (see my title), or ones that are kinda crass (Go Fuck Yourself from Sunlust or take your pick of any of the Team Rocket 2 map names). Even if the map itself is a fairly serious work, silly map names lend even more to the idea (imo) that the author still really enjoys what they do as a creative and fun endeavor.