dg93

I like these maps a lot, but I think the WAD should feature more than just three maps. I love the textures too!

Happy 22nd birthday Doom <3

So after playtesting the map with Doomkid and a couple of others via Odamex, we have determined that it's not suitable for FFA due to the enormous layout. Instead, we will make this into an Invasion/Co-op map. Doomkid is going to work on a dehacked or decorate file with new monsters, weapons, etc... After he is finished making that, we will edit the map more, re-balance items/weapons, and overall pretty it up with some new textures. @Fonze, feel free to join us at Quakenet IRC channel #dmstuff and we can playtest on the Westside Connection Testing Server via Odamex :) It's a shame we never got to play the Doom Battle Chess. I haven't seen geo active on the forums since September. I don't think he released any public betas yet. I hope he is ok.

I'm running out of ideas.... I have this huge map that I've been working on for quite a few months, but I have no idea what I should do with it. Do you guys want another typical Miano FFA map or should I try something different for once such as an Invasion map for Zandronum? You can test it out (deathmatch) with bots. Also, any feedback and suggestions on my map is appreciated. It has some missing textures and the east side of the map is still under construction: http://www.mediafire.com/download/peb7x8osd2n2s8z/Miano_map01.wad Midi is from Mr. Chris's (Glaice) WAD called Santo's House.

I remember last year in March I went to Cabela's in Hamburg Pennsylvania with my uncle to check out some firearms and stuff. He recently got his NJ gun permit and wanted to look at some .45 pistols. Long story short, I walked over to the rifles and picked up a double barrel shotgun which looked very similar to the SSG from Doom 2. For some reason I involuntarily started to hum the midi from Dwango5 MAP01 with the shotgun in my hand... I think I play too much Dwango. Doom has definitely affected my psyche.

For the record, my maps received plenty of positive feedback from people. Like what Doomkid said, Decay is a very critical mapper/DM player.

Heh, I remember sometime last year the administrator from the Doomworld Facebook group banned people for starting conversations about Brutal Doom because of all the flamewars it created. Why people can't be civil when talking about this mod is beyond me. Because to some people, the definition of a good game is to have excessive blood and gore, along with heavy weaponry, frantic gameplay, and loud sfx. If that is their preference, then that's fine and dandy. I think the people you are referring to that like Brutal Doom but not the actual game, are more than likely young kids who never grew up playing the game. They probably discovered the mod off of youtube or some gaming website and were dazzled by the chaotic gameplay. To me, I'd rather play the original Doom. Brutal Doom is fun once in a while, but playing it too much can become a bit monotonous. I think that's what happened to me a while ago. I discovered Brutal Doom back in 2012 and pretty much went through my brutal doom is the best ever phase kind of like how the OP of this thread reacted to the mod. But after a while, it just got old. The only time I play it is online on a Zandronum server, which is once in a while. Though, I do give credit to Sgt. Mark IV for creating Brutal Doom because it was innovative and groundbreaking at the time. It also seems to have brought a lot of new people into the community.

Any update on this?

Footage DM session (ZDS #422)

Yep, he was

Indeed it was! I Frapped the entire thing (22 GB) and the video will be uploaded soon. EDIT: Check it out :)

For those who aren't aware, about a week or so ago a 14 year old kid from a Texas High School was arrested for suspicion of bringing a possible explosive device to school that he claimed was a homemade clock he invented. Charges were later dropped when it was discovered that the device was not a bomb. Long story short, he gained media attention and public sympathy.... He also recived free gifts in the mail by Microsoft and an invite to the whitehouse. But lately there has been some criticism of Ahmed Mohammad's so called homemade clock by people on the internet. I believe Richard Dawkins was one of the first people to get mainstream publicity (mostly negative publicity) for questioning if Ahmed really built the clock from scratch or if he simply took apart a standard commercial alarm clock and placed the contents into a metal pencil case. Video explaining why the clock isn't homemade. This guy who has experience in circuitry gives a thorough analysis of why it's nothing more than the components taken out of the frame and placed into the pencil case. Video demonstrating how easy it is to invent Ahmed's clock. You can literally do it in like 20 seconds. So yeah, I don't believe this kid's clock is very authentic. Anybody here have any circuitry background? What are your thoughts?

I'm glad I joined in a few rounds too

[Edit: Found some bugs, will remove from archives and reupload soon]

Awesome!

If Ahmed was a white kid named Ryan Jones, there would be no differences in the story regarding the disciplinary actions taken both by law enforcement and the school. The only difference would be, is there would be any media outrage, nobody crying racism, no special gifts from companies, and no invitation from the whitehouse. Oh look, white kid gets arrested for wearing NRA shirt in school. Looks like he was racially profiled for being a potential typical teenage white school shooter? hmmmmmm.... sounds like his arrest had a lot to do with the schools zero tolerance on guns. Who knows, maybe they thought he would also bring in some homemade clocks bombs too. Because I think it is ridiculous that he is being praised for halfassingly building a piece shit clock and calling it an invention. Why would anybody want to bring in a device to school that blatantly looks like a bomb? It sounds he built it as a publicity stunt. Nobody would ever bring in a device like that for no reason other than a science fair convention maybe. His sister claiming that she was suspend over a bomb hoax also raises a red flag that the kid might of had an intention to scare people with the device. But whatever, this thread is derailed. EDIT: Disregarding whether this kid's ethnicity or religion had invoked a gut-reaction from both parties, what this kid has done is technically illegal by Texas Law: Ahmed's alarm clock device did go off which violated Texas's bomb hoax law. Once the kid's intent for his homemade clock/hoax bomb was put to rest by authorities, he was promptly released without charge.

Oh fuck off with that shit. The school clearly said that they have a bomb hoax policy that is not limited to students with any particular skin color. Typical liberal response. Always assuming something is race related. Even Bill Maher thinks the device looks like a bomb. Anyone with half a brain has the common sense to know not to bring something that even remotely looks like a bomb to school. Oh look, looks like some white kids tried to bring a couple of clock-bombs to school and failed to detonate them. Where do you think schools got their zero-tolerance policy on bomb hoaxes from? So cut the shit with the racism accusations. And for the record, the original topic of the thread was to discuss on whether or not the kid deserves to be called an inventor, which both you, Pure Hellspawn, and dew are derailing.

First point: The original point of the thread was to discuss whether or not the clock was really built from scratch by the kid, thus him being called an "inventor" all over the internet. There is evidence based on the videos provided in the original post that what he made was really nothing more than just removing the existing components of a clock and inserting it into a metal pencil case. That doesn't come across as inventing anything. It's not like he customized the device where lets say you open the case and the clock turns on, or the buzzer goes off. If he did that, than I would be pretty impressed and say he deserves to be called an inventor. I also said: "I don't believe this kid's clock is very authentic. Anybody here have any circuitry background? What are your thoughts?" asking if the two sources I provided were enough evidence to prove whether or not Ahmed really invented that clock. Second point: Since there is evidence which indicates that Ahmed didn't invent the device, I don't get why he's receiving all the free gifts and praise from companies as if he truly did something that no other kid his age can do. Kristus mentioned that my original post was sidestepping the issue of the story and accused what I said as "xenophobic bullshit" because I mentioned that schools these days have zero tolerance policies "where if you bring something to school that looks suspicious, such as a metal case with wires and a digital interface, you will be reported regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity." The school said that they have a bomb hoax policy and it had absolutely nothing to do with the student's skin color.

"regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity" <---- That's xenophobic bullshit? Care to explain or can you still not find words to respond to that? You want to try bringing this thing to an airport? I guarantee the TSA would not think twice of the possibility that it looks like a bomb through an x-ray scanner.

I think people think that he literally built something (meaning soldered components into a circuit board, assembled wires from scratch, etc...) which I don't believe he did at all. Everyone is making it sound like he is brilliant, when in fact just about anybody can do what he did, which is taking the inside components of an existing digital alarm clock and placing them into a metal case. That CNN article is not the focus of the thread. It's just to show that he was invited to the Whitehouse. We live in a world now that has a zero tolerance policy where if you bring something to school that looks suspicious, such as a metal case with wires and a digital interface, you will be reported regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity. He's being called brilliant for inventing a clock when in reality he did something that anyone with a low to high IQ can do. It's not an invention when you take apart an existing device and place it into a new frame (in this occurrence, it was a metal pencil case).

Of course. I agree there is no "perfect drug" and depending on a person's health a certain drug may cause adverse effects which can be fatal. There are pros and cons to the FDA drug approval process. Back in the 1980's during the AIDS epidemic, the FDA was accused of unnecessarily prolonging the approval of certain medications to help patients suffering from HIV and other diseases. They were also accused of prolonging the approval of some cancer treatments to people. Without the prolonged waiting period of some of these drugs, thousands of lives could have been potentially saved. I believe as a result from public outrage, the FDA implemented an expedited drug approval program for people with serious life threatening diseases such as cancer and AIDS. Interesting, I'll look into that more. Do you know the probability of someone actually experiencing those side effects just by taking the drug? I remember the pharmacist I used to work for told me that certain side effects aren't always directly attributed to the drug itself.