ZeMystic

Well.

As of today it is my 5 year anniversary on Doomworld. I've seen a lot of great things, talked to a lot of great people, and scrapped a lot of great maps.

I remember signing on to Doomworld to upload a Doom map I was proud enough to release to the public, Europa.wad. Looking back, it's not too great of a map, but at the time I remember being incredibly proud of my techbase with an incredible crate room, as well as custom skybox with Jupiter looking way too small.

The next map I released was 4 months later. This one I still am proud of, despite the combat being dull. The gray, blue, and metal rooms contrasting the NRFTL inspired hell brick rooms took a lot of effort, and I still fondly remember making the map. Perhaps at some point I'll revisit this map, give it a good touch up or two.

It would be almost two years before I interact with the community again, this time a deep dive into hosting a community project. Oops! All Techbase was a wild, bumpy ride. While I don't think I'll ever host a community project again, I just can't be bothered, I do think it was a pretty fun experience that got me involved with a decent community. It took an entire year to fully come out, and it showcased a fair amount of my growth as a mapper. Special thanks to @JBerg for uploading to idgames on my behalf, I don't think it'd be up there with out them. 

It was also around this time I started dipping my toes into MIDI software. I downloaded Anvil Studio, which I still use to this day, and started my hand at composing. My first song isn't that great. I didn't fully understand music to the extent I do now, so there were plenty of mistakes. Namely a 3/4 baseline over 4/4 everything else, and it not sounding too great because of it. Polyrhythms are good when they are intentional lol. I grew a lot musically, even being proud enough to release a MIDI album.

Throughout the course of my time here on Doomworld I have met a lot of people, a good amount I consider friends.

@Egg Boy for hosting projects, collecting textures, and for the being the carry through our record breaking Left 4 Dead 2 "speedruns"

@Bobby "J for good advice and insight when mapping, midi-ing, and monster placing. I can't wait for Bobby to Saturn X.

@T.Will for having plenty of images for inspiration, and for some absolute bangers of maps. I know it just came out, but Spaghetti Complex and Tozan are some my favorite maps by you.

@Skronkidonk for having the best bars within the squonker community, as well as being a visionary for fantastic designs and doomcute related sectors.

@DCG Retrowave for help with anything vanilla and MIDI related. Whether we need a midi checked for compatibility, or if I fucked up a DeHackEd file and need someone to look it over. 

@AD_79 for some excellent MIDIs, being fucking hilarious, and teaching me the block function on Doomworld exists. The forums are much more peaceful now.

Also since I'm here, I might as well list my top 5 favorite Wads so far. I will only do one per "series" so three of the five aren't just the scythe series.

1. Back to Saturn X

2. Scythe X

3. Cold Front

4. Vanguard

5. SIGIL

Thank you everyone for my time here on Doomworld, here is to another five years!