Era Di Cate

Ahh, geeze, it's been a while! I haven't Doom-ed in so long, lol.

What's new with me? Ahh, nothing really. Rather, you guys tell me what's up, how yall doin'? :3

Hi everyone!

What did I miss?

Now what was it what I wanted to tell? Ah yeah, school slowed down for a bit finally. Really, really, looking forward to working on my map again, I might be able to just do it tomorrow >:3

I think it's kinda proper to continue since I had exercised so many ideas onto paper already.

And to make your click worth it, here, have this chill beat I found whilst journeying across the ever-vast and dangerous expanses of the world wide web.

*headbangs in skooma*

*has two exams in two days*

*has a truckload of homework*

*has a unfinished doom map*

*has to remain sane, healthy, and has to have high morale during all of this*

My brain:

Hah, maybe this weekend I will start mapping again. Had been looking forward to it, but now I have to try and make up for the lost hours of sleep. This week was filled with a lot of things insofar, and it's not even the end of it yet.

Been thinking and sketching up some interesting things in school, don't want to reveal them though :3 I would, but the thing is, I dunno if it would work or not so I am just going to leave it as secret, for the extra dramatic effect. Of course, I was talking about mapping, if that has brought upon you a suspicious .

I really need to sleep. 

So I fucked up. I got nostalgic for Daggerfall, and instead of continuing my progress on the map, I delayed it yet again so I can beat up some pixels using a pixelated warhammer and feel good about it.

(at this point I doubt anyone cares for the map, if so, then no problem for me, I can continue playing without feeling pressure :D )

No, I didn't forget about my Doomworld account again. Just, school kicked in like a dive-kicking action movie hero with a shotgun. I have to lay off mapping for a bit, maybe would continue on weekend.

In other news, what, good weather, am a bit sleepy, but everything is fine and calm on the Western Front.

WOAH WTF ACTUAL CONTENT THIS IS UNBE-FUCKING-LIVABLE OMWTFG

Geez, calm yer mammaries, just an update to that map thingy I was making. Gotta say, it's quite fun! I mean, it is fun now, while I am making these houses and all, but I guess the hard part would be balancing it up for yazz. Tell me whacha think!

Pics in the spoiler below because feed and stuff (also the text is still white, its present inbetween the pictures)

Well, I am going to take a break now I guess. I most certainly earned it!

EDIT: AAAHH THE SOFTWARE HAS CHANGED, LETTERS IN SPOILERS ARE WHITE! Just to tell ya there is text between pictures, thats all.

Supposed to be my first map.

Tryharding much? And it's a vanilla-compactible map.

EDIT: and there is more to the map, but its mostly blank boring space.

Ahh piss, I totally forgot about Doomworld. Still played Doom, still had an active life, everything is fine really. I guess I should start browsing the forums a bit more eh? That, or finally post a map. Choices, choices.

Doomer: I am making a magnificent megawad that no one would notice anyways!

Another Doomer: I am hosting this deathmatch server, anyone wanna join?

Third Doomer: Nah I am too busy handling this ACS script for my extended custom weapon arsenal.

First Doomer: Can relate. Making sprites for my lvl20 Nightmare Hellimp was a BITCH!

Third Doomer: I know right?!

Fourth Doomer: Hey, first Doomer! Your high quality megawad sucks! Not enough archviles and/or cyberdemons! Also we need moar brown textures!

First Doomer: Oh shit you're right. Everyone, the download link was updated! Make sure to type -idk -map666 -idbeholda before starting it!

Fifth Doomer: Brutal Doom sounds nice with this. Hey third Doomer, when is that Brutal Doom compactibility patch coming up?

Third Doomer: Go suck a dick. I told you it isn't happening.

Me:...

Me: Wait...

Me: I HAVE A FUCKING ACCOUNT HERE ALREADY.

How the fuck can you guys focus so much on Doom btw? Like, do you do anything else but Doom? 

I have spent this entire Saturday at my bestie's house...

... Who insisted that I watch Rogue One with her.

Ah well, I guess it starts out a bit slow, and for someone who doesn't know enough lore to instantly connect things (like yours truly) this might be a bit boring. But it gets better and better. And I am not using sacrasm, it truly gets more interesting the more you watch. And I won't spoil stuff so I will say that this movie fucked with me the first 20 minutes because I wasn't used to seeing xeno scum being the good guys.

At least I got to finish Dishonored 2! I mentioned it yesterday, I think. Either way my shit PC couldn't handle the game but surprise surprise, my friend's PC could! Game is a absolute masterpiece. Atmosphere: nailed it. Story: nailed it. Gameplay: nailed it. Lore: nailed it. Characters: nailed it. Art and design: nailed it. The developers had some excellent nails and they hammered it perfectly. I played as Emily and got the Low Chaos ending, didn't want to play as Corvo since I thought he would have the same abilities as in 1, so I opted to see what Emily has in store. What I like about this game is it's art-style. Nearly every character other than the protagonists resemble animals when you look at their faces. The caricatural-like design of NPCs so to speak. Also, the mix of steam-diesel-punk and magic, is just... perfect. I am glad this did not become a open-world exploring survival game or something like that. This type of atmosphere, setting, is excellent for more linear, story-driven games, and I wouldn't be surprised to read a book inspired by this setting.

(Yes I know Dishonored stems from the Thief series but let me enjoy this one okay :P )

Either way, a nice break from the usual shit my life has become lately. I really needed to play something else other than Half Life and Doom.

Been a busy kitty these days :3

I guess, this that, unreleting family drama, school-related crap, playing Dishonored 2, blabla, here is a question or challenge to all natural philosophers on Doomworld:

Is there ANY possible way for a human being to balance upon a trolley in such a way that the trolley could move forward on its own (without the human falling off it so to speak)? Here is a sketch for you to get a basic idea about it:

(winged hussar for attention)

If not, what about going downhill? What about going downhill at first and going flat? What about going downhill then uphill?

I know that weight distribution is often a issue, and this and that, so you can make up your own variables, it is not like I am going to do this (any soon), but this had been haunting me for a while, so thanks for understanding.

Gah! I forgot I had a account here! Arrived with dozens of notifications even! How busy can one person be to forget stuff like this?

Either way, I wish I could share some relevant Doom info, but sadly I don't have anything. Been dipping into movies and games constantly. It doesn't help that I had not even touched Doom for two-three days now. Gah, it's terrible. I wish I had actual business to deal with, but instead I was busy with nothing in particular. Wanna start mappin', but I don't feel like it.

In other news: started dipping into wh40k. Luv it. Other than that, I watched The Wedding Ringer and Fantastic Fear of Everything. TWR was ehh, not that great, but was a well made movie. Doesn't help that I constantly thought of The Wedding Derringer, as I imagined a western shootout movie based around a wedding, imagine that. Heh. I can already see like, the bride, content to bring justice on her wedding (either by stopping a bandit raid or a nasty trickster or her future husband) by whipping out a Derringer from her sleeve and putting two precise shots into some fool's head. Instead, I got a bromantic comedy with Kevin Hart as a rent-a-best-man for weddings. Generic plot, execution was okay, some moments were actually funny, 7/10.

FFoF however, was brilliant. Having Simon Pegg as a super-paranoid writer equipped with a Long-Jump Module was really entertaining (I mean, the way dude jumps), and also, while the entire premise feels generic at first, it offers up multiple plot twists during the movie, fitting for a horror comedy. My friend's older sister said that the whole movie correctly presents how does it feel to live on your own for the first several times. So, great plot, excellent execution, awkwardly-lovable characters, all in all 9/10, cuz I am not sure if this is supposed to deconstruct or parodize serial killer movies.

I guess I should get back to Doomin'. It is weekend after all. Even if I don't do anything else during the rest of the week either.

So I kinda want to be a webcomic artist. However, I don't have crippling depression or social anxiety so I cannot instantly relate to people by drawing "awkward situations". Yet I wanna do it! I would make a thread in Creative Works, but I have only one comic to "present", so I am dumping it here.

Revenants are so relevant I sometimes call them Relevants.

Either way, had been busy with crap these days, but I think I am going to start working on stuff here.

Long time no siege.

So, I was having fun with Brutal Half-Life. Out of all "Brutal [X]" type of game (modfications), I prefer this version the most. Everything is nicely incorporated, the "kick" button is really fun to use, plus, somehow, the whole jig makes me feel more... Immersed, so to speak. Plus, dive kicking vortigaunts and finishing them off with a shotgun reminds me of Doom 2016's gameplay.

Why was I inactive? Stupid family drama. I cannot believe my family is into talking behind backs and long term plotting and this and that. I feel like I am getting sucked into a plot of a soap opera and I don't want to be raped or shot by some dude who turns up to be my uncle but my mother and also my future's son's grandchild at the same time or some shit.

If it wasn't this hot I would just camp in the woods until they would sort it out. For now I am kinda stuck in my room :p

Relaxing song of the day:

Damn this shit triggers memories.

Who hasn't played Beginner's Guide, should try it out. Such a beautiful game about making art, I was drowning in tears by the end of the game. I wasn't sad though, I was kinda happy. Definitely should inspire the creator inside you. I know I started mapping as soon as I finished the game.

Also, I had tried out that mapset wad Albertoni recommended me last time. Beautiful wad, although I still had to load a custom gameplay mod or two, because vanilla gameplay feels... limited. I feel like I am missing on a load of stuff when I try playing vanilla. Must be hl talking again.

Going to try out other TCs and mapsets I placed on my "priority list" durimg the rest of the day.

I haven't touched Doom all day, but...

Having a blast playing some Half Life custom maps. It is funny how a lot of these are Doom-or-Quake-inspired, having keycards, teleporting squads, acid pools, this and that, yet actual Half Life game barely had any of these stuff. Either way, fun to play both styles. I still haven't touched any of the TCs from yesterday, but, hey, its summer. Summer = long day. Long day = moar games.

Had there been any Half-Life inspired Doom maps though? Like, industrial areas, warehouses, canals and stuff? Would be funny to see a "switcheroo", having played Doom-like Half-Life maps.

It won't be long till I start posting stupid stuff here :P

Do I really have to be active on this forum all the time? How much exp can one get by being active all the time here anyways? Asking bc its summer and I am getting more busier than in school, for foxtrot's sake!

Now that you clicked on this post, what TC can you recommend me? Yeah, total conversions... Or should this be a thread? I guess I'll try this out first (^ω^ )