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  1. Antroid

    Doom Streams

    And so ends my journey through Thirty Years With Doom waiting room
  2. last waiting room... in an hour it's the beginning of the end
  3. Lol, I always do this when I relax enough. In the first streams I was all about trying to keep the pace (the shorter levels probably helped), but by now I'm just trying to survive these 6 hour streams with my sanity intact :') Especially since we've settled into the group that comes to chat, so I drift towards how I feel the most comfortable doing things, which is tangents about general level design opinions while running circles around a room. Anyway, did maps 18-23 and also 31 separately today. The maps continue to be very interesting. Though the more I play, the more I start to take this wad as a collection of samples of all the authors instead of a cohesive whole. Sure, these levels somewhat fit into the episode themes and the logical progression, but they're also so different that many of them make me want a whole episode just by that author. I'm sure if I look some of them probably already exist. But I come to this wad only being familiar with Shadowman's and Lainos' work out of the whole RDC, so it's been nice rectifying that a bit with this collection. I'll have to replay some of their work, and also see if I can find the other people's work to check out as well. Also, with episode 3 it's funny how "hell" is just a universal theme for everything and anything people like. The theme of "city" binds us no longer, so many things can fit into the hell theme that these levels are even more unique than episode 2's. Shadowman continues to do fantasy-feeling levels that would not be out of place in an RPG, RastaManGames' level is a less campy take on traditional doom hell, and the cyberdemon factory is a wild ride of epic canyon areas that I really loved and really huge and surreal (though visually simple, but for me that's a plus) industrial spaces. I hope tomorrow's remaining levels treat me well :>
  4. The waiting room for the next stream is up, leaving it here as well since Michael63 wants me to :) Starting in 2 hours.
  5. Antroid

    Doom Streams

    Part 3 of Thirty Years With Doom in 2 hours waiting room
  6. I was waiting to do something before posting the next part of my impressions, namely I wanted to give map17 a proper go, unlike what ended up happening in the stream :> Basically, episode 2 is roughly what I'd expected so far: a much bigger spread of much more regocnizable styles of the RDC mappers, offering takes on some of RDC's most beloved themes, such as city levels (and a little tease of Shadowman's fantasy environments). The maps here get wild, and the contrast with the first episode is very apparent and really gets across the point of how different people take the basis of the game and take it in very different directions. I wanted to mention map17 - "Another doomed city district" - in particular. Everyone playing this megawad should take a breather before taking that map on. It's a colossus of a city map: a whole district, just as the name suggests, and most buildings are enterable and have things in them. You have to find six keys and where to put them to open the exit door, and if you are at all drained from previous maps, this one might exhaust you, as happened to me on stream. However, if you take it on with a fresh mind, it's very fun, especially if you also play from a pistol start, because then the overabundance of available areas to visit gains more purpose: you don't just search for keys, you also search for parts of your arsenal. It's the ultimate open non-linear map. But it can leave a sour impression if you try to rush though it, especially if you have a ton of supplies left over. That might rob you of the tension you need to fully engage with the map, which is where it shines. And now that I've replayed it standalone, it makes me want to do so again, trying different approaches and doing things in a different order.
  7. I didn't really forget, it's more that I didn't feel like hogging this thread too much with my stream announcements. I guess it's a normal thing to do, but for some reason it seemed awkward to me at the time. (The thread on Doom Power is more active, so my posts take up a smaller part of it, ya know?) Anyway, I'll post my impressions on maps 10 to 17 later, because my brain is mush now after map17 and I need to sleep. The wad continues to be cool, will elaborate later %)
  8. Antroid

    Doom Streams

    Streaming episode 2 of Thirty Years With Doom in half an hour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieBeZQSUDsE
  9. Finished the first nine maps so far. Really enjoying the wad. The first episode is a fun blast through the triad of Doom 1's themes. Chaingunner really has a handle on the Doom 1 style hell levels and delivers a solid tribute to the OG along with the other authors. Part of me wishes episode 1 was longer, because I enjoyed these takes on the themes, but that's not the point of this wad, or at least this episode - it's just a quick look back at the original game, albeit through the lens of the community. Like a brief respectful reminder of what the game means to us and where it all started. I'm fairly sure that the next episodes don't try to mimic Doom 2 with this level of faithfulness, which is honestly appropriate for this wad's concept of celebrating Doom 1's anniversary. I assume, now that the nostalgia trip is over, it's time to careen into a tribute to what the community (specifically the RDC in this case) has been making for these 30 years. I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of levels there are. Stopped in the most appropriate spot, too: right before Lainos' map. I'll stream all the remaining levels too, of course.
  10. If you visit the youtube page, it should tell you the starting time correctly in your timezone. In case it doesn't (it's usually spot on for me, but who knows with youtube), it should be exactly two hours from now. And yeah, I'll save as long as I don't forget to. Still haven't decided on whether I want to pistol-start or not, though... :>
  11. Upcoming stream's waiting room. Let's see if I still remember how to play Doom!
  12. Antroid

    Doom Streams

    Streaming Thirty Years With Doom in 3 to 4 hours (depends on whether Youtube has interpreted my intended time correctly, lmao). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXG8FEJq8Uw
  13. Antroid

    Mappers you wish to see make a comeback

    I'll take all the credit. /s
  14. Antroid

    Unity goes full Unity

    There were a LOT of things that were vague, unclear and even contradictory. Even simple questions like "what counts as an install" didn't have a solid answer.
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