Sam Woodman was bitten by the bug. Inspired by the Quake community, Doomworld was hosting Speedmapping Sessions on a weekly basis. Another site, Doom Center, kicked off a week in tribute to Knee Deep in the Dead. The intrigue was amplified with a contest where authors had a fortnight to craft an E1-themed level, to be judged by John Romero. Metabolist ultimately settled on hosting ten consecutive invitationals. The turnout was... less than spectacular as far as numbers go. He received an average of 1.5 submissions per event. The eleven that Sam did not reject were collected and compiled into the One-Week MegaWAD. Released in 2001, this Doom II episode is generally limit-removing but ought to be played in a Boom-compatible port due to MAP10 at the very least.
Since id Software released Doom in 1993, thousands of user-made WADS and maps have been and continue to be created for the Doom community's entertainment.
These are their stories.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
One-Week Megawad (ONEWEEK.WAD)
Labels:
2001,
boom,
Dan Crowley,
Doom II,
Doug Merril,
episode,
Erik Alm,
Gregory Dick,
Liberation,
Metabolist,
Opulent,
Phillip Brown,
review,
Sam Woodman,
SpinSpyder,
Vick Bobkov,
Virgil the DOOM Poet
Monday, July 1, 2019
DoomCenter E1 Mapping Contest (E1CONTEST.WAD)
Doom Center was an important fixture of the community during the post-source port boom. It was something of a media hub in its promotion of PWADs and their authors. It eventually deactivated with the death of its host but some of its staff went on to join Doomworld. Snapshots of the site were thankfully preserved via archive.org but most of its content and enthusiasm have not figured into its legacy. I only know of Doom Center's existence because it hosted a map-making contest during a week that celebrated the shareware episode in 2001. John Romero himself judged the submissions; the winner received an autographed copy of the Ultimate Doom.
Labels:
2001,
boom,
brad_tilf,
Deathbringer,
doom,
Espi,
Fredrik Johansson,
Harvey Riddle,
Jayextee,
Jeffrey Crenshaw,
megawad,
Opulent,
Oxygen,
Rellik,
review,
Rex Claussen,
Robert Lasmanowicz,
Slayer,
Tobias Münch,
Volteface
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