One Humanity (New Romero Doom 2 level for Ukrainian Charity)

Here's a dowload link to the iwads just for the heck of it (link removed)

Yup. He really stood up to dew there, who started a beef out of the blue.

Can't say I feel 40 did anything wrong. I can understand why someone with a less than charitable view of Romero might be suspicious of his motives (and 40oz's views on Romero are certainly that) since the WAD comes from "The Romero Store" rather than any sort of charity and buyers just have to take Romero at his word that it'll go to charity. I don't have that cynical of a view of Romero but 40's got a point, more transparency would be good. As for releasing the wad, 40oz is acting in accordance with the terms of the text file as legal eagle Pistoolkip pointed out, so nothing to argue about there.

I think maybe a better way to do something like this would be to put out a free one-map WAD and have certain milestones at which the WAD would be expanded with more maps, encouraging people to donate money to it and still letting poor people be a part of it. That and having the money go straight to charity. Of course, this is probably all easier said than done.

Alright, I'll stop sperging about what's probably a good cause. I stand by my feelings about video game mods remaining free, but I think I preemptively spazzed about the vilification of those who download the wad for free or were critical of the wad in any way, before that even had a chance to happen. I have no doubts about Romero making good on the donation, but I went through a different channel to donate a small amount of money, just to ease my conscience about being a spergy Scrooge.

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@pistoolkip thank you i do appreciate that

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It's back pedaling, for sure. It's not due to peer pressure, or concern about cacowards. I have not one, but two maps, in a wad called Hard Fast Faggot Maps, I'm not getting a caco. I reflected on what it was I actually cared about that got me to engage in this thread. It was two issues. One- mods should be free. Two- People being deemed Nazis and ostracized for "bad" opinions. Number one I stand by, but number two wasn't really happening in this thread. I stand by number two for when it happens in the future but that wasn't happening here. There were a couple people here that said these views make the community look bad/retarded, and sure, dew was stirring the pot on DW to make us look like the evil alt right Doomers that should be banned, but that wasn't happening here in this thread.
I should totally be called out for backpedaling if you feel like doing so, it's a cowardly thing, but I just decided my comments about people being treated like Nazis for having unpopular opinions was better saved for another thread another day when it was actually happening. You're dead-on that it was hypocritical of me to reveal that I had donated (my father taught me when I was young a good deed doesn't count if you tell others about it) and yes, that specifically was said to save face, and I'm totally a hypocrite for it. I'm not hiding that, and I don't really give much of a fuck about it, I'm a pseudo-nihilistic drug addict, I don't exactly have strong character or core values. My posts are shat out on the spot, they're not philosophic principles I live my life around.

Do I contradict myself? Yes, my dick is vast, it contains multitudes.

It's fine, I'm not asking people to take a side. I think it's extortion to use your fans to fill out a donation you're fully capable of making yourself from your beautiful castle in Ireland. I know people IRL and a lot more online who are doom fans who can't get their life together. Some have addictions, mental health issues, crippling anxiety, physical disabilities, etc. that keep them from holding steady work, and keeps them on fixed income, if any at all. Many of these people are highly creative. Doomworld mods and admins would know this if they actually cared about half the people they just throw into the banned members bin for not falling in line. I know because usually those people end up here and get called toxic from afar and I have to stand up for them. Doom is all they got and being socially isolated, especially during a pandemic fucks with them even more.

When you're someone who can't afford to keep a video game console, a decent gaming PC, or any disposable income for new games, Doom has always been there. These are the exact words of some of the few doom friends I have in IRL. It runs on everything, at a high FPS, and there's infinite new content to download and play. That's why I'll always continue making new limit removing maps for free.

It's really fucking hard for some people to get their lives in order and the Doom community gift economy is such an enormous blessing when you're disabled, unemployed, and otherwise forced to marinate in your thoughts. I don't need these people to out themselves -- you know if your life is in shambles and you don't talk about it because its embarrassing. If you're reading this, you know who you are, and I think about people like you all the time when I'm making Doom maps.

When I was a kid, my friends' moms and dads were getting them new gaming PCs and I was so envious of those assholes having LAN parties on Quake 3 and Counter Strike Source. All I had was some beat laptop that couldn't hold a charge for more than 30 minutes and took 15 minutes to boot up. If I wanted something new to play I had to make it myself. I didnt have a bank account until I was 16 so I couldn't pay for stuff even if I wanted it. I built little urban cities as deathmatch levels and played them on team deathmatch with ZCajun bots so I could PRETEND i had counterstrike. It wasn't even close, obviously but it was all I had. Doom was and still is such a huge part of my life. Getting to play new megawads and look at screenshots was so awesome

I didn't think much of it when John Romero rebranded the word 'megawad' for Sigil. But we're not to start a trend where putting price tags on doom wads now in 2022 and calling it "donations to charity" is fair game. Especially not while poor, disabled, and mentally ill people are already the most exploited they've ever been in 30 years. Fuck that shit. I'm going to make sure you get your doom maps for free.

A bit of off-topic, but nonetheless important (to me) point I would like to focus on: paying for a single-level slice of a project that is later released free is better than expecting free project and then having it released under a paywall (think TNT: Evilution).

I would have payed, but the current exchange ratio would rip me off more than it would be help. And by the way, donating directly from Russia to Ukrainian cause would get me an asset freeze under "counter-terrorism" law, hence why I would consider buying a wad otherwise (hoping to sneak a radar).

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