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Hey everyone, I've just found a pack of maps over at /idgames, and I was shocked that it was the first time I've heard of them: http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=7375

Really cool layouts here, and all very classic. A bit dark for my tastes at times, but I just had to share these - they seem great. Would love to see them hosted by someone to see how they are in game :)

(These maps are by Team TNT, I have nothing to do with them, just to clarify!)

Thanks Capo :D I'll be there!

Not much in the way of criticisms here. Well textured, great width of corridors for duel, funny stack of Armor in the teleporter and interesting idea with the "blue line" switch. I rate this one!

Hey out there fellow Doomers :)

I come today to release 15 deathmatch maps - Mostly stuff salvaged from my DMR maps, but also a few new originals! Screens below:





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Download "Doomkid's Deathmatch" Here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6amfn8rl2fequw1/DK_DM_13.zip

With these maps, I was trying to go for that old Vanilla DM feel. Most of this WAD actually will run in DOS Doom 2, but you'll get a lot of HOMs and even a few visplane overflows here and there in the later maps. These have been tested extensively in Zandronum, Zdaemon and Doom Legacy, and we've worked out a few of those old bugs from DMR development.

There's a selection of classic Doom style maps, large canyon-style maps and even some gimmick maps.

I just slapped together these remnants in my free time. Every now and again my friends meet up when we have time off for a drinking, smoking and gaming session and Doom deathmatch is one of our biggest games, rather it be splitscreen 4 way with Doom Legacy, Brutal Doom on Zandronum or classic style with Zdaemon or Odamex - we've tried it all!

I really hope you all enjoy! :)  I like all feedback too, so don't hold back!

Great stuff! I'll be around for sure.

Deathmatch Revival: Doomers, I need you!

For a while now, I've wanted to collaborate with other mappers and get some more solid, oldschool-style deathmatch levels put together. In recent years, DM seems to have fallen greatly in popularity, and I want to do anything I can to get people back in the killing feilds. COOP and Survival are great - but there's nothing like pitting 2 marines against eachother.

The Team So Far:
- Doomkid92
- agaures
- Decay
- TheMionicDonut
- Flamen0d
- StarKiller
- mr fiat
- W1D3A55
- one_two
- bobvorn
- Tor-Bjorn
- dachauncinator
- nub_hat
- joepallai
- katZune
- Enzo03
- durian
- Ogre
- OmegaLore
- shockwave1993attack
- frickers

We're all filled up!

I have built 3 maps for this project so far, which you can download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?6m5jvp7u1nkhrxj

What I'm aiming for with this community effort are maps that [obviously] play well and look nice, but aren't overcrowded with 10 million unnecessary sectors or full of clashy texturing. This is a project where all mappers, new and old, are invited to put their ideas forward, collaborate with others, and construct some balanced DM zones for us all to enjoy!

You may contribute multiple maps if you'd like, but as a reccomendation, put more love and care into just 1 or 2 maps - You'll be more pleased with the results. In total, this pack should end up at ~20 maps, after all is said and done.

Screenshots:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/547/dm2w.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/560/dm3.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/560/dm1r.png/

These maps don't necessarily have to be DOS-Doom compatable, our target audiences are Zdaemon, Odamex and Zandronum players, as they are where you'll probably find a deathmatch if you're craving one.

The expectation here above all else is balance; appearance is very secondary, and other mappers will be able to assist with texturing and eye-candy, if you wish. Gameplay issues like Blue Armor on BFG on Soulsphere are a big no-no, unless they're nearly impossible to grab. Make the players really earn their frags :)

I'm looking for all and any mappers to join in, so i'll be posting around on the other Doom forums as well. The more, the merrier. [You'll find a more detailed thread over at Doomworld.]

I really hope to see some interest generated for this - If I don't get deathmatches in on a daily basis, I start getting an itch, and I know I'm not the only one. Sign up now and show us what you've got!

Incredible feedback. Exactly what I needed, thanks a ton!

I'm keeping the floating lights though.. I just like them for some reason.

EDIT: I've taken everything you've said into account, and I think I've made a better product: http://www.mediafire.com/?33xieepaqyue46f

If anyone wants to host a server with this, feel free. I'd love to see these get some play time, now that the balance has been improved. Thanks again for such an in depth review, it was a lot of help!

EDIT #2: I'd say this still isn't -quite- the 1.0 version, as I may make another revision. Even more testing shows that I either need less ammo (as pointed out) or have item respawn turned off and amm doubled.