bah , I got a whole list of those things for doom
...when going to sleep you open the bedroom's door and instead of turning
lights on you fire a missile into the room.
...when you sleep with a chainsaw under your pillow,and justify it with 'you
never know what lurks in the dark'.
...when going into a room or getting off an elevator, you run in and out
quickly to see what follows you out.
...you don't worry so much about getting hurt, since you'll probably pick
up one of those blue spheres somewhere.
...watching someone come out of an elevator makes your mouse finger twitch
...when the dog growls and you dive over the couch while
reaching for a shotgun.
...when you start side-stepping into rooms.
...when you push on a wall as you walk down the hall looking for secret
entrances
...when you rush for a neon-blue down vest in K-Mart
...when you reach for your chainsaw when your wife's cold
gives her the sniffles
...when you search for a radiation suit before going into
a swimming pool
...when you instinctively target trash cans while walking
around campus/work
...when you look for sniper spots above you when getting in an elevator.
...when you can't stop squinting as you walk around your house
...when you think you can actually walk through walls
...when you start making chainsaw noises if you hear a strange noise.
...when you wish you had a chainsaw, just in case.
...when you buy a radiation suit and Infra-red goggles, just in case.
:offtopic
[2-1]: Top Ten Things to Do While Waiting for DOOM
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FOREWORD: This was posted on America Online, by someone
using the name "Wolkonsky" on August 27, 1993.
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Well, here we are waiting another 2-3 months [for DOOM]. What else
can we do?
1) Search the Internet for Beta Version.
2) See if we can go through Wolfenstein 3-D with our eyes closed.
3) Use MapEdit/WolfEdit to make Wolfenstein 3-D "look like" DOOM.
4) Find out where the id "lab" is and "encourage" them.
5) Watch the new 90210 episode!
6) See if Blake Stone or Rampage will be any good.
7) Upload the Lemmings Demo as "DOOM10.ZIP" and see what happens.
Get girlfriends and drop them on 12/10/93, unless they like DOOM and
have a computer with a modem.
9) Or lastly, look at DOOM slides and "pretend" we are playing.
and last
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T H E N I G H T B E F O R E *-D-*-*-O-*-*-O-*-*-M-*
Written by: Hank Leukart (
ap641@cleveland.freenet.edu)
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`Twas the night before DOOM,
and all through the house,
I had set up my multi-playing networks,
each with a mouse.
The networks were strung,
with extra special care
in hopes that DOOM,
soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
while visions of demons danced through their heads.
And my computer's processor it was so quick,
boy was I glad I bought that 486.
When out on the Internet there was a Usenet posting,
I dialed right in to see what it was boasting.
Off to the news reader I flew like a hound,
"Oh no," I cried! The news reader was down!
Frustrated, bewildered, feeling really low,
I leaned back to see what I heard out the window.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear,
but a group of 6 cars, driving 60 I fear!
With a big young driver, just look at him go!
I knew in a moment, it must be John Romero!
Over the speed limit, his band of cars came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
"Now, Jay! Now, John!
Now, Dave and Kevin!
On, Adrian! On, Sandy!
On, Shawn and Robert!"
To the top of the driveway!
Don't hit that wall!
Now stop your car, stop your car, stop your car all!
Leaving the car, he entered the house,
Walking quietly, so as to not wake the spouse.
He was dressed in a T-shirt, and a a pair of jeans too,
I was unsure of what he was going to do.
Boxes of DOOM he had flung on his back,
and he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
Those boxes - how they sparkled! The shrink-wrap so tight!
The character was drawn on the front, just ready to fight!
The Chain Saw and Shotgun he held in his hand,
Where was the BFG9000?: The best gun in the land.
And then I saw it, strapped to his back,
Along with a copy of the "Official" DOOM FAQ!
A wink of John's eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
Installed it on the network, then turned with a jerk.
And placing a hand into his jeans,
out came his keys - oh how they gleamed!
He sprang to his car, to the id team gave a whistle,
and away they all drove, like DOOM's launching of a missile.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"DEMONS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A HELLISH NIGHT!"
