Back to community project hate watch. Things have slowed down in the last couple of months, but there are still delusional retards who confidently post their train wreck ideas to keep us entertained. I've never led a CP myself, but i can already write a book about the mistakes and dumb shit these morons keep making (it will be better than the new Obsidian thread on running CPs).
- -NOFLAT- Maps -
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/154185-noflat-maps/ Making UDMF maps without using flat textures, so that when you play the maps in GZDoom, every single floor will have the default blue checkerboard "missing texture" flat on it. You just can't make that shit up... And of course, after a few people have questioned the stupidity of it, here comes none other than the CP whore Walter Confetti, showing interest in the "concept". Tell me, Walter, what so interesting about this dogshit? Justify it. Even if the no-flat flat resembled an actual texture, it's still stupid to have just one flat repeating for every floor in an entire map... excuse me, an entire megawad.
- [MBF21] Uforia -
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/top...here-you-work-around-a-circular-constriction/ - You know how retarded 1024x1024 restriction CPs can be, right? How about one with the added frustration of being forced to build it in a circle. It's basically something that won't change the gameplay and feel of the maps in any way, but it will make them more annoying to build. How original...
- ProjectDOOM -
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/154113-projectdoom/ - speaking of originality, this one takes the cake. The name alone... Really, it's so original, i can't describe it myself:

This guy doesn't think small. He's not here to make 32 map megawads, he makes 32 map episodes. Looking at the "concept", i don't see the uniqueness, though. Hey buddy, we want to know what's unique here, come on:

Now that's the real deal. Every mapper can choose a midi for his map? No way! And judging is done by the community? I've never seen that before, too. The project will be free? You mean, as opposed to all the other CPs that we have to pay money for? This guy is a fucking groundbreaker!
He also has
"nearly completed example map" and other
"early maps" that are supposedly finished, but of course, you can't download them or see them, it's more important to first start the CP, before you have anything to show for it. Could it be because the guy is a complete beginner, and he hopes that people will just start submitting maps, without him having to deliver anything? I'm just going to guess that these example maps won't see the light of day anytime soon. And i hope to be wrong, because i'm curious of just how bad, or surprisingly good they can be! He also asks participants to fill in a form to sign in to the project. What is this shit? A job interview?
Jokes aside, on paper this should be just a normal vanilla community project, but the fact that the guy is registered in May of this year, asks for two 32 map episodes, all while listing very basic and expected rules as "unique", lets me to believe that we have another case of a retarded kid, who doesn't follow the forums, probably doesn't play much Doom, most likely doesn't know what Slade is, and most importantly, doesn't follow or plays other CPs, but desperately wants to be in charge of one.
- Calling all doom mappers! -
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/153734-calling-all-doom-mappers/ Well... if you start a CP by "calling all the mappers" you are doomed to fail, buddy. This screams a newbie, who doesn't know what he's doing. If you're going to try and fool anyone, at least be clever about it. Starting a solo megawad, and after realizing
"with careful consideration" that it's too much work for you, and now you want others to build it for you, is a sure way to repel mappers. Better luck next time. It's also a UDMF project, and he's doing scripting too? Let me ask this then - what good is scripting for, when your maps look like this?
https://static.doomworld.com/monthl...(13).png.6879f9fa5cc6a5d76129574c462f2b93.png
- The Mis-adventures of TNT 7.5 Download... Complete -
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/top...-75-download-complete-mbf21community-project/ Time for some advanced fagotry with this one. You know it's a bad sign when you see a title of a CP, that immediately gives you the wrong idea. Like "Ah, a TNT project? Is it released? Is that version 7.5? Download complete? And then you realize it's none of the above. It is started by a troon furry, nicknamed DynamiteKaitorn, who has an imaginary troon twin "sister" named TNT as the protagonist of this CP, and he wants you to make the maps for his shitty fantasy, completed with custom "textures" and "sprites". Check this screenshot, if you dare...
https://i.postimg.cc/3N7B6mx3/doom145.png
There are more screenshots in the thread, and they're all just as retarded or worse.
- Some screenshots from my WIP wad, Operation Timestrike. Please give feedback! - https://www.doomworld.com/forum/top...ad-operation-timestrike-please-give-feedback/ This one is not even a CP, so what is it doing in the CP development subforum? It's some guy asking for feedback on the screenshot of his solo project. It's just a reminder that Troonworld has useless, lazy moderators. The thread was posted 12 days ago, and it's still in the wrong section of the forum, despite the two dozen mods and admins who are supposed to look out for shit like this.
- WAD-Mania Zero (WADMAN_0) - Let's make 1995 shovelware disc together! -
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/top...995-shovelware-disc-together-unlimited-slots/ I think i already said something about this piece of shit a few pages back, so i'll just repeat myself - You can't make a 1995 shovelware disk, because it's not 1995, it's 2025, and you're not putting the maps on a disk. This is just your pathetic excuse for being a shit mapper, but still wanting to lead projects. Also, this and the D!ZONE project in the span of a few months is just too much. These type of projects should be rare, and by rare i mean, they should've stayed in the 90s.
- This is STARTAN -
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/top...s-startan-community-project-submissions-open/ Really? Nothing but Startan textures? I immediately thought it is a shit idea, but then i saw the screenshots of what the mappers are submitting, and it doesn't look too bad. The 50 Shades of Startan texture pack actually has some variety. But i still can't image a full 32 megawad of this not getting repetitive after a while. The good thing is, it only aims for 10 maps, so it gets a pass. I might even try it when it's done.
- Meet The Cast : Scene 1 : Consortium of Violence -
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/153919-new-meet-the-cast-scene-1-consortium-of-violence-cl-21/ This guy actually had me fooled and i was about to give him a pass. Starting to read his thread, he comes across as someone who manages his expectations well. But digging deeper, his CP falls apart. First, he says he's not interested in niche rules and themes, which is good. He also doesn't like CPs with too much freedom and lack of direction, which is also good. He even says he expects a small number of mappers to participate, which is realistic for someone who's about to lead his first CP (he doesn't aim for 64 maps, that's for sure). This is all great... let's see what his concept is then:

Fucking hell! Look at that load of horseshit! How can you say you don't like niche rules and misguided projects and then proceed to start a CP with a very niche rule of showing all the monsters at the start of the map, with the rest of it of being a misguided mess? The mappers are basically free to do anything - puzzle, platforming, slaughter, regular maps, you name it. And he's also allowing them to bring any custom textures they want, which will make the thing lack any theme or coherency. Not to mention, it will be a nightmare to compile, making it more likely for the project to fail. Thankfully, it already failed, because, no one joined... I guess even the biggest retards of Troonworld saw these "guidelines" and said, "fuck it, i'm out of here". He has some example maps too. Let's see how the concept looks:
My favorite quote from the thread is
"this project will take as long to complete, as the slowest mapper who participates in it". Brilliant! Thanks for opening the door for the lazy cunts, and trolls who like to stall projects for years. Just an extra bonus to make sure your project will be dead at the start.
I think that covers it all for now.