For the next three years DOOM was my life. I got into the usenet DOOM newsgroups in a big way. I created my own DOOM maps (not many, as I was one of those anal-retentive "quality over quantity" types, that and I had a hard time knowing when to declare something done). On January 30, 1994 I conducted a poll of DOOM players in the alt.games.doom newsgroup, Frans P de Vries found a copy of the final results and I've HTMLized it over to the left. I played almost nothing but DOOM until id Software released Quake.

For several years I was the coordinator for the rec.games.computer.doom.misc usenet newsgroup. I joined the RGCD cabal "steering committee" in order to promote Internet fascism help make the rec.games.computer.doom.* newsgroups useful for the people looking for help with various aspects with DOOM. It was here that I received my first Internet handle: MadDog - given to me for my habit of slamming jerks who belittled newbies for "asking the same damned questions every freaking day!". I was a bit of a hothead, but I was always helpful to newbies.

DOOM was not my first id Software game, not by a long shot. Before DOOM I had played Commander Keen and Wolfenstein 3D quite extensively. I had made contributions to Stan Stasiak's Wolfenstein 3-D and SoD FAQ. I had also created a collection of six Wolfenstein maps that I released under a pseudonym as Apogee had been busy rattling their swords in anger over people releasing custom Wolf 3-D maps.

The Doom Handbook on the left is a project I've had on the back burner for several years. It all stemmed from my dissatisfaction with Hank Luekharts' Official DOOM FAQ. I was originally going to create the Renegade DOOM FAQ but decided against it as I really did not want to get into a FAQ war with Hank. Well, the handbook is not a FAQ and this is my site. So I'm putting all the pieces together and building the damned thing. Who cares if it is a few years too late.