So i just registered the domain DOOM.gay...

[KEKZ]

I just discovered the existence of the .gay top level domain and thought... well.. DOOM
Wanted to ask if the people here have any ideas what i should/could do with it :P

Note:
I don't have a SSL-Certificate yet, so only "http://" works.

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

Make a really gay DOOM site, I guess?

[gwain]

if you paste doom.gay into a browser it takes you into a john Ramero's discord server

Edited April 2, 2022 by gwain

[KEKZ]

3 minutes ago, gwain said:

if you paste doom.gay into a browser it takes you into a john Ramero's discord server

Temporary redirect until i know what to do with it

[gwain]

2 minutes ago, KEKZ said:

Temporary redirect until i know what to do with it

https://landchad.net/ is a pretty good place to learn stuff about website making 

[U L T R A B L A C K]

What the hell... doom.gay of course obviously is romero discord... So the joke is romero discord is gay?

[Obsidian]

Make it link to Back to Saturn X.

 

Obviously.

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

2 minutes ago, U L T R A B L A C K said:

What the hell... doom.gay of course obviously is romero discord... So the joke is romero discord is gay?

Unlikely, I think.

 

Anyway, I don't quite understand the point of this thread. You registered a domain for DOOM, good. But what does the ".gay" part have to do with anything? What kind of recommendations are you looking for? 

 

You could make a review site, a repository, a forum, post your own levels, or explore philosophical subjects. You could talk about things like microbots, invisible battle tanks, soft drinks, Mongolian throat singing, or human cloning. What do you want to do?

[DannyMan]

A really joyful doom domain.

[ChopBlock223]

Nice.

[The BMFG]

k

[Hawk of The Crystals]

An lgbt exclusive doom forum.

[Paf]

gay = happy

 

doom.gay = doom.happy

 

conclusion: doom is happy

[Nikku4211]

Make it into a blog documenting areas you can get stuck in from various Doom WADs.

[AvgUser]

make a website filled with images of cyberdemon's asses

[666shooter]

8 minutes ago, AvrgUser said:

make a website filled with images of cyberdemon's asses

That's- ... Is that gay? *thinks about life choices.*

 

In seriousness, I'm not really sure how many LGBT Wads exist. That could be an interesting topic to focus on?

[Xenaero]

I like how it directed me to this topic.

 

You could do a spotlight on authors and maps I guess! Is there enough of a niche?

[Senor Cacodemon]

This is clever

[thiccyosh]

Ok, good on you.

[raymoohawk]

if it can be kept free of haters than redirecting to this thread would be cool

[sandwedge]

I mean just sit on that for a while it's pure gold, one day Bethesda will want it for sure for LGBT pride month ;-)  I mean I'm joking but somehow I can see this happening lol

[Shrekmeister]

7 hours ago, gwain said:

https://landchad.net/ is a pretty good place to learn stuff about website making 

The Domain is land chad is this an april fools joke

 

[Pseudonaut]

Make it all about cyberbooty appreciation.

[raymoohawk]

another option to link to

https://web.archive.org/web/20210721030126/https://gaymingmag.com/2019/11/butts-in-classic-doom/

[Dubbag]

What can you talk about on a Doom site geared towards LGBT people that you can't talk about on here?

Edited April 3, 2022 by Dub Bag

[Zulk RS]

Why does .gay even exist as a top level domain? Like .com is commercial, .org is organization. .net is network (I think.), .gov is government. .edu is for educational institutes. What's .gay for? Or can anything be a top level domain and they don't have to mean anything and my IT text books were wrong...

[lokbustam257]

In my opinion, you should redirect it to this URL

[Edward850]

8 minutes ago, Zulk RS said:

Why does .gay even exist as a top level domain? Like .com is commercial, .org is organization. .net is network (I think.), .gov is government. .edu is for educational institutes. What's .gay for? Or can anything be a top level domain and they don't have to mean anything and my IT text books were wrong...

The list of generic top level domains was expanded recently. There are no restrictions on most gTLDs. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#ICANN-era_generic_top-level_domains

 

 

[Gez]

18 minutes ago, Zulk RS said:

Or can anything be a top level domain and they don't have to mean anything and my IT text books were wrong...

Not wrong, just outdated.

 

Things changed in 2011 when the ICANN decided to allow anyone to create a new TLD -- as long as they have the moolah for it. Initial price was $185 000 for registering a new TLD, plus an annual $25 000 fee to maintain it. You can see why there's a big incentive to allow anything and everything to become a TLD.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/jun/13/icann-criticised-commercial-landgrab-internet

Edited April 3, 2022 by Gez

[Zulk RS]

Ah thanks it makes a lot more sense now. So ah... assuming someone shells out the 185K for registration and another 25K for maintenance, how do they make that money back? Followup question: If someone fails to pay the 25K, what happens to their TLD and the sites that use said TLD? 

Edited April 3, 2022 by Zulk RS