Cacowards 2015 Nomination Thread

[scifista42]

SuperCupcakeTactics said:

So are Valiant, Sunlust, and Skulldash the big 3 this year? :P

If you mean most hyped, probably yes.

[sajbear]

One day I'm gonna make a map good enough to be nominated to Cacowards! ^^

[dew]

SuperCupcakeTactics said:

I've never seen the cacoward nomination threads before so not sure if this is common or not.

Very common. There's also all that rage & delusion when one of the hyped up favourites gets snubbed. I'm not saying it's Sunlust.

Spoiler

But it's Sunlust.

[SuperCupcakeTactics]

sajbear said:

One day I'm gonna make a map good enough to be nominated to Cacowards! ^^

Best of luck to you! :D

[TheOrganGrinder]

They've been mentioned already, but I'd like to nominate Breach as one of the Top 10 WADs of 2015 and its author Viggles as Most Promising Newcomer.

[jmickle66666666]

+1 for breach

[Linguica]

Well it's like 5 weeks out, so here's a tally so far:

WAD	URL	Nods
Valiant	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/71704-valiant-wad-my-32-level-mbf-megawad-download-available/	11
Sunlust	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/68089-sunlust-betar1-released/	7
Breach	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/71430-breach-updated-to-beta3/	4
32in24-14	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/71205-32in24-14-how-the-hamburglar-stole-christmas/	3
Nocturne in Yellow	http://contest.gamedevfort.com/submission/657#.VcaG2_lVhBf	3
Skulldash	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/75133-skulldash-a-fast-paced-speedrun-arcade-mod/	3
50 Shades of Graytall	https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/50shades	2
Threshold of Pain II Act 2	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/59660-threshold-of-pain-ii-demo-released/	2
Way Too Many Dead Guys	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/71259-way-too-many-dead-guys-map05-alpha-available/	2
Don't Be A Bitch Last Man Standing 3	https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/deathmatch/Ports/d-f/dbab3	2
Crumpets	https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/crumpets	2
Doomed Space Wars	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/68923-doomed-space-wars-released/	2
Erkattäññe	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/74091-erkatte-11-map-pack-for-doom2-plus-e1-conversion-now-on-idgames/	2
1993res.wad	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/71131-1993res-wad/	1
The Trailblazer	http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=47494	1
InstaDoom	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/71767-instadoom-screw-nofilter-rc1/	1
My Soul Trapped in a WIN98 PC	https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/s-u/st98	1
Contra Doom	http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=48392	1
Ol' No Name	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/73125-ol-no-name-4-map-set/	1
Pinnacle of Darkness	https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/p-r/pinnacle	1
Wishy Wackadoodle	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/73362-wishy-wackadoodle/	1
Favillesco Alpha Episode 2	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/72083-favillesco-alpha-episode-2-desecration-on-thebe/	1
Skirmish One-on-One	http://zandronum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5218#pid71235	1
Final NeoDoom	http://www.moddb.com/mods/final-neodoom/downloads/final-neodoom	1
Monument	https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/Ports/m-o/monument	1
Plutinya	https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/pl1024	1
The Gateway Experiments Episode 5: Prime Directive	https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/g-i/ge5-pd	1
Comfy Doom	https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/73172-comfy-doom/	1

[Dime]

It's getting towards the end of the year and technically i put in my votes like 6 months ago, but if I was to add anything else to my list for the year it would be +1 for breach and +1 for Russian doom 2 in name only.

[Gothic]

+1 for Breach and Skulldash

...and probably this thing too.

[Imback55]

I'll go +1 for Final NeoDoom.

[Obsidian]

Dunno if I can vote for 32in24-4 considering I contributed, but it is a very solid set any way you slice it and if it wins it might get Shaikoten the kick up the butt he needs to start the next one. Also +1 to Skulldash: it isn't quite my cup of tea, but it is nevertheless an excellent wad.

[purist]

I've not played a whole lot of new stuff this year but Sunlust is the best thing I have played.

[NuMetalManiak]

Skulldash gets a vote from me.

[Pedro VC]

+1 for Valiant and Final Neodoom

[Vorpal]

To whoever will be doing the reviews and determinations: for Monument I would recommend continuous playthrough as opposed to pistol starts. My favorite and ultra biased pick of the year!

[Jaws In Space]

I'll give a nomination to Icar2015, it's a fun Icarus Alien Vanguard inspired wad.

[bradharding]

+1 for Breach, without a doubt.

[Noiser]

Sorry for the dumb question (I am new in this)... can I vote in more than one project? I'm not sure yet.

[Gez]

Noiser said:

Sorry for the dumb question (I am new in this)... can I vote in more than one project? I'm not sure yet.

It's not really a vote. You can nominate anything you want. If you nominate your own personal project, though, people will jump on you.

The thread is there just to bring to the attention of the Cacowards crew the stuff people in the community found good; but in the end they'll give the awards according to their own ideas, not according to what got the most posts in this thread. Generally there'll be some Cacoward winners/runners-up that weren't even mentioned by anyone in the nomination thread, and quite often some popular favorites end up not even getting a mention.

[Noiser]

Interesting Gez, thanks for clarifying!

So I will give my point to Estranged, a well done, classic megawad (made by one person).
Skulldash deserves it too.

[Chezza]

+1 Valiant here.

[Scuba Steve]

Linguica said:

Well it's like 5 weeks out, so here's a tally so far:

Shit, now I have to draw the banner.

[baja blast rd.]

scifista42 said:

Rdwpa for most promising newcomer.

<3

I'll throw in nominations for tourniquet and SuperCupcakeTactics in this category.

I'm wondering who the mapper of the year is. Ribbiks and skillsaw would have been the clear frontrunners, but I'm under the impression that repeats aren't allowed. Dannebubinga comes next, I suppose.

[Gothic]

Scuba Steve said:

Shit, now I have to draw the banner.

May I suggest a remake of Evilution's TITLEPIC? Just an idea though.

[Scuba Steve]

Too late, I just finished it.

[tourniquet]

rdwpa said:

<3

I'll throw in nominations for tourniquet

nah pls not again, was allready nominated last year + better nominate someone who may care about it....

My votes are Sunlust and Crumpets

As for most promising newcomers rwdpa, Urthar and Octavarium

[Doomkid]

Another for 'way too many dead guys' here.

[Memfis]

Swift Death and Warlock's Hearth were good. Also from teledest.txt:

Misc. Author Info: Most maps released without ever winning a Cacoward.

[Lainos]

I want to nominate "Ol' No Name" WAD. Great art and professional job.
(https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/73125-ol-no-name-4-map-set)

[Memfis]

this was good https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/s-u/tls