Karl Jobst

Definitely and I saw those videos when trying to find anything on historical DM players. Though nothing as yet that is specific enough about great players and their careers. I think that topic is definitely interesting and could be really popular on YT. I am really looking forward to seeing any videos about it and would love to learn more about it. Honestly, if I was an expert on DM I would already be making those types of videos. But as yet I'm only somewhat knowledgeable on speedrunning.

Dangerous? I think you are taking fun youtube videos a bit too seriously. Unfortunately a couple of people misconstrued what I said. I did not say something can't be notable because it didn't get publicity. I asked, how notable is something that gets no attention and no one talks about? That's an important question to ask because that is a value judgement that is impossible for a researcher to establish unless the death match community themselves have clearly laid it out. Given that there is no historical videos on death match players, no easy to access resources on good DM players, it's not feasible for an outsider to investigate. The responsibility for the public knowing about DM players lies solely in the hands of DM players. For them to blame me, or anyone else for not getting credit or exposure is incredibly entitled. It wouldn't change my opinion though. I value doom much more as a single player game, and if a player was objectively confirmed as being the best DM player ever it wouldn't shift my conclusion (unless of course they were also successful in other areas of the game, and across the entire franchise).

I am definitely doing a video about the progression of Doom 2 wr soon. An overlooked thing that some people miss is that I specifically say in the video that if it were just about ‘skill’ there would be arguments to be made for other players. But I have no knowledge of a single other player that had done notable feats in both the classic and modern games. I dont call out many other players in this particular video but I have other vids that talk about them (so I dont feel the need to address them in every vid). And I plan to do other legends justice in future videos. Death match is something that I actually do consider, however I know of no death match players that have done notable things across the entire series. And I dont even know of death match getting any media attention (my point is that how ‘notable’ is something that gets no publicity or attention?). I would implore some death match experts to make some content explaining the merits of death match, highlighting the great players and their accomplishments, so that other people can understand.