Why the name ZDoom?

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cutmanmike wrote:*votes Zeddoom*

http://www.geocities.com/goku_777uk/Zed.mp3

And yes I put that voice on :glare:
Was it grunt or belch? :mrgreen:
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Both :twisted:
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Enjay wrote:
Heh, well now I'm convinced. The next version of this source port has to be called Susan,
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! i would happily rip my arms off and shove them down my throat then call Zdoom "Susan." SUSAN IS NOT A SOURCE PORT NAME! :evil: :P
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Bouncy wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! i would happily rip my arms off and shove them down my throat then call Zdoom "Susan." SUSAN IS NOT A SOURCE PORT NAME! :evil: :P
Hell yeah! I would never call Zdoom "Susan." That's fucking gay.
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Post by Doom »

That's supposed to be a joke...
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i wouldnt mind a version being "susan" :)

susan.cab
2.0.susan
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Post by sirjuddington »

Well in Australia we're meant to say zed, but I say zeedoom because it's easier to say :P (it's one continuous sound, zeedoom rather than zed-doom)
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Post by Cutmanmike »

Softie wrote:Ok. I am a little disappointed in the direction this thread is taking. The most important question remains unsolved. Why Z?

That said, here is a little video clip of a Swede saying ZDoom, and... I admit... Susan.
Enjoy.
http://hem.lidnet.se/~jonny.lindholm/Susan.wmv
someone needs a shave
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Just a quick off-topic post. I managed to format my harddrive and forgot to take a backup of my maps. Then I recovered them but they seem to be corrupted. If anyone would like to help me repair the wads, if it's even possible, I'd be very grateful.

Edit - problem solved
Last edited by Softie on Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Enjay wrote:I didn't know you were on the DosDoom team. I really used to like that port. What happened to it?
It got renamed EDGE - Enhanced Doom Gaming Engine. It is still being developed, albeit slowly, by three of the original team members.
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Post by TheDarkArchon »

I thought ZDoom got it's name from the ZLib general purpose compiler. I know for a fact that ZDoom uses ZLib as there are files for Zlib among ZDooms source code.
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Post by Chris »

ZLib general purpose compiler.
zlib is a compression library. Part of it's use is to help make .png files.
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Post by randi »

It was ZDoom before it ever used zlib.

Maybe I chose the "Z" just so that everybody can wonder how to pronounce it.
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Post by Cutmanmike »

So how do YOU pronounce it? It's ZED I know it
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Post by Nash »

I can only guess that the "Z" came from anime/japanese videogame influences, because Randy is an anime fan.

Dragonball Z, Bahamut Zero, Super Secret Spaceship RX-XR etc.
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