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In article <30eje6$c...@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> egg...@physics.ubc.ca (Sebastian Eggert) writes:
>Soon, Doom will drop even further since it has only a limited
>replay value for most people.

I dunno.  The big replay value for me is modem play.  Playing with
or against another player (or players) doesn't get stale in a hurry.

In the old days, there was a game called Mazewars.  It was played on
an ascii terminal on a timesharing system and was basically a multi-
player shoot-em-up game.  (I've seen an updated version for the Mac
recently.  I don't know how good a game it is.)  Regardless of how
primitive Mazewars was, it held the attention of a generation of hackers
for a number of years.  It wasn't always the most popular game, but it
had staying power.  I think Doom is going to have similar staying power
for similar reasons.

For other people, creating wad files and playing other people's wads is
the main attraction.  Doom is open ended (thanks, ID!) and that increases
it's lifespan.

I don't think we've seen the last of Doom.  But if you want to think
so, by all means feel free.


			Ron
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