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Re: Doom is DEAD

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From: hil... Harlan Hilman
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 02:45
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justinb@pinkfloyd (Justin Beech) writes:

>Yan Lee (y-t...@bu.edu) wrote:
>: Sebastian Eggert (egg...@physics.ubc.ca) wrote:
>: : Finally:  Doom is DEAD.

>: : This weekend the TOP100 games chart, compiled by the readers
>: : of the internet has declared the strategy game: 
>:                                    ^^^^^^^^
>: : UFO, Enemy Unknown
>: : as the highest rated game above Doom.  That means that  the highly
>: : celebrated "Doom" was the number one for only 28 weeks (compared to
>: : Civilization which was number one for 44 weeks and is still number 3).

>: Strategy game?????  Doom is more of a mayhem shoot 'em up.
>: Doom has excellent graphics and excellent realism, but certainly it has 
>: very little strategy.

>I think he meant _UFO_ is a strategy game. Nobody thinks Doom is a strategy
>game. The top-100 is top-100 of all games, and to displace Doom is a HUGE
>effort. Mind you, maybe Doom players are too busy playing deathmatch and
>tournaments to vote...

 I think the UFO players all banded together and decided to all vote. Let's
 try that strategy. Everybody here vote for DOOM!!!!! in the PC Top 100
 Games poll, and Doom will shoot up again! (yay!) Read
 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc and c.s.i.p.g.announce to find how to vote.
 With a concentrated effort, WE WILL TRIUMPH!
 (MUUUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! (grin) :)

>--
>Justin                                         
>jus...@lehman.com
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Subject: Re: Doom is DEAD
Date: 20 Jul 94 02:45:50 GMT
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