GamesMaster Feature: DWANGO Deathmatch '95 (Doom)
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Dominik joins André to Seattle for "The World Doom Championship" aka Death Match '95
also appearing: Rage, D-Man, David McCandless, Sverre André Kvernmo (Cranium)
https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Deathmatch_%2795
Deathmatch '95 was a deathmatch tournament held by DWANGO between September 18, 1995, and October 30, 1995. The qualification rounds of the tournament were chiefly played on the various regional DWANGO servers as series of matches in The Ultimate Doom, Doom II, and Heretic in the United States. Abroad, separate qualifying events were held in the United Kingdom and France which resulted in two European players advancing to the finals. The semi-finals and final match were held as part of the Microsoft Judgment Day event in Redmond, Washington, sponsored in part by GT Interactive, id Software, and other corporations, and doubled as the release date grand reveal for Raven Software's newest Doom engine title, Hexen: Beyond Heretic.
According to Thresh, Merlock smashed his keyboard and threw his chair after being defeated in the semi-finals due to the shock of the defeat.
A separate attached tournament was held in the United Kingdom, sponsored by GT Interactive Europe, PC Zone magazine, and retailer HMV. Referred to as the World Deathmatch Tournament 1995 UK Heats, it was held as a series of live events at HMV retail outlets refereed by PC Zone attendants. Registration was carried out through distribution of a coupon in the issue of PC Zone released on October 7, 1995, with additional entrants not having a coupon admitted at the store manager's discretion.
Participants in the finals at Redmond had been given access to a beta version of Hexen for practice. Thresh noted that the Cleric was strongly favored by most players due to the power of the Wraithverge. However, Thresh adapted the Mage class instead, having discovered the class's ability to counter the Wraithverge with effective use of in-game skills (likely referring specifically to the reflective capabilities of the Icon of the Defender in the hands of the Mage, alongside the Disc of Repulsion which is available to all classes).
The event in Seattle was rife with technical problems. Players' preferred peripherals did not cooperate with the Windows 95 PCs and the software in use was temperamental.
While mainstream media coverage reacted by declaring Thresh a gaming god, and he did go on to have one of the first successful careers in eSports with other notable victories such as Red Annihilation, the tournament was considered by community members to be indecisive with regard to ascertaining the best player of Doom. This was due to well-known contenders such as Chris Crosby (NoSkill) and Chunkk being ineligible to attend due to not being members of DWANGO, as well as the fact that the tournament did not focus exclusively on Doom by involving both Heretic and Hexen
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