===================== D O O M S N I P E S ===================== Version 1.0 -- December 21, 1994 Text by Troy Nesfeder Proving the adage "Some people have _too much_ free time!" Preface ------- You've been humping through the UAC Base for at least an hour. Your knuckles are white, your heart is pounding, and you've left at least an inch of empty shell casings on the floor behind you. Lights flicker as you amble down the corridor, sticking close to the wall and examining your map every few feet. Checking your condition you find that you're bleeding from just about every orifice without a stimpack in sight, but that's not the worst of it... You're also out of ammo. There's the dim glow of a lamp at the end of the tunnel which, much to your dismay, you find to be a dead end. "The exit has to be around here somewhere!" you snarl, approaching the end of the blind alley. Too bad you didn't notice that the floor was an elevator, and as the platform drops you've got no choice but to take the hellish ride. Your arrival is greeted with the growls of a chamber full of hungry imps. They swarm, and you, having spent your last few bullets on a Hell Knight, better think fast. "If it's blood they want, it's blood they'll get," you quip as you fire up your trustworthy chainsaw. The blade spins as you meet the imps head on. Tearing flesh from bone, you make quick and bloody work of the beasts. You've found the exit, and you step out of the slaughterhouse. Now that's something even Leatherface would be proud of! Introduction (a.k.a. "What the HELL is a DOOM Snipe?") ------------------------------------------------------ By now, everyone save two or three folks in Delaware has played id Software's bergame DOOM. DOOM provides gamers with an intense VR playfield full of guns, ammo, and monsters. What DOOM also produces are many inadvertent chuckles--and that's the spirit behind a DOOM Snipe. A "snipe" is nothing more than a name given to some element of the game DOOM. Sometimes humorous, sometimes cruel, and sometimes downright mean- spirited, snipes give die-hard DOOM combatants a way to explain their actions in a concise manner. Anything can be a snipe: the way you attack an enemy, the manner in which an enemy kills you, etc. The name of the snipe can be anything from the obvious to the obscure and from politics to pop culture. Have fun with snipes, and enjoy a colorful new way to look at DOOM. The Snipe List -------------- The Duran - Grabbing your rifle, strafing right to left, and firing blindly into an area of perceived enemies. the Hitman - Maneuvering behind an enemy that doesn't notice you, putting the shotgun to his head, and pulling the trigger. The Leatherface - Attacking an enemy with a chainsaw. More accurately, running down enemies while brandishing a chainsaw. The Oswald - Firing your rifle down from a high vantage point and picking off a moving target. The Ruby - Running up to an enemy while branding your pistol, firing as you shout the opponent's name. Conclusion ---------- I prefer to call the Snipe List--and pardon me Mr. Carlin--"an incomplete list of impolite acts." This is, after all, the first edition of DOOM Snipes, and the actual number of snipes is paltry. Therefore, I am asking you, the DOOM masters, to contribute your favorite snipes for the next version. All you need do is describe the situation involved, and give it a humorous name. And, feel free to send as many snipes as you wish. Please E-Mail your snipes to any of the following: Internet: tnesfeder@aol.com America OnLine: TNesfeder CompuServe: 75251,227 All contributors whose works are included in future DOOM Snipes will be immortalized in an acknowledgement section. And finally, DOOM and DOOM ][ are solely the pride-and-joy of id Software. id has nothing to do with DOOM Snipes, and is not responsible for any of the material contained within.