What was the origin of the name 'Doomsday'?
A thread on Doomworld about the origins of various port names got me thinking. http://www.doomworld.com/vb/showthread. ... tid=129453
The J* names were, obviously, inspired by their creator's name; Jaakko Keränen (I assume I can state Skyjakes name on the forum, as it's written on the main website and elsewhere: http://www.dengine.net/engine, for instance). As was also guessed in the above mentioned thread.
But, what was the thinking (if any
) behind the name 'Doomsday', almost 15 years ago? Just something cool sounding, that had 'Doom' in it's name?
The J* names were, obviously, inspired by their creator's name; Jaakko Keränen (I assume I can state Skyjakes name on the forum, as it's written on the main website and elsewhere: http://www.dengine.net/engine, for instance). As was also guessed in the above mentioned thread.
But, what was the thinking (if any
) behind the name 'Doomsday', almost 15 years ago? Just something cool sounding, that had 'Doom' in it's name?
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However, that didn't stick for long:
I have no recollection what exactly I was referring to with the "mister/Mr.", however I am guessing I didn't fancy the abbreviation of "Marine" to "Mr".
So essentially yes, having "Doom" in the name surely must have made the difference. Also, I've always liked to connotation of the doomsday device/machine.
Though saying that, somewhere in the deepest recesses of my mind, 'Marine Engine' doesn't seem completely alien to me. I have no idea why though (maybe I heard it in reference to Doomsday at some point in its history, but since completely forgot about it).
So we have Doomsday and Skyjake, which may or may not be a subtle reference to Skynet; well it's my understanding that Skyjake is a mixture of your name and because you created the method modern GL Doom ports use to render the sky. But if my computer suddenly sprouts legs, I'll know who to blame.