Cacowards

The Cacowards are a yearly feature in Doomworld, released on Doom's birthday. The series started in 2004 with the 11th installment, which was an attempt to replicate the success of the previous year's 10 Years of Doom celebration.

Apart from the regular Cacowards, there are additional Cacowards granted each year:
 * Best Multiplayer Level (Best DM Level until 2007,) honoring the best multiplayer WAD of the year;
 * Worst Wad, dishonoring the worst WAD of the year;
 * The Mordeth Award, recognizing whichever WAD of the year has taken the longest time to develop and release, in honor of Mordeth's notoriously protracted development schedule;
 * The Mockaward, given to the best joke WAD of the year, in honor of Mockery;
 * and Mapper of the Year, awarded to the best level designer of the year.

As of December 10, 2008, the series has had its 15th installment released.

Mike "Mancubus II" Lightner produced the logos for the feature, and Stephen "Scuba Steve" Browning is responsible for the content, although Dean "deathz0r" Joseph joined him for the 14th installment. Patrick Pineda and Darknation assisted with the 15th installment. The 16th installment saw writing contributions from Patrick Pineda, hobbs, and esselfortium.

Winners

 * Action Doom - "Scuba" Steve Browning and company
 * Decade - Russell Pearson
 * RTC-3057 - Team Future
 * Grove - B.P.R.D.
 * Tremor - Ross "zarkyb" Mathieson
 * Chosen - LilWhiteMouse
 * Phobos Revisited - ReX Claussen
 * Hell Revealed II - Various Authors
 * Community Chest 2 - Various Authors
 * ZDoom Community Map - Various Authors

Runners Up

 * Super Sonic Doom - Stephen "The Ultimate DooMer" Clark
 * Deus Vult - Huy "Doom Marine" Pham
 * Massmas - Mike "Cyb" Watson

Honorable Mention

 * Daedalus: Alien Defense - TeamTNT

Best DM level

 * 8-Bit DM - G0dCells

Worst Wad

 * Doom: Rampage Edition - "Doom Rampage"

Mordeth Award

 * Hellcore - Various Authors

Mockaward

 * Doomworld Forums 3 - Anonymous

Mapper of the Year

 * B.P.R.D.

Winners

 * Simplicity - AgentSpork
 * Scythe 2 - Erik Alm
 * HedRox - Rodrigo Acevedo
 * Suspended in Dusk - Esa "Espi" Repo
 * Kama Sutra - Adolf "Gusta" Vojta and Jakub "_MethoD_" Razak
 * Congestion 1024 - Various Authors
 * Hi-Tech Hell 2 - Alien Tech - Simo Malinen
 * Temple of Chaos 2 - Warped Reality - AgentSpork
 * Crimson Canyon - Jeffrey "psyren" Graham
 * Total Control - Dutch Devil

Runners Up

 * For Whom the Bell Tolls - didy
 * Altar of Evil - Dutch Devil

What the Hell!?

 * Happy Time Circus - Ray "shitbag" Schmitz

Best DM level

 * Nimrod: Project Doom - Team Future

Worst Wad

 * 1994 Wads - Too Many to Name

Mordeth Award

 * Jägermörder 02: Terra Nova - Derek "Afterglow" MacDonald

Mockaward

 * Kama Sutra - Adolf "Gusta" Vojta and Jakub "_MethoD_" Razak

Mapper of the Year

 * AgentSpork

Winners

 * Phocas Island 2 - Chris "chopkinsca" Hopkins
 * IC2005 - Ian "The Flange Peddler" Cunnings
 * Hellcore 2.0 - Devon "Darkfyre" West and Robert "Fusion" Babor
 * Newdoom Community Project - Various Authors
 * Operation Overlord - Nigel "Enjay" Rowand
 * Vae Victus 2 - Derek "Dittohead" Braun
 * Phobia: The Age - Kristian "Kristus" Käll
 * Foreverhood 1.0 - Brian "Skadoomer" Goodsell
 * Classic Episode 2: Singularity Complex - Jan Van der Veken
 * Crucified Dreams - Various Authors

Runners Up

 * Oniria - Aluqah
 * Zen Dynamics - Xaser

Escher Award

 * Impossible: A New Reality - JK

Best DM level

 * Dynamite Deathmatch - Matt "RottKing" Cibulas

Worst Wad

 * Nazi Auferstehung - Dark Exodus

Mordeth Award

 * Crucified Dreams - Various Authors

Mockaward

 * How Not To Be Seen! - Wills
 * TurboCharged ARCADE! - Xaser

Mapper of the Year

 * Dutch Devil

Winners

 * Genesis of Descent - Nick "hobomaster22" Laurent
 * Cheogsh - Shadowman
 * Songs of the Damned - Trevor "iori" Primmett
 * The Dying End - Chris Lutz
 * Sine Die - didy
 * Knee-Deep in ZDoom - Various Authors
 * Community Chest 3 - Various Authors
 * EPIC - Alexander "Eternal" S.
 * The Ultimate Torment & Torture - Daniel "Tormentor667" Gimmer
 * The Outer Darkness - Varun Abhirama Krishna

Runners Up

 * Demons of Problematique - Dennis "exl" Meuwissen
 * Wonderful Doom - Wraith

Best Multiplayer level

 * 32in24-5 - Various Authors

Worst Wad

 * Anything Gamarra - Giulio "Glassyman" Galassi

Mordeth Award

 * Knee-Deep in ZDoom - Various Authors

Mockaward

 * It Only Gets Worse - Wills

Mapper of the Year

 * Alexander "Eternal" S.

Winners

 * Deus Vult II - Huy "Doom Marine" Pham
 * Gravity - Alexander "Eternal" S.
 * Urban Brawl: Action Doom 2 - Action Team
 * Eternal Doom IV - TeamTNT
 * Thunderpeak - Björn "Vader" Ostmann
 * Back to Basics - Esa "Espi" Repo
 * BGPA Missions: Liberation - Nigel "Enjay" Rowand
 * Chex Quest 3 - Charles Jacobi
 * Escape from Castle Chezcrea - Paul "Creaphis" Hiebert
 * Cold as Hell - Jon "JonnyFive" Washburn

This is my Boomstick

 * Diaz: The Last Hours of Purity (WW Hits Collection) - WildWeasel

Runners Up

 * Remain III - Alexander "Eternal" S.
 * XXXI CyberSky - Alexander "Eternal" S.

Best Multiplayer level

 * 32in24-7 - YEDS

Worst Wad

 * UAC Military Nightmare - Terry

Mordeth Award

 * Deus Vult II - Huy "Doom Marine" Pham

Mockaward

 * Community is Falling 3 - Samuel "Kaiser" Villarreal

Mapper of the Year

 * Björn "Vader" Ostmann

Winners

 * Hell Ground - Eternal
 * NewDoom Community Project II - Various Authors
 * Harmony - Thomas van der Velden
 * Mapgame - Ravage
 * Legacy of Suffering - LoganMTM
 * Tribute - Zalewa
 * Ghouls vs Humans - Cutman Mike
 * Whispers of Satan - Paul Corfiatis and Kristian Aro
 * Demons of Problematique 2 - Dennis "exl" Meuwissen
 * Plutonia 2 - Plutonia 2 Team

Runners Up

 * Happy Time Circus 2 - Shitbag
 * Cheogsh 2 - Shadowman

Best Multiplayer level

 * UDMX - Unidoom

Worst Wad

 * Tormentor667's Detail Guide

Mordeth Award

 * Plutonia 2 - Plutonia 2 Team

Mockaward

 * Killing Adventure - Ruba

Mapper of the Year

 * Brett "Mechadon" Harrell