Doomworld, "the definitive source for Doom news, information, and development", is the oldest unofficial news website dedicated to Doom. The site was founded on March 13, 1998 by Andrew "Linguica" Stine, Gaston "Mordeth" Lahaut, and Javier "Dukrous" Heredia; the site is part of the Telefragged network. Of the original founders, only Stine and Lahaut remain, but the amount of total members on the staff has grown almost three-fold.[1]
In addition to Doom news, Doomworld also hosts the weekly /newstuff Chronicles reviews of new WADs uploaded to the idgames archive. The site also provides informational resources about Doom and related games, hosting of Doom websites, and a forum with over 5,000 registered users and 500,000 posts in 2005.
Doomworld received some mention in mainstream media in 1999, due to the controversy surrounding the Columbine High School Massacre and shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold's obsession with Doom. It gained some renown in the same year after Andrew Stine convinced John Carmack to allow the site to redistribute the Doom source code under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
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