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Author of SSL2 finally found / confirmed

 
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DoomKid
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Joined: 09 May 2008
Location: Aussie Land

PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:29 am    Post subject: Author of SSL2 finally found / confirmed Reply with quote

https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/85570-author-of-ssl2-wad-identified/

BahdKo, over on Doomworld, said:
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Lots of people (including me) thought Sslasher made ssl2.wad, but no.

I got clarification from Ocelot that it was a friend of his who does not have an online Doom handle. His name is Erkka Ryynänen. It was a series of 4 wads that was made in Finland and was being played locally by their local group of players. It included either ssl.wad or ssl1.wad, ssl2.wad, there was an ssl3.wad which was never really finished, and an ssl4.wad. ssl2.wad was the only one that "made it" so to speak.


This was a pretty surprising find for me. Since this map is still one of the most popular all-time Doom maps, I thought this info was worth sharing Smile
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Buli
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Joined: 19 May 2012
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So Sslasher wasn't the author of SSL2? Nice find!
Still, why would anyone consider that person as author of this map without any evidence?
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DoomKid
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The big shame here is that no .txt file was ever made to go along with the map. Several oldschoolers thought SSL was by Sslasher due to the name, and it being made around the time he was active. I don't think Ocelot would have any reason to lie about it, all of these people hang out in the #nightmare irc are / were friends with Sslasher back when he was around, so I don't think they'd discredit him as the author unless they were sure.

This map has the strangest history of all the old classics.
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Ronald
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting! Thank you for sharing this.
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