Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium)

Michael Mancuso (alias esselfortium) is an American Doom level designer, texture artist, and musician. He is also credited with graphics design and beta testing work for the Eternity Engine.

He has participated in all 32in24 events, and shared with the other authors the Cacowards for 32in24 5, 7, and 11, which all won "Best Multiplayer". He was also a contributor to Doom the Way id Did, which obtained a Cacoward as well. He obtained a Cacoward for himself with the Vaporware demo, in which he made the level, the music, and the code conversion from DECORATE to EDF of a few custom monsters originally created for ZDoom.

In addition, Esselfortium has been known to push away many newcomers to the Doom community with his swift judgments, inaccurate analysis, and his overall arrogant demeanor. Forgetting that what keeps Doom going (in addition to the many who contribute to projects each year) is the fans, he considers anyone who "speaks their opinions" to be nothing more than fodder for DoomWorld banning, should those opinions differ from his. Many speculate that the reason he bans so many newcomers is because his arguments cannot withstand debate, and threaten how he "feels" about what he wants Doom to be.

Contributing many bland and un-atmospheric maps, he focuses more on regurgitating the same tired textures and setups that have been out-dated for years, than maintaining an innovative state of mind. Should he decide (and he does) to lash out against anyone new to the DoomWorld community, he usually does so under the alias, "j4rio" so as not to draw unwanted bad reputation to his more popularly known name, "Esselfortium."

2004

 * SargeBaldy Speedmapping Compilation #14: Halloween Edition!
 * MAP04

2006

 * Esselmap I: Testing Facility

2007

 * 32 in 24
 * MAP02: Dropp
 * MAP14: Basefree
 * 32in24 II: Single Player
 * MAP02: Waste Treatment
 * MAP06: Rock Lobster
 * 32in24 III: DUEL CORE
 * MAP02: Meltphace 6
 * MAP13: Lockjaw Dreams
 * MAP16: Rip and Hair (with Shaikoten)
 * MAP23: Crapshoot
 * 32in24 IV
 * MAP01: Deliverance
 * MAP18: Skyscraper CTF
 * MAP27: Castle of Eternal Essels in the Sky
 * MAP32: Kitten Factory
 * 32in24 5
 * MAP01: Mongolesium (detailing)
 * MAP02: Court of the Crimson Schwing (edits)
 * MAP04: Proving Grounds (detailing)
 * MAP14: Rectum? Darn Near Killed'em! (detailing)
 * MAP15: Frozen Maiden (detailing)
 * MAP20: Virtual Sea of Pizza (detailing)
 * MAP21: Jungle Fever (layout)
 * MAP27: I'm Gonna Blow Ya Up! (detailing)
 * MAP28: The Power to Believe (edits)
 * MAP30: NiGHTMAREs Into Dreams (layout and some detailing)
 * MAP31: A Pocketful of Octopuses (edits)
 * Compilation

2008

 * 32 in 24 6
 * MAP03: 32in24 Shut Up and Jam
 * Compilation
 * 32in24 7: Return of the Night of Capture the Flag
 * MAP02: Bartlett's III: The Road Warrior (layout)
 * MAP12: Pyramid at Baron's Gate (detailing)
 * MAP26: Broken Bones and Shit (detailing)
 * MAP32: LOLSMALL (edits)
 * Diet 32in24
 * MAP11: Tetris Revenge (detailing)
 * Flashback Demo 2
 * E2M2 (with Espi)
 * E2M3 (with Torn)

2009

 * 32in24 8: DWANGO2008
 * MAP05: The Taste Tunnels
 * Claustrophobia 1024
 * MAP19: Nova Scotia Robots
 * Greenwar II
 * MAP04: Mayan Ryan (detailing)
 * MAP14: Turquoise Hexagon Sun (detailing)
 * MAP19: Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (detailing)
 * MAP21: BFG Containment Area (detailing; with lupinx-Kassman)
 * Textures
 * 32in24-9: Return of DUEL CORE
 * MAP29: Earthquake Weather (with Revenant)

2010

 * Space Deathmatch V
 * S5DM01: Planet Xerox
 * S5DM02: Moon Shoes
 * S5DM03: The Boston UAC Tea Party
 * S5DM05: Jetsons Go To Skiing Planet Zorgon
 * S5DM07: Jetsons Space Club 7
 * S5DM08: Asteroid Excursion 23
 * S5DM10: 25 Miles From the Outskirts of Space-Dallas
 * S5DM12: Eep! Opp! Ork! Ah-Ah!
 * S5DM17: Exterior of Sandy Petersen's House
 * S5CTF01: The Terrible Secret of Space!
 * S5CTF02: Space City Rooftop CTF (with Zap610)
 * S5CTF03: Jane Stop This Crazy Thing! CTF
 * S5CTF06: Papa Loves Mambo
 * S5ST03: Symphony of a Medium-Sized Jetson (with kuchikitaichou)
 * S5ST04: The Great Space Jewel Heist, Part IV (with ClonedPickle)
 * S5COOP01: Space Lounge! 8] (with Killingblair)
 * S5COOP02: The Jetsons Halloween Extravaganza (with Zap610)
 * 32in24-10: MAPS FOR THE MAP GOD
 * MAP01: Lawn Wake IX
 * MAP26: Cannonball

2011

 * 32in24-11: Occupy Doomworld
 * MAP03: Vrack to the Izzo
 * MAP17: The Ultraman Torment N' Torture
 * MAP29: Knee-Deep in Zeldoom
 * SpaceDM9
 * S9DM01: Air Snares
 * S9DM02: Eat at Phobo's
 * S9DM03: Shogouki (detailing)
 * Textures
 * Vaporware Demo

2012

 * Doom the Way id Did
 * E1M1: Communications Bridge
 * E1M3: Fuel Synthesis
 * E2M2: Filtration Compound (with Xaser)
 * E2M8: Vault (with Marcaek)
 * Community Chest 4
 * Texture resource compilation
 * 32in24-12: IRON MAPPER
 * MAP29: Seclatus
 * Resource compilation
 * Back to Saturn X Episode 1: Get Out Of My Stations
 * MAP01: Back to Saturn X Radio Report (with Richard Frei)
 * MAP02: Postal Blowfish (with Kim Bach)
 * MAP04: A Good Flying Bird
 * MAP08: Get Out Of My Stations I
 * MAP09: Some Drilling Implied (with Travers Dunne)
 * MAP13: I'll Replace You With Machines (with Paul DeBruyne)
 * MAP14: Big Chief Chinese Restaurant (with Matthew Edwards)
 * MAP16: Get Out Of My Stations II
 * MAP17: Navigating Flood Regions
 * MAP22: Get Out Of My Stations III
 * Textures
 * Music (MAP01, MAP02, MAP04, MAP08, MAP16, MAP17, MAP21, MAP22, intermission screen with James Paddock and Xaser)