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'''Andrew "Linguica" Stine''' - Co-Founder / Freeloader at Doomworld (-- ''The definitive source for Doom news, information and development'').
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[[Image:Linguica.jpg|thumb|left|Linguica, some years ago]]
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'''Andrew "Linguica" Stine''' is the cofounder and former webmaster of [[Doomworld]].  Stine ran the site for several years before officially leaving in 2003.  During this time, he was responsible for the majority of effort in running the site, including the design and backend code. Despite his departure he has remained an influential figure in the Doom communtiy, continuing to contribute to Doomworld in an unofficial context.
  
[[Image:Linguica.jpg|thumb|left|Linguica, some years ago]]
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His status as webmaster of one of the most influential Doom sites has earned Stine a widespread reputation.  He used his influence in October 1999 in convincing [[John Carmack]] to relicense the [[Doom source code]] under the GNU GPL.
<blockquote>''One of the founders of [http://www.doomworld.com/ Doomworld], Linguica ([[Mordeth]] - Co-Founder & Resources Maintainer) "quit" Doomworld in 2003 but soon found that the site still had a hold on him, almost like some sort of chemical that causes cravings by altering body chemistry, if such a thing existed. Although he never "officially" re-joined the staff, Linguica now enjoys the most envied position on the site: he does what he wants without bothering about any sort of "obligation" or "consequences". Among Linguica's contributions are the design of this website, the code that runs this website, a lot of the content on this website, and legal paternity of everyone that reads this website.''</blockquote>
 
<p align=right>[http://www.doomworld.com/contactinfo/ Doomworld -- Contact Info]</p><br>
 
  
Linguica provided also... "''a community service''": [http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/ The /idgames archive database] on Doomworld, which IS NOT AN OFFICIAL /IDGAMES MIRROR! (the official idgames mirror is located at [ftp://3darchives.in-span.net/pub/idgames/newstuff/ 3darchives.in-span.net]), but a huge database about everything related to Doom's stuff, with comments made by users and a system of vote from 1 to 5 stars.
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Stine has also contributed to several important projects, including [[Gothic 99]]. He also wrote [http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/ The Doomworld idgames database] as a web interface to the [[idgames archive]].
  
 
== Other Notes ==
 
== Other Notes ==

Revision as of 10:03, 1 February 2005

Linguica, some years ago

Andrew "Linguica" Stine is the cofounder and former webmaster of Doomworld. Stine ran the site for several years before officially leaving in 2003. During this time, he was responsible for the majority of effort in running the site, including the design and backend code. Despite his departure he has remained an influential figure in the Doom communtiy, continuing to contribute to Doomworld in an unofficial context.

His status as webmaster of one of the most influential Doom sites has earned Stine a widespread reputation. He used his influence in October 1999 in convincing John Carmack to relicense the Doom source code under the GNU GPL.

Stine has also contributed to several important projects, including Gothic 99. He also wrote The Doomworld idgames database as a web interface to the idgames archive.

Other Notes

Linguica has appeared in several Doom modifications, including Skulltag as a player skin, and Massmouth 2 as the sidekick to head villain John Romero.