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The '''Cacowards''' are a yearly feature in [[Doomworld]], released on [[Doom]]'s birthday. The series started in 2004 with the so-called 11th installment, which was an attempt to replicate the success of the previous year's ''10 Years of Doom'' celebration, more precisely the [[Top 100 WADs of All Time]] and [[Top 10 Infamous WADs]] articles.
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The '''Cacowards''' are an annual feature at [[Doomworld]], released on [[Timeline#1993|Doom's birthday]], to recognize the year's best [[:Category:Modifications|mods]].  [[Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve)]] is credited with the original concept. The series started in 2004 with the so-called 11th edition, which attempted to replicate the success of similar articles in the previous year's ''10 Years of Doom'' celebration, the [[Top 100 WADs of All Time]] and the [[Top 10 Infamous WADs]].  The 23rd (actually 13th) installment appeared in 2016.
  
Apart from the regular Cacowards, there are additional Cacowards granted each year:
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The award categories have gradually evolved.  As of 2016, all years have included:
* '''Runners Up''' are given to mods which would have been good enough for inclusion if there hadn't been even better mods filling all the slots. There are usually two runners up, though the number has varied between zero (2011) and five (2012).
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* At least ten overall '''Winners'''.
* '''Multiplayer Awards''' ('''Best DM Level''' until 2007 and '''Best Multiplayer Level''' until 2011, then '''Best Multiplayer''' in 2012) honoring the best [[multiplayer]] [[WAD]] of the year. For the 20th Cacowards, this became a full-fledged page with several winners.
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* One or more '''Multiplayer Awards''' (formerly ''Best DM Level'') for outstanding [[multiplayer]] maps.
* '''Best Gameplay Mod''', presented to the best gameplay modification of the year.  The first such award was given in 2011, however they were preceded by a non-repeated, ad-hoc award ("This Is My Boomstick") in the 15th Cacowards in 2008.
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* The '''Mapper 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.
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* The '''Mordeth Award''' for a major release with a long development cycle (named after the notoriously delayed [[Top 10 Infamous WADs#The List|Mordeth E2]]).
* The '''Worst Wad''', dishonoring the worst WAD of the year, a category that was officially retired in 2011 because it was considered "sort of dumb" to reward people for uploading low-quality work.
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Most editions have also included:
* The '''Mockaward''', given to the best [[joke WAD]] of the year, in honor of [[Mockery]], was suspended in 2011 because of the apparent dearth of joke WADs worth considering for an award, but came back in 2012.
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* '''Runners-Up''' lists of varying lengths.
* The '''Mapper of the Year''', awarded to the best level designer of the year.
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* The '''Mockaward''' for an outstanding [[joke WAD]] (named after [[Mockery]]).
* '''The Sky May Be''' pays homage to [[:Category:Memorial|departed members of the community]].
 
* The '''Espi Award for Lifetime Achievement''', started in 2013, honors someone for their contributions over an extended time, instead of a single year.
 
* Since 2011, '''Honoring a Newcomer''' spotlights promising new blood.
 
* Non-recurring categories are sometimes created for given mods that could not fit anywhere else but deserved a mention nonetheless. This has included "Honorable Mention" (2004), "What the Hell!?" (2005), "Escher Award" (2006), "This is my Boomstick" (2008), "Consolation Prize" (2011), "What the Pope?" (2012), and "Sing the praises of pants" (2013).
 
  
As of December 17, 2013, the series has had its 20th (actually 10th) installment released.
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Until 2014, the awards also included a one-off honorable mention with a name matching the WAD's theme, such as the ''[[Cacowards 2006#Escher Award|Escher Award]]'' in 2006 and ''[[Cacowards 2012#What The Pope?!|What The Pope?!]]'' in 2012.
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Each publication is around six pages long, including a foreword with a title card parodying a recent piece of popular media.  Various year-in-review notes usually appear in sidebars, such as [[:Category:Memorial|epitaphs]], or sardonic "anniversaries" involving the writers' own projects.
  
[[Mike Lightner (Mancubus II)]] produced the logos for the feature, and [[Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve)]] was responsible for the content, although [[Dean Joseph (deathz0r)]] joined him for the 14th installment.  [[Patrick Pineda]] and [[Darknation]] assisted with the 15th installmentThe 16th installment saw writing contributions from Pineda, [[Ryan Nematollahi (hobbs)|hobbs]], and [[Michael Mancuso (esselfortium)|esselfortium]].  After the 17th installment, Browning stepped down as the host of the Cacowards, and was succeeded by hobbs beginning and ending with the 18th. Hobbs' disappearance in early 2012, and lack of surprise reappearance in time for the Cacowards, led the community to select a team made of [[Xaser]], [[Alfonzo]], and [[kmxexii]] to take the hold. For the 20th installment, [[Michael Mancuso (esselfortium)]] and [[Boris Klimeš (dew)]] joined the small team
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A nomination thread at the [[Doomworld forums]] runs all year long, listing and discussing candidatesHowever, there is no formal voting and the article writers make the ultimate decisions on all recipients.
 
 
{| class="toc"
 
!Contents
 
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|<ul>
 
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">[[#11th|11th Annual Cacowards (2004)]]</li>
 
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">[[#12th|12th Annual Cacowards (2005)]]</li>
 
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">[[#13th|13th Annual Cacowards (2006)]]</li>
 
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">[[#14th|14th Annual Cacowards (2007)]]</li>
 
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">[[#15th|15th Annual Cacowards (2008)]]</li>
 
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">[[#16th|16th Annual Cacowards (2009)]]</li>
 
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">[[#17th|17th Annual Cacowards (2010)]]</li>
 
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">[[#18th|18th Annual Cacowards (2011)]]</li>
 
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">[[#19th|19th Annual Cacowards (2012)]]</li>
 
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">[[#20th|20th Annual Cacowards (2013)]]</li>
 
</ul>
 
|}__NOTOC__
 
  
 
=={{LE|11th Annual Cacowards (2004)|11th|2004}}==
 
=={{LE|11th Annual Cacowards (2004)|11th|2004}}==
 
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2004]]''
===Winners===
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The first Cacowards was the idea and creation of [[Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve)]], with assistance from [[Mike Lightner (Mancubus II)]] who hosted a voting forum and created the graphics, and a foreword by [[Mike Watson (Cyb)]]. The result is an article of five pages, listing, in no particular order, ten mods deemed to have been the best of the year, and completing it with some additional awards: '''Best DM Level''', '''Mordeth Award''' for longest development time, '''Mockaward''' for the "best comedy wad of the year", a '''Mapper of the Year''' for the map author whose contributions were the most significant this year,  three '''Runners-Up''', one '''Honorable Mention''', and the controversial award of the '''Worst Wad'''. To fill space in the side column which contains the navigation links to the other parts of the article and presents the runners-up, some "Did you know?" factoids were inserted on the last page.
 
 
* [[Action Doom]] - [[Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve)]] and company ({{ig|id=12671}})
 
* [[Decade]] - [[Russell Pearson]] ({{ig|id=12849}})
 
* [[RTC-3057]] - [[Team Future]] ({{ig|id=12747}})
 
* [[Grove]] - [[B.P.R.D]] ({{ig|id=12430}})
 
* [[Tremor]] - [[Ross Mathieson (zarkyb)]] ({{ig|id=12782}})
 
* [[Chosen]] - [[LilWhiteMouse]] ({{ig|id=12363}})
 
* [[Phobos Revisited]] - [[ReX Claussen]] ({{ig|id=12835}})
 
* [[Hell Revealed II]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=12349}})
 
* [[Community Chest 2]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=13024}})
 
* [[ZDoom Community Map]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=12815}})
 
 
 
===Runners Up===
 
 
 
* [[Super Sonic Doom]] - [[Stephen Clark (The Ultimate DooMer)]] ({{ig|id=13056}})
 
* [[Deus Vult]] - [[Huy Pham (Doom Marine)]] ({{ig|id=12597}})
 
* [[Massmas]] - [[Mike Watson (Cyb)]] ({{ig|id=13055}})
 
 
 
===Honorable Mention===
 
 
 
* [[Daedalus: Alien Defense]] - [[TeamTNT]] ({{ig|id=12291}})
 
 
 
===Best DM level===
 
 
 
* [[8-Bit DM]] - [[G0dCells]] ({{ig|id=12451}})
 
 
 
===Worst Wad===
 
 
 
* [[Doom - Rampage Edition|Doom: Rampage Edition]] - "Doom Rampage"
 
 
 
===Mordeth Award===
 
 
 
* [[Hellcore]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=12870}})
 
 
 
===Mockaward===
 
 
 
* [[Doomworld Forums 3]] - Anonymous ({{ig|id=12371}})
 
 
 
===Mapper of the Year===
 
 
 
* [[B.P.R.D]]
 
  
 
=={{LE|12th Annual Cacowards (2005)|12th|2005}}==
 
=={{LE|12th Annual Cacowards (2005)|12th|2005}}==
 
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2005]]''
===Winners===
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The second Cacowards followed the formula of the first, still written by Steven Browning and illustrated by Mike Lightner. The foreword was this time written by [[Bill Koch (Bloodshedder)]]. There were only two runners-up this year, and no honorable mention, but one mod was given the '''What the Hell!?''' mention. Some additional content started to make its way to the side-column, such as a "WAD scramble", and the "Did You Know?" started making a tradition of marking the anniversaries of [[Action Doom]] and pointing out that Mordeth and Millennium were still not released.
 
 
* [[Simplicity]] - [[Matthew McGee (Agent Spork)]] ({{ig|id=13913}})
 
* [[Scythe 2]] - [[Erik Alm]] ({{ig|id=13600}})
 
* [[HedRox]] - [[Rodrigo Acevedo]] ({{ig|id=13458}})
 
* [[Suspended in Dusk]] - [[Esa Repo (Espi)]] ({{ig|id=13851}})
 
* [[Kama Sutra]] - [[Adolf Vojta (Gusta)]] and [[Jakub Razák|Jakub Razak (_MethoD_)]] ({{ig|id=13290}})
 
* [[Congestion 1024]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=13958}})
 
* [[Hi-Tech Hell 2 - Alien Tech]] - [[Simo Malinen]] ({{ig|id=13603}})
 
* [[Temple of Chaos 2 - Warped Reality]] - Matthew McGee (Agent Spork) ({{ig|id=13402}})
 
* [[Crimson Canyon]] - [[Jeffrey Graham (psyren)]] ({{ig|id=13317}})
 
* [[Total Control]] - [[Ronald Lubbelinkhof (Dutch Devil)]] ({{ig|id=13845}})
 
 
 
===Runners Up===
 
 
 
* [[For Whom the Bell Tolls]] - [[didy]] ({{ig|id=13934}})
 
* [[Altar of Evil]] - Ronald Lubbelinkhof (Dutch Devil) ({{ig|id=13700}})
 
 
 
===What the Hell!?===
 
 
 
* [[Happy Time Circus]] - [[Ray Schmitz (shitbag)]] ({{ig|id=13488}})
 
 
 
===Best DM level===
 
 
 
* [[Nimrod: Project Doom]] - Team Future ({{ig|id=14015}})
 
 
 
===Worst Wad===
 
 
 
* [[1994 level|1994 Wads]] - Too Many to Name
 
 
 
===Mordeth Award===
 
 
 
* [[Jägermörder 02: Terra Nova]] - [[Derek MacDonald (Afterglow)]] ({{ig|id=13722}})
 
 
 
===Mockaward===
 
 
 
* [[Kama Sutra]] - Adolf Vojta (Gusta) and Jakub Razak (_MethoD_) ({{ig|id=13290}})
 
 
 
===Mapper of the Year===
 
 
 
* [[Matthew McGee (Agent Spork)]]
 
  
 
=={{LE|13th Annual Cacowards (2006)|13th|2006}}==
 
=={{LE|13th Annual Cacowards (2006)|13th|2006}}==
 
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2006]]''
===Winners===
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The third installment saw the same team as the second. It introduced '''The Sky May Be''' as a category to pay homage to [[:Category:Memorial|departed members]] of the community. It has two runners-up and an '''Escher Award'''.
 
 
* [[Phocas Island 2]] - [[Chris Hopkins (chopkinsca)]] ({{ig|id=14661}})
 
* [[IC2005]] - [[Ian Cunnings (The Flange Peddler)]] ({{ig|id=14025}})
 
* [[Hellcore 2.0]] - [[Devon West (Darkfyre)]] and [[Robert Babor (Fusion)]] ({{ig|id=14651}})
 
* [[Newdoom Community Project]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=14102}})
 
* [[Operation Overlord]] - [[Nigel Rowand (Enjay)]] ({{ig|id=14095}})
 
* [[Vae Victus 2]] - [[Derek Braun (Dittohead)]] ({{ig|id=14582}})
 
* [[Phobia|Phobia: The Age]] - [[Kristian Käll (Kristus)]] ({{ig|id=14248}})
 
* [[Foreverhood]] 1.0 - [[Brian Goodsell (Skadoomer)]]
 
* [[Classic Episode 2: Singularity Complex]] - [[Jan Van der Veken]] ({{ig|id=14090}})
 
* [[Crucified Dreams]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=14485}})
 
 
 
===Runners Up===
 
 
 
* [[Oniria]] - [[Aluqah]] ({{ig|id=14521}})
 
* [[Zen Dynamics]] - [[Xaser]] ({{ig|id=14669}})
 
 
 
===Escher Award===
 
 
 
* [[Impossible: A New Reality]] - [[JK]] ({{ig|id=14650}})
 
 
 
===Best DM level===
 
 
 
* [[Dynamite Deathmatch]] - [[Matt Cibulas (RottKing)]] ({{ig|id=14568}})
 
 
 
===Worst Wad===
 
 
 
* [[Nazi Auferstehung]] - [[Dark Exodus]]
 
 
 
===Mordeth Award===
 
 
 
* [[Crucified Dreams]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=14485}})
 
 
 
===Mockaward===
 
 
 
* [[How Not To Be Seen!]] - [[Wills]] ({{ig|id=14111}})
 
** [[TurboCharged ARCADE!]] - Xaser ({{ig|id=14671}})
 
 
 
===Mapper of the Year===
 
 
 
* [[Ronald Lubbelinkhof (Dutch Devil)]]
 
  
 
=={{LE|14th Annual Cacowards (2007)|14th|2007}}==
 
=={{LE|14th Annual Cacowards (2007)|14th|2007}}==
 
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2007]]''
===Winners===
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Continuing on the formula honed by the second and third Cacowards, the fourth of the series had two runners-up and no extra category this time. The "Best DM Level" category was renamed '''Best Multiplayer Level'''. It was the first were Scuba Steve would announce that this installment was probably the last he wrote, and the first were he was joined by another writer for the awards themselves, in this case [[Dean Joseph (deathz0r)]].
 
 
* [[Genesis of Descent]] - [[Nick Laurent (hobomaster22)]] ({{ig|id=14866}})
 
* [[Cheogsh]] - [[Shadowman]] ({{ig|id=15060}})
 
* [[Songs of the Damned]] - [[Trevor Primmett (iori)]] ({{ig|id=14710}})
 
* [[The Dying End]] - [[Christopher Lutz]] ({{ig|id=15016}})
 
* [[Sine Die]] - didy ({{ig|id=15135}})
 
* [[Knee-Deep in ZDoom]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=15531}})
 
* [[Community Chest 3]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=15156}})
 
* [[EPIC]] - [[Alexander S. (Eternal)]] ({{ig|id=15125}})
 
* [[Torment and Torture (series)|The Ultimate Torment & Torture]] - [[Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667)]] ({{ig|id=15107}})
 
* [[The Outer Darkness]] - [[Varun Abhirama Krishna]] ({{ig|id=15061}})
 
 
 
===Runners Up===
 
 
 
* [[Demons of Problematique]] - [[Dennis Meuwissen (exl)]] ({{ig|id=15048}})
 
* [[Wonderful Doom]] - [[Wraith]] ({{ig|id=15641}})
 
 
 
===Best Multiplayer level===
 
 
 
* [[32in24 (series)#32in24-5.wad|32in24-5]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=15115}})
 
 
 
===Worst Wad===
 
 
 
* Anything [[Gamarra (series)|Gamarra]] - [[Giulio Galassi (Glassyman)]]
 
 
 
===Mordeth Award===
 
 
 
* [[Knee-Deep in ZDoom]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=15531}})
 
 
 
===Mockaward===
 
 
 
* [[It Only Gets Worse]] - Wills ({{ig|id=15034}})
 
 
 
===Mapper of the Year===
 
 
 
* [[Alexander S. (Eternal)]]
 
  
 
=={{LE|15th Annual Cacowards (2008)|15th|2008}}==
 
=={{LE|15th Annual Cacowards (2008)|15th|2008}}==
 
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2008]]''
===Winners===
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For the fifth Cacowards, Bill Koch was temporarily replaced by [[Alex Pritchard (pritch)]] for foreword duty. [[Patrick Pineda]] and [[Darknation]] assisted Steven Browning for writing the awards themselves. It had two runners-up and the extra category '''This is my Boomstick'''.
 
 
* [[Deus Vult II]] - Huy Pham (Doom Marine) ({{ig|id=15238}})
 
* [[Gravity]] - Alexander S. (Eternal) ({{ig|id=15467}})
 
* [[Urban Brawl: Action Doom 2]] - [[Action Team]] ({{ig|id=15430}})
 
* [[Eternal Doom IV]] - TeamTNT ({{ig|id=15193}})
 
* [[Thunderpeak]] - [[Björn Ostmann (Vader)]] ({{ig|id=15409}})
 
* [[Back to Basics]] - Esa Repo (Espi) ({{ig|id=15174}})
 
* [[BGPA Missions: Liberation]] - Nigel Rowand (Enjay) ({{ig|id=15457}})
 
* [[Chex Quest 3]] - [[Charles Jacobi]] ({{ig|id=}})
 
* [[Escape from Castle Chezcrea]] - [[Paul Hiebert (Creaphis)]] ({{ig|id=15220}})
 
* [[Cold as Hell]] - [[Jon Washburn (JonnyFive)]] ({{ig|id=15496}})
 
 
 
===This is my Boomstick===
 
* [[Diaz: The Last Hours of Purity]] (WW Hits Collection) - [[WildWeasel]] ({{ig|id=15465}})
 
 
 
===Runners Up===
 
 
 
* [[Remain III]] - Alexander "Eternal" S. ({{ig|id=15426}})
 
* [[XXXI CyberSky]] - Alexander "Eternal" S. ({{ig|id=15434}})
 
 
 
===Best Multiplayer level===
 
 
 
* [[32in24 (series)#32in24-7 AKA 32in24 7: Return of the Night of Capture the_Flag|32in24-7]] - YEDS ({{ig|id=15397}})
 
 
 
===Worst Wad===
 
 
 
* [[UAC Military Nightmare]] - [[Terry]] ({{ig|id=15427}})
 
 
 
===Mordeth Award===
 
 
 
* [[Deus Vult II]] - Huy Pham (Doom Marine) ({{ig|id=15238}})
 
 
 
===Mockaward===
 
 
 
* [[Community is Falling 3]] - [[Samuel Villarreal (Kaiser)]] ({{ig|id=15252}})
 
 
 
===Mapper of the Year===
 
 
 
* [[Björn Ostmann (Vader)]]
 
  
 
=={{LE|16th Annual Cacowards (2009)|16th|2009}}==
 
=={{LE|16th Annual Cacowards (2009)|16th|2009}}==
 
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2009]]''
===Winners===
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Bill Koch resumed manning the foreword station, and the awards were written with contributions from Patrick Pineda, [[Ryan Nematollahi (hobbs)]], and [[Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium)]]. Like previous installments, it had two runners-up. The anniversary shifted from Action Doom to its prequel, [[Action Doom 2: Urban Brawl]]. This installment also started the '''I'm Bored!''' tradition where readers are asked to create a short Doom map based on the output of a random idea generator before New Year's Eve.
 
 
* [[Hell Ground]] - Alexander S. (Eternal) ({{ig|id=15919}})
 
* [[NewDoom Community Project II]] - Various Authors ({{ig|id=15652}})
 
* [[Harmony]] - [[Thomas van der Velden]]
 
* [[Mapgame]] - [[Ravage]] ({{ig|id=15671}})
 
* [[Legacy of Suffering]] - [[LoganMTM]] ({{ig|id=15942}})
 
* [[Tribute]] - [[Zalewa]] ({{ig|id=15603}})
 
* [[Ghouls vs Humans]] - [[Cutman Mike]] ({{ig|id=15553}})
 
* [[Whispers of Satan]] - [[Paul Corfiatis]] and [[Kristian Aro]] ({{ig|id=15950}})
 
* [[Demons of Problematique 2]] - Dennis Meuwissen (exl) ({{ig|id=15862}})
 
* [[Plutonia 2]] - Plutonia 2 Team ({{ig|id=15550}})
 
 
 
===Runners Up===
 
 
 
* [[Happy Time Circus 2]] - Ray Schmitz (shitbag) ({{ig|id=15855}})
 
* [[Cheogsh 2]] - Shadowman ({{ig|id=15933}})
 
 
 
===Best Multiplayer level===
 
 
 
* [[Unidoom DM (series)#UDMX|UDMX]] - Unidoom ({{ig|id=15549}})
 
 
 
===Worst Wad===
 
 
 
* [[Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667)|Tormentor667]]'s Detail Guide
 
 
 
===Mordeth Award===
 
 
 
* [[Plutonia 2]] - Plutonia 2 Team ({{ig|id=15550}})
 
 
 
===Mockaward===
 
 
 
* [[Killing Adventure]] - [[Ruba]] ({{ig|id=15846}})
 
 
 
===Mapper of the Year===
 
 
 
* [[Brett Harrell (Mechadon)]]
 
  
 
=={{LE|17th Annual Cacowards (2010)|17th|2010}}==
 
=={{LE|17th Annual Cacowards (2010)|17th|2010}}==
 
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2010]]''
===Winners===
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The seventh episode of the Cacowards had two runners-up, but with an additional five mentions.
 
 
* [[No Rest for the Living]] - [[Nerve Software]]
 
* [[Arcadia Demade]] - [[J.P. LeBreton]] ([http://vectorpoem.com/news/?p=68])
 
* [[Curse of D'Sparil]] - [[Kristian_Käll_(Kristus)|Kristus]] ({{ig|id=15999}})
 
* [[UAC Ultra]] - [[40oz]] & SuperJamie ({{ig|id=16038}}, texture set {{ig|id=16042}})
 
* [[Unloved]] - [[BlueEagle]] ({{ig|id=16060}})
 
* [[Valhalla]] - [[Ed]] ({{ig|id=16255}})
 
* [[Speed of Doom]] - [[Joshy]] & [[Darkwave0000]] ({{ig|id=16040}})
 
* [[Drip Feed]] - [[Iori]] ({{ig|id=16084}})
 
* [[Epic 2]] - [[Alexander "Eternal" S.]] ({{ig|id=16262}})
 
* [[Stronghold]] - [[Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667)|Tormentor667]] & Stronghold team ({{ig|id=16248}})
 
 
 
===Runners Up===
 
 
 
* [[Beyond Revival]] - [[Fiend]] ({{ig|id=16273}})
 
* [[Base Ganymede]] Episode 2 - [[Adam Woodmansey (Khorus)]] ({{ig|id=15933}})
 
 
 
===Also mentioned===
 
* [[Threshold of Pain]] - ({{ig|id=16196}})
 
* [[Realm of Cheogsh]] - ({{ig|id=16174}})
 
* [[Serpent: Resurrection]] - ({{ig|id=16211}})
 
* [[Temple of the Lizardmen 2]] - ({{ig|id=16274}})
 
* [[Paranoid]] - ({{ig|id=16290}})
 
 
 
===Best Multiplayer level===
 
 
 
* [[Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch|Megaman 8-bit Deathmatch]] - [[Cutmanmike]] et al. [http://cutstuff.net/blog/?page_id=1490]
 
 
 
===Worst Wad===
 
 
 
* [[Æons of Death]] - DBThanatos et al. [http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=20500]
 
 
 
===Mordeth Award===
 
 
 
* [[Stronghold]] - [[Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667)|Tormentor667]] & Stronghold team ({{ig|id=16248}})
 
 
 
===Mockaward===
 
 
 
* [[TurboCharged Arcade!]] - [[Xaser]] & [[Jimmy]] ([http://ionline.vectec.net/turbotwo.zip ionline])
 
 
 
===Mapper of the Year===
 
 
 
* [[Jon Vail (40oz)]]
 
  
 
=={{LE|18th Annual Cacowards (2011)|18th|2011}}==
 
=={{LE|18th Annual Cacowards (2011)|18th|2011}}==
 
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2011]]''
===Winners===
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The eighth Cacowards was the first not to be written by Scuba Steve; instead it was written by Ryan Nematollahi (hobbs), with a couple of contributions by Sarah Mancuso. With this came a few changes, notably the disappearance of the "Worst Wad" category because it was considered "sort of dumb" to reward people for uploading low-quality work. The "Mockaward" category also disappeared this year. Instead, a new category for '''Best Gameplay''' was introduced, echoing the "Boomstick" mention from the 2008 awards; and a new mention was made for '''Honoring a Newcomer'''. In addition, a '''Consolation Prize''' was given for [[Doom64 EX]], a work that could not fit any category.
 
 
* [[Plutonia: Revisited Community Project|Plutonia Revisited]] - Various authors ({{ig|id=16429}})
 
* [[Vaporware]] Demo - [[Michael Mancuso (esselfortium)]] ([http://essel.spork-chan.net/maps/vaporware/ official site])
 
* [[Lunatic]] - [[Paul DeBruyne (skillsaw)]] ({{ig|id=16551}})
 
* [[Double Impact]] - [[Matt Cibulas (RottKing)]] & [[Ralph Vickers (Ralphis)]] ({{ig|id=16419}})
 
* [[Vanguard]] - Paul DeBruyne (skillsaw) ({{ig|id=16463}})
 
* [[Reverie]] - [[Michael Jan Krizik (valkiriforce)]] ({{ig|id=16630}})
 
* [[Jenesis]] - [[James Paddock (Jimmy)]] ({{ig|id=16640}})
 
* [[Icebound]] - [[Christopher Lutz]] ({{ig|id=16357}})
 
* [[Mandrill Ass Project]] - [[Aluqah]] ({{ig|id=16462}})
 
* [[Khorus' Speedy Shit]] - [[Adam Woodmansey (Khorus)]] ({{ig|id=16639}})
 
 
 
===Honoring a Newcomer===
 
 
 
* [[Doom II Redux]] - [[Richard Frei (Tarnsman)|Tarnsman]] ({{dwforums|57539|Doomworld forums thread}})
 
 
 
===Consolation Prize===
 
 
 
* [[Doom64 EX]] - [[Samuel Villarreal (Kaiser)]] ([http://doom64ex.wordpress.com/ official site])
 
 
 
===Best Multiplayer===
 
 
 
* [[32in24 (series)|32in24-11: Occupy Doomworld]] - The 32in24 Team ({{ig|id=16620}})
 
 
 
===Best Gameplay Mod===
 
 
 
* [[Brütal Doom]] - [[Sergeant Mark IV]] [http://www.wadhost.fathax.com/files/brutaldoomv013.zip]
 
 
 
===Mordeth Award===
 
 
 
* [[1994 Tune-up Community Project]] - Various authors ({{ig|id=16561}})
 
 
 
===Mapper of the Year===
 
 
 
* [[Paul DeBruyne (skillsaw)]]
 
  
 
=={{LE|19th Annual Cacowards (2012)|19th|2012}}==
 
=={{LE|19th Annual Cacowards (2012)|19th|2012}}==
 
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2012]]''
===Winners===
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The ninth installment of the Cacowards was delayed by Steven Browning's successor having left without writing them or even warning anybody that he would not write them. After some discussion on the Doomworld forums, the community selected a team made of [[Xaser]], [[Alfonzo]], and [[kmxexii]] to take the hold. Scuba Steve made a return to reinstate the Mockawards. There were five runners-up, and a special '''What The Pope?!''' mention. The navigation column also saw the introduction of the long mod listing filed under '''What Are We Waiting For?'''
 
 
* [[Doom the Way id Did]] - Various authors ({{ig|id=16721}})
 
* [[Strife: Absolute Order]] - [[Adam Woodmansey (Khorus)]] ({{ig|id=17009}})
 
* [[Putrefier]] - [[Ed Cripps]] ({{ig|id=16965}})
 
* [[5till L1 Complex]] - [[Lainos]] ({{ig|id=16861}})
 
* [[Community Chest 4]] - Various authors ({{ig|id=16911}})
 
* [[Reelism]] - [[The Kins]] & 300 Pounds ({{zdforums|t=31490}})
 
* [[The Eye]] - [[Mouldy]] ({{ig|id=17053}})
 
* [[Combat Shock 2]] - [[Dannebubinga]] ({{ig|id=16966}})
 
* [[Winter's Fury]] - [[Pyroscourge]] ({{dwforums|62496}})
 
* [[Base Ganymede: Complete]] - [[Adam Woodmansey (Khorus)]] ({{ig|id=16694}})
 
 
 
===Runners Up===
 
* [[Beyond Reality]] - [[Jack101]] ({{ig|id=16974}})
 
* [[Masters of Chaos]] - [[Caleb]] & [[Doom_Warrior ]] ({{ig|id=16817}})
 
* [[Frozen Time]] - [[Alexander S. (Eternal)]] ({{ig|id=17030}})
 
* [[Planisphere 2]] - [[Perro Seco]] ({{dwforums|61701}})
 
* [[Coffee Break Episode 1]] - [[Matt Tropiano]] ({{ig|id=16862}})
 
 
 
===Honoring a Newcomer===
 
 
 
* "Maps by Purist's Six Year Old Son" - Dylan ({{dwforums|59100|Doomworld forums thread}})
 
 
 
===Best Multiplayer===
 
 
 
* [[WhoDunIt]] - Conflagrated, Theshooter7, TheMisterCat, Peanut, Zeberpal, et al. ({{ig|id=17028}})
 
 
 
===Best Gameplay Mod===
 
 
 
* [[Russian Overkill]] and [[Reinforcement from Moldova|Expansion]] - [[PillowBlaster]] ({{zdforums|t=29915}}, {{zdforums|t=32978|expansion thread}})
 
 
 
===Mordeth Award===
 
 
 
* [[Community Chest 4]] - Various authors ({{ig|id=16911}})
 
 
 
===Mockaward===
 
 
 
* [[Call of Dooty II]] - [[Chubzdoomer]] ({{zdforums|t=34569}})
 
 
 
===What The Pope?!===
 
 
 
* Grezzo 2
 
 
 
===Mapper of the Year===
 
 
 
* [[Adam Woodmansey (Khorus)]]
 
  
 
=={{LE|20th Annual Cacowards (2013)|20th|2013}}==
 
=={{LE|20th Annual Cacowards (2013)|20th|2013}}==
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2013]]''
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The tenth episode of the series saw more changes. The "Best Multiplayer" category turned into its own page with three '''Multiplayer Awards''', and before the awards themselves a new page was inserted for the '''Espi Award for Lifetime Achievement''', which honors someone for their contributions over an extended time, instead of a single year. To write all that, the team from the ninth Cacowards were joined by Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium) and [[Boris Klimeš (dew)]]. "Honoring a newcomer" was renamed '''Most promising newcomer''' and was awarded to three different persons. There were six runners-up, and a [[Joke WAD|jokewad]] got the special mention of '''Sing the praise of pants'''...
  
===Winners===
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=={{LE|21st Annual Cacowards (2014)|21st|21th|2014}}==
 
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2014]]''
* [[Back to Saturn X]] - Various authors ({{dwforums|62529}})
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The eleventh installment saw, in addition to the regular team, writing contributions from Steven Browning and [[James Haley (Quasar)]]. It had seven runners-up, plus special categories for '''Play Thy Role''' and '''Runners-up... for the Mockaward?'''. It also saw the "Most promising newcomers" category properly pluralized this time.
* [[Doom 2 the Way id Did]] - Various authors ({{dwforums|66113}})
 
* [[Unholy Realms]] - [[Brian Knox (Snakes)]] ({{dwforums|65688}})
 
* [[The ZDoom Community Map Project "Take 2"]] - Various authors ({{dwforums|66503}})
 
* [[Fuel Devourer]] - Archi & C4tnt ({{ig|file=levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/fueldevr.zip}})
 
* [[Kuchitsu]] - [[Memfis]] ({{ig|file=levels/doom2/Ports/j-l/kuchitsu.zip}})
 
* [[Forsaken Overlook]] - [[Matt Tropiano]] ({{ig|file=levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/fsknovlk.zip}})
 
* [[Stardate 20X6]] - [[Ribbiks]] ({{ig|file=levels/doom2/Ports/s-u/stardate.zip}})
 
* [[Pirate Doom]] - [[Darch]] ({{dwforums|60067}})
 
* [[Swim With The Whales]] - [[Ribbiks]] ({{dwforums|66260}})
 
 
 
===Runners Up===
 
* [[Interception]] - Various authors ({{ig|file=levels/doom2/megawads/intercep.zip}})
 
* [[Hadephobia]] - Various authors ({{ig|file=levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/h_phobia.zip}})
 
* [[Hellbound]] - [[Z86]] ({{dwforums|59814}})
 
* [[High / Low 5]] - [[Chris Hansen]] ({{ig|file=levels/doom2/g-i/highlow5.zip}})
 
* [[Soulcrusher]] - [[Alter-Zero]] ({{dwforums|62070}})
 
* [[Stomper]] - [[Pawel Zarczynski (NMN)]] ({{dsda|id=2044}})
 
 
 
===Honoring a Newcomer===
 
* Eris Falling, Obsidian and Scifista42 ({{dwforums|62339}} & {{ig|file=levels/doom2/Ports/0-9/100lines.zip}})
 
 
 
===Multiplayer Awards===
 
* [[Eyedea]] - [[Alex Mayfield (AlexMax)]] ({{ig|file=levels/doom2/deathmatch/Ports/d-f/eyedea.zip}})
 
* [[Samsara]] - [[TerminusEst13]] et al. ({{zanforums|tid=200}})
 
* [[Eon Deathmatch]] - [[Ru5tK1ng]] & [[Hatred]] ({{zanforums|tid=4031}})
 
 
 
===Best Gameplay Mod===
 
* [[Project MSX]] - [[MagSigmaX]] ({{zdforums|t=25836}})
 
 
 
===Mordeth Award===
 
* [[The ZDoom Community Map Project "Take 2"]] - Various authors ({{dwforums|66503}})
 
 
 
===Mockaward===
 
* [[ Extreme Weapon Pack]] - [[Doggo120]] ({{ig|file=combos/ewpack.zip}})
 
 
 
===Sing the Praises of Pants===
 
* [[WOOO]] - Various authors ({{ig|file=levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/wooo.zip}})
 
  
===Mapper of the Year===
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=={{LE|22nd Annual Cacowards (2015)|22nd|22th|2015}}==
* [[Ribbiks]]
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2015]]''
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The twelfth installment saw guest writing from [[Andrew Stine (Linguica)]] and TerminusEst13. It had six runners-up and a '''fandoom''' mention for various in-progress [[total conversion]]s.
  
===Espi Award===
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=={{LE|23rd Annual Cacowards (2016)|22rd|22th|2016}}==
* [[Samuel Villarreal (Kaiser)]]
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:''Main article: [[Cacowards 2016]]''
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The thirteenth installment was written by Alfonzo, dew, kmxexii, ScubaSteve, and TerminusEst13. It had exceptionally ''eleven'' Cacoward winners, including an actual physical Cacoward trophy sent to [[John Romero]] for his [[Tech Gone Bad]] level. It also had six runners-up, a '''Neat Stuff Safari''' sidebar mentioning nine mods and utilities that were deemed "not quite award-worthy" but still worth a look, and an '''Eye of the Beholder''' sidebar for three graphical improvement mods.
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
  
* [http://www.doomworld.com/11years/ The 11th Annual Cacowards]
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* [https://www.doomworld.com/12years/ The 12th Annual Cacowards]
* [http://www.doomworld.com/13years/ The 13th Annual Cacowards]
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* [https://www.doomworld.com/13years/ The 13th Annual Cacowards]
* [http://www.doomworld.com/14years/ The 14th Annual Cacowards]
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* [https://www.doomworld.com/14years/ The 14th Annual Cacowards]
* [http://www.doomworld.com/15years/ The 15th Annual Cacowards]
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* [https://www.doomworld.com/15years/ The 15th Annual Cacowards]
* [http://www.doomworld.com/16years/ The 16th Annual Cacowards]
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* [https://www.doomworld.com/16years/ The 16th Annual Cacowards]
* [http://www.doomworld.com/17years/ The 17th Annual Cacowards]
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* [https://www.doomworld.com/17years/ The 17th Annual Cacowards]
* [http://www.doomworld.com/18years/ The 18th Annual Cacowards]
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* [https://www.doomworld.com/18years/ The 18th Annual Cacowards]
* [http://www.doomworld.com/19years/ The 19th Annual Cacowards]
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* [http://www.doomworld.com/20years/ The 20th Annual Cacowards]
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* [https://www.doomworld.com/21years/ The 21st Annual Cacowards]
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* [https://www.doomworld.com/22years/ The 22nd Annual Cacowards]
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* [https://www.doomworld.com/23years/ The 23rd Annual Cacowards]
 
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Cacowards
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The Cacowards are an annual feature at Doomworld, released on Doom's birthday, to recognize the year's best mods. Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve) is credited with the original concept. The series started in 2004 with the so-called 11th edition, which attempted to replicate the success of similar articles in the previous year's 10 Years of Doom celebration, the Top 100 WADs of All Time and the Top 10 Infamous WADs. The 23rd (actually 13th) installment appeared in 2016.

The award categories have gradually evolved. As of 2016, all years have included:

  • At least ten overall Winners.
  • One or more Multiplayer Awards (formerly Best DM Level) for outstanding multiplayer maps.
  • The Mapper of the Year.
  • The Mordeth Award for a major release with a long development cycle (named after the notoriously delayed Mordeth E2).

Most editions have also included:

  • Runners-Up lists of varying lengths.
  • The Mockaward for an outstanding joke WAD (named after Mockery).

Until 2014, the awards also included a one-off honorable mention with a name matching the WAD's theme, such as the Escher Award in 2006 and What The Pope?! in 2012. Each publication is around six pages long, including a foreword with a title card parodying a recent piece of popular media. Various year-in-review notes usually appear in sidebars, such as epitaphs, or sardonic "anniversaries" involving the writers' own projects.

A nomination thread at the Doomworld forums runs all year long, listing and discussing candidates. However, there is no formal voting and the article writers make the ultimate decisions on all recipients.

11th Annual Cacowards (2004)

Main article: Cacowards 2004

The first Cacowards was the idea and creation of Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve), with assistance from Mike Lightner (Mancubus II) who hosted a voting forum and created the graphics, and a foreword by Mike Watson (Cyb). The result is an article of five pages, listing, in no particular order, ten mods deemed to have been the best of the year, and completing it with some additional awards: Best DM Level, Mordeth Award for longest development time, Mockaward for the "best comedy wad of the year", a Mapper of the Year for the map author whose contributions were the most significant this year, three Runners-Up, one Honorable Mention, and the controversial award of the Worst Wad. To fill space in the side column which contains the navigation links to the other parts of the article and presents the runners-up, some "Did you know?" factoids were inserted on the last page.

12th Annual Cacowards (2005)

Main article: Cacowards 2005

The second Cacowards followed the formula of the first, still written by Steven Browning and illustrated by Mike Lightner. The foreword was this time written by Bill Koch (Bloodshedder). There were only two runners-up this year, and no honorable mention, but one mod was given the What the Hell!? mention. Some additional content started to make its way to the side-column, such as a "WAD scramble", and the "Did You Know?" started making a tradition of marking the anniversaries of Action Doom and pointing out that Mordeth and Millennium were still not released.

13th Annual Cacowards (2006)

Main article: Cacowards 2006

The third installment saw the same team as the second. It introduced The Sky May Be as a category to pay homage to departed members of the community. It has two runners-up and an Escher Award.

14th Annual Cacowards (2007)

Main article: Cacowards 2007

Continuing on the formula honed by the second and third Cacowards, the fourth of the series had two runners-up and no extra category this time. The "Best DM Level" category was renamed Best Multiplayer Level. It was the first were Scuba Steve would announce that this installment was probably the last he wrote, and the first were he was joined by another writer for the awards themselves, in this case Dean Joseph (deathz0r).

15th Annual Cacowards (2008)

Main article: Cacowards 2008

For the fifth Cacowards, Bill Koch was temporarily replaced by Alex Pritchard (pritch) for foreword duty. Patrick Pineda and Darknation assisted Steven Browning for writing the awards themselves. It had two runners-up and the extra category This is my Boomstick.

16th Annual Cacowards (2009)

Main article: Cacowards 2009

Bill Koch resumed manning the foreword station, and the awards were written with contributions from Patrick Pineda, Ryan Nematollahi (hobbs), and Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium). Like previous installments, it had two runners-up. The anniversary shifted from Action Doom to its prequel, Action Doom 2: Urban Brawl. This installment also started the I'm Bored! tradition where readers are asked to create a short Doom map based on the output of a random idea generator before New Year's Eve.

17th Annual Cacowards (2010)

Main article: Cacowards 2010

The seventh episode of the Cacowards had two runners-up, but with an additional five mentions.

18th Annual Cacowards (2011)

Main article: Cacowards 2011

The eighth Cacowards was the first not to be written by Scuba Steve; instead it was written by Ryan Nematollahi (hobbs), with a couple of contributions by Sarah Mancuso. With this came a few changes, notably the disappearance of the "Worst Wad" category because it was considered "sort of dumb" to reward people for uploading low-quality work. The "Mockaward" category also disappeared this year. Instead, a new category for Best Gameplay was introduced, echoing the "Boomstick" mention from the 2008 awards; and a new mention was made for Honoring a Newcomer. In addition, a Consolation Prize was given for Doom64 EX, a work that could not fit any category.

19th Annual Cacowards (2012)

Main article: Cacowards 2012

The ninth installment of the Cacowards was delayed by Steven Browning's successor having left without writing them or even warning anybody that he would not write them. After some discussion on the Doomworld forums, the community selected a team made of Xaser, Alfonzo, and kmxexii to take the hold. Scuba Steve made a return to reinstate the Mockawards. There were five runners-up, and a special What The Pope?! mention. The navigation column also saw the introduction of the long mod listing filed under What Are We Waiting For?

20th Annual Cacowards (2013)

Main article: Cacowards 2013

The tenth episode of the series saw more changes. The "Best Multiplayer" category turned into its own page with three Multiplayer Awards, and before the awards themselves a new page was inserted for the Espi Award for Lifetime Achievement, which honors someone for their contributions over an extended time, instead of a single year. To write all that, the team from the ninth Cacowards were joined by Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium) and Boris Klimeš (dew). "Honoring a newcomer" was renamed Most promising newcomer and was awarded to three different persons. There were six runners-up, and a jokewad got the special mention of Sing the praise of pants...

21st Annual Cacowards (2014)

Main article: Cacowards 2014

The eleventh installment saw, in addition to the regular team, writing contributions from Steven Browning and James Haley (Quasar). It had seven runners-up, plus special categories for Play Thy Role and Runners-up... for the Mockaward?. It also saw the "Most promising newcomers" category properly pluralized this time.

22nd Annual Cacowards (2015)

Main article: Cacowards 2015

The twelfth installment saw guest writing from Andrew Stine (Linguica) and TerminusEst13. It had six runners-up and a fandoom mention for various in-progress total conversions.

23rd Annual Cacowards (2016)

Main article: Cacowards 2016

The thirteenth installment was written by Alfonzo, dew, kmxexii, ScubaSteve, and TerminusEst13. It had exceptionally eleven Cacoward winners, including an actual physical Cacoward trophy sent to John Romero for his Tech Gone Bad level. It also had six runners-up, a Neat Stuff Safari sidebar mentioning nine mods and utilities that were deemed "not quite award-worthy" but still worth a look, and an Eye of the Beholder sidebar for three graphical improvement mods.

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