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[[File:Doom16ENDOOMHacked.png|thumb|right|320px|Hacked [[ENDOOM]] screen in Doom v1.6]]
 
'''Eric Yick Leung''' was a student at the {{wp|University of British Columbia}}, noted for taking credit for releasing the "unofficial" [[Versions of Doom and Doom II#v1.6|v1.6]] release of Doom. A self-proclaimed "King of DOOM" and "DOOM-GOD", Eric challenged [[John Romero]] to a [[deathmatch]] on {{wp|Usenet}}.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action/bNwvmpIFJ3A Usenet post] challenging Romero, with Romero's response.</ref> Among other boastful claims, he stated that he practiced "12 hours a day", taking "wake up pills" in order to keep playing.
 
'''Eric Yick Leung''' was a student at the {{wp|University of British Columbia}}, noted for taking credit for releasing the "unofficial" [[Versions of Doom and Doom II#v1.6|v1.6]] release of Doom. A self-proclaimed "King of DOOM" and "DOOM-GOD", Eric challenged [[John Romero]] to a [[deathmatch]] on {{wp|Usenet}}.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action/bNwvmpIFJ3A Usenet post] challenging Romero, with Romero's response.</ref> Among other boastful claims, he stated that he practiced "12 hours a day", taking "wake up pills" in order to keep playing.
  

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Hacked ENDOOM screen in Doom v1.6

Eric Yick Leung was a student at the University of British Columbia, noted for taking credit for releasing the "unofficial" v1.6 release of Doom. A self-proclaimed "King of DOOM" and "DOOM-GOD", Eric challenged John Romero to a deathmatch on Usenet.[1] Among other boastful claims, he stated that he practiced "12 hours a day", taking "wake up pills" in order to keep playing.

References

  1. Usenet post challenging Romero, with Romero's response.