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LegacyZ main logo.

LegacyZ (formerly known as Zandrossia) is one of the biggest parts of Russian Doom Community. It was formed on September 15, 2017, by two Russian doomers Dant3 and Jet. Originally a made-for-fun group on a social network, it has grown into one of the largest gaming societies in Russia that unites Doom games fans all across the CIS and helps the Doom community to obtain new members. The main and most significant activities of LegacyZ are the organization of online tournaments with monetary prizes and the holding of various LAN parties in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Offline events[edit]

The beginning[edit]

From the end of 2017 to the beginning of 2018 the community existed only as a group on a social network[1] where its administrators posted entertaining content (such as memes, funny videos, reactions to news, etc.) about Doom and some other id Software games. The name of the group Zandrossia was coined as a result of the merger of two words: Zandronum and Russia (spelled "Rossiya" in Russian).

In the spring of 2018 the number of subscribers of the Zandrossia group increased and its creators started to think how to develop the community outside the Internet. There came new people who wanted to help with the development and to become a part of a new community. The list of signature games was expanded to Doom, Quake, Serious Sam, Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, Half-Life, Counter-Strike and even Castle Crashers. The name of the group was changed to LegacyZ and this small group started to make its way to becoming a large community.

May 20, 2018 became the first trial to the fresh organization. There was Epic Con 2018[2] in St. Petersburg, which was a big festival and LegacyZ held two exhibitions of Doom and Serious Sam there. The visitors were glad to play and look at these games, so the first attempt turned out to be a success.

Further activities[edit]

People enjoying the Doom section at the DoomCon 3.0: The 25th Anniversary of Doom.
  • May 19-20, 2018 — Epic Con 2018 Saint-Petersburg - The first LAN-party "DoomCon". Doom II Duel and QCDE Duel Tournaments.
  • August 25, 2018 — Chaos Constructions 2018[3] — Doom II, Quake III Arena and WarCraft II tournaments.
  • November 16, 2018 — Geekcon 2 (Herzen University, SPB) — Quake III Arena party.
  • December 10, 2018 — DoomCon 3.0: The 25th Anniversary of Doom[4] — Hosting, 3 Doom II tournaments, video call to John Romero.
  • April 27, 2019 — Epic Con 2019[5] — Serious Sam exhibition.
  • June 1, 2019 — DUKECON.EXE — Duke Nukem 3D tournament.
  • August 24, 2019 — TechTrain 2019[6] — big Doom II and Quake II Team Deathmatch 2-on-2 tournaments, Deathmatch battle with John Romero.
  • May 29, 2021 — Epic Con 2021 — Castle Crashers exhibition (medieval camp).
  • August 7, 2021 — GBX Moscow Summer LAN Party 2021 — Doom II FFA tournament and QuakeWorld TDM 4-on-4 draft tournament.
  • August 28, 2021 — Summer Chaos Constructions 2021[7] — Doom II TDM 2-on-2 tournament.
  • November 27, 2021 — Demodulation 2021 in Yandex Museum[8] — Doom II Duel tournament and Quake III Arena FFA tournament.
  • June 19, 2022 — GEEK PARTY #1 — Doom II (FFA), Quake III Arena (FFA) and Counter-Strike (5 vs 5) tournaments.
  • August 9, 2022 — GBX Moscow Summer LAN Party 2022 — Doom II and Wolfenstein 3D FFA tournaments.
  • September 17, 2022 — Demodulation 2022 in Yandex Museum[9] — Quake II and QuakeWorld TDM 2-on-2 tournaments. Also ZDoomWars as a freeplay part.
  • April 15, 2023 — Starcon 1853 — Doom II FFA Tournament + Hordamex survival.
  • June 3-4, 2023 - Epic Con 2023 SPB - LegacyZ was a part of "Retro Game Zone" with Yandex Museum, RetroTech Squad, GBX Summer Party and Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines. FFA series tournaments (Doom II, QuakeWorld, Serious Sam TFE, Blood, QCDE, Сounter-Strike 1.6, Half-Life).

Besides, LegacyZ holds small LAN parties on the last weekend of every month at Diskette Lounge bar.

Online events[edit]

LegacyZ hosts online tournaments on a regular basis. Usually, the tournament is announced long before it starts, so the participants have enough time to hone their skills and prepare. The amount of cash prize depends entirely on donations they receive in a period between the announcement of the tournament and its end. 100% of the donations go directly to the prize pool.

Tournaments are held in all known deathmatch modes, such as Free For All, Capture the Flag, Team Deathmatch, Duel, etc. Games may also vary, but Doom and Quake are played most of the time. Tournament matches are always streamed on the LegacyZ Twitch channel with live commentary. Viewers can also switch to watch the playoff brackets.[10]

The most notable online event was the Bombora Champions tournament hosted by Bombora Publisher in collaboration with LegacyZ on March 20-27, 2021.[11]

Doom II tournaments:

  • February 17-24, 2019 - LegacyZ Capture the flag 3-on-3. Zandronum. Not finished.
  • March 20-21 and 27, 2021 - Bombora Champions. OS Duel. Odamex. Two Qualifiers and Final stage.
  • December 18, 2021 - LegacyZ NS Duel Tournament №1. ZDaemon
  • September 24, 2022 - LegacyZ TDM Tournament 2 vs 2. ZDaemon
  • December 10, 2022 - LegacyZ OS Duel Tournament №2 - Nubas Edition (for weak duel players). Zandronum

Other games tournaments:

  • May 8, 2023 - Multistein3D (Multiplayer version of Wolfenstein 3D by TGA) Tournament. FFA Qualifier, then Final Duel stage.

Besides, LegacyZ holds small-party multiplayer games for everyone who wants at least twice per month. The games are hosted on Zandronum, ZDaemon or Odamex servers.

LegacyZ team[edit]

LegacyZ and John Romero at TechTrain 2019.

Although LegacyZ itself is a community of which all the people involved are a part, there are also people responsible for organizing events and managing the community.

Community leaders[edit]

  • Dant3
  • Scott White
  • Outcast

Honorary contributors[edit]

Interesting facts[edit]

  • Dant3, one of the leaders of LegacyZ, loves to refer to the community as a "wandering computer club", because all the equipment and computers for LAN parties often have to be transported from place to place.
  • DoomCon, unlike QuakeCon, has no official status and was invented exclusively by LegacyZ due to the lack of such an event format.
  • LegacyZ still has no sponsor and functioning only via donations and team members' own money.
  • An article about LegacyZ called 'Russian Doom LAN Parties' was published in the 20th issue of The Doom Master Wadazine.[12]

Gallery[edit]

  • The people who truly love games.

  • The guys in LegacyZ merchandise.

  • LegacyZ workstations.

  • Again with the father of DOOM.

External links[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Zandrossia (15 September 2017). "First post in the group." Zandrossia. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Epic Con (20 May 2018). "Festival photos." Epic Con Saint Petersburg 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Chaos Constructions (25 August 2018). "Chaos Constructions Festival Summary." Chaos Constructions Saint Petersburg 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  4. ↑ LegacyZ (10 December 2018). "DoomCon 3.0 photos." DoomCon 3.0: The 25th Anniversary of Doom. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Epic Con (27 April 2019). "Festival announcement." Epic Con 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  6. ↑ TechTrain (24 August 2019). "Main website of the festival." TechTrain 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Chaos Constructions (28 August 2021). "Chaos Constructions Festival Summary." Summer Chaos Constructions 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  8. ↑ LegacyZ (27 November 2021). "Demodulation 2021 photos." Demodulation 2021 in Yandex Museum. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  9. ↑ LegacyZ (17 September 2022). "Demodulation 2022 photos." Demodulation 2022 in Yandex Museum. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  10. ↑ LegacyZ (24 September 2022). "Example of the playoff bracket." LegacyZ TDM Tournament 2 vs 2. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Bombora Publisher (27 March 2021). "The main website of the tournament." Bombora Champions. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  12. ↑ Endless (28 March 2023). "The Doom Master Wadazine #20." Endless. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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