From DoomWiki.org Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history. Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! {{User:ConSiGno/Template:lore}} {{stub}} [[File:Nickbakerworld.png|thumb|right|Doomworld Forums was rebranded "Nick Baker Moderated World" at the height of the drama.]] {{quote|'Nick Bakery' is a term that was invented by (I believe) Darknation, which is used to describe the wacky antics of Nick 'NiGHTMARE' Baker.|AgentSpork}} '''Nickbakery''', or '''Nick Bakery''', is a Doom Community phrase meaning "nonsense", or, originally, a phrase describing an exaggerated action or actions taken while reacting to a situation (that no one really cares about) to the point of annoyance and inviting ridicule. Unfortunately, this involves an accomplished community member, [[Nick Baker (NiGHTMARE)]], and his reaction to a resource leak of [[Knee-Deep in ZDoom]], which had been in {{wp|development hell}} for years, and faced legal scrutiny from {{wp|Todd Hollenshead}} of [[id Software]]. The reaction of the community towards NiGHTMARE's attitude may be seen as harsh in retrospect, even going as far as [[Doomworld]] renaming itself to "Nick Baker's Moderated World" for a while, and could be described as an apex of Doom community drama. == History == ''See: [[Knee-Deep in ZDoom July 2005 source leak]]'' While KDIZD was still in development in July 2005, a "cabal" of Doom community members conspired on IRC, for reasons unknown, to "attack the ZDoom". This was in dark response to the massive amount of "faux-hype" that the creators of KDIZD attempted to foster on Doomworld Forums and elsewhere, which they saw as obnoxious. Finally, one of them, codenamed "Dron", managed to get into the KDiZD development ftp, and quickly distributed all the files via IRC overnight. The response the next morning was varied, from some who claimed their work was being seen too early, to some who vowed to quit the Doom modding scene altogether. NiGHTMARE then posted a thread on ZDoom Forums on July 19, 2005, warning the Doom community to never allow a person named "Dron" to work on Doom projects. This drama quickly spilled into other community forums, including Doomworld. Given that KDIZD was a [[ZDoom]] project over on ZDoom Forums, many in the Doomworld community met the drama with indifference, with some ready to stir the pot. One forum user announced on IRC "a massive prize for photoshopped pictures depicting 'the nickbakery'". == The Term == It has widely been accepted that [[Darknation]] is the creator of the "nickbakery" term, through a very graphic fan-fiction he created just days after the leak. NiGHTMARE reacted predictably, with the response from Darknation being outright mockery. The two have been at odds ever since. == Impact == The Doom community had fun with the term for a few years, and was included in [[32in24_(series)#Diet_32in24| Diet 32in24]] as an ad for a bakery, which claimed to sell "cockcakeodemons". Given that the drama is 10 years old, a shrinking number of people are left that remember the story, and even then, not very much of it, as most threads concerning the matter were scrubbed from existence. == Present Day == Nickbakery as a term has distanced itself from the original drama, and is rarely mentioned today. Its meaning has shifted into a meaning not related to the original KDIZD leak drama as a community flavored stand-in word for "nonsense". In retrospect, that's all it was - nonsense. == In Doom Community Culture == A handful of Doom WADs have referenced this term. * A ZDoom [[Joke WAD]] was distributed on ZDoom Forums. It was likely created by [[Pawel Zarczynski (NMN)]] during the weeks after the KDIZD leak, giving the author's interpretation of events. This WAD may have been lost. * [[CIF3]] dedicates most of its story to the events after the leak, and uses the term in dialogue. * "[https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/j-l/ja_tansp This Ain't No Slipgate Project!]" by [[Ivar Remøy (jallamann)]] references "The Nickbakery" in its credits for textures used. == External Links == Summary: All contributions to DoomWiki.org are considered to be released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International (see Doom Wiki:Copyrights for details). By contributing, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. Your changes will be visible immediately. Please enter a summary of your changes above. Do not submit copyrighted images or text without permission! This includes text taken from in-game codices or logbooks, or from official instruction manuals, strategy guides, and other such books. 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