Eric Baker (The Green Herring)

Eric Baker (alias The Green Herring) is an American Doom speedrunner, level designer, and musician. They have been active in the community since 2007, and are also one of the current maintainers of the idgames archive. Between 2007 and 2015, they submitted over 600 demos to the Doom Speed Demo Archive.

Despite having an identical surname, they are unrelated to Nick Baker.

Body of work

2007

• Community Chest 3 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP08: Impure Liquids (detailing, some gameplay edits)
  • MAP15: Clash of Galaxies (design and music)
  • MAP16: Hangman's Noose (retexturing, some detailing, edits to gameplay)
  • MAP27: Ruby Abyss (design and music)
  • MAP32: Installation 07 Warszawa (detailing, some edits to gameplay, exit area)
  • General compilation work, ENDOOM
• Diet 32in24 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP02: On Two Sides (layout)
  • MAP16: The Million Dollar Pyramid (layout)
  • Music for MAP11 (cover of "Trash Collector" by Tor Gausen)
  • Final compilation work

2008

• Year 21 -The Vanishing Point- (Doomworld/idgames)
• 32in24-6 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP07: Cutting Edge
  • MAP13: The Chocolate Pit
  • MAP28: Valley of Contamination
• 32in24-7: Return of the Night of Capture the Flag (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP04: The Accursed Gorge
  • MAP13: Blood and Water (layout, some edits to detailing)
• Plutonia 2 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP33: Chocolate
  • Music for MAP12, MAP16, and MAP24
  • ENDOOM

2009

• 32in24-8: DWANGO2008 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP21: Kurt Cobain's Brain
• SargeBaldy Speedmapping Compilation #21 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP02
• Claustrophobia 1024 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: The Warp Facility (design and music)
  • MAP06: Four Square (design and music)
• Maps From Memory (Doomworld/idgames)
  • E1M3
• The Fireworks Factory (Doomworld/idgames)
• Doomworld Speedmapping Compilation #21 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP04
• Greenwar II (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP31: The Charles Fort Experiment (detailing)
• 32in24-9: Return of DUEL CORE (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP02: Checkerboard Nightmare
  • MAP20: Mount Rokfyv
  • MAP30: Ashes to Ashes
  • Compilation
• Year 22 -A Rock and a Hard Place- (Doomworld/idgames)

2010

• Quadruple Threat (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Southern section
• Doomworld Speedmapping Compilation #24 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP09
• 32in24-10: MAPS FOR THE MAP GOD (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP03: Wood, Stone, and Steel
  • MAP28: Viridian Complex
  • Compilation
• Year 23 -The Belly of the Beast- (Doomworld/idgames)

2011

• 32in24-11: Occupy Doomworld (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP24: Auf Wiedersehen, Sonne
  • MAP39: No Place for Rest
  • General compilation work, INTERPIC
• Jenesis (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Music for MAP12

2012

• Community Chest 4 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP12: Nectar of the Gods
  • Music (title screen, intermission screen, text screen, MAP12)
  • Project leader, compilation, ENDOOM
• 32in24-12: IRON MAPPER (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP06: The Battle of Snake Canyon
  • MAP27: Go to Hell, Do Not Collect $200
  • Compilation, HELP

2013

• 32in24-13: A Thanksgiving Without Burgers (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Compilation

2014

• Back to Saturn X Episode 2: Tower in the Fountain of Sparks
  • MAP07: Shrine to the Dynamic Years (Athens Time Change Riots)
  • Soundtrack for MAP07

2015

• Abyssal Speedmapping Sessions: Session 17 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Compilation
• Abyssal Speedmapping Sessions: Session 18 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP03: An Insignificant Little Speck
  • Compilation
• Maps4Matt (Happy Birthday Matt Tropiano) (Doomworld forums thread, Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP02: Like a Ton of Bricks
• The Dime Birthday Level Collection (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Compilation
• Abyssal Speedmapping Sessions: Session 19 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Compilation
• Abyssal Speedmapping Sessions: Session 20 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Compilation
• Abyssal Speedmapping Sessions: Session 21 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Beta compilation

• 32in24-15: DWANGO Unchained (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP09: The Pentagon Wars
  • MAP24: Frag After Reading
  • Compilation
  • "Frag After Reading" poster

2016

• MAYhem 1500 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Debugging
• 32in24-16: DOOT CTF (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP05: Stones 'n' Bones (with James Paddock (Jimmy))
  • Compilation

2021

• TNT: Evilution MIDI Pack (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Soundtrack for MAP26

Current Compet-n records

The following data was last verified in its entirety on July 17, 2020.

Level runs for the original Doom games

Record count
Doom	1
Doom II	0
TNT: Evilution	0
Plutonia	0
Total	1

UV speed 0

NM speed 0

UV max 0

NM100S 0

UV -fast 0

UV -respawn 1
DOOM
E1M3
1/0/0/0

UV Tyson 0

UV pacifist 0

Level runs for the PWADs

Eric holds nine additional map records: six for Memento Mori and three for Memento Mori II.

External links

• Demos list at Compet-n
• Demos list (archived 🏛) at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive
• Demos list at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
• YouTube channel

Maintainer of the idgames archive
Preceded by	Name	Succeeded by
Ty Halderman	Bill Koch (Bloodshedder)	Incumbent
	Eric Baker (The Green Herring)