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Ah, we've hit something of an impasse. I've done a basic sketch of MAP08 but getting myself in front of Doombuilder and drawing the damn sectors is proving a chore.

In the meantime I played a fun little Megawad called cyc-384.wad by Cycloid. The theme is similar to the 1024 Congestion Megawad but in an even smaller space. I felt inspired and have diverted my attention making my own set inspired by the original Doom II maps within the same 384 restrictions.

I'm not giving up on Hell Bent, on the contrary in fact. I'm just leaving it on the backburner until I feel ready to return to it with the enthusiasm it deserves.

 Until then, see the Download section for my progress on Purism 384.

MAP07 - The Lung - is finished. No Arachnatrons, no Mancubi and no sector 667. I was planning one more area but it would have made the map longer than I wanted.

 So onto MAP08, which I WILL sketch. The map's called Brain Damage and will have a similar theme to The Lung but I may add a bit of tech in for variation. And Arachnotrons.

Map five is complete. I got a bit carried away and made it bigger than originally intended. This has been a common theme of the map set.

 Map six is coming along slowly, I would say 20% complete. I have an idea of the layout but, for the first time, I'm not working from a sketch, which is slowing proceedings somewhat.

When I say 'Legendary' I am, of course, being self deprecatingly ironic. For Legend think unicorn or atlantis as opposed to Michaelangelo or Bach, for my MegaWad is a mythical beast not a work of genius.

 Saying that, being half way through my map 5 of 32 I'm starting to believe I might actually pull it off and complete my MegaWad before the Doom community falls.

 In between inspiration I will return here periodically and update on where I am. Hopefully, this means I won't write much here because if I do it means I've run out of ideas.