 BEST WADS EVER according to  r  [for Doom2 deathmatches] 9-9-00	
--WAD------# of lvls---Best levels---Where to get [see next page]
32	   *	[1]
Ant4		[1]					SITE7
Ant5		[1]
Ant6		[1]
Ant6-v2		[1]
Ant9	   * 	[1]					SITE6		
BestDM		[12]	1*, 3, 4*, 5*[girder], 6, 8
Cataclys   *	[1]	
C-fx-d		[30]	4*, 5*, 6*, 18, 20*, 21, 24	SITE7,8
C-fx-d 2        [15]	1, 4*, 7, 12, 13, 14*, 20	SITE7,8
C-fx-d 3 	[10]	3, 7*, 8, 10*			SITE7,8
Ccarnage	[5]	3*				SITE6,7,8
ccFort	   *	[1]					SITE8
combat	  	[3]	1*, 2*
deca		[11]	2, 3, 5, 6*[castle], 8-10	SITE1
Dm96		[32]	3*,4*[tough;check solo],6,8,16,18,
			19,21,23*,24*,26,29*,30*[girder]SITE1
dmseries	[6]	1*, 4				SITE7
Dwango 5	[24]	1*, 2*, 10*, 18, 20	     SITE3,4,6,7
Dwango 6	[32]	1*, 5, 6, 8*[pie]	     SITE3,4,6,7
Dweller2   ***	[16]	1*, 2*[girder], 7*, 9*, 11*, 15*
			 [all lvls tough; check solo]	SITE1,7
Exhale	   *	[1]					SITE1
frump01    *	[1]
Groovy		[5]	2-5 [NOT the same as "Groovy.wad" at cdrom.com]
Johnny_a   *	[1]	[replaces lvl 6 when playing!]	SITE6
Narr	   ***	[5]	1*, 2*, 3*, 4, 5
Overload  	[15]	3*, 4, 5, 6, 8*, 11*, 13, 14*	SITE2
Q   		[1]	re-make of Quinn.wad
shadow2    *	[1]	[skill 3 gives plasma]
Surge		[32]	4-6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 20, 21	SITE2
TNTblood	[32]	1*,2,7,10,11*[barn],13,14,17	SITE3,5,6
TNTgrvnc	[32]	2, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22	SITE5
TNTpurst	[32]	5*[vines], 14-16, 24, 25	SITE5
TokeDM		[8]	1, 3, 5, 6*, 7
Tpf2	   ***	[30]	1*,5*,7*,8*,9,11,16*,21*,27,28,30	SITE6
Vile34c	   *	[1]	[to become part of a megawad]
Vortpak		[5]	2*, 4*, 5* 
Wadfthr		[32]	9*[big open],10*,15*[tall bldgs], 17,18
			Some levels can't be entered from previous
			level, but work if you start in that lvl.
*** = Special mention.  Outstanding mega-wad.
*   = Exceptional single level; many repeated in various megawads.
	

--page 2---WHERE TO GET----many available only from other players
   
site1	ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/doom2/levels/doom2/deathmatch/d-f
	   Wait 2 minutes for page to load!   WADS: deca; dm96,
	     dweller2, [don't bother with Dweller1]; Exhale

site2 
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/doom2/levels/doom2/deathmatch/megawads/
		Wait 2 minutes for page to load!    
		WADS: Overload; Surge

site3	http://rarefiles.bizland.com/
		Dwangos & TNTs--
		look for "Bloodlands,""Grievance," and "Pursuit"

site4	http://www.quakening.com/ftp/	[Dwangos]

site5	http://teamtnt.com/index.html	[TNTs]

site6	http://greensting.addr.com/lnktofle.htm
		WADS: Ant9, Johnny_a, Ccarnage,
		  Dwango5, Dwango6, TNTblood, TPF2

site7	http://members.xoom.com/agbedi/deathmat.htm
		WADS: Ant4, Ant9, Ccarnage, C-fx-d's, Dmseries,
		  Dwango5, Dwango6, Dweller2

site8	http://ccarnage.tsx.org/   
		WADS: C-fx-d I,II,III, cCarnage, ccFort[ress]

NOTES on Sites 1 & 2--cdrom.com has a lot of great stuff, but it's
not organized well.  Also, the OLD Vortpak.wad is at cdrom.com but
get new Vortpak ["Modified" date: Dec 22 '95] from another player.

There are tens of thousands of wads.  Most are very poor.  
Some look good, but don't play well, or don't play well on-line.
You'll almost never get a good wad by random choice.
For good wads, ask other players whose opinions you trust.