Going back to ZDaemon is pretty much a no-go, unless you want to keep 3/4 of the core players out of the league forever. Besides, part of the purpose of moving was so we wouldn&#039;t ultimately depend on Kilgore&#039;s mercy to continue running the IDL normally. For a competitive organization labeled as the &quot;largest Doom one in the world&quot;, it would be ridiculous to endorse ZD&#039;s enormous list of blacklisted players, including ones that did and/or still do the IDL some good. I have no comments towards 1.09 itself, its gameplay and general feel compared to 1.08, given that I am masterbanned due to some heretic Twitter harassment.<br /><br />Indeed, there are only two options for this dilemma. Either move to Zanzan or stay in Odamex (generally what everyone here defines as dying). It is as Rust said, there is no big harm either way, and even though I personally lean towards playing in Zandronum, both decisions should be acceptable in most people&#039;s eyes.<br /><br />Something the IDL should drop is its strict biannual system. For a community as whimsical as Doom is, following a predetermined schedule has proven to be detrimental to its activity. The time gap between seasons 12 and 13 was very short, because the beginning of season 12 was delayed by a month, so that players would get used to a new Doom port. This very last season only came to be after a previous cancellation of said season, and a lot of people showed support for its return only a month afterwards. Why not just start a new season whenever the administration feels it&#039;s the right time to do so? It would completely solve the issue of the relentless pressure placed upon Odamex&#039;s dev team in that we would let them take their time to work on the port, and set up a season whenever a good, stable, tried-and-true release comes out. It would also give players time to relax because, let us be honest, most of the veterans who have been around since IDL&#039;s conception don&#039;t have nearly the same amount of stamina as they did 4 years ago.<br /><br />Moving to Zandronum is a good choice too, and the cons Water pointed out can be fixed through not-so-complicated solutions. Administration turns out to dislike IDL? Private servers can do the job just as nicely as it did back at the beginning. A feature is lacking? RustKing has made a few important suggestions in the bug tracker, and all IDL players should be encouraged to do so too, if the move happens, and it will be done eventually. Even still, Zandronum is in very good shape to host tournaments, so a lacking thing or two won&#039;t suddenly make it completely unplayable. Problems with unreliable/stupid players? Gather a group of skillful and intelligent captains, and they will draft the right players to create reliable teams, and eventually, a successful season.