Bethesda Takes Down Doom Mod That Lets You Kill Thatcher - Thatcher's Techbase is a much-loved mod for Doom 2, having amassed a strong following since its launch in 2021.

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Key Takeaways​

  • Thatcher's Techbase, a Doom 2 mod that lets you descend into hell and defeat Margret Thatcher, has been removed from Bethesda's mod page.
  • The mod is still available on PC, but you can't play it on console anymore.
  • Don't worry, Thatcher is still dead in real life though.
Thatcher's Techbase is a much-loved mod for Doom 2, having amassed a strong following since its launch in 2021. Now, with the latest ports of the first two Doom games, the creator was able to share the creation on the official mod page, letting a wider audience experience the simple pleasure of sending Margaret Thatcher back to the deepest pits of hell.

However, someone had to spoil the fun for everyone and reported the mod to Bethesda. In response, the moderation team removed it from the mod page, citing a breach of its rule against "real-world politics".

Thatcher's Techbase Doom Mod Has Been Taken Down​

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"The Creation Thatcher's Techbase has been reported for real-world politics and has been removed," reads an email from Bethesda, shared by the mod's director, Jim Purvis.

This comes after Purvis made the mod available via the new Doom + Doom 2 port, which made it playable on console. You can still play the mod on PC, of course, by going through the website. This just means that we have fewer platforms at our disposal if we ever feel like ripping and tearing through hell to take on Thatcher.

You may have heard about Thatcher's teachbase a couple of years back. It made headlines after former Labour leader and current independent MP Jeremy Corbyn played the mod himself. He was said to have enjoyed his time with the game and even posed for a picture with the arcade cabinet running it. So, even if Bethesda doesn't want the game on its mod page, at least it has that seal of approval.

The Doom + Doom 2 port is out now, available on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.

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They do know she's dead, I assume?
Or maybe her ghost has started haunting thier offices, saying gamer words and frightening the diversity hires. Wouldn't put it past her.
 
Retards let anyone upload anything to their portal and then scratch their head thinking, wow, what could have possibly went wrong?

I’m surprised the portal hasn’t been flooded with watered down Terry WADs and re-uploads of Grezzo 2.
 
FILTH Tourist said:
I really don't get the Thatcher hate at all. Why do people still care in 2021?
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Thatcher (like Reagan) was the start of massive pro-immigration policy for all the reasons we've come to hate (cheap labor, fresh debt slaves, etc.) She did a terrible job of conserving anything and was more interested in stoking profits and engaging in war. Three corners of the political compass have no reason to like her whatsoever.
 
Looney Troons said:
I’m surprised the portal hasn’t been flooded with Terry WADs
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Unfortunately, most of them make use of scripting/content features from ports (namely Skulltag/Zandronum/GZDoom) that just aren't in the recent official Unity/KEX ports.
One theoretically could make new Terry WADs that are compatible, but I don't think anyone has had the interest to actively make Terry WADs in years (probably because they're kinda verboten to share in the Doom community, especially after idgames archive stopped accepting them when it's previous maintainer died and troonworld jannies took over).
 
Lammy said:
Unfortunately, most of them make use of scripting/content features from ports (namely Skulltag/Zandronum/GZDoom) that just aren't in the recent official Unity/KEX ports.
One theoretically could make new Terry WADs that are compatible, but I don't think anyone has had the interest to actively make Terry WADs in years (probably because they're kinda verboten to share in the Doom community, especially after idgames archive stopped accepting them when it's previous maintainer died and troonworld jannies took over).
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Thanks for the information. I haven’t played any of the Bethesda re-releases of the games (I still have my childhood copies), but was curious if they had moved to another engine. Seems like KEX behaves a lot like Chocolate Doom from my real brief research, so yeah, hardcore scripting a la Terry WADs wouldn’t be possible. What a shame. It would have been hilarious to see their portal flooded with uploads of Before the Nightmare.
 
So this mod is now up there with the Moonman mod. Good job Bongistan and Todd. You just made a simple shitpost more powerful than it should have.
 
This is pretty standard for Bethesda services. They've never allowed stuff that was explicitly related to real life politics on their forums. I doubt they'd allow it on the various forms of the Creation Club. Not saying it's right or wrong. Just not surprised.

Who the hell is even playing Doom on console for the mods? I get Fallout 4 and Skyrim, but the classic Dooms? Those can run on fucking printers.
 
Imagine being such an absolute boss libs, miners and Argentina want to kill you a second time decades after your death and basement dwellers spend hours of their meaningless lives making a doll house to reenact their darkest fantasies upon your memory.

Truly a role model.
 
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