According to the changelog, CodenniumRed moved one of his maps into Xaser's E1 slot without clearing it in the map slots thread.

Honestly, I'd want Xaser's map as the secret level. Judging from his project threads at ZDoomworld, he appears to be quite a competent mod author.

He definitely is!

Of course it depends if he's actually willing to map here.

Or what the hell. This is a ZDOOM project. We can have as many secret maps as we want, and even branch the episode as much as we want.

You called? :P

Yeah, I think the H1M1/0/3 map order should be changed back the way it was (Docks on M1, Wood on M3, and 0 empty for now), not really for my benefit, but because Docks would make a much better starting map (it's smaller, plus it's a nice reference to Heretic E1M1). The current order doesn't really make sense in this Xaser's eyes.

I'm also officially working on something now. About time. :P

[EDIT] Uploaded a quick Squirrel update to /incoming (adds some unique sounds and gives them the +FRIGHTENED flag, which they really need if +TOUCHY is present, which I do like by the way). BIG NOTE: it should be added AFTER Neoworm's HPack-MorphsV2.wad , just so you know. Anyhow, enjoy!

Seconded what Xaser said!

And by the way: Glad to have you here :)

Have you ever played Heretic II? If not, then the reason why I think Silversprings Dock needs to be a secret map rather than a normal one can seem indeed not self-evident.
So for your benefit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TexOXoZU3A#t=3m19s
(The sounds are horrible in this video, but I didn't find any better.)

I still think it should be changed back as well, what CodenniumRed did before he was removed from resource management was a complete dick move.

He did it at Gez's request, don't blame him too much.

I really think that a remake of the first level of a (rather unpopular by the way) different game would make a good first impression of the mod.

You'll notice that the Wolf3D levels in Doom II are secret levels. They are not Entryway and Underhalls. There's a reason for that.

Honestly, given that this is ZDoom and that we have the power of MAPINFO at our disposal, we can very well get 73 secret levels if so we want. We can even get rid of the slots altogether; they're just there to help us organize the levels into episodes and by respect of conventions (or inertia).