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[Tormuse]

Lately, I've been trying and failing to get a Marksman Diamond recording, and just for a change of pace, I decided to do some button-mashing and try for UAC Diamond just to let off some steam.  :)  It isn't my fastest Nightmare! speedrun I've ever done, with more detours than I probably should have and I nearly died several times, but I successfully completed it with four minutes to spare!  :D

Here's the video.  (I'm hoping that this shorter, sixteen minute video will be more exciting to watch than my other hours-long, slow, plodding videos)  :)

My strategy was much what I've used before for this challenge:  Use shotgun up until Chained Court, and then use the Chainsaw to keep berserk up as long as possible, heading straight to the stairs (sort of) for each level.  I did go off on tangents on several occasions to get a bit of extra experience on the way to Blademaster, (way more than I should have, really) but I was always keeping an eye on the time to make sure I kept it under 20 minutes.  There was a pretty tense moment near the end, on the second last level, where I ran out of med packs and was surrounded by large monsters and I had to take an extra moment to take stock of my equipment, but in the end, I just barely managed to pull through.  :)

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Tormuse, level 9 Cacodemon Sergeant Major Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 14387 turns and scored 339129 points.
 He played for 15 minutes and 52 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 327 out of 909 hellspawn. (35%)

-- Special levels --------------------------------------------

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 4
  Levels completed : 1

-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------

  Cyberdemon's Head
  Major Icarus Cross
  Compet-n Gold Cross
  Gatekeeper Gold Badge
  UAC Platinum Badge
  UAC Diamond Badge
  Speedrunner Silver Badge
  Speedrunner Gold Badge
  Longinus Platinum Badge

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 59/70   Experience 39854/9
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Blademaster      (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->HR->HR->MBm->Iro->Iro->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [6/6] (94%) (P)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Longinus Spear (8d8)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (96%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   shotgun (8d3) [1/1]

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] pistol (2d4) [5/6]
    [b] rocket launcher (6d6) [0/1]
    [c] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
    [d] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [16/40]
    [e] green armor [1/1] (17%)
    [f] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [g] green armor [1/1] (47%)
    [h] nanofiber red armor [2]
    [i] combat knife (2d5)
    [j] chainsaw (4d6) (T)
    [k] 10mm ammo (x33)
    [l] shotgun shell (x50)
    [m] shotgun shell (x29)
    [n] rocket (x2)
    [o] small med-pack
    [p] steel boots [1/1] (100%)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 85% 
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 85%   feet 60% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    56 former humans
    35 former sergeants
    26 former captains
    59 imps
    25 demons
    44 lost souls
    3 cacodemons
    10 hell knights
    16 barons of hell
    14 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    4 pain elementals
    8 revenants
    2 mancubi
    3 arch-viles
    4 nightmare imps
    2 nightmare cacodemons
    8 nightmare demons
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  He left level 5 as soon as possible.
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  He left level 7 as soon as possible.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
  He left the Armory without drawing too much attention.
  He left level 11 as soon as possible.
  On level 14 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  He sounded the alarm on level 21!
  He left level 21 as soon as possible.
  He left level 22 as soon as possible.
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He decided it was too hot there.
  On level 23 he ran for his life from acid!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You feel like
 a killing machine! You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You're going
 berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
 You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 Next!

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 50 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 45 of those were killed.
 And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 3 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 1 killed the bitch and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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[Sylph]

Can't wait to watch this one when I get home. Of all challenges, the nightmare speedrun ones are the furthest from my grasp! Thanks for posting!

[Tormuse]

Cool.  :)  You actually don't necessarily have to rush as much as you might think;  20 minutes gives enough breathing room that it's okay to stop and think from time to time.  Having seen your technique from your other video, I'm quite sure you can do it.  :)