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Author Topic: [N!|85%|7|YASD] Proof that the RNG really hates me? (Video by request)  (Read 2999 times)

Tormuse

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Another failed attempt at Sharpshooter Marksman Diamond.  (This time, I actually got Sharpshooter trait!)  :)  I recorded a video of this, but at this point, I expect I have so many videos up that people aren't going to be interested in an hour and a half video in which I fail.  If I'm wrong about this, someone let me know and I'll upload it.  :)

So, today, I learned a bit about enemy lines of sight.  I'm well aware that there's a specific angle that allows enemies to see you without you seeing them, but it turns out that there's a wider margin than I thought.  Take a look at where that Former Captain is standing relative to my position in the mortem below.  They can see you without you seeing them if you're on one of the four cardinal diagonal lines from them with some bit of cover partially obscuring them, which is why I deliberately moved one square down from that so (I thought) they wouldn't be able to see me, but the Former Captain shot me anyway.  :(  All the experience I've gained from all the hundreds of games of DoomRL that I've played (or is that thousands?  Eep!)  :o  didn't prepare me for the possibility that I could be shot in this position.  The fact that he was standing in the exact right position to shoot me really was a one in a million shot!  Add to that the fact that all four shots hit me and, as far as I can tell from rewatching the video, did maximum damage!  (or close to it; I had 44% health, which means 22 HP and Captains do 4-24 damage per volley)  Even setting aside the above-mentioned one in a million shot and what should have been reduced probability of hitting me from the agility-modded boots, I calculate the chances of him doing that amount of damage to be 5 in 432 or about 1.1% hence the thread title.  :P

Anyway, this whole game was pretty shaky from the beginning, but the fact that I reached character level 7 meant that the hard part should have been over.  I just barely completed Hell's Arena with 18% health EDIT:  (22% actually, I misremembered)  :P and all my med packs gone.  (With a pretty harrowing battle with the last Baron)  I also took a beating from the Arena Master, (who immolated me several times and blew up one of the berserk packs) but I was still hanging in there and I was lucky enough that Military Base generated, which should have been easy enough with MSs, since a majority of the enemies on that map would die from one bullet each and I was firing more than twice as fast as them,so I should have been able to take them out before they could fire back.  It should have been a simple matter to clean up a bit and get some more healing sources from all those crates on the right side of the map, which was why I was waiting in what I thought was a safe position for Formers to stick their heads into the doorways for body disposal.  The end of this game was completely abrupt and unexpected.  :|

Bleah, I think I need to try another challenge for a while...

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Tormuse, level 7 Cacodemon Sergeant Major Technician,
 was perforated by a former captain on level 7 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 160301 turns and scored 105288 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 36 minutes and 10 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 490 out of 572 hellspawn. (85%)
 He was an Angel of Marksmanship!

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 2

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

  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Hell Champion Medal

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

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  ##########################........#########################

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 18722/7
  ToHit Ranged +6  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

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

  Class : Technician

    Son of a gun     (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 3)
    Sharpshooter     (Level 1)

  SoG->SoG->SoG->EE->EE->EE->MSs->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   speedloader pistol (2d4) [6/6]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   steel boots [1/1] (64%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

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

    [a] pistol (2d5) [6/6] (P1)
    [b] green armor [1/1] (1%)
    [c] green armor [1/1] (16%)
    [d] blue armor [1/2] (17%)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x60)
    [i] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [j] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [k] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [l] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [m] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [n] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [o] power cell (x50)
    [p] power mod pack
    [q] technical mod pack
    [r] Arena Master's Staff
    [s] protective boots [2/2] (100%)
    [t] 10mm ammo chain (x20)
    [u] 10mm ammo chain (x250)

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

    None

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

    138 former humans
    34 former sergeants
    46 former captains
    139 imps
    59 demons
    30 lost souls
    15 cacodemons
    15 hell knights
    8 barons of hell
    3 pain elementals
    2 revenants
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 1 he assembled a speedloader pistol!
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
  On level 7 he finally was perforated by a former captain.

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

 You reload the speedloader pistol. There is a shotgun (8d3) [0/1] lying here.
 There is a shotgun (8d3) [0/1] lying here.
 There is shotgun shell (x30) lying here.
 There is a shotgun (8d3) [1/1] lying here.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a former sergeant (unhurt) | a shotgun (8d3) [0/1] | pool of blood
 You see : a former sergeant (unhurt) | a shotgun (8d3) [0/1] | pool of blood
 The missile hits the former sergeant. The former sergeant dies.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a former human (unhurt) | a pistol (2d4) [6/6] | pool of blood | [ m
 You see : a former human (unhurt) | a pistol (2d4) [6/6] | pool of blood | [ m
 The missile hits the former human. The former human dies.
 You reload the speedloader pistol.
 Run - direction...
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You die!... Press
 <Enter>...

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

 53 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 48 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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« Last Edit: October 16, 2014, 12:46 by Tormuse »
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It's not just you.  The RNG hates all of us with a passion.  =(

Good try though.  That Former Captain was carrying your bullet all the time, you could've done nothing about it.  And post the videos!  I need stuff to keep me occupied during my "down" time.
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I request a compiled set of awesome video recordings, possibly linked through the Wiki, or somehow delineated from regular mortems
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I request a compiled set of awesome video recordings, possibly linked through the Wiki, or somehow delineated from regular mortems

Well, since I started recording these, I've created over 160 videos, most of which end in failure in the first few levels and very few of which (I think) can be described as "awesome."  :)  I think some other members here have made some pretty awesome videos, though.  I'm on my phone right now and can't look them up, but off the top of my head, Sylph and Papilio come to mind.  I think Game Hunter made a bunch of narrated videos too.

And if you want me to make some more awesome videos, I invite you to give me suggestions for which badge to try for next.  :)

EDIT:  And on an unrelated note, I watched part of my above posted  video again and I'm frankly amazed I survived Hell's Arena with all the rotten luck I had there.  :P
« Last Edit: October 17, 2014, 20:05 by Tormuse »
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