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[N!|AoH|30%|YAVP] Speedrunner Diamond in 6m 41s
« on: June 03, 2011, 01:12 »

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.3) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Joseph Hewitt, level 6 Arch-Vile 1st Lieutenant, sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon
 on level 12 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 10146 turns and scored 125372 points.
 He played for 6 minutes and 41 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 129 out of 420 hellspawn. (30%)
 He was an Angel of Haste!


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

  Levels generated : 10
  Levels visited   : 3
  Levels completed : 0

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

  Speedrunner Platinum Badge
  Speedrunner Diamond Badge
  Runner Bronze Badge
  Runner Silver Badge

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

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

  Health 0/50   Experience 11442/6
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

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

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->HR->HR->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   chainsaw (4d6)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat shotgun (7d3) [5/5]

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

    [a] pistol (2d4) [6/6]
    [b] BFG 9000 (10d8) [100/100]
    [c] 10mm ammo (x86)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] shotgun shell (x50)
    [f] shotgun shell (x13)
    [g] power cell (x50)
    [h] power cell (x10)
    [i] phase device
    [j] technical mod pack

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

    19 former humans
    23 former sergeants
    15 former captains
    28 imps
    15 demons
    6 lost souls
    7 cacodemons
    6 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 hell knight
    3 arachnotrons
    2 former commandos
    1 arch-vile
    1 mancubus
    1 revenant

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

  On level 2 he stormed the Chained Court.
  He left level 6 as soon as possible.
  On level 6 he witnessed the Wall.
  Not knowing what to do, he left.
  On level 7 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  He left level 9 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  He nuked level 12!
  On level 12 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon.

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

 You need to taste blood!
 Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds! You need to taste blood!
 You feel more calm.
 Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>...

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

 Before him 489 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 448 of those were killed.
 10 of those were killed by something unknown.
 12 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 8 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 11 souls claim to have killed him...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 9 killed the bastard and survived.

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I kinda feel like I've been posting too many mortems recently, but I didn't see any other speedrunner diamonds so here it goes. After last nights MBm UV Ao100 run I decided to see if I could get this badge using the same tactics.

Before I started attempting this I made a couple of additions to my key bindings file:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The plan was to get to the chained court with hopefully a med pack or two, grab the chainsaw and berserks and just keep running. The forced quit button came in real handy at this point, since if I started level one in sight of more then a couple of mobs, just quit. The chained court didn't get generated? Just quit. Use all your medpacks within the first 50 turns? Just quit. Overall it probably took around ~4-5 hours of attempts, but it wasn't a complete 4-5 hours. Anytime I need a smoke, a coffee or anything involving my attention I had to take a break so it's hard to say how long it actually took me.

As for the actual run it was kinda a blur. I think I made it to CC with a small medpack, then used the combat shotgun for the last time to clear one of the sides for a safer exit. After that I know I was able to get an invulnerability globe or two before the Halls of Carnage, which I accidentally stepped in. I figured the BFG would come in handy fighting the Cyberdemon anyway, but some quick moving made me use a medpack around the cacodemons. Unfortunately I was sober at the time so their hits were hurting and I was worried that losing that medpack might have been too much. I didn't spend anytime to think about it and just kept moving. The lucky part of this run was on level 11 when I noticed a nuke and an invulnerability globe. I didn't want to be invulnerable for Cybie, but I did want to survive the journey and get that nuke. I knew I had a BFG but was out of medpacks.

Had I realized I still had a couple of minutes and that I was carrying some extra cells I probably would have actually just killed Cybie since I was still berserking, but I hadn't been watching a clock so I just wanted to end it as fast as possible. I think the UAC diamond is still going to be a lot harder despite the fact I was able to complete half the levels in under half the time, since the berserk from the CC only lasts so long. I do think there is a possibility that Mbm is the way to go, although I'm still not convinced.

Now if I could just find Dragonslayer and the Lava armor I'd have my ninth diamond for this version.
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Re: [N!|AoH|30%|YAVP] Speedrunner Diamond in 6m 41s
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2011, 14:07 »

A diamond mortem is always worth posting, great run and good luck finding those last 2 uniques.
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Re: [N!|AoH|30%|YAVP] Speedrunner Diamond in 6m 41s
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2011, 00:15 »

I just want to point out this little tidbit:

  Levels generated : 10
You honestly generated ten out of eleven possible special levels in a challenge type that removes half of the chances for most levels to even spawn. In fact, I'm pretty sure Lava Pits CAN'T spawn because it's guaranteed on dlvl23, which is an odd number (and so can't be counted), meaning you DID generate every possible special level. That's awfully lucky for a speedrun, even if you didn't have to use most of them.

Still, major props to you on getting this one first, to say nothing of shattering the max boundaries by finishing up three minutes ahead of schedule. I'll probably shoot for this one at SOME point, but when I'm in the mood to quit often and quickly (along with AoB and AoPc Diamond badges).

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Speedrunner Gold is now the speed badge to get, and may prove harder than the Plat/Diamond. (Really hard to say though.)
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Re: [N!|AoH|30%|YAVP] Speedrunner Diamond in 6m 41s
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2011, 04:42 »

You know, this run that was start-scummed for hours upon hours seems to have gotten an awful amount of luck, AStranger. Why, I bet you spawned near the stairs a lot and found a few extra berserk packs too.

Quick Edit: Yeah Speedrunner Gold is a huge pain in the ass, I wouldn't be surprised if I got it as my last gold.
« Last Edit: June 05, 2011, 04:43 by Thomas »
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Re: [N!|AoH|30%|YAVP] Speedrunner Diamond in 6m 41s
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2011, 05:11 »

You know, this run that was start-scummed for hours upon hours seems to have gotten an awful amount of luck, AStranger. Why, I bet you spawned near the stairs a lot and found a few extra berserk packs too.
In my defense I only start scummed to get to level 2 where the CC was. I'd rather not waste a couple of minutes being careful on level 1 just to find out that the CC didn't get generated, given I was trying to go Mbm. After the CC there was no quitting, only death and that one win, but if I know I'm wasting my time it becomes the opposite of fun. I'll agree that there was a bit of luck involved, but most diamonds require a good amount of luck so it's to be expected. The mortem implies I only had two quick stair finds, although I have no idea. There probably was a good handful of powerups but I wouldn't say there was any more then a normal N! game.

I'll probably try for speedrunner gold at some point later, I've kinda had enough of speed runs for a bit.
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Re: [N!|AoH|30%|YAVP] Speedrunner Diamond in 6m 41s
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2011, 06:38 »

Yeah, I was poking fun at GH.

Say, only 2 runs getting past CC is pretty good. I've tried this challenge for a couple of hours now and I've gotten quite a few to CC, but they all die before even running out of berserk because Nightmare! literally only spawns armor shards.

EDIT: I just got this badge too, it was really easy on the run where I found a homing phase device and left several levels as soon as possible.--------------------------------------------------------------
 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.3) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Thomas, level 6 Arch-Vile General, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 12 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 6807 turns and scored 132020 points.
 He played for 6 minutes and 16 seconds.
 He opposed the Nightmare!

 He killed 133 out of 464 hellspawn. (28%)
 Who gave him the ticket to hell, anyway?
 He was an Angel of Haste!


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

  Levels generated : 9
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 0

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

  Speedrunner Diamond Badge

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

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

  Health 41/50   Experience 12086/6
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +6

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

    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Brute            (Level 2)
    Berserker        (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->HR->DM->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   chainsaw (4d6)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat shotgun (7d3) [0/5]

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

    [a] pistol (2d4) [6/6]
    [b] shotgun shell (x19)
    [c] large med-pack
    [d] envirosuit pack
    [e] envirosuit pack

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

    18 former humans
    5 former sergeants
    5 former captains
    26 imps
    17 demons
    37 lost souls
    1 cacodemon
    5 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    6 hell knights
    1 former commando
    4 pain elementals
    2 arch-viles
    2 mancubi
    3 revenants

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

  On level 2 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he witnessed the Wall.
  Not knowing what to do, he left.
  He left level 8 as soon as possible.
  He left level 9 as soon as possible.
  He left level 11 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 12 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

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

 You hit the Cyberdemon. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You're going berserk! The Cyberdemon hits you. You
 need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. You need to taste blood!
 You use a small med-pack. You feel healed. The Cyberdemon hits you. You
 need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies. Congratulations! You defeated
 the Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>...

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

 Before him 889 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 763 of those were killed.
 9 of those were killed by something unknown.
 49 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 26 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 42 souls claim to have killed him...
 6 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 36 killed the bastard and survived.

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« Last Edit: September 03, 2011, 13:51 by Game Hunter »
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Re: [N!|AoH|30%|YAVP] Speedrunner Diamond in 6m 41s
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2011, 16:04 »

Say, only 2 runs getting past CC is pretty good.
Crap that was supposed to read deaths. I probably had less than 5 characters that made it to the CC with even a small medpack, most of them just got there with the knife in their hands. Despite my best efforts, those without healing usually didn't make it too far. I kinda looked at this challenge as starting at the CC.

EDIT: I just got this badge too, it was really easy on the run where I found a homing phase device and left several levels as soon as possible.
Nice, it looks like you beat my time too. Why, I bet you spawned near the stairs a lot... :). In all seriousness I tip my hat to you, I'm not about to try to beat your time. Maybe Game Hunter can.
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Re: [N!|AoH|30%|YAVP] Speedrunner Diamond in 6m 41s
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2011, 19:06 »

You people are absurd
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