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[skarczew]

Not much can be said about it, maybe just that speedruns are totally the opposite of my play style:
- ITYTD, which I usually do not touch;
- Time under 30 mins, while I usually play for hours;
- Not killing everything :P ;
- Skipping special levels (maybe I should just consider going into Chained Court for 5 Berserks);
- Skipping some of levels when there were stairs nearby;
- Ignoring uniques;

And I actually got Untouchable Badge, it was not that bad :) .

I like the ballistic shield. First time it was used against Cybie (while I was killing it with a mere shotgun), then Spider Mommy. I was literally spamming F button and watching my armor / HP go down. Not possible to repair, but definitely worth using.

A question to all speedrunners: what are your tactics to have a successful speedrun? I am looking at Silver and Gold Badge and it I think I will have to have a good plan before that...

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Vystvia, level 7 Hell Baron 1st Lieutenant Marine,
 defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
 He survived 27696 turns and scored 27502 points.
 He played for 25 minutes and 25 seconds.
 He was too young to die!

 He killed 104 out of 221 hellspawn. (47%)

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

  Levels generated : 7
  Levels visited   : 0
  Levels completed : 0

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

  Minor Icarus Cross
  Compet-n Silver Cross
  Untouchable Badge
  Speedrunner Bronze Badge

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

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

  Health 61/60   Experience 16064/7
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

  Class : Marine

    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  Rel->Rel->SoB->SoB->TH->TH->MAc->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   ballistic shield [0/0] (27%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [27/40] (A1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   steel boots [1/1] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]

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

    [a] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
    [b] red armor [4/4] (200%) (B)
    [c] red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
    [d] Necroarmor [6/6] (100%)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x82)
    [g] shotgun shell (x50)
    [h] shotgun shell (x50)
    [i] rocket (x3)
    [j] rocket (x10)
    [k] power cell (x50)
    [l] power cell (x22)
    [m] small med-pack
    [n] small med-pack
    [o] small med-pack
    [p] small med-pack
    [q] small med-pack
    [r] large med-pack
    [s] large med-pack
    [t] envirosuit pack
    [u] envirosuit pack
    [v] thermonuclear bomb

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

    Bullet     - internal 0%    torso 95%   feet 0%   
    Melee      - internal 0%    torso 95%   feet 0%   
    Shrapnel   - internal 0%    torso 95%   feet 0%   

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

    14 former humans
    11 former sergeants
    5 former captains
    30 imps
    19 demons
    7 lost souls
    2 cacodemons
    2 hell knights
    1 baron of hell
    3 former commandos
    1 revenant
    5 mancubi
    2 arch-viles
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  He left level 3 as soon as possible.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 10 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
  He left level 12 as soon as possible.
  On level 14 he found the Necroarmor!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  Entering level 18 he was almost dead...
  He left level 19 as soon as possible.
  He left level 22 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits
 the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider
 Mastermind hits you. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
 Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind
 hits you.
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The missile hits the Spider
 Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind misses you. The Spider Mastermind misses
 you.
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | floor | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies.
 Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.
 You reload the shotgun.

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

 153 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 131 of those were killed.
 And 5 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 17 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 14 killed the bitch and survived.
 2 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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[Uranium]

I appreciate everyone has different playstyles, but why didn't you go Scout for speedruns? Stairsense is almost a necessity for speedrunning.
In terms of tips, I play melee for speedruns, because melee avoids spending time aiming/thinking and allows a little leeway in going fast.
The Anomaly is pretty much asking for a phase device to be used.
Homing phases are for mazes/when you're going to die.
CC is a necessity (if you're following my melee idea, because a zerker is nothing without his chainsaw).
Special levels where the exit is next to the entrance are always nice, but only if their stairs spawn closer to you than the actual next-level stairs.
Not sure if partial wins count for speedrun badges, but if they do, as soon as you enter Dis, just use that nuke and hold down .

You've got the general idea down, not killing everything and ignoring the RNG's inevitable ten-uniques-a-game behaviour when you want to speedrun.
Hope this helps :)

[skarczew]

I appreciate everyone has different playstyles, but why didn't you go Scout for speedruns? Stairsense is almost a necessity for speedrunning.

I wanted to get MAc and a bit of powerups' duration :) .

And I calculated that I will be able to finish it without sensing stairs, which proved to be true :P .

[Nihilus]

The first game I did for speed was a scout with I think hellrunner, brute, brute, zerker, then more hellrunner. Get chainsaw and stack those berserk packs. Final time was 8:04 i believe.

[petikkusu]

Ye my best speedrun was like ~6:40. I was a scout and had brutes, berserker, hellrunners. Just run towards the stairs ignoring most but the inevitable things and youre done. Oh and always do chained court and without hell arena. youll have more berserker packs and you also have the chainsaw. also if you come across a bulk mod apply it to your chainsaw. its always nice to have a bit more dmg.

[skarczew]

Ye my best speedrun was like ~6:40. I was a scout and had brutes, berserker, hellrunners. Just run towards the stairs ignoring most but the inevitable things and youre done. Oh and always do chained court and without hell arena. youll have more berserker packs and you also have the chainsaw. also if you come across a bulk mod apply it to your chainsaw. its always nice to have a bit more dmg.

As far as I can understand this, it depends mostly on Berserker, which is what I tried to avoid.
However, I guess in future I will have to stick to it :| .