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[Tormuse]

So, I've been trying to get Everyman Diamond lately, and this is my best attempt at it.  I know I can do it; I just got careless at the end because it was late at night and I wanted to go to bed, so I rushed a bit while fighting the Cyberdemon.  It said "almost dead" so I figured one more plasma barrage would kill him and I fired one more barrage than I should have.  There really was no reason to take that risk; I should've dodged one more time and then fired, but I was tired and not thinking clearly.  *Sigh...*  :(

Nevertheless, there were some notable achievements, such as my first time getting Every Soldier's medal and Spider-Killer Cross!  :D

The thing that helped the most was the nuclear plasma rifle that I found in Deimos lab.  It was a big help against the Shamblers, (that was an intense battle!  I'm thankful that Dodgemaster lets you dodge their lightning bolts, but it was still unnerving seeing those bolts whiz by me!)  :o  and once I modded it into a Burst Cannon, it kicked serious ass!  :D  (Especially once I got EE 2)  Normally, the major drawback of the burst cannon is the increased reload time, but by making it with the nuclear plasma rifle, I got all the extra firepower without that drawback.  It was a seriously nice weapon.  :)

EDIT:  Oh yeah, one more notable thing that I forgot to mention:  I missed getting the Shambler's head medal by one stinking hit point!  There was a Commando that survived a plasma barrage at point-blank range because he was wearing blue armour and he punched me for one point of damage.  *Sigh*

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Tormuse, level 12 Apostle Chaos Major Scout,
 was splattered by a Cyberdemon at the Tower of Babel.
 He survived 137737 turns and scored 167922 points.
 He played for 7 hours, 32 minutes and 49 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 811 out of 812 hellspawn. (99%)
 He was a real killing machine...
 He was an Angel of Humanity!

 He saved himself 3 times.

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 7
  Levels completed : 7

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

  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Every Soldier's Medal
  Hell Champion Medal
  Spider-Killer Cross

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

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

  Health 0/10   Experience 65650/12
  ToHit Ranged +4  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

  Class : Scout

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 2)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)

  SoB->SoB->EE->Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->WK->EE->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [4/4] (80%) (A)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   burst nuclear plasma rifle (1d9)x8 [8/48]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   missile launcher (6d6) [0/4]

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

    [a] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
    [b] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
    [c] chaingun (1d7)x4 [40/40] (P1)
    [d] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (T2)
    [e] BFG 9000 (10d6) [100/100]
    [f] phaseshift armor [4] (OP)
    [g] chainsaw (5d6) (BT)
    [h] shotgun shell (x70)
    [i] rocket (x14)
    [j] rocket (x7)
    [k] power cell (x70)
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] phase device
    [p] blood skull
    [q] hatred skull
    [r] Arena Master's Staff
    [s] lava protective boots [2]
    [t] shell box (x92)
    [u] power battery (x120)

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

    Fire       - internal 0%    torso 25%   feet 0%   

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

    77 former humans
    52 former sergeants
    32 former captains
    111 imps
    65 demons
    271 lost souls
    33 cacodemons
    20 hell knights
    34 barons of hell
    23 arachnotrons
    17 former commandos
    27 pain elementals
    11 revenants
    11 mancubi
    9 arch-viles
    12 nightmare demons
    2 bruiser brothers
    2 shamblers
    1 agony elemental
    1 Arena Master

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  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 sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  On level 7 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  He broke through the lab.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 10 he assembled a lava boots!
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 13 he assembled a burst cannon!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  On level 15 he assembled a tactical boots!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 16 he finally was splattered by a Cyberdemon.

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

 You see : a Cyberdemon (severely wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon reloads his
 rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Cyberdemon (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Cyberdemon (almost dead) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
 The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. You are hit! You die!... Press
 <Enter>...

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

 1015 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 768 of those were killed.
 4 of those were killed by something unknown.
 135 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 31 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

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

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[thelaptop]

Ah, you're no Everyman, you're Tormuse!

What's after the successful AoHu run?  ArchAoHu?  =D

[Tormuse]

Maybe?  :)  I've already tried ArchAoHu a few times, obviously without success.  I don't know where to begin formulating a strategy for the challenge mode that even 2Dev finds daunting.

[Sylph]

I bet the everyman challenges are awesome! I'll have to give them a go soon!

Lesson learned here - give yourself a rest! I'm a bit burned out and thinking of taking a break myself actually... Had about 200 characters die trying to get 'arena diamond', and I don't even think I'm doing anything wrong!

[Juice]

I tried everyman diamond quite a few times as well, it usually ends up with me doing a stupid thing a dying to a lost soul or something. I think selfcontrol and keeping recklessness at minimum are the key here (I need to wastly improve both :)...

[Tormuse]

Self control is definitely the key here.  I'd say it's important to have a stretch of time to play that allows frequent breaks so you don't get impatient...  (unless you're 2Dev, of course)  ;)

Had about 200 characters die trying to get 'arena diamond', and I don't even think I'm doing anything wrong!

Someone said once that that's an easy Diamond, but I can't imagine why anyone would think that.  I did achieve it once, but only because I had an exceptionally lucky start.  (I'll try to find the mortem later when I'm on my computer)

EDIT:  Here it is!  :)

[Sylph]

I've never combined challenges for an advantage (it feels like I'm cheating myself out of good lessons), but I feel arena diamond is so luck-based, I might just go for lightfoot for the speed increase...