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The Journey to 100%
Icy:
Hello! I'm a long-time lurker who's played off and on for a few years now, and recently decided to pick the game up again! I'm already fairly competent with the game, but by no means a veteran. I've only ever played with graphics, though I also did play back when the game's name still had vowels.
I've been a competitive gamer for close to 15 years now and always love a good challenge! When I originally started to play and again from a fresh start a couple years later, I wanted to go hard to get as many of the badges as possible, but I never really got around to it between other games, work, school, IRL, and so forth. Lately, I've been in a bit of a rut and interested to start once again and really grind for it this time! I thought it would also be interesting to write about my progress here to share with others, perhaps also motivating more people to play. Kind of like a blog I suppose to also help myself be accountable for not giving up when things get tough. Hopefully it doesn't come off as obnoxious spam or anything. :P
In particular, I remember seeing when Vandam showed off that he had 16 on the Angelic Badges, and I thought it was so cool! In this day and age with the internet and all, it's very rare for a masterfully skilled player/athlete/person/etc to come from out of the blue and re-define what top-level play is like. Almost romantic in a sense. On top, if he was able to do it, then so can I! I'm a pretty smart cookie if I do say so myself, and I'm definitely a grinder when I want to achieve something.
So with all that said, I'll continually post little updates, fire up discussion here, and maybe share some cool post mortems! I'll be starting completely from scratch once again, and will probably need a little derusting, but I'm confident I'll be able to catch up quickly!
I happen to have two post mortems saved from years ago if you'd like to read those too:
My first Angel of 100 completion, back in mid 2013:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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100Again, level 20 Mancubus Warrant Officer Scout,
completed 100 levels of torture on level 100 of Hell.
He survived 333821 turns and scored 545456 points.
He played for 5 hours, 50 minutes and 21 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 1424 out of 1743 hellspawn. (81%)
He was an Angel of 100!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Experience Medal
Centurial Silver Badge
Centurial Gold Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 169/100 Experience 320578/20
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 5)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->Rel->Rel->SM->HR->WK->WK->Jug->MSh->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->Fin->HR->DM->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] cybernano red armor [8]
[b] [ Weapon ] nano combat shotgun (4d3)
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus plasteel boots [0/0] (100%) (P)
[d] [ Prepared ] combat shotgun (10d3) [6/6] (B1P3T1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] super shotgun (10d4)x2 [2/2] (P2)
[b] shotgun shell (x50)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] phase device
[o] phase device
[p] phase device
[q] phase device
[r] shockwave pack
[s] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 100%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
132 former humans
175 former sergeants
141 former captains
78 imps
49 demons
83 lost souls
58 cacodemons
44 hell knights
166 barons of hell
96 arachnotrons
11 former commandos
5 pain elementals
62 revenants
105 mancubi
92 arch-viles
10 nightmare imps
22 nightmare cacodemons
36 nightmare demons
30 nightmare arachnotrons
1 nightmare arch-vile
4 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
4 elite former captains
2 elite former commandos
12 bruiser brothers
2 shamblers
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
Level 18 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 19 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 23 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
On level 32 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 33 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 36 he encountered an armed nuke!
Level 37 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 41 he ran for his life from acid!
He sounded the alarm on level 42!
On level 43 he assembled a hyperblaster!
He sounded the alarm on level 44!
He left level 44 as soon as possible.
Level 46 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 47 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
Level 50 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 50 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 51 he assembled a nano-shrapnel!
Level 59 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 60 he found the Necroarmor!
On level 65 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 67 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 73 he found the Malek's Armor!
Level 76 was a hard nut to crack!
He sounded the alarm on level 80!
On level 82 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 83 he assembled a cybernano armor!
On level 85 he stumbled into a nightmare arachnotron cave!
On level 86 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 90, hell froze over!
He left level 91 as soon as possible.
On level 92 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 94 he found the Trigun!
On level 95 he found the Hellwave Pack!
He left level 97 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 98!
He left level 99 as soon as possible.
He left level 100 as soon as possible.
On level 100 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
There are stairs leading downward here.
Just one more! Just one more! Will you die here? Press <Enter>...
You enter Hell, level 100.
You start running!
You open the door.
You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the baron of hell.
You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
hear the scream of a freed soul!
The former sergeant reloads his shotgun. There are stairs leading downward
here.
You did it! You completed 100 levels of DoomRL! You're the champion! Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
38 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
23 of those were killed.
2 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
12 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
9 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
And my first Angel of 100 with Max Carnage completion, back in 2015:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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KittySeesChallenge,
level 24 Demon 1st Lieutenant Scout,
completed 100 levels of torture on level 100 of Hell.
He survived 309539 turns and scored 2357040 points.
He played for 6 hours, 37 minutes and 35 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 3818 out of 3818 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of 100!
He saved himself once.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 0
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Experience Medal
Veteran Silver Badge
Veteran Gold Badge
Destroyer Bronze Badge
Centurial Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 173/90 Experience 826195/24
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +5 ToDmg Melee +5
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 4)
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Son of a bitch (Level 5)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Triggerhappy (Level 2)
Cateye (Level 1)
Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->Fin->Fin->WK->WK->TH->HR->HR->DM->Fin->HR->Iro->Iro->Iro->Jug->SoB->SoB->SoB->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (100%) (APT)
[b] [ Weapon ] burst nuclear plasma rifle (1d9)x8 [48/48]
[c] [ Boots ] cerberus protective boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] nanomachic plasma rifle (1d7)x6
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] energy-shielded vest [3/3] (100%) (NP)
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
[e] large med-pack
[f] large med-pack
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] phase device
[j] phase device
[k] phase device
[l] phase device
[m] phase device
[n] homing phase device
[o] homing phase device
[p] homing phase device
[q] homing phase device
[r] homing phase device
[s] envirosuit pack
[t] power mod pack
[u] technical mod pack
[v] agility mod pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 100%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 100%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
152 former humans
276 former sergeants
353 former captains
115 imps
86 demons
411 lost souls
64 cacodemons
141 hell knights
535 barons of hell
151 arachnotrons
18 former commandos
68 pain elementals
296 revenants
397 mancubi
342 arch-viles
49 nightmare imps
95 nightmare cacodemons
128 nightmare demons
29 nightmare arachnotrons
8 nightmare arch-viles
5 elite former humans
3 elite former sergeants
4 elite former captains
7 elite former commandos
46 bruiser brothers
15 shamblers
4 lava elemental
15 agony elementals
5 Cyberdemons
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 16 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
On level 16 he assembled a gatling gun!
On level 17 he assembled a cerberus boots!
On level 17 he assembled a hyperblaster!
On level 20 he assembled a burst cannon!
On level 25 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 28 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 32 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 36 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 36 he found the Malek's Armor!
On level 41 he was targeted for extermination!
On level 41 he found the Acid Spitter!
On level 41 he assembled a nanomanufacture ammo!
On level 42 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 43 he found the Charch's Null Pointer!
On level 45 he encountered an armed nuke!
On level 46 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 48 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 49 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 50 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 51 he stumbled into a nightmare demon cave!
On level 54 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 57 he ran for his life from acid!
On level 60 he stumbled into a nightmare cacodemon cave!
On level 64, hell froze over!
On level 70 he stumbled into a agony elemental cave!
He sounded the alarm on level 72!
On level 72 he found the Butcher's Cleaver!
On level 74 he stumbled into a complex full of mancubi!
On level 75 he encountered an armed nuke!
Level 76 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 79 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 79 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
On level 92 he found the Enviroboots!
Level 93 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 100 he found the Berserker Armor!
On level 100 he finally completed 100 levels of torture.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You swap your weapons instantly!
There is 10mm ammo (x36) lying here.
Boom!
You hear the scream of a freed soul! You feel relatively safe now.
There are stairs leading downward here.
There is a Light-Amp Goggles lying here.
You see further!
There is a bulk mod pack lying here.
Your vision fades.
There is a Supercharge Globe lying here.
SuperCharge!
There are stairs leading downward here.
You did it! You completed 100 levels of DoomRL! You're the champion! Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
41 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
29 of those were killed.
And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
10 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
9 killed the bitch and survived.
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--- End code ---
Icy:
Day 1:
I had to get used to the controls again, but caught on pretty quickly. Funny enough, I subconsciously knew how to do a bunch of commands just by muscle memory. The brain is really amazing! :P
I played through my first game on wimp mode to get a feel and flow, and it worked out fairly well overall! I had some insane assembly pak luck, getting both a Sniper and a Nano, on top of a pile of others! A total of 12 assemblies! I made it all the way to JC and since I was going for 100% kills and couldn't remember how the final floor worked in terms of kill count, I fired my remaining BFG shot at a Baron, rather than securing the win. Unfortunately, ammo ran low, my armor was destroyed, and I got finished off. :( I'll get him next time!
I won't post every single mortem, only relevant ones. That said, here's the run:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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First2017er, level 11 Human Private Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 106312 turns and scored 55763 points.
He played for 1 hour, 38 minutes and 42 seconds.
He was too young to die!
He killed 605 out of 671 hellspawn. (90%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He saved himself 2 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 7
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 6
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Explorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Technician Bronze Badge
Armorer Bronze Badge
Gatekeeper Bronze Badge
Gatekeeper Silver Badge
UAC Bronze Badge
Lava Bronze Badge
Brick Bronze Badge
Skull Bronze Badge
Arena Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 50978/11
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Shottyhead (Level 1)
Int->Int->Fin->Fin->Rel->Rel->SM->HR->Jug->MSh->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/4] (37%) (P)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x100)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] high power BFG 9000 (12d6) [25/65]
[b] chainsaw (4d6)
[c] shotgun shell (x70)
[d] shotgun shell (x70)
[e] shotgun shell (x17)
[f] homing phase device
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 0% feet 12%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
74 former humans
52 former sergeants
9 former captains
63 imps
46 demons
241 lost souls
24 cacodemons
18 hell knights
21 barons of hell
4 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
15 pain elementals
18 revenants
7 mancubi
2 arch-viles
2 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
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 4 he assembled a gatling gun!
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 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he assembled a elephant gun!
On level 11 he assembled a grappling boots!
On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
He slaughtered the beasts living there.
On level 14 he assembled a fireproof boots!
On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
Level 15 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 15 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 15 he assembled a plasmatic shrapnel!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 20 he assembled a ballistic armor!
On level 22 he assembled a high power weapon!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
On level 22 he found the Necroarmor!
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
On level 23 he assembled a power armor!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
On level 25 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
freed soul!
You dodge!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You dodge!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You dodge! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a
freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a
freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You dodge! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
He's the first brave soul to have ventured into Hell...
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--- End code ---
Tormuse:
Hi there, and welcome to the forums! :D
--- Quote from: Icy on September 08, 2017, 16:12 ---Lately, I've been in a bit of a rut and interested to start once again and really grind for it this time!
--- End quote ---
I hear ya, there. I seem to do all my best gaming when things are going wrong in other parts of my life. :)
--- Quote from: Icy on September 08, 2017, 16:12 ---...perhaps also motivating more people to play.
--- End quote ---
That certainly would be nice; the forums have been pretty dead lately. :)
--- Quote from: Icy on September 08, 2017, 16:12 ---Kind of like a blog I suppose to also help myself be accountable for not giving up when things get tough. Hopefully it doesn't come off as obnoxious spam or anything. :P
--- End quote ---
Obnoxious? Naw, I'm interested to see what you can do. :) Let me know if you'd like me to set goals for you or something. :)
--- Quote from: Icy on September 08, 2017, 16:12 ---In particular, I remember seeing when Vandam showed off that he had 16 on the Angelic Badges, and I thought it was so cool! In this day and age with the internet and all, it's very rare for a masterfully skilled player/athlete/person/etc to come from out of the blue and re-define what top-level play is like. Almost romantic in a sense. On top, if he was able to do it, then so can I! I'm a pretty smart cookie if I do say so myself, and I'm definitely a grinder when I want to achieve something.
--- End quote ---
Erm... hmm... How should I put this? I don't want to sour the atmosphere here, but I have to admit that I'm skeptical of Vandam's claims of Angelic achievements. I'm sure Vandam is a very skilled player, but I'd be able to take them a bit more seriously if they'd posted any mortems. Have you ever seen any mortems from Vandam?
--- Quote from: Icy on September 08, 2017, 18:19 ---I had to get used to the controls again, but caught on pretty quickly. Funny enough, I subconsciously knew how to do a bunch of commands just by muscle memory. The brain is really amazing! :P
--- End quote ---
Just like riding a bike, eh? :)
--- Quote from: Icy on September 08, 2017, 18:19 ---I made it all the way to JC and since I was going for 100% kills and couldn't remember how the final floor worked in terms of kill count
--- End quote ---
Then I think it's worth pointing out that in this version, unlike some previous versions, when you kill JC, all his summons die at the same time. I find it's best to focus on him and kill him as quickly as possible.
Sereg:
Welcome( back?)!
I would be very interested in seeing someone attempt to replicate VANDAM's (supposed) achievements - as Tormuse said, there have never been any mortems(or videos, which Tormuse and I have both posted for some of our more impressive runs[though his are significantly more impressive then mine]), but I'm less skeptical then he is; I think there's a fairly good chance that VANDAM actually did what he claimed to, and even if not, my personal opinion is that he's most likely still one of the top players in the history if DRL.
Regardless of that, though, seeing some fresh mortems would be a nice change around here. Everything seems to have gone fairly quiet as we all wait for Jupiter Hell, other then the brief flurry of activity from the Xtreme Arena thread(which I also encourage you to check out).
I wish you the best of luck in your quest, and I'll be lurking around watching for your mortems - hell, if I have time, I might even try to post some of my own, but I feel like I've almost reached the limit of my own skill level, which is why I've sort of dropped off playing for the last few months. Still, seeing new achievements is always inspiring, and might be exactly what I need to get back into it myself.
LuckyDee:
Welcome indeed! Feel free to log your progress for posterity, and indeed, like Tormuse said, the forum could do with a little more life. Seeing as you previously took the time to complete a dual AOMC/A100 on UV, I'd say you ought to be skilled enough to impress some people around here. Show us what you got!
Also:
--- Quote from: Tormuse on September 08, 2017, 19:50 ---I hear ya, there. I seem to do all my best gaming when things are going wrong in other parts of my life. :)
--- End quote ---
Based on your track record, should we be worrying about you, 'muse? ;)
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