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Another Journey to 100%
Icy:
Day 18
My first target today was Gatekeeper Diamond Badge. I think it goes without saying that it requires some good luck since Phobos Anomaly requires either a Phase Device or Invulnerability. After some attempts, I got a run with a Phase Device that worked out:
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I used a rocket to open up the door but blew off far more than I intended. I still was able to clear everything without getting hit, and I chipped off the edge bit with another rocket to cornershoot the Bruisers after:
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After that, it was very easy:
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With Dodgemaster, the rest of the run is essentially not getting killed to Tower of Babel. Along the way I found this:
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However, I took a look at the code before trying this challenge and knew that nuking the Cyberdemon wouldn't count. Still, it can come in handy for regular floors. I found something even better later:
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And with that, I got my Gatekeeper Diamond Badge, and a new ranking:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 9 Apostle Chaos Lt. Colonel Scout,
got too close to a cacodemon on level 1 of Hell.
He survived 309813 turns and scored 104489 points.
He played for 35 minutes and 45 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 443 out of 692 hellspawn. (64%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Gatekeeper Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 33200/9
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Gunrunner (Level 1)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->Jug->MGr->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [2/4] (40%) (T)
[b] [ Weapon ] combat shotgun (7d3) [0/5] (T1)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [0/52] (B1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] chainsaw (4d6)
[b] shotgun shell (x25)
[c] shotgun shell (x50)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x50)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] power cell (x50)
[j] power cell (x40)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] small med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Fire - internal 0% torso 12% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
105 former humans
55 former sergeants
33 former captains
71 imps
33 demons
60 lost souls
17 cacodemons
17 hell knights
7 barons of hell
6 arachnotrons
7 former commandos
7 pain elementals
1 revenant
2 arch-viles
7 elite former humans
5 elite former sergeants
5 elite former captains
2 elite former commandos
2 bruiser brothers
1 Cyberdemon
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 9 as soon as possible.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
He left the Deimos Lab without drawing too much attention.
He left level 11 as soon as possible.
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He fled the City in terror!
He nuked level 15!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he finally got too close to a cacodemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit the cacodemon.
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon hits you.
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon hits you.
You hit the cacodemon.
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon hits you.
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon hits you.
You hit the cacodemon.
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon hits you.
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon hits you.
You hit the cacodemon.
You miss the cacodemon. The cacodemon hits you.
You hit the cacodemon.
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon misses you.
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon hits you. Your red armor is damaged!
You hit the cacodemon.
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon hits you. You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2356 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1771 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
105 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 349 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
124 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
119 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Next, I went for Reaper Platinum Badge with Overconfidence and Max Carnage. It's pretty easy, just takes some luck to get to the Nuclear BFG and then defend the island. I had some good runs that all died and managed to get it on a bad one with Invulnerability and rushing towards an empty island. My Phase Device failed on me, but the lack of monsters balanced out the luck:
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For awhile, I was confused how monsters kept respawning with no Archviles in sight, forgeting that they do that on Nightmare.
I shot repeatedly into the darkness until everything was dead. For those who go for this in this manner, always aim between you and the monsters so any knockback effects send them away. After some time, I got the completion:
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 7 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
nuked himself on level 5 of Hell.
He survived 24882 turns and scored 103897 points.
He played for 11 minutes and 20 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 185 out of 323 hellspawn. (57%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Grim Reaper's Badge
Reaper Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 20500/7
ToHit Ranged +14 ToHit Melee +14 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->SoB->SoB->SoB->EE->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] minigun (1d6)x8 [120/200]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [28/40]
[b] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[c] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[e] combat knife (2d5)
[f] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[g] shell box (x96)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
2 former sergeants
3 former captains
15 imps
11 demons
12 lost souls
3 cacodemons
18 hell knights
15 barons of hell
37 arachnotrons
1 former commando
2 pain elementals
12 revenants
15 mancubi
15 arch-viles
13 nightmare imps
8 nightmare demons
3 nightmare arachnotrons
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
On level 4 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 5!
On level 5 he finally nuked himself.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You enter Hell, level 5. The smell of a massacre...
Are you sure you want to overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000? This will overload
the nuclear reactor... [Y/n]
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
You advance to level 7! Press <Enter>...
You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2403 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1815 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
107 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 350 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
124 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
119 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Next, I went for Reaper Diamond Badge. Technically, I could have just gone for this and get both in one run, but felt like playing them separately for fun.
On one run, I found a first floor Trigun:
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I had a number of Invulnerabilities and nuked a pile of floors for quick experience. I later rolled a nasty Cacodemon cave with no proper cover:
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I later also realized I had to cross lava and with no health remaining, which was the end of the run:
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What's cool though is I got another Fallout Platinum Cross. Honestly, Trigun is one of the most OP weapons in the game and I can see myself relying on finding it for the ultra difficult challenges ahead.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 7 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
nuked himself on level 5 of the Deimos base.
He survived 2424 turns and scored 108052 points.
He played for 3 minutes and 53 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 211 out of 211 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Fallout Platinum Cross
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/40 Experience 21470/7
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[b] chaingun (1d6)x4 [16/40]
[c] combat knife (2d5)
[d] 10mm ammo (x100)
[e] shotgun shell (x5)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
17 former humans
14 former sergeants
13 former captains
52 imps
31 demons
21 lost souls
32 cacodemons
2 hell knights
14 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
7 former commandos
3 pain elementals
2 revenants
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he found the Trigun!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 1!
On level 1 he entered Hell's Armory.
He activated the Angel Arm on level 1!
He left the Armory without drawing too much attention.
He activated the Angel Arm on level 2!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 3!
He left level 3 as soon as possible.
He activated the Angel Arm on level 4!
He activated the Angel Arm on level 5!
On level 5 he finally nuked himself.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You reload the shotgun.
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You reload the shotgun.
You reload the shotgun.
You reload the shotgun.
You reload the shotgun.
You reload the shotgun.
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You reload the shotgun.
You reload the shotgun.
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
You reload the shotgun.
You wear/wield : a Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
Do you want to use the dangerous Angel Arm?? [y/n]
You activate the Angel Arm! Your life is drained! You die!... Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2420 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1831 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
108 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 350 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
124 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
119 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
On another run that was looking good, I rolled this for Hell floor 4:
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My strategy for this badge is basically the same as before: grab the Nuclear BFG through either Phase Devices, Envirosuits, or Invulnerability, then camp until everything is dead. Invulnerability right by the stairs here is very promising.
It looked like I had a long way to go though:
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After some running around, I discovered that the door tile was one further than I saw, nice:
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I had fresh Invulnerability and one Homing Phase Device and took the coin flip risk:
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Unfortunately, I got the absolute worst pick and in trying to get to where I needed to be, I was getting walled out by projectiles and unable to move much:
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I eventually made it to the island but the Nuclear BFG had been destroyed and that was the end of the run:
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On a new run with Invulnerability still fresh after the Cyberdemon kill, I found this:
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This would mean that the Nuclear BFG would be unnecessary! I decided a Rocket Launcher would definitely be the best pick, but I could also double the rate of ammo refill on the Nuclear BFG. I also found this along the way but decided I didn't need it:
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I had a really nice floor 4:
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And it kept getting better:
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Before entering, I had a huge stack of goodies:
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After three tries of Homing Phase Devices, I got the second best spot and decided to just go with that:
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I was having trouble defending and bad spawns appeared:
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With Dodgemaster, I can normally handle Nightmare Cacodemons, but I was getting boxed in and with no cover. After burning through my Med-Paks, I decided to use my last Homing Phase Device, but with hardly any effect:
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Out of desperation, I used a regular Phase Device and it went about as well as you could guess:
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On another run, I had an interesting first floor where I could cut everything off and blow up all corpses, leaving just a Commando and I stocked up on Cells:
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Having Plasma helped a lot and I had lots of other good fortune through the way. On Hell floor 4, I had a pretty good start:
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I also rolled Limbo again and had another nice stack of items, the only main thing I was lacking was Med-Paks:
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I decided to take another risk and used a regular Phase Device, which worked out pretty well:
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Nightmare Cacodemons were swarming again, but all the Plasma I had helped a lot, and I needed almost all of it to defend my space. After quite some time with blasting Cacodemons and firing Nuclear BFG shots into the darkness, I eventually cleared Limbo.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 9 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
nuked himself on level 5 of Hell.
He survived 45468 turns and scored 195610 points.
He played for 27 minutes and 8 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 294 out of 624 hellspawn. (47%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Confidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 8
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Grim Reaper's Badge
Reaper Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/70 Experience 34514/9
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 2)
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Fin->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [7/7] (82%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [28/40] (T1)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat shotgun (8d3) [5/5] (P1)
[b] rocket launcher (6d6) [0/1]
[c] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]
[d] combat knife (2d5)
[e] 10mm ammo (x100)
[f] shotgun shell (x27)
[g] power cell (x34)
[h] agility mod pack
[i] onyx armor pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Melee - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 50% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
23 former humans
18 former sergeants
13 former captains
45 imps
8 demons
13 lost souls
14 cacodemons
17 hell knights
18 barons of hell
5 arachnotrons
20 former commandos
1 pain elemental
16 revenants
23 mancubi
21 arch-viles
12 nightmare imps
20 nightmare cacodemons
3 nightmare demons
3 nightmare arachnotrons
1 Cyberdemon
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he entered Hell's Armory.
He left the Armory without drawing too much attention.
On level 2 he assembled a tactical boots!
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
On level 8 he found the Tower of Babel!
Entering level 9 he was almost dead...
He left level 10 as soon as possible.
On level 12 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
On level 12 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear Limbo from evil!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 13!
On level 13 he finally nuked himself.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You overcharge the nuclear BFG 9000! Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
The arch-vile raises his arms!
You open the door. Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds! You dodge! The missile
hits the revenant. You are hit! You dodge! The missile hits the revenant. The
revenant dies.
The arch-vile raises his arms!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
You advance to level 9! Press <Enter>...
You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2532 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1935 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
109 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 357 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
124 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
119 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Overall, a pretty good day. While my rate of play will remain high, there aren't really many easy challenges left, and many of which require long runs, so I might start seeing days where I don't get anything new. I'll put in a good fight and see how things go.
Icy:
Day 19
Today, I went for Scavenger Diamond Badge with the Azrael strategy. I tried a few times and was struggling to get really anywhere, so I switched to using the Humanity variant and got it pretty quick. It's very easy and probably the best way to get it. Humanity + Overconfidence supplies you with Ballistic Red Armor and Chainsword, and tons of Med-Paks to use Whisper of Death once arriving at The Vaults. 4 attacks are the minimum required to kill Archviles, with 5 the maximum if any Revenants get resurrected.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 7 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
let an arachnotron get him on level 4 of Hell.
He survived 43089 turns and scored 42677 points.
He played for 8 minutes and 35 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 76 out of 175 hellspawn. (43%)
He was an Angel of Humanity!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 2
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Scavenger Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/5 Experience 16751/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Int->Int->HR->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] ballistic red armor [4/4] (67%)
[b] [ Weapon ] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6] (T1)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [2/2] (91%) (P)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x40)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200]
[c] chainsword (8d2)
[d] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[e] 10mm ammo (x72)
[f] shotgun shell (x48)
[g] rocket (x10)
[h] rocket (x7)
[i] rocket (x10)
[j] power cell (x30)
[k] small med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 90% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 55% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
2 former sergeants
5 imps
21 demons
16 lost souls
1 baron of hell
1 former commando
19 revenants
10 arch-viles
1 Angel of Death
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he assembled a ballistic armor!
On level 1 he assembled a chainsword!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 2, hell froze over!
He left level 2 as soon as possible.
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
On level 4 he finally let an arachnotron get him.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood! There is a small med-pack lying here.
You picked up a small med-pack. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You dodge! You dodge! You are hit! You are hit! You need to
taste blood!
You dodge! You dodge! You are hit! You are hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2554 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1955 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
109 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 359 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
124 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
119 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
After that, I decided to bring the difficulty down to Hurt Me Plenty and play for Platinum Everyman Badge and Thomas's Medal using the same strategy. I've had quite a few good runs, but it's hard to make it through the later parts of the game when running around with at most 5 HP. I didn't manage to get them just yet, but I should soon.
Here's a few interesting screenshots:
This was a silly setup for floor 1:
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And I believe this was the longest level feeling I've ever had, almost a short novel:
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On my best run with tons of gear, I rolled this for floor 4:
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I decided to save the nuke for later, and certainly not nuke Mortuary/Limbo as I need all the goodies inside. I was able to sneak in and used several Whispers of Death between all the Soulspheres and Med-Paks. When leaving, I had this:
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On floor 5, I found two more Small Med-Paks, got some extra experience to get towards Dodgemaster, and was pretty set to get a completion, but of all things that could happen, a Cacodemon stepped into a teleporter, appeared in front of me, and instantly killed me. That's how it goes.
It's a pretty fun challenge and Everyman Diamond Badge with the same strategy should be good too once I go for that later on.
Icy:
Day 20
After a bit of struggling the last couple days, today was a huge success! On my first run of the day, I got Everyman Platinum Badge and Thomas's Medal with the Humanity + Overconfidence strategies!
The first floor had two Homing Phase Devices, which meant I could later skip floors 5 and 7, but I didn't want to get too excited since the hardest parts are at the beginning. After getting Azrael's Scythe, wiping The Vaults, and clearing out Limbo with some luck and more Whispers of Death, I was well set to complete. The stack of items leaving Limbo means there's enough Med-Paks for Lava Pits/Mt Erebus, Red Armor (P) for tanking the Lava Elemental, Nuclear BFG where needed, even if just for the ending, and a Soulsphere to reach a whopping 10 HP.
I had Invulnerability for Lava Pits, which ran out, but I also had an Envirosuit and killed the Lava Elemental in 2 hits:
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Then with the Homing Phase Device for floor 7 and Nuclear BFG for Dis, it was all done.
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Icy, level 9 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 193408 turns and scored 75100 points.
He played for 24 minutes and 42 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 190 out of 278 hellspawn. (68%)
He was an Angel of Humanity!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 4
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Angelic Badge
Thomas's Medal
Everyman Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/5 Experience 30781/9
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +4 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +6
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 2)
Berserker (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (98%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [2/2] (100%) (P)
[d] [ Prepared ] shell box (x93)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] plasma rifle (1d8)x6 [40/40] (P1)
[c] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[d] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6] (T1)
[e] minigun (1d6)x8 [200/200] (T1)
[f] Angelic Armor [7/7] (99%)
[g] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[h] rocket (x10)
[i] power cell (x20)
[j] power cell (x50)
[k] power cell (x50)
[l] power cell (x50)
[m] large med-pack
[n] large med-pack
[o] large med-pack
[p] phase device
[q] lava element
[r] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Fire - internal 85% torso 95% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
4 former humans
12 former sergeants
7 former captains
14 imps
17 demons
53 lost souls
23 cacodemons
4 hell knights
4 barons of hell
3 arachnotrons
4 former commandos
1 pain elemental
9 revenants
22 mancubi
10 arch-viles
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he assembled a chainsword!
On level 1 he assembled a ballistic armor!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 3 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
On level 4 he found the Angelic Armor!
He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
He left level 5 as soon as possible.
On level 6 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
He left level 7 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 8!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds! You need to taste blood!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds! You need to taste blood!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds! 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!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds! You need to taste blood!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds! You need to taste blood!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. That hurt! You' going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2633 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
2018 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
109 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 374 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
125 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
4 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
120 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Next, I tried for Quartermaster Platinum Badge and got that in just a few tries too! My general strategy was to use Max Carnage, kill a handful of monsters along the way to get Dodgemaster for the Cyberdemon, and stairdive for most of the whole way through.
On Deimos floor 4, I had a nice double Invulnerability:
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On floor 7, I found a Homing Phase Device while still Invulnerable and opted to use it then.
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Hell floor 1 was a bit rough:
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But I found another Homing Phase Device:
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And decided after searching through most of the level which has two staircases to hold onto it, which was a bit risky with some of the monsters that were around:
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On floor 2, while this weapon is basically useless, it's a nice source of Cells:
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Funny enough, it was good that I went to grab it or I may have had a very long level:
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Floor 3 was also a mess and while I wanted to hang onto my Homing Phase Device, I think it was the right call to use it there:
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And it was for sure:
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Floor 4 was nicer:
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And looking even better with yet another Homing Phase Device. I was a little worried about all the Archviles and Revenants though so I tried to stay above to direct their fire away from it:
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Which also revealed the stairs!
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After killing them, it seems that it was destroyed unfortunately:
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Or not:
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Floor 5 was fair, and I was lucky to have ran in the right direction:
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And with this floor 6, I had the game won!
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I did Run->Wait at Dis to end the game after.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 9 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 24942 turns and scored 416412 points.
He played for 32 minutes and 13 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 494 out of 978 hellspawn. (50%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Red Alert!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 2
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Minor Icarus Cross
Quartermaster Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 31708/9
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
Juggler (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Int->Int->HR->HR->DM->Fin->Jug->Fin->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4/4] (58%)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (94%)
[d] [ Prepared ] 10mm ammo chain (x162)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] chaingun (1d6)x4 [40/40]
[b] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40]
[c] blue armor [1/2] (39%)
[d] chainsaw (4d6)
[e] 10mm ammo (x88)
[f] 10mm ammo (x100)
[g] 10mm ammo (x100)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x50)
[j] shotgun shell (x50)
[k] power cell (x48)
[l] small med-pack
[m] small med-pack
[n] small med-pack
[o] small med-pack
[p] large med-pack
[q] large med-pack
[r] large med-pack
[s] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[t] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 25% feet 25%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
65 former humans
20 former sergeants
17 former captains
77 imps
73 demons
182 lost souls
3 cacodemons
16 hell knights
4 barons of hell
2 former commandos
18 pain elementals
6 revenants
2 mancubi
4 arch-viles
3 nightmare imps
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 12 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He left level 15 as soon as possible.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 18 as soon as possible.
He left level 19 as soon as possible.
He left level 22 as soon as possible.
He left level 23 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Warning! Explosion in 60 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 50 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 40 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 30 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 20 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 8 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 5 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 4 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 3 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 2 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 1 seconds!
Congratulations! You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2638 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
2018 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
113 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 374 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
126 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
120 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
My next pick was Berserk + Overconfidence on Ultra-Violence with 100% kills to get me both Gargulec Cross and Berserker Platinum Badge. My general strategy for this is to get a strong floor 1, grab Azrael's Scythe, and then Run->Wait camp to kill everything on the rest of the floors. So long as you can kill basically everything in one hit, door camping is very safe, especially once getting Vampyre.
This challenge took a number of tries unlike earlier, and I had some interesting games along the way.
I had a really odd island level with intersecting bridges:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
On one run, I rolled a lever that would floor the whole level with lava, and also found a Homing Phase Device:
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My plan was to pull it, warp onto the stairs, and get an easy clear, although I wouldn't be getting Azrael's Scythe on this particular attempt:
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Unfortunately, there were a number of flying enemies, and a nearby Chaingunner who was safe on an opened door:
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I couldn't do a whole lot from here:
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On another run, I found a Trigun on floor 1!
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Also with an Invulnerability near the stairs to Unholy Cathedral:
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Unfortunately though, there were Barons hanging around there, it was a flooding level, and I had just slightly too little health to grab it.
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On another good run, I had a Revenant level, which is excellent for experience and easy kills. I left with a giant stack of Med-Packs:
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I was able to get Azrael's Scythe and not long after floor 2, got Vampyre. Getting runs up to this point can be rare, so I had to take things a bit more seriously from here. Floor 3 was nice and I was able to start door camping:
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Floor 4 was also nice:
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The entire right side of the level only had one entrance, which made camping very powerful:
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It was very helpful too since the other side was a mess:
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Because of the Tracking Map, Run->Wait was only so fast, so I slowly approached and cleared out the level. I had a pretty solid stack of items:
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Floor 5 gave me another Computer Map and revealed lots of useful items:
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I was also able to isolate very well:
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Floor 6 once again gave me a Computer Map:
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I had to play a bit aggressively as there were a ton of Archviles and Mancubi to the right, with barrels littered everywhere. Envirosuit helped a lot, but I had a few sketchy moments:
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After that side was empty, I was able to do more door camping:
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Floor 7 was a big mess of a level, but at least I found yet another Computer Map:
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Because of the angle of a vault towards a rough spot below, I decided to charge in. It's not as dangerous as it looks since the Cacodemons end up meat-shielding each other and they all get killed easily:
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I was considering using some Whispers of Death, but wasn't sure if it would be the best call to approach the Spider Mastermind with less HP. I decided not to and was able to clear the bottom without as much trouble as I expected:
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And with that, it was an easy finish!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 9 Apostle Chaos Colonel Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 853391 turns and scored 119974 points.
He played for 44 minutes and 55 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 298 out of 298 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
Gargulec Cross
Berserker Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 81/60 Experience 37348/9
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Bru->Ber->Bad->MVm->Bad->TaN->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] fireproof steel boots [1/1] (97%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (47%)
[b] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[c] blue armor [1/2] (22%)
[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] protective boots [2/2] (100%)
[l] gothic boots [10/10] (200%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 85% torso 85% feet 85%
Fire - internal 85% torso 85% feet 95%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
18 former sergeants
12 former captains
28 imps
39 demons
97 lost souls
21 cacodemons
9 hell knights
22 barons of hell
9 arachnotrons
2 former commandos
9 pain elementals
14 revenants
10 mancubi
6 arch-viles
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he stumbled into a complex full of revenants!
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 3 he assembled a fireproof boots!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You miss the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2663 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
2038 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
114 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 377 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
127 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
121 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Next up, Berserker Diamond Badge. Like other Nightmare challenges with kill requirements, my strategy was to rush to the end, isolate an enemy, and repeatedly kill it until I'm set to finish.
This start didn't look very promising:
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On a much better run, I got to floor 4 and accidentally went to The Mortuary, thinking it was The Vaults. Lucky me, the upper-right area was pretty empty!
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And on floor 5, I found an Invulnerability to go with my Nuclear BFG:
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I decided to nuke floor 5 for the experience, get Intuition, and hopefully find some useful power-ups in the next floors. And it worked out really well!
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Floor 7 was the main floor that mattered and it had two lava rivers!
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The left side was already cut off!
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For the right side, I was going to make use of a few barrels to help. Combat Knives are really helpful for this on Berserk challenges:
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I wasn't quite sure what to do with the right side though and there was a pile of Hell Knights and Barons over there. I had most of the bodies destroyed, except one Hell Knight and hoped I could push the last barrel close enough to it:
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Not quite:
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So instead, I let the Hell Knight destroy the Mancubus corpse I was saving and went for repeated Hell Knight kills instead, which was slightly riskier:
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In any case, the setup was complete, but I had quite a few kills to get:
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I still had to fight the Spider Mastermind without dying, but I had the Chainsaw boost to help:
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And after just a small handful of runs, I got the badge!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 6 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 109631 turns and scored 100304 points.
He played for 22 minutes and 30 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 486 out of 790 hellspawn. (61%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (gold cluster)
Berserker Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 15/50 Experience 11054/6
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Finesse (Level 1)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Int->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (4d6) (A)
[c] [ Boots ] steel boots [1/1] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
1 former sergeant
2 former captains
1 cacodemon
454 hell knights
3 barons of hell
14 arachnotrons
1 former commando
1 pain elemental
3 revenants
2 mancubi
3 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 4 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 5!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You're going
berserk! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You dodge! You dodge! You are hit! You are hit! You
need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2674 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
2047 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
114 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 378 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
128 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
122 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
I now have earned all the Medals and Platinum Badges I previously got and decided to get around to the last Gold Badge, which was Strongman. I'm not sure if my strategy or playstyle is weak, but I've always felt relatively weak on challenges that require Knives and Fists only. Despite that, I got a complete luckbox run and got the badge after just a couple tries!
After an average start with some door camping, I had a bad floor 5 and had no choice but to skip Chained Court:
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Floor 7 was where things started to look really good though:
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Most of Deimos was me running around with Invulnerability and stairdiving, however, I realized my run was basically finished at the Cyberdemon with little experience and no Chainsaw. Perhaps related to my weakness on these challenges, I clearly had a major misunderstanding of how powerful Berserk really is. I started off with blasting the Cyberdemon with Plasma, took a couple hits which triggered Berserker, and charged at him with a basic Combat Knife. To my surprise, I actually managed to kill him, and with lots of health and a couple Med-Paks too!
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Hell floor 2 was a terrible start, but a Phase Device dropped me off right at the stairs!
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Floor 3 had the stairs one tile over!
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Floor 4 had an Invulnerability near the stairs, but I did have to work a little for this one at least:
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I also found this, but it was destroyed before I could grab it:
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Floor 5 put me by the stairs again!
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Floor 6 was good too!
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And floor 7 too!
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And suddenly, I was at the end of the game. I was still slightly worried about dying, but with Berserk and lots of Brute, I was still strong enough to make the Spider Mastermind flinch and took her out without too much trouble!
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Icy, level 5 Apostle Chaos Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 288365 turns and scored 68219 points.
He played for 16 minutes and 30 seconds.
He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.
He killed 121 out of 509 hellspawn. (23%)
Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Malicious Knives Cross
Compet-n Gold Cross
Strongman Gold Badge
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 34/50 Experience 9135/5
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Int->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [1/2] (49%)
[b] [ Weapon ] combat knife (2d5) (T)
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [4/40]
[b] green armor [1/1] (36%)
[c] green armor [1/1] (39%)
[d] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[e] green armor [1/1] (10%)
[f] combat knife (2d5)
[g] combat knife (2d5)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] shotgun shell (x41)
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 70% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
29 former humans
18 former sergeants
7 former captains
43 imps
4 demons
7 lost souls
4 hell knights
3 barons of hell
2 former commandos
1 revenant
1 arch-vile
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
He left level 10 as soon as possible.
He sounded the alarm on level 11!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
He left level 18 as soon as possible.
He left level 19 as soon as possible.
He left level 21 as soon as possible.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You're going
berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! Your blue armor is
damaged! You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
2678 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
2050 of those were killed.
7 of those were killed by something unknown.
114 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 378 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
129 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
123 killed the bitch and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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--- End code ---
Slightly insulting to be given all this merely for a Gold Badge, but I'm certainly not complaining!
I now am only missing 3 rewards that I had previously obtained: Quartermaster Diamond Badge, Veteran Angelic Badge, and Lightfoot Angelic Badge. These are all tough challenges, but I think I can get them without too much trouble. I'm definitely at the point now where I don't think I will be getting new things every day, especially since I just cleared out a lot of what I was missing just today.
My other main targets are Everyman Diamond Badge using the Azrael strategy, which isn't too much harder than doing so on HMP, and completing an Angel of 100 game on Nightmare will give me all of Dervis' Medallion, Heroic Diamond Badge, and Centurial Diamond Badge, completing my Medal count and really upping my Diamond Badge count. I've been a bit frustrated with myself for not having done it before since it's so many rewards for one run, especially since I'm a huge fan of Angel of 100, so it will be some good redemption for sure. There's lots more unfinished business ahead, and there are a lot of non-reward challenges I intend to do too once the remaining rewards start becoming more and more infeasible.
Sereg:
Welcome back Icy, good to see you again... looks like you've made pretty incredible progress so far.
Got the really tough stuff left to go though - it'll be interesting to see how you handle it this time around, and if you can exceed your previous achievements.
Best of luck!
Icy:
Thanks, although I have to say, you chose an amusing time to pop in.
Day 21
I decided to start with Veteran Angelic Badge, which isn't too bad once you get through the first half of the game. If you can get to Mortuary/Limbo and grab the Nuclear BFG, it solves a good amount of problems for the run.
Last time, I got a golden run and was able to get this badge on my first try, and with that, I took this run very carefully to see if I could do it again.
To start, I found a great armor on floor 1:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I also found a much needed weapon:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
There were also a few Mancubi and Shotgun Guys who I farmed up a bit for ammunition. 100% kills on Nightmare can be a bit of an obstacle since everything needs to be killed and then destroyed, which is very ammo-expensive.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Floor 2 was a bit messy, but a fair challenge, and I was able to scoop up more ammo:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Floor 3 was a maze with a vertical lava river, and I accidentally blew up the bridge, which I actually did not want because crossing over later is dangerous:
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Once again, I had tons of ammo to grab:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Overall, a very strong start:
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Floor 4 had a horizontal lava river and was very nasty. I also almost died pretty quickly:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
After clearing the floor, I was at a tough decision as I rolled Limbo, but didn't have any of the needed supplies to take it on, in particular, Med-Paks and Phase Devices:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I decided I would push my luck and hope I could find a nuke by chance. Floor 5 was a decent start:
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At one point, I was getting attacked by a Mancubus with few options to go from here. I decided to use my Homing Phase Device, despite it being at an angle relative to where it was firing from, hoping it wouldn't kill me:
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But it unfortunately didn't work out:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
No first try this time! This run took almost an hour though and it's pretty draining to do all that only to not get the desired luck regarding Limbo. This is the kind of thing where you can only get a few runs a day, even if you play a lot.
So I decided to try something more sprinty and a bit crazy.
I was theorycrafting a bit with Pacifist Angelic Badge and perhaps most people go with Hellrunner, but I am pretty convinced that Intuition is the optimal choice. While Hellrunner does give you more movement speed and dodging, Intuition provides you with the locations of Computer/Tracking Maps, which are invaluable, as well as Invulnerabilities and other useful powerups. While it's obviously necessary to prevent any monsters killing each other, you yourself must also survive. I would argue the movement speed difference from Hellrunner is made up for by having access to maps as well.
I also looked into the coding and the badge requires exactly 1 kill and a completed run, so no silly business here. However, it's worth noting that if a player makes it to Dis while Invulnerable, they should let it run out before nuking the Spider Mastermind, in the off-chance that JC accidentally kills something it spawns.
On my tenth attempt, with my previous best being Phobos floor 5 with no deaths, I had this happen.
To start, I had a very interesting room:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I also found a pretty useful armor early on, which is nice for better damage reduction and movement speed compared to Blue Armor:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Floor 4 gave me a nearby map:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Floor 5 also gave me a Phase Device! As you need to get through Phobos Anomaly with 0 monster deaths, it's essentially mandatory to have at least one of these. Invulnerability also likely won't cut it.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I also found both the main exit and the Chained Court and was undecided of where to go. I think the Berserks could be helpful, but I was concerned with monsters all killing themselves and decided I would look into it on a future run where I only found Chained Court. With this, I have now surpassed my previous best!
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Floor 6 gave another excellent example of the power of maps:
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I took a chance with the nearby teleporter, but it was unfortunately mostly useless:
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Things were getting dicey:
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But I managed to make it to floor 7!
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I really wanted the map if not the stairs, but I couldn't reasonably approach it:
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Even from another angle:
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But I found the stairs!
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So after all this, I still have to get very lucky with a Phase Device to skip all the early monsters. I used it and...
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I got past! I ran around the Bruisers and rolled an amazing Deimos floor 1, that also had no risk of monster kills with a Lost Soul cave!
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
It got better too:
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Floor 2 also had very nearby stairs!
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
And again on floor 3!
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Floor 4 was looking bad though:
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Or not! I even rolled City of Skulls, whereas Abyssal Plains would have to be skipped:
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Floor 5 was another cave, and it had Invulnerability too!
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This was getting pretty insane.
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Floor 6 didn't look too promising, but Invulnerability helps. However, I heard a Demon yell in pain and got worried:
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After exploring the starting rooms and having nowhere else to go, I had to go left and had a room of Demons with a bunch of damaging fluids. And just like that, it was all over:
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I did go the correct direction too, so there weren't really mistakes on my part:
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This was an absolutely crazy run that had ridiculous luck in it, but ultimately, I was barely half way done, getting low on supplies, and lost it due to monsters being dumb. It would honestly take me hundreds of more attempts to get another run like this, and some ungodly amount to actually complete it. I did genuinely think that this was something a player could realistically get if they played out enough runs, but after having been given everything I could have realistically imagined, I've been thoroughly convinced that this is not feasible at all.
Anyway, I've been getting struck by the same feelings I had before where the game is slowly turning from fun into a slog, despite me clearly capable of a lot more, so I'm going to take another break. For reference, I have played 150 hours in the last 3 weeks, which is more than most full-time jobs! If it wasn't obvious already, I'm generally very on/off type of person.
Hopefully the burnout is just temporary, but I have everything up to this point backed up so I won't have to redo everything again. Maybe it will be 3 days, maybe it will be 3 years, but I'm going to do some other stuff for awhile. Perhaps maintaining a daily blogging style is not the best way to approach since I unnecessarily put pressure on myself to perform, though it does get some fast results. Maybe I'll simply post in the post-mortem board section for future rewards and create an additional separate thread if I discover any more relevant strategy ideas like the Humanity Azrael strategy or JC farming, etc. We'll see!
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