does it still say it if you were for some reason at 100% kill rate but decided to blast yourself with rockets or swim in lava?
Easy enough to test; the answer is yes. :)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 2 Apostle Chaos Mjr General Marine,
nuked himself on level 1 of the Phobos base.
He survived 108 turns and scored 9146 points.
He played for 9 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 30 out of 30 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Pacifism!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/80 Experience 1268/2
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Ironman (Level 2)
Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] nothing
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] large med-pack
[b] large med-pack
[c] large med-pack
[d] large med-pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former humans
4 former sergeants
2 former captains
14 imps
2 demons
3 lost souls
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He nuked level 1!
On level 1 he finally nuked himself.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Welcome to the Doom Roguelike... You enter Phobos, level 1.
Are you sure you want activate the thermonuclear bomb? [Y/n]
You use a thermonuclear bomb. Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds! Warning!
Explosion in 9 seconds!
Run - direction...
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!
You advance to level 2! Press <Enter>...
You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1564 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1231 of those were killed.
8 of those were killed by something unknown.
164 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 55 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
106 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
5 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
71 killed the bitch and survived.
30 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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