The DWIronman League dies to: The Darkening E1 & E2

[Steve D]

http://www.mediafire.com/file/cnp1r91zta7ky9c/DWI_SteveD_Darken.zip/file

 

Utterly atrocious Cat1 attempt. It didn't help that I had to figure out which files to load for Darkening 1 when I had just 90 minutes to work with. Oh, such larks! :D

 

Darkening 1 - Dead on Map02. Notable achievements -- found both secrets on Map01. On Map02, I successfully died to Chaingunners immediately after finding a Blue Armor secret.

Darkening 2 - Dead on Map01. With mere minutes of playing time available, I didn't have time to pistol Imps, so I ran around like an idiot, made a typically silly Steve D move, and then got cornered on a lift and roasted by Imp fireballs.

 

So there you have it, only 1 map survived. At least it won't take long to watch. :D

 

I'm gonna start early for the August run. The time crunch had me completely discombobulated for this one. My excuse -- crazy work schedule. But better to try and die with an hour of total time available, than to give it a pass and miss out on the complete futility of it all. ;)

Edited August 1, 2018 by Steve D

[Alfonzo]

"Why can't we find a way to safely dispose of radioactive waste and protect ironmen from an undignified death the environment? Even if I [had stopped] this alien invasion, what kind of gross traps planet [would I have left] to our other unsuspecting participants children? And guys who can't check the automap properly our children's children, and...

 

Oh, The Darkening!"

 

Spoiler

Dead in the green stuff on map09 of The Darkening, joining the bobbing corpses of Malrionn and Big ol' Billy. Survived E2. Cat 2.

 

darken_ironman_alfnz.zip

 

Great to see so many of the usual suspects rock up at the last moment, though the absence of veteran battler @JudgeDeadd is keenly felt! Hang in there, guys. I want you all wearing green survival badges before this year is done (I could do with one as well).

 

EDIT: Whoops, CNR did post runs this month.

Edited August 1, 2018 by Alfonzo
I can't read good.

[Dragonfly]

7 hours ago, Capellan said:

 

I think it is clearly a much more mature mapset, but whether it is more "fun" probably depends on how you feel about its specific set of design drivers (sometimes opaque progression and emphasis on resource starvation).

 

Fair comments. I feel like I enjoyed it more, personally. Not sure if that's the better visuals or the gameplay, or a combination of both? I know the visual appearance of a map is a "fun factor" for me personally. :P

[NaZa]

So far, whenever @Veinen managed to outspeed Bloodite, DotW managed to go even quicker. This month may have marked a renaissance though as he seems to have won, ahead of both! Congratulations!

[Capellan]

1 hour ago, Dragonfly said:

 

Fair comments. I feel like I enjoyed it more, personally. 

 

Which is certainly fair enough - overall, I enjoy 2 more than 1 as well.  Silly crate parkour aside, anyway :)

 

[Dragonfly]

8 minutes ago, Capellan said:

Silly crate parkour aside, anyway :)

 

Hear, hear!

[Steve D]

It's official. The grim and formidable HexaDoken has taken the Keyboard Kup once again. But don't get too comfortable, Hex, I'm not giving up. I'll be here month after month, haunting your steps, always coming up a little bit short, waiting for the day when Alfonzo chooses Fava Beans and I can go all-out in a Cat 2 run. You'll be in trouble then! ;)

[HexaDoken]

/me reads message

 

/me quietly downloads fava beans and speedruns it 20-30 times

[Steve D]

32 minutes ago, HexaDoken said:

/me quietly downloads fava beans and speedruns it 20-30 times

 

D'oh! :D

[Cynical]

I doubt Fava Beans will ever be picked, it wouldn't really be in the spirit of ironman if there was literally zero chance of anyone dying.

[seed]

Speaking of dying, I wonder what this month's Ironman has in store.

[Steve D]

1 hour ago, Cynical said:

I doubt Fava Beans will ever be picked, it wouldn't really be in the spirit of ironman if there was literally zero chance of anyone dying.

 

You're probably right, but when it's easy, it becomes a speed contest.

[NaZa]

Echoing RjY in February, here's the ranking to help with potential future obit writing :)

 

COLUMNS ARE: category, total maps survived (SS = survived), time upon reaching said total of maps survived, set by set (xx/yy where xx is E1 death and yy is E2 death), player name

1. 3 - SS - 1:22:36 - SS/SS - Veinen
2. 2 - SS - 1:29:23 - SS/SS - Demon of the Well
3. 2 - SS - 1:35:19 - SS/SS - Bloodite Krypto
4. 3 - SS - 2:06:15 - SS/SS - RjY
5. 1 - SS - 3:52:49 - SS/SS - Beginner
6. 2 - SS - 4:05:05 - SS/SS - WH-Wilou84
7. 1 - 22 - 3:45:59 - SS/12 - NaZa
8. 3 - 21 - 3:24:46 - SS/11 - leodoom85
9. 2 - 20 - 2:52:00 - 09/SS - Alfonzo
10. 2 - 19 - 2:19:44 - SS/09 - Bashe
11. 2 - 19 - 2:30:16 - SS/09 - Anima Zero
12. 2 - 19 - 2:36:07 - SS/09 - dt_
13. 1 - 19 - 2:50:51 - SS/09 - Scotty
14. 2 - 19 - 3:01:13 - SS/09 - Dragonfly
15. 1 - 16 - 2:07:48 - 09/09 - SSGmaster
16. 2 - 16 - 2:19:10 - SS/06 - Sparktimus
17. 1 - 16 - 2:50:38 - 09/09 - Malrionn
18. 1 - 16 - 3:51:20 - 09/09 - Big Ol Billy
19. 2 - 15 - 2:01:24 - SS/05 - an_mutt
20. 2 - 15 - 2:06:55 - 09/08 - Roofi
21. 1 - 15 - 2:23:43 - SS/05 - Suitepee
22. 2 - 13 - 1:59:39 - 07/08 - NoisyVelvet
23. 2 - 12 - 1:12:42 - SS/02 - HexaDoken
24. 3 - 12 - 1:20:47 - 09/05 - Aquila Chrysaetos
25. 2 - 12 - 1:23:45 - 07/07 - cannonball
26. 1 - 11 - 1:31:17 - 07/06 - Vince Vega
27. 1 - 10 - 1:09:14 - 08/04 - DaIcemann76
28. 3 - 08 - 1:55:21 - 08/02 - Crusader No Regret
29. 1 - 07 - 0:44:00 - 07/02 - Eris Falling
30. 1 - 07 - 0:59:55 - 05/04 - Agent6
31. 1 - 07 - 1:00:46 - 07/02 - Swalzi
32. 1 - 07 - 1:11:22 - 04/05 - guineu
33. 3 - 02 - 0:24:38 - 02/02 - Pegleg
34. 1 - 01 - 0:06:03 - 02/01 - Steve D
35. 1 - 01 - 0:10:45 - 01/02 - 42PercentHealth
36. 1 - 00 - 0:00:00 - 01/xx - Ancalagon

Edited August 4, 2018 by NaZa