The DWIronman League dies to: Ultimate Doom The Way id Did

[Alfonzo]

December, 2018

 

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1. [1] E4M5 WH-Wilout84 - Copy-paste Aquila's decision-making from M4, this time with Doctrines. Very enjoyable watch!
2. [1] E4M4 Anima Zero - The long, dark hallway beckons... and with it, an opportunity to join the 1% club.
3. [1] E4M4 Aquila Chrysaetos - Fought valiantly to find the exit only to turn tail for goodies. Found said goodies... and a whole lot more :)
4. [1] E4M4 NoisyVelvet - At times cautious; at times brave. Ultimately undone by Unclean Spirits.
5. [1] E4M2 Juza - If I were a gambling man I'd have had money riding on those killer tomatoes. Welcome aboard!
6. [1] E4M2 DMPhobos - Lived in fear of the shotgun guy; forgot completely the art of fireball dodging.
7. [1] E4M1 leodoom85 - No matter what happens, leo, I like your style. It makes for great Ironman ratings. Now... Into The Grave!
8. [1] E4M1 Jaws In Space - UDTWiD's first demo of any kind. And we are extremely pleased with the results. Thank you, Jaws.
9. [1] E4M1 KVELLER - You are to be commended for this upload. That demo progress bar was speeding along like it wanted a ticket.
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What is the Doomworld Ironman League?

The DWIronman League is a monthy competition in which participants aim to survive for as many levels as possible in the given map set, preferably in one sitting. Click the spoiler tag below for a detailed list of rules. Players of all levels of ability are welcome. It could change the way you play Doom!

 

In December 2018, The Doomworld Ironman League dies to Ultimate Doom The Way id Did (-complevel 3 (Doom (strict)), an E4 replacement which has just been released from captivity and is probably malnourished and blind in both eyes. A Category 1 hostage situation! How convenient and exciting it is, then, that you too shall (probably) be playing it without any foreknowledge whatsoever.

 

UDTWiD, like its predecessor projects, was made to realize an alternate-universe take on the commercial games through mimicry of the original designers' styles. A few liberties have been taken on this occasion, partly in light of the inconsistencies present in the original DTWiD, but also because having M1 and M2 remain the most difficult maps by the length of the Nile was a fantastic balls-up that we couldn't abide by repeating. There will be dips and troughs, no doubt, but you have been warned! The devil delights in all corners, here.

 

Good luck to all and die well.

 

Potential Game-stoppers and Bugs

• E4M1 has both an inescapable damaging pit and radsuits. This is intended, but because it occurs early in the WAD and this month's challenge is doubling up as a final test run of sorts, I'm letting you know about it! We want you to die to other things!
• This is a 2nd release candidate and as such is not the certified final version. Barring any significant bugs, however, all the demos should stand and this will be the version released to /idgames. Feel free to leave an in-depth review of the WAD in the official UDTWiD thread after your playthrough!

 

prboom-plus -file UDTWiD-RC2.wad -deh UDTWiD.deh -complevel 3 -warp -skill 4 -record my_demo

 

Spoiler

 

• One attempt per month. Good luck!
• Demos (PrBoom+, GLBoom, Eternity or Chocolate), stream highlights and single-take video recordings are the only accepted proofs. You must link to these runs in the thread. 
• UV only; no pistol-starting.
• No additional wads may be loaded.
• No hard-coded cheats or features that result in behavior beyond what is possible in the intended source port (e.g. freelook, jumping and crouching in a boom set). This includes dynamic lights and brightmaps.
• If streaming or recording videos using an advanced source port with compatibility options, you must not enable any flags that result in behavior beyond what is possible in the intended source port. In most cases, this will mean that you can comfortably use "Doom/Boom(strict)" behaviour in ZDoom, for example. You must also display these settings on-screen before your run.
• If you choose to stream your run rather than provide a demo and you die before completing a single level, either on MAP01 of a set or because a single level was selected for the month, you must display the number of monsters killed/remaining in the level before you quit.
• You do not have to play the secret levels in order to register a complete run. However, a player who finishes the game having completed more secret levels will rank higher than his/her competitors.
• You cannot load a game having progressed past the save point.
• You cannot consult Doom Builder during your run to check for map details.
• If the recording of your official run is interrupted due to technical difficulties, you are not permitted a second attempt. Any surviving recording may be used to register a DNF result.
• Accidentally restarting a level before a death exit takes you to the tally screen will disqualify your run.
• You are required to affix one of three numbers to your run informing the League of your degree of familiarity with the map/set played. Note that your evaluation should only take into consideration the content covered in your run (e.g. if you remember only one part of a level in a set you haven't played before but never reach that level, you should list your run as a [1] instead of [2]):
   

1. This is a blind run. If I have played or watched any of the level/set being played before, I can't remember the details of any one area in a way that would offer an advantage over truly blind players.

2. This is a familiar run. I have played or watched the level/set being played before — even if it's only one area — and can remember enough details to have an advantage over blind players.

3. This is a prepared run. Before declaring my official run I:

   • Played the WAD to some extent after it was announced for this month's challenge, and/or
   • Inspected the WAD's level design in an editor, and/or
   • Watched non-ironman recordings of the WAD

 

Previous Threads

 

2016
Jenesis (winner: Demon of the Well)
Crusades (winner: Ribbiks)
Nilla Doom (winner: Demon of the Well)
Khorus' Speedy Shit (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Perdition's Gate (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
UAC Ultra (winner: Bloodite Krypto)

 

2017
Jade Earth (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Legacy of Heroes (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Back to Saturn X E1 (winner: dew)
Mapgame (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Vae Victus 1 & 2 (winner: Demon of the Well)
Disturbia (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Insertion (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Unholy Realms (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Osiris (winner: Demon of the Well)
End Game & End Point (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Oscillation (winner: Ancalagon)
Doom The Way id Did (winner: kmc)

 

2018
Combat Shock 2 (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Coffee Break (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Warlock's Hearth (winner: Demon of the Well)
50 Monsters (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Double Impact (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Rush (winner: WH-Wilou84)
The Darkening E1 & E2 (winner: Veinen)
The Plutonia Experiment (winner: Bloodite Krypto)
Interstellar Sickness & Shaman's Device (winner: leodoom85)
Doom 64 for Doom 2 (winner: Bloodite Krypto)

TNT: Renascence & Resistance (winner: Bloodite Krypto)

Edited December 3, 2018 by Alfonzo
I am an update.

[Aquila Chrysaetos]

25 minutes ago, Alfonzo said:

• This is a blind run. If I have played or watched any of the level/set being played before, I can't remember the details of any one area in a way that would offer an advantage over truly blind players.
• This is a blind run. If I have played or watched any of the level/set being played before, I can't remember the details of any one area in a way that would offer an advantage over truly blind players.

I think you repeated yourself here, Alfonzo. I was confused why there was suddenly a fourth category.

 

I'll be doing my run here Soon^TM, but it might be a minute with other things going on at the moment.

[Alfonzo]

Announcement for all demo recorders: if you could name your .lmps beginning with "dwironman," this would be a big help. It isn't mandatory, but it does make the task of getting through a large number of demos in one sitting easier, since I don't need to type fresh characters into the command line constantly. Either prboom+ or my frontend searches for the first 8(?) characters in the file name, so all I'd need to do is drag and drop using the same parameters. Thanks!

[Jaws In Space]

Died E4M1 Blind Run.

 

Quick edit, changed the name for alfonzo's convenience.

Edited December 2, 2018 by Jaws In Space

[Aquila Chrysaetos]

Quick question: will this be treated as if it were multiple wads (that is, one demo per episode), but for a singular attempt (die on E1M7, can't move on to E2, 3, 4)?

It's not covered in the rules that I can see, so I figured I should ask.

 

I also understand that a ZDoom 2.8.1 demo wouldn't be accepted, even with the proper compatibility settings?

Edited December 2, 2018 by Aquila Chrysaetos

[Alfonzo]

Oh, I'm sorry, I made a poor assumption.

 

You will only be playing episode 4. There is no need to load this WAD alongside DTWiD, though that is the intended method for casual play (the dehacked strings also support names and par times for the first three episodes). We already played DTWiD this time last year!

 

7 minutes ago, Aquila Chrysaetos said:

I also understand that a ZDoom 2.8.1 demo wouldn't be accepted, even with the proper compatibility settings?

 

ZDoom demos are currently not supported in DWIL, but they may be in the future depending on whether or not I can find a way around being unable to fast-forward/skip content. The fact that we now have a stable "legacy" version is helpful.

Edited December 2, 2018 by Alfonzo
ZDoom question.

[Aquila Chrysaetos]

Well, since I didn't have to set aside an entire day again, I went ahead and ran.

 

dwironman-udtwid-AC.lmp

Died on E4M4. Satisfied with my performance.

Category 1, forgot to mention.

Edited December 2, 2018 by Aquila Chrysaetos

[Alfonzo]

3 minutes ago, Aquila Chrysaetos said:

Died on E4M4.

 

It begins!

Edited December 2, 2018 by Alfonzo

[leodoom85]

Tomorrow I'll do that map and see if I can finish the mapset without or less problems...probably I can do it for sure.

[Grain of Salt]

Not choosing a snowy wad for december... foolish

[Capellan]

December and snow don't actually coincide where Alfonzo is.

 

Though at least Melbourne is a lot cooler than Brisbane is, right now.

[Anima Zero]

Add another person to the e4m4 death list from yours truly!

DWIronman_UDTWiD-RC2_AnimaZero.zip

[SleepyVelvet]

DEAD E4M4 (category 1)

I thought I did pretty well on this map... but I went slow and steady on the previous ones, so my time is gonna put my low on the ladder.

[KVELLER]

I don't usually participate in these, but considering I want to play the WAD anyway I might as well.

[seed]

TWiD series returns eh? Could've sworn this was DTWiD at first lol.

 

I'm probably going to die make my run sometime later today.

[NaZa]

Am I back to defend my survival of the first DTWID last December?

 

No. Because I'll go in blind and probably get claimed by The Map which seems to be E4M4 this month. 

[WH-Wilou84]

Congrats on the release, guys. From what I've seen, it's a great wad in the spirit of DTWiD.
As expected, it's tough as nails with a lot of Sergents, Barons, low health, and mandatory crossings into lava.

The only "non-id" concept I've seen so far is the Baron telefrag sequence on E4M3, which would feel at home in a modern wad (or in a TNT map 02 tribute of some sorts / Final Doom The Way TNT Did). Admittedly, it would have been tedious to kill the Barons the regular way so it probably is better as it is.

E4M4 is a tough beast indeed - on Pistol start it's bound to be a nightmare.
Fortunately, my stack was pretty high from continuous play (including a handy BFG9000 that saved my life on multiple occasions).

E4M5 is no slouch either, heh... Exit was at hand but I decided to try and go for secrets, which led to my demise.
Excellent stuff. :)

 

dwironman_UDTWiD-RC2-Ironman-Endoctrined-wh.zip

Edited December 2, 2018 by WH-Wilou84

[leodoom85]

Well...I accept defeat on this one. Died in the first map...my most pathetic run ever. Blind, GLBoom+ used. Just watch this....

 

[Juza]

[Category 1, prboom-plus.exe] UDTWiD-JUZAAAA.zip died on E4M2 because of the unnecessary and stupid decision of jumping into the lava (which I thought that was slime, because of software renderer pallete...) when those 2 Cacos startled me

Edited December 2, 2018 by Juza
Forgot to include the Category/port

[Suitepee]

https://gyazo.com/6737b924158bfb7e870213ce1ecb1ff2

 

I see what you did there, Alfonzo....

 

(since the Britbowl has already been decided, this will just be a nice casual Ironman playthrough for me, where I might also play the whole thing after my inevitable death.)

Edited December 2, 2018 by Suitepee

[KVELLER]

I... I think I lasted about a minute.

 

dwironman_kveller.zip

 

This is embarrassing.

 

Category 1 ofc.

Edited December 2, 2018 by KVELLER
Category

[DMPhobos]

My poor flesh was consumed in the first few minutes of e4m2, recorded on chocolate doom, category 1

dwironman_dmpthyflesh.zip

[NaZa]

DEAD: E4M3 (damaging floor)
CATEGORY: 1

 

My first Ironman as a 16-er was going so well, I cleared M1 and M2 with relative ease. Then M3 came around, and after setting up I was hit by a Baron and pushed into the nukage and my health quickly deteriorated to 23. Feeling unsafe I kill all of the Barons with guns. Then I entered the teleporter and my brain went like this:

 

hears demon grunt;

precautiously walks forward;

identifies it as an ordinary demon grunt;

turns around while going forward not scared anymore;

looks at demon (and maybe shoots?);

sees edge of platform briefly;

becomes aware that turning happened too late;

falls into lava;

return 0;

 

Too bad. It sums up my year of Ironmanning well - every run starts extremely well, then one minor things throws me completely off balance and hurts me more than it should, and I lose my brain. Still, I'm satisfied - at this point I'm 11th and it's looking fairly secure so far. By the numbers a step up from last year; by gameplay, eh, not too much. Though, I got a pyrrhic win over Leo to get BirdBowl to 7-4 in his favour.

dwironman_dec18_naza.zip

Edited December 2, 2018 by NaZa

[Roofi]

Well , I died in the second level...

 

The health was so scarce that I had the feeling to play A ToD's No health map. :)

 

Category 1.

 

DEMO

[AconyX]

Argh.. that god damn lava! (Category 1)

 

 

aco_ironman_udtwid.zip

Edited December 7, 2018 by AconyX

[NaZa]

Just completed watching other runs and I found out my run was on such pace that it would have placed very well had I survived E4M3.

 

That just shows how important the factor of mistake is, because you can have the best run ever and die to some stupid reason (like what happens to Ancalagon sometimes, how cruel RNG has been to him), while a person who isn't always a contender but somehow strings together a lucky run against all odds can place well.

[Beginner]

I've died to top-tier infighting.  The same thing is available in video format here: link, though beware of low quality and somewhat weird bgm. Category 1 submission.

[antares031]

Category 1. Died on E4M4. I regret that I didn't pick up the berserk.

 

dwironman_anta_UDTWiD.zip

[Havoc Crow]

On 12/2/2018 at 12:50 AM, Alfonzo said:

Potential Game-stoppers and Bugs

• E4M1 has both an inescapable damaging pit and radsuits. This is intended, but because it occurs early in the WAD and this month's challenge is doubling up as a final test run of sorts, I'm letting you off the hook! We want you to die to other things!

 

So, what does "letting us off the hook" mean, exactly? If we die to the pit, we can restart the level?

[NaZa]

Just now, JudgeDeadd said:

So, what does "letting us off the hook" mean, exactly? If we die to the pit, we can restart the level?

I think it means "I wouldn't highlight it normally as it's an intentional part of the gameplay, but we need test runs and it's December so have a warning maybe that way you discover other bugs later on."