THE 24-HOUR DOOM STREAM: Feb 8th - Feb 9th! Reccommend some wads for me to play!

[Mk7_Centipede]

 

[amackert]

Best of luck with this. I've done a couple of 24 hour streams and they can be quite rough.

[Terminus]

If you're still taking submissions, I'd like to see you tackle Jade Earth.

 

Also if you feel like being nostalgic, play my Techwars megawad from 2006. ;) Should take around an hour to fully beat the whole thing.

[Doomkid]

19 hours til this insanity starts. Will have a wad roster posted tonight!

[Doom_Dude]

At the end you should play Rowdy Rudy if you can squeeze it in there. ;)

 

[Doomkid]

 

Here's the roster so far for those who are curious! Don't worry, I have some more to fall back on if I magically get through all of these.

 

I intend to devote the last 3-4 hours of the stream to deathmatch play. This will be about 8-9 AM Aussie time, which is 10 PM UTC Friday night.

 

12 hours til the event begins. Hope to see you there!

[Aquila Chrysaetos]

You madman.

I'll be there for some of it, at least.

[haruko haruhara]

Well I am at school now so I hope I will be able to make it btw equinox is a good choice I really like the music an the sounds an all that I hope I will make it to the stream

[Dragonfly]

Hope to be able to tune in and/or join in during the DM session. :)

 

Good luck!

[Doom_Dude]

Man, the next thing you know you'll actually be doing this. :)

[Phobus]

Gutted to see you never ended up with a ph_* on there, but I'm really glad to see Hoover Dam, as that's an all time classic. Best of luck!

[Doomkid]

Starting in about 20 minutes, just getting the stream set up. Stay tuned!

 

 

[Doomkid]

I might have bitten off more than I can chew - after 11 hours solid of pure Doom, I had to toss in the white flag. I will get around to streaming all these wads.. just in a more practical timeframe. A HUGE thanks to everybody who participated. There’s more Doom on the horizon but for now... sleep!

[Doom_Dude]

Congrats on getting as far as you did with it. That's a lot of Doom!

 

Will you attempt to beat your 11 hour record? For a first go 11 hours is pretty good I think. :) Since I missed a lot of it, I'll run your recorded stream when I get a chance.

[4everDoomed]

Respect, Doomkid ! 

 

I would have probably dropped dead after 8 hours... XD

[Terminus]

Hey, it's all cool. Just don't push yourself. As long as you had fun :)

'twas nice to hop in earlier today, looking forward for the rest!

[Dragonfly]

Shame I missed the entire thing. Good luck besting your stream-time next time! Having done that Team Rocket stream myself I know how taxing it can be. :P

 

Will try and catch the VODs at some point. :)

Edited February 8, 2019 by Dragonfly

[Arrowhead]

I'm glad I got to see a lot of it! I will keep an eye out for future streams!

[amackert]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww come'on, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan. I literally JUST tuned in thinking you'd still be going. C'mon, you can do better than that! DO IT.. DO IT NOW!!!

[Grazza]

Endurance tasks can be harder than you'd expect until you've tried them. Or easier. The only way to find out is to try.

 

Having done some stuff of this type myself (albeit non-Doom), I can suggest the following if you want to try again:

1) Plenty of bananas. Potassium is good for endurance.

2) No stimulants. (This coming from a coffee addict!) That's because while they provide a quick pick-me-up, they aren't good for long-term endurance.

3) Make a point of looking at things at a variety of distances every so often. The varied input and focusing will help avoid eye and brain fatigue. So look at the far wall behind your computer every so often (and set it up so that wall is a fair distance away), look out of the window, etc. Do this often, not just when taking a break.

 

It's possible that starting with DM and some complex maps also added to the brain fatigue, and made it harder to stay in charge of your pace. I'd suggest starting with SP on some small and simple maps (maybe with heavy opposition - that probably requires more routine brain work).

[OniriA]

Like everything, things need be done in harmony with your body.

 

Entertainment has the purpose to please our sences so let's try to treat it as such without sacrificing your body to it (or atleast taxing it beyond its limits).

For a sickened and waekened body even the best source of pleasure becomes a deadly poison.

 

So if you are still endeavoring to do this for 24 hours (and really want to do it), here's some little ideas and proposals I'd like to throw in:

 

* For a 24 hour run you should be allowed to take breaks, of 30 minutes each after every 1 and a half hour to 2 hours of playtime.

Food, exercise or other necessities can be performed inbetween. Then get some deep breath's for 9x to 18x every time you start going back to continue  gameplay. A body thats 75kg requires 2,5 to 3,3 liter of liquid water to function properly. Just for your brain (including the eyes and all inner organs) to function properly, they need atleast 2 liters of water. So have a cup of water or tea next to you whenever you require it (you Aussies are fond of tea anyway so that shouldn't be much trouble). If you start to feel thirsty during the day it already means your body is coming 1,5 liter of water short.

 

* Treat the whole thing like a big concert you are going to attend or a mix you are listening to. Just as the ear likes harmony and order (however chaotic the musical style you are listening to gets, there's always order and harmony in it). What do I mean by this? Well for example, for every 2 hours that you are intending to play, set a certain theme to the wads you will play during that time. For example 2 hours of wads with an Ancient civilizations or temples theme, followed with a 30 mins break, then followed by an hour or 2 of hellish or gothic themed wads. Another break, followed by tech-base styled stuff etc. Just like a band performing for an hour, followed by "DJ Professional Underwear Model" filling in the 30 mins gap inbetween before the next band sets up (who in turn has a more folk-ish style). While the crowd significantly thins out during the DJ's set (with only one or two hipsters left dancing), it comes back en masse for the next performance after having having some (necessary) refreshments at the bar or elsewhere. 

 

* Arrange the wads wich you like to play as if they naturally belong to each other and feel like a logical continuation of the previous wads ending. Just like every track is set on a certain key, let's say track 1 has a Key of 2Af, then track 2 with a key of 3Am or 3C would sound like a natural continuation to it. So arrange the wads like you're key-ing individual music tracks.

 

In this manner you will have variety aswell as a natural sence of continuity, wich is far more pleasing to the mind.

 

Those are just my ideas. Good luck, and have fun.

 

If you're not having fun or are starting to feel drained or unwell, cancel the session outright as it won't be worth it anymore.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 8, 2019 by OniriA

[Doom_Dude]

Man, he's still sleeping. Might be in a Doom coma..... ;)

[Doomkid]

Thank you all for the excellent advice - I really did go in underprepared and came out with a new appreciation for long-session streamers. When/if I try it again, I’ll definitely be taking Grazza and OniriA’s advice!

[Dime]

24 hrs of doom is not an easy task. Focusing on the Projectiles coming from every direction and trying to commentate on top can drain the streamer. Make sure to take breaks, have ample hydration/food and sleep well before the event. 

[haruko haruhara]

I don't know why someone has not recamend btsx 1 2 3 an sunlust an hell revealed 1 2 dark tatarus or some deathmatch wads like aeondm or the 32 an 24 wads  an all that

[Aquila Chrysaetos]

4 hours ago, haruko haruhara said:

I don't know why someone has not recamend btsx 1 2 3 an sunlust an hell revealed 1 2 dark tatarus or some deathmatch wads like aeondm or the 32 an 24 wads  an all that

Because everything you just mentioned is a megawad (except for BTSX 3 which isn't done yet), save Dark Tartarus, I don't know anything about it.

Also Sunlust would be incredibly difficult to do in one sitting, the only streamer I'm aware of who did that is MrZzul.

Doing five megawads, one of which is Sunlust, would be unimaginably draining and it's for the best they were never brought up.

[Dragonfly]

NeonDM's beta was going to be a DM wad of choice, which is a spiritual successor to AeonDM.

[Dark Pulse]

3 hours ago, Aquila Chrysaetos said:

save Dark Tartarus, I don't know anything about it.

Dark Tartarus is more than a Megawad, it's an extremely punishing 43-map slaughterwad.

 

Fun if he could use something like Russian Overkill! Less so if not...

 

Here's some video of an earlier version.

 

 

Edited February 10, 2019 by Dark Pulse

[Doom_Dude]

I was thinking individual maps from megawads would be an acceptable idea to fill out a roster of playable maps....

[haruko haruhara]

How about herian 1 an herian 2 those are some classic negawads from the 199s

 

Here they are 

 

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/herian

 

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/herian2

 

An they are not hard