IronEagle Competition 33: Mayan Mishap

[Pegleg]

Welcome to a new month of the IronEagle competition, the ironman challenge that welcomes everyone and encourages them to join the fun.

 

This month, participants will challenge themselves against Mayan Mishap, the Cacoward-winning MBF-compatible mapset created by the illustrious @Tango. Tango has devised a set of challenging maps, complete with adjustments to the standard monsters and their behaviors, as well as different weapon sprites. Tango recommends that if you're playing for the first time, that you play at one difficulty setting below where you normally play, although UV is perfectly survivable. Participants must play the mapset on either complevel 11 or MBF(strict).

 

Mayan Mishap starts at Map 01. Survival is completion of Map 04. Map 05 has no exit. There is a secret map, Map 31, that you can warp to. Try it, if you want to. If you survive, you can add it to your map total (so if two people die on the same map, but one person finished the secret map, that person will be ranked ahead of the other).

 

 

Spoiler

• Template for PRBoom+:
  • -iwad doom.wad -file t-maya.wad -complevel 11 -skill <x> -warp 01 -record <IEmaya>

 

• Template for ZDoom:
  • -iwad doom.wad -file t-maya.wad +compatmode 5 -skill <x> +map map01 -record <IEmaya>
    • it is possible you may have to use +set skill <x> for GZDoom

 

<x> must be replaced by the skill level. 2 = HNTR, 3 = HMP, 4 = UV

<IEmaya> would be replaced with whatever you decide to call your demo, if you're submitting a demo

 

 

 

Congratulations to this month's winners (further details are in the post below).

 

UV: @Suitepee (Runner-up: @NoisyVelvet)

HMP: @Lol 6 (Runner-up: @head_cannon)

HNTR: Pegleg (Runner-up: n/a)

 

 

 

Rules:

The rules are basically the same as they have been. Either demos or streams are permissible. If you are creating a demo, post the demo. If you are streaming, post a video of the stream. Even if streaming, you can still submit a demo, if you want to.

The basic rule is that you submit a demo/stream played at a particular difficulty level (HNTR, HMP, or UV) and you play without saving and reloading, ending your run when you die (or survive).

 

• The following are allowed (but not required):
  • Freelook
  • Crosshair
  • Mods that are COSMETIC ONLY

 

• The following are NOT allowed:
  • Crouching
  • Jumping
  • Mods that change ANY aspect of base gameplay, including (but not limited to) enemy behavior, enemy speed, player abilities, player speed, weapon damage, ammo, and enemy drops.

 

Further, more specific, rules are listed below:

Spoiler

 

• Submissions (except for streams, as described below) must include a demo from one of the listed acceptable ports. The first actual attempt must be submitted, there are no do-overs (with very few possible exceptions, which I will address as they arise).
  • You may practice a mapset if you want, but these practice runs should not be submitted as your official entry, and your run would be Category 2, unless there are exceptional circumstances (such as described below).
• A run must be done in a singular sitting with no saves. (With room for breaks. This will be addressed below.)
• Streams and video runs are accepted provided you post a video of the stream/run or a link to the video.
  • If you post a video of the stream, you may post a demo if you want, but it is not mandatory. You may also post a demo if you, for some reason, do not want to post the video or a link.
• Secret levels, if present, do not have to be completed for a survival run. If they are completed, they are extra credit.

 

Any port is accepted provided it will actually run the mapset. There is no preference.
 

Spoiler

Of course, if you want to try a limit-removing/Boom map in Chocolate Doom, be my guest. However, be aware that your run may be over rather quickly. Don't say you weren't warned.

 

Category System:

Category 1: Blind run.

This explains itself. You have no knowledge of the wad and have not played/seen it before.I'm willing to be somewhat lenient with this Category.

For example, if you die early in Map 01, and then decide to play again for your run, you can still call it Category 1.

Category 2: Non-blind.

If you have played the wad before and/or possess significant foreknowledge, your run is non-blind. Basically, anything that is not Category 1 is Category 2.

 

If you're unhappy with your blind run, feel free to record a new run, and submit that run instead. If you want to submit your first run, no matter how you perform, by all means, go ahead and do it. You just shouldn't feel that you HAVE to submit a run you're dissatisfied with, just to preserve a "Category 1" status. If you want to go back and submit a second run, you're welcome to do so, but, at this time, it won't be counted.

 

 

Difficulty System:

You may submit a demo/stream for only one of HNTR, HMP, or UV. Choose only one, because subsequent submittals will be rejected (i.e., if you submit a HMP demo, the HNTR demo you then submit will be rejected). We're not using the 1CC rule set here. And your first submission is what counts.

 

Only runs from the same difficulty will be pitted against each other. Each difficulty will be graded separately.

 

 

Submission:

When you submit your run, please the include the following information:

• The category (1 or 2)
• The difficulty
• If you survived or what map you died on
• The time elapsed when you survived/died (even if it's only approximate)
• How many kills you had on the map where you died
• Whether you attempted Map 31 (and if you survived)
• The port you used (if you included a demo)
• A link to the stream/video (if you did a stream)

 

You may include a commentary about the maps or details about them, if you want to. If you do include specific information about the map (e.g. "The demon trap in Map 08 is rough"), please put it in a spoiler, so that people that want a completely blind experience won't be tipped off. In you're just putting in a general comment (e.g., "Pro tip: don't get hit"), then no need for a spoiler.

 

Attempting to max the maps is not necessary to win.
 

Ranking for this mapset will be determined by:

• Survival +1 (surviving the secret map)
• Survival
• Total time for survival
• Map of death (in descending order: Map 04 + 1, Map 04, Map 03 + 1, Map 03, Map 02 + 1, Map 02, Map 01 + 1, Map 01)
  • In this case, the +1 refers to having survived the secret map
• Total time at death
• Kill count at death

 

If you die, please wait a few seconds before quitting.

 

 

Breaks:

Everyone gets tired. Sometimes people survive longer than they expected. Nature calls. Every now and then, there are family emergencies. Needing to take a break shouldn't necessarily end a promising run. While you should try to complete the run in a single setting, this isn't always possible. If you have to take a break, try to make it quick.

 

 

Happy Dooming!

 

 

 

Previous IronEagle Competitions

Spoiler

 

2018

• 1 (Oct.): Scientist 2 (Winners -- UV: leodoom85   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Liberation)
• 2 (Nov.): Vanguard (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Liberation)
• 3 (Dec.): Crumpets (Winners -- UV: NoisyVelvet   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Pegleg)

 

 

2019

• 4 (Feb.): Dark Covenant (Winners -- UV: kmc   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 5 (Mar.): Brood of Hatred (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: Crusader No Regret   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 6 (Apr.): Riot Control (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: Walter Confetti   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 7 (May): Scimitar (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: Crusader No Regret   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 8 (Jun.): Bauhaus (Winners -- UV: vdgg   HMP: Crusader No Regret   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 9 (Jul.): Bloody Steel (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 10 (Aug.): The Brotherhood of Ruin (Winners -- UV: leodoom85   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 11 (Sept.): Flashback to Hell (Winners -- UV: kmc/Bdubzzz   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 12 (Oct.): A Taste for Blood (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 13 (Nov.): Back to Basics (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: Horus   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 14 (Dec.): Whitemare (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz & NaZa   HMP: Crusader No Regret   HNTR: Pegleg)

 

 

2020

• 15 (Jan.): Thy Flesh Turned into a Draft-Excluder (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 16 (Feb.): Fava Beans (Winners -- UV: NaZa   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 17 (Mar.): Beyond Revival (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 18 (Apr.): Absolute Dishonor (Winners -- UV: Veinen   HMP: Crusader No Regret   HNTR: kalaeth)
• 19 (May): Ever Shrine (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: Dieting Hippo   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 20 (Jun.): Operation: Biowar (Winners -- UV: Veinen   HMP: Austinado   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 21 (Jul.): The Attraction of All Things Uncertain (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: seed   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 22 (Aug.): Fracture (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: Horus   HNTR: Pegleg)
• 23 (Sept.): Spectrum (Winners -- UV: golbeeze  HMP: Horus  HNTR: Pegleg)
• 24 (Oct.): Tyrant (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz  HMP: Horus  HNTR: Andromeda )
• 25 (Nov.): The Enigma Episode v. 2.0 (Winners -- UV: Crusader No Regret   HMP: n/a  HNTR: Andromeda)
• 26 (Dec.): Songs of the Damned & Drip Feed (Winners -- UV: Suitepee   HMP: Capellan  HNTR: Andromeda)

 

 

2021

• 27 (Jan.): The Classic Episode (Winners -- UV: Daerik   HMP: BoxY   HNTR: Horus)
• 28 (Feb.): Blinded by Fear & In Death's Embrace & By the Pain I See in Others (Winners -- UV: Bdubzzz   HMP: n/a   HNTR: Major Arlene)
• 29 (Mar.): Crimson Canyon (Winners -- UV: Veinen   HMP: Austinado   HNTR: Andromeda)
• 30 (Apr.): Infected Area (Winners -- UV: ?   HMP: ?   HNTR: ?)
• 31 (May): Tangerine Nightmare (Winners -- UV: ?   HMP: ?   HNTR: ?)
• 32 (Jun.): The Parallel Dimension (Winners -- UV: ?   HMP: ?   HNTR: ?)

Edited August 7, 2021 by Pegleg
Added winners.

[Pegleg]

Dead on: Map 01

Difficulty: HNTR

Kills: 126/225

Time of death: 15:06

Category: 2

 

Dead on: Map 31

Difficulty: HNTR

Kills: 24/181

Time of death: 2:26

Category: 2

 

ie_pegleg_maya.zip

 

I did better than I had been expecting to do. I probably could have gotten farther had I not gotten a bit overzealous toward the end, but I not shocked where I ultimately fell. Still, I survived a few scrapes that left me with single digits. I'm happy with how my run ended up.

[Pseudonaut]

Category 1, UV, dead on map01 with 6/346 enemies killed. In the same zip, I included a second attempt where I killed 95 enemies, but that isn't my submission.

maironman-pseudonaut.zip

 

For map31: Category 1, UV, dead with 102/214 enemies killed.

ma31ironeagle-pseudonaut.zip

Edited July 4, 2021 by Pseudonaut

[Pegleg]

I don't normally bump these threads, but I am doing that for this because I am worried that it might have become buried. Not as many people have participated in it as I thought would have joined in. Perhaps I should have bumped this earlier, but here we are.

 

Everyone is welcome. Come on in, the water's fine.

[omx32x]

1 hour ago, Pegleg said:

I don't normally bump these threads, but I am doing that for this because I am worried that it might have become buried. Not as many people have participated in it as I thought would have joined in. Perhaps I should have bumped this earlier, but here we are.

 

Everyone is welcome. Come on in, the water's fine.

never played this wad before so my first run i died instantely on the first encounter i was not expecting that on the first level

so i did a second run and i got very far but i dunno exactely what happened but my demo got corrupted or something so i have to do it again

gonna try for category 2 tomorrow

[xX_Lol6_Xx]

I'll submit a demo for category 1 tomorrow, I've always found these competitions quite interesting so I might as well participate ;)

[xX_Lol6_Xx]

Here's my run

 

Died in Map01 with 101 kills, Hurt me plenty and it's category 1. More info in the text file.

 

t-maya-lol6.zip

 

[SleepyVelvet]

-Dead Map01 - 22 kills

-Category 1

 

^{edit: somehow my previous attachments links jumbled together.}

noisy_t-maya_ironman.zip ^{here, this is the actual one, i hope.}

 

 

 

I almost ate it in the first room but at least I got out of there. Dead in second room.
 

 

Edited August 1, 2021 by NoisyVelvet

[omx32x]

oh i totally forgot about this but now is not a good time to do a run there are people on my home right now and i dont want to play near them without being able to stop

[head_cannon]

IEmaya_hc.zip

Category 1, HMP, PrBoom+

 

Dead in MAP01 with 48 Kills.

Spoiler

I let myself get cornered by a Revenant. I won the duel, but its last homing rocket made a perfect curve around and threaded the needle to sucker-punch me in the back of the head. Heh, we'll call it a draw.

 

Haven't had much Doom time over the past few weeks, but I was able to sneak in a session to get my demo submitted before the month rolled over. Thanks as always to Pegleg for curating a selection of single-maps and minisodes for this event; I enjoy the opportunity to get to try out a bunch of stuff that I might otherwise never have discovered.

[Suitepee]

https://youtu.be/mnqpJdRKJjQ

 

Category 2 run (I played this once some years ago, don't remember much of it) on UV, died on map 1 to something. To be honest, I wasn't really all that bothered after the disappointment of my Ironman run; not that this wad is easy anyway, so I probably wouldn't have survived too long even if I had been in good spirits.

[Pegleg]

Thank you to everyone who joined the competition during the month of July! I hope to see everyone back next month, along with any friends you would care to bring.

 

Without further ado, here are the results for IronEagle 33.

 

UV

1. Suitepee (Map 01)
2. NoisyVelvet (Map 01)
3. Pseudonaut (Map 01)

 

HMP

1. Lol 6 (Map 01)
2. head_cannon (Map 01)

 

HNTR

1. Pegleg (Map 01)

[SleepyVelvet]

Those are good results!

[xX_Lol6_Xx]

Nice, tag me for the next competition :)

[Pegleg]

2 hours ago, NoisyVelvet said:

Those are good results!

 

Yes, this was a tough mapset, but I had hoped more people would join and that some would progress past the first map. It's a good mapset; I recommend it.

 

1 hour ago, Lol 6 said:

Nice, tag me for the next competition :)

 

I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. We do these every month, so be sure to come back for them. I usually have the new thread up in the first few days of the month, but the thread for IronEagle 34 will be up soon. In fact, I plan to have it posted within the next couple of hours.

[Suitepee]

Wait, I won the UV category despite my lousy run? Colour me very surprised at this.

Edited August 8, 2021 by Suitepee