The DWIronman League dies to: Sucker Punch 1 and 2

[head_cannon]

7 hours ago, Andromeda said:

Have you tried renaming the demo and see if it plays back?

Yes, renaming it was the first thing I tried. It still didn't play back.

 

...But, returning to it this morning, I find that the demo now plays back on both ports no problem, despite the fact that the conditions are exactly the same as they were last night. This is very confusing, but I'll quit fretting over it for the moment in order to post a proper Ironman submission.

 

SP1hc.zip

Sucker Punch 1:

Category 1, Dead in MAP06 with 15 kills

Spoiler

I got one of the two fatsos killed by the Mastermind, and then instead of taking advantage of that, I foolishly headed to the opposite side, where the still-living Mancubus had a clear shot at me. There was no shelter to be found there.

 

[NoReason]

Category 1 for Sucker Punch 1, survived in 21:43

Category 2 for Sucker Punch 2, survived in 38:26

VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1605160145

 

[Shepardus]

Category 1 (I've played Sucker Punch 2, but didn't reach it.)

Died on Sucker Punch 1, MAP02 (6:35 with 42 kills, entered at 3:47)

Recorded with dsda-doom 0.24.3 (-complevel 9)

ironman_sckrpnch_Shepardus.zip

 

I knew what was going to happen the moment I opened that door, yet I let it happen anyway.

[Bdubzzz]

Well I stopped being lazy and updated the leaderboard... A reminder to @Master Medi to do the ironman :madgebusiness: Also Mhrz died on Map 01 of Sucker Punch 2 but he's afraid to post his run. :) 

Oh and ya last day for anyone to submit a run!

Edited September 30, 2022 by Bdubzzz

[Master Medi]

@Bdubzzz Thanks for the ping and honestly this was a great pick, it was fun to go fast and to play blind

 

Category 1 for both runs

Sucker Punch 1 Survived at 18:18

Sucker Punch 2 Died in Map09 at 32:19 (174/198 Kills)

 

sckrpnch_ironman_medi.rar

 

Spoiler

I died like right there from the exit button SadgeBusiness

 

At 31:16 you can see there my soul left my body when I survived with 1% HP

 

[Pegleg]

@mhrz

 

Go ahead and post your run. No one will judge you for dying on the first map. I can speak authoritatively on this matter.

• I was killed by the first enemy in the first map of 2017 Collection.
• I didn't make it out of the first room in Hell Revealed.
• I died in the first map 8 of the 12 months of 2020 (and 1 of the 4 times I didn't was only because the selection was Vrack 1, 2, and 3, and there was no "second map").
• I died in E1M1 of No Sleep for the Dead when the next lowest competitor died in E1M5.
• Since the beginning of 2020, I've finished in last place 12 times. No one else has finished last more than twice thrice.

I have yet to be kicked out of the League or told not to bother coming back the next month. You'll be fine. Besides, you have a history of doing at least decently well, so you can always point to your history and call this month an outlier. I support you posting your run for this month.

Edited October 1, 2022 by Pegleg
Edit 1: Added last bullet. Edit 2: Corrected twice to thrice.

[finnks13]

Haven't done this in a while, but I'm glad I decided to join in this month cause these two mapsets are great fun!

 

Category 1 for Sucker Punch 1: Survived in 19:31

Category 2 for Sucker Punch 2: Died on Map01 with 61/90 kills at 3:11

 

finnks_ironman_SP.zip

 

Spoiler

Really surprised I got through Map06 of SP1 - got very lucky with a few damage rolls (you can probably tell that I went in rather overconfident and absolutely shat myself :P)

 

Bit disappointed I died on Map01 of SP2, but I was being way too safe and slow by not berserking anything and paid the price eventually. Ah well!

 

[Pseudonaut]

47 minutes ago, Pegleg said:

No one else has finished last more than twice.

 

Are you sure? I think I've finished last at least 3 times :P

[4shockblast]

Survived both wads, cat 1 except I ran map 9 of 2 so I knew the cheese strat.

 

1: 16:16

2: 30:34

 

Total: 46:50

sckrpnch_Ironman_shock.zip

[mhrz]

cat 1, dead on map01 of sp2

 

DWIsp_mhrz.zip

[kmc]

32 minutes ago, mhrz said:

cat 1, dead on map01 of sp2

 

Hell yeah, we rock

 

(cat 1, sp1 survived in 14:45, dead on map01 of sp2 with 57/90 kills in 2:53)

sckrpnch_ironman_kmc.zip

Edited September 30, 2022 by kmc

[Pegleg]

3 hours ago, Pseudonaut said:

 

Are you sure? I think I've finished last at least 3 times :P

 

I stand corrected. You finished in last place 3 times. I don't know how I missed that.

 

Of course, you've always had a couple survivals and some rather high finishes, so there's that, too.

[Pegleg]

Here's my prepared run. It went better than my Category 1 run.

 

dwi_pegleg_suckerpunch1_cat3.zip

 

Dead on: Sucker Punch 1 Map 02

Kills: 27/44

Time: 9:30

 

My opinion of the mapset still holds going into the second map. I like the encounters. I like the aesthetics. I like the music. There's enough ammo and adequate health. During practicing for this, I managed to arch-vile jump into the exit of Map 01, but that didn't leave me in a good position for Map 02, so I thought I'd go for it with the rocket launcher, which turned about to be a much better decision. I survived the revenants in Map 01, but didn't fare so well against their brethren in Map 02.