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  10/31/01 Ledmeister did a mechanical (that means well-calculated) Reality maxdemo on Attack. -- note: real reality is no plasma, but in this case, that just means more time.

Albert Valls walked through Gallows2 Map01 with a nice maxdemo.
After that, he ran through Yab with a nice speedrun (lots of instant shooters here).
He then strolled through Ophase with a maxdemo, a -fast maxdemo, and a reality maxdemo.
Then, he travelled back in time to play the world's first third-party pwad, Origwad.  In style, too, I might add...

I must be getting too old; I forgot to mention that I added Vrooomer's high-quality maxdemo on Zap28 in the last update.
Sorry about that, Albert.

TAS site updated with two excellent Cameron Prosser demos.

New Compet-N pwad demos on: five on Classic_Episode, one on  Memento Mori, and one on Requiem.
All the demos from this update:  here or here (89 kb)

other news:
Xit Vono improved on Patrick Martin's infamously long T4m1 demo at the Compet-N. 
Less impressive, but certainly more exciting, is his tt13-2416 run.
Disturbed's Doom Speedrunner's Forum -- the old forum was removed; this is its new home. (IE only).
New Doomworld contest.
/newstuff is back.  yay.
 

  10/16/01 2 big demosets were released:

T_dunn02 max record demos and -fast demos 
-- by the DSForum Team -- Chris "Ryback" Ratcliff, Doug "Opulent" Merrill and Esa "Espi" Repo.
These range from recommended to must-see demos.
Personal thanks to Espi and Ryback for doing the maps that I couldn't.
Bonus demo: Ryback's initial tf04 demo.

Slayer was re-released in its final form. 
Virgil the Doom Poet conquered the maps in less than a week.  Tough maps: Good demos.

Gonzalo Perez de la Ossa and Albert Valls did some nice demos on the infectious Yab map.
-- Albert also recorded one of the few (there are like 7 of these that I have seen) bug demos where, I think, the bsp tree fails.
-- Coincidentally, PrBoom2.2.2 was released with near perfect Doom2.exe emulation... 

Vrooomer also did a whole slew of other quality maxdemos:
-- Dmdjm01
-- Dwspd019 -- Jon Rimmer's re-done map.
-- Eulogy9
-- Jagedg01 -- recommended.
-- Jagedg02
-- 2shadows -- the speedruns feature a nice exit jump.  Very dated map, but one of the first Doom2 wads with any merit.
-- Swlavcit -- max / -fast / pacifist / max reality / speedrun 
(One of those maps where you know you've spent more time playing it, than the author took to make it!)

Varun Abhirama Krishna did a good maxdemo on his brother's latest map, Ophase.
Xit Vono did 2 tough speedrun demos on Map31 of The Trooper's Playground. (hint: there is no ttp31 map)

TAS site updated.

New Compet-N pwad demos on: one on Hell Revealed, two on  Memento Mori, and a boatload on Requiem.
I haven't seen such a long speedrun battle (rq10) go untouched by PlanetAdam in awhile...  fun to be a spectator!
All the demos from this update:  here or here (636 kb)

other news:
New ftp.cdrom.com mirrors and master id server.  This might be your best bet if you live in the Americas.  =]
Surprising names in the Compet-N incoming: Stx-Vile and Steffen 'Rini' Udluft.     Amazing...
You might say I've been enjoying my new broadband connection. (that's no bot or quad_factor either)
 

  10/08/01 Fixed and added some links. 
A reminder that this directory at 3ddownloads has most of the wads needed for the DSDA.
I was going to mirror what I thought were the best wads made; but hopefully we will have a different solution for that problem.
Besides, I've got my mind set on making a FPS demosite...  = ]
My new email is finally set:  opulent.doom2@home.com  -- also updated my Doom2 page.. well, perhaps 'updated' isn't the right word.
  10/5/01 Been busy.. getting spread too thin recently.  = /
Anyway, onto the demos...

Anthony Soto and Laszlo Vecsei did a complete Classic_Episode cooperative maxdemo.  Recommended.
Albert Valls did a Skill 1 speedrun through the entire Cyberdreams megawad!  Impressive feat, even on skill 1.  Highly recommended.
He also sent a few demos for Russell Pearson's Deleted Scene. -- 2 maxdemos and 2 nomo runs.
Espi kindly sent a great maxdemo for my Op_801 map.  thanks.
Ledmeister did a nice demo on Virgil;  Ledmeister-style. (which is 100/100/100 exiting as healthy as possible on the map in the shortest time)
Karthik Abhirama Krishna did a maxdemo on Dead Simple: Revisited.
I did a speedrun and a maxdemo on Marduk2.

Here's an exclusive demo pre-release of Cameron Prosser's map, MB(that got swallowed by ftp.cdrom.com/.../doom/incoming).
Keep in mind that this is just a beta..., and don't have children present if you load it on UV.  = ]

The most active DSDA player, Albert 'Vrooomer' Valls, is half of Présage.
Along with several new demos from this update are dozens of demos and high quality maps in both the Vrooomer Coda and Dense13 Alley.
Besides all the Cyberdreams stuff, there are single-player and deathmatch maps, sp and dm demos, and other goodies...  certainly one of the Doom sites with the most content.
Not since Andy Olivera's site has their been so many high quality pwad Doom demos in one place...  a must visit.

TAS site updated.

New Compet-N pwad demos on:  Memento Mori and Requiem.
All (all DSDA hosted demos, that is) the demos from this update:  here or here (73 kb)

other news:
Espi's site, that I had mentioned in the last update is no longer IE-only. Updated as well... so go have a look!  cool screenshots.
Swedish Fish will hopefully have an exclusive release of Richard Wiles' Slayer megawad.  That is surely worth waiting for.
Humor and quality demos are the daily routine at the QuakeSDA, so give them a regular visit. (new message board)
Also anyone reading this page should really be participating at the Doom Speedrunner's Forum.
Ftp.cdrom.com will no longer host directories that don't generate revenue. Honestly, I think they were kind to hold them so long.
It wasn't going to last forever.. so get to your nearest mirror and grab what you want! 
Since ftp.cdrom.com is no longer available, go to a mirror or email me if you want a wadfile. 
I should have a much better solution at my next update...
 

  9/25/01 The most action this week was on my WIAW map for Metabolist, Op_801.
-- Adam Hegyi did an excellent maxdemo and a TAS maxdemo.
-- Chris Ratcliff did 2 -fast demos.
-- I did a max and a -fast demo.
Thanks again, guys.
Albert 'Vrooomer' Valls did a bunch of good maxdemos on quality maps:
-- Jagedg03
-- Khills_2
-- Swmort03
Speaking of quality maps: Espi (IE only) released a new version of his Laitos map.
-- He did several good maxdemos for it.
Albert and I had a small competition on Stphrz' nice 10secto2 map.
-- nice to finally win one of those.  = ]
Vrooomer also did a maxdemo on the ammo-challenged Map21...
... while I did a maxdemo on Map01.
I did a very slow maxdemo on Fredrik's grand Castle of the Eternal Carrot map.

If for some reason you cannot download a demo or a wadfile, just ask me for it.
Temporary map links:  Laitos //  Op_801

TAS site updated.

New Compet-N pwad demos on:  Hell Revealed and Requiem.
-- including a very nice hf16 by Chris Ratcliff.
All the demos from this update:  here or here (297 kb)

other news:
I did a terrible half-finished map for the 18th Speedmapping wad (very late entry).
The Mole's contest is still active.
Lots of quality demos (Netquake) at Illmind and the SDA.
I did some Doombot5.1 demos on Rick Clark's new Galley map.
This proves that some people have more time on their hands than me.
--from this page -- from Slashdot.
 

  9/19/01 Small update:
Added 2 more leftover demos from the E1contest recordings.
grab both  here  (temporary link)
Added a bunch of Compet-N Requiem demos including Vono's movie.
(Requiem Map31 is such a cool map.)
Fixed a few pages.

other news:
Big (not to mention hilarious) updates at the Speed Demos Archive.
-- new demos include QRDQ by Ingmar 'Nagasaki' Poerner (IE only -- the page, not the man).
 

  9/18/01 It's been a long time since we saw a Doom Gods demoset, but the DSF Crew (heh) is the next best thing.
We (Ryback, Swedish Fish, The Mole, and I) did a quality demoset for Doomcenter's E1contestwad.
I also did 2 speedruns for it as well.

Adam Hegyi sent a bunch of amazing incredible godlike demos for Md.   Must-see demos. Truly stunning skills.
Albert Valls and Varun Abhirama Krishna sent some Md demos too.  Thanks guys.
Cameron Prosser did another bit of TAS magic -- Hell Revealed Map22 on nightmare -- pacifist this time!
-- absurd demo with him amidst hundreds of monsters constantly.  Another must see demo.
Adam also sent a near-optimized demo for Virgil's latest map, Vrgl-3t. Recommeded.
Virgil did a nice demo himself which is included in the zipfile.
Speaking of Virgil the DOOM Poet, he sent a maxdemo for his challenging Ash2ash map.
Adam Hegyi, Albert Valls, and I did maxdemos on Wim Vanrie's Dead Simple: Revisited map.
-- The king of Map07's proves his meddle once again.  = ]

Albert Valls improved his demo for the Featured map with the fastest time yet.
Chris 'Ryback' Ratcliff and I did entire demosets for Dwspd016.
Fredrik Johansson, mapmaker extraordinaire, did a nice speedrun on his Dwspd017 map.
I did some maxdemos on all of the Dwspd017 maps.
I also did a maxdemo on Hans.
Lastly, Albert and I did demos on Wim's other new map, Terrer2.

TAS site updated.

New Compet-N pwad demos on: Classic_Episode, MM1, and Requiem.
-- includes a 1-10 Requiem speedrun by Xit Vono. Recommended.
All the demos from this update:  here or here (463 kb)

other news:
Some more fx/Sedlo deathmatch goodness at Arno's.
Congratulations to Mark 'Pugsley' Thompson for completing Doom2 on UltraViolence.  Temporary link
-- Only a handful of Doomers, albeit a large handful,  have ever managed that.feat. Good job!
I did a silly (and not very good -- only a first try.) Zdoom speedrun through Doom2.  Temporary link
-- even with all the trick jumps it is slower than Vincent's fastest run. 
Varun's Doom Inferno has a nice site with occasional demos and reviews.
I forgot to mention last time that my Main Doom2 page will probably never see the light of day again after they remove the domain.
Perhaps I'll re-do the 'Best of Doom2' page, but only time will tell on that.
I hope I helped some lost souls over the years find some of the better Doom2 add-ons and demos with that site.
Makes me realize that there is not a single full review site really going strong -- Colin and Robin are still active... occasionally.
Lastly, this image of the new WTC made me laugh... my condolences to those who were directly affected by that tragedy.
 

  9/06/01 One year anniversary of the DSDA. 
Coincidentally, the counter turned over to 10,000.
-- Albert Valls was the man behind the computer who kindly sent a screenshot.  Thanks, Albert.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the site over the last year.

Onto the demos:
Chris Ratcliff, Anthony Soto, Martin Schultz, and Wim Vanrie did a nice demoset for the 2001-e1 episode.
Martin and I also did some speedruns.
Lots of Darkening action:
-- Donatas Tamonis did an entire max demoset (this was done long ago - they still are nice demos).
-- Xit Vono did a TAS nightmare demo on Map02.
-- Martin Schultz did 3 maxdemos and a nightmare speedrun.
-- Xit Vono also did 2 nightmare, a pacifist, and a tyson -- sounds like a recipe for a revolution.  =P
Chris Ratcliff did maxdemos for the latest Speedmapping wad -- #15.
Albert Valls generously sent some more very nice Md demos.
-- Nightmare speedrun and a -fast demo; both in record times.
He also did a tyson and a maxdemo on Stones.wad; which is supposedly the second pwad ever released.
Hell Revealed:
-- Cameron Prosser did some must-see TAS demos.
   Nightmare Pacifist run on Map25 in only :26.
   Nightmare run on Map22 in 1:15.
   UV speedrun on Map24 in :17.
-- I did 3 maxdemos(19, 21, 27) and 3 -fast demos(19, 21, 21).

TAS site updated with some truly amazing demos.

Lots of new Compet-N pwad demos on all the megawads: Classic_Episode, Hell Revealed, MM1, MM2, and Requiem.
All the demos from this update:  here or here (518 kb)

other news:
Big update at the Compet-N.
My old ISP was shutdown, so my old Doom2 page is at Mindspring now.
-- about a month from now, I should have finally migrated to @home; so those pages are in transition right now.
Although Earthlink promised me the email that was left of the Goodnet mail servers, it is now lost permanently -- so it you sent something that I didn't update, please resend it.  Thanks.
Additionally, once I am @home, I get 70Mb of web space... ooh, I think I may put up a best FPS demos page...
Lastly, Battle.net's DiabloII servers are ridiculous bad -- that would take a lot of patience.
 

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