baja blast rd. Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 7:35 PM, Ancalagon said: is almost over where I live and it's the time to look back at what speedruns have been done in this year, share your favorite demos of the year in this thread, any category, meme runs, (probably) TAS runs, etc. as long as you liked it. I'll start off with some of the obvious ones. Alien Vendetta Map29 UV-Max in 4:19 by Looper The very beginning of the year saw one of its most optimized maxes. A pretty entertaining watch. Doom 2 UV-Speed in 18:33 by eLim Looper's 18:31 scooped the plaudits and the sex appeal, but this one deserves shine too. Community Chest Map29 Nomo-100S in 15:09 by Bob9001 The inimitable Bob9001 likes to keep you guessing. What will happen next, what category are you watching? Noye Map01 UV-Speed in 0:00 by 4shockblast One of the most optimized demos ever recorded. Demos others have listed: Dimensions Map03 UV-Max in 17:56 by Ancalagon Eviternity UV-Max in 5:54:07 by Nevanos Community Chest II Map32 UV-Max in 12:32 by Aquasa 2002ADO e2m4 UV-Max in 7:08 by kmc NDCP2 Map13 UV-Max in 6:35 by TheV1perK1ller TNT Map25 NM100S in 2:35 by Gurlugon I'll update the list of demos others have posted in bits and spurts. Previous threads: Hide contents 2018 demos 2017 demos 2016 demos 2015 demos 2014 demos 2013 demos 2012 demos Edited January 1, 2020 by rdwpa 16 Share this post Link to post
Nine Inch Heels Posted January 1, 2020 Dimensions map03 by Ancalagon Without a doubt one of the hardest maxes to pull off successfully. A cool map, a great player, an intense demo. What's not to love? 7 Share this post Link to post
almostmatt1 Posted January 1, 2020 I gotta go with the Eviternity UV-Max by Nevanos in 5:54:07. 9 Share this post Link to post
SAV88 Posted January 1, 2020 Some of the speediest, most brave runs, all heavily underrated: Community Chest II MAP32 UV Max in 12:32 by @Aquasa, over 1.5 times faster than stx-Vile; 2002ADO E2M4 UV Max in 7:08 by @kmc; NDCP2 MAP13 UV Max in 6:35 by @TheV1perK1ller; TNT MAP25 NM100S in 2:35 by @Gurlugon. 8 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) First of all, IMO 2019 was the best year for speedrunning since I was involved. We have some all, long standing records broken, undone tasks being done, including full runs of Icarus and Eternal, many, many new players becoming active, old players returning. Also, this beat your own demos month contest :) The demo which makes me wonder what I'm doing here, makes me quit and cry is MAP26 Max for Scythe2 by Aquasa. Strangely, not in DSDA archive... Before that demo appeared I would go for Plut's skepland MAP02 Max. Criticised by Plut himself, but to pull off something this long this fast and aggressively, hats off. TAS NM Speed for Doom2 by Zero-Master. I'm horrified by new void glides, but maps 27,29,30 I enjoyed so much!! Also, the commentary and all that practical approach which is very inspiring. Zero-Master also beat a few undone IWAD things, let's just mention MAP07 Plutonia pacifist for being non-assisted. Also a few demos which I certainly will not forget: ELMLE's Eternal MAP30 UV Speed, j4rio's Eternal MAP30 Tyson, Guiddqd's E4M1 NM Speed, Dwaze's E1M7 UV Speed, JonaG Plutonia MAP16 NM Speed, Revved's solving of end2 E3M8. 6 Share this post Link to post
GoneAway Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) I have to agree with vdgg that this was just an amazing year for doom overall, but I'll pick out two in particular. Mayhem 2018 Map 03 UV Speed by Krankdud (from the pack) Krankdud doesn't submit a ton of runs for doom, but when he does he doesn't hold anything back. This demo in particular is incredible to watch. Plutonia Map 01 Pacifist by JC (link) This is one of the best demos I've ever watched, unbelievable. @vdgg The aquasa demo you mentioned is on dsda, but maybe it's under the wrong scythe version. Edited January 1, 2020 by kraflab 3 Share this post Link to post
GrumpyCat Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Two jaw-dropping maxes were done in the very beginning of 2019: Slaughterfest 2012 Map 30 UV-Max in 51:29 by Ahmed (aka A7MAD), lots and lots of difficult situations handled masterfully and with sharp sense of what can be pulled off on the edge of survivability. Surprising level of polishness for the map of such scale. Nochance UV-Max in 24:33 by Ancalagon. 39:59 demo was already crazy. New one is just insane. And Eternal Doom tysons by j4rio, all of them. Incredible monster control, punching skill, adaptivity and endurance. Imho they redefined what and how can be done in tyson run. Yes, very polished tysons were done before, but mostly on small maps, and then some on huge/hard maps, but not with this level of speed, aggressiveness and creativity (except some of j4rio's other tysons). Hard to pick only one map - probably it is Map 11 in 46:09 with very very tricky pit with cybers. EDIT Damn. It was done in 2018. Then Map 30 in 1:13:03. Edited January 2, 2020 by GrumpyCat 2 Share this post Link to post
Bob9001 Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Thanks for picking an actual good demo from me @rdwpa much appreciated! My picks are: J4rio: All the Eternal Tysons. Absolute madman to do the whole wad or some of the wad this year. Big props to him for that accomplishment! JonaG: Have to be, TNT Map09 pacifist that was the final pacifist IL demo for TNT, big ups to this fellow runner! Looper: He surprised me (and the community) with a demo that took TNT Map32 UV-Max below 4 minutes, after 550 attempts. Incredible guy! Edited January 2, 2020 by Bob9001 2 Share this post Link to post
Vile Posted January 2, 2020 I'll update my list as I think of them. Plutonia map07 pacifist by ZeroMaster. 2 Share this post Link to post
Andromeda Posted January 3, 2020 Plutonia D2ALL UV Max by @tchkb, beating the previous record by almost 15 minutes. 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted January 7, 2020 I'd just like to note how much I enjoyed the various movie runs by ELMLE and Revved. Not just good execution, but good route and resource planning, since in most cases they were working from scratch. 2 Share this post Link to post
Looper Posted January 8, 2020 4shock's E1M1 in 8 seconds, of course. Not sure why wasn't it mentioned, or was it so obvious that On 1/1/2020 at 5:59 AM, rdwpa said: Noye Map01 UV-Speed in 0:00 by 4shockblast One of the most optimized demos ever recorded. was actually a joke about it? :D Or is it saved for 'demos of the decade'? :-D Very happy to see my AV29 max here. A bit different kind of 'notable thing' happened in 2019 by Karl Jobst showing light for Doom speedrunning. They are not demos but videos, so maybe a bit offtopic(?). 1 Share this post Link to post
baja blast rd. Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) I researched lots for another 'list', but I felt like leaving this thread mostly to others. 1 Share this post Link to post
GarrettChan Posted January 8, 2020 Sunlust Map10 UV Max/Reality by Killer5 The Godfather of UV Max/Reality. Whenever he comes up, something crazy is going to happen. As somebody got influenced by him, I'm just shame that my UV Max/Reality runs are way worse than his. 3 Share this post Link to post
4shockblast Posted January 19, 2020 A lot of the good picks have already been mentioned, so I'll bring up just one: E2M1 nomo in 31.89 from depr4vity. Getting 31 is an achievement in its own right, grinding it further is nuts. 3 Share this post Link to post
Grain of Salt Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) I enjoyed the various long UV-speeds of map32 of avj.wad by Red XIII and Termrork 2 Share this post Link to post
Paul977 Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) cchest2 map 24 max 22:59 by j4rio Edited February 10, 2020 by Paul977 0 Share this post Link to post