The DWIronman League dies to: Man On The Moon

 

"If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon. If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool." - REM

 

The yearly leaderboard

 

Standard leaderboard:

• @Master Medi SURVIVED in 59:15 (100%) : Looks like @ginc has some company after all. No moon rock left untouched, no mercy to demons given, and all in under an hour.
• @Bdubzzz 62.28% : The Archvile in the BFG fight was only a mere distraction to the terror of......two space Imps! By the grace of Tarakan!
• @WH-Wilou84 58.7% : Four keys acquired, but alas finished off by an Imp in the green key area. "C'est ce qui se passe".
• @BoxY 43.99% : In space, nobody can hear you be hopelessly cornered by a Hell Knight in yellow key territory. At least they were quite happy to die.
• @Anima Zero 30.88% : A resident archvile helps tuck in Anima Zero on a one-way trip to slumberland after midnight.
• @Vince Vega 28.26% : They didn't want the demons to feel bad for having a Megasphere anyway. Rocketed half his health away and a Baron did the rest.
• @Beginner 28.07% : Doom marine too dummy THICC to get past equally dummy THICC Mancubus.
• @Dragonfly 26.89% : They didn't really make much use of that Megasphere anyway. Slapped down by an airlock with health in a secret fight.
• @LadyMistDragon 26.09% : Took the black hole where she thought she was on the red key route, but actually died to an Imp at the end of the blue key route instead.
• @mhrz 24.62% : Hell Knight sandwiches don't just happen in the Megasphere fight after all; this one took place in blue key country.
• @ginc 23.35% : That's ginc trapped in the corner, that's ginc in the Archvile spotlight, losing their health points...
• @Pseudonaut 21.36% : The Pinky horde shows up the Revenant horde on how to deal with a lone space marine in red card country.
• @NaZa 19.12% : Press switch, have Archvile hide behind millions of Revenants in blue key country. Seriously spanked by a Revenant missle in the ensuing chaos.
• @dt_ 17.07% : A Category 1.5 painful space Imp death after doing well in the yellow box encounter.
• @Maribo 16.24% : The last entry of the month gets flamed by an Archvile in yellow key town to close things out.
• @DeathwingDuck 14.71% : "How am I alive?" Famous last words before being hit by a Revenant swerveball in red key country.
• @gabirupee 14.26% : At least he won the secret Megasphere fight! Burnt by allegedly unintelligent Mancubi.
• @SCF 12.79% : "Got blindsided by a revenant missile and immediately lost focus and killed myself." Saves me having to write an obituary up, thanks!
• @Shepardus 12.72% : Pinky to their left, Pinky to their right, yet it was a cruel Archvile that finished them off.
• @Crusader No Regret 10.71% : This did indeed not end well. 28 minutes of patient progress ruined by a Hell Knight sandwich.
• @SuyaSS 9.78% : Surprised by a surprise Revenant in the surprise switch trap. What a surprise!
• @NoisyVelvet 9.08% : The right person in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. This also applies to opportunistic chaingunners.
• @DisgruntledPorcupine 8.95% : He thought he'd survived the worst of that Megasphere fight, but a pair of asshole Revenants had other ideas.
• @ClumsyCryptid 8.06% : They were happy to pay the "pick up the goodies" tax on that Megasphere anyway. Another notch for a cornering Hell Knight.
• @Austinado 7.86% : He's done, he's dead, this was stupid. Pinged by a Revenant missle.
• @Suitepee 7.8% : I really shouldn't have gone for that Megasphere anyway. Sandwiched by a Hell Knight.
• @Andromeda 7.74% : They didn't want the fight around the Megasphere to be relatively easy anyway. Pureed into a space Baron & Hell Knight sandwich.
• @Peccatum Mihzamiz 7.61% : They didn't want to pick up the Megasphere until 2% health anyway. Sadly died shortly afterwards to a combo of their own rocket and a passing Hell Knight.
• @Worriedidiot 6.97% : Shot in the back by a pesky shotgunner whilst dealing with Mancubi.
• @Mikolah 6.32% : They didn't really want that Megasphere anyway. Mowed down by a merciless chaingunner.
• @head_cannon 4.99% : He leaped down the Megasphere pit to die, although being sandwiched by Hell Knights was potentially optional.
• @Pegleg 3.96% : Scratched to death by an Imp. Some infighting may have occurred after.

 

Prepared leaderboard:

• @ginc SURVIVED in 34:19 (83.11%) : Found his answers from the great beyond upon a second visitation; will he stand alone as the only survivor this month? 
• @Yugiboy85 38.3% : "Comme on fait son lit, on se couche". Smacked by a Revenant missle on his own red card fight. Ha ha ha!

 

What is the Doomworld Ironman League?

 

The DWIronman League is a monthly competition in which participants aim to survive for as many levels as possible in the given map set, preferably in one sitting. Click the spoiler tag at the bottom of the post for a detailed list of rules. Players of all levels of ability are welcome. It could change the way you play Doom!

 

In June 2022 the Ironman League will take a trip to the moon for @Yugiboy85's follow up to 'Travelling to the moon', originally released in 2018 but updated in 2021. It won a 2018 runner up prize in that year's Cacowards, and this single map will provide a sizeable but fair challenge to everyone following on from last month's megawad trawl.

 

Best of luck to everyone, I look forward to writing up the obituaries. (Yes, I do hope @Yugiboy85 submits an entry this month!)

 

Here's @Major Arlene's write up on the wad for the 2018 Cacoward runner-up prize in terms of describing this month's pick:

 

"Man on the Moon, the sequel to Traveling to the Moon, continues the story of the hope to explore space without getting ripped in half or filled with bullets from demonic presences still filling every crevice you poke your gun into.

 

While the map boasts over a thousand monsters in the normal course of its play, it avoids the frustration of excessiveness by pacing each fight in interesting and unexpected ways. All the while, new areas are opened up to explore, along with more monsters and a shiny new weapon or two, not to mention a possibly nasty surprise - or ten - waiting for the right moment to catch you.

 

The final bridge reveals a tower that seems to hold the switch to the exit. Instead, it’s a bum-rush descent into the cold core of the moon, all while hellspawn try to stop you, including some baddies plucked from the Realm667 bestiary.

 

Yugiboy85 does an excellent job of combining crisp aesthetic with some of the most down-and-dirty, brutal fighting anyone could ask for. We’ve gone to the moon now; what’s next?"

 

Essential information:

 

• Doom II: Hell on Earth (doom2.wad).
• Compatibility level 11, or "MBF (strict)" for ZDoom derivative ports.
• 1 map. (map 01)
• Time estimate: 45 minutes to an hour.
• DOWNLOAD the 2021 version, NOT the earlier 2018 release!!!!

 

>Download Man On the Moon (2021 edition): https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/m-o/motm

 

> prboom-plus.exe -iwad doom2.wad -file MOTM_21.wad -complevel 11 -skill 4 -record demo_name.lmp

 

Rules:

 

Previous threads:

Edited July 1, 2022 by Suitepee

Oh no 😅

 

Well, i guess i have to put an entry this month lol. It would not be fair i guess. 

 

Obviously, it will be a blind run.

 

Good luck everyone 

 

Btw, it's complevel 11, not 9. Granted, i dont think that will be gamebreaking, it's just that the boss will be missing an mbf specific codepointer 

I'll kick things off with my terrible attempt, died very early into the map

 

 

manonthemoon-ironman-mik.zip

Never played this. Hope it's a nice, long trek :)

Category 1, died with 334/1564 kills.

motironman-pseudonaut.zip

Category 1, died with exactly 200 kills.

 

DWIL_06-22_MOTM_SCF.zip

 

 

Here's the one you've been waiting for. 

 

Obviously, NOT A BLIND RUN lol

(I guess it would fall under prepared, category well, does map creator work?)

 

ybmotm.zip

 

 

 

 

Category 2, played it once or twice around release; DAMN GOOD map.

 

I died because I went on a mad scamble to find health, ended up partaking in a secret fight I wasn't prepared for. 😅 

 

 

 

Edited June 2, 2022 by Dragonfly

Was quite glad it was over, this is not my cup of tea at all. 299 kills, category 1.

 

 

dwironman_jun22_naza.zip

 

NightTerror won last month - good stuff, congratulations! Sad to see nobody making it all the way through, but it is what it is. The final stretch was unforgiving in every way and it was fun to see all the ways the runners tackled it and admittedly got screwed, but not through their fault. Beginner and Master Medi also delivered really competitive runs, as well as the MAP28 casualties (dt_, Bdubzzz and ginc). Yet another marked performance from Austinado and head_cannon as well.

 

Year-wise, Bdubzzz stays first and opens up a nice safety net to Maribo in 2nd. Beginner jumps a few places as well while I sadly drop out of the Top 3 where I realistically do not belong. There's a big battle for 2nd brewing as everyone from 2nd to 7th is really close to each other. Top 10 indeed did not change as I projected last month though ginc and NightTerror are really, really close to it now and are looking to get into it if someone from the lower Top 10 slips up... or if they keep being this good. As for Beginner and Bdubzzz doing well... if one looks at the Post-Alfonzo sheet, they'll see virtually nothing is separating them in 1ST and 2ND overall, which is insane. Going for longer? Hopefully!

 

EDIT: Just noticed I won the prepared category last month. Nice... I mean, it helps when you're the only one to have supplied a run for it, but it still means something. First "victory" since 2019. Maybe that'll give me a motivational boost for Ironeagle this month!

Edited June 5, 2022 by NaZa : LAST MONTH* wow. good stuff NaZa.

Quote

 

Space Marine Doomguy in some slaughter-lite, yeah yeah yeah yeah.

On a moon base where the pinkies bite, yeah yeah yeah yeah.

Ambushed by skellies for the blue key fight, yeah yeah yeah yeah.

Cornered by arch-viles 'cause he wasn't too bright, yeah yeah yeah yeah.

 

Doomguy did you hear about this WAD? Tell me do you rocket your face?

Doomguy are we goofing on Valiant? The episode in space...

 

 

Category 1 (fully blind). 367/1572 kills (1205 remaining).

Means of death: Pinned down by horde of Hell Knights and zapped by an Arch-vile.

 

 

Video here. 720p60 should be ready soon.

 

 

Edited June 4, 2022 by ginc

Category 1, 483/1654 kills.

 

How I didn't die at that cyber en route to the red key I don't know.

 

Oh, and recording at midnight before going to bed.  That's how I make boneheaded decisions and get a ride on the fabled arch-vile express train to deathsville.

DWIronman_MOTM_AnimaZero.zip

Ironman on Moon? More likely than you think!

[1] Here's my terrible attempt:

man_on_moonss.zip

Got surprised by the switch fight. (Guess which one?)

 

 

Edited June 5, 2022 by SuyaSS

On 6/1/2022 at 4:25 AM, Suitepee said:

It could change the way you play Doom!

oh it changed the way I play DOOM alright

oh shit! I wasn't recording

I can't believe I did that!

I was kicking so much demon ass and I didn't record

Category 1 demo.

I just wanted to squeeze past some enemies but the game said "No >:)".

Category 2 demo : https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpwxftn9fztcult/MOTM_21-Ironman-wh_05062022.zip?dl=1
 

 

Category I (heard, never played), de-germetized at 29:25 with 442/1564 MotMs (monsters on the Moon lol), 2/11 SotMs.

 

Yeah, why not eat own rocket when there are 666 fireballs flying towards you per second, it's much more fun to dodge them at 100 HP than at 200 :)

Stupid and unnecessary death and bad projectile management, I continued playing from this demo after the recording and went much further with no struggle =\ Will see if I'll dedicate some time this month to record a survival.

Genius secrets, not genius me failing miserably to find them :))00

 

dvvmotm2.zip

Edited June 5, 2022 by Vince Vega

Category: 1

Dead in 6:04

Kills: 121/1564

 

Fucked up massively in a relatively easy fight.

 

im_andromeda_motm.zip

Category: 1

my first ironman, tried to play carefully died to some dumbass mancubus. Atleast i won the secret fight :p

moonman_gab.zip

Here goes nothing.....

 

Category: 2

Dead at 22:04

Kills 504/1564

 

I dunno how I realized I was taking the red path accidentally. I mostly remember this, but there were some surprising black holes. Maybe I was just worst though.

lmd_ironmoon.zip

Cat 1, dead with 688/1564 at 32:56. The map is decent but most of the demo is just me hopelessly looking for progression so I was honestly kind of happy to die at that point.

 

dwim-bx-motm.lmp

Category: 1

Dead in 8:02

Kills: 119/1564
 

PM-MotM-ironman.zip

Cat 1,

 

I got stuck.. Megasphere and initial plasmagun was too enticing. Skipped a couple of months because of life events.

 

 

This was a fun map, so I did some practicing in order to survive single segment and submit a run for the Prepared category.

Completed in 34:19. Video here:

 

 

 

Edited June 10, 2022 by ginc

My shamefull run.

 

Category: 2

Dead : At 07:04:47| 123/1564 kills

 

Video starts automatic at 2:33:58

 

 

Category 1. Died about 17-18 minutes in.

 

 

 

Nearly died earlier than that but made a decent recovery.

Demo recording is available here: DWIL_MOTM_deathwing-duck.rar.

Past broadcast also available here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1500211478

Made the Highlight so it's easier to find: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1500434054

 

 

Edited June 11, 2022 by DeathwingDuck : Added Highlight Video

Category: 1

Kills: 62/1564 (there was some infighting following my demise, but I was only breathing for 62 of the deaths)

Time of death: 7:21

 

dwi_pegleg_motm21_category1.zip

 

This map was well-made, looked good, and the encounters seemed well though out. At least early on, there seemed plenty of ammo, and a fair amount of health. The map was also fun to play, at least it was for the brief time I was playing it. I may actually be able to tackle it again this month, since there's still over 2 weeks left of June, as opposed to last month, when I started my run at 11 PM on May 31st. (Granted, it ended a few minutes later, but that's beside the point.)

Blind type 1 attempt on the highest difficulty.  This can't end well...

 

At least I'm not last place; that's something.  168 kills I believe with no archvile resurrections to account for given that I carked it without ever seeing one.

 

dsda-doom -complevel 11

dwiron_motm_cnr.zip

Category 1

Kills: 199

Time of death: 9:16

 

Recorded with dsda-doom 0.24.2 (complevel 11)

ironman_motm_Shepardus.zip

DEAD

Category 1.5 (I played the first couple rooms of it a while ago, I think)

Kills: 142/1564 (09.08%)

Time of Death: 9:12

noisy_MOTM_21_ironman.zip