Zone 300 demos [-complevel 2]

[Coincident]

MAP21 UV Fast in 1:56.60 (No previous record)

 

Demo: z321f156.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/l5WTXIKtyOY

 

Holy DAMN that was intense. So many things going wrong. So many deaths. So much frustration. I was on the verge of giving and stopping the stream 3 times! Thankfully I kept on going and managed to beat the sub 2-minute barrier, as well as the existing UV Max record of 2m05. The chaingunner and pinky room was incredibly fast because of one of the chaingunners staying alive at the end of the room shooting for a long time at all the pinkies. The ending was also absolutely clutch especially after running out of rockets AND shells and relying on the last few bullets from the chaingun to kill the final Baron. So much luck and bad luck at the same time... I think this was the most beautiful "plan B" ever.

[Coincident]

MAP22 UV Fast in 1:45.31 (No previous record)

 

Demo: z322f145.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/IRc3IY7b0RA

For a long time this sub 2 minute run also seemed impossible, like in many other levels. Thankfully the Twitch chat believed in me even when I doubted myself, and surely enough I managed the sub 2, which is also a sub 1m54 - beating the UV Max time but with fast monsters. The most crucial change in routing in this run was deciding to jump down and kill the mancubus from safety after grabbing the secret supercharge. Without dropping down, more than half of the attempts would end to the mancubus vertically blocking that spot and preventing the player from progressing. That can happen either when jumping from the secret, or when jumping from the area behind the yellow key. In theory, not falling down can be faster, but it's much more reliant on the random movement of monsters. In this run I was lucky enough to also get a good time even though I went for the slower strategy. Also made great use of splash damage with rockets at the last group of Barons due to their movement - so quite a lot of luck was still a big part of this run.

[Maribo]

Map04 NoMo in 0:37 - z304o037.zip

Map24 UV-Pacifist in 0:25 - z324p025.zip

Map29 UV-Speed in 0:20 - z329p020.zip

[Coincident]

MAP23 UV Fast in 1:57.86 (No previous record)

 

Demo: z323f157.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/VgygxCW23yU

Another 2 minute barrier broken, and another UV Max time beaten in UV Fast. Although I'm happy with this run, this map took me a long time to master. There are many deadly points spread across each section of the map from the beginning until the very end. Not only did many runs end in death, many others ended in failed jumps, missed enemies, not enough in-fighting, and not enough ammunition. So far, this was the Zone 300 run that I spent the most time practicing. I don't think it beats map 20 in terms of things that can go wrong, but it sure is close!

 

[Coincident]

MAP24 UV Fast in 1:56.37 (No previous record)

 

Demo: z324f156.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/_gTY2USKq_Q

The practice session for this map went quite smoothly with a lot of successful runs, so I thought this was going to be easier than Map 23. I was wrong. It ended up being very similar to the previous map especially because the start is very deadly, and the ending can be quite deadly too. The worst part is that, to get a good time, you absolutely need be lucky enough with all the in-fighting. In this run I chose to kill all the monsters in the first part of the level (before the blue door). This is the slower strat, which is safer because you don't run the risk of reaching the exit with monsters still alive at the beginning. But if you're lucky with monster movement, the enemies from the start can follow you into the 2nd area and help killing the Mancubi a lot faster, making you save some precious seconds. Also some movement and ammunition mistakes in this run made me lose significant time. I believe sub 1m50 should be possible.

 

[Insomnia]

Map03 UV-Speed in 0:32 - z303-032.zip

Map29 NoMo in 0:17 - z329o017.zip

Map31 Pacifist in 0:26 - z331p026.zip

Map31 NoMo in 0:22 - z331o022.zip

[aconfusedhuman]

map01 nomo in 20.94

z301o020.zip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvW8V_hpQIE

 

Edited November 9, 2021 by aconfusedhuman : added txt file which i forgot to put in the zip :p

[Phoenyx]

Zone 300 - Map 25: Hellucination | UV-Max in 2:54

 

z325_254.zip

[Coincident]

MAP25 UV Fast in 3:07.80 (No previous record)

 

Demo: z325f307.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/DRkldRDLFww

Props to @Professor Soundman for beating the 3min mark on this map! That's the goal that I couldn't to beat here with fast monsters.

Anyway, this is another map with a deadly brutal start, and many other deadly spots in the middle. The red door room is probably thee most difficult mid-way point where in-fighting RNG will dictate if you either clear the room fast and get a good time, or you run out of ammo and have to restart. Also the large amount of 20% damaging floor sections makes this map quite frustrating to speedrun, because health is already limited to begin with, and then you have to deal with the occasional leaky radiation suit... not cool!

 

[Billa]

Map 04 Pacifist in 2:38 z304p238.zip https://youtu.be/YDPB8U3Bl4s

Map 06 Pacifist in 0:33 z306p033.zip https://youtu.be/ILIuEnmLmko

Map 08 Pacifist in 1:20 z308p120.zip https://youtu.be/DqwxupCTaY8

 

 

Odd how all but 2 of the pacifist fills are on even numbered maps. 09 doesn't have enough health but I'll churn out 11 soon.

[Billa]

Map 13 Pacifist in 0:47 z313p047.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_AjKcWd4Yo

Map 15 Pacifist in 5:30 z315p530.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n4XjTMcg6Y

Map 16 Pacifist in 0:38 z316p038.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsHpBBAFoEk 

Map 18 Pacifist in 0:29 z318p029.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy1M12DIKYQ

Map 21 Pacifist in 0:37 z321p037.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgrDrIpSajM

Map 23 Pacifist in 0:37 z323p037.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvItlLP3mn8  

Map 24 Pacifist in 0:23 z324p023.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gny8Ev3catQ 

 

[Coincident]

MAP26 UV Fast in 1:38.80 (No previous record)

 

Demo: z326f138.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/YF-oxFKDfJ0

 

Getting a good time here is 99% dependent on in-fighting RNG. I knew that the sub 1m40 was possible but I wasn't sure I had enough time to grind for it. This was a lucky-enough run with the Cyberdemon in-fighting the entire time I was hitting it and also some good in-fighting with the Mastermind. I also got the feeling that even sub 1m30 is possible with godly RNG and in-fighting. I'll leave that challenge to someone else, though.

 

[Billa]

Map 25 Pacifist in 1:40 z325p140.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oiONt9LuvU

Map 27 Pacifist in 0:36 z327p036.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-suxzuwa5I

Map 29 Pacifist in 0:27 z329p027.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzJo1gInbeo

 

 

03, 05, 07, 09-12, 14, 17, 19, 30 & 32 are the remaining maps. As far as I'm aware only 07 and 30 are impossible non-TAS, the rest are doable, just difficult

[Phoenyx]

Zone 300 - Map 28: Unholy Demise | UV-Max in 2:19

 

z328_219.zip

[Billa]

Map 05 Pacifist in 0:47 z305p047.zip https://youtu.be/ZKqBOpaLti8

Map 32 Pacifist in 2:43 z332p243.zip https://youtu.be/eeCQCfC65BM

 

[Coincident]

MAP27 UV Fast in 2:33.86 (No previous record)

 

Demo: z327f233.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/mtg7IDfewik

 

My last speedrun of the year; a good 7 seconds below the 2m40 objective, and a pretty solid run, which proves that sub 2m30 is also possible. The run went quite smoothly despite the chaotic practice session full of mistakes. The diagonal walls and all the elastic collision were probably my most hated feature on this map; they are so deadly when trying to dodge fast projectiles and avoid arch-vile attacks...

[RockyGaming4725]

Map 1 UV Fast in 47.97

z301f4797.zip
Video -

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 9, 2022 by RockyGaming4725 : Updated txt

[Reizo]

Map02 UV Fast  1:28.86 z302f128.zip

[Coincident]

MAP28 UV Fast in 1:57.57 (No previous record)

 

Demo: z328f157.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/Zbkl9IxJxaA

 

Yay! Another sub 2m run achieved. These late maps from Zone 300 are just getting deadlier and deadlier. Even though nothing compares to the frustration of grinding "Zone 300's Chasm" aka map 20; this still took a long practice session and a long attempt session to achieve. In theory a sub 1m50 should be possible, but as usual it depends a lot on monster RNG and in-fighting. The worst is definitely the Pain Elemental past the red key. It's positioned in the back of a group of monsters so that it's difficult to reach and shoot down when you first enter the room. And if you decide to kill it later, it will have probably spawned an army of lost souls which will most likely kill your run.

[Billa]

The rest of the NoMo tablefills, excuse me

 

05 in 0:38 z305o038.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl9mnOl9vLc

06 in 0:17 z306o017.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROHRptSZi_U 

08 in 0:36 z308o036.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZghwsX-pGI 

09 in 0:44 z309o044.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL09OMQIPwU 

10 in 0:14 z310o014.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDlwdL9qDos 

12 in 0:18 z312o018.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g_hDE2SiOg 

13 in 0:26 z313o026.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NQ1t1TOlfU 

14 in 0:19 z314o019.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKthrmwh3bM 

15 in 0:39 z315o039.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jEMq5-0pzY 

16 in 0:18 z316o018.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYOStKeQ3nw 

17 in 0:34 z317o034.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M49vDaxtXxk 

18 in 0:17 z318o017.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms8gxZQ1C0A 

19 in 0:24 z319o024.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP4L9-K78n0 

20 in 0:20 z320o020.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRYQNK-uJt0 

21 in 0:26 z321o026.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7huxSQxt33g 

23 in 0:16 z323o016.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHDQJgCr3gI 

24 in 0:18 z324o018.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leCHZicVBd0

26 in 0:16 z326o016.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzdVHOq28no 

27 in 0:18 z327o018.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0du6IuJrEdM

28 in 0:15 z328o015.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjnJtUk5ADc 

32 in 1:00 z332o100.zip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuApMKOhLvs 

 

[Insomnia]

Map20 Pacifist in 0:21

z320p021.zip

[Coincident]

MAP29 UV Fast in 1:48.31 (No previous record)

 

Demo: z329f148.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/scullAHp6o0

 

"Sub 2 might not be possible" - I though, and then THIS HAPPENS?! I'M ECSTATIC about this run! I doubted that sub 2 was within my reach, let alone sub 1m50! But after suffering for over 9 hours at the hands of the Den of Torture, after experimenting, changing, and improving strategies, the grind finally paid off! I was breathless when I finally got the time I did here; not only did all the strategies work correctly, but I also got an ungodly amount of good luck with the in-fighting. When I went back down the lift only one Pain Elemental and one Cyberdemon were left, and the Cyber was very low on health from killing all the Cacos!

[Coincident]

On 10/21/2013 at 9:54 PM, Rizera said:

Holy hell, NM-Speed is so frustrating in this map, haha. Nice one!

MAP30 UV Max in 0:25

Is 0:24 possible?

z330-025.zip

I know it's been a while, but yes: 0:24 is possible.

MAP30 UV Fast in 0:24.89 (No previous record)

 

Demo: z330f024.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/e1QEVIIn1mI

 

I really have to stop saying things like "24 seconds might be impossible"! This was a TECHNICAL but FUN map to grind, because the route doesn't depend on the strategy: UV Fast, UV Max, UV Speed, NM Speed are all the same - you just need to move fast and kill the icon of sin with as few rockets as possible. Since you can safely kill the only arch-vile and collect the only secret while the icon of sin is doing it's death animation, any% and 100% categories will have the same time here; although runs on nightmare / fast monsters are slightly more difficult due to the increased projectile speeds increasing the chances of getting hit and falling over.

 

Rizera's demo was technically innovative. Skipping the 2 far away buttons and jumping directly to the 3rd platform is a huge time save (discovered by 4shockblast). Also, by shooting at an angle and making the most of the rockets' square blast damage distribution, Rizera managed to increase the damage per rocket and destroy the icon of sin in 7 rockets only. However, after doing some testing, I realized that, with an extremely precise position and angle, it was possible to kill the icon of sin in 6 rockets. It took a few attempts, but I managed to get the setup right and nail the 6-rocket-kill. That, together with a quick-start trick and some SR50 movement before hitting the first button, and I saved enough frames to land a 24s run. Super happy with this result! Also, attempt 69? Nice!

 

23 seconds is impossible. There, I said it. Your move 4shockblast :)

[4shockblast]

14 minutes ago, Coincident said:

23 seconds is impossible. There, I said it. Your move 4shockblast :)

I've been summoned. :^)

 

Map 30 UV-Max in 0:23.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHTvtby0Qk8

 

z330-023.zip

[Da Werecat]

Is it meaningful to kill the arch before the IoS?

[4shockblast]

4 minutes ago, Da Werecat said:

Is it meaningful to kill the arch before the IoS?

It doesn't really matter when you kill the archie IMO. Doing it beforehand seemed easy enough for me since there's plenty of time to make the jump and do the setup. Also, that means I get invul for the rest of the map and can take Reality as well.

[Krankdud]

Sorry Coincident, but I couldn't help myself

 

Map30 NM 100S in 0:19 - z330s019.zip

Map30 UV Max in 0:20 - z330m020.zip

[Coincident]

Welp, since my strat seems to be out in the open might as well post this!
 

MAP30 TAS NM Speed in 0:18.83

 

Demo: z330x018.zip

 

This is the strategy I came up with after my 24s run and got beat by 4shockblast's impressive 23s run. After studying his run I realized I couldn't save another second with the strategy that waited for the lift, which was the longest part. So I looked for other angles to try and beat the map and realized the stairs on the left side give you about the same height as the platforms. Finding an angle where the rockets could "thread the needle" of the Icon of Sin's opening was not easy, I ended up using a margin of 4 pixels in between the boxes of rockets on the left side of the screen for setup. Then, within that tiny range, the left-most position brings the rockets closer to the Romero head on the diagonal wall they're hitting (although projectile-movement clipping also plays a role here). At first I found that the left-most position allowed me to kill the Icon of Sin in as few as 13 rockets. So I used Nightmare difficulty for the double ammo, so the rockets at the starting room are enough. I quickly found that sub 20 was possible with a 13-rocket kill, but sub-19 was not, not even with perfect movement. So I played around with more angles and found this extremely precise angle for a 12-rocket-kill that brought this run down to 18 seconds. I don't **feel** that 18 is possible non-TAS - at least not for *my* skill level - because the position to get a 12-rocket kill doesn't just require good left positioning - you also need to glide forward and backwards with mouse movement so that the rocket-movement-clipping at 35fps makes them clip through the left corner of the Icon of Sin's opening. So, if you stand against the back wall on this angle, the rockets hit the left wall of the IOS, if you move a tiny bit forward to a precise spot, they clip through the left wall and hit the IOS.

[Coincident]

MAP30 NM 100S in 0:20.69 

 

Demo: z330s20.zip

Video: https://youtu.be/G-i-yuoQ0H4

Demo from a few minutes before Krankdud's 19.

 

[Teedre]

Map 30 UV Fast in 20.63

 

https://youtu.be/yxWzhEdEjH8

 

z3300f20.zip