The DWIronman League dies to: Mutiny

August, 2023

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Standard Leaderboard

1. [2] MAP08: Asbadagba
2. [1] MAP06: Brainfreezzzzz
3. [2] MAP05: NaZa
4. [1] MAP05: ginc
5. [2] MAP05: joe-ilya
6. [1] MAP05: Master Medi
7. [1] MAP04: Anima Zero 
8. [1] MAP04: Plut
9. [?] MAP04: Austinado
10. [2] MAP03: dt_
11. [1] MAP03: LadyMistDragon
12. [2] MAP03: SCF
13. [1] MAP03: Vytaan
14. [1] MAP03: Suitepee
15. [1] MAP03: Horus
16. [1] MAP03: Pseudonaut
17. [1] MAP03: Crusader No Regret
18. [1] MAP02: Bdubzzz
19. [1] MAP02: WompTheCat
20. [1] MAP02: Beginner
21. [1] MAP02: Ludi
22. [1] MAP02: Andromeda
23. [1] MAP02: Darth_wiader
24. [2] MAP02: head_cannon
25. [2] MAP02: Pegleg
26. [1] MAP01: NoisyVelvet
27. [1] MAP01: RJY

Prepared Leaderboard

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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 August 2023 the DWIronman League dies to Mutiny (-complevel 2), a collaborative set from 2016 with maps by a multitude of mappers, led by 40oz. The goal of this mapset was a retro, cyberpunk-ish? (I think) setting with a lot of colours, a spiritual successor to cult classics such as Perdition's Gate, STRAIN or Hacx, while being inspired by the mapping greats of Iikka Keranen and Anthony Czerwonka. The set received a Cacoward in 2016. Its difficulty, though, is quite... well, you'll find for yourself. A fitting summer special after a few months with good survival records. It's time to survive or, more likely, die trying, Ironmen.

A repeating name in the map credits also shows our very own @dt_ had a sizeable contribution to this WAD. No pressure! :^)

Essential Info

• Doom II (doom2.wad).
• Compatibility level 2, or "Doom (strict)" for ZDoom derivative ports.
• 16 maps.
• Time estimate (if survival): I don't know, but it's long.

> Download Mutiny

prboom-plus.exe -iwad doom2.wad -file mutiny.wad (-deh mutiny.deh) -complevel 2 -skill 4 -record demo_name.lmp -warp

Rules:

Previous threads:

Category: 2 (played it years ago, didn't remember much)

Dead on: Map03

Kills: 82/97

DWIL_23-08_mutiny_SCF.zip

Out of all my Doomworld Ironman deaths to date, this was not the smartest. But I can't be too upset because I narrowly escaped death on map 2 several times.

Category: 1

Dead on Map 03 at 19:27

Kills 19/97

Holy god, that teleportation in the shipyard was so disorienting. Not to mention the way forward to the yk feels like a shot in the dark.

lmd_mutinyiron.zip

Been wanting to join the league!!

Category: 1

Dead on Map 02 at 10:48

Kills 30/170

mutinyIM1048Womp.zip

Should not have gone running out the starting room like such a maniac, just could not find footing after that point. Also spent way too long investigating potential SR50 jumps in map01 XD but nice to finally submit something here! just glad I didn't die on Map01 tbh.

I had limited time, but that doesn't excuse straight-up panicking on MAP05. Shame, it was going really well up to that point. I just got mixed up. Cat 2, as always.

 dwironman_aug23_naza.zip

Category 1 demo. Died on map02.

Cat 1

Died Map 03

Kills: 32/97

Time around 33 mins (not sure when I exited map 2)

horus_ironman_2023_08.zip

4 hours ago, Beginner said:

command line string in the OP mistakenly tries to load "doom.wad"

Whoops! Amended. Thanks for the report.

I'll update the yearly standings and the obituaries for July in the next 18 hours.

EDIT: Also, @Beginner, I can't download your demo. It requires signing into Dropbox as a proof of identity or smth. It did not ask me for that until June, I think. However, I did so, I signed up through my Google account this month (the last two you've survived so I took your word for the times as you're a veteran), only to be told by Dropbox: "That didn't work for some reason. If it's a fluke, it might work if you refresh the page. You can also ask us for help." If you know a workaround, please let me know. Thanks!

Hi all,

I was hoping to make a big splash by joining proceedings this Month haha (inspired by @Vytaan).

However, I proceeded to start my Demo on Map 2 and didn't realize until Map 3 xD

I know it invalidates the run but here's my demo (Category 1) anyway - made it (from Map 2) to map 4 w/ 59 kills

manc_ironman_2023_08.zip

This was really fun - thanks all, will be back next month with a proper submission haha

9 hours ago, NaZa said:

EDIT: Also, @Beginner, I can't download your demo. It requires signing into Dropbox as a proof of identity or smth. It did not ask me for that until June, I think. However, I did so, I signed up through my Google account this month (the last two you've survived so I took your word for the times as you're a veteran), only to be told by Dropbox: "That didn't work for some reason. If it's a fluke, it might work if you refresh the page. You can also ask us for help." If you know a workaround, please let me know. Thanks! 

Whoops, it turns out the extra parameter dropbox was generating indeed was important for properly sharing files. I've replaced links for the demos so downloads should work now.

Category: 1

Dead on Map 02 at 19:40

Kills 101/170

LudiMutiny.zip

If this isn't the greatest death in the history of the Ironman League, I dunno what is :p

(Timestamped at the moment of impact, also shoutouts to @Biodegradable for commentary once again)

Category 1

Fails at 34th minute on MAP04 by me noclipping through the level and not being able to use any triggers.

Kills 118/436

Came quite close to dying earlier a few times because the maps are pretty heavy on hitscanners and my playing style is very impatient and reckless. 

mutiny-ironman-plut.zip

Cat 1, map02, died at 22:58
Kills 84/170

dwironman_darthwiader_mutiny.zip

Cat 1, died on map 4.  Note to self, do not try to ironman late at night before bed.  It'll cause blue screen memory lapses like the sniping HK that got the killshot, heh.  Might come back to this with a prepared run at some point before the month's end.

DWIronman_Mutiny_AnimaZero.zip

Dead: Map01

Category: 2

Kills: 105/117

Time of Death: 7:02.

Port: DSDA-Doom 0.25.0

Demo: noisy_mutiny_ironflomp.zip

Cause of Death:

Dead: Map 06

Category: 1

Kills: 105/292

Time: 76:08

Fun: Had

Demo: iron_aug2023_brainfreezzzzz.zip

cat 2 (played it a bunch of times, last time was over a year ago, don't remember much)
dead on map08
map08 entered at 102:57
died at 118:58
319/348 kills

ironman_2023_08_asbadagba.zip

commentary edition:
 

https://youtu.be/bah-VJDksrc

Starts at about 20:00. Category 1 run, died on map 3 with 65/115 monsters killed, died to a Lost Soul.

At least this time I didn't die on the first map unlike last month.

Type 2  I actually played this earlier this year, though on HMP and didn't remember it very well.  Though once I started the recording, seeing things jogged my memory a bit more.  I could remember more of the traps, which really helped out with living longer.  Foreknowledge didn't save me from Good At Doom on map 3, oof.  And after nearly giving up trying to find the red key, but for naught. (other than an entertaining death for the spectators)

dwiron_mutiny_cnr.zip

Announcement for lovers of Ironman:

On 2 September, 16:00 UTC First-try Demo Contest #19 will take place. It's a contest very much like Ironman: the participants play a never-seen-before WAD with no saves while recording a demo. The one who completes it the fastest wins. However, the difference is that you can die as much as you want - only your totaltime (with all failed attempts) is taken into account. This time the WAD will be one tough and long (300+ enemies) map for Plutonia. Anyone is welcome to participate.

Category: 2

Dead on: MAP02

Kills: 129/170

Time on MAP01 exit: 12:41

Advanced self-rocketing.

im_andromeda_mutiny.zip

Category: 2

Dead on: Map 02

Kills: 15/170 (5 monsters died to infighting following my demise)

Time: 17:52

Time exiting Map 01: 16:54

dwi_pegleg_mutiny_cat2.zip

Huh, is that a chaingunner? And a revenant? And there was health back in that other room? Nah, I think I'll just run around in the open for a while.

To be fair, I was headed back in the direction of the health. Oh well. Further proof that running the other ironman competition doesn't make you better at this one. Speaking of the other ironman competition, I was considering Mutiny for later in the year (hence the Category 2), but NaZa beat me to it. I like the maps. I like the aesthetics. I like the monster placement. There's enough health and ammo around so that the maps don't starve you. I enjoyed the mapset.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i0z602gpf69rbp1ycg1pk/dtmutiny.lmp?rlkey=9xz7k832ud7h381taib71aka6&dl=1

Cat 2

Dead on map 3, I remembered a fair amount of maps 1 and 2, but totally didn't remember anything about the third one except the start area, and it shows with my incorrect dash for the exit

dead on map01, 36 kills

I've never played this wad before. I am sure I had at least heard of it, and intended to play it, but at this point my wad backlog is over a decade long.

Given its primary author it seems like a prototype of the Doomer Boards Project formula. No source port features beyond limit removal, but lots of new textures and sprites. Surprisingly, no dehacked custom monsters, though.

As for this miserable performance, I fell in some water, stupidly. But I felt no sense of danger, and quickly found an innocuous-looking teleport out which I assumed would return me to the ledge from which I fell. Thus the large crowd of live monsters into which it landed me was totally unexpected.

Still, given the way the scoring system works it's a nice points bonus for the rest of you.

BTW I got the Too Big Or Unsupported REJECT Overflow error from Pr+. Long-time Ironman contestants may recall I once windbagged a screed on why I think Pr+ does the wrong thing with missing (zero-length) REJECT lumps, but nothing came of it. Hopefully it is still possible to play back the demo for verification purposes, or if you want a laugh.

6 hours ago, RjY said:

 

Given its primary author it seems like a prototype of the Doomer Boards Project formula. No source port features beyond limit removal, but lots of new textures and sprites. Surprisingly, no dehacked custom monsters, though.

 

A little trivia if I may:

The primary concept of mutiny was cooperative mapping.  You'll see in the author list that there's very few maps by a single author.  Cooperative mapping is tons easier these days with discord etc, it wasn't so common back in 2015. 

The map names were predetermined, and the maps had to reflect that to a satisfactory degree

Three more days (12 PM CEST, 2nd September), as I was two days late with this one.

I updated the leaderboard, finally, though it admittedly lacks obituaries. Pardon for no obituaries and lesser... activity from my side. I am a bit burnt out this summer, honestly, and I had not anticipated running this month. As things stand, I'll likely have to organize next month too, as the guest host has not answered the PM I sent them near the beginning of August, nor were they active since. I sure hope they'll be. I have a pick in mind, don't worry. September should be an easier month for me, but it still is no excuse. I'm sorry.

IronmanMutinyHC.zip

Category 1

Dead on MAP02 with 56 kills.

Mutiny's been on my backlog for a while, so this was a great opportunity to finally give it a try. Brutal stuff, but really good-looking and sounding. After revisiting it with saves and exploring up to MAP05, I'm probably going to drop down from skill 4 for the rest to see if that salves the constant restrictions on ammo & health & space. Even the aggravating stuff is undeniably polished, though. As always, thanks for organizing events and creating these prompts to try stuff out and get killed by it. :)

Category 1 (blind).

Entered MAP05 at 1:14:40. 210/257 kills (47 remaining) at time of death.

Means of death: A really juicy facerocket that killed me from 100 health + a bit of armor.

Video:

Category 1, dead on map03. Entered the map at 27:35.

muronman-pseudonaut.zip

On 8/30/2023 at 4:43 PM, NaZa said:

I am a bit burnt out this summer, honestly, and I had not anticipated running this month. As things stand, I'll likely have to organize next month too

I hope you don't mind my saying, but it sounds like you could use a break. May I step in and host this month?