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WAD name: 9 Rings of Hell
Map author: Pete Nilson

The idea of seeing if 1s on m7 is reasonable non-TAS with RL came to me a week or two ago, and conveniently, the RL on m6 just barely makes 2 still possible on that map, so I decided I needed to test it a bit. At first I was certain that it was dead for Pacifist, cuz no way I wouldn't blast damage something on m7, but it's actually not a guarantee to blast damage anything. I was also pretty sure I wouldn't go for it because it looked like effort I don't want to spend; in the end, I couldn't resist trying to match the TAS time that I myself got in the past. :^)

I got two 5s runs with damage on that imp, which really sucked, and ended up spending like 1500 attempts on this, but today it happened in 6, no practice, which was really surprising. This same route can obviously be replicated in NM-Speed and Nomo, but I'll leave that to someone else.

My initial attempts did some stupid stuff, will explain the route a bit map-by-map, because it's actually a bit more complex than just using the explosion boost:

E2M1 (0:00.77):

I pick up chainsaw; it will be obvious why later. This is the easiest chainsaw pickup among the first few levels, so it's a no-brainer to do it here, 0s is still trivial. Gold time with saw is 0.60 (otherwise 0.06, obv).

E2M2 (0:00.97):

0s here is still hard; I found it a bit easier when I realized that you have to face far more left on the switch press than seemed intuitive at first, but it is still a very common reset point. 0.97 is best time I've ever had here.

E2M3 (0:01.14):

1s trivial, so I take the time to swap to chainsaw, again, the reason will be clear later on. Gold time 1.09.

E2M4 (0:01.77):

1s trivial, unless I stupidly miss the switch press and get 2, happened sometimes. Gold time 1.60.

E2M5 (0:00.46):

Nothing to say. Gold time 0.09.

E2M6 (0:02.97):

This is where the chainsaw shenanigans pay off. At first I didn't do all that, and it's actually a major pain to run around the chainsaw pickup here. 2 is still possible, even by two frames I think, but it's really easy to mess up. Picking up the chainsaw was a duh moment, when I saw it, makes 2 almost free.

There is one minor nuisance remaining, which is the baron, who is just a bit too close to the fast path here when running through the saw, which is where the weapon swap on m3 comes in, so I can lure him away. That makes 2 actually easy, though still not 100% free.

2.94 is my gold time here, but I suspect 2.91 is doable with the faster path thru the saw.

E2M7 (0:01.97):

1s is far from free with the boost cuz you can't see shit; there's no armor pickup that you can grab on the way to reduce red screen. Even with gamma up, this is basically blind. The imp damage also seems random, not sure how to avoid it. You can get like 1.89 or something with a fast press and good boost.

E2M8 (0:00.26):

Nothing to say. This might have been my fastest m8 in any run I finished.

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