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Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994)

Duration: 11:30

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Scythe 2 (at Doomworld / Idgames ): https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/scythe2

0:00 1st attempt
0:12 2nd attempt
1:43 3rd attempt
1:49 Successful run
10:18 Conclusion

A casual UV-max of Erik Alm's Scythe 2: MAP26 done from a pistol start. It took me a few attempts though (see those timestamps). Fortunately, most of my early attempts were mostly short-lived and they didn't really last that long.

After practicing for a few days, I ended up choosing this strategy because it seemed to be the one that I was able to produce somewhat consistently instead of a more direct "punch-out" strategy. Still, I had some luck with the roaming Arch-Vile who teleports in after you've picked up the Red Key. He just happened to wander into my sights as I was preparing to make another loop to cause infighting. In most cases, he would be accompanied by a horde of previously ignored monsters which gather outside the Yellow Key room, making it very difficult to return back to the starting area.

Another instance of good luck was with the Afrit. Apparently a Revenant managed to pin him into a corner for a while and went full tyson on him for a good while, inflicting some serious damage.

I didn't really have too much to say at the end after consuming this map for the last 3 or so days. While practicing, my emotions were literally all over the place, ranging from disbelief to sheer frustration and yet I was still able appreaciate my longer (but failed) attemps where I managed to get very far.

Despite having a ridiculous amount (could easily 100 or more including some experimenting with different strategies) of failed attempts over the last 3 days, I was always driven by interest and a joy of playing the map.

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