Scythe Map 18 'MS Futura' No Damage Completion & World Record Speedrun, with Outtakes & Commentary.

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Published on April 5, 2023 12:00:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEMA2gyiGQA

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Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994)

Duration: 21:42

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0:00 Intro
0:40 Cautious No Damage Attempts
3:50 Monster Obituaries
7:40 Speedrunning Starts
10:30 Jumping not McAwesome
13:30 Route up to scratch
16:55 World Record Speedrun
18:30 Analysis, includes DoomBuilder
21:05 Outro

#Scythe #nodamagechallenge #ErikAlm

This video comprises many demos, mostly in clip form, for the challenge of scoring all monsters, items and secrets from a pistol start on Scythe's Map 18 'MS Futura' without taking any damage, whatsoever; a.k.a. No Damage Completion. The challenge is completed cautiously at first, then attempted at speed, culminating in the new UV Max + Reality + Items World Record demo. There is commentary throughout, most of it streamed live on Twitch as I played. Follow me at https://www.twitch.tv/pjplaysdoom
Scythe is a popular vanilla-compatible 32-map megawad for Doom 2 released by Erik Alm and Kim 'Torn' Bach in 2003, and can be downloaded for free from:
https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/megawads/scythe

Speedrunning records are maintained by the DSDA (Doom Speed Demos Archive) at: https://dsdarchive.com/wads/scythe?level=Map 18
At the time of making the video public, the new WR demo has not been made official (yet!)

In this innocuous-looking map which has only 25 enemies, the SR50 jump to tag the secret and ATTEMPT to telefrag the Mastermind was frustratingly hard to pull off consistently. Even the speedrunner Kyle McAwesome, who at the time of writing holds the UV Max record for this map, found the jump very difficult.
Do let me know what you think about the analysis in the Outro --- I suspect it may be a case of the infamous blockmap bug that allows Doomguy to teleport within the bounds of the Boss and not squish her, but I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
Thanks to all those who watched me live on Twitch --- coming next is Doom 2's Map 23 'Barrels Of Fun'! Join us for No Damage Completion from 4pm on Friday 7th April 2023.
https://www.twitch.tv/pjplaysdoom

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