Doom 2: Hell on Earth on NIGHTMARE! difficulty in 23:06, World Record Speedrun 30nm2306

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Runner: Zero-Master Date: 2016-03-18 IWAD: DOOM2.wad Category: NM-Speed Map: Movie 1-30 Source Port: Competition Doom v2.0.3.2 Time: 23:06 Map... Time 01.... 00:06.... :) 02.... 00:50.... :| 03.... 00:36.... :) 04.... 00:39.... :) 05.... 00:38.... :| 06.... 01:12.... :((( 07.... 00:17.... :))) 08.... 00:26.... :) 09.... 01:08.... :| 10.... 00:43.... :) 11.... 00:37.... :) 12.... 00:52.... :))) 13.... 01:11.... :) 14.... 00:22.... :)) 15.... 00:38.... :) 31.... 00:34.... :)) 16.... 00:17.... :)) 17.... 01:51.... :)) 18.... 00:26.... :) 19.... 00:48.... :))) 20.... 00:39.... :) 21.... 00:22.... :)) 22.... 00:35.... :) 23.... 00:50.... :)) 24.... 00:45.... :| 25.... 00:58.... :))) 26.... 00:40.... :))) 27.... 00:34.... :) 28.... 00:49.... :))) 29.... 01:55.... :( 30.... 00:48.... :(( Somethings just aren't meant to happen, perhaps sub 23 is just one of them. Amazing yet devastating run, this was the exact same mistake I did when I was going for sub 20 minutes on UltraViolence difficulty. The very last input I have to do is to walk forward+fire and hope I don't get hit by anything to push me off. Unfortunately I was a single frame off when I fired too early. This doesn't need to be a problem if I am standing close enough to the edge, but in this case I was a very very small distance too far backward. So a combination of 2 very small mistakes cost me 12 seconds which means I got 23:06 instead of 22:54. It goes to show that doom speedrunning is quite crazy from the very start to the very very end. There is another major mistake on map 6 by the exit, usually I get this jump, but not this time. I did however compensate by going for a very aggressive map 07. So the time loss on map 6 is partly made up by getting very lucky on the next map, because the mancubus I left alive have a very good chance of landing a fireball on me as I go for the rocket jump. Then I did somewhat terrible on map 29, but I managed to get the rocket jump in the end, which is really difficult and overall just surviving is not that common. Very often would I die when going for the rocket jump when I practiced this map (~30% of the time at 110/125 health/mega armor), obviously it doesn't get any easier when it actually matters. Even when I practice map 30 I would frequently fail to land 3 rockets in 1 cycle on the IoS, especially on nightmare, so when you have an amazing run going all the way it's not really expected to manage the 1-cycle, you just hope for the best, this time it wasn't enough. It would still have been enough if it wasn't for the terrible map 29 too. The rest of this run is absolutely amazing for the most part, some amazing times with very few mistakes and a lot of good luck. Therefore I am not sure if I feel like dedicating who knows how many hours to such a small improvement, unlike UV difficulty it's not a 10 minute barrier anyways, but I did get a run like this a bit sooner than expected, so we'll see :-) I am 100% sure that sub 22 is not possible in any realistic amount of time by anyone, so a sub 23 minute run would be the final minute barrier for Doom 2 Nightmare. Thanks for watching! FAQ: Q: How do you go through gaps in the wall? A: This is called a glide, you can go through any gap that is 32 units or larger. If you try yourself to do a glide it's unlikely you'll achieve it by simply trying to walk through yourself without having read some sort of guide on this particular trick. Q: Are you using any modified version of Doom? A: I don't use any modified WAD, for Doom 2 I use the DOOM2.WAD, which you can now buy on Steam. You can download the demo file (.lmp) and play it using your own copy of the original WAD (DOOM2.WAD), if any modified version was used the demo would have to desync when you play it. Keep in mind that the Doom BFG edition WAD's for Ultimate Doom and Doom 2 are modified, so avoid using those. Q: Are you using any tools etc? No tools are used, the demo\recordings are done in Competition Doom v2.0.3.2, the video is made by playing the demo in prboom-plus-2.5.1.4.test-win32 In this video I reduced the time spent on the intermission screens, the demo does not do that. Q: What is NM-Speed? A: NM stands for Nightmare, which is the 5th (and hardest) difficulty of doom. Speed is the category where the objective is to finish the level as quickly as possible, in the case of a movie\d2all\single segment run the objective is to start at map 01 and finish map 30, that means that map 31 and map 32 are optional. You are not allowed to die during the run unless you exit at the same time. There are many other categories, for example UV-Max requires 100% secrets and 100% kills when possible (and also map 32 in a full run). Another difficulty used for speedrunning is Ultra-Violence (UV), which is most common. More info about doom speedrunning categories etc can be found here: http://doom.com.hr/?page=compet-n_rules