This is a DHT exam file. Its place is in the dht-exams directory.

                      The DOOM Honorific Titles
                Created by Frank Stajano on 1994 05 01

Frank Stajano hereby conquers the title of DOOM II Master.

Exam file name          : D2M-FMS.ZIP
Title conquered         : DOOM 2 Master
Author                  : Frank Stajano
Completion date         : 1995 05 26
Game and version used   : DOOM II v. 1.9
Log entry               :
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CHAL: D2M  FMS Frank Stajano              03 25 19  FRR-LRR-LFL
    :          fms@cam-orl.co.uk
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Substitutions?          : NO
System used             : 486/66, VESA local bus graphics (ATI Mach 32),
                          Pro Audio Spectrum 16, new Microsoft Mouse
                          (Very important! Get one! Yes, the odd-shaped one).

Controls used           : keyboard + mouse, with everything redefined
                          as follows:
                          Keyboard:
                              R: fire
                              E: backwards
                              W: fast (run)
                              SPACE: use
                          Mouse:
                              1: forward
                              2: strafe

                          I devised this setup almost a year ago now,
                          after an initial DOOM career as a
                          keyboard-only player. Several other people I
                          introduced to the game have adopted it
                          since. Its main advantages over the default
                          are that the left hand rests more
                          comfortably on the keyboard (you do feel the
                          difference after several hours of play!)
                          and that the weapons are available by
                          touch-typing. Its only drawback became
                          apparent when I entered a tournament in
                          London and discovered that, when there is a
                          fourth (red) player, the R key (fire) stops
                          working because it sends messages to
                          red. Ouch. To cure this, be the red player
                          yourself.

Free interpretation     : MAP27-UV (Monster Condo).
                          100% kills, maximum health and armour even
                          with several goodies (including 2 berserk
                          packs and all the invisibility balls) left
                          unused. MAP27 has long been a favourite of
                          mine; I think it's a rather hard level
                          because it's huge and it's got many dangerous
                          "death zones", even near the end. To finish
                          this level with maximum health and armour I
                          had to plan my route and weapon usage very
                          carefully. In case you don't know how to do
                          it, I show how to get into the super-secret
                          "30 seconds room" at the beginning. The
                          dance is just after this. Note that this is
                          one of the few maps that still have the
                          secrets bug: you can't get 100% secrets
                          because one of the secret sectors is a
                          teleporter (the one at the end of the long
                          row of health potions) and you can't ever
                          get into that sector because you teleport
                          away as soon as you hit the boundary
                          linedef.


Comments                :  MAP03-UV (The Gantlet) This is an easy one
                           and there is nothing special worth noting
                           about it.

                           MAP25-UV (Bloodfalls) I think this one is
                           rather hard if you do the North arm first
                           (which is what I used to do). When I tried
                           doing the South-East arm first, I found it
                           much more manageable. Doing it this way,
                           there's far more ammo than I can use. The
                           dance is near the beginning, after I've
                           killed the soldiers behind the first
                           bloodfall.

                           MAP19-UV (The Citadel) This one has a
                           difficult beginning and then several places
                           with far too many demons / spectres, but
                           apart from that it's not too bad; the
                           difficulty comes mostly from the fact that
                           it's long. In a few occasions I miss a jump
                           and I have to redo it, which makes me feel
                           a bit silly. The dance is near the
                           beginning, just after I'm out of the range
                           of the arachnotron.
            
                           I had done most of this a month ago; but
                           when I sat down to record the FREE lmp,
                           after several hours of play the final lmp I
                           got wouldn't replay correctly! This pissed
                           me off a lot so I went home to bed and
                           abandoned the exam stuff for a while. Never
                           found out why it failed. Today I retried
                           and everything worked. Hmmm...

Author info             :  As you may know, I created the DHT system,
                           which should give you an idea of my level
                           of addiction for DOOM. I've finally found a
                           regular and easily accessible deathmatch
                           opponent, so I can get my daily fix of
                           15-30 minutes of furious deathmatch. For
                           personal info, look at my home page:
                           http://www.cam-orl.co.uk/~fms/
                       





