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

Mike Pratt hereby conquers the title of DOOM 2 Tyson.

Exam file name          : D2T-MGP.ZIP
Title conquered         : DOOM 2 Tyson
Author                  : Mike Pratt
Completion date         : 1996 1 3
Game and version used   : DOOM II v. 1.90
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CHAL: D2T  MGP Mike Pratt                 02 05 06  FLR-RLL-LFL
    :          "Michael G Pratt" <mgp@cbemg.cb.att.com>
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Substitutions?          : NO

Additions to the base   : 24 (Easy), 22 (Medium)

Systems used           1: 100MHz Pentium PCI, S3-Trio64 Video (2 Meg on MB),
                          32 Meg Memory, SB Value 16 Multimedia kit,
                          Logitech PS/2 mouse.

                       2: 90MHz NexGen NX586 PCI, S3-Trio64 Video (STB Power
                          Graph 64, 2Meg), 16 Meg Memory, SB 16, Mitsumi
                          FX400 CD, and Mouse Man 3 button serial mouse.

Controls used           : Keyboard + mouse, with some keys redefined
                          as follows:   forward         e
                                        reverse         d
                                        turn left       s
                                        turn right      f
                                        strafe left     w
                                        strafe right    r
                                        fast            a

Free Interpretation:  MAP24-UV Tyson Rules (Easy)

        If this MAP was not designed with Tyson in mind it works out that
        way.  There are loads of powerups and ammo with nothing tougher to
        kill than Cacodemons or Hell Knights.  One Mancubus usually gets
        killed by Hell Knights and the IV Sphere can take care of the one
        left.  The most dangerous thing to deal with is falling into a pit
        with no exit.  When everything went quiet, there was a Bezerk Pack,
        Mega Sphere, IV Sphere maybe 6 Stimppacks, and at least three
        Radiation Suits on the ground (picked up the Mega Sphere to finish
        200% 200%).  Also a person can be as cautious or daring as they like.
        Nabbing the first Bezerk Pack, and getting off the ledges before the
        Lost Souls catch up (in the next to last room) may be the only
        critical movements.  But it did take some time to finish off 167
        monsters.

                          The stats are:
                                  Kills           100%
                                  Items            97%
                                  Secrets         100%
                           TIME    49:39         PAR   2:30


Comments:  My D1M exam had lots of punching so getting Tysons seemed
           natural.  For the most part, D1T was (except E1M5 perhaps).  But
           when I started work on this ....  BUMMER DUDE.  I prayed that I
           would not get the dreaded MAP06.  But I KNEW it was coming, and
           it arrived just as expected.  So work started on MAP02 in an
           effort to delay the inevitable.  Trouble is, MAP02 was nasty as
           hell.  For me, in Tyson, those guys with shotguns make a MAP hard
           (without an equalizer like a Bezerk Pack or Chainsaw).

           MAP24 is not really easy, but based on the level set I received,
           that is where it belongs.  MAP06 is so mind bogglingly hard and
           MAP02 so hard that I think the base set needs some adjustment.
           If MAP06 is removed MAP22 would fill in nicely and MAP24 could go
           to the medium set.


Expansion Level:  MAP22 (Medium)

        Like MAP06, this MAP requires some luck, only a great deal less,
        since the MAP features loads of ammo, a Bezerk Pack and very few
        monsters to kill.  About half of MAP06 numerically, much less in
        real terms since Chaingunners kill each other, and others, with such
        abandon.

        If you want to do this MAP there is sort of a trick to getting the
        Baron on the lift.  The trick is to wait about 3.5 seconds to run
        past Baron into corner and wait 2 seconds to lower the elevator.
        Use iddt to practice and make adjustments in counts and movements.
        The Baron should walk to the lift, turn left, walk across, and turn
        left again before walking off; hopefully the lift goes back up
        during that sequence.

                          The stats are:
                                  Kills           100%
                                  Items           100%
                                  Secrets         100%
                            TIME   24:42         PAR   2:30


        MAP02

        I cast my vote with Alvin "Viper" Chee on this one, no way MAP01 and
        MAP02 should both be EASY.  Its kind of a moot point though, anyone
        with any chance of finishing a D2T could do MAP02.  Still ...  MAP24
        went in the easy set because MAP02 is so hard.

                          The stats are:
                                  Kills           100%
                                  Items           100%
                                  Secrets         100%
                           TIME    14:20         PAR   1:30

        MAP05

        Getting the Bezerk pack is the key to finishing this.  But once it
        was in hand, I was kind of lost as to what should come next.  So
        there is some wandering around and pauses in this LMP but I kept it
        because the punching is pretty solid for most of it (for me).

                          The stats are:
                                  Kills           100%
                                  Items           100%
                                  Secrets         100%
                            TIME   26:31         PAR   1:30

        MAP06

        If everything dropped dead at the start of MAP06, picking up all the 
        ammo would leave a person at the exit with 190 bullets.  (I used
        iddqd & idbehold S to smash/plazma rifle/shotgun the MAP)
        According to the FAQ, it takes 1227 bullets to finish using only
        bullets, with no missed shots.  To make matters really bleak, this
        MAP has no Bezerk Packs or Chainsaw.


      WARNING!!!     If you want to do this MAP, there seems to be a bug in
      THE MOST       the MAP near the Red Door.  The display will jitter and
      DANGEROUS      lock when strafing in and out of the door using the
      THING ON       mouse.  I have never had this problem using weapons.
      THIS LEVEL     But it happened, three times on two machines before I
      IS:            figured it out.  The really depressing thing was that
                     the only way to recover (that I found) was to reboot,
    THE RED DOOR!!   losing the evidence of making it even to the Red Door.
                     My solution, remember to use the keyboard strafe keys
                     (ONLY!) near the Red Door.

        To finish this level takes (more than anything else) four things;
        luck in the Mastermind room; luck in the Revenant room; luck in
        getting Hell Knights to kill Revenants; and luck in the final room.
        Did I mention that you have to be lucky punching out all the Imps in
        between? Luck, Luck, Luck, Luck, Lucky, is that four?

                          The stats are:
                                  Kills           100%
                                  Items           100%
                                  Secrets         100%
                           TIME    45:34         PAR   2:30

Author info:  First and FOREMOST, if you have not downloaded and viewed
              Steffen Winterfeldt's D1S-SW.ZIP, stop reading this and go do
              it NOW!  I started remapping my keyboard and working on
              figuring out how to do some of the things he was doing after
              seeing DOOM2NM.ZIP.  But his D1S lmps are even more stunning,
              absolutely brilliant work.

              This is the fourth title that I have worked on and I have
              learned a tremendous amount in the effort.  The same has
              always been true for any competitive endeavor from USPSA to
              USCF.  I remember the first time I saw Doom running, it was
              E1M2 in the computer room.  The lighting and textures blew me
              away and I had not seen shooting or monsters yet.  Just the
              sense of light and movement was a tremendous rush.  No game
              has captured me the way Doom has and I have to give the id
              Software people three hearty cheers:

              Hip-Hip, Hooray
              Hip-Hip, Hooray
              Hip-Hip, Hooray

              Job well done, Thanks.

              Special thanks to Dave Taylor for Linux port.  "woody" may be
              to strong a word but how sweet it is to have a REAL OS!

              Doom 1 Master
              Doom 2 Master
              Doom 1 Tyson
              Doom 2 Tyson
