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

Anton Magleli hereby conquers the title of DOOM 2 Tyson,
which becomes his Sixth Advanced DHT Title! WHOPEE!!!

Exam file name          : D2T-AVM.ZIP
Title conquered         : DOOM 2 Tyson
Author                  : Anton V. Magleli
Completion date         : 1996 08 02
Game and version used   : DOOM 2 v.1.9
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CHAL: D2T  AVM Anton Magleli              24 18 28  RLL-RLL-RFR
    :          Anton Magleli <magleli@lord.eecs.wsu.edu>
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Substitutions?          : None

Additions to base       : MAP09 (Medium), MAP17 (Medium)

System used             : 486/100 8Mb, PCI video, Sbpro
                          and a pair of Really Powerful Speakers

Controls used           : Mouse:
                              Left   ... fire
                              Right  ... forward
                              Middle ... strafe on

                          Keyboard:
                              D ... strafe left
                              F ... strafe right
                              S ... run
                              A ... use
                          SPACE ... back
                              E ... turn left
                              R ... turn right

Free interpretation: MAP17-UV Tyson, including Dual Caco Telefrag

Comments:
    A couple things I found useful for Tyson play and training:

1) Using -timedemo command is a neat trick to quickly review long LMPs
(thanks George Bell for the idea). The command makes DOOM play the LMP
as fast as your computer allows. By reducing the screen size, you can
give it even further speed boost. And pressing F5 (low detail) makes it
lightning-fast.

2) The "Q" key, which is used to exit recording, is in dangerous vicinity
to the two Tyson weapon selectors, "1" and "2". Accidental presses on "Q"
are almost inevitable, and they did ruin many of my LMPs. But this time
I said no, ENOUGH of it, and made a little gadget which I placed under
the "Q" key to prevent it from pressing. Exit from the recording I now
do via menu (does not affect LMP integrity), so I recommend this.

Now to my Tyson Adventures.

                        -= MAP18 =-

Level                MAP18     This MAP has been added to the BASES by
Difficulty rating    Medium    legendary Jonathan Hoof. I basically
Health found on MAP  ~840%     follow his route in my LMP. My own new
Armor found on MAP   ~150%     trick, however, is also present and in this
Bullets obtainable   345+50    recording it worked excellent. You see, my
Berserk  available   Yes       biggest problem with this MAP was I could
Chainsaw available   No        not punch the Cacos very well (still can't,
PAR time             2:30      actually). Yet the survivors of the initial
--------------------------     chaos are always Cacos, and their extermination
LMP time             16:13     is a real pain. So on my first rush into
Items picked up      84%       the courtyard when I release the monsters
Secrets found        75%       and let the massacre begin, I *purposely*
Health on exit       185%      save one of the revenants for later. When
Armor on exit        27%       the tide of battle ends, and a bunch of
                               grinning Cacos starts their hunting for my
ass, I release my friend, a revenant (the only friendly guy of all those
nasty skeletons though). His beautiful homing projectiles make really
satisfying sounds when they hit those ugly Caco faces :-D
    Some Cacopunching can't still be avoided; two fresh Cacos by the BFG must
be fairly taken out by fist. There's generally plenty of bullets to finish off
all the remaining Cacos in the Blue Key Room. One should conduct the shootout
very carefully, though, as the Cacos can easily block the way.
    Well this MAP took me approximately 25 tries, and I felt kind of relieved
because the next MAP in my working plan was the one from "Easy" set and it was


                        -= MAP24 =-

Level                MAP24     I have nothing new to offer in this LMP,
Difficulty rating    Easy      except that I consider imp punching here
Health found on MAP  ~1090%    pretty solid. The route repeats that of
Armor found on MAP   ~520%     Mike Pratt who pioneered this level. I still
Bullets obtainable   610+50    avoid Cacopunching and prefer bullets
Berserk available    Yes       whenever possible. 'Easy' is too liberal
Chainsaw available   No        a word for this MAP. By difficulty I found it
PAR time             2:30      exactly the same as MAP18. It should be
--------------------------     mentioned, though, that there are no critical
LMP time             30:14     points, except you definitely do not want
Items picked up      87%       to end up in the pit with no exit. Also,
Secrets found        25%       some problems (chaingunners) often arize in
Health on exit       97%       the rooms with the first berserk. Due caution
Armor on exit        76%       helps to handle these.
                                   So the MAP done good style, I checked out
George Bell's LMP of MAP28, my "Hard" level -- GULP -- put it aside and
set to work at my out-of-base, MAP09.


                        -= MAP09 (out of base) =-

Level                MAP09     This was the level I had in mind requesting
Difficulty rating    Medium    a D2T challenge. Would have nicely fit into
Health found on MAP  ~1020%    the "Hard" set had MAP06 not been there.
Armor found on MAP   500%      This MAP attracted me mainly because the
Bullets obtainable   430+50    Pain Elementals (PEs) are harmless there; at
Berserk available    Yes       least THEY would not pose a threat. At first I
Chainsaw available   No        thought this PE idleness is some kind of bug
PAR time             4:30      in DOOM2... I was WRONG, but pleaded happy
--------------------------     ignorance. So I developed the route, did
LMP time             29:09     it with saved games (PEs worked okay!) and
Items picked up      89%       started trying the recording. One
Secrets found        100%      session was lucky enough, I was close to
Health on exit       157%      victory and few enemies remained. Among them
Armor on exit        143%      some PEs. I walked into their room, idly
                               primed my fist, feeling absolutely safe...
next thing I know was the air filled with Lost Souls. Of course they ate me
alive. That was SO frustrating: why the hell they sometimes spit out the LS,
sometimes not?? To find out, I set up a level (using WinDEU), put in some LS
ans PEs and experimented a bit. This is how I found that no more than 21
Lost Souls can exist on a level. On MAP09 there are more than 21 LS initially
(so PEs are idle) but I happened to kill most of them and thus activated
the PEs. Later I also found explanation of this phenomenon in the r.g.c.d FAQ,
but they are reporting the wrong number of 20.
    The route I have now chosen eliminates this problem. Very hard point
that remains is the chaingunner's room. Survive it (and do NOT shoot the
chaingun they'll promptly give you!!!)  and you're halfway to win.
Another place is the outdoors area; what happens there is rather unpredictable.
In this LMP all went good, except that I accidentally wasted one of Berserks.
    By some VERY lucky chance both Mancubi near the exit got engaged
simultaneously. This allowed to safely punch them from behind. Usually I had
to punch out one of them while facing him.
                                  * * *
    The inevitable MAP28 had still been awaiting me and I prepared for
the hard work.


                        -= MAP28 =-

WARNING. In order to replay this LMP, It is recommended to do a clean
boot and AVOID using the -timedemo. Otherwise DOOM crash may occur
(happened to me once) as MAP28 is a large and complex level.

Level                MAP28     This MAP is tough as hell. Really. The first
Difficulty rating    Hard      room is very hard; approx. 15% chance that all
Health found on MAP  ~930%     goes OK. Then, I chainsaw the Pain Elementals,
Armor found on MAP   ~500%     one-by-one; this technique helps to avoid
Bullets obtainable   515+50    the problems with Lost Souls. Before descending
Berserk  available   Yes       into the spider lair, I go kill all the demons
Chainsaw available   Yes       and specters, because I do not want them later
PAR time             7:00      to screw up the Vile Twin Punchout. This has
--------------------------     one minor drawback: sometimes a Knight would
LMP time             33:49     emerge at the entrance to the spider lair.
Items picked up      100%      That he did. OK, kill him, make the spiders
Secrets found        100%      quarrel, release the first Archie. The Archie
Health on exit       41%       starts to revive the spiders, so I hurry to
Armor on exit        0%        kill him. Here I unintentionally step over
                               another I.V. sphere... OK, time for Dual Vile
Punchout -- goes excellent! Kill the solo spider and some Chainies. The
fight with the remaining Mastermind promises to be very tedious, but
an occasional Arachnotron saves the day.
    The mob of Revenants is fought VERY risky (no extra I.V., ammo shortage),
two or three times I thought I was dead. Miraculously I survived.


                        -= MAP17 (free interpretation ) =-

Level                MAP17     Strangely, until I began to think about my
Difficulty rating    Medium    Free, I always rejected MAP17 as impossible
Health found on MAP  ~1450%    in Tyson without giving it a closer look.
Armor found on MAP   ~660%     My Nightmare nightmares :-) about this level
Bullets obtainable   645+50    must have convinced me in its extreme toughness.
Berserk available    Yes       But then I ran it with -nomonsters and browsed
Chainsaw available   No        around. I found TONS of ammo and huge amount
PAR time             7:00      of health scattered almost everywhere. So
--------------------------     despite many Cacos, I gave it a try. Now I
LMP time             30:28     can say this MAP goes Tyson fairly. The Cacos
Items picked up      86%       are all located in narrow tunnels or rooms,
Secrets found        100%      this renders their punching an easy thing.
Health on exit       149%      ALL Pain Elementals can also be properly
Armour on exit       150%      handled so that they can't spit out a single
                               Lost Soul. Ample bullet supply is enough to
kill the Archie, two Revenants, the 1st spider and all the imps unreachable
by hand. Only very tricky thing I found is about punching the second spider.
There's too little room to tweak him with pistol -- the spider easily blocks
the way -- so you HAVE TO punch him to death. The best way I found is
as follows: 1) Make sure you're holding down the "run" key. 2) Approach
the spider and rapidly tap both "forward" and "fire" keys at the same time.
Sounds strange but works good. The spider gets stuck in the lift so I
spend some time pressing that button.
    And there it is, the Dual Caco Telefrag: telefragging two Cacos
at once. I have always thought that only one monster at a time could
be killed like this. Well, two could as well.



Credits:
     First of all, I would like to thank Steffen Winterfeldt for his
fantastic LMPs. Excellence of his recordings has set new standards
of DOOM playing for me and many others. They inspired me to learn
to REALLY play Nightmare, which is the best way to master the Game.

    To George Bell and Mike Pratt (Mike "Tyson" Pratt would fit really
nicely ;-) for being dedicated DOOM players, for many interesting
e-mail discussions, suggestions, tips, and moral support.

    To Frank Stajano and Jeff Makaiwi for carrying out the whole
affair of DHT, the idea that makes so much for keeping DOOM alive,
that sets GOALS to players and challenges them.

    Time to say the word "ID" ;-) To *ID SOFTWARE* for the creation
of the best Game EVER, the Game that obsessed the minds of millions!
Brilliant job, thanks!

    Last but not least, to YOU, the reader, for taking trouble of
reading this whole boring text till the end!
(Hmm, cheap trick but I can't help it :-))


Anton V. Magleli,

           Doom 1 Incubus,
           Doom 1 Grand Master,
           Doom 1 Tyson,
           Doom 2 Incubus,
           Doom 2 Grand Master,
and now... Doom 2 TYSON!

