Pwad:      ftp://3darchives.in-span.net/pub/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/cchest2.zip
           (Or mirrors...)
Pwad name: Community Chest 2
Maps:      17 - "Through The Black"
Skill:     4
Category:  Speed
Exe:       Recorded with PrBoom 2.2.4 with -complevel 5 (boom compatibility)
Time:      0:46

Author:    Kristian Ronge
Email:     zuckuss@bigfoot.com (primary)
           d99-kro@nada.kth.se

Stats:     Kills    29%
           Items     2%
           Secrets  50%

Comments:  

The route credits here must of course go to Grazza and Anima Zero. I just 
plagiarized their routes (and also the switch trick! Neat!) for this run, 
except for the enormous route improvement I found. ;-)

By running directly to the teleporter after grabbing the powerups, instead 
of going all the way around (on the "guided tour" ;-D) tons of time is 
saved. This demo is very ugly, and is only faster than Grazza's because of 
the route improvement, I think...

Still, my route doesn't change the fact that the beginning and ending is 
100% luck. Very frustrating. It seems either you die very quickly in the 
beginning, or you'll come out quite healthy (at least 50% health). 

Grazza suggested this might be possible without the soulsphere and armour. 
Of course it can be done if you go slowly, but I'll maintain (until I see 
a demo to prove otherwise) that you'll not survive to get a <0:50 exit if 
you don't pick up the powerups. You just get hit too much! BTW, I'd love 
to see someone prove me wrong. :-)))

Recorded with -complevel 5 (but is it really needed? I can't see how).

Kristian Ronge

zuckuss@bigfoot.com