For the Doom 2 pwad "Build" by picklehammer

Files required: build.wad
Download link: ftp://3darchives.in-span.net/pub/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/build.zip

Map01

Skill: Nightmare!

Kills        12%
Items         0%
Secrets     n/a% and Time 0:07

Recorded with PrBoom 2.2.3 (-complevel 1). Also plays back with Eternity 3.29 and Doom2.exe.
PrBoom download link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/prboom

Description: Heh. A silly one. I recommend watching it with Eternity's walkcam.

I think the exact time is 7.62 seconds, so I can't see how it could be taken below 7 seconds. That is, unless there is some more suicide-based strategy: run straight to the brain, and get blasted by all four archies at that point. However, that (pretty unlikely in itself!) isn't enough to kill the brain (I found it took about 6 portions of archie splash damage when playing with IDDQD) - you still need some additional damage from somewhere.

I spent a while trying to do it Pacifist style (i.e. any NM Pacifist exit, not in 6 seconds!), but gave up after a while - the brain can take quite a lot of damage. I'm sure it's possible though: get the archies around the brain, and get the PE to spam lost souls around that area. Then run to the brain, get splatted by the archies (causing a fair degree of splash damage to the brain), and then (while lying dead on the floor) rely on the lost souls to piss the archies off enough that they blast them a few times in the vacinity of the brain. You can also hope that the brain takes a few hits while you're still alive - running along the outer walls seems to give you the best chance of staying alive for a while.

Anyway, I'm fairly confident that I have spent more time on this map than its creator did...

Graham "Grazza" Burgess
GKBurgess@compuserve.com
