Deathless Nightmare -

[@brandonswritingservices7787]

Serious question, how many years did you practice for this?

[@myztroRAISY]

Hard to tell. Depends on how we look at it. The first time I played this game was when I was around 3-6 in the early 2000's, so I got familiar with the Arena First Person Shooter environment very early on. I played the game for a few more years every now and then against BOTs. Then, when I was around 10-11 years old I started playing Counter-Strike: Source for a few years and started competing in it. Years went by and I also switched to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in the meantime and played it on a semi-professional level for a few more years. During this, Quake Live came out and I have played it on a hobby level on public ranked duel servers alongside continously competing in Counter-Strike. Then, when Quake Champions came out in 2017 and I was 22 years old I left CS behind and started playing QC competitively for a few years. So, I had a very strong AFPS background. Then, last year during fall I remembered how much I loved playing Quake III Arena as a kid and bought the game on my Steam account. Installed it and played through the campaign on the hardest difficulty. I noticed you can get medals rewarding your performance during the matches and one of them was the "Perfect" medal that is given to you when you complete the map without dying once. I figured I'm going to challenge myself and try to achieve all 26 of these medals. (1 for each campaign map.) I did this during a twitch stream of mine where I also had a timer set up so that we could see how fast I could do it. I struggled with it for a few days but eventually managed to complete the whole campaign from start to finish (all 26 maps) in one sitting without dying once. The time was kinda slow, as I prioritized safety over speed, but for a first ever completion I was happy with it. Eventually, I started grinding the game some more and got better at it. Managed to find some new and improved tactics and gained confidence. I attempted this challenge once again and got this run in the video. So between me starting this whole project in the fall of 2022 and achieving this current World Record run in the video that happened in January, 2023 not much time has passed, only a few months, but if we look at the big picture... you get the idea. :P Fun fact: After this run, I started speedrunning the levels individually and achieved some insanely fast times on most maps. I also managed to take over the World Record time for the "With Deaths" category where I successfully completed the whole campaign on "Nightmare!" difficulty in less than half an hour. That was in march and here's the link for it if anyone is interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHuqZ6hrZt2Bias So I'm very confident that I could improve on this "39:22 Deathless" time if I attempted it again, as I have gotten way better at the game since this run. Only thing is, it would require me to start grinding it again and it would be very, VERY difficult to actually pull it off. Doable, but it would be a lot of work. I might try it one day... :)

[@nitnelavspetorials]

@@myztroRAISY Woah, a very invested response and great story to read! You could answer way shorter, but you told us the story we needed to hear. It is the journey that matters afterall, and that's what you reminded us. Thanks mate!

[@LindenAshbyMK]

​@@myztroRAISYhow about UT99 ? Do you have any speedrun or deathless experience with it ?

[@myztroRAISY]

@@LindenAshbyMK I played UT99 as a kid and also completed the campaign again a few years ago but I don't think I played it on the hardest difficulty and I definitely never tried to do it without dying :D Maybe one day I'll try myself at it and speedrun it on stream.

[@markogvozdenovic4396]

​@@myztroRAISYcongratulations! Really like Quake III Arena, reminds me on childhood..respect to your effort! I never saw someone shoot so accurate with plasma 👊

[@soroushsafarzadeh8321]

Knows exactly where spawn points are, where every weapon is, where are the extra rounds are, where Mega health and Quad damage are and even when they generate. Knows exactly where all the characters go, where they fall down and where they jump. He also knows that he may be killed if he waits for the second round of rail gun to load, so he shoots with the machine gun first to lower the health of each opponents and then he fires the rail gun. I have played QTA alot when I was young but I didn't even think that Nightmare skirmish without dying would be possible. I'm out of words. Impressive.

[@rocortega2064]

He's also doing something with his movement, nightmare bots kind of predict and I saw them fire weird rocket shots and even miss machinegun fire, that's freaking uncommon. It's a great run, even in my best days I'd not be able to do it, he knows the pattern and path of the bots pretty well, also his timing is impeccable.

[@bogdankp]

Ye, pro players are something else.

[@brak601]

"IMPRESSIVE"!

[@Geniraul]

That's what I call a LEGENDARY run! Thank you for being a part of the Quake history and congrats on the new world record! 🙌🔥

[@yoe91]

So entertaining to watch. Brilliant playing.

[@maftech66]

I was as old as you are today when Q3A came out. Thanks for bringing the memories back and also fantastic video!

[@passenger175]

Good times!

[@calwerz]

When even the deathless run is faster than the previous 'with death'-world record.

[@goprodog4304]

Get this Quake done Quickest Lite (Movie)

[@michaelbuckers]

Unless the game is seriously bugged in relation to checkpoints, completing it without dying is always faster. In vast majority of games, any% is also deathless. For example if your quest progress or inventory or what have you is not reset on death, then death can be used as teleport which can save time on backtracking. But even then, this obviously only applies to dying on purpose. If you died inadvertently without reaching a desired milestone, you'll just have to trek the same path again, which is a straight time loss. In Quake3, this will be the time loss of finding the right weapon and walking to the right spot again, assuming none of the bots took your quad damage which is additional time loss.

[@danielmagicschmidtiversen8025]

This os F******G INSANE RAISY !😱💪😎🤘

[@bshthrasher]

Congrats on the WR m8! Great result, especially for using the classic enemy models and graphics! Your plasma aim gives me an indication that you've spent a lot of time in Quake3 lately :) I've enjoyed your original tactical approach on some of the maps btw.

[@Lovedontmix]

After all these years i didnt know about that secret with the 50ph bub. Cool wr, gz.

[@diwakar-r]

My eyes were glued to the screen for the whole 39:54 minutes. First video that I watched without skipping. Earned my sub instantly! 🔥

[@devconsole3454]

damn, someone is still making WR's for Q3 after the 20+ years of the game existence, i pay my respects

[@eyesofadonai]

Absolutely impeccable, I don't think it can be overstated how challenging it is just to play on nightmare let alone perfectly.

[@ABPRO134]

Could you explain what is it? I dont have the point? He is playing vs Bot? Player? Noob? Dont understand!

[@eyesofadonai]

@ARNDBDB sure, he's playing the campaign of quake 3 arena on the highest difficulty. This ai is accurate and punishes imperfect movement much harder than any other arena shooter I've played. Nightmare ai in q 3 arena is in my experience more accurate than the average human quake player. This is a speed run without dying. I had a hell of a time just getting through nightmare levels, especially the last level. For comparison, doom eternal on nightmare is easy, It took me 1 week of regular play to complete. Raisy is shaping up to be the Zeromaster of Quake. I'd love to see him do a deathless run of the q2 remaster

[@strixcz]

@@eyesofadonai I finished Q3 on nightmare back in the days and I can confirm it was an insane grind - most levels took me dozens of tries (some might have even taken me 100+) and it was usually a very close victory. That being said, I prefered UT99 and I found it harder against bots despite playing it more. Never finished it on Godlike, only Inhuman (the second hardest difficulty) - and it felt about as difficult as Q3 on nightmare.

[@MDMAx]

In a 3q bot universe mothers of young Keels tell them that a Raisy will come with a BFG and shoot them if they won't go to sleep.

[@inhabitant_of_the_blue_planet]

Quake III Arena is a masterpiece of all time!

[@БудущееДенег]

ога :)

[@kamilkollman4983]

"Deathless Nightmare" sounds like some dark ambient music album :) Unbelievable play, bro! Excellent!

[@Rokannon]

That was very interesting to watch. Incredible performance! Thank you for uploading this and congratulations with the world record.

[@nitzer280]

I wrapped more than a couple keyboards around my knee, thanks to my frustration with Anarki back in the day. This was amazing to watch!

[@strixcz]

Exactly! _"Damn, I wasn't paying attention - the bastard just got the railgun!"_ *RESTART* :D

[@nitzer280]

@@strixczhahah now I feel like I'm suffering from Anarki PTSD.

[@Oscotron]

nagyon buszke vagyok hogy honfitarsadnak nevezhetem magam! kovetendo pelda vagy mindanyjiunknak! GG and WP

[@Nenko_Music]

grats on the world record m8. im gonna play good ol quake arena bots right now haha. thx for the inspiration :D

[@ккконтроль]

This is actually impressive on so many levels. Who knew Xaero could be cheesed so hard :D I wonder, though, would it look this easy, if enemies' AI got a little smarter.

[@MoonlitWolf-wi8xk]

That's is what I call precious aim! Bravo! Best gameplay!

[@БелыйТроллик]

Очень круто! Посмотрел с удовольствием, тряхнул стариной..

[@sage_mode_]

I had finished Q3 Arena all levels in nightmare, back in high school. I still remember how much patience and nerves I needed for that. Well done buddy 👍

[@strixcz]

Same, took me probably well over 100 hours of grind :D

[@DayYytona]

Holy fuck, this is insane! Great job man!

[@ovisatma]

This was unreal ! It took me days to get through all the nightmare tiers, until I hit a brick wall with Xaero, where I could barely manage a frag. Incredible performance

[@i_am_ergo]

Nigel got a gem in you, man. I was so happy when he picked you and Marco up years back. Congrats on this wr, it was a delight to watch!

[@sky-quaker]

This is mesmerizing to watch! Amazing achievement. Please push this further!

[@eXcrem]

awesome run! good job

[@boolean87]

Damn, that was amazing. Subscribed.

[@alexandrugugulea]

those are jedi reflexes .... insane skills

[@mafuchin]

Good job, very precise execution! This is top level quake!

[@Tuffadandem]

This game was my jam!!! It was well up there with the Unreal Tournament franchise. Quake Champions does not give me the same enjoyment that this one did. Quake Live doesn't quite feel the same way either. Of late it would seem that Arena Shooters are not a popular nowadays as they were back in the day. I have great memories of adding a lot of mods to Quake 3 Arena from FilePlanet and PlantetQuake and ModDb. Alternate Fire was probably my favorite mod. Quake 3 Arena will always hold a special place in my heart. Greatest FPS I've ever played!

[@MxDOOM]

Absolute legend!

[@iconoclastsc2]

Well played!

[@coffee0093]

Loved hopping onto Quake 3 to frag some bots as a kid, I especially loved custom maps. A bit later on I'd make some long time friends when I eventually started playing on servers and played in a few clans years later, I'd make a 'Quake II Arena' for the Quake 2 remaster with all new sounds, music and HUD

[@keyshujin]

U are insane, good job

[@tablet6337]

OMG. I thought QuakeCon was cool and only 1 tourney video ever made it into my top 50 things I've seen on KZbin. This is frickin awesome. This is in my top 10 list of best videos on YT ever -- across genres. And you say you can (if you try) do it under half an hour? Wow wow wow. I kinda believe it but that would mean shaving off 25% of your time... so I really wanna see it before I believe it 😉😇🤣

[@PrawieAMATOR]

OMG, Epic run! Congratulations!

[@aau3250]

@Raisy, very well played and congratulations. Much respect. lol @ the end.

[@ketogenetic6348]

so amazing. i was 15 playing this first time an since then in many LAN partys. BUT This is on another Lvl. GG Man

[@Ra_heem]

'Impressive'

[@RachEspinosa]

this is seriously amazing!

[@dmija7583]

Great run! Also i have a question - is it vanilla quake 3 arena or with cpma/osp? Im struggling to make quake 3 run smooth on modern system.

[@myztroRAISY]

Vanilla 1.32. Check the video's description for further info regarding the settings. If you wanna use my cfg then you can find it here: pastebin.com/u1ezXL6h

[@ferretbop99]

Phenomenal ass aim. Would love to see q3 get remastered

[@miloshp7399]

Maybe character and weapon models. But geometry is clear and textures are rich. Nothing to remaster.

[@wothral2152]

Well done

[@stoneeh]

Now that's the last thing I would have expected in my YT recommendations - a Raisy Q3 FFA run, lol. F***ing takes me back. Was wondering about the config, but the video description explains it. With that high client and server maxfps, the game runs smooth af too.. no comparison to how we used to play it 20 years ago.

[@aleckermit]

Well done, Raisy!

[@xaero212]

Your Railgun skills are insane! Amazing speedrun.

[@Stuntzii1]

this is prolly the most fun i had playing any game.. impressive edit.. when i first started i was on a 56k modem. i was lucky to get under 200 ping the 2d icons look weird but i'm assuming that's so you can see better

[@gencoabbandando9793]

I've been playing since 2000, never thought I'd see such a result, Xaero is just washed out! You are a star, bro! 🤩🤩🤩

[@term0s]

Kosmita, nie człowiek X___________________X

[@MrPPPAAAVVVEEELLL]

WaRkiller: welcome to the Quake 3 Arena

[@Quake_Masta]

really brings me back, some of my best years were playing rocket arena in early 2000's

[@DruidVorse]

wtf, I knew you as a pro QC player but never as a speedrunner, that's so cool!

[@aktvhate5489]

Incredible run and patient. Awesome

[@cK_FULDAS_]

CLASIC :)

[@Scopatone]

The accuracy and map knowledge here is pretty crazy, I'd love to see a 1v1 with Fatal1ty lol

[@TehJumpingJawa]

Getting telefragged @23:10 would've been a most unceremonious end to this amazing run.

[@csikel22]

Impressive. Excellent.

[@brak601]

beautiful!

[@ulukuom]

Teh urn! Lets go baby!

[@Arrinao1]

Impressive, but this is a point release 1.31 I presume. Try doing this in the original, 1.00 version. The bots have been heavily nerfed (slower turn speed). In 1.00 Major bot in particular is pretty much 100% aimbot, the only way to beat levels that feature her is making sure she gets a weapon and switches out of machinegun.

[@bunnytrakt0r]

True. Major bot make troubles on q3dm18 space chamber. Done fraglimit very fast with MG.

[@shiba2ndworlder]

The exhale at the end was the one breath taken at the start.

[@JacobNelson]

Well done. :)

[@Snowfats]

thanks!

[@jonathan19947]

Wow great speedrun I think the arena from quake is cool to speedrun even though I don't do it myself

[@NeoAres1]

Are you Skynet?

[@prawdziwyfull]

gratulacje w remaster nie jestem w stanie rozwalić Xaero nawet na hardo celność 100%

[@Alpheus2]

The OG sounds, the UI. The Terrible font anti-aliasing. Pure nostalgia!

[@ight_of_heart]

sick aim

[@ThorkilKowalski]

That game is how I spent a good part of my teenage years :D

[@johnalbertson79]

The brain is basically a complex learning computer. The more you teach it, the more it learns. So while this run is amazing, it's not surprising. Anything can be improved on and perfected, given enough time and effort. With that said, good job my man. I love this game. You've perfected it.

[@jatekforditok]

Which patch? Original unpatched is the most difficult

[@bunnytrakt0r]

I'm impressed. True grandmaster🎉

[@CalavErik]

Today I learned that bots can prefire rockets if they think you're coming from a corner

[@WaltWalt-h8v]

bEST timings ive seen!! GG

[@Stupidassho]

Bro is locked in. This is insane

[@NinjaContravaniaManX]

I love how he barely blinks. True gamer stare.

[@MarioVAmaya]

I'm much older than most here. Started shooting with Wolfenstein 3D. A friend from that era became a Doom fanatic and pulled me along, but I preferred Bungie's Marathon trilogy because beside being a fine and stylish shooter it had an interesting plot, with enemies that turned into allies and some interesting discussions about artificial intelligence. It could have been the basis for a way better movie than Halo. I even modded my copy of Marathon with better sound effects that I edited myself. Eventually my true and eternal love came to be the Quake series, but unfaithfully I also had more fun that I deserved playing Unreal Tournament. A couple years later there were fiery Counter-Strike tournaments going on in every local LAN house. Instead of feeling glad I felt tired and moved on with other hobbies. Then, some years ago I got hold of ioQuake and it was like reliving a cherished personal memory, even this being a mass product. I managed to finish it in Nightmare but that took weeks, if not months, of on-and-off short trials, because I have little free time now. Upon seeing this astonishing run I learned a couple new things. One is that the machine gun is really useful when used sequentially with the shotgun. I must have lost many levels by sticking too much to a particular weapon. Got to practice again...

[@contris1]

back in the day, it took me months to clear all arenas on nightmare. the xaero arena took me like 100 attempts. incredible

[@Alesek12358694omg]

Great run man, awesome. Reminds me of one issue which I was having (and still have, just tried it) - game crashes after few moments on the first map (against Crash, accidentaly). Never solved this, never tried, but I'm still curious what's the cause of it.

[@BonnieArts7564]

I've played this game for years... but couldn't master it at the Nightmare level!! I read somewhere that even if you play this game and keep practicing, it'll take you an entire lifetime to master it.... very impressive indeed!!

[@mikealan8845]

NICE

[@CYON4D]

Great playing.

[@noxifoxi]

Insane. I know how often I tried Xearo back in the day. And you make it look as kindergarden......

[@lex2k1]

This game needs more people Ong it's so good

[@YensR]

Raisy cannot be stopped by nightmare bots, but the platforms on Apocalypse Void cost him several seconds! Great speedrun, takes me back, some really great plays there.

[@strixcz]

Apocalypse Void must actually be the single worst DM level ever. It's hard to believe it was a part of official release because it looks and feels like something a 12 year old would create, learning to use a level editor... One of the reasons I've always prefered UT99. Q3 really had some shit levels (also, the music was insanely boring / almost non existent in some of them) whereas UT had beautiful varied levels with amazing soundtrack (and let's not forget about bots with "personality" thanks to taunts that weren't just lines of text). Don't get me wrong, I like Q3 (finished it on NM back in the days too - though definitely not without deaths, LOL) but UT99 is just superior in many ways...

[@YensR]

@@strixcz I never liked the physics of UT compared to Q3 and the secondary fire felt gimmicky but it did have strong qualities.

[@strixcz]

@@YensR I'll admit Q3 engine added an extra layer of mastering the movement (though I never cared much for it myself). Then again, I've mostly prefered UT because it packed much more variety (I actually loved the secondary fire modes), like other game modes and many different styles of levels (whereas it was all this techno-hell in Q3). UT for me was also the first game I ever played where playing against bots _felt_ a lot like playing against humans. The bots were smart, fun, loved their taunts - it felt like they actually _enjoyed_ killing me :D The Q3 bots on the other hands were just cold killing machines. Challenging but not much fun really... Since I didn't have internet connection at home back in the days, this was a huge selling point for me.

[@YensR]

@@strixcz the bots are not great, that's true, there were a couple very promising community-made bot alternatives that were excellent on some levels. Sadly they did not get carried over to QuakeLive and QuakeChampions is of course devoid of any bots in the first place

[@Samopal.VanoZz]

What next - damageless nightmare speedrun?!

[@МишаКанищев-ч3г]

Это невозможно в принципе . Он и так сделал максимум того на что был способен . Тем более в узких коридорах трудно или иногда и невозможно уворачиваться от выстрелов .

[@Leptyzz]

5:44 made me smile. :) Awesome run man!

[@rat.1]

nice one

[@darkin1484]

Let's gooo raisy! Now all we need to do is also get world record QPL championship win ! Rooting for you champ

[@dukenukem3dfx572]

Excellent!!

[@Felix-nh5pw]

😳Insane run...👏👍

[@normanpinto]

What make and model Keyboard and Mouse are you using?

[@calfkillerriver]

good ole' tank jr

[@thefidgetspinnerofdoom]

I like when the announcer said: "Excellent"

[@attractivegd9531]

Woohoo! (c) Slash

[@dicuss6736]

2:47 Holy fuck that damage

[@strixcz]

He was actually lucky Orbb didn't kill him there - NM bots are deadly with shotgun (and rail) - I don't get how they never killed him. Insane...

[@votkiskoc]

Szép volt! Elég inhuman vagy. Para😂🎉❤

[@MegaMarclar]

Man i remember when this came out I was running a K6/2 oc to 550, with a GeForce 3 agp.