Ultimate Doom - Episode 3 - Nightmare! 100% Secrets Speedrun in

Runner: Zero-Master
Date: 2023-01-22
IWAD: Doom.wad
Category: Nightmare! 100% Secrets
Map: Episode 3 (E3M1-E3M8)
Source Port: DSDA-Doom v0.25.4
Time: 7:51
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Level - Map | Time | Dif | :)
E3M1 - Hell Keep | 0:38.11 | 00:00 | :)
E3M2 - Slough of Despair | 0:49.31 | 00:02 | :(
E3M3 - Pandemonium | 1:02.54 | -00:07 | :))
E3M4 - House of Pain | 1:14.51 | -00:07 | :)
E3M5 - Unholy Cathedral | 1:23.71 | -00:01 | :)
E3M6 - Mt. Erebus | 0:23.37 | -00:07 | :|
E3M9 - Warrens | 0:55.20 | 00:00 | :|
E3M7 - Limbo | 1:18.51 | -00:03 | :)
E3M8 - Dis | 0:09.14 | 00:00 | :(
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Description:
23 seconds faster than the previous published record by KingInferno93, though he had an unpublished record 21 seconds faster. So this is only a 2 second improvement, time comparison above is against his old run.
This episode has some really annoying sections, especially the entire second level. I had a couple of runs that would have been a bit faster, but failed at some point, so maybe I'll try again later.
Episode 4 is up next, for those who have played it you probably know how difficult it is, so it might take a while before I do it.. just kidding of course, I also did that one yesterday, but I'll upload it in 2 days from now.
Map comments:
E3M1: 38 seconds is ok here, I've gotten 35 seconds before but it's so luck based that I'm happy with anything that has good health and doesn't make any big mistake.
E3M2: Easily the most frustrating level in any of these episode runs because getting a good time is impossible. Most likely I'll take a lot of damage going for the chaingun as the rockets don't connect well, then there's the 2 lost souls by the plasma secret which can deal more damage or block you. For the soulsphere secret I want to avoid using too much plasma which means I'm guranteed to take a few hits going through there. Then most likely I'll get blocked by more pinkies on the way back from blue key like I did here and of course there's more lost souls at the exit.
E3M3: Immediately followed up with another awful section at the start here, need to get past 5 pinkies and 1 spectre + lost souls. Once you get to the 40 plasma ammo though it gets a lot easier from there.
E3M4: Biggest problem is getting blocked after the blue key, you do have the invulnerability with a rocket launcher so it shouldn't be a problem, but it's hard to get through smoothly.
E3M5: This level is quite nice though, mostly straightforward things here.
E3M6: Oh boy do I hate this one, had a run that was 4 seconds slower than this one, but I lost 11 seconds when I failed the jump to the secret exit after getting blocked by a lost soul. Then I had another run where I didn't get the jump to the chainsaw because I got hit by 2 max damage roll cacodemon fireballs.
E3M9: I usually get either 54 or 55 seconds here, so this level is simple.
E3M7: Got blocked really badly at one point here, usually doesn't happen so I wasn't prepared with the plasma rifle and had to wait for the BFG to connect. When I went through the tunnels something happened that I have never experienced before, I was holding move forward + strafe left but I kept getting bounced backwards off the wall to my right. It happened a total of 8 times which is ridiculous, only cost me a second, but I've never seen anything like it in all my hours of playing this game.
E3M8: From 3000 health to 47 health after 2 BFGs on the mastermind, awful, anything other than 8 seconds is very unfortunate.

[@CorporalAdrianShephard]

Between Zero Master and Decino, this new year has been great so far, awesome content! You never fail to deliver.

[@gunzblazin6860]

And coincident

[@txcrix9236]

Don't forget bmd!

[@stephenfiler7564]

Weird we never see them in the same room at the same time…

[@txcrix9236]

We need a three-w... well lol I mean a get together with the three of them doing a playthrough together. Actually how about Civvie as well? 🤘

[@CorporalAdrianShephard]

@@stephenfiler7564 Actually there's a pic of decino 7 months ago where he met coincident... and he facerocket himself... but yeah. They met some time ago. (You can check it out in Decino's Channel > Community 'section'

[@mayomancer527]

1:42 oh god what a close one

[@PaintyMainy]

Jumped a bit IRL at that. 1% over damaging floor is pretty spooky

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

I'm convinced he was already sinking in a death animation, when he skated over that Berserk for a resurrection.

[@daskraut]

the timing absolutely feels like a bold "hey, decino, what's taking you so long?" lol

[@doondoon859]

"I got all those lovely health and armor bonuses lol" -- Decino, probably

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@doondoon859 "Leave no health potion un-sipped, and no helmet un-worn." _- Pumpkin man, probably_

[@CirclesandSounds]

Well 100% secrets is waayyyy different than 100% everything w/ pistol starts of course, and Decino doesn’t even consider himself a speedrunner 🎃

[@daskraut]

@@CirclesandSounds en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

[@dennissepulveda6118]

@@daskraut Don't be a clown bro

[@filip000]

"Episode 4 is up next, for those who have played it you probably know how difficult it is, so it might take a while before I do it.. just kidding of course, I also did that one yesterday, but I'll upload it in 2 days from now." Fucking legend.

[@MoonlightBelladonna]

I managed to beat Doom today and omg that episode is brutal, thought I was playing on Nightmare at first.

[@lecoindugamer7644]

episode 4 is a joke final doom is way harder

[@KingInferno93]

Well done! I'm glad my run was taken down :) E3M2 was definitely the hardest level to survive on, so that blue armor was definitely mandatory. Having 30-ish cells was always helpful in E3M3 going into that berserk secret, those pinkys block everything! On E3M6, if you fire a BFG right before stepping into the teleporter to take the secret exit, the tracers will kill any lost souls that might be annoying, that tremendously helped my consistency there! Awesome run dude! I will try and come back to make any improvements if I can pull them off :D

[@adrianfranks2267]

I can't wait to see that completion time get knocked even lower. The two of you are remarkable players.

[@KingInferno93]

@@adrianfranks2267 thanks dude!

[@DBSaiyanTim777]

1:55 lol that pinky.

[@BabyCurry5]

1:55 Red light...Green light!

[@reptongeek]

Inferno is my favourite episode so I looked forward to this one. The new strats on Unholy Cathedral was genius. At first I didn't quite understand it but then when you teleported into the main area I was like 'so that's what he was doing'

[@NTAD]

Slough of Despair, indeed. "never seen anything like it in all my hours of playing this game." That's why he's the goat. Doesn't measure in years. He measures in H/M/S.

[@txcrix9236]

3:49 omfg after all these years I can't believe I never thought of using this little trick on the central cages even though I've used it in other maps! 😳

[@welcometothejungl3]

The game is still giving us more all these years later.

[@ronkan1369]

this guy doesn't need tas. he IS tas.

[@pinktooth5473]

seriously, dude, your upload schedule seems to line up pretty well w my morning routine and coffee haha

[@DinnerForkTongue]

0:41 I got scared so badly by that tree... Then I remembered projectile collision with decorations like trees is a ZDoom thing. Phew, facerocket averted.

[@leodoom8563]

"You must cook something great and quick in 8 minutes." The 8 minutes:

[@TheRealNormanBates]

6:28 that Caco is like "where the hell did he... wait! Where are you go.. goddamn it! WHAT'S GOING ON?!"

[@andval256]

After almost 30 years I learned how to find a couple of secrets after watching this.

[@johneygd]

Doom is just soooo addicting,no other fps game can and will ever top this.

[@TritonTv69420]

Damn you are so good. I might post playthroughs watching one of your videos at a time and just trying to find the line on each level. Thanks for posting these masterpieces for years. Not only that but you still follow the old skool speed runner etiquette by posting your notes. EPIC MAN. Keep it up you are a badass

[@FormerHumanX]

Watching these speedruns of E2 and E3 reminds me of how great the level design was on E1. Inferno still has some interesting stuff like Mt. Erebus but John Romero's work on E1 is classic for a reason.

[@marcosolano6612]

I was just having break fast and then this jewel came up. BTW on 1:43 you can notice the difference between waking up and then taking your coffee.

[@makhauser42]

Zero Master during the E3M2-E3M3: "Health is overrated anyway" Also, nice job. The whole episode takes half the time, I fight with the anxiety from the teleporters in the Unholy Cathedral

[@ravagerslb]

I've played that level a ton of times and still get confused about what teleporters open which doors in the center area.

[@twitchykun]

After these runs, all the demons are just like "yeah, okay sure Doom Guy" and just let him do his thing.

[@sergheiflorea252]

Had to check description again to make sure it wasn't TAS...Gratz on sub 8, what a milestone

[@Nob1ej0n]

1:42 1% hype! Also, love that E4 joke in the description. 😆

[@Superior0805]

Nightmare Secret Speedrun is really great videos!

[@jamesgillum9604]

damn real close call on map 3, great job zero

[@lesbazyra]

You've got 8 minutes to safe the planet! And reveal all the secrets!

[@Runie549]

Zero Master strikes me as someone who has forgotten more about the level Unholy Cathedral than most of us will ever know.

[@tbone9474]

That 1% at 1:43 I'm simply amazed he can SR50 so consistently through fights

[@NumberJuan77]

That flex in the description. Looking out for Episode 4!

[@cparty7790]

Man, run had a lot of pucker factor in it, super exciting! lol

[@KaldmigHanne]

Insane

[@joeilya]

I feel like you should make a couple rocket jumps in the secret map when you get the invulnerability, particularly when you're revisiting the starting area and the red key area. The episode 4 run is going to be da boss.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

E4's run is going to leave me confused, I already know.

[@ChaseThePinballWizard]

jesus, he's like a machine, the stories told around the campfire were true!

[@Kerber0S]

wow, you are just the god of this game, with the help of your walkthroughs, I get better at playing this, and so I went through with cheating, now I go through on the phone and go through Ultra-Violence mode, you are super

[@ireneparkin3360]

The legions of hell:- "He's speed running again." Zero Master:- "You got a problem with that?"

[@SwimSwimHungry]

he is called zero master because he want the seconds to be zero

[@WSADKO]

legend

[@YeenMage]

@1:42 - That was a brush with death, at 1% Health while standing on lava damaging floor, with a skull lantern blocking the way to the Berserk. Jee

[@anthonygodsell]

The G.O.A.T 🐐

[@coyrex1250]

His description of episoce 4 is hilarious!

[@Bytefyre]

GGs, ZM!

[@joshbarros1995]

Man, you are a Legend!!! How many years of experience playing Doom 1993 do you have?

[@ProjectDevilEye]

The Doom God strikes again.

[@marcinwasko851]

Well, there are people who enjoy Doom music, and there's ZeroMaster ;-)))

[@crack1270]

So sick

[@kanirudh4249]

Rip and tear

[@karllykos]

The pinkies run like my dog does when he comes back in from the cold outside or just when he has the zoomies (apparently the spell check does not consider this a real word).

[@MhUser]

house of pain midi is pure gold

[@hanselchan1232]

Mars Command: Okay, Strike Team 2, you ready to head in to Deimos? Our experimental large-scale teleporter should be good to phase Deimos back into Martian orbit, and with any luck we should be able to reclaim the missing bases and continue with the teleportation experiments. We... Zero Master the Doomguy: Command, I've landed on Earth. Something's wrong here, cities are burning and... wait, that's... DAISYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!! DAISYYYYYYYYYYY!!! Mars Command: Wait... he got off Deimos, went through some unknown dimension, and only after 8 minutes, got back to Earth. That's a record... but wait. Anyone here know who's Daisy? Random soldier: Well, I remember Doomguy often talked about his pet rabbit Daisy and how much he loved her... Zero Master the Doomguy: Sorry Command, I'm going off the radio. Mars Command: What are you going to do, Doomguy? Zero Master the Doomguy: I'm going to turn every demon on Earth into bloody pulp... then I'm going back to your base on Io, to wreck a hell spacecraft, before coming back to Earth to once again mash demons into flesh paste when your next teleporting experiment goes wrong. After that, I'm coming back to Mars to wreak havoc on your Mars City and destroy Dr. Malcolm Betruger... then... Still-uncorrupted Malcolm Betruger: *stares* What have I done wrong?! Zero Master the Doomguy: Nothing yet, but you will in the future, believe me. Anyways, after destroying Malcolm Betruger I'll visit a planet called Argent D'Nur and I'll fight Hell across many dimensions and universes, only to end up getting trapped and locked in Hell for awhile... but not for long. Eventually Samuel Hayden will get me out and I'll clean up Mars again... Still-low ranking Samuel Hayden: *puzzled look* Not sure that I'll ever be such a hero, but whatever you say, Slay.. I mean, soldier. *thinks to self: dammit, nearly revealed that I'm Samur Maykr!* Zero Master the Doomguy: ...before coming back to Earth for one ETERNAL run!!! FORRRRR DAISYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! Mars Command: He's unnerving to US... I don't even want to know what Hell feels like when Hell sees him. Malcolm Betruger: Hell... hmm... UAC Board, can I get a cash grant for more portal research and interdimensional travel? Samuel Hayden: The pieces are coming together... soon, I must reveal the clues of the existence of Hebeth. And after that, the Argent Fracture and the Helix Stone. Olivia Pierce: Hmm. Hell... interesting...

[@Lightwait321]

say, this guy’s pretty good.

[@StephanHL27]

Einfach nur WOW

[@dinistor1254]

1:43 that was 1% health hype

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

Under 8 minutes for the entire episode! That's insanely fast!

[@thunder____]

That 1% health swag tho

[@ronanburdette6716]

1:43 that berserk is the only reason this run is possible

[@GoldKnightProduction]

5:11 Wow, I forgot how liberally ID used fireblu...

[@jaunzftw]

"JK, I also did that one yesterday" . Oh you absolute savage, you :D

[@niconutz898]

Now this but with Decino narration!

[@Kj16V]

I wonder if he'll bump into Decino out there?

[@megasphere308]

You did Ep 3 and 4 the same day ? Stop being annoying please 😅 Excellent run, congrats, can't wait to see Ep4 !

[@The1RandomFool]

That 1% health.

[@czolgistta]

1:43 you don't get closer to the edge than that ;)

[@DarioToledo]

Not sure if I have heard any of the level musics reach its end and start over.

[@blahblah94897]

"Episode 4 is up next, for those who have played it you probably know how difficult it is, so it might take a while before I do it.. just kidding of course, I also did that one yesterday" kek

[@nikitapetrenko1236]

Wow

[@_antares031]

How to destroy hell under 8 minutes

[@h0lx]

only now, that he skipped it, did I realize the e1m1 room past the shotgun is not a secret

[@doutornoctua]

saudade desse jogo

[@DDRJake]

At 1:43 you are hit for 15 health damage and 14 armour damage. What caused that? I didn't think a Lost Soul could deal 29 damage. Was it damaging floor and the lost soul at the same time?

[@ZeroMaster]

20+9 damage, yes

[@DDRJake]

@@ZeroMaster impressive stuff, great work crushing DOOM beneath your feet. Can't wait for the SNES version run.

[@fuzbuzz00]

I wonder why the bounces in M7 were happening. Weird

[@Justic3F0rA11]

What just occurred?

[@tecrubio]

This is actually too difficult to execute, congratulations!

[@Neolisk]

1:43 Decino style.

[@seraphim8825]

It's all good, but then is gonna be videos on doom 3?

[@darth_vyper]

Bro! You are a LEGEND! You run Doom 64 at all?

[@ZuggyLexifer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmTJhaGshdKjd80

[@belandino]

He did once

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

There are door open line defs in unholy cathedral you can press on the door threads? Or is it a walk over line def that just looked like you were pressing the door threads?

[@ZeroMaster]

walk over linedefs by the outside of the door, need to be careful not to go to far as I'll teleport otherwise.

[@TritonTv69420]

@@ZeroMaster O I was wondering what you were doing. You did it like 2 or 3 times in that level. I figured it was some linedef thing.

[@riba2233]

👍

[@minatoyellowflash100]

This is some s(l)ick stuff. On a unrelated note. Does anyone know if the Cyberdemon/Spidermastermind respawns after being killed on Nightmare?

[@ccvjd3909]

Looking forward to the zero master exposed for cheating video coming soon

[@bbenjoe]

Freaky.

[@garethdean6382]

How can one man do so much so quickly?

[@artmallory970]

Heaps of hours & knowing all the secrets...

[@scottl.1568]

Decino already did it

[@chibis8423]

Looks like he is using automatic sr50... where is the demo?

[@i3looi2]

I speedran watching this video 100% in 4:04

[@cayloo8643]

Lost souls must be so annoying in nightmare difficulty

[@djpunkIIDX]

relax, dude

[@Azguella]

Shoutout to lost souls for being annoying as always

[@chaelcanterbury8787]

1% LMAO

[@RelaxingNostalgia]

Speedrun brutal doom

[@1pcfred]

Project Brutality is better.

[@RelaxingNostalgia]

@@1pcfred project brutality has brutal doom on it.

[@1pcfred]

@@RelaxingNostalgia I never noticed. I just play the Brutality version. I know it has other modes. Project Brutality is a very large project. The version I have is 424 MB. I always download the beta off github.

[@1pcfred]

Why does this guy play the game? He clearly hates it and wants it to end as quickly as possible.

[@wingeladvokat1920]

Nice.

[@willeatpants7691]

Ooo ep4 going to be fun