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by Marvin
Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:11 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

It happens rarelly, because usually it means instant death, but for example start of secret level 3. Most of the time it means loosing nearly all shield, but it is a must, because there is no other fast solution. Same with green platforms in level 26 (before blue key). But in most cases it is possib...
by Marvin
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:54 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

So, I kept going, did multiple 2:25 and 2:24 runs until I did this 2:22. The start (from beginning to hostages) was close to perfect. Best pace I ever had. Rest wasn't that perfect, but there wasn't significant time lost anywhere neither. Reaching exit was a bit sloppy, I though I missed last green ...
by Marvin
Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:15 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

To be honest, I have never tried. But twice as fast should be doable on insane. If it is on hotshot it can be done in 1 minute, long time ago I speedrunned all levels this way.
by Marvin
Wed Feb 07, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)



Once I was 5 secs faster than this 2:26 run while entering reactor room. That actually felt really close to perfect. Unfortunatelly last part was total mess and I finished with same time at the end..
by Marvin
Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:40 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Realistically any time better than this has to be all RNG. That was as close to a perfect run as I can imagine. That is because you don't speedrun it. I see many small imperfections in execution in that vid, which resulted in few lost seconds. And I actually improved it to 2:26 now:). Still not per...
by Marvin
Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Good RNG is a must. But since the level in general is simple, it is not unimaginable to do. Besides this 2:30 run I did twice 2:31. In comparison, improving Level 3 I posted few days ago is harder.
by Marvin
Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:34 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Level 2, 9secs improvement. I should be able to go under 2:30 if I try more, but I'm fine with this run. I don't plan playing more this year. Maybe I will come back in future:).

by Marvin
Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:44 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

It has been over 2 years since I played. I'm back with one more improvement. I rewatched my runs and realised I'm really not satisfied with Level 3 run. Old run was 3:09. After multiple improvements I got 2:49. Still not perfect, but I don't think I can go under 2:45 in any case, so I take it. https...
by Marvin
Fri Jan 14, 2022 7:05 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

That is indeed good advice. In open space the best aiming technique is by sliding. At least for me. Basicly you are evading shots by robots and aiming at the same time. Since I was not satisfied enough and had the momentum on this level, I thought I should try it again. I did so, and improved from 3...
by Marvin
Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:56 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Charging the fusion is very useful. What exactly is the problem for you? You have trouble with ship shaking? Or is it for some reason against the intuition for you? You can believe me, once you learn it, you will have a lot of fun with it:). I tried that level one more time today evening and improve...
by Marvin
Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:09 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

New route for secret level 3! Not sure how much is it faster, but it has to save 10 seconds at minimum, 15 maximum I guess. Anyway final improvement from old run (my oldest run of all levels) is by 28 secs. This map would be really fun to speedrun if there was not that much roaming. In the run you c...
by Marvin
Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:10 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

When we speak about skipping cloacks, it is pretty much possible to skip cloak in level 18. But it saves just a few seconds and it makes things much harder. At the end I refused to use that skip. In level 16 even 2 of my cloaks can be skipped. It would save about 9 seconds in total. But this level i...
by Marvin
Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:08 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

It is still much harder to execute the plan than find it:). I found many strats later, because years ago I was not skilled enough and I simply thought I can't use some faster solutions. But yeah, once you stick with some route for serious time, then you can be easily blind to different and better wa...
by Marvin
Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:18 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

It has been a few months ago, but I didn't postit here, so... I improved L7 again. Someone gave me a tip on youtube, how to improve my route. So obvious! You can pretty much skip the cloack in blue doors. It saves over 10 seconds. Maybe even 15. There was no serious trouble to learn it without the c...
by Marvin
Sun May 30, 2021 7:09 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

L4: Improved a few times during a session. Best run was 6 seconds faster than old rec. After that I stopped, I'm fine with the run. Easy level, but one green hulk is annoying, he is "always" at different place. This time in energy center which is best option in my eyes. Also you have to be...
by Marvin
Mon May 24, 2021 5:35 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Kinda surprised this thread is still going. Hey, Avder. This thread was "dead" many times during last years, but I always came back after some time and pushed it closer to limits. All levels were improved multiple times. I still have two more runs I didn't post here yet (L4 and L7), so I ...
by Marvin
Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:38 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Once again I proved myself I'm still improving when I recently tried L7. That level feels so easy now. I improved my time really quickly 4 or 5 times. Best run was 16 seconds faster than old one. I take it. Going faster is hard, mainly because of boss fight. Vid soon..
by Marvin
Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:02 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

L8: This one is one of the harder levels for speedrunning. At start you can see I shoot way too many lasers to drillers protecting blue key. That is because there is also lifter exactly behind them. Blue doors area is sometimes totaly random because of roaming, but that doesn't happen that much ofte...
by Marvin
Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:18 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

After 3 more 2:49 runs, I did 2:44. Once I could do even 2:41, but I stupidly died in reactor room although I had 50 shields when entering. Very unnecessary. But I take it, I'm fine with 2:44. 2:40 feels as a realistic max for me. Under 40 is technicaly possible for sure, but crazy to achieve.
by Marvin
Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:27 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Also, I played L22. I remember, when I did it in 2:53 2 years ago or so I thought I will never ever do it better. Took me some time to repractice it, but then I managed to do 6 faster runs just in one day. Best one is 2:49 (maybe 48). Anyway, I'm not satisfied at all yet..
by Marvin
Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:26 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

It is mostly about RNG now, but there is "always" possibility of improving execution and strategy. This run was 23seconds improvement which is something I would doubt before. I will not go any further here:).

But I improved one more run. 13 seconds on level 8! Feels good!
by Marvin
Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:42 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

L1:


1 second improvement:). I can imagine doing 1:25 if everything goes perfectly, but nothing better. So I'm fine with 1:26 for sure:).
by Marvin
Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:37 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

L25: https://youtu.be/UGEOTZf_BL0 Everything went well, I can't complain. Most important part of this level for a good time is area with supervisors. Usually one of them follows you, but for a good time you need them all to stay together. In this case it worked great. Theoreticaly they can be all in...
by Marvin
Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:37 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Thank you. Yeah, haha, really messy and lucky. But on the other hand if you saw how unlucky ended some other tries at the very end with same/very similar estimated time.. Jesus, some felt really unbeliavable in a bad way, so I guess this run was deserved:). About L25: I will post run soon. I improve...
by Marvin
Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:44 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

I finaly uploaded that run: https://youtu.be/lQTnN2Odz2E It is interesting how some really good runs end up as a total fail due to bad RNG or unexpected mistake and some runs that should end up as a clear fail are somehow succesfull runs. This run is the second case. First lucky situation is facing ...
by Marvin
Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:36 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

It depends on difficulty. I speedruned it in any % category only on trainee and did it in 1minute and 17secs. But I also used intentional deaths to make it faster.
by Marvin
Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:29 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Done in 3:38. I will post the run and description soon.
by Marvin
Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:04 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

I ofc knew about this route all the time, but wasn't good (or trained) enough to speedrun it with this way. It felt way too random and lucky. Time 3:47 (and even slightly better) is actually reachable even with that slower route. With this faster route something like 3:30 is possible. Those drones l...
by Marvin
Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:16 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Improved to 3:47. Managed to do it with that new route for the first time. Still not satisfied, I lost like 10 second in last part. But I'm getting more consistent with it (anyway a lot of luck is still needed because of very random behavior by nearly all robots in the level). I died a few times in ...
by Marvin
Sun Feb 07, 2021 2:23 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669184

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

It is about a year ago since I played last time, but last few days I was messing with one level - L11. Obviously it is very hard level, but I realised it can be done so much faster than my already solid 4:16. I improved my execution so much. Did it in 3:57 and then 3:56, still with room for some imp...
by Marvin
Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:52 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Descent 1 - 100% run (ace)
Replies: 3
Views: 5726

Re: Descent 1 - 100% run (ace)

I honestly don't really remember, because it is not recent run and I made it very quickly. But I believe I was so experienced with all levels, that most of it was surely planned. Run on hotshot took me for some reason more time. Probably because I was playing it way to fast and didn't care about any...
by Marvin
Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:38 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Descent 1 - 100% run (ace)
Replies: 3
Views: 5726

Descent 1 - 100% run (ace)

Hello. Cca half a year ago I was trying make an insane-max run of whole D1. Before that I did it first on hotshot, then on ace for some training. Unfortunately I failed on insane. In my best run I lost a life in L23. After that I stopped trying and I still don't see myself going for that, since I ha...
by Marvin
Thu May 21, 2020 8:12 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Impressions on Descent: Insane, cold start, no-death, 100%
Replies: 298
Views: 426761

Re: Impressions on Descent: Insane, cold start, no-death, 100%

Congratulations for succesfully cold start all D1 and D2 levels with ins-max criteria! Maybe you can also try ins-max run of whole D1. I was attempting it, when I had free time, but stopped since I'm very busy now. But I realised it is pretty much doable, so it would be nice to make such a run. I ma...
by Marvin
Sat May 16, 2020 11:00 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Least Favorite Levels
Replies: 41
Views: 27579

Re: Least Favorite Levels

So mystery is solved. Thank you for that!
by Marvin
Fri May 15, 2020 11:14 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Least Favorite Levels
Replies: 41
Views: 27579

Re: Least Favorite Levels

:D I agree about that. Those tunnels are not interesting. But there is one interesting thing/mystery in the level. Do you know one of matcens at start is impossible to activate? Or am I just blind to something? I tried to find a way to activate it many years ago, but failed. I don't have editor, so ...
by Marvin
Fri May 15, 2020 11:01 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Least Favorite Levels
Replies: 41
Views: 27579

Re: Least Favorite Levels

I agree about uninteresting geometry in L18 (for me it is something like much harder L5), but I don't agree about backtracking. Optimal route is complex, so you have to learn it, but then it is fine to play.
by Marvin
Sat May 09, 2020 6:14 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What are you listening to
Replies: 21
Views: 13081

Re: What are you listening to

by Marvin
Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:56 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Differences between insane / ace
Replies: 21
Views: 17798

Re: Differences between insane / ace

Did you receive a message?
by Marvin
Sun Mar 29, 2020 9:34 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Differences between insane / ace
Replies: 21
Views: 17798

Re: Differences between insane / ace

I'm not going to upload failed run. The demo file is long and converting to avi is problematic for me (I don't have enough free space, also it is lagy, so I have to put down a resolution a lot). If you wish to see it, I can send you a demo file.