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hemeroid wins Devastation after a fierce late comeback

From a self-inflicted rocket blast to the final point, nothing on Devastation came cheaply.

DM-1on1-Devastation hosted a Normal Deathmatch with five competitors and a target of 30 points. For 919 seconds, hemeroid, greg417, Jano, Odstrel and mike1234 supplied a running lesson in why a comfortable lead can be less comfortable than it looks. hemeroid eventually won 30:23 ahead of greg417, with Jano third on 21. The record contains five lead changes, an eight-kill spree and two Double Kills. It also contains a leader who almost surrendered his advantage, a longest-range kill that changed the score at a critical moment, and one particularly awkward opening: the eventual winner first managed to shoot himself.

A rocket mishap and the first blood

At seven seconds, hemeroid suffered a self-kill with the Rocket Launcher and fell to minus one. The official first blood belonged to Jano, who eliminated mike1234 with a rocket at eleven seconds. Jano also died by his own rocket that same second.

hemeroid began his answer at 17 seconds by taking out mike1234 with the Flak Cannon. A Bio Rifle kill on Jano at 39 seconds was followed by a Rocket Launcher Double Kill on mike1234 at 42. By 104 seconds he had seven points. More importantly, he completed an eight-kill spree stretching from 17 to 127 seconds, when Jano finally stopped him with a rocket. At 170 seconds hemeroid reached ten points to greg417’s three.

A long silence and a persistent chase

After the hit at 170 seconds, the log went silent for 57 seconds, the match’s longest kill-free break. hemeroid struck again at 227 seconds, hitting greg417 with the Bio Rifle to reach eleven. greg417 would not stay behind for long: his Stinger took down hemeroid at 235, and successive engagements against Odstrel helped him rebuild his score.

By 317 seconds the leaders stood at 13:9; at 390 seconds hemeroid’s advantage over greg417 was only 14:12. greg417 combined rockets, Shock Combos and opportunistic weapon changes. At 422 seconds he even finished the leader with an Impact Hammer from 2.1 metres. Jano fought vigorously with Flak Cannon and rockets between 373 and 413 seconds, but his eventual six self-kills made his impressive raw kill count less rewarding on the scoreboard.

Every answer creates another question

A Bio Rifle frag against Jano at 491 seconds gave hemeroid sixteen points. Just two seconds later, greg417 caught him with a Shock Combo and closed to fifteen. Odstrel was making his own contribution, scoring four times between 443 and 486 seconds, including two Shock Combo eliminations. Jano dispatched hemeroid with a rocket at 467 seconds, then immediately lost a point to his own rocket.

At 561 seconds hemeroid eliminated Jano but suffered another self-kill, leaving his score on sixteen. greg417 beat Jano at 568 seconds and hemeroid at 579, taking a 17:16 lead. hemeroid replied against Jano at 591 to level 17:17. Jano then earned an unusual elimination at 616 seconds, with hemeroid dying from a fall.

A distant Bio Rifle hit breaks the tie

greg417 climbed to nineteen with a Shock Combo against Odstrel at 694 seconds. Jano struck hemeroid with a rocket at 703, leaving the eventual winner on eighteen. Then came the match’s longest elimination: at 707 seconds hemeroid hit greg417 with the Bio Rifle from 57.1 metres. It tied the leaders at 19:19.

At 711 seconds a Stinger kill on Jano put hemeroid back in front 20:19. Two rocket frags followed at 723 seconds, first Odstrel and then Jano, the latter recorded as a Double Kill. greg417 fell to another rocket at 734; Jano followed at 738. In 31 seconds the contest had shifted from 19:19 to 24:19. The computed match tempo identifies the twelfth minute as a peak with nine kills, perfectly matching the sudden escalation.

Last objections, last rocket

Odstrel hit hemeroid with the Sniper Rifle at both 752 and 772 seconds. Jano killed him with a rocket at 790 and went on to finish with 21 points. greg417 used an Impact Hammer on Odstrel at 834 and a Sniper Rifle at 871. Yet at 887 seconds hemeroid eliminated Jano again with the Bio Rifle, moving to 28.

Odstrel defeated greg417 twice late on, at 896 seconds with Shock Combo and at 907 with Shock Rifle. hemeroid earned point 29 by rocketing Odstrel at 910. greg417 squeezed in a Stinger frag against Jano at 915, but three seconds later hemeroid hit greg417 with a Rocket Launcher from 19.8 metres. The final 30:23 was sealed by the very weapon that had made the opening so embarrassing.

Match moments

• Jano claimed first blood on mike1234 with a Rocket Launcher at 11 seconds.
• Jano ended hemeroid’s eight-kill streak at 127 seconds.
• The longest kill-free pause lasted 57 seconds after the 170-second mark.
• greg417 overtook hemeroid 17:16 at 579 seconds.
• A 57.1-metre Bio Rifle hit tied the leaders at 19:19 at 707 seconds.
• A Double Kill at 723 seconds pushed hemeroid to 22:19.
• hemeroid finished greg417 with a rocket at 918 seconds, winning 30:23.

After fifteen minutes and nineteen seconds, hemeroid held 30 points from 32 kills and 17 deaths; two self-kills account for the missing points. greg417 took second with 23 despite fighting his way into the lead during the later stages. Jano placed third on 21 after recording 27 eliminations but six self-kills. Odstrel finished on thirteen; mike1234 departed early with no points. The answer finally came in the closing three minutes, when a long-range Bio Rifle shot set up a rocket-powered escape and the final rocket confirmed the winner.