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hemeroid conquers DM-Deck after a wild race to thirty

Longshot opened the scoring, Separr owned the longest spree, but hemeroid pushed through the rocket chaos all the way to thirty.

DM-Deck served up an unusually long Deathmatch on September 16. The Normal-mode match lasted 2,694 seconds, or 44 minutes and 54 seconds, and hemeroid route to the 30-point limit was anything but straight. The lead changed three times, instant revenge kills kept resetting the pressure, and the score was repeatedly dented by self-kills, slime deaths and badly timed explosions. Longshot struck first, Separr later produced the longest spree of the match, Firstblood landed the longest-range kill, yet the final word belonged to the player who relied most heavily on the Rocket Launcher.

First eight minutes: Longshot lights up Deck

First blood arrived after only 18 seconds. Longshot hit Palba with the Flak Cannon from 27.6 meters, then added hemeroid nine seconds later. The opening quickly became a points exchange between Longshot, Palba and hemeroid. Palba answered Longshot with both the Sniper Rifle and Rocket Launcher, while hemeroid began stacking rocket kills from the 58-second mark. At 88 seconds, though, hemeroid blew away one of his own points with the Redeemer, a neat summary of the match's early rhythm: a lead could be built and wasted just as quickly.

The computed data marks minute eight as the busiest, with five kills. By then hemeroid had started to separate from the pack and reached 10 points at 7:25 by killing Longshot with the Rocket Launcher. A Redeemer kill on Palba and another rocket followed. Most fights were short- to medium-range affairs in which explosions mattered more than elegance. Longshot remained dangerous and, over the full match, actually scored more direct kills on hemeroid than he conceded, but the overall flow of points was starting to favor someone else.

Midgame: a lead, self-kills and fresh pressure

After the tenth minute, Separr became a much bigger factor and began punishing hemeroid with the Enforcer, Bio Rifle and later the Shock Rifle. Longshot kept applying pressure, Stingray found several Link Gun kills, and hemeroid continued collecting rocket points. His run was far from clean: he finished with five self-kills and an average life of only 56 seconds. Even so, he kept striking back almost immediately. The computed summary credits him with 18 revenge kills, the highest total in the match.

At 20:13, hemeroid reached 20 points by killing Stingray with the Bio Rifle, then immediately ended up in the slime. Sixty-nine seconds later came the longest kill of the match: Firstblood sent a Redeemer into hemeroid from 61.9 meters. Firstblood then kept taking lives from him with rockets, Redeemers and the Link Gun. hemeroid still moved through 21 and later 22 points. The match recorded three lead changes overall, but by this stage hemeroid had the shortest route to the 30-point target.

Separr spree and 151 seconds of silence

The cleanest spree of the night belonged not to the winner but to Separr. From 25:52 to 34:25 he put together five kills without an opponent ending the run. The Shock Rifle and Shock Combo suited him, and his average kill distance of 27.1 meters was the highest in the field. The spree ended only when Firstblood caught him with the Link Gun from 52.8 meters at 34:25. Separr also survived for an average of 172 seconds, far longer than anyone else, giving his game a noticeably more positional feel.

hemeroid, meanwhile, had climbed to 24 points before the tempo suddenly collapsed. After his kill on Firstblood at 28:20, the match entered its longest dead spell: 151 seconds without a kill. When action resumed, Firstblood and Separr brought the pressure back. Later, Firstblood recorded the only multikill in the log, a Double Kill on Telefrag and hemeroid at 38:09 and 38:10. Even that did not stop hemeroid for long; two Bio Rifle kills soon took him to 25 and 26.

Finish: the final two points had to be earned

After minute 39, Telefrag entered the late-game picture and stretched the finish into something uncomfortable. hemeroid reached 28 points at 39:51 with a Rocket Launcher kill on Telefrag, but the next few minutes brought deaths rather than a clean close. Telefrag caught him with both the Flak Cannon and Rocket Launcher, while Separr added Shock Rifle and Rocket Launcher kills. hemeroid finally reached 29 at 44:34 by dropping Separr with a close-range rocket.

There was still no immediate full stop. Five seconds later Telefrag killed him with the Bio Rifle and extended the match by another 15 seconds. At exactly 44:54, hemeroid answered with the same weapon: a 21.7-meter Bio Rifle kill on Telefrag delivered point 30 and ended the game. The winner finished with 35 kills, 47 deaths and five self-kills. It was not sterile domination; it was a sustained ability to re-enter the scoring race after every setback.

Match moments

• Longshot scored first blood at 18 seconds with a Flak Cannon kill on Palba.
• Minute eight was the busiest in the computed data, with five kills.
• Firstblood hit hemeroid with a Redeemer from 61.9 meters for the longest kill of the match.
• Separr produced the longest spree at five kills before Firstblood ended it.
• The longest quiet period began after 28:20 and lasted 151 seconds without a kill.
• Firstblood recorded the match's only multikill, a Double Kill at 38:10.
• hemeroid posted 18 revenge kills, the highest total in the field.
• hemeroid secured point 30 with a Bio Rifle kill on Telefrag at 44:54.

The final standings look cleaner than the match itself. hemeroid finished on 30, Separr on 14, Firstblood on 12 and Longshot on 11, but the road to the frag limit was littered with revenge kills, self-inflicted damage and long exchanges between very different styles. Longshot won the main head-to-head with hemeroid 11-9 in direct kills, Separr owned the best spree and Firstblood the longest shot, yet hemeroid scored more consistently across the whole field and kept recovering after interruptions. The final Bio Rifle kill merely sealed a match decided by dozens of small recoveries rather than one perfect moment.