How Speedrunning the INTRO of DOOM (2016) Changed COMPLETELY in 5 Years

Speedrunners have been seriously breaking DOOM (2016) for years, starting their quest for speed in the well known Intro level before the UAC. But how exactly did this Intro level change over the course of 5 years? What discoveries were found to speed up this Intro segment and how much did these discoveries affect the intro time?

In this video, I will go over 5 years of changes made to speedrunning the DOOM (2016) Intro, detailing how the Intro segment got lowered from 4 minutes to a mere 27 seconds in present day.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:32 Video explanation
2:39 May 2016 - Where it all began
7:53 December 2016 - Glory Kill Clip Discovery
10:54 2017 - Consistent average intro times
13:01 2018 - Small optimizations
15:31 2019 - Skipping the Praetor suit
21:37 2020 - Intro's most consistent year
23:51 2021 - A new challenger appeared
28:01 Outro - Thanks for watching!

Music:
• DOOM (2016) OST - Authorization; Olivia Pierce
• DOOM (2016) OST - Argent Energy Tower - Ambient
• DOOM (2016) OST - Lazarus Waves
• DOOM (2016) OST - Biowaves
• DOOM Eternal OST - Demonic Corruption
• DOOM Eternal OST - The Only Thing They Fear Is You
• DOOM Eternal OST - Metal Hell
• Q3A - Front Line Assembly II
• Unreal Tournament - Foregone Destruction
• Unreal Tournament III - Go Down Mix
• Unreal Tournament III - Mech8 Mix
• Unreal Tournament III - Skyward Fire
• Unreal Tournament III - Skylab 9000
• Unreal Tournament III - Defector