D E A T H T A G

       Forget EVERYTHING you ever knew about deathmatch.


What is Deathtag?
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Deathtag is a whole new approach to playing multiplayer Doom.       
In the past, the purpose was to have as many frags as possible.
Deathtag offers a new purpose for two-on-two Doom II play, to
invade the opposing fort, reach a switch, and escape alive.


How do you play?
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Game play is very simple.


- There are two teams, Blue (Green & Indigo) and Red (Brown & Red).  You
  must have four players to play Deathtag.

- There are two forts, a blue one and a red one, each indicated by colored
  skulls and torches surrounding the fort.

- Within each fort is a switch which opens a secret door in the other fort.
  Behind the door is a Radiation Suit.  So, Deathtag requires that one
  player hit the switch, and that the other get the suit.  Once you get
  the Rad suit, you'll be teleported to the same fort your switch-hitting
  (heh heh) buddy is in.  Then, you make a run for the East side of the
  map.  You'll have to cross a long sea of hot lava and access a lift
  to reach the scoring area.  Hit your teams switch (red or blue) and
  you have scored one point!
  
  Note:  You can ONLY take the suit out of your own fort.  The blue team
  gets their suit out of the blue fort, the red team gets their suit out
  of the red fort.  If the blue team obtains the suit out of the red fort,
  the game will only allow you to score a red point.

- Points.  You play to 5 points.  Each time you score by hitting your colored
  switch, you will notice a pole rising out of the ground with your team's color
  on it.  Once a team has 5 poles coming out of the ground, the poles will
  effectively block off all additional scoring and the game is over.  The
  exit is not available until a team reaches five points.  When five points
  have been reached, a colored stair will raise out of the ground indicating
  which team won.

- Megaspheres.  You will notice two megaspheres, one in each fortress.  These
  are ONLY available if the score is tied 4 to 4.  This adds an extra element
  to the final battle for the last point.  

- Teleports.  When you first start, you will see colored teleports.  Going 
  into the blue will take you to the blue side of the battlefield, and going 
  into the red will take you to the red side of the battlefield.

- Telefrags.  Since frags are not the goal, telefrags coming out of the starting
  area are frowned upon.

- Switches at the exit.  At the exit, hitting the switch with the EXIT sign will
  advance you to the next level.  Hitting the other switch which has no label
  will simple re-start Deathtag to be played again.  This comes in handy because
  usually one match of Deathtag just is not enough.

- How can you see the score?   You count the score based on the number of poles 
  rising out of the ground.  There are several places you can find these poles.

  There are several places you can see what the score is:

    In the starting area.

    The scoring area facing the sea of lava.

    The red and blue fort, each has a scoreboard next to the switch.



That's it, play and enjoy!  We play this religiously on the Dallas DWANGO
so stop by and play us sometime!