DOORS Ambush Protocol — How to Tell It From Rush by Sound, Multi-Pass Timing & Why Exiting Between Passes Kills You (2026)
You have survived Rush a dozen times. The screech, the closet, the exit — automatic. Then a run comes where the screech sounds wrong. Distorted. Glitchy. You hesitate, then enter a closet. The screech passes. You wait one second. You step out. The screech comes again, but you are no longer in the closet. Ambush kills you. This is how roughly 90 percent of players experience their first Ambush death. Not because they failed to react. Not because they could not find a closet. Because they confused Ambush for Rush and exited between passes. Rush passes once. Ambush passes 2 to 6 times with 2 to 5 second gaps. The fundamental rule: if the screech sounds distorted, stay in the closet until you have counted to 3 after the last pass. Extra waiting never killed anyone. Exiting between passes kills thousands. ...