Karisa's Atypical Touhou Challenges (on hold again)

[Mino ☆]

#8 - Lunatic
Mino - 52,799,760 - 3 (Yuugi's Second Spell) - 0.100% - Replay

Well this certainly was an interesting challenge. It's a shame that both Vanhaomena and I gameovered on Mt. Ooe. And while they got a higher score, I technically got farther in the spell. Not sure how that will be tie-broken.

I may redo this.

[Mero]

#8 - Lunatic
Mero - 65,849,730 - 3 (Yuugi's last spell) - 0.31% - Replay

I derped massively on Yuugi's last, and died with THREE bombs in stock, one to finish off Yuugi, another to deal with Orin No. 1, and with power drops another 2 to deal with the laser yin-yangs and maybe Orin No.2, so yeah... (It's still better than my last attempt that had a pretty hilarious game over to Yuugi's first spell just as it timed out by one of those incredibly slow bubbles :V)

[Karisa]

Stage 4 Orin 1 can be streamed if you move extremely slowly, just so you know.

[Wriggle]

#8 - Extra
Wriggle - 145,032,720 - 1 (near end of Koishi's 5th nonspell) - 0.100% - Replay

[SomeGuy712x]

#7 - Easy
SomeGuy712x - 1514 - MarisaB - C - 0.067% - Replay

Alright, I managed to break the 1500 point item mark.

[SomeGuy712x]

#5.1 - Easy
SomeGuy712x - 206,020 - Marisa & Alice - Cb - 0.000% - Replay

MALICE CANNON EVERYTHING!!!!!

But seriously, yeah, I decided to give this a try. I had some sloppy moments and dumb deaths, and pretty much no chance of being able to deathbomb with the way I was focusing on focusing/unfocusing almost all the time (but hey, that means I had a "no bomb" clear too), and I'm sure I could've gotten much fewer time orbs if I intentionally failed spell cards instead of trying to capture them. (The only intentionally failed spell card was Kaguya's first "Last Spell", and the only other failed spell was Kaguya's very first spell.)

(That's weird. The spell check here says that "could've" isn't a real word. Umm... "could've" is a real word, right?)

[Emerald Mint]

Late submission, yes, though here is what my run would've been.

#5.1 - Easy
Emerald - 70,820 - Marisa & Alice - Ca - 0.000% - Replay

Lower is possible with more accuracy.

[SomeGuy712x]

#5.1 - Normal
SomeGuy712x - 182,670 - Marisa & Alice - Ca - 0.000% - Replay

Decided to try the Normal difficulty this time, and made sure to intentionally fail every spell somehow, usually by bombing, though I did manage to time out a couple, despite having to constantly fire. I had some really dumb deaths in stages 3, 4, and 6, and I was in danger of getting a Game Over, going into Eirin's "Astronomical Entombing" with no lives and no bombs. Fortunately, I still had the most powerful weapon of all for that spell card at my disposal (the MAlice Cannon, of course), which I used to destroy all of the familiars. And then I just mostly waited on the sides of the field for time to run out. (Then, to finish off the run, I intentionally failed the survival spell by headbutting Kaguya. Yay.)

[Karisa]

Sorry about the delay. The next two challenges are posted. (Thanks to Zil for the PoFV challenge suggestion.)

I've given 2 1/2 weeks this time to keep the deadlines on Sunday.

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Results archive:

#9 - MoF MarisaC, constant focus

- Play MoF with MarisaC while always keeping the shift key held!
- The game forces you to unfocus between stages, so you're free to take advantage of that.
- All difficulties allowed, including Extra.

Format:
Challenge number - Difficulty
Player - Score - Stage - Slowdown - Replay

Example:
#9 - Normal
Sample - 200,000,000 - C - 0.2% - Replay

Rankings:
Easy
Star King - 590,960,030 - C - 0.060% - Replay

Lunatic
chum - 360,473,940 - C - 0.0% - Replay
Mino - 335,712,400 - C - 0.010% - Replay

Extra
Star King - 361,837,620 - C - 0.100% - Replay

#10 - PoFV Youmu, no spell attacks

- Survive as far as you can in PoFV with Youmu!
- Do not use any level 2-4 spells (either by charging or bombing). Level 1 charge shots are allowed.
- Ranked by stage reached, then score.
- All difficulties allowed, including Extra.

Format:
Challenge number - Difficulty
Player - Score - Stage - Replay

Example:
#10 - Hard
Sample - 30,000,000 - 9 - Replay

Rankings:
Easy
Zil - 79,165,070 - C - Replay
Emerald - 45,001,170 - C - Replay
SomeGuy712x - 36,197,840 - C - Replay
Alicirno - 31,787,720 - C - Replay
Yomihime - 26,413,750 - C - Replay

Normal
Zil - 123,131,130 - C - Replay

Hard
Zil - 113,749,500 - C - Replay

Lunatic
Zil - 125,986,150 - C - Replay
ElD - 115,154,020 - C - Replay
Minogame - 46,819,070 - 9 (First Round) - Replay

Extra
Zil - 63,164,220 - C - Replay

Deadline: Sunday, October 20

[Mino ☆]

#9 - Lunatic
Mino - 335,712,400 - C - 0.010% - Replay

At first I thought this would be a nightmare, but in reality this wasn't that hard of a challenge. It all boiled down to knowing the stages and boss patterns, using Marisa's gimmicky-ness to your advantage, and bomb spamming.

I ended up finishing on my last life simply due to me stubbornly trying not to bomb on VoWG (I died like 3-4 times to it). The run no miss and okay until I hit Midboss Sanae.

[Mino ☆]

#10 - Lunatic
Minogame - 46,819,070 - 9 (First Round) - Replay

Silly challenge. But it allowed me to sit back and chain everything, while dodging the random barrages.

[ElDestructoe]

#10 - Lunatic
ElD - 113,097,930 - C - Replay

Quick, post before Zil sees the challenge.

[SomeGuy712x]

#10 - Easy
SomeGuy712x - 36,197,840 - C - Replay

Lost to Komachi and Shikieiki once each. I might try this again later and see if I can win without losing any rounds.

[Emerald Mint]

#10 - Easy
Emerald - 45,001,170 - C - Replay

[Zil]

Quick, post before Zil sees the challenge.

lol how the fuck did you get 30mil from Aya. Might try to brute force a higher score through sheer survival, but for now you're in no danger from me. :v

#10 - Lunatic
Zil - 98,373,120 - C - Replay

#10 - Easy
Zil - 79,165,070 - C - Replay

Both first tries at it. I'm using a keyboard since all of my controllers are broken and I'm procrastinating getting a new one. I'm not used to it now, but I'll practice maybe. If I can't get something else to work with.

#10 - Lunatic
Zil - 116,916,880 - C - Replay

Oh, well, next try got it so nevermind. It reminds me of my PoDD score~

I hope to see more submissions!

#10 - Normal
Zil - 123,131,130 - C - Replay

5 minutes on Eiki. I could see reaching the 70mil extend if I'd done a bit better, so there's potential for 140mil at least.

#10 - Hard
Zil - 113,749,500 - C - Replay

#10 - Extra
Zil - 63,164,220 - C - Replay

A bit disappointing. Eiki actually died like 2 minutes early in the Hard run, while I was about 200k from an extend. And Extra is... Extra.

[Star King]

It was really nice playing with you on easy and you got the stuff down faster than I would've ever believed, and all of the routes were made by you and the other guy, really. You should have won, if things played by justice. They never do, though.

Looking forward to seeing you doing serious scoring in PCB, given you seem to like the game and understand its system.

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I'm a bit curious in seeing what you had in mind for Hard. SakuyaB would be the obvious choice for the two Alice cards, but I think ReimuB could wing it. Maybe.

Thanks Seppo. You flatter me  :blush:

Yeah, I had SakuyaB in mind because of her bombs. In TAS land, if you can get all the Alice card point items with MarisaB (since I don't think it's humanly realistic...), she's probably still the best in Hard and Lunatic. I think the 1600 extend in a 1cc might be possible with TAS, but who knows.

Unfortunately I was pretty busy last week and didn't accomplish what I wanted. I did put in some runs, but not enough for me to finish anything I found satisfactory.

Anyway. On to the current challenge.

#9 - Extra
Star King - 361,837,620 - C - 0.100% - Replay

First run that got to Suwako. 4 deaths, pretty yuck run, whatever.

First death: Iron rings. I didn't place the frostthrowers before Suwako properly (through bombing the big power item fairies when at 1 power, you can place 3 wherever you collect those big power items), they were waaaay too high, so it was hard to damage her in this card. I'm not sure how to dodge this either. Probably something like, start moving from the bottom after she only spawns a couple of rings, because they'll block you off the top otherwise, because of how slow you are.
2nd: left right left right nonspell. This one was actually caused by my cat getting up in front of my screen, which forced me to pause. And when I unpaused I immediately died. Damn it cat.
3rd: Froggy Braves the Elements. I died really early in this spell. Just poor dodging on my part.
4th: Red Frog. I'm not sure how to do this without unfocused movement, because the scoring routes I've memorized certainly won't work. I got surprisingly far with complete improvisation.

I suppose I'll improve if someone beats?

[chum]

#10 interests me (and it reminds me of the original silly challenge) but I'll have to skip it since PoFV tends to not let me save replays. So I did #9 instead.

#9 - Lunatic
chum - 360,473,940 - C - 0,0% - Replay

[Raekuul]

#9 interests me since MarisaC is my preferred shot type on that game (and I tend to have a lead pinky), but my Post-PoFV computer decided to be a jerk today. So I did #10 instead

#10 - Easy
MotK.10 - 22239760 - C - Replay

[Star King]

#9 - Easy
Star King - 590,960,030 - C - 0.060% - Replay

lol whatever

[ElDestructoe]

#10 - Lunatic
ElD - 115,154,020 - C - Replay

This game is too hard, Zil is too good.

[Alicirno]

#10 - Easy
Alicirno - 31,787,720 - C - Replay

I'm not good with Youmu. Hope to better this score.

[Zil]

#10 - Lunatic
Zil - 125,986,150 - C - Replay

Looks like ElD's hot on my heels, so I figured I'd take it further. I had some seriously awful luck on first round Eiki. Only like 1 million. So I didn't quite reach 90mil. As I said for Normal, I think 140mil is a realistic target with a good run.

[Szayelaporro Granz]

#10 - Easy
Yomihime - 26,413,750 - C - Replay

I think I start to like Youmu now :3

[Karisa]

OK, new round posted.


Results archive:

#11 - PCB low graze

I've semi-recycled challenge #1's concept, since it seemed people liked that one. This time, hopefully the choice of shot type isn't as clear-- do you choose MarisaB for bomb power, Sakuya for bomb quantity, or some other option?

- Clear PCB with as little graze as possible!
- Only 1ccs allowed.
- All shot types allowed.
- Easy, Extra, and Phantasm allowed.

Format:
Challenge number - Difficulty
Player - Graze - Shot type - Slowdown - Replay

Example:
#11 - Easy
Sample - 1234 - MarisaB - 0.357% - Replay

Rankings:
Easy
FreeGothitelle - 176 - MarisaB - 0.098% - Replay
Cheez - 250 - SakuyaA - 0.470% - Replay
ARF - 397 - SakuyaA - 0.246% - Replay
Senozza - 601 - SakuyaA - 0.097% - Replay
L3PiK - 637 - ReimuB - 0.114% - Replay
Yomihime - 999 - SakuyaA - 0.255% - Replay

Extra
FreeGothitelle - 604 - SakuyaA - 0.050% - Replay
L3PiK - 1411 - ReimuB - 0.052% - Replay


#12 - DDC extend collection

- Gain as many lives as you can in DDC!
- Ranked by number of extends gained, then remaining life parts-- so 14 2/3 ranks higher than 14 0/3. The number of lives you clear with (or even whether you clear at all) is irrelevant.
- Remember: life parts collected while you have the maximum 8 lives will not count towards extends!
- If any runs collect the maximum extends the game allows, they will be ranked by how early the last extend is collected (please note it as "49 (start of final spell)" or similar).
- All shot types allowed. However, MarisaB is a separate category from non-MarisaB.
- Easy, Lunatic, and Extra allowed.

If you have a program that can track memory addresses such as Cheat Engine, you're free to use it to keep track of extends gained (address 4F586C). It's also useful for saving time if you're counting them up in the replay, since you only have to start from stage 6, fast-forward, and check the memory address. Just don't use the program to modify memory addresses, obviously.

Format:
Challenge number - Difficulty
Player - Lives gained  fraction/3 - Shot type - Stage - Slowdown - Replay

Example:
#12 - Easy
Sample - 14 2/3 - ReimuA - C - 0.1% - Replay

Rankings:
Easy, non-MarisaB
Mero - 19 0/3 - ReimuB - C - 0.0% - Replay
Sakurei - 16 1/3 - SakuyaB - C - 0.0% - Replay

Easy, MarisaB
SomeGuy712x - 19 0/3 - MarisaB - C - Replay

Lunatic, MarisaB
Mero - 45 0/3 - MarisaB - 0.0% - Replay


Deadline: Sunday, November 3

[Sakurei]

#12 - Easy
Sakurei - 16 1/3 SakuyaB - 0.0% - Replay

Very easy to beat. it was more of a "scorerun" than a max lives thing, considering I bombed and suicided on bosses. I still don't have a scoring route either, haha

[Mero]

#12 - Easy
Mero - 15 1/3 - ReimuA - 0.0% - Replay

messed up some 2.0's, but whatever...

#12 - Lunatic
Mero - 45 0/3 - MarisaB - 0.0% - Replay
 
was actually going for a better PB, so there may be a few life parts wasted on stage 4-5

[Szayelaporro Granz]

#11 - Easy
Yomihime - 999 - SakuyaA - 0.357% - Replay

[Mero]

#12 - Easy
Mero - 19 0/3 - ReimuB - C - 0.0% - Replay

tried again with ReimuB (and did no-focus because that's the only thing she's good for :V), still messed up a few bonuses in general, so 20-21 should be easy to get.

[LepLep]

#11 - Easy
L3PiK - 637 - ReimuB - 0.114% - Replay

#11 - Extra
L3PiK - 1411 - ReimuB - 0.052% - Replay

Silly planning.

[Senozza]

#11 - Easy
Senozza - 601 - SakuyaA - 0.097% - Replay