Touhou Accomplishments

[Phar]

Huh, I've never actually thought of trying anything besides the defaults.  WER is interesting, I might need to try it out sometime.  I can see moving focus off of shift, but is there any reason for WER over, say, ASD?

I changed it from the defaults because they block with some combinations of key presses on this keyboard. WER + arrow keys seems to be one of the few combinations that don't block under any circumstances.

[Vile Lasagna]

I actually have a pad that I use most of the time, sometimes even using it's analog stick. Its OBVIOUSLY less precise (parsee's Granpa Hanasaka actually made me start a steady migration towards the d-pad quite some time ago) but it's very fluid and comfortable. I also play in my keyboard some times and it's alright as well.

[Drake]

Internet was down yesterday, so I decided to reclear every extra.

So I did. It was great. Captured a bunch of cards I had never before, including Hourai Doll, Counter Clock and Fujiyama Volcano.

Jesus.

[Vile Lasagna]

Finally finished up capturing, converting, uploading and everything.
Here's my first Touhou Good Ending Run, with Sakuya on PCB (for the 5% of you to whom this will not look pathetic and boring, anyway (oh, wait, I'll spam it regardless of that, so it's cool anyway  ))

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=62CB9672FA103F79

[Kanako Yasaka]

Perfected stage 1 SA easy with ReimuC pacifist no focus.

...but I didn't save the replay on accident. I hate how MoF and SA save replays.

[Gambit]

I managed to 1cc MoF hard last night. My only highlight for the entire run was capturing Illusionary Dominance. 

[Arcengal]

1cc MoF hard.
Whatever.

The run was awful, I don't think I even captured 10 cards the whole way through, the Sanae fight was TERRIBLE and VoWG was just a panic-fest after I died twice to Source of Rains for no good reason.

I'll probably revisit it at some point, but it still remains my least favourite Touhou shooting game.

[LHCling]

VoWG Lunatic.

I think I just found a general pattern I can follow... I made astounding progress, might actually capture before my 60th attempt (currently at 42 fails).

Might need to watch a few timeout replays to confirm this.

[nintendonut888]

I captured VoWG lunatic at try 64. Make that your goal.

Oh, and since my ancient computer appears to finally be dying, I probably won't be doing anything in the way of accomplishments for a while. But then once we get a new computer I will FINALLY be able to play at 60 FPS all the time!

[SP]

I've been trying Saigyouji Flawless Nirvana for a while now, and I've gotten completely owned by it.  For fun, I decided to stop going for a time out and go for a capture.  I was able to capture it really, really easily....  I'm sure I could have about a 75% capture rate on it if I tried.

Timing it out still eludes me though 

[Drake]

Capped Mishaguji-sama, if that's even an accomplishment. What a lame final card.

[theshirn]

I captured VoWG lunatic at try 64. Make that your goal.

Oh, and since my ancient computer appears to finally be dying, I probably won't be doing anything in the way of accomplishments for a while. But then once we get a new computer I will FINALLY be able to play at 60 FPS all the time!

I'm already post-70s.  I hate you, donut.

VoWG Lunatic.

I think I just found a general pattern I can follow... I made astounding progress, might actually capture before my 60th attempt (currently at 42 fails).

Might need to watch a few timeout replays to confirm this.

You always think you have.  Then you get lolwalled.

[LHCling]

You always think you have.  Then you get lolwalled.

Surprisingly, it works to some extent, until the last 60 seconds or so. Of course, by this time you would think I would've captured it. The phase alters too much by this time.

Nope! Clipdeaths occur...

Even swapping to ReimuB like all the cool kids. 7 more seconds and my 45th (3rd with B) attempt would've been it.

[Azinth]

VoWG took me 89 tries to beat, with all of them timing out the card after dying.  And this was as a lunatic player.  I'm so inferior. T.T  Then again, I captured Scarlet Meister in like 40 tries, so lolrandomnumbergenerator. 

Anyway, today I died to Scarlet Gensokyo for the billionth time, and in timing it out, managed to go for like 40 seconds without bombing or dying.  Twice I actually got an infamous wall thrown at me  but managed to find a pixel-perfect gap that went right through them.  Now, WHERE IS THIS KIND OF SKILL WHEN I ACTUALLY NEED IT.

I also timed out Eternal Meek without bombing or dying.  Yeah, its timer is like 13 seconds long, but it felt cool anyway.

[nintendonut888]

I also timed out Eternal Meek without bombing or dying.  Yeah, its timer is like 13 seconds long, but it felt cool anyway.

I'm so inferior. T.T

Does not compute. X_X If anyone's inferior, it's me.

[Kefit]

I think that my first VoWG capture came at like try 94? Not entirely sure though. Man, I remember the good old days when everyone agreed that it was utterly impossible bullshit.

Also Eternal Meek is easy to time-out

[Azinth]

Eternal Meek is one of the few hard cards that I can say I'm somewhat decent at (and by decent I mean I've captured it like 11 times).    However, my competence with Eternal Meek is compensated in full by my unrivaled suckiness at Scarlet Gensokyo.  I... just fall apart whenever I face it.  It's probably just me, but I find it significantly harder than VoWG.

[LHCling]

I just did Kanako's opening attack pattern without bombing and clearing it. Take that Lunatic!

Too bad it was ReimuB.

[?lice Bl?ckb?rn]

I recall capping VoWG on my 70th attempt at the card, and it was before I 1cc'd MoF Lunatic for that matter.

Eternal Meek is pretty easy to timeout imho, yeah.

And finally, as far as I'm concerned, Scarlet Gensokyo is much nastier than VoWG. I can go into VoWG and have a decent chance at capping it, but Scarlet Gensokyo typically kills me (granted, I've faced Scarlet Gensokyo much fewer times than VoWG, but it's also that I much prefer VoWG as an attack)o

[stargroup]

I guess it depends on what you're good at.

Scarlet Gensokyo has slower bullets, but they fly in random directions and becomes total bullshit when the massive chain of bullets comes at you because they obscure your vision too.
Virtue of Wind God is faster and you need much faster reflexes, but at least the pattern is generally static throughout.

[ghost333]

i just 1cc IN hard with youmu solo
i feel so high.......

[Yukkuri]

Finally finished up capturing, converting, uploading and everything.
Here's my first Touhou Good Ending Run, with Sakuya on PCB (for the 5% of you to whom this will not look pathetic and boring, anyway (oh, wait, I'll spam it regardless of that, so it's cool anyway  ))

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=62CB9672FA103F79

Those comments were awesome.

Indeed failure at life. XD

[Vile Lasagna]

Those comments were awesome.

Indeed failure at life. XD

Thanks XD
Funny how good I am regularly against Yuyuko in every run except that one XD. I still haven't made my first cap of Ressurection Butterfly, for instance but have come VERY close to capping -30% and -50% quite a few times (with a single miss throughout the whole attack)

[Yukkuri]

Thanks XD
Funny how good I am regularly against Yuyuko in every run except that one XD. I still haven't made my first cap of Ressurection Butterfly, for instance but have come VERY close to capping -30% and -50% quite a few times (with a single miss throughout the whole attack)

Oh yeah stage 4 boss that opener...

Why don't you try to "get" the ghosts to aim their shots at the edge of the screen?

[Vile Lasagna]

Oh yeah stage 4 boss that opener...

Why don't you try to "get" the ghosts to aim their shots at the edge of the screen?

I've been getting some degree of success by sorta widely streaming the pattern and then making my way over the last wave when I reach the border. I'll give a look see if hugging edges help but for now I'm content that I can deal with it bombing always once sometimes twice XD. I kinda accepted: "The ghosts kill you. /thread" XD

[Yukkuri]

I've been getting some degree of success by sorta widely streaming the pattern and then making my way over the last wave when I reach the border. I'll give a look see if hugging edges help but for now I'm content that I can deal with it bombing always once sometimes twice XD. I kinda accepted: "The ghosts kill you. /thread" XD

Yeah that's what I do.  Go to one side of the screen and then go to the other side of the screen so that the 3 shots that the ghosts miss you

[Ionasal kkll Solciel]

Managed to 1cc PCB Easy with MarisaB, netting a few cards that I haven't capped before (most notably Sumizome Perfect Blossom -Seal-, and her second card).

[Darkblizer]

I know I said I wasn't going to play it again, but I magically managed to 1cc EoSD! I even still had 3 lives left. Now, I decided I wanted to try EoSD hard and compare it with normal mode and ended up 1ccing it on normal. Oh, here's the comparison:

Stage 1: No difference in the beginning, but the youkai that actually shoot have two rows of bullets now. Midboss Ruima seems mostly the same aside from the new spellcard.

Ruima: Some things have more spread, some attacks shoot more rows. Darkness Sign is noticably harder.

Stage 2: Mostly just more bullets, but Daiyousei's attack is now acting simaliar to one of Remi's noncards, only much easier.

Cirno:First noncard has some extra circular spread, and the first card changed completely. Perfect Freeze seems to have more bullets as does Diamond Blizzard.

Stage 3: Some enemies now have extra circular spread, Midboss China's card took a leap in difficulty. She shoots more bullets in her noncard, too.

China: many spellcards changed, and a new one is added in, not much aside.

Stage 4: just more bullets flying everywhere. Book lasers appear more abruptly.

Patchy: Non-directional laser sped up. Added spellcard. Fire sign has the fire hitting you from both sides at the same time.

Stage 5:almost no change except Sakuya's spellcard.

Sakuya: difficulty is really high. maid secret skill is much harder than before.

Stage 6: Circular bullet spreads now range in speeds. Not much else

Couldn't write about Remi due to insufficient info. Note I'm just including the most noticable changes

Next up: clear EoSD Extra then 1cc PCB.

[LHCling]

...I've finally worked out the workings of VoWG (down to the overlapping waves). The only thing stopping me is clipdeath error, and my horrible "read the wave" times.

Accounting for all possible areas of clipdeaths, multiplied by a probability ratio, I now have a ... 3.8% survival rate before capture. This is after 50 attempts or so. Expect a capture at 80-90 attempts.

[bjw]

Accounting for all possible areas of clipdeaths, multiplied by a probability ratio, I now have a ... 3.8% survival rate before capture. This is after 50 attempts or so. Expect a capture at 80-90 attempts.

Quit your goofy math; this isn't algebra, this is Touhou. Go grind VoWG and dodge more bullets, damnit.