It's probably a thing of the past now, and it's been almost two years since I pulled off my first ever VoWG capture. It's undoubtedly one of the most hardest cards to capture, and in my opinion, one of the biggest pinnacles in the series. Since this is probably not mentioned much here, thought I'd relive the memories of how dreaded this card is (though fun at the same time). What was your reaction when you first captured it, and how many attempts did it take for you to pull off your first ever capture? (guess you can throw in NBND VoWG timeouts, too...if you accomplished it, that is)
To be quite honest, I've never actually captured it on Hard. Ever since I unlocked MoF stage 6 Lunatic (via replay method), I've been grinding it for a week straight, but even to this day, I just can't seem to NBND Kanako's 1st non-card, but anyway...
It took me at around 50 VoWG attempts to get the hang of it (no capture yet). After some 90 attempts, I pull off my first ever NB1D VoWG run, which enticed me to grind it even more. I finally capture it on my 172nd attempt (quite possibly the most attempts ever for a person in a first ever capture), though I've seen others capture it in < 100 attempts. [First western Touhou player to capture VoWG despite not 1CC'ing MoF on Lunatic? Could be wrong.]
After my capture, I just went nuts that I was able to pull it off (ok, I actually celebrated). I was never able to stop thinking about it until the day after the capture. Even then, I still have a long road ahead, which eventually led to accomplishments like 1CC PoFV Lunatic (with Marisa) and such. I eventually noticed that most gamers are too afraid to attempt such a card like this, which is fairly understandable. After all, as I mentioned in one video, "superhuman reflexes or bust".
As for NBND VoWG timeout, well...give me more time. I came close to pulling it off before, only to NBND VoWG up to around 30 seconds left on the timer, and I died (followed by 5 intentional deaths from nerdraging). I felt like I wanted to kill myself when that happened...*sigh My best run is only a NB2D VoWG timeout, but eh...maybe I'll get there one day. (haven't grinded it that much lately)
Well, thread's away.