SaidaiSTG Thread Ver 1.11 (counterstop fixed, initials still not working)

[jc_foster]

Thought I'd finally 2-ALL'd DDP:R on novice (had the game for about two weeks now), only to find I'd forgotten about Hibachi.

Yeah, my 0/2 didn't last long against that. :derp:

Edit: Might help if I stated my difficulty. *facedesk*

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

iOS or 360? Cause if you're getting to Ura already on 360 then wow.

[shadowbringer]

I'd like to play for the motk teams but I"ve also talked about stgt to exactly 4 friends of mine, not sure how many will actually participate; in the worst case scenario (that they all participate and want to play in the same team as myself), I'll have to form my own team (even bringing 2 or 3 to an already existing team could take enough player slots), not sure if they would participate though (it's their first stgt and I don't know how well they actually play, I think that we would be far behind in terms of scoring).

[ぷしゅ]

Count me in for STGT ><;

[jc_foster]

iOS or 360? Cause if you're getting to Ura already on 360 then wow.

360, and -- huge derp admission incoming -- I forgot to specify it was novice. My 1.5 progression is only to about the middle of 1-5. :derp:

[chirpy13]

Minor achievement, broke 100m in DOJBL first loop :V.  Now if only I can stop dying and clear 1 round mode...

[ebarrett]

this is almost on page 2, motk has had better days

edit: was, no need to thank me

[chirpy13]

My thanks regardless.

Me, Drake, Sik, and possibly sb - surely there's more people than that for STGT!  Show some interest guys!

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

I'd like to participate, but I can't even guarantee that I'll get a chance to. Will have to wait and see.

[Zil]

I might, if I had any idea what it is. :V

Anyway, I'm getting better at Hibachi. I'd like to do better than having a 50% chance of winning even if I reach 2-5 with no lives lost. :ohdear:

[Drake]

I might, if I had any idea what it is. :V

some guys pick five possibly shitty games for everyone to score in five respective weeks, you get points for getting high ranking, team score is built on the points from its members

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

The only one that might be close to decent from last year's was Gokujou Parodius. I kinda got completely screwed by the rank system though, but I should try it again some day. Usually I go with 2 speed ups in Gradius/Parodius, but I found out later that in Parodius games and Gradius IV that speed ups past 1 are the worst thing for the rank. Not that I ever got far enough in Gradius IV for it to matter. The rank system in Gradius to Gradius III is a lot more fair.

I'd rather work on 1ccing Parodius Da! But I haven't even played any shmups for a while, so I'll probably suck at all the main ones I play when I get back to them. I've gotten to Stage 5 on Parodius Da! once so far, should set up savestates to train some though. And it's not like I have access to any good vids for the game. I've only seen a few 1-All vids. Now admittedly I'm only aiming for a 1-All at the moment, but it'd be nice to have a 2-All reference for the second loop if I ever decide to try it.

[saucykobold]

I've gotten to Stage 5 on Parodius Da! once so far, should set up savestates to train some though. And it's not like I have access to any good vids for the game. I've only seen a few 1-All vids. Now admittedly I'm only aiming for a 1-All at the moment, but it'd be nice to have a 2-All reference for the second loop if I ever decide to try it.

Nico has a few really good Paro Da runs:

Twinbee 2-ALL: 1-1 to 1-8 boss, 1-8 boss to 2-5, 2-5 to 2-10
Octopus loop 2
Pentarou loop 2

[DX7.EP]

Mushi Futari Black Label iOS released! \o/ ...for a hefty price tag of US$13.99. High for iOS stuff, it better be a quality port (unlike most other Cave releases I'm holding out on this one).
But it has Boss Rush mode, right? Not exactly.

* Use of the additional [Boss Rush] mode is subject to additional fees.
* With the purchase of the additional mode, you can play unlimited times and save your progress.
* If both "Bug Princess" and "Bus Princess 2" (basically the localised names of Mushi and Futari) are installed in the same iPhone, you can play once a day for free.

MUSIHIME SET - Unlock both Boss Rush modes.   $6.99
BOSS BATTLE A - Unlock "Bug Princess" Boss Battle Grade Examination.   $3.99
BOSS BATTLE B - Unlock "Bug Princess 2" Boss Battle Grade Examination.   $3.99
*and then more DLC for customisation, including a Spiritual Larsa auto-unlocker*

What the hell Cave?
 - Hooray for DLC stupidity affecting STGs too!
 - Unless you prefer BL or really want Boss Rush mode, stick with regular Futari. At $7 and no DLC, it does just as well of a job.
 - Quite insulting to those of us with Mushi and Futari already....
 - Wait for Christmas sale?
 - Since when did Reco drive a bus? :V

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

Let's see how bad I suck at Futari Original after not playing it for months.

268 million Lx1. Had 4 stupid deaths on stuff that even a Touhou Easy player could probably dodge on stage 5. Oh well, at least I know I can still get that 300 million soon if I grind it out.

[shadowbringer]

interest showed, though I'm more focused nowadays with CastleVania: Harmony of Despair while I wait for my copy of Arcana Heart 3 to arrive (and my AH3 stick too), for a fighting game tournament that will be held in the middle of July (in which I'll try to not suck so badly at 3s, MBAACC and AH3.. looking forward for AH3 the most atm).

Hope that this event doesn't let me too rusty in shmups :p

in other news the friends I've tried to invite to stgt, didn't show interest or can't participate, iirc.

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

And stopped playing 1.5 Original to try for 300 million on it for a bit. Working on Black Label Original with Palm. Want a decent score with him. It's a lot tougher when you have to actually know the stages cause you don't have Reco's higher spread range or homing. Got over 300 million with Palm earlier on a sucky run where I had stupid deaths on stage 2 boss, stage 3, stage 3 boss, and some other stuff. Still, it was an improvement from my BL 225 million 1cc as Palm even if the run wasn't even close to a clear. I'm not sure how high a score I'll target, but my first goal is to beat my Reco score as Palm.

I do currently have a lot of restarts due to the stage 1 midboss killing me cause I screw up trying to point blank it. I only point blank the stage 2 midboss when it appears since I haven't learned(or want to risk) point blanking it for the near entirety of it.


Oh, and I completely suck at God now. Couldn't even get a NMNB stage 1. And I didn't feel any confident at the dodging at some parts or even scoring.

[Zengar Zombolt]

No stgt for me this year sadly, shit is hectic here. You guys can do it, give 'em hell!
also baity erppo get the fuc in here

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

I'll know more of whether I'll be able to participate in STGT or not on/after July 9.

[shadowbringer]

welcome back, Zengar! Good luck with whatever's keeping you busy! Good luck also with next year's stgt too..

[Erppo]

also baity erppo get the fuc in here

We've already done the arrangement of the primary team in secrecy so no worries! Stuff will be destoryed.

[Zengeku]

Since my new laptop can take it, I've been playing some Crimzon Clover trying to get a Simple mode clear without while trying to score a bit.
I've heard that you are supposed to be taking the star items after bosses instead of the extra lives (which i'm doing) but I don't understand what exactly this is supposed to be doing except making it harder to survive?

Also. Gotta say, having cleared this game with little to no resistance back in the day on Simple mode - using bombs and extra extends mind you - i had this idea that the game would be really easy. Heh, turns out that the game is significantly harder to play if you aren't allowed to use bombs to rank control/survive. It's very fun anyway so yeah. Score so far: 1億15-something万. I think my original 1cc score was like 600万 so it's definitely an improvement. Now, if I could just stop dying in Stage 2, 3 and 4 things would be better. ;( Still, weird controls are weird and the C-key won't trigger if I'm already holding down Z and X, which is quite often. Only game i can think of where that will be a problem though.

[Shimatora]

I'm finding myself becoming strangely attatched to DFK Arrange A, when at first I hated the damned mode. Now it's flipped, I can't play any other mode, it has to be Arrange A. Also, I'm very close to 1-sissying this! Died on 1-5 on my last attempt. Granted, I was fucking around with scoring, so if I tried to survive I could probably 1-sissy this mode.

[chirpy13]

Stars affect stage clear bonus and max bonus, as well as rank.

Also a sad announcement.  My pc died earlier today, so I won't be around for a while.  This may also mean an absence from STGT... Hopefully not.

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

Futari Black Label Stage 3 and 4 bosses are annoying me quite a bit. I haven't really been having much consistency on either at the moment.

Stage 4 is being the worse of the two for me at the moment. One of the attacks in the first phase sometimes gets me. Trying to turn around on phase 2's streaming sections. And what causes the thing to just decide to go right to be the bottom of the screen on phase 3? I just bomb if that happens.

Stage 3's has some spots I might mess up in the first phase, but the other 2 aren't bad. I'm more likely to screw up on the stage than that.

Not having any luck trying to find a good path for surviving stage 5 at high rank, though it's not likely I'd even make it there like that.

[チソウ タイゼン]

I've been told several times before that the games that I make are impossible.

I guess I see what they mean.

[/shameless plug]

I haven't 1CCed my game on hard yet >_>;

[Esper]

I'd play MushihimeSama Futari a LOT more, but one problem: The only controller that I can use sucks horribly with shmups.

[Shimatora]

Spoiler:

;_;

[Silent Harmony]

Forget if it was mentioned here already but the Gundemonium Collection (along with other games) is in the new Indie Royale bundle. Currently sitting at around $5.50 for everything, give or take.

http://www.indieroyale.com/

[Erppo]

This boss is awesome: