Touhou Rage Thread XV: No "No Misses" Edition

[Tsym]

Grrrrr. I think part of the reason why my SA clears haven't been faster is because I'm bored out of my mind when doing SA stages 1 and 2. They're so lame and un-fun compared to the awesomeness that is stages 3 and beyond, that I get lazy, and when I get lazy, I make stupid mistakes. Before, I thought that SA stage 1 was pretty good. Then I played EoSD and UFO and now I think the stage sucks balls. Running around the screen trying to collect things is infinitely more interesting compared to dodging a bunch of aimed/static/boring crap. Bah if only I could start at stage 3 with a one life penalty. I'd take that. Hell I'd even take it if it was a 2 or 3 life penalty. Anything to stop myself from falling asleep at the keyboard.

[Seppo Hovi]

Hurrr.

Followed by border break & death on 3rd card, deaths on  final & penultimate spell card (one each)
1,35B.

I've been slacking off, and this starts to slowly hurt. I'm still liking the game, the shot and the music, but it's painful watching yourself failing stuff over and over again. Must keep going, however. Hopefully in the future.

[Kaze_Senshi]

Hurrr.

Followed by border break & death on 3rd card, deaths on  final & penultimate spell card (one each)
1,35B.

I've been slacking off, and this starts to slowly hurt. I'm still liking the game, the shot and the music, but it's painful watching yourself failing stuff over and over again. Must keep going, however. Hopefully in the future.

This isn't SA, how do you have so many graze points?

[Zengeku]

Does somebody have a rope? I need to hang myself. Goddammit.

Stage 5. Two epic failures right on top of each other.

Fail all spells both times except one where I cap CC. How is it possible to fuck up so badly?

[Yatakarasu]

Kogasa, Kogasa why do I always have to waste a bomb (or more) on you. WHY?!

[Validon98]

Three times over my many attempts at doing SA's Extra have I made it to Koishi in the last two days. All three of those times ended in the third phase of "Philosophy of a Hated Person," the most recent as the spell ended. Why can't I just clear one Extra Stage?

[Oh]

Fuck Nue, just fuck. This extra stage is requiring so much effort than it should. I keep dying stupidly to stupid things, never once made a run past blue UFO.
Nue's third non-spell kills me for no reason.
And then there's Koishi. I had a run ruined by the survival, the yellow part.
I also had a 1DNB MoF stage 6, died to Source of Rains.
And 80% reflowering ruined two runs that got there.

I feel like I can perfect UFO Extra easily, but I always die to silly things...

[Kaze_Senshi]

Bleh I went for the first time until Ran's Ultimate Buddist with 5 lifes in stock and I lost 2 lifes in this spell, FOCK
At least I beat my highscore =/

[Wriggle]

>"Hmm, it has been a while I don't play my beloved PCB... let's try NB (and preferably Nbb) Hard mode".
>Gets to stage 5 with 7 lives.
>DIES 4 FUCKING TIMES, reaches stage 6 with 3 lives, and game overs at Yuyu's second card, despite having perfected that stage before.

[Thornytowers]

I understand that it's because I'm a noob, but I'm tired of losing 2-3 lives to Patchouli level. Yep, that's right the level kills me, not the midboss. I rarely make it to Patchouli, and when I do, I lose.

[Kaze_Senshi]

I understand that it's because I'm a noob, but I'm tired of losing 2-3 lives to Patchouli level. Yep, that's right the level kills me, not the midboss. I rarely make it to Patchouli, and when I do, I lose.

Streaming is your friend  :V

[Wriggle]

I understand that it's because I'm a noob, but I'm tired of losing 2-3 lives to Patchouli level. Yep, that's right the level kills me, not the midboss. I rarely make it to Patchouli, and when I do, I lose.

Streaming is your friend  :V

Indeed. This replay might help you, it's my NB Hard clear, where I perfected stage 4. It has some neat streaming strategies there. :3 (Reimu-B though, so Patchy's cards may differ).

[Tsym]

Well I now officially hate SanaeA, and I'm guessing I'll hate ReimuB when I get to her too. Why? Well apparently her options like to dick around and hit whatever the hell they want instead of hitting what YOU want. Yeah you know stage 6? The space invader fairies? Well for God's sake snake options I want to hit the damn fairies on MY side not on the other side. I needed to bomb twice because my base shot didn't have enough power to kill the fairies in time to get to the UFO. Such BS. I was so close to a 1cc... I was 2/2 heading into stage 6 god damn it. I didn't even make it to Byakuren.

At least I can take some solace in the fact that I NM1B Ichi- oh wait I quit out so fast that I forgot to save the replay. Oh double damn it.

[Sakurei]

just played ReimuA in MoF for the first time. on normal.

I game over'd :V on source of rain, or whatever it's called on normal. my refusal to bomb was probably the cause, but I don't really have an excuse I found it hilarious, though. dicking around like there weren't even bullets onscreen. everywhere and every time.

[nintendonut888]

Well I now officially hate SanaeA, and I'm guessing I'll hate ReimuB when I get to her too. Why? Well apparently her options like to dick around and hit whatever the hell they want instead of hitting what YOU want. Yeah you know stage 6? The space invader fairies? Well for God's sake snake options I want to hit the damn fairies on MY side not on the other side. I needed to bomb twice because my base shot didn't have enough power to kill the fairies in time to get to the UFO. Such BS. I was so close to a 1cc... I was 2/2 heading into stage 6 god damn it. I didn't even make it to Byakuren.

At least I can take some solace in the fact that I NM1B Ichi- oh wait I quit out so fast that I forgot to save the replay. Oh double damn it.

Well, I won't argue that Sanae A is a pretty derp shot type, but shouldn't you contemplate the fact that you wasted so many resources chasing UFOs, especially at such a late point in the game? That's rather counter-intuitive.

[Cor]

Well I now officially hate SanaeA, and I'm guessing I'll hate ReimuB when I get to her too. Why? Well apparently her options like to dick around and hit whatever the hell they want instead of hitting what YOU want. Yeah you know stage 6? The space invader fairies? Well for God's sake snake options I want to hit the damn fairies on MY side not on the other side. I needed to bomb twice because my base shot didn't have enough power to kill the fairies in time to get to the UFO. Such BS. I was so close to a 1cc... I was 2/2 heading into stage 6 god damn it. I didn't even make it to Byakuren.

Yep, you're gonna absolutely loathe ReimuB. That's why I dislike her, and I like SanaeA. RB's options can and will fire behind her too! Have fun with the stages! Oh, and hope you're not summoning UFOs during the stage 3 orb spams. Donut is correct, though. There must be something you can improve on, since you can do stage 6 UFOs pretty much the same way with all shots.

[Goldom]

I think this qualifies: I finally found a laptop that both has a real video card and a non-chiclet keyboard, and bought it.
It doesn't support rollover (simultaneous pressing) of shift+z+x.  :colonveeplusalpha:

WELL time for AutoHotkey and getting used to Caps+a+s instead.
Actually, Ctrl+win+alt is a little easier to hold, but doesn't give me a 4th key for TD...

[I have no name]

Actually, Ctrl+win+alt is a little easier to hold, but doesn't give me a 4th key for TD...

The spacebar?

I can't dodge bullets today.  Days like this are becoming annoyingly frequent.  Stupid cold slowing my reactions a bit and making my hands a bit stiffer.

[Zengeku]

Days like this are becoming annoyingly frequent.

My life in a nutshell.

[Goldom]

Eh, I wouldn't trust the space to register in a pinch if I'm just hitting the very edge of it.

[Tsym]

Well, I won't argue that Sanae A is a pretty derp shot type, but shouldn't you contemplate the fact that you wasted so many resources chasing UFOs, especially at such a late point in the game? That's rather counter-intuitive.

Yep, you're gonna absolutely loathe ReimuB. That's why I dislike her, and I like SanaeA. RB's options can and will fire behind her too! Have fun with the stages! Oh, and hope you're not summoning UFOs during the stage 3 orb spams. Donut is correct, though. There must be something you can improve on, since you can do stage 6 UFOs pretty much the same way with all shots.

Oh joy with ReimuB. Gotta factor in a few additional bombs then...

Oh of course I can improve on stuff. It was just my first time ever getting to stage 6 with SanaeA, so I was majorly caught off guard and annoyed. I also managed to get to the space invader fairies with only 1 power and, guess what? Because SanaeA's snake shots try to hit the left/right fairies and because only her base shot is the one that hit the fairies in front of me, by the time I managed to kill the fairies blocking the UFO, another wave came to take their place. I went into stage 6 with 2 life pieces, so I needed to get another 2 so I could get another life. If I didn't kill the red UFO, I would have had to summon another one, which means one less bomb.
The other wasted bomb was because I messed up the opening orbs and somehow managed to not kill an orb on one side, which meant that the green UFO was just shy of enough items to reach max and was about to leave the screen, so I bombed to make sure I got at least something. But yeah, I need to practice stage 6 a bit with different shot types. I don't want to be caught off guard like that again.

Eh, I wouldn't trust the space to register in a pinch if I'm just hitting the very edge of it.

Especially a gel membrane laptop keyboard. Better to use z/x/c or something, unless you play TD with 4 fingers on the keyboard or something. (I just use my bomb finger)

I can't dodge bullets today.  Days like this are becoming annoyingly frequent.

Welcome to my world. Consistency? Ha! That's funny.

[I have no name]

My life in a nutshell.

Welcome to my world. Consistency? Ha! That's funny.

But this sort of thing doesn't usually happen for me ;_;

[Cor]

Welcome to my world. Consistency? Ha! That's funny.

I think we all know that feel.

But yeah, I need to practice stage 6 a bit with different shot types. I don't want to be caught off guard like that again.

You didn't practice stages with SanaeA before trying to 1cc with her? You're one brave dude.

[Tsym]

But this sort of thing doesn't usually happen for me ;_;

Then you, my friend, are eons beyond me as a STG player. Lunatic 1ccs are doable for me given enough tries. Key phrase: "enough tries". Consistency is something I doubt I'll ever have .

You didn't practice stages with SanaeA before trying to 1cc with her? You're one brave dude.

Well I didn't have them unlocked yet (except for stages 1 and 2). I don't particularly like opening stages with a save file unless I've at least seen them first. The only exception I have to that rule is stage 6. Needing to 1cc the game/beat the final boss with 2/2 to unlock it? Now that's BS given how many more patterns end bosses have compared to earlier ones, plus they all have a very nasty final card (with the exception of Miko. Poor Miko... Got completely shafted.)

[K.B.]

To be consistent at shmups, you have to be bad at hitting bullets.

We're simply too good.

[I have no name]

Then you, my friend, are eons beyond me as a STG player. Lunatic 1ccs are doable for me given enough tries. Key phrase: "enough tries". Consistency is something I doubt I'll ever have .

Well I can sit down and clear 3 of the lunatics in 1 try consistently, maybe EoSD and PoFV too by now.  Outside of those games my consistency at clearing is crap.

[Sungho]

I've heard a saying 'I've yet to see someone who can outsmart bullet', but then it was a different genre.

I just don't get this Murasa Minamitsu. Actually, th12 itself and the games beyond is a problem.
Why do these bosses like to run away from me?
They must have some good AI to keep running away from me. (I think it's called PRNG or something)
Good thing Stage 5 and 6 bosses at least have fixed movements.
Except for 'Aura of Justice'. I swear that I've timed out this card about 30% of the time just because of that AI.
I play th12 on Hard diffculty right now.

At least it's better than that Remilia. I actually saw the timer reach 30 in Scarlet Gensokyo even when I was shooting non-stop.

[Cor]

It's actually safer to time AoJ out since the bullets are less dense on the side she's not on. Murasa can be a bit of a dick with her RNG, though.

[Sakurei]

consistency, bahahaha xD that's a good joke. one day, I play like I just started (I.E yesterday) and on others, I play as though I was actually good :v (i.e when I threw out 4 perfects in one day). I doubt it's something I'll ever have.

I have the same problem with Aura of Justice. so ridiculous. Every time I try to chase Shou, she just runs into the opposite direction. I've stopped chasing her, really. if she gets in my line of shot, I shoot her, if not, that's fine with me, too.

murasa's sort of predictable, though. sinkable vortex for example: 75% of the time she first goes left. then mostly right, left left and if you're ReimuA with full power, the card's over by then. But that may just be me.

[Yatakarasu]

Welcome to my world. Consistency? Ha! That's funny.

OH! OH! Me me!
Some of my best runs are my very first runs of the day (save for PoFV). I just get worse and worse from there. So if anything, I'm consistently bad. :V