Author Topic: Touhou Rage Thread XV: No "No Misses" Edition (Read 180024 times)

ARF · « **Reply #390 on:** December 20, 2012, 03:18:05 PM »

:3 I doubt you'll have trouble with anything past 12-7, so once you have it the all clear should be yours!

Sakurei · « **Reply #391 on:** December 20, 2012, 03:26:35 PM »

but there's still Ex-5. it's a terrible card D: but I don't doubt that it's going to be mostly pretty easy after it. so there's that. shame I am leaving for home today and can't finish before new years because of that :V but I should get the video up in the first half of january =)

Piranha · « **Reply #392 on:** December 20, 2012, 09:13:30 PM »

Just Gameover'd in Practice mode, SA Normal Stage 6. Died three times alone to Utsuho's first spell. :colonveeplusalpha:

DAFUQ?

I have no name · « **Reply #393 on:** December 20, 2012, 09:24:56 PM »

Quote from: Sakurei on December 20, 2012, 03:26:35 PM

but there's still Ex-5. it's a terrible card D:

Tell me about it, it's one of only a few scenes I dread when I do all scenes attempts.

Like the one I'll be doing a bit later today.

Tsym · « **Reply #394 on:** December 21, 2012, 01:30:24 AM »

Sigh I lost 3 no bomb Extra attempts in a row to And Then There Will Be None. I hate that card so much. Somehow it always manages to get the better of me. And no, this doesn't mean that I died there. Oh no. This means I've gotten to that card with 3 lives, and managed to game over or lose all 3 lives on that card. I just don't get why I'm so bad at it; it's not even hard. It doesn't help that it's at the end of the stage and practicing it is a huge pain.

Error · « **Reply #395 on:** December 21, 2012, 09:20:27 AM »

MoF normal: (lol what a lightweight)
>Make it to stage 6 boss with 5 lives (+1 during fight)
>Movement locks up
>Lose 2 lives trying to fix it
>1 life going into final spellcard
>Die just as I beat it
>Stare blankly at game over screen

T-that freak occurence completely broke my stride I s-sweaRGH DAMN IT

SirChaotick · « **Reply #396 on:** December 21, 2012, 10:12:41 AM »

Quote from: Error on December 21, 2012, 09:20:27 AM

MoF normal: (lol what a lightweight)
>Make it to stage 6 boss with 5 lives (+1 during fight)
>Movement locks up
>Lose 2 lives trying to fix it
>1 life going into final spellcard
>Die just as I beat it
>Stare blankly at game over screen

T-that freak occurence completely broke my stride I s-sweaRGH DAMN IT

Holy crap the coincidence.
I just arrived at Kanako with 4 lives (Lunatic), my keyboard locked up and I died twice on the first card because of that.
Then the second nonspell suddenly went apeshit on me and killed me.
All morale gone, spend two other lives tackling Kanako.

Grrnsrsgrstssghh

Elysia · « **Reply #397 on:** December 21, 2012, 11:32:09 PM »

Total attempt count for all MB Lunatic Stage 5 card timeouts combined: 43.

Total attempt count for A Fantasy's Transience timeout: 167.

The former has been achieved. The latter has not.

...yeah.

Lepetit89 · « **Reply #398 on:** December 23, 2012, 01:00:13 AM »

Is there some kind of magic that prevents Reisen from winning against Eiki in Story Mode? Can't seem to beat her on Normal, even with 4 rounds. Don't know if it's because it's late, but I'm starting to feel slightly irritated.

Edit: Okay, problem "solved", I suppose. Four rounds, brought her down to a sliver of health in round 2 and 3, with each round lasting 2-3 minutes, but in round 4 I lasted a little less than 3 minutes without getting hit and finally won. I still don't know if I just did something wrong, but I had a much easier time with pretty much everyone above Reisen in the character selection screen.

Bang Jan · « **Reply #399 on:** December 23, 2012, 10:12:05 AM »

-Tries to time out Total Purification

-Dies at the 11 seconds mark

:flamingv:

Zil · « **Reply #400 on:** December 23, 2012, 11:33:27 AM »

Quote from: Lepetit89 on December 23, 2012, 01:00:13 AM

I still don't know if I just did something wrong, but I had a much easier time with pretty much everyone above Reisen in the character selection screen.

As it happens, those characters above Reisen are all somewhat above average at hitting the AI. That, and Reisen's attacks are pretty much as ineffective as possible. You can't make her win any faster by doing any particular thing. You just have to survive long enough, and PoFV can be balls-hard when it feels like it, even on Normal. Whether or not you beat the game is almost always going to come down to your performance in the last round or two, so just a few mistakes can cost you everything, no matter how well you've been doing all along. More or less, anyway.

Zork787 · « **Reply #401 on:** December 23, 2012, 03:33:40 PM »

Fuck Shou and her curved lazers to the deepest part of hell imaginable!

Lepetit89 · « **Reply #402 on:** December 23, 2012, 04:21:59 PM »

Quote from: Zil on December 23, 2012, 11:33:27 AM

As it happens, those characters above Reisen are all somewhat above average at hitting the AI. That, and Reisen's attacks are pretty much as ineffective as possible. You can't make her win any faster by doing any particular thing. You just have to survive long enough, and PoFV can be balls-hard when it feels like it, even on Normal. Whether or not you beat the game is almost always going to come down to your performance in the last round or two, so just a few mistakes can cost you everything, no matter how well you've been doing all along. More or less, anyway.

I see, didn't know Reisen was that bad at hitting things. Seems to match my general impression, though, the run that did earn me the victory wasn't really bad, didn't panic, brave advances to the top, things I had to get used to again. In retrospective, I'm definitely not complaining, it was excellent practice and long matches against Eiki are always awesome.

redlakitu · « **Reply #403 on:** December 23, 2012, 04:59:04 PM »

DAMN IT! I made it all the way to Resurrection Butterfly on PCB Hard with one spare life and two bombs still in stock, so instead of spamming bombs and trying to tank through the thing, I lost without even bombing ONCE!

Sakurei · « **Reply #404 on:** December 23, 2012, 06:22:58 PM »

I just played touhou on a laptop for the first time. (borther's laptop I am borrowing while not at home in vienna, blah blah)

I gave up after dying 2 times to sUFO stage 6. the stage potion I don't think I'll be playing much, if at all until I am back home

redlakitu · « **Reply #405 on:** December 23, 2012, 06:52:01 PM »

What's so horrible about playing Touhou on a laptop, anyway?

Lepetit89 · « **Reply #406 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:03:42 PM »

I wouldn't give up on it so soon, I think it took me a few hours to get used to playing on a laptop, but I really, really love being able to play everywhere I go.

Zengeku · « **Reply #407 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:24:24 PM »

Quote from: redlakitu on December 23, 2012, 06:52:01 PM

What's so horrible about playing Touhou on a laptop, anyway?

If that laptop happens to have ghosting keys it can be annoying. And if the keyboard integrated into the laptop sucks then that's annoying too. Like mine for instance, you have to press way too hard for the keys to actually register and eventually some keys just get stuck and are harder to press for a few days after which they stop being dicks. Luckily that has never happened with keys i use for playing :3 But things like these means i often make typos when writing quickly and when extended to gameplay means that microtapping to get through the tiny gaps can be really hard especially if you're in the heat of things and don't get the button pressed down hard enough or accidentally for too long in an effort to press hard enough.

If those things are the case then playing on laptops can be a pain but as a person with no alternative I guess you get used to it. Still though, I actually prefer laptops over desktops for playing shmups but I haven't been very lucky with this one but it's something you get used to.

redlakitu · « **Reply #408 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:37:46 PM »

I see. The arrow keys on my laptop's keyboard are completely useless (they were useless even before I accidentally managed to tear one of them off), and the numeric keys lock up when I press more than ~~two~~ one at once, but installing VJoy and setting UHJK as movement keys worked, and that was the end of all my problems. So, looks like I'm just lucky then.

Sakurei · « **Reply #409 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:55:56 PM »

I can't even move diagonally. I think it's a lost cause. just....no.it's just not playing until the 1st, anyway.

Zengeku · « **Reply #410 on:** December 23, 2012, 08:12:36 PM »

That however is a completely understandable reason. I think you might be able to get around the issue by remapping keys but lacking the options of moving diagonally makes playing absolutely impossible. :3

Lepetit89 · « **Reply #411 on:** December 23, 2012, 08:20:08 PM »

Yikes, that certainly makes things impossible. Had that issue with an Acer my mother would have given to me after I destroyed my own laptop in PCB-induced fit of rage, but no matter where I put the keys, diagonal movement + focus/shooting was impossible. I declined the offer, too great an issue.

Alicirno · « **Reply #412 on:** December 23, 2012, 11:22:28 PM »

End result of a PoFV Lunatic run.

Shikieiki is evil. :getdown:

チソウ タイゼン · « **Reply #413 on:** December 24, 2012, 03:29:01 AM »

Lol you guys I remember when my Z key was rendered wholly nonfunctional and my X key acting as if it was padded underneath the key, forcing you to slam down on it for it to register properly. Add in the 1-in-5-time arrow key ghosting and you had Touhou on Idiotic Modo.

Zil · « **Reply #414 on:** December 24, 2012, 05:41:05 AM »

Started at 95mil on that last life. I was so sure it was mine. Then I destroyed myself in no time at all. I wouldn't have even had to win. Just 5 million points.This should've been it. I can't even describe my disappointment. I just can't.

ZekeSulastin · « **Reply #415 on:** December 24, 2012, 06:54:20 AM »

From IRC, paraphrased:
Heartstriker: you all should livestream!
ZekeS: FINE.

It's like he was trying to get me wound up to go plowing into the TH05/TH06 Stage 1 boss's bullets. On normal.

I blame him for tonight's miserable failures.

Lepetit89 · « **Reply #416 on:** December 24, 2012, 12:22:38 PM »

Quote from: Zil on December 24, 2012, 05:41:05 AM

Started at 95mil on that last life. I was so sure it was mine. Then I destroyed myself in no time at all. I wouldn't have even had to win. Just 5 million points.This should've been it. I can't even describe my disappointment. I just can't.

Wow, really sorry to hear that, things like that definitely irritate the most.

I have no name · « **Reply #417 on:** December 24, 2012, 06:33:37 PM »

So some of you may remember my Tao Taidou history of 21/666 from a while back.
I started playing it again today sitting on 21/750 with a few double KOs, no big deal.
Reach 21/866 making 200 straight tries with no captures.
Then finally manage a 22nd on try number 869.

203 tries between captures, why game, why.

Tsym · « **Reply #418 on:** December 24, 2012, 07:53:31 PM »

I hate IN. It might just be me, but it's the one game in the series where the bullet sprites definitely do NOT match their hitboxes, and you're meant to squeeze through absurdly stupid gaps unless you memorize everything, and even if you do memorize everything, I am not nearly precise enough with my keystrokes to avoid having Remi or Alice run straight into a bullet when I'm trying to do a precise dodge. I can SEE where I'm supposed to go. I know exactly how to do Keine's three midboss spells in the Extra stage, but I keep on hitting the bullets because I'm apparently terrible at precise keystrokes. And this only happens in IN. I can do dense patterns in MoF and SA just fine with Marisa, but there's just something about IN that resists my every attempt at precise movements. Sigh.

Quote from: Zil on December 24, 2012, 05:41:05 AM

Started at 95mil on that last life. I was so sure it was mine. Then I destroyed myself in no time at all. I wouldn't have even had to win. Just 5 million points.This should've been it. I can't even describe my disappointment. I just can't.

And ow. That... Really hurts. My condolences.

Limian · « **Reply #419 on:** December 25, 2012, 01:08:12 AM »

just as I got my TD extra clear, I lost all my data while shuffling it between appdata, my actual TD folder and, well, the bin. I don't even know exactly how, but I did it. all gone. :V
thank god, THANK GOD I uploaded the replay beforehand, so the clear has at least some sort of legacy.