Derp thread IV: Easy mode deaths edition

[Silent Harmony]

Failed a "blind" Mountain of Bombs Faith Normal 1cc on Kanako. I decided it was worth putting in this thread because I probably could have had it if I didn't ram a stray bullet right before Nitori which ate 2+ bombs, and then rammed a bullet to GO on Kanako's third card (again with bombs). :derp:

God it's one thing to watch Drake embarrass the game with bombs, but it's another to almost do it yourself.


EDIT 6/9:
>Enter Kanako 4/5.0
>"Yeah I got this"
>Die 3 times with multiple bombs in stock.
>Suicide remaining lives because it's not worth it.

That should've been the 1cc run that let me put this game aside. Instead it haunts me for at least another day. I seriously am questioning how I'm missing so many bombs; if it's me or my computer. I swear to god it's driving me nuts.

I'm starting to rage as well because I can't beat what is arguably the easiest game in the series on Normal, which is outright unacceptable.


6/12: After another MoF Normal game over, I made the mistake of trying again. I've now forever lost my perfect record on Minoriko.

Yes, it's possible to die to Minoriko.

I am never going to beat this game.

[CyberAngel]

I seriously am questioning how I'm missing so many bombs; if it's me or my computer.

It's the game. Or to be particular, the fact that bombs are tied to shot power. Each time you bomb you become weaker, so the game becomes harder. As a result, you unconsciously try to avoid bombing. Which leads to frustration when you lose all your lives thanks to that. This is why I blew my lid about SA (and MoF by proxy), since my performance varied greatly from "reached stage 6 with enough lives to bombspam through the final spellcard" to "reached stage 6 with no lives left" in no particular order and for no discernable reason. Even for the same shottype.

[Mr Jovial]

Just managed an 8MNB Stage 6B in IN :colonveeplusalpha:
2 death Dragon Bullet, 2 death Buddhist Diamond, died to 3rd non, Salamander Shield, Life Spring Infinity and failed Rising World. Whoops. In my defence, the only stupid one was 3rd non since I went too high on the screen. Most others were absolutely atrocious RNG trapping me and Salamander Shield was because I did the stream reversal wrong and I don't need the reversal at full power anyway...

[Baron_Blade]

I tried to LNB MoF's Extra for shits and giggles, and managed to get all the way to Mishaguji-sama's last normal phase. What sucks is that I lost a life at the last half-second of Red Frog and two during Suwa Wars. I even managed to capture Froggy Braves the Elements and Seven Stones, Seven Trees. 

[I have no name]

LNB MoF's Extra

Extra mode has a lunatic difficulty? :V

[Baron_Blade]

I thought the L meant life or something. I meant MNB I guess.

[Oh]

I thought the L meant life or something. I meant MNB I guess.

What does MNB mean?

[I have no name]

What does MNB mean?

I think he's one of the people renaming all the difficulties to line up with Halo, so "Mystic" no bomb...even though XNB not only states the difficulty in plain terms that everyone understands (eXtra) and doesn't require mentally renaming/translating OR specifying what was actually meant after.

Basically, stick to the names ZUN picked for difficulties, it's easier for everyone involved  :V

[Oh]

I almost 2-ALL'd MoF on arcade difficulty once.

[ItsCalledBorrowingZe]

Have you ever ran into a bullet while going backwards to collect something?

Because I have.

[Monkeypro257]

Have you ever ran into a bullet while going backwards to collect something?

Because I have.

I Second This. (But haven't we all?)

[Nolegs the Cat]

Why am I failing to EMS stage 1-2 on normal so much
Arghhhh
 :colonveeplusalpha:

[Esper]

>I have become consistent in my dodges and I feel I can finally handle SA Normal scoring since I have grown consistent with how patterns work
>Start Stage 1
>Die to the second "large fairy" three times in three different sessions
>Get to Yamame in multple separate runs
>Get rammed by Yamame while grinding for score

Yep. =.=

[Oh]

Who are you quoting?

[Esper]

The verbal embodiment of my own actions/the results of my own actions.

[ElaineSpencer]

So I was playing IN on Easy Mode a couple days ago and asked myself why Mystia's second non scares me (The one after SW). After a couple runs I unfortunately discovered why.

Don't hug the bottom of the screen. Ever. (You may want to turn volume down, especially if headphone user.)

In the year I've been playing IN, I have never had that happen, so it was a wtf moment but looking back it's kind of funny.

[snowflake247]

I was playing PCB stage 2 today because I wanted to refresh myself on what part of the dialogue said, and you know that part where a bunch of fairies spawn at once along with those red and gold bullets? Well, I was up too high on the screen and they literally spawned on top of me.
Quite embarrassing.

[Esper]

How to not play UFO stage 4 or Stage 3's boss

[Satz]

Playing Mountain of Faith [Easy]
> Clear stages 1-5 perfectly (no bombs used, no lives lost)
> "OMG I own this game so much"
> Lose 6 out of 9 lives in stage 6
> Hate Kanako
> "Still got 1cc"

[Baron_Blade]

Playing UFO's extra and I get to Danmaku Chimera with 3 spares. Okay, I've seen this before. I die four times. Four. On her second-easiest attack.  :V :V :V

[Agent of the BSoD]

Picked up EoSD again after not doing too much with the danmaku games for a while (yay IaMP) and had one attempt at another hard 1cc. Died to Scarlet Meister, but the hilarious part about the run was the fact that I rammed into Remilia on the non-spell before said spell card. Went up to collect the points and what I wanted to do was move right under her before she started spamming, but instead I flew into her and went to my last life. I have no idea how I managed to do that; she wasn't even moving. Sad too because there were so many good dodges in that run.

[The Greatest Dog]

Well, I could reach Shou with 8/2 in resources and somehow only scrape by Byakuren 0/0.

The terrible time when I forget how to use bomb.

[LunarWingCloud]

Have you ever ran into a bullet while going backwards to collect something?

Because I have.

Every single time I am not using a homing-based shot type. So, basically every time I use Marisa. It is a painful experience, getting danmaku up the butt.

[LunarWingCloud]

Well, I could reach Shou with 8/2 in resources and somehow only scrape by Byakuren 0/0.

The terrible time when I forget how to use bomb.

Oh god Byakuren... I still have a LOT of trouble with her, despite all the Stage Practice runs for fun that I've done. I've gone past Shou with 6-7 lives and then would leave Byakuren with almost nothing left as well. I insist she's one of the harder Stage 6 bosses. And it is humiliating when I die on her easier attacks :v

[MrL1193]

Have you ever had a time when you bombed not because you got scared but because your finger slipped and bumped the bomb key by accident? I did just that in my first SA Hard 1cc. It was the most pointless time for a bomb, too; it happened right at the start of Subterranean Sun, before the gravity effect even started (so it didn't even clear any bullets around me), and even though it nullified the capture, it made the card take longer because I had to do it with only 2 power.

[Mr Jovial]

Have you ever had a time when you bombed not because you got scared but because your finger slipped and bumped the bomb key by accident? I did just that in my first SA Hard 1cc. It was the most pointless time for a bomb, too; it happened right at the start of Subterranean Sun, before the gravity effect even started (so it didn't even clear any bullets around me), and even though it nullified the capture, it made the card take longer because I had to do it with only 2 power.

I did that at the start of IN Stage 4B, on an LNB run. It was before any enemies had even shown up but it breaks the rules of LNB so I reset. Was particularly annoyed because it was the first run that I managed to get a perfect run of the first 3 stages...

[ふねん1]

So I've actually started working on a PCB Lunatic 1lc. Many silly deaths ensued, of course, but two of them today took the cake. First was me moving up into a bullet right at the end of first-midboss-Alice's attack. Second, which convinced me I needed a break, was getting hit by the first bullet of her second boss "nonspell". >.<

[Esper]

How to lose at LLS:

>Discover that bombing at top of screen doubles max score value for the duration of the bomb
>Lose lives just to milk score at best points
>Fail to survive past Yuuka even with all of those lives I've been garnering
>Bad ending #1: Try to 1cc Normal or higher

;-; I-I even had a deathless Marisa battle...

[ふねん1]

I just died right as the Prismrivers' last card ended.

What a way to lose a 1lc attempt. Slightly epic, but still totally embarrassing. >.<

[Pirated]

>be me
>load up LLS
>play normal
>destroy yuuka
>first ever 1cc, adrenaline rushing, feeling good
>decide to try a 1lc on easy
>stage 1
>die to bewitching lotus flower 5 times in a row
 
Consistency is not a word in my vocabulary