Greetings to everyone on MotK! First off, allow me to introduce myself. I go here by the name of PurpleTheGuy, which is based off my old name, back when I used to play on Xbox Live several years ago, I no longer do, as of five years ago (Nickname: The Kid), and it is an honour to finally being here with you guys! Yes, I was one of those few guest that comes on an everyday basis, going through threads and all, and now, I've done something that, now, I feel that I can finally stop being a guest, and become a member, for I feel that I have finally earned that right to become a member here, which I will get to, but first... Allow me to give a short synopsis of my time playing on Touhou so far... I'll give my experience the best synopsis I can come up with right this moment, so bear with me here.
I've been playing Touhou for some time now, since 2010 or so before I went on an unfortunate hiatus in late 2011, due to personal-related issues. After almost two years of hiatus, I've finally really come back to the game since August of last year, and I've been Adamantly keeping up on playing at the games ever since, making sure that such a hiatus disaster never happens again.
I've been progressing at the games rather well since, the biggest highlight being me beating Mokou w/ Sakuya & Remilia back in October, and then beating a couple more extra (Mythic, I call them) stages , such as Suwako, and then beating Ran again for the 1st time in two years since before my unfortunate hiatus (I used Marisa A to beat her, the 1st time I beat Ran was with Sakuya A, about two and a half years ago). Then, I finally got to really sit down with UFO and TD, beating those on normal within days, which I did last month. While this all sounds good and all, I find myself at that same crossroads that I have faced two and a half years ago, that, while this is fine beating mythic (Extra) stages, it easn't enough for me to just beat some extra stages, and clearing the games on normal mode, and this is where I thought to myself it's about time I start to really take flight, go up to the next level in Touhou and shmup games in-general, expand my horizons, and dare to go on "Heroic mode" (Hard) and then eventually truly progress to "Legendary Mode" (Lunatic), and so I've worked to that end.
I've been playing Phantasmagoria of Flower view for some time now, 1st time in two and a half years or so, to where I sat down, and played for a few hours almost everyday, beating the game on normal mode, one character at a time, so I can finally achieve that long-held dream of mine's to play the mythic (Extra) stage of PoFV, and finally play as Komachi and Shikieiki. I started getting a sense of which characters am I good with in-general in that particular game, one which included beating "Heroic Mode" (Hard) w/ Cirno in the middle of this. Eventually, I got to the Mythic (Extra) Stage, and after a few tries at it, I surprisingly beat through it w/ Komachi (Thank goodness!), and beat it one time with Shikieiki, where I finally achieved that said dream of mine's, to play as Komachi and Shikieiki in story mode.
I promptly got down to playing as Shikieiki, and got to beating "Heroic Mode" (Hard) after some time playing as her (I think it was about 1-2 weeks ago) and then I immediately went down to playing the fabled "Legendary Mode" (Lunatic) as her, and this took several tries among tries, unfortunate upsets, and several resets back to stage 1, which brings us to today...
Finally, after all this time practicing, and learning some tactics to go about "Legendary Mode" (Lunatic), I... finally done the unthinkable! I *ready for this* actually done my 1st ever 1cc of "Legendary Mode" (Lunatic) on any Touhou game ever! Yes, indeed, it was in PoFV, that I finally learned how to fly for the 1st time ever! I couldn't believe it at first (I almost even quit at the very last part, paused the game, believing I failed yet again, and me saying, "Curse you, Reimu!" before promptly quitting again, but alas, rather, I looked at the screen again, and... Let's just say I've been given what I will forever remember as one of the biggest shocks of my life! I almost broke down seeing what I saw!), but I actually done it, against all odds, and me messing up all over the place! And so, I hereby appear before you all, no longer a daily guest, for I now finally have a reason to become a member here at MotK! It all feels like a dream to me still, having yelled to the top of my lungs in triumph, and then just... Man, it was all too surreal.
And so... Let me bring to you, The Legend of Shikieiki Yamaxanadu (I called my replay "LegendSY" and aptly so)! Enjoy!
http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=32074*Note* I'm not sure if this is the right way to post replays. I'm only beginning to learn how to use the website here, and this would be my first post on any forum for at least a few years, so I'm pretty much a more-or-less complete noob at this, so forgive me, if I did, in-fact, did something wrong here. Feel free to correct me in the necessary parts! Also, sorry about fast-forwarding through the dialogue, I tried not to,but playing Legendary over and over, it eventually drove me to the brink of insanity, that I just fast forwarded in a fit of anger, trying to get through. I'm sorry I broke that promise. I didn't like to do that, either, but alas. Last thing: If you want me to clarify some things, feel free to ask me!
This is the greatest accomplishment I have ever done so far in all of my time playing in Touhou, yet, I know I have so much more learn, so much more to accomplish, so let this be the beginning of something bigger for me! I look forward to being here with you all often, for it is a real honour for me to finally be here before you all!
