Periodic Touhou tournament discussion thread (TEST RUN OVER)

[Bananamatic]

Donut. Join. NOW. ...please?

so my score won't be last
either way, stage challenges are cool. made me capture Secretly Inherited Art of Danmaku for the first time ;_;

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

I almost captured it. Though like on Hard I game overed even with the amount of lives you get in practice.

Used your replay to get access to the stage as well.

I can't even get to stage 5 on Lunatic legitimately yet. I did get there using the Marisa bug once.

[Bananamatic]

I almost captured it. Though like on Hard I game overed even with the amount of lives you get in practice.

Used your replay to get access to the stage as well.

I can't even get to stage 5 on Lunatic legitimately yet. I did get there using the Marisa bug once.

Stage 4 was a huge roadblock even with ReimuB for me......thank god he picked st5 and not 4.

[ghost333]

my picks weren't random.
just like the restrictions.
they are meant to subconsciously train you and make you a better player.
and ofc they are not impossible for the average person.(there is easy ofc)

lol i sound too wise!!

[LHCling]

Miraculously hit 500k Faith for Stage 5 and theAAAGGHGHGAGHAGGHHHH

* Baity regains composure

Yeah, clipped something and destroyed my run. I was aiming for 130mil+ too.

[Sodium]

Aw Baity, why do you have to ruin my fun of being first so soon? ;_;

Meh, I can be second =3

[LHCling]

Too much luck-dodging though. I have something like a 5-10% to just unfocus twitch to grab all the Faith items and then PoC.

EDIT: It could take me a while to actually even produce said run "flawlessly".
EDIT 2: See my flawed run for an outline. I basically paid no attention after dying once.

[Zengar Zombolt]

FFFFF Baity you monster
please don't touch easy
ever
again
;_;

[Sodium]

I don't feel like copying someone else for the tourney. =3 Well, I'm not taking it too seriously, so I don't really feel like watching another person's replay.

And yeah, I usually restart a lot even using my really flawed method. Doesn't help I can't consistently capture any of Sanae's cards with ReimuC, minus her last. They all last too long. =V

[Bananamatic]

Guest Stars really screw me over every single time.
I've got Moses' Miracle 2 times, but after that it was a disaster.

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

Was that Easy low score run pacifist or something? I tried beating it pacifist but died right before Sanae giving me more points from the death explosion damage due to enemies killed than you got during your entire stage run. And Sanae has some long timers.

[LHCling]

Perfect Pacifist. I've even made an effort to minimize the number of bullets on the screen between Spell Cards. So the chance of you actually getting a lower score than that is pretty low.

[Lybydose]

Perfect Pacifist. I've even made an effort to minimize the number of bullets on the screen between Spell Cards. So the chance of you actually getting a lower score than that is pretty low.

Unless you intentionally die to avoid bullet clear bonuses!

You can probably get < 1000 points and still complete the stage if you time it right.

[LHCling]

Unless you intentionally die to avoid bullet clear bonuses!

You still release a deathwave that still does damage and thus, score for you.

However, I reckon it would warrant a test, brb.

[Lybydose]

You still release a deathwave that still does damage and thus, score for you.

However, I reckon it would warrant a test, brb.

The deathwave score is far less than the bullet clearing score, unless you die during the stage portion.

Actually, it seems that < 1000 might be impossible.  Under 3000 points might be doable though.  I managed to get 6970 points, which included one unintentional death and horrible timing on the final non-spell death.

[LHCling]

Got under 3000 "easily" (2.9k if you're interested) including "hurr" deaths during Spell Cards / non-spells. Below 1000 I believe is completely impossible.

But it's such a chore. I probably won't bother because the Perfect Pacifist looks impressive enough anyway.

[Garlyle]

Just remembered I can unlock stages via replay

After playing a ridiculous normal mode run where I don't think I ever touched the bottom half of the screen XD

EDIT: Due Date Is When?
EDITEDIT: My MoF crashes after a replay.  But still counts it as clear and unlocks 8D
EDIIIIIIIIT: Nevermind, my computer lags too hard to play MoF decently on stage 5 so I probably won't even a replay (And that's good compared to IN)

[Zengeku]

Oho! Beat your score by around 20 mil. in MoF Banana!

[Bananamatic]

Oho! Beat your score by around 20 mil. in MoF Banana!

I didn't really even try....and I really suck at scoring.
I'm like the hard mode version of Donut :V

[Zengeku]

I wouldn't claim to be a master at scoring either. I just go to the POC whenever i can. That and not dying to the stage helps a lot! And i don't suppose neither you or me will surpass my score because doing that would pretty much require capturing Sanae's other cards other than Moses' Miracle which while it might not be impossible to me would require a great deal of dedication to an incredibly boring stage. Seriously guys! Why'd you have to pick S5 of all? Its soooooooooo boring!!!

[Bananamatic]

I wouldn't claim to be a master at scoring either. I just go to the POC whenever i can. That and not dying to the stage helps a lot! And i don't suppose neither you or me will surpass my score because doing that would pretty much require capturing Sanae's other cards other than Moses' Miracle which while it might not be impossible to me would require a great deal of dedication to an incredibly boring stage. Seriously guys! Why'd you have to pick S5 of all? Its soooooooooo boring!!!

The stage sucks hard since the fairies always block me off from the PoC and I just couldn't replicate the method to take them out.

Still, got out of this with 2 things:
1) I understand most of her spellcards now.
2) Except for Guest Stars, which is an autobomb.

[ghost333]

i would like to hear opinions about the latest tour.
also i would be happy if sb improved in playing.

[Zetzumarshen]

Playing IN at not default life mode made the run not meeting the requirement for the scoreboard. Sorry, kinda lost my interest there >_> Well the extra mode is always at default but probably its because of my laziness.

Figuring the no-bomb MoF route is pretty fun. Have to plan everything until risks were minimal and no lucky dodges are involved, because I was unsure I could perfect Sanae every time. She has her random 1st and 2nd spellcard, and probability getting a wall during her opener is pretty high. Not to mention other clipdeaths.