Author Topic: Your Luckiest Moments in Gaming (Read 28033 times)

M. Burusu · « **on:** July 04, 2009, 07:26:48 AM »

Because we already have a thread to lament, b!tch, and otherwise detail our biggest screw-ups, why not have one where we can either brag, laugh, or otherwise rave about our luckiest moments in video games.

By this, I mean . . .

A) You gambled, took a risk that really either shouldn't have worked or at least shouldn't have worked nearly as spectacularly as it did.

B) You really should not have survived, period. How the hell you made it out, you're barely even sure of. You passed between a rock and a hard place with more success than you had anticipated (if any at all).

C) You were having a really suck-ass 'this sh!t is ridiculous' horrible moment in gaming, when out of the blue things turn around and contort it into a weird-ass 'this sh!t is ridiculous' wonderful moment (in ~~America~~ gaming).

Write about those times, all, and to start us off I'll mention a little bit of what happened to me.

_-_-_-_

In Disgaea 2, there is a mission where you've got a square area with a big mook in each corner, and in the middle there are nine isolated spaces with Warp and Invincibility Geos that are occupied by four different Mages (one of each spell; Red [Fire], Blue [Ice], Green [Wind], and Star [she's orange]).

It promised to be a long and annoying fight.

However . . . prior to starting my game up that day, I'd had the title on long enough to see one of those little demo videos -- in this case, the one where Rozalin uses a Cell Phone and calls a Prism Ranger. This match, I figured I might as well try it.

Now, those aforementioned 9 spaces were isolated by a ring of No Entry geos, so while we could not get in, the Mages could not get out . . . but then it ended up being the case that when I used the Cell Phone, it spawned a Prism Ranger all right . . . onto one of the 9 isolated panels.

The Mages were wholly preoccupied with the act of (failing to) blasting the living hell out of the Ranger, hitting it with spell after spell until they were out of MP, while my team just skirted around the edge and pulverized each of the big mooks before lifting one of the Geos that was outside the No Entry zone, and beating the stuffing out of the Mages that were unlucky enough to warp onto it (throw into middle of combo zone, use combo, wash, rinse, repeat).

I cannot believe to this day my luck of where the guy spawned -- Prism Indigo, you have my thanks, and that is probably NEVER going to happen AGAIN.

Bias Bus · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2009, 07:39:07 AM »

Same game, different scenerio.

I was within Zenon's Castle and this Wood Golem was kicking my ass hard, he took down most of my units and all I had was Kazuma the Gladiator, Adell, and my Dragon who was too far away and too fucking slow to assist.

Kazuma was feeling the burn, having only 5 HP left and Adell didn't have enough SP to try his skills to help. The Wood Golem was in front of Kazuma and within attacking distance, and I knew I had to do something or I would lose this battle. So I had Kazuma use [King of Beasts] to push the enemy back and then I would pull back.

Holy shit, you would not believe the luck I had when Kazuma actually rolled a Critical and killed the Wood Golem I was going to initially run from.

Zengar Zombolt · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2009, 08:26:05 AM »

Disgaea DS, Item world of the Cosmic Blade, the Second to last world. After dealing with floor 99 I ?repare myself to get raped by the Item god (Which has a Yoshitsuna, a RANGED SWORD). When entering the last floor, surprise! The Geo panels are arranged in a way that by sacrificing a measly monster. I can trap the Item god between No entry panels, and stick him on a silence panel! That allowed me to buff my thief's speed to steal the Yoshitsuna and blast him easily with Mages.

M. Burusu · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2009, 12:16:06 PM »

Quote from: The sword that cleaves evil on July 04, 2009, 08:26:05 AM

Disgaea DS, Item world of the Cosmic Blade, the Second to last world. After dealing with floor 99 I ?repare myself to get raped by the Item god (Which has a Yoshitsuna, a RANGED SWORD). When entering the last floor, surprise! The Geo panels are arranged in a way that by sacrificing a measly monster. I can trap the Item god between No entry panels, and stick him on a silence panel! That allowed me to buff my thief's speed to steal the Yoshitsuna and blast him easily with Mages.

OK, you officially win at Item World. I mean, you've certainly topped my story, that's for sure. I mean, my fluke was one thing, but yours was in the Item World. Otherwise known as 'The Random Number Generator Hates You World'.

Seriously; for those of you who've never played Disgaea (or never played enough of it to enter the Item World), go read through the Crawl Relay Run thread over in Unlimited Game Works. Item World is kind of like that (randomly generated floors, need to kill mooks and survive as much as you can), but with a difficulty curve proportionate to the item you use to make it and how many things you've killed. It's also the only way to get such wonderful goodies as the Yoshitsuna (as stolen by The sword that cleaves evil, above), and in later games (like, say, Disgaea 2 onward) . . . some really good things.

(And by 'really good things' I mean 'I am seriously considering trying to slip the Holy Dragon party some booze next bill, maybe chloroform the rest -- and I need more medicine to try to win over the Baciel partym the damn drunkards'.)

Zengar Zombolt · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2009, 12:43:51 PM »

And you haven't seen when I gotm an Hyperdrive. Basically I tinkered with the panels to have most of the map with invincibility. After stealing I switched back to No entry and the slaughter began.

WRATHIE_Beatrice · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2009, 12:44:22 PM »

Does crawl count? the game is basically about how long ur luck gets u before the game gets nasty

AM · « **Reply #6 on:** July 04, 2009, 02:32:06 PM »

I got 95 points for my paladin in Baldur's Gate... on a first roll.

M. Burusu · « **Reply #7 on:** July 04, 2009, 05:50:09 PM »

Quote from: wrathie on July 04, 2009, 12:44:22 PM

Does crawl count? the game is basically about how long ur luck gets u before the game gets nasty

Actually, that's just Russian Roulet--*shot*

But, of course, you could always relate a rough scrape that you were amazed you made it through. That'd be a lucky moment.

Gpop · « **Reply #8 on:** July 04, 2009, 05:58:51 PM »

I 100% Panic Attack's guitar solo...

And I went O.O

Doomsday · « **Reply #9 on:** July 04, 2009, 10:39:52 PM »

anything hard that i clear is down to luck :V

shadowbringer · « **Reply #10 on:** July 06, 2009, 12:59:59 AM »

been able to see Mushihimesama's TLB twice (through the Practice Room, in the PS2 version), took me about 200 tries. Fulfilled my wish of dying to it

Ghaleon · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2009, 07:01:20 PM »

lol, immediately by reading the topic I thought of a disgaea moment, funny that it's like the only game mentioned herein.

ANYWAY, I got a legendary cosmic sword in disgaea 1... from like the 7th floor of the diabolic sword item world.. you know, the sword you get by talking to one of the monsters in the throne room during the story portion of the game.

so yeah.. I had a legendary cosmic blade before I even completed the game. roffle.. Even though it was a sword, it had more armor, magic resistance, agi, etc than any character I had at the time, let's not even mention the damage it had.

Zengar Zombolt · « **Reply #12 on:** July 06, 2009, 07:22:39 PM »

Quote from: Ghaleon on July 06, 2009, 07:01:20 PM

legendary cosmic sword

Quote from: Ghaleon on July 06, 2009, 07:01:20 PM

7th floor of the diabolic sword

...Wat.

Vile Lasagna · « **Reply #13 on:** July 06, 2009, 10:57:37 PM »

I'd say that the only thing that comes to mind was me getting a Jah rune dropped on Nightmare Act V, on D2. And I was on single player O.O
I proceeded to get a Ber from a friend and my main character, a Necro, has had teleport since then.

Apotheosis · « **Reply #14 on:** July 06, 2009, 11:17:42 PM »

Playing the old Silent Scope, headshot one of the bosses without using the scope

I have more but I can't remember them. I think they all revolve around me getting headshots in shooter games.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2009, 12:25:09 AM »

I beat

Spoiler:

in Digital Devil Saga.

WRATHIE_Beatrice · « **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2009, 12:26:57 AM »

Quote from: Purjew on July 07, 2009, 12:25:09 AM

I beat
Spoiler:
the Demifiend
in Digital Devil Saga.

GJ
must be tough

M. Burusu · « **Reply #17 on:** July 07, 2009, 02:29:25 PM »

Quote from: Letty Whiterock on July 07, 2009, 02:11:54 PM

All of you shut up and get back on topic. This is a perfectly fine thread. Quit being faggots about stupid bullshit.

THANK YOU.

And I apologize if I got too melodramatic; I tend to get that way when seriously angered (and several minor real-life calamities did not help matters any at the time).

That said, let's get back on topic.

I recently, in Spelunky, had a death that while utterly saddening, would have (if it had actually been a survival) actually been horribly lucky.

Those of you who play the game might remember that in Area 1, picking up the Golden Idol sends a 2-by-2-tile boulder rushing after you a la Raiders of the Lost Ark. This is what happened, but the way it happened was so spectacular that it still astounds me.

Occasionally, the rock will fall down a hole if said hole is 2 or more tiles wide. As I fled downstairs through a 1-tile hole, I soon realized that beyond that wall was a hole large enough to accomodate the rock. So I fled further down, until I got in front of a shop, and started to high-tail it AWAY from said shop because the rock was actually coming that way and not showing signs of stopping.

Cue me failing to make it and the rock rolling over not only myself, but the shop -- Shopkeeper along with it. All merchandise remaining unmoved, and the shotgun dropping where said merchant [of death] had been smooshed.

I admittedly raged a bit there, but as usual I started over (AGAIN) . . . though the event still sticks in my mind quite clearly, as you can tell.

So . . . maybe not a lucky moment, but it COULD have been.

Vile Lasagna · « **Reply #18 on:** July 07, 2009, 02:47:18 PM »

Letty being seriously serious? Say your prayers, manlings, the end is nigh

lmagus · « **Reply #19 on:** July 07, 2009, 04:11:01 PM »

Probably my first time going to DQ8's Casino..

Got me 40k on first try.

Never did that again =(

Ghaleon · « **Reply #20 on:** July 07, 2009, 06:12:05 PM »

Quote from: lmagus on July 07, 2009, 04:11:01 PM

Probably my first time going to DQ8's Casino..

Got me 40k on first try.

Never did that again =(

I've never won a jackpot in any in-game casino game ever...excluding xenosaga's which doesn't count since it is about timing and skill than..well. luck.

Too bad real slots didn't work like that >=P.

lmagus · « **Reply #21 on:** July 07, 2009, 07:12:04 PM »

Too bad =P

FinnKaenbyou · « **Reply #22 on:** July 07, 2009, 10:15:15 PM »

Playing Yu-Gi-Oh Worldwide Edition, dueling Kaiba. Turn 1, all I have that I can play is the trap card Ring of Destruction (choose one monster and destroy it, both players take damage equal to that monster's attack). I end my turn, expecting a Vorse Raider to start chewing away at my LP.
Instead he summons Cyber-Stein, pays 5000 LP and summons his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon to the field with an attack of 4500.
I swear, I've never flipped a trap card that fast before. Adding the cost of Cyber-Stein to the RoD damage, I managed to OTK Seto Kaiba, one of the strongest duelists in the game.
And it felt AWESOME.

Kuma · « **Reply #23 on:** July 07, 2009, 11:47:41 PM »

anything in Grim Grimoire, I am bad at strategy geams and almost always end up winning by sheer dumb luck.
I am the best Wizard, evar :V

M. Burusu · « **Reply #24 on:** July 08, 2009, 12:11:02 AM »

Quote from: Roukanken on July 07, 2009, 10:15:15 PM

Playing Yu-Gi-Oh Worldwide Edition, dueling Kaiba. Turn 1, all I have that I can play is the trap card Ring of Destruction (choose one monster and destroy it, both players take damage equal to that monster's attack). I end my turn, expecting a Vorse Raider to start chewing away at my LP.
Instead he summons Cyber-Stein, pays 5000 LP and summons his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon to the field with an attack of 4500.
I swear, I've never flipped a trap card that fast before. Adding the cost of Cyber-Stein to the RoD damage, I managed to OTK Seto Kaiba, one of the strongest duelists in the game.
And it felt AWESOME.

You are officially very, VERY lucky.

Cyber-Stein is Limited. For those of you who don't play the game, this means you can only have ONE of it in any given 40+ card deck.

Not only that, but nowadays it seems to be that Kaiba's AI is permanently set to either Hard or Lunatic, because it tends to be that either I get seriously lucky ("My Command Knight is now over 3000 ATK. RUN, BLUESY, RUN!") or quickly become Duelist Pancake ("My Command Knight's alone . . . OH, SH!T, IT'S BLUE-EYES GET IN THE CAR!").

Not even a Beastdown Deck is immune in Nightmare Troubadour, the guy's just that damn fast.

So yeah, congratulations to you, you are EXTREMELY LUCKY! Because while Cyber-Stein is Limited . . . so is Ring of Destruction.

Think about that for a bit.

Drake · « **Reply #25 on:** July 08, 2009, 12:20:58 AM »

Eh. You each draw 5 cards on the first turn. You have 40 cards in each deck, that's a 1 in 8 chance for each person.
1 in 64 chance of having both on the first turn.

EDIT: If we're going with Yugioh, one time my brother attacked me directly with a Vampire Genesis. I spring Inferno Tempest. Next turn I activate a newly drawn Lightning Vortex, use RftDD, summon Helios, Helios Duo, Helios Trice, Golden Homunculus and Gren Maju Da Eiza.
Not really lucky, but lol I love removal decks.

M. Burusu · « **Reply #26 on:** July 08, 2009, 06:07:46 AM »

Quote from: Drake on July 08, 2009, 12:20:58 AM

Eh. You each draw 5 cards on the first turn. You have 40 cards in each deck, that's a 1 in 8 chance for each person.
1 in 64 chance of having both on the first turn.

Of course, this chance decreases further when you factor in shuffling, I think. Probability is NOT my strong suit.

Quote from: Drake on July 08, 2009, 12:20:58 AM

EDIT: If we're going with Yugioh, one time my brother attacked me directly with a Vampire Genesis. I spring Inferno Tempest. Next turn I activate a newly drawn Lightning Vortex, use RftDD, summon Helios, Helios Duo, Helios Trice, Golden Homunculus and Gren Maju Da Eiza.
Not really lucky, but lol I love removal decks.

Eh, at least it requires more skill than 'LOL Blackwings'.

I actually used to run a fun little monstrosity I called the Fiend Beatdown Deck -- for obvious reasons, though I had one little card in there that didn't quite fit 'beatdown', on face value.

Most beatdowns will never run anything below 1700 ATK points, but I happened to run 2 copies of a little number known as 'Evil Hero Infernal Gainer'. He's 1600 ATK, but that's not important.

What IS is that he can disappear for a while in exchange for letting a Fiend you control attack TWICE EACH TURN. Needless to say, it was always a lucky day when I pulled him after getting a beatstick out.

Of course, the luckiest pull of him was after I'd gotten both 'Evil Hero Malicious Edge' and 'Dark Ruler Ha Des' out.

To do the math for ye:

Ha Des = "If a Fiend kills something, that 'something' gets negated."
Malicious Edge = Fiend-type + "I deal damage even when attacking a DEF position mook."

(Malicious Edge + Infernal Gainer) + Ha Des = DIE.

Needless to say, it was a quick end.

Vile Lasagna · « **Reply #27 on:** July 08, 2009, 12:44:56 PM »

Quote from: MBurusu on July 08, 2009, 06:07:46 AM

Of course, this chance decreases further when you factor in shuffling, I think. Probability is NOT my strong suit.

I'm bad at probability as well, but not as bad as to say something as silly as that.
If you're considering the cards to be ordered, THERE IS NO CHANCE. You KNOW when the cards will come. So it's either 1 or 0 for the combo on first round. 1/64 means you ARE taking shuffling into account (But I won't be entirely sure of how the calculations go, and am too lazy to quickly work out by head)

trancehime · « **Reply #28 on:** July 08, 2009, 01:25:32 PM »

Toto v Kyoudou (me). Was facing a level advantage and unwittingly faced a type of deck I'm weak to but somehow I won. Derp!

Zengar Zombolt · « **Reply #29 on:** July 08, 2009, 02:37:21 PM »

SRW K. One of the last stages (The one where you finish the Kotetsushin Jeeg storyline). Somehow, after a lot of stages, I manage to get Shin Jeeg undereveled in one playthru. One of the events in that stage sends him straight to the boss of the stage, who is standing on a +30% evasion and 30% HP regen terrain. Not to mention my capital shp (The Daiku Maryu) was on the back and really weakened to perform an emergency rescue. Also, he decided to target poor Shin Jeeg every turn, and I was running out of SP. It all ended on the turn I simply had no more SP, so a hit was inminent (and both Jeegs have 3900 base HP, and really low defense stats), so I decide to attack and go out on a flame of glory.
*Critical hit*
I FUCKING LOVE YOU KENJI
(Criticals deal for 1.5x damage and ignore all kinds of added defense, be it barriers or terrain)

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