[02:55] <%Sakurei> .8ball play IN forever and ever?
[02:55] <godzilla> Sakurei: Concentrate and ask again.
[02:55] <%Sakurei> .8ball get 7b?
[02:55] <godzilla> Sakurei: Signs point to yes.
that's what I will be doing the next 10 years, guys. gg
but in all seriousness, lunatic scoring is far away, instead, I have turned to IN extra with youmu. for now, my goal is 2.5b, but I'd like 3b at least as an end-goal. the latter score is still quite far away, though, so for now, learn the basics!
the past week I have mostly been dawdling around in spell practice getting a feel for the spells and the supergrazes. the 2.5b run I watched didn't do xu-fu and failed HMD at 45 seconds left or something, died and made a lot of other mistakes - which reassures me that it's a good goal for now. nothing ridiculously overkill, but also still challenging enough that I will have to practice a good deal.
for now, I think I got the hang of keine's spells. all 3 of them. first one is ridiculously easy, the 3rd one is simple too. the 2nd spell took some time to figure out, but I believe to have the gist of it now. what's left is to practice the spell so I can survive it for the whole timer. mokou's first non is actually a lot simpler than I thought, even for the tighter gaps. some more practice is necessary, but it's definitely one of the easier grazes. xu-fu eludes me, but it's admittedly the attack I looked into the least. I'll probably see if I can learn it before I start doing runs. honest man's death is definitely the hardest part of the stage. the grazing is timing based and requires precision, but doing it is much harder than it sounds. I'd hesitant to include this for now, I'll have to see about this. maybe I'll practice is so much that I can capture it without timing it down. that'd be a nice compromise. the survival's grazing is actually less tight than I thought, but I'm unfortunately not consistent at it yet. definitely something to include. it's worth some tens of millions after all. I dunno if I should classify hourai doll as supergrazing, but once again, fairly simple, but I haven't tried the extreme timedown version yet. that is probably fairly hard to do - on a good run with shaky hands and then doing those tiny movements. I will probably practice this much more than I "need" to. imperishable shooting is an asshole, I will probably fail this w, but I can still practice it I suppose
now, I also tried my hand at the stage potion. it looked kinda simple to me. oh boy, was I wrong. fuck me and my assumptions. how do I cancel, I don't know. ASL has like 13.4k time at the midboss, my best is like 3k less. I already said I'd dedicate this week for the stage potion. it's mandatory to have a solid stage route to get all the items and...not die. I hope I'll be fit enough to do runs at the end of this month, or beginning of next at least, but I might need more practice even then.
Youmu is so fun to play with.