Your Luckiest Dodges

[Skyler]

EoSD stage 5, just before midboss Sakuya, you know, when the rows of blue bullets are flying at you?

I got boxed in at the bottom right corner by two rows, and then Sakuya came on and blocked me so I couldn't see what I was doing. Miraculously, I managed not to get hit.

[ark]

Why is that happening? Is that a bug or did ZUN made that on purpose?
Now I can clear IN's Extra, 'cause after I survived that one, I died on the next strike and I got confused on how to dodge that, thanks!

ZUN definitely did it on purpose; the card is basically impossible otherwise. The hint is in the name of the spell card.

[tbax704]

The hint is in the name of the spell card.

'Honest Man's Death'. Yeah, people who didn't look for hints and tried until succeeding without help will never survived that spell card.

[MTSranger]

Why is that happening? Is that a bug or did ZUN made that on purpose?

Obviously on purpose, hence "Honest Man's Death" :V
Oh, and there is actually a way to dodge it without going through the laser, but it's really hard.

[Апатия]

that was unlucky dodge

[Nyyl]

not necessarily a lucky dodge, but i got a perfectly-timed extend while fighting komachi on extra
http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=12684

[tbax704]

Oh, and there is actually a way to dodge it without going through the laser, but it's really hard.

How? I wanna try

[Poochy.EXE]

How? I wanna try

Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXX5BaZs1E

[Romantique Tp]

Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXX5BaZs1E

I didn't know you could stream it like that. Is this practical during a score run ?

[Krimmydoodle]

You have to be stupidly precise about it.  It's basically a guaranteed death to attempt it and the only reason people do it is because of spell practice and the ability to throw in 1000 attempts in a relatively short time period.

[tbax704]

Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXX5BaZs1E

That's hard. You must get the right timing to do that because I always get hit when I'm above Mokou

[ark]

Yeah, it's an extremely impractical and risky way to do that card; far too risky to attempt in anything but spell practice. Real score runners stay around the middle of the screen and graze as many red bullets as possible.

[Nyyl]

Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXX5BaZs1E

this is how i tried to do it when i first encountered this card

[tbax704]

this is how i tried to do it when i first encountered this card

did you succeed?

[Reddyne]

Playing EoSD and not doing all that great. I had zero lives and bombs going into Remi's last two spell cards. I made it through to the end of Red Magic when I was forced to go through a pocket of bullets all going in about 5 directions yet still all going for me. I pass through all of them just as she bites it. First time I think I captured both Red Magic and Scarlet Shoot in one go.

Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxXX5BaZs1E

AAAAAARRRRGHRGHGHH!!

[Nyyl]

did you succeed?

no  :V

[tbax704]

no  :V

I thought so :V
That's practically impossible in a normal score run to attempt without dying

[Agent of the BSoD]

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Somehow I'm alive.
I survived that btw but died a few seconds later.