Touhou Accomplishments

[hiddenryuu]

I hear rumors that Phar's one of those "cheaters" like Riskbreaker23, but I don't know for sure.

anyone proof it the replay is real or not though? or is it so farfetched that it will just be a waste of time now?

[stargroup]

Didn't Phar record himself playing live? I doubt he gimmicked the video, but I wasn't paying close enough attention to be sure.

Also I just captured Peerless Wind God like 4 times in a row hahahaha 6/11 biatch. That is seriously one intense spell card. I find myself trying to read most of the bullets for trends and openings and my mind goes on overdrive. There were so many close calls... O___O

[nintendonut888]

I just beat PCB stage 4 lunatic without dying. Given the obscene amount of extra lives translating into bombs, I realize this isn't especially interesting, but I also captured Ghost Clifford! ^_^ Now if I can only capture Pseudo Stradivarius I will have captured every lunatic spell card from EoSD through MoF!

[Phar]

anyone proof it the replay is real or not though? or is it so farfetched that it will just be a waste of time now?

Wut? You can't save replays in EoSD practice; it was recorded in real-time. How could it possibly be TAS'ed?

Also, these accomplishments are hardly improbable. Just obsessively give it enough attempts and you'll manage it sooner or later.

[Flay_wind]

Was having fun (or rather sadomasochistic relationship) with IN spell practice and finally unlocked spell card 222. Also captured every spellcard in stages 1-5 (4 A&B). And captured 195 spellcards with Yuyuko solo.

[stargroup]

Now if I can only capture Pseudo Stradivarius I will have captured every lunatic spell card from EoSD through MoF!

what
the
hell

[nintendonut888]

Blame it on me not playing PCB stage 4 much, rarely fighting anyone other than Lyrica, and not wanting to grind a 4 minute stage for a chance at something that shouldn't even be that hard.

[c l e a r]

k, so I finally got my hands on PoFV and tried to 1cc with it on Normal.  After going at it of having absolutely no freaking idea on how bombs work, I still managed to make to Shiki just by "dodging danmaku" with her on her last life.

And I still lost, I ran into one bullet and suddenly I am losing.

So, if anyone can tell me how does everything work as simple as possible, it would be great.

[Schpwuette]

This explains it all nicely.

[Anonymity]

1CC'd Mountain of Faith on Normal today
(Don't know how, last time I tried to complete it on normal I got game over'd on Rice Porridge.


Sometime a few days ago, finally beat Subterranean Animisim on Easy ( Say what you want about easy mode, but touhou 11 is my least favourite game out of the windows series, and the will to play really gets forced out with you when you keep having to continue stage 6 over and over again)


Is it just me, or is using a continue on touhou 10, 11 and 12 harder than just starting the game again so you can begin the stage with more lives? :s

[stargroup]

Is it just me, or is using a continue on touhou 10, 11 and 12 harder than just starting the game again so you can begin the stage with more lives? :s

Depends. If you can't even get to the stage with at least 2 lives what's the point, right?

[LHCling]

...I just found out how to alter my focus (and unfocus) speed for super-precise dodging.

No more clipdeaths on Satori for me.

[?lice Bl?ckb?rn]

...I just found out how to alter my focus (and unfocus) speed for super-precise dodging.

Protip: Press shift for focussed movement.

[bjw]

After all, there's no better accomplishment than learning to lift your finger off the shift button every once in a while.

[Ghaleon]

I just pawnt the extra stage on esod now. yayy. Every death and bomb I used on that run I let the enemy have so she wouldn't feel so bad that I rolled her so hard... yeah, right.

Seriously. I really lamed out her final spellcard by bomb spamming it (good thing I had the extra life still). But I really really didn't wanna do a screw up and die so close to beating her, so I just cheesed her out like that. I still feel proud as heck anyway (did I say her boss music is absolutely perfect too? I love it).

Anyway, about how hard is clearing the extra stage compared to a 1cc run of normal hard and lunatic respectively anyway? just curious if I can expect to do those next in about the same time or later.

I can't believe I died to cranberry trap like that. I can actually steal that card about 50/50. and when I can't. I don't die THAT early. gosh.

Edit:
wow, I completely forgot to post the link:
http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=3369
imma put that on my resume I think >=p.

[nintendonut888]

Nah, ZUN only tells you to put "good at shooting games" on your resume when you beat MoF hard.

BTW:

http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=3370

PCB phantasm one death clear. Marisa is not built for no death runs in PCB. >_>

Also, 3 scenes left in StB. 10-5, 10-6 OH GOD THE PAIN, and EX-2.

[stargroup]

nintendonut you're crazy

[Kanako Yasaka]

>_>

<_<

[nintendonut888]

How? I'm nothing compared to other players like Kefit and FAV and bjw.

EDIT for Kanako: That's called persistence. Skill-wise I'm still well below a number of other lunatic players.

EDIT 2: Look, I know I'm good, but I'm not "you're crazy" good.

[Kanako Yasaka]

Does capturing every card (besides a really easy one) on lunatic between EoSD and MoF not count for anything?

Not to mention the 1 death phantasm clear.

Not to mention that SoEW extra clear.

Not to mention <insert everything else here>

[LHCling]

Not to mention <insert everything else here>

Where does that put everybody else then?

Also, I'm this *makes small gesture* close to a Perfect Stage 4 SA Run Pacifist. Hard Mode too.

EDIT: and earlier, I was referring to strictly being able to manipulate your movement speed between 4 speeds, unfocus 1,2 and focus 1,2. If you throw ReimuC for SA, make that another 2, etc.

[stargroup]

Also, I'm this *makes small gesture* close to a Perfect Stage 4 SA Run Pacifist.

Which difficulty? lmao
I'm actually extremely close to number of MoF Lunatic perfect pacifist stage runs.

And even if nintendonut doesn't compare to superhumans like kefit he's still really darn good.


Ah, got my first EoSD extra clear today. It was actually pretty intense. I did really well in the beginning, but died a few times with 3 bombs in reserve, very costly, and completely screwed up the timeout spell. As a result, I only had 3 bombs by the time I got to 495 rings of death. If I wasn't freaking out I think I might've captured it even.

Anybody want this replay? If not I won't even bother uploading it.

[Kefit]

EDIT: and earlier, I was referring to strictly being able to manipulate your movement speed between 4 speeds, unfocus 1,2 and focus 1,2. If you throw ReimuC for SA, make that another 2, etc.

Tell me more. I've never heard of this, unless you are messing with game variables/memory addresses.

Where does that put everybody else then?

On some lower level of skill, I imagine. Touhou doesn't top out on being able to play effectively on Lunatic. On the contrary, that's really when the game begins. There are gigantic gaps in skill and accomplishments contained solely within the Lunatic difficulty, although it might be difficult to really understand them without also being a Lunatic player.

[nintendonut888]

What Kefit said. It was only 6 months ago that I was among everyone else in thinking that lunatic was the the ultimate goal. It was only when I reached that that I realized there's still so much more improvement to be done. So many little things to do...

Like capturing Pseudo Stradivarius~ I figured out my problem: Marisa is not a good shot type for such a streaming card. Sakuya A, the only non-Marisa shot type open for lunatic on the other hand...^_^

And with that, I have captured every spell card in PCB, and every spell card from EoSD through MoF. There's still some spell cards to be captured in PCB, but they're all lower difficulty level versions, and that's something I'd really need to be bored to finish off/something to be done over Summer.

[LHCling]

Tell me more. I've never heard of this, unless you are messing with game variables/memory addresses.

I'm not messing with the data  =x

Though, it's a really basic trick that works wonders. It's a matter of moving diagonally when you're on the sides of the screen. This will slow you down to about... 70% of your actual speed. While it may seem like a small amount, it certainly does make a difference when you need the extra precision. The only limitation to this is that it's limited to the bottom of the screen, sides and top... until I find an improvement of dodging elsewhere that is.

If this is already known, then let me say that it took me 1 year to work that out  >_>

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I'll take your words and agree that Lunatic isn't the end of it all. For now, it'd be nice if I could not mis-stream the waves for this pacifist run. Then I have to time out DBDB. I believe my analysis / rant about that Spell Card should say how annoying it is at Hard Mode.

[Kefit]

Oh yes, that's known about. It's not too terribly helpful on the high end, since staying at the bottom of the screen cuts off a lot of important dodging options. It can occasionally be useful though, as you've noted against Satori's noncards.

[LHCling]

Bleh, I really am losing focus. Uploaded the incorrect replay, so...

Replay of a pacifist run getting close. Maybe I should catch up on sleep. Like really. Ramming a single bullet after the hardest part. Random, avoidable clips on DBDB. Falling asleep on "Insect's Flying Nest" where I forget to move. And clipping a few bullets on BoWaP.

[Ghaleon]

How? I'm nothing compared to other players like Kefit and FAV and bjw.

EDIT for Kanako: That's called persistence. Skill-wise I'm still well below a number of other lunatic players.

EDIT 2: Look, I know I'm good, but I'm not "you're crazy" good.

As long as you are improving further by practicing, you still just might be ridiculously crazy >=P. I personally hope that my skills don't "cap" for a really long time. Sometimes it seems like they do at one point for me(not beating the extra stage and dying to that stupid cata-whatever 5 bouncing blue shots crap like 6 attempts in a row). But then I pulled out a successful clear. And while luck was probably involved, I did a normal run on reimu B just to unlock her (cuz I haven't yet), and I was thinking "holy crap this is so easy it's a joke".

So fear not, as long as you still find yourself able to accomplish new goals, chances are you're on the path to gurudom >=P.

I'm so stoked still. I'm agonizing if I should try and beat hard mode 1cc style, or work on lunatic (I'm currently doing practice runs of stages on hard so I can get comfortable with the new spellcards, but I don't have them unlocked on lunatic.. what to do).

I also kinda want to try another touhou game too. Beating the extra boss was pretty fufilling for me. Hopefully in 6 months I'll be crying about how I can't fullclear lunatic something with no deaths >=P.

[nintendonut888]

Oh yes, that's known about. It's not too terribly helpful on the high end, since staying at the bottom of the screen cuts off a lot of important dodging options. I can occasionally be useful though, as you've noted against Satori's noncards.

...

*tries against Satori's non-spell cards*

ASDKFLJASKDLGJASDFKLJASDFKL AUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHH!

Nobody EVER tells me these things! D: See, this is exactly what I mean by "so many little things to learn." I never knew you could do that.

As long as you are improving further by practicing, you still just might be ridiculously crazy >=P. I personally hope that my skills don't "cap" for a really long time. Sometimes it seems like they do at one point for me(not beating the extra stage and dying to that stupid cata-whatever 5 bouncing blue shots crap like 6 attempts in a row). But then I pulled out a successful clear. And while luck was probably involved, I did a normal run on reimu B just to unlock her (cuz I haven't yet), and I was thinking "holy crap this is so easy it's a joke".

So fear not, as long as you still find yourself able to accomplish new goals, chances are you're on the path to gurudom >=P.

I'm so stoked still. I'm agonizing if I should try and beat hard mode 1cc style, or work on lunatic (I'm currently doing practice runs of stages on hard so I can get comfortable with the new spellcards, but I don't have them unlocked on lunatic.. what to do).

I also kinda want to try another touhou game too. Beating the extra boss was pretty fufilling for me. Hopefully in 6 months I'll be crying about how I can't fullclear lunatic something with no deaths >=P.

Well, I've been playing for about 18 months now, and I'm still improving little by little, so don't you worry about that. And move on to another game.

[LHCling]

...

*tries against Satori's non-spell cards*

ASDKFLJASKDLGJASDFKLJASDFKL AUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHH!

Nobody EVER tells me these things! D: See, this is exactly what I mean by "so many little things to learn." I never knew you could do that.

Not many people explain that moving diagonally reduces speed in 1-axis. All they ever gave was "avoid clipping and position yourself properly".

Regardless, it makes me happy that I taught you something new. There are also other places where this might be useful. Another example would be Parsee.

I'm so stoked still. I'm agonizing if I should try and beat hard mode 1cc style, or work on lunatic (I'm currently doing practice runs of stages on hard so I can get comfortable with the new spellcards, but I don't have them unlocked on lunatic.. what to do).

Up to you whether to go for 1cc Hard, or work on Lunatic. There are some notable differences between the two however, particularly if you're into scoring (which I seriously doubt you are). I've skipped quite a few Hard 1cc's because I can't be bothered.

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And in other news... This morning, MoF Lunatic 1cc. Hooray. Kanako's opening is...  <_<

For the record as well, I've yet to complete Extra Stages for SoEW, LLS, EoSD, PCB, PoFV.

SoEW I've yet to unlock. I'd rather finish the runs on Normal, but that's proven to be quite hard impossible.
LLS, I've gotten dangerously close, even past "that lovely, lovely phase of bullet spam known as rape time" using only 12 bombs.
EoSD, I keep dying with bombs in stock. My scoring for the stage is close-to-perfect though. Yet to make it to Q.E.D.
PCB, I keep dying with bombs in stock. As I was about to finish, I lost it. A total of 7 mistakes were made during the entire run. Which means I could easily do it if I say, bombed at every moment I felt threatened. You can tell I really suck at bombing. Even pre-bombing, I have a very high likelihood of messing it up.
PoFV is...  >_>

Which one should I go for next?