Author Topic: Touhou Blogging Thread (Read 209417 times)

ふねん1 · « **Reply #870 on:** September 14, 2015, 08:52:44 PM »

So I've started going back to trying to perfect UFO Stage 5 on Lunatic. Didn't think I would have such a big change of heart so suddenly, especially after having completely given up on perfecting this stage several years ago. I feel like ISC is pretty key to all this. I've mentioned before how ISC's hardest attacks can really put other hard patterns in the series into perspective, and now I'm seeing it firsthand. For one, Greatest Treasure no longer feels so out of reach for me, and I'm capturing it a lot more often now. Shou still needs some work (and admittedly some RNG on a few attacks, no matter what I do), but in my few recent attempts at Radiant Treasure Gun, I've captured it each time, and even my couple of attempts at Vajra saw me last longer than I normally do just by winging it. I'll see how this all turns out down the road.

AstralFox · « **Reply #871 on:** September 26, 2015, 04:03:25 AM »

I was learning a PoC route for Stage 2 PCB and got the stage NNN on Lunatic! I've lost the NNN to Chen's last spell at least five times actually.

And on Stage 3 practice, I died to Alice's first spell so late that I got the capture

http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=38458

I'm using ReimuB over SakuyaA now because the slow movement is so much more precise.

Pakken11 · « **Reply #872 on:** September 29, 2015, 05:41:06 PM »

So apparently Marisa Solo turns not just Eirin's but BOTH IN Final Cards into jokes. Would've definitely helped with Hourai Jewel practice.

Meh, 5 more solos to go :/

#SpareTimeTouhou

Nolegs the Cat · « **Reply #873 on:** October 05, 2015, 06:49:44 AM »

Len'en unreal is fun. Hard as nails, but fun.
Except ~~Aoi~~ ~~Aoji~~ Aoki. :derp:

I've certaintly been playing less then I'd like as of late. I should play more from now on, though. The next game I intend to try seriously is probably either continuing with MoF and TD, or trying Mystical Power Plant. I need more angel shenanigans, obviously. At least MPP's angel is only the stage 3 boss...

Also been giving some thoughts of attempting a TLC Hard no bomb run.

TresserT · « **Reply #874 on:** October 09, 2015, 10:17:21 PM »

I got a Lunatic 1CC on LoLK yesterday. I bombed every boss pattern except Seiran's and a few of Sagume's, but I still did it.

Even though I hate the game, I think I'll try to beat EoSD while I wait for Len'En 4. Either that, or I'll try to no miss LoLK extra.

Speaking of Len'En, RMI is way more fun than the first 2 to me. But it's sooooo much easier. At least we have the ABEX patch~

Smash The Oni · « **Reply #875 on:** October 11, 2015, 03:57:08 AM »

Just started playing LoLK. This game is HARD.

Nolegs the Cat · « **Reply #876 on:** October 12, 2015, 04:28:53 AM »

So.
Sukune is much easier then I expected...
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm going for no deaths EMS stage 5. I know I can do it... I managed to get to her last spell before dying, and that spell is doable.

Uruwi · « **Reply #877 on:** October 12, 2015, 04:43:15 AM »

Quote from: Nolegs the Cat on October 12, 2015, 04:28:53 AM

So.
Sukune is much easier then I expected...
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm going for no deaths EMS stage 5. I know I can do it... I managed to get to her last spell before dying, and that spell is doable.

tfw Lumen is harder than Sukune

Nolegs the Cat · « **Reply #878 on:** October 12, 2015, 06:09:08 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy8x on October 12, 2015, 04:43:15 AM

tfw Lumen is harder than Sukune

The fuck indeed :3
Still though, 'no deaths EMS stage 5 unreal' would look good on my resume, no?

... besides Yaoirochi makes them all look like chumps. He unleashes his Heaven Mowing Sword, and there was much raging.

I could also get no deaths EMS stage 6 normal. I no-death'd to Grass Mowing Sword, then died twice because I haven't bothered to learn it yet :V
I consider both deaths stupid and derpy.

Edit: So I decided to try another few EMS unreal stage 5 no deaths attempts...
I got it! on my second try!
Oh my gosh my arms are shaking... even if it isn't that good play it still feels like a huge achievement for me.
(Why did Jaimers autobomb Yaorochi's opening nonspell in his unreal 1cc? I consider it one of his more doable attacks...)

Mr Jovial · « **Reply #879 on:** October 12, 2015, 10:21:38 AM »

Yay, game is giving me atrocious RNG and I'm playing rather poorly, making minor mistakes that spiral out of control. Always love it when I can't even get through anything except stage 1 without multiple misses/bombs

:fail: :colonveeplusalpha:

Mino ☆ · « **Reply #880 on:** October 12, 2015, 04:20:04 PM »

Et tu, Jovy?

Yeah I'm also having massive problems with consistency. Scoring is tough!

Sakurei · « **Reply #881 on:** October 20, 2015, 11:18:55 PM »

Those are some acceptable (a few of them even quite good) numbers. In order of appearance in the stage: Keine's second spell, Xu-fu, Honest Man's Death, Hourai Doll and Imperishable Shooting

First non spell is at 3800-4000 too; always some difference in the graze I get. My grazing therefore is good enough for 3.1b

Tengukami · « **Reply #882 on:** October 20, 2015, 11:37:38 PM »

I am quickly finding that, for me, an even more effective practice method than "try a run on the next highest difficulty" is playing 640x480 windowed before switching to full screen. One card I had struggled with in Pointdevice was quickly solved this way: switched from fullscreen to windowed, took a few more cracks at it, then switched back to fullscreen and the bullets were comparably miles apart.

Well, that makes Pointdevice clears for both Sanae and Reimu, with the other two girls currently parked in Stage 4 with six bombs each. Which I am saving for Clownpiece because yeah. Clownpiece.

Zarakava · « **Reply #883 on:** October 22, 2015, 04:48:18 PM »

Well I'm finally coming back to Touhou in some serious way for about a year.

I'm an average (well, "good", but comparatively) Player who's 1cc'd everything except LoLK on at least Normal, and have 2 Extra's down (EoSD and IN)

My favorites are EoSD, IN, and UFO. So I think I'll be focusing mostly on these going forward.

Look forward to talking to you guys more.

Pakken11 · « **Reply #884 on:** October 24, 2015, 09:20:28 AM »

Meh, 1st try Stage 3 game over, 2nd try Stage 6 game over. I guess that's an improvement.

At least Reimu's way easier with Alice than with Marisa >A>

Mr Jovial · « **Reply #885 on:** October 28, 2015, 08:14:49 PM »

Despite not getting a new PB, I feel like I've had a lot of pretty good runs in the past 2 weeks. I've only done 9 runs in that time yet 5 of them are on my hi-scores (3rd - 6th and 10th) and 3 are above 5.3b. Quite happy with the number of runs going well :3
Though really, with this new consistency, I should learn some new/improved strats but university life is hard :<

Uruwi · « **Reply #886 on:** October 28, 2015, 09:11:31 PM »

[complaints about EMS difficulty]

Pakken11 · « **Reply #887 on:** October 29, 2015, 01:07:27 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy8x on October 28, 2015, 09:11:31 PM

[complaints about EMS difficulty]

[pat-pats about complaint]

Tengukami · « **Reply #888 on:** November 01, 2015, 11:05:33 AM »

And there we are - Pointdevice clears with all four girls (on Easy, but still). Saved Reisen for last as I heard her ending was particularly, uh, game-changing, and was not disappointed. So now I guess it's on to Extra with all four girls.

This is the first time that I've deliberately cleared a Touhou game with all available shot types for one difficulty. Normally, just getting one girl past the finish line would be enough for me. Don't know what exactly changed my mind this time around, apart for how much fun LoLK is. Maybe to get a more "complete" experience, or maybe because the past few shooter games have been among the best in the series (imho). I intend to return to DDC and do the same as I did with LoLK.

But for now, Extra!

Mr Jovial · « **Reply #889 on:** November 02, 2015, 09:21:03 PM »

Oh damn it.

So I'm trying to learn a "fuller" score method for Firefly Phenomenon since there's probably a few hundred more time I could easily get out by stalling it. I try to check my own replay (my PB, actually) for how many time points I get from it aaaaaand it desyncs just before Wriggle's 1st nonspell ends. Thanks game :C

Sakurei · « **Reply #890 on:** November 03, 2015, 02:07:34 AM »

Quote from: Mr Jovial on November 02, 2015, 09:21:03 PM

Oh damn it.

So I'm trying to learn a "fuller" score method for Firefly Phenomenon since there's probably a few hundred more time I could easily get out by stalling it. I try to check my own replay (my PB, actually) for how many time points I get from it aaaaaand it desyncs just before Wriggle's 1st nonspell ends. Thanks game :C

Don't pause during dialogues, that's what causes desyncing. I assume you did that in your PB during Wriggle's dialogue, so the replay thanks you for that by being fucked up.

Mr Jovial · « **Reply #891 on:** November 03, 2015, 08:38:35 PM »

Quote from: Sakurei on November 03, 2015, 02:07:34 AM

Don't pause during dialogues, that's what causes desyncing. I assume you did that in your PB during Wriggle's dialogue, so the replay thanks you for that by being fucked up.

Does that happen consistently? Because I know I would've paused on the dialogue before Kaguya's 4th last spell but it doesn't seem to desync there...
On a different note, thank you for being so helpful, you've told me useful stuff like this quite a few times now and I'm grateful for it

Sakurei · « **Reply #892 on:** November 04, 2015, 01:44:03 AM »

It should happen consistently. I haven't had a run that didn't desync when I happened to pause during dialogues. Maybe you paused right after or right before it appeared? I don't know. But even if it's not consistent, it's a well known bug and very easily avoided by just ctrl'ing through the dialogue and then pausing, if it's really necessary.

No problem. I'm just happy there's someone playing a good game and putting effort into becoming good at it.

ふねん1 · « **Reply #893 on:** November 04, 2015, 03:38:33 AM »

Can I just say how satisfying it is to be able to 1cc UFO Lunatic without using any UFOs? I still feel a little bit old-school for riffing them as much as I do (that whole phase in the community died down a long time ago), but it does almost feel like some kind of personal moral victory, having stuck to my promise to never intentionally pick up another UFO token after my first 1cc years ago. UFO was one of the games I was most looking forward to put behind me for precisely this reason. All I really wanted was to prove to myself I didn't need the tokens, that I could conquer the game regardless, and now I can say mission accomplished.

Mikuru · « **Reply #894 on:** November 11, 2015, 12:02:35 AM »

Well, I don't know how long it's been since I last played. Much too long. But today I felt like a bit of good old-fashioned bullet-dodging catharsis, so I played a bit of MoF Easy. Of course, being on Easy, I felt annoyed every time I messed up, so the catharsis didn't really come. Switched to Lunatic. Bear in mind, I've only completed Normal, and I'm badly out of practice, so of course I was expecting to do terribly, and indeed I did. But? I actually captured all the Stage 1 spellcards. It's only a small victory but it still feels awesome.

Pakken11 · « **Reply #895 on:** November 11, 2015, 12:44:27 AM »

Quote from: Mikuru on November 11, 2015, 12:02:35 AM

Well, I don't know how long it's been since I last played. Much too long. But today I felt like a bit of good old-fashioned bullet-dodging catharsis, so I played a bit of MoF Easy. Of course, being on Easy, I felt annoyed every time I messed up, so the catharsis didn't really come. Switched to Lunatic. Bear in mind, I've only completed Normal, and I'm badly out of practice, so of course I was expecting to do terribly, and indeed I did. But? I actually captured all the Stage 1 spellcards. It's only a small victory but it still feels awesome.

Wow, grats man - that final spell card on Lunatic is actually kinda hard.

Mr Jovial · « **Reply #896 on:** November 30, 2015, 11:28:27 AM »

Due to uni work, I only managed 10 runs this month, but my mean score was 5,282,524,698 which I think is really good. My last run was a 5.50b though but it deathbombed Dragon Bullet and Buddhist Diamond. Would've PB'ed without one of those. Actually, also could've got about 1000 more time and a couple million points on stage 1 had I not messed up some cancels. Still haven't learnt new stuff yet though :qq:

Also, here's me getting hit and capturing a spell card at the same time in spell card practice :V

ZM · « **Reply #897 on:** December 05, 2015, 02:30:09 AM »

It feels good to have gotten the so-called 'dreaded' 1cc: UFO Lunatic with MarisaB.

Mr Jovial · « **Reply #898 on:** December 06, 2015, 07:32:41 PM »

wooooo just lost tons of points because my shift key decided I shouldn't be focused while trying to use Yuyuko's bomb for points. Ended up grazing 1 wave of Three Treasures because the bomb meant Keine moved left instead of right and that makes it hard to get into position and I had to use my other bomb to recover. Then only got 4 bombs on Reisen's final, despite having such a bad run that I ended up with 8 bombs entering her fight, all because I Youmu bombed again. Just....why? Insolent shift key, prepare to be punished AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Sakurei · « **Reply #899 on:** January 12, 2016, 04:13:54 PM »

Found (?) a profitable way to graze Keine's first spell. For some reason I never thought about it because ASL doesn't do it. I somehow just assumed he tried but that's evidently not true.

https://youtu.be/0QyVgfUD_Xw