Touhou ParseeRAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE Thread Part 4

[lmagus]

Hey, that's exactly where I was about a month ago.  Since then I've 1cc'd THREE LUNATICS.

Get going  

Try LLS Lunatic first; it's got great music and less RAGE than most of them.  Hell, have you played any of the PC-98 games?  If not, DO IT!

i think... *starts to run* they are ugly *hides*

[c l e a r]

So I made it the tenshi with a few lives to spare with Reimu...  I got some practice with Violent Earth's Nuture, and her penultimate card, so at least I didn't get smashed hard.

Then I got Rapture banged, those beams just kept going... going... going... I can't guard since I will get stuck, get guard smashed, get hit again and die.

Advice please. (I am playing on Normal btw, no eiji mode for me.)

[theshirn]

i think... *starts to run* they are ugly *hides*

Graphically speaking, yes, they're inferior.  Musically, they're top-notch, and the gameplay (excluding the first two) is as good as ever (possibly better than some, I'm looking at you, UFO).

[Sodium]

UFO is pretty fun, guy.

LLS and MS are also pretty fun. Generally speaking, LLS' difficulty is one lower then what it says; LLS Easy=IN Easy, LLS Normal=Easy, LLS Hard=Normal, but LLS Lunatic=Lunatic.

[AlexX Unlimited]

I will admit LLS and MS are both still fun, but their age really shows compared to newer games...

[Esoterica]

Then I got Rapture banged, those beams just kept going... going... going... I can't guard since I will get stuck, get guard smashed, get hit again and die.

Advice please. (I am playing on Normal btw, no eiji mode for me.)

Misdirect the big lasers by jumping then flying back down, going to the other side of her, and repeating. If you get stuck and can't graze, guard it and Border Escape ASAP.

[nintendonut888]

Aggagagagag. I just recorded a LLS lunatic 1cc. It had a lot of problems (two deaths can be attributed to being blindsided during easy aimed attacks), and in the end it was with six deaths, but it was still a run. Then I watched it and realized that I forgot to change the recording window ratio back to whatever it was before I messed with it to attempt recording Dodonpachi (doesn't work BTW). Because of this, the video is not centered and is in the upper left corner.

...

. . .

Whatever, I can do better than this run anyway. In the mean time, anyone know the correct recording window ratio to set it to?

[LHCling]

Whatever, I can do better than this run anyway. In the mean time, anyone know the correct recording window ratio to set it to?

Dimensions for the PC-98 windows are 640x400. Always do test recordings before doing actual recordings.
While on the topic of PC-98 I've been trying for about an hour now to perfect 2 Bomb Clear LLS Stage 4. Most of the runs were botched because of recording slowdown, which only lasts for one second, and then plays normally again.

Spoiler:

I could probably put it down to a 1 Bomb Clear if I time the Extend! properly

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[nintendonut888]

Figured it out on my own, but thanks. Speaking of "test recordings," I discovered something very unnerving. A short failed run that died on stage 1 before the one I recorded (Orange's hell portion of her second phase is particularly dangerous for Reimu A) didn't get recorded due to some error. This same error happened when I was recording my SWR lunatic run (I had to go through the replay 3 times to rerecord parts that were messed up). It appears to be completely arbitrary, random, and beyond my control. To top it off, you obviously can't do test recordings to make sure the recording you have now isn't corrupted.

But now, proper rage! To test my dimensions, I did LLS extra. I perfected the stage portion (despite the fact that I REALLY should have died a few times), things went normally against Mugetu (that is, bad), but...I died in the most ridiculous way possible: On the beginning of her second phase where she spits ineffectual bullets at you. Then...the rage happened.

I beat Gengetu one death no bombs. You wanna know where that death was? Her third phase. In a completely idiotic maneuver I made. The rest was damn impressive but these two deaths really make me hesitate to keep this run (though if nothing else I'll keep the perfect stage run for instructional purposes). If I hadn't made those two ridiculous mistakes, I would have beaten this NO DEATHS. D:

[LHCling]

If I hadn't made those two ridiculous mistakes, I would have beaten this NO DEATHS. D:

All of my No Death runs (4 and counting) were denied during the Final Phase. That might be because I use the "scoring" bomb though, which trivializes most of the Extra Stage through Extend! timing shenanigans.

:| :| :|

[theshirn]

What the hell just happened?

I died three times to Mugetu's last attack?

Three?

EDIT: A couple cruddy tries later, I finish off Gengetu.  With one awesome Extend for a clear, I captured her final pha--

--WAIT WHAT HOW DID I DIE AS SHE CLEARED GODDAMNIT

EDIT2: aaaaand EXAlice just killed me off on her last pixel of health.  Goddamnit.

[nintendonut888]

I'm actually glad Q.E.D killed me again, because otherwise I'd have been haunted by the fact that this no deaths attempt would have been thwarted solely by Four of a Kind.

Four.

Of.

A.

Kind.

[Seian Verian]

I'm actually glad Q.E.D killed me again, because otherwise I'd have been haunted by the fact that this no deaths attempt would have been thwarted solely by Four of a Kind.

Four.

Of.

A.

Kind.

Look at it this way. At least you didn't die to Kagome-Kagome I can't even 1cc any Hard mode besides LLS and I can do that one consistently. Four of a Kind is still not that tough, but not nearly as easy as that...

[nintendonut888]

Except that Kagome Kagome occasionally walls you.

So a second LLS lunatic 1cc went sour. Marisa killed me twice, and the rest went downhill from there. I eagerly await Baity save scumming stage 5 so perhaps we can finally learn how to dodge Yuka's freaking last phase.

This run wasn't a total waste though, because I think I finally caught a glimpse of how to do criss-crossing yellow bullets in Yuka's first phase: If you duck into a corner, the bullets leave a clear and distinct opening. I was too trigger happy (even though the run was definitely not the one I'm going to upload) to try it however.

Wait, when did I get serious about making a Youtube-quality run? I thought I was saving this until the English patch is released. D:

[LHCling]

So a second LLS lunatic 1cc went sour. Marisa killed me twice, and the rest went downhill from there. I eagerly await Baity save scumming stage 5 so perhaps we can finally learn how to dodge Yuka's freaking last phase.

Stage 5. RINGS OF DEATH (pre-Boss). brb 1 bomb clearing.

[Seian Verian]

Kagome Kagome occasionally walls you.

Uh... What.

[Tsym]

Uh... What.

It does.  If you're unlucky enough.

On another Flandre related note: You know it's time to stop trying for the night when you die to Laevatain.

[theshirn]

You know it's time to stop trying for the night when you die to Laevatain.

QFT.  Goddamnit.

[Nine West]

Imperishable Night Extra
Last night: 0.20% Slowdown.
Just now: 19.58% Slowdown.

What.

[LHCling]

I... I can't do it. Not in a "Practice" Stage Run anyways.

Success rate of ~5% in total.

EDIT: ...Make it 20% if I'm using MarisaA.

[nintendonut888]

I... I can't do it. Not in a "Practice" Stage Run anyways.

Success rate of ~5% in total.

EDIT: ...Make it 20% if I'm using MarisaA.

Context?

[LHCling]

Context?

Yuka's Final Phase (Stage 5).

The attachment should be proof enough that I did it. I start Stage 5 9/7 and use 1 bomb on the Rings. Bomb Extend! is added, so no net gain.

[nintendonut888]

Why don't you just save-scum her final phase? Surely there's a simply trick like Mima's star attack that is just really unobvious...there's gotta be. :<

[LHCling]

I did.

The thing is, I want to be able to record from the start of Stage 5 to the end and have it like that  :<

The attack is 100% static, and Rank-dependent. The only way you can get through is if you jump through the little gap between the walls.
You know what? I think I'll try timing it out with recording. That'll be awesome.

[nintendonut888]

Which gaps? You mean...the gaps in the walls themselves? D=

FFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[LHCling]

These ones. Note that they're moving and have a constant size. The "walls" formed by the larger bullets are easier to weave through.

EDIT: Died as it was ending.

EDIT 2: http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=6026

[Sen]

I'm actually glad Q.E.D killed me again, because otherwise I'd have been haunted by the fact that this no deaths attempt would have been thwarted solely by Four of a Kind.

Four.

Of.

A.

Kind.

I had a perfect EoSD Extra run ruined by Flan's second midspell :V

[Sapz]

I'm actually glad Q.E.D killed me again, because otherwise I'd have been haunted by the fact that this no deaths attempt would have been thwarted solely by Four of a Kind.

Four.

Of.

A.

Kind.

The run just before my perfect clear was perfect except for Four of a Kind. I raged pretty hard. :V

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

Died to Ran's survival card right as it was about to time out 3 times in a row. The next try, I died with it 4 seconds left but had enough lives to clear. Unfortunately I forgot to read the stuff after the fight, so I get to go through again to do that. And of course, I messed up the final card also since Ran's last 2 are the only ones I haven't captured from PCB extra.

I guess it's partly because of using Marisa because that hitbox size can be bad.

[Sapz]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

MS Extra. A perfect run until Alice's 8th phase, then two deaths to that and two deaths to her final phase. =_=