Your Touhou Bad Habits

[Paper Conan]

I tend to microtap up right before taking a picture in StB/DS. It helps a lot, but I lost count on how many times I've died due to that....

[JormundElver]

I often, especially when it is most inconvenient to do so, tap the opposite button when I move left or right immediately afterwords.

This means that if I really need to move to the right, I will do so, and then immediately for no reason hit left and move myself back into danger or often death.

[Curious Sign]

I have recently learned the virtue of not hugging the bottom of the screen and leaving myself room to dodge downwards, but by the same token I have truly come to understand the pain of backing up into bullets I've already dodged  :ohdear:

[KinkyOats]

I manage to forget I have bombs a lot of the time. It really sucks losing a life when you have like 3 bombs left...

[チソウ タイゼン]

I've developed the habit of not caring when I lose three out of my eight surplus of lives on the final boss' final card.

Then the Evaluation screen pops up.

>:O

[Sect]

When I start losing lives in rapid succession I start getting frustrated and my play worsens. Example: I was just playing Mountain of Faith (on EASY MODO), and I was feeling confident because I was actually rockin' it hard. I lost a life to a stupid mistake against a mook, but other than that, I was doing really well. I got to Sanae, and I was surprising myself with how well I was doing.

And then the game minimized. o_o

The game paused when it minimized, so the damage wasn't too bad, but it was right when I was dodging some danmaku in between spellcards, and the moment I unpaused I was tagged by a bullet >_<.

But, wonders of wonders, I managed to capture all of her cards (even though this was actually one of my first playthroughs). Huzzah. Then it's Stage 6.

Kanako raped me.

Even though I prefer to try to get through on one credit, I was like, "screw it, I want to beat the game", so I continued. And continued. And continued.

When it got to the point where random fairies were taking out two of my lives before even seeing Kanako, I decided to call it quits before I punched by computer or something.

[チソウ タイゼン]

Ah, Mountain of Faith, where to begin?

Since I have a scoring mindset, if I die anywhere before the Aya fight, I hastily restart the game
BECAUSE MAH SCORE ES RUINEDDDD

Witnesses report that they can't see how fast my hands are going when I reset and that the anger on my face scares them.

[Curious Sign]

Trying to read bullets too far in advance only to get killed by the bullets in my immediate area.
Also I have Obsessive Compulsive RAGE whenever I stray from an item collecting routine even slightly (read UFO)
This is the stage progression for me (Normal Mode):
Stages 1 - 3: Collect as many resources as humanly possible and rage quit if I die (unless playing SA or UFO, because with their higher difficulties, I can forgive myself)
Stages 4 and 5: Make a few stupid mistakes, but try to keep at least 3 lives for stage 6
Stage 6: TANK IT

[チソウ タイゼン]

My stage progression:

Stage 1- Perfect this, or die.
Stage 2- Perfect this, or die.
Stage 3- Perfect this, or die.
Stage 4- Minimal mistakes allotted.
Stage 5- At least spread out your inevitable deaths ]:(
Stage 6- Don't panic, or die.
Stage 6's End- Let loose whatever left you've got! ...Or die.

[SuperChibz]

• I use my bombs up too quickly
• I get stingy and don't use them at all, even if I really do need to
• Look at the enemy instead around my character

[チソウ タイゼン]

So I was watching a friend of mine play TH10 for the first time today

I was practically tearing myself to shreds asserting that she was pretty much letting all of the items fall off the screen

also
Raise your hands if you've died to sine-bullets in the beginning of SA-1 to raise the Graze gauge

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

also
Raise your hands if you've died to sine-bullets in the beginning of SA-1 to raise the Graze gauge

*Raises hand*
I just can't resist.

[CrimsonDX]

also
Raise your hands if you've died to sine-bullets in the beginning of SA-1 to raise the Graze gauge

...*raises hand* Yep....

[RegalStar]

also
Raise your hands if you've died to sine-bullets in the beginning of SA-1 to raise the Graze gauge

*Sheepishly raises hand*

[J.O.B]

Which ones are the sine ones?

[The Greatest Dog]

A sine.

The double streams that the big fairies fire at you, with massive graze potential, you dig?

[J.O.B]

*Raises hand*

[Kuroi]

I have a habit of spamming my bombs during boss fights. Of course, their health goes down quickly but when they unleash their spellcards, I usually have no bombs left and most of the time, I end up continuing....

[Aquila]

*raises hand after a long sigh*
Panicking is my bane in Touhou...

My stage progression:

Stage 1- Perfect this, or die.
Stage 2- Perfect this, or die.
Stage 3- Perfect this, or die.
Stage 4- Minimal mistakes allotted.
Stage 5- At least spread out your inevitable deaths ]
Stage 6- Don't panic, or die.
Stage 6's End- Let loose whatever left you've got! ...Or die.

Basically my system, except stage 5 usually for me is

Stage 5- Feel proud of all the lives you saved up in the last few stages then watch all most of them fly out the window... From one spellcard...

[Azzy]

I guess my biggest flaw is not bombing enough. There's also the small issue of ragebombing when i get killed

On the subject of moving then: If i get in a sticky situation, I panic and move to a safespot a little to fast resulting in me just overextending right into the pretty colours :ohdear:

[Tigers, FTW!]

I have a habit of spamming my bombs during boss fights. Of course, their health goes down quickly but when they unleash their spellcards, I usually have no bombs left and most of the time, I end up continuing....

This. Me in IN extra stage.

[Tigers, FTW!]

I have a habit of spamming my bombs during boss fights. Of course, their health goes down quickly but when they unleash their spellcards, I usually have no bombs left and most of the time, I end up continuing....

This. Me in IN extra stage. Without the continues

[Luneth]

I'm pretty sure I don't rage-bomb. Ever. Don't even know what that is or how it's possible.. Too focused on getting my things back or rage-quitting.(Pfft, like I don't know what that is. If I lose a life on any but the last stage I quit. I quit a lot, which is also why I never play Touhou if I don't have at least 2 hours to do so.)

Other stuff... Making casual references to Touhou IRL and alwaays getting a "Lol, wait wut" response.
Going on Youtube to listen to something like Scatman John or SwedeMason

Spoiler:

(I like Linkin Park, but I think less than .5% of music I listen to is ever on the radio. Or "Real", or whatever you call it)

, and instead listening to something like Dial Connected, Double Scarlet, Bad Apple or Edge/Jumper. That happens... 100% of the time so far. XD

Spending twice the time on this forum than I do on all (3) other forums I'm active on combined every day.

An- wait... These things aren't all "bad" habits, they're more like normal habits. :V
But yeah, stupid mistakes on games, referencing everything IRL to Touhou, "wasting" my time with Touhou stuff all day, etc. Etc. Etc.... Etc.

[チソウ タイゼン]

You know how the timing of the bosses in UFO suck balls?

Am I the only one who goes ahead and collects the third token and immediately tries to shoot it down only for it to fly away with 4% health?

[Aquila]

You know how the timing of the bosses in UFO suck balls?

Am I the only one who goes ahead and collects the third token and immediately tries to shoot it down only for it to fly away with 4% health?

No, no you are not >_< (which is why I try to stick with Marisa's lasers)

Also whenever I get the third UFO I want, when I go in to grab it at its desired color (red for me) I get a kick in the face by the midboss of the stage.

[Micro]

Anybody ever die out of nowhere and then immediately bomb afterward out of rage?

Not out of rage, but because I want to get those items you release when you die. Also, I MUST GET EVERY ITEM, WITH TO BORDERLINE! I like items waaay to much for my own good.

[Paper Conan]

No, no you are not >_< (which is why I try to stick with Marisa's lasers)

Also whenever I get the third UFO I want, when I go in to grab it at its desired color (red for me) I get a kick in the face by the midboss of the stage.

Usually the midbosses tend to WRIGGLE KICK my Red ufos. They assplode in my face all the time :qq:

[Tuyhhf the Mad]

I suck with bombs. Usually I just never use them in favor of dodging, which fails a lot of the time. I'm either really stingy with them, or I just forget they exist.

[HyperGumba]

Microtapping in StB/DS styled games, when taking a picture. Always gets me  :V

[blackrider19]

Inappropraite bombing - either i forgot to bomb, or bomb wrongly, sometimes, i rarely even touch the 'X' key just to capture a card