STG/Touhou thread

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Old thread: >>12147204

Please discuss the Touhou games and STGs at large here.

Thank you to everyone who participated in last thread's challenges. We had a lot of creative entries:
>>12147876
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>>12165102
and congrats to our scoring winner:
>>12148472

Thread challenge: SA stage 4
Score as high as you can on SA stage 4! All shot types and difficulties welcome.

Links:
Replay uploader for 6-13: http://replays.gensokyo.org/
Replay uploader for 14: http://threplays.appspot.com/replays
STG/Touhou stream aggregator: http://stgrillz.appspot.com/

Sorry there's no 14.3 support on the uploader yet, royalflare supports ISC if you want to use that in the meantime.

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Nice.

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Epic.

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I like it

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>>12194202
>>12194205
>>12194209
woah

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>>12194205
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>>12194202
You leave NEETs unchecked for two hours and other threads are already being shat on.

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I decided to pick up RefRain since it was mentioned last thread and it has been sitting on my desktop since c75. Updated to the c80 version and gave it a go.

Revenge bullets. Not even once.

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>>12194250,1
>shat on
rofl

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>>12194250
wwtd

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Mixed feelings. I haven't played SA for a good while (nearly a year), and certainly don't plan on returning to it. The game is, however, a lot more relaxing to play in Stage practice, maybe even so that I could call it a nice experience.

Spent a couple of hours relearning my old route, and didn't really do new stuff. A few changes here and there to make it fit Stage practice a bit better. I accidentally finished the second non at a bad spot, losing some score, and didn't safespot the finale, as I couldn't quite place a finger on where the spot was (this was my first run that got to Satori).

Considering the dropped grazes and spell bonuses in this one, 75 million doesn't sound bad at all.

I'm a bit excited to see what the other shot-types can get together. ReimuC and MarisaB should have fairly interesting routes for gathering every single point-item in the stage.

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Trying for a no-item clear of ISC. So far I'm 51/75.

Day's 1 to 3 are clear, and 4 to 6 have anywhere from 1 to 3 no-item clears left.

I'm still working on days 7 to 10, but I've cleared at least a few scenes in each.

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http://stgrillz.appspot.com/sukoata

Just gonna advertise this a bit. Lots of 2hu is going to be streamed next weekend according to this schedule, so please stop by if you have some time:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11812361/sukoata/schedule.txt

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Practice-run for Sukoata that happens next weekend. Very suspicious stage route, missing tons of fairies. Good Mokou fight, though kinda shaky past Fujiyama. Failed Possessed by Phoenix to streaming. Very sad moment. I cried. Very poor grazing on Hourai Doll and Imperishable shooting, but I somehow didn't get hit on either. Yay for luck.

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Can someone recommend me some good STG games that aren't Touhou?

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>>12199942
Ketsui and Blue Wish Resurrection Plus

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>>12199942
RefRain

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What is your preferred shot type in SA?

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>>12200517
this looks more like an equalizer with pretty colors

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>>12199942
Where is the Mars Matrix anon, at times like these?

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>>12201342
ReimuC or MarisaA

>>12199942
Kamui
Samidare
Suguri
Sora

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Pretty good for what I can do. To realistically PB again by a margin larger than 10m or so, I will have to learn new things. All of which I think are difficult, so that's going to take a while. Probably not in time for Sunday, but then again, I don't know if I'd do HMD considering the 1 hour timelimit. Next PB hopefully near the 3b range.

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Please make youmu playable again.

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>>12201837
It's terrifying to watch someone with such small spell histories get so massive scores. Good job.

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>>12201882
no

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Awful first half, picked up on stage 4 I guess.

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>>12203131
Congratulations! & billion is awfully close. You can do it, good luck!

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>>12201347
Pretty much snoresville on lower difficulties.

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>>12204503
I choke on the last boss on Normal.

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Could someone go over my replay and give me some advice? I'm mostly looking for better strategies in Stage 4 and 6, and I really need help for Orin. Please point out anything else I do that is reckless or unnecessary.

The replay seems to desync right around Okuu. I got to the penultimate spell.

http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=33687

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>>12205479
Bomb more.

To avoid the replay desync in SA, start from stage 5 and don't speed up the replay during the transition in between stages 5 and 6.

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>>12205144
are you spamming your meter enough?

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>>12199942
Anything that is made by Cave!

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Wow, it's been a minute since I've put some serious effort into Imperishable Night, but I don't remember stage three being so hard. I'm having a hard time reading Keine's spellcards. I keep getting careless somewhere, and the I scramble trying to get more power after I die.

Stage four is hard, but I'm expecting it, so it doesn't bother me. I think I'm getting better at grazing, especially against Marisa with Reimu.

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Is youmu/yuyuko a good team? I always thought they were a little too technical for my skill level.

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What's with this new generation of players that think "grazing" means dodging through tight gaps.

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>>12207634
I've seen that for years. It was annoying then too.

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>>12203865
Getting closer. Thanks for the support!

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Natsuki Chronicle (Qute, 2015, Shooting Game)
Raiden New Project (Moss, 2015, Shooting Game)
Shooting Love Trilogy (Triangle Service, 2015, Shooting Game)

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>>12208733
Congratulations!

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>>12208733
shite diggity

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OK, Kagerou seems virtually impossible in hard mode. I don't have a fucking clue what's going on in her spellcards, one second I'm alive, the next I'm dead. Is ther any strategy or is it just one of those things where you have to train your senses via practice?

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>>12213601
I'm no good player, but after long training for Kagerou on lunatic i managed to do a 10% win/try rate for 3-2 and 3-2 and a 2% win/try for 3-1. All with ReimuA. Even after training Kagerou is just crazy and infeasible for a proper run without bombs.
Woof.

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>>12213617

Yeah, its like, I've 1CC'd EoSD on Normal numerous times, but Kagerou is something else. Its literally just a wall of red bullets and no matter how hard I look, there's just no way to avoid them. I know its possible obviously, but that's way above my caliber. The thing is, Benben's and even Seija's spellcards are easier, they at least have a method to them.

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>>12213852
Nice desu ne.

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>>12213624
Stage 3 in the demo got me excited because it seemed like ZUN was compensating for the centrality of bombing by making it hard as fuck, but the rest of the game didn't pan out.

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>>12213852
top score cutie

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>>12213852
tippity toppity achievement

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>>12213852
Tiptop score. Congratulations

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At what point did 2hou start declining? I'm going to say at SA, although it's still a good game.

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>>12215343
when you started declining

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>>12215343
After IN.

Alternately, after UFO.

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>>12215343

I liked SA, but everything after seems kind of shit. I think I have less than hour of play time on 14.

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>>12199942
Crimzon Clover

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Double Spoiler and Great Fairy Wars are great, but none of the main games after MoF are very good.

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>>12215343
A good measure is what high level scoring looks like. SA and UFO are beautiful. TD is like hot dog shit on my face. DDC is kinda ok.

I think something was lost after IN but they were still good games until 13.

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>>12215343
SA is where ZUN started giving in to casuals complaining about his games being too hard, just try playing the trial release and then go back to the finished game. Yuugi got nerfed to joke-tier.

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>>12215343
UFO, but that was still an ok game

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please outsource your declining-meme or meta discussions into the kancolle-threads as usual

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>>12215463
>SA is beautiful.
>DDC is kinda ok.

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>>12215591
STG threads aint what they used to be thats for sure. Same goes with Melty Blood etc.

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>>12199942
Obviously Divine Sealing truly greatest stg.

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It's time for the yearly survey. Please sit down and take your time while answering these questions.

Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?

Part 2 (Answer freely):
A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
G) How much have you improved during the past year?

Part 3 (Answer freely):
A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
E) Do you have an idol? Why?
F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?

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>>12218432
I hated this last year and I hate it this year.

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>>12218432
>Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
2/10
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
Mediocre, should get better now that I am not playing IN.
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
4/10 in PoFV, 2/10 in the rest of the games.
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
2/10
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
1/10

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>>12218432
>>12218544

>Part 2 (Answer freely):
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
A couple months.
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
Perfect Cherry Blossom. I enjoy the music, characters, mechanics.
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
I have yet to 1CC all of the games on Normal, so survival.
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
My Lunatic 1CC of PoFV. It is the highest difficulty I have cleared.
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
1 hour, I play very casually.
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
Finish normal 1CC's of the rest of the games, clear EoSD, PCB Extra.
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
When I started I continued on Rumia, now I can 1CC EoSD Normal.
>Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
Not particularly.
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
No, and the soku threads on /v/ don't count.
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Yes, more so as I slowly get more capable of doing what is shown in videos.
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
It doesn't seem very active.
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
No.
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
They discuss things with each other?

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I finally got my first 1CC on EoSD (Normal). It took weeks of training on Hard to develop the right instincts. I know how late I am and how bad I am, but the feeling of adrenaline is still there. Remi's spell cards are quite pretty.

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>>12218624
Good for you. Keep on going, and try out the Extra Stage

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Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
scrub
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
fast
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
okay
D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
>scrub
E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
>casual
Part 2 (Answer freely):
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
4 years
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
EoSD cute vampires
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
Scoran
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
LNB
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
15 minutes
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
git gud
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
I've become worse

Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
yes
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
kaypee
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
yes
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
it's ebin
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
japanese superplayers and cactu
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
yes

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>>12218432
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
4
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
4
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
3
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
3
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
6

>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
two and a half years
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
mofu mofu
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
Both to a certain degree
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
1cc of UFO on Lunatic, literally impossible shit
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
On and off, 3-5 hours when grinding
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
Improve score by about 15 million
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
About 300 million

>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
Sometimes
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
IRC
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Yes
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
STGrillz is wonderful
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
A few japanese players
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
More people should score

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>>12218630
Thanks - I was actually just trying out Extra. I managed to make it past Patchy and even captured one of her spell cards, probably due to beginner's luck.

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>>12218666
Flandre is one of the easier extra bosses, but her stage can be pretty annoying.

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>>12218432

Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
3. I remember I used to think I was super hot shit when I was blazin through lunatic 1cc's and the like, but then I got demoralized a bit because I set my initial scoring goals too high and now I'm just rusty and shitty at everything. Hopefully I can continue to improve in the future.
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
5. It's hard to tell. When playing under pressure like at SukoAta this past weekend, I felt like my reaction times were quite good. In general though, I feel like I've seen parts of the game so many times that I can't help but zone out for most of them, so reaction times sort of become irrelevant.
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
3. This is something I've slowly begun to realize I'm quite awful at. Becoming good at a lot of static cards has sort of made me complacent and bad at path-finding in general. I find it very difficult to learn how new kinds of bullet trajectories work, but maybe I'm just always too tired when I'm playing.
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
5. Depends on the shot type. On my most played shot in my most played game, I generally know where I am at all times without ever looking at my sprite, but in other games I feel very clunky and often run into bullets that I think I've dodged.
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
4. I think I have far too much patience. I rarely feel pressured to go for goals, and as such don't practice with a very serious mindset. I would like to be more dedicated, but real life often gets in the way. I try to content myself by being active in other facets of the community, but ultimately I would still like to someday become a scoring superplayer.

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>>12218702
Part 2 (Answer freely):
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
I don't remember when I joined. I first got on IRC sometime in march 2013 apparently, and I had been posting on /jp/ and watching streams since a bit before then. It's only been about a year, but it feels like forever.
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
Imperishable Night. It was my first game, which I picked because people seemed to say it was the easiest. I spent a long time working on a normal 1cc, read the wiki a lot, learned all of the mechanics, and just generally became comfy with it at my own pace. I think I got into streaming around when I got my normal 1cc in that game, and suddenly I felt much more pressured to achieve other 1cc's fast. It was probably good for my development as a player, but I never really got quite as comfy with any of the other games as I did with IN.
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
I think that scoring tends to be more exciting from a player's perspective because there's just more to think about all of the time, whereas high level survival feels more like a lot of tedium punctuated by moments of extreme difficulty. Scoring is also addicting in the sense that once you start learning how to score, it is almost painful to force yourself to play a safer route for survival purposes that scores poorly. Or, at least that has been my experience. I am an awful scoreplayer though, so don't count my opinion for much.
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
I guess my IN LNB was the most difficult thing I've accomplished. I've learned some parts of the game in greater depth since then, but I have yet to complete a more impressive run.

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>>12218705
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
Please no bully.
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
I want to learn a good route for the stage portion of IN stage 4, Kaguya's last spells, and then complete a run that doesn't kill familiars on stage 6. In general, I want to just get back into playing more regularly, and maybe pick up MoF because it's a pretty game and every time I see people playing it I feel a strong urge to play it myself. I should probably also get around to 1ccing DDC hard and lunatic, which I've neglected.
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
I guess around this time last year I must have been super new, so, sort of a lot proportionally. I guess a year is a long time. Hopefully I can achieve some good things in this coming year.

Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
To an extent. I don't really know the difference between an entry level score vs a mid level score vs a world class score in any category other than IN lunatic, but I try to keep up generally with what people are playing and what more experienced players think of each other.
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
The only place I visit with any regularity other than /jp/ is #kusoplay.
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Yes. Replays are a bit frustrating to use as reference because on linux, I am unable to speed up the playback speed for some reason. Thus, I usually record replays as a video file, and then refer to that when I need to look things up. More generally, videos are nice, although I do find myself sort of partial towards archives of livestreams I watched or heavily produced things like Arf's works than simply gameplay footage, unless it is a game that looks pretty and that I haven't played much myself.

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>>12218709
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
I think livestreaming is a wonderful way for players to get to know each other through their gameplay, which adds some depth to interactions beyond rehashing the somewhat limited selection of STG-related conversational topics that exist. It's also just super cute. I find it often more enjoyable to watch livestreamed stage 1 restarts than a WR replay, even when the livestream has no mic. I think STGrillz has done a decent job at facilitating the watching of livestreams and bringing awareness to new members of the community. It does have some problems with people streaming unrelated things, but I have a fast computer so it's not too awful to scroll past them for me.
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
I have several people I look up to in the community for various things. I won't namedrop them here at risk of derailing the thread, but working with the Touhou community here has introduced me to many wonderful players, wonderful programmers, wonderful community managers, and perhaps most importantly, wonderful friends.
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
I think that plenty of discussion happens between Touhou players, but I'm also intimately involved with a big chunk of the community. I do sometimes worry that they have formed tight cliques that are hard for outsiders to penetrate: certain groups of voices are definitely heard very often, while other voices are never heard hardly at all. I suppose it's only natural that some people should be more talkative than others, but a steady stream of fresh players is what we need to keep this community alive in the long run.

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>>12218432
>How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
4
>Reflexes and reactions?
3, I'm slow.
>Bullet reading?
4
>Movements?
7, I've mostly played the easiest shot-types to control recently, which has hurt my ability to manage dense and complex patterns with fast movement. I've learned a few new positioning and control related tricks for the characters I play, though.
>Dedicated and patient?
5

>How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
Roughly five years.
>Favorite game?
I like IN and PCB. If I had to choose one it would be IN.
>Survival or scoring?
Scoring is what I've mostly done, but I still do the odd no bombs run every now and then.
>Achievements?
A handful of IN and PCB replays, and a couple of route contributions.
>Hours per day?
I've long since forgotten what active play is like, around three hours a week or so. It's fairly relaxing.
>Goals?
Improve my PCB hard score by some eighty millions or so. I haven't planned on what to do after that. Maybe finish the projects I started with IN Extra Reimu and Normal Marisa.
>Recent improvement?
Not very much. I've learned a few things, but my dodging has gotten shabbier due to not playing so much anymore.

>Keeping track of other people?
I still look at some people on Twitter and keep up with what gets uploaded to gensokyo.org and Royalflare.
>Other STG communities?
Some IRC channels are full of Touhoufags, but they're not meant for Touhou talk. I sometimes visit streams of people I used to communicate with, and check a few forum threads once a month.
>Replays/videos?
Yes.
>Streams/STGrillz?
It's alright. The non-Touhou streams could be kicked out.
>Idol?
The people I used to look up to are either long gone or don't talk to me since they hate me.
>Touhou player dicsussion?
I don't know how much they discuss with each other. I wish these threads weren't so devoid of content. I guess all the people who play nowadays really aren't from /jp/, but other websites.

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>>12218432
I was told by a few people to take this survey, and I couldn't refuse a request by those qtpis. Put in a pastebin because I didn't want to split my answers.

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>>12218807
I'm stupid. http://pastebin.com/rDDNUA3m

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>>12218432
>>12218432
Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?

Fairly good, relatively speaking. Of course, many, many players are far better.

>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?

Not very.

>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?

Quite good. I think this is what makes up the bulk of my "skill" at Touhou, besides the obvious (knowledge).

>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?

Not very.

>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?

My patience is my strong point, it makes up for my lack of skills, I can grind all day and not give up.

Part 2 (Answer freely):
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?

3 and a half years

>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?

Fairy Wars. Cmbination of exciting/fun/tasteful.

>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?

Scoring is all I do.

>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?

Shoot the Bullet runs. Because hard.

>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.

Since April it has been around 8~ hours a day on average of Shoot the Bullet. Some extreme days I play 12 hours or more.

>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?

To get many high scores in Shoot the Bullet

Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?

Somewhat, but I'm busy player

>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?

Farm.

>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?

Yes, but I don't do that much nowadays

>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?

Perhaps. STG players that don't play Touhou are very ignorant about the games, which is a bit sad, and spreads various misconceptions about them. Touhou players generally do not care about other STG which is also sad. These things would need to change before any reasonable discussions could

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>>12218432
>Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
4/10
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
5/10
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
4/10
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
6/10
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
8/10

>Part 2 (Answer freely):
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
6 years
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
Thunder Dragon 2. The visual design, audio design and stage design is top notch, and the large amount of secrets and caravan-style stage layouts allow for lots of expansion of play styling at your own pace.
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
Depends on the game. Some games are more fun to play for score than survival, some they're basically the same, and some aren't fun for score at all. So maybe score oriented, since I tend to avoid games that I don't like the scoring on.
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
Hishouzame 2-ALL and Gemini Wing Normal ALL. The former because it's the game I've played the longest and one of my favorites, it was very exciting to reach a long standing goal of mine. The latter I feel was great because it was one of the harder clears I've reached within a handful of days.
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
My approximation would be about an hour per day, but it's generally more concentrated in bursts than that.
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
Hishouzame 3-ALL, Battle Garegga ALL, Armed Police Batrider Advanced ALL.
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
I don't think I could really answer that well. I've noticed improvement through my time playing, but I can't exactly tell how much better I got at each part of that. I think I've improved quite a bit since last year, but couldn't really evaluate the magnitude of that improvement

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>>12218921
>Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
Somewhat. I don't really pay too much attention, but I enjoy watching streams and I follow the progress of a few players that I feel have a lot of potential.
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
I am a common poster at shmupsforum, though I'm starting to drift away as I become more aware of how generally bad the community is. I spend a lot of time on a few STG-focused IRC chatrooms, which are great and incredibly helpful.
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Yes, I find watching replays to be incredibly insightful and I think it helps me improve without even playing. I think it's more enjoyable when there is commentary, written or spoken, which makes streaming even more appealing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>>12218924
>Part 3 (Answer freely):
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
Livestreams are a fantastic alternative to the "real" arcade environment, and I think a centralized database of STG streamers like STGrillz is a great help to share around who plays.
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
I guess I have several 'types' of idols. On the one hand, I really idolize the skills of people like T3-Kamui, and Yusemi-SWY. Their scores are seriously sick and their dedication to their games is commendable. On the other hand, I also really idolize how quickly some people have grown, people like Aquas, and os-yom.
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
I wish there was a better medium for discussion within the community. *chan style boards aren't great because they're terribly temporary and discourage names. Normal forum style boards have the issue of requiring a very tight balance of strictness -- to prevent discourse from becoming poisonous and encourage mechanic and skill conversation -- and looseness -- to attract people to discuss in the first place.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
Part 1
A) 4/10 on a good day.
B) I'm a fucking god at deathbombing in 2hu games for no reason, because I have the reflexes of a dead dog otherwise. So 2/10
C) Depends on the game since I usually get through things by memo. Otherwise, 3/10 since I can pull off some RNGG's
D) Awful 0/10. I overshoot all the time.
E) 5/10. When I want to get better, I go all in and really push myself, but when I lose that drive it's gone instantly.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218965
Part 2
A) A little over two years now, I started in June of 2012 with PCB.

B) It used to be TD since I liked the music and it was a relaxing game for me. But recently I haven't played anything but Crimzon Clover, it touches me in all the right places.

C) Survival, scoring is intimidating. I might give it a shot with CC once I can clear Original.

D) TD Lunatic 1cc

E) Anywhere from 0 to a couple hours. It depends how motivated I am any given month.

F) Crimzon Clover Arcade Original 1cc, maybe go back to 2hu and pull a LNBNT out of TD too.

G) Difficult to say since I haven't played that much. Although I would say I've definitely grown a bit as a player and have begun to expand my horizons a little.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218979
Part 3
A) Sort of, I tend to just cheer everyone on no matter who they are. I show up to livestreams and the like to do that. I don't hound leaderboards or anything, I rely on others to get me that kind information.

B) Just the #kusoplay channel and a spattering of Skype groups that die as quickly as they rise.

C) I tend not to since I stubbornly prefer to learn the hard way. I see their value however.

D) Livestreaming pulls a community together and helps make said community more visible which is a great way to attract new blood. I do a little of it myself, just to let anyone interested see how I'm progressing and to share my gripes with the world.

E) Jokingly, Cactu, since his loli-infused EoSD scores inspire me.
Seriously, yog, his sheer dedication to the genre is very obvious and I respect that a lot.

F) I'm not super familiar with all the facets of the western scene, but from what I gather it is very fragmented. Things could be done to help fix this, but it probably isn't needed.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>Part 1
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
6/10 I can 1cc Lunatic which is slightly above the average person, but I still have loads of room to improve.
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
5/10 In games, quite good, but in life, terrible.
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
7/10 My deaths rarely come from misreading bullets.
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
6/10 Most of the time I'm ok, but other times I'll die at stupid places. My inconsistency is probably my main flaw.
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
8/10 Unless I somehow manage to repeatedly die at stage 1, I don't really get frustrated and give up.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>>12219013
>Part 2 :
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
Since November, 2013.
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
Either th8 because of it generally being the best, or th7 due to how nice it feels.
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
I focus on survival until I can reliably L1cc, but I've started learning scoring in th7.
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
Not sure what's considered an achievement, but I've L1cc'd 6, 7, 8 and 10, and 100%'d StB.
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
Some days I'll play for hours, and other times I'll go for days without playing.
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
1cc the rest of the games on Lunatic, 100% ISC and DS, and get better at scoring in PCB.
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
Since the end of last November, I went nothing to 1ccing lunatic in a few games, so quite a bit I guess.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>>12219038
>Part 3 :
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
Not really.
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
I occasionally check MotK for the threads about modding the games, but apart from that, nope.
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Yeah, I often watch them on youtube, or if I need help for a certain part, download a replay.
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
I have no opinion on it.
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
No, because I haven't taken an interest in other players.
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
I guess I probably wouldn't hurt, but I don't really care.

[Anonymous No.]

>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
No idea
B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
Alright I guess
C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
Average id say
D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
Depends on what the game offers I prefer balance neither too fast nor too slow.
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
I have not played a stg months now too big backlog of crap accumulated but when I get down to it I am a stubborn bastard.

Part 2 (Answer freely):
A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
No idea
B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
Raiden II mostly nostalgia id say
C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
In most cases both are connected.
D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
When it comes to stg my Great Mahou Daisakusen score and I was pretty happy with my final DDP score
E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
1-2 hours
F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
Either Ketsui,Progear,Strikers 1945 II or DoJ BL 2-ALL with a decent score.
G) How much have you improved during the past year?
Probably declined if anything due to lack of much play

Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
No not really
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
Not much at all
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Only when the game interests me.
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
It can stay
E) Do you have an idol? Why?
Nah
F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
I am not very talkative

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
No idea
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
Alright I guess
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
Average id say
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
Depends on what the game offers I prefer balance neither too fast nor too slow.
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
I have not played a stg months now too big backlog of crap accumulated but when I get down to it I am a stubborn bastard.

Part 2 (Answer freely):
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
No idea
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
Raiden II mostly nostalgia id say
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
In most cases both are connected.
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
When it comes to stg my Great Mahou Daisakusen score and I was pretty pleased with my final DDP score
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
1-2 hours
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
Either Ketsui,Progear,Strikers 1945 II or DoJ BL 2-ALL with a decent score.
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
Probably declined if anything due to lack of much play

Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
No not really
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
Not much at all
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Only when the game interests me.
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
It can stay
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
Nah
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
I am not very talkative

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
3
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
I deathbomb 95% of the time, so 0.1/10
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
2
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
3
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
This depends on how much I want to do something.

>Part 2 (Answer freely):
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
2 years.
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
MoF.
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
Scoring.
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
Not dying in MoF Normal.
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
Hard to say.
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
2nd place on royalflare for MoF Normal ReimuA. 2B in MoF Lunatic. I'm not sure if I can get either of these within the year though.
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
This much. <->

>Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
Yes.
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
Yes. MotK and a couple of IRC channels.
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Of course.
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
I miss when people flooded the thread with ``pls strm /jp/''
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
Yes, keroko.
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
I think they shouldn't discuss less.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
5/10
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
4/10
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
5/10
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
keyboard/10
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
10/10

>Part 2 (Answer freely):
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
6 years, but not on a frequently basis
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
StB, because it's perfect for playing 30 minutes and the learning curve is steep for single spellcards
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
survival
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
beating StB, i usual start training for some main touhou games but i'm not really consistent and change the games every 2 months
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
unfrequently, mostly on weekend about 30-40 minutes when i have time for it
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
beating DS or doing a complete non-item of 14.3
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
a bit

>Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
i don't care about other players
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
no
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
no, spoiling good/optimal routes by watching replays takes away all the fun. i want to learn everything just by myself
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
the HELL is that, streams are annoying because i want to watch and pause things when i want to
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
ZUN or Marisa, because they're cute
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
i'm not good with discussions, i don't really care

[Anonymous No.]

It's funny to me that nobody will give themselves credit when it comes to rating their abilities.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
4 Able to to create scrubroutes kinda quickly, not a solid player otherwise.
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
6 Have performed non-anticipatory deathbombs in MoF, but I don't react in a useful way most of the time.
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
2 Hard to see bullet as mfw playing touhou is 'xD'
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
5 Can tap pretty consistently on stuff I memo'd, probably within, like, 3 pixels margin of error.
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
2 Games should have 3 stages max!

>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
About 50 months.
>B) Do you have a favorite game?
I like a few! MoF, SA, DDC, photo games and ISC.
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
I enjoy watching scoreplay more.
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
no horizontal SA easy 1cc and no focus 10-1 in DS with Aya
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
Usually 0-10 min, 1 hour occasionally.
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
Play RSS
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?

>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
I read this thread and frequently check up on royalflare.
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
I lurk other places and visit IRC sometimes.
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
I watch most top score replays on royalflare.
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
I like the strms
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
:3
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
Most importantly western 2huplayers need more sukoata and taking 2hu very seriously!

[Anonymous No.]

>>12220066
Does it surprise you that /jp/ is filled with betas?
It is one of the reasons for the amount of neet's. You can't do well in a job interview if you can't properly judge your abilities.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12220256
>You can't do well in a job interview if you can't properly judge your abilities.


I got nepotism on my side I don't need this trait.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
Part 1
>How good are you
3/10, I haven't even 1cc normal'd every danmaku yet (Phantasmagorias, SoEW, GFW)
>Reflexes/reactions
4/10, still can't quite react very well on games I haven't practiced to death
>Bullet reading ability
6/10, I can at least find solutions on most "solvable" cards easily
>Movement control
5/10, I overshoot all the time
>Dedication/patience
5/10, if it has a character I like, I'll autism it pretty easily, otherwise I lose interest quickly

Part 2:
>Length of play
A few months before UFO released, can't remember when that was
>Favorite game
SA, easiest game to memorize and generally fun (free autocollects)
>Survival or scoring
Scoring
>Achievements
Perfect clear TD Normal/SA Hard
>Play everyday
Play rarely, and only about ~2hrs
>Goals
Perfect clear SA/MS normal
>Past year improvement
Started to learn how to play for score

Part 3:
>Keeping track of other people
Other than glancing at this thread sometimes, no
>Other touhou communities
Small community on an FE forum
>Enjoy watching replays/videos
Not really
>Livestreaming
I never catch these when they're up but that doesn't mean it should go down, people probably still enjoy them
>Idol
no
>Western players should discuss more
this is fine enough

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>Part 1:
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
-
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
8. I deathbomb on reflex rather than prediction
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
7. They balance out.
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
4. Kind of tired of Touhou at the moment.

>Part 2:
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
3 years
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
MoF and SA, they're good games
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
survival, but I tried scoring and didn't hate it.
>D) What are your greatest achievements?
I cleared SA Normal with ReimuA limiting myself to not move to the right at all
Why?
I had fun doing it
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
30min/day
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
see 1E
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
I've come a long way

>Part 3:
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
used to visit MotK before it died, and frequently look for streams in STGrillz
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
yes
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
Livestreaming's cool, STGrillz is fine
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
I look up to some players, but don't exactly idolize them
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
I think it's fine as it is right now

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
7, because I'm always getting distracted and doing dumb shit for fun and have trouble focusing and also my fingers mess up soemtimes
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
10
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
10
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
5, I've never tried with a fight stick though
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
6

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>>12223429
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
3 months
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
only played through 6 and I guess I like that the best
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
survival
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
no bomb one death EoSD run
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
on average, I'd say two two-hour sessions a week
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
none gameplay realted, I just want to play more of the games
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
a lot obviously

>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
no I just look i this thread occasionally
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
none
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
no
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
no opinion
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
no
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
don't care

[Anonymous No.]

>>12223432
>3 months
>no bomb one death EoSD run

[Anonymous No.]

>>12223471
An extremely talented player, how unbelievable. This is definitely the first time such a person has posted in this thread. I never thought that such people actually existed.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm just now getting into touhou.
My problem is finding the fan games, like 2huvania and such.
Is there a site/torrent/pastebin with these downloads?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12223679
http://moriyashrine.weebly.com/

Maybe this. It's all I have offhand.

[Anonymous No.]

Does this belong in the Touhou thread?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
6
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
7
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
6
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
5
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
2

>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
Shortly before /jp/ was created. Thank you Touhou hijacks
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
Subterranean Aneurysm or the seventh game. The music, the difficulty and the visuals are really in sync up to my expectations in these games. Character design fits them too.
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
Scoring. That's why I always die and give up.
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
Beating all the Extra stages and the games on Hard up to the 12.7th game. It's not much but it was my first STG and I'm proud of it.
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
Touhou? Not any more.
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
I have no such things.
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
Haven't played Touhou in the past year.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12224412
Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
Sometimes when I'm in the mood. It's fun to know what other people are doing.
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
No
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Rarely, they are too predictable.
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
Never heard of it.
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
I don't
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
Of course

[Anonymous No.]

Trying to run through Mystic Square, wanted to ask about Shinki's second last spell (technically Devil's Recitation, but of course doesn't have an actual name), is it more advisable to do this spell no-horizontal, or is it better to weave slightly left and right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12223679
Go to >>12223763
Or look around on nyaa.

[proREMIRIAt Elite Force Comman(...) !rSDMROXTB. No.]

>>12218432

Part 1
A) 6
B) 7
C) 6
D) 6
E) 5

Part 2 (Answer freely):
A) Intermittently, for about 10 years.
B) Fever SOS. HEAVEN IS HERE INSIDE MY SOUL.
C) Survival, I don't enjoy playing for score.
D) No-Miss Fever SOS (the TLB was a nice surprise that rekt'd me because I didn't know that you were invincible until you used a bomb).
E) I think I play 1-3 hours per week at most. I replay extras/phantasm/certain stages sometimes.
F) Try to no-item IS, maybe.
G) Haven't improved at all.

Part 3 (Answer freely):
A) Sometimes, brutal patch playthroughs are interesting.
B) Only /jp/.
C) A bit, I enjoy TAVs.
D) What.
E) Nope.
F) Maybe.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12224711
Those knives always had quite a wonky hitbox.

[Anonymous No.]

Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
>6/10, have only beaten IN and PCB on lunatic, and just barely.
B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
>7/10, Sometimes I reflexively panic bomb in games like DS and Last Word of IN.
C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
>6.5/10, sometimes I'm too confident in my abilities and end up dieing. Need to bomb more.
D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
>6.5/10. Playing the bonus games like STB and DS help a lot.
E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
>7.5/10, I've attempted Reimu's Last Word (Fantasy Heaven) about 150 times in a row one day, I was so determined and it was frustrating. Eventually I beat it. This kinda thing happens occasionally.

Part 2 (Answer freely):
A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
>Started Touhou I guess about 3 or 4 years ago, started taking it more seriously about 2 years ago.
B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
>Can't say a single game, they all have their own things which I like. Have spent the most time on IN though.
C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
>Survival, though scoring is interesting. I'm simply not at an acceptable level for scoring I feel. Haven't beaten most of the games on lunatic.
D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
>Beating PCB probably. I was shaking and becoming numb due to stress near the end, best feeling in the world when I beat Yuyuko's last spellcard.
E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
>On average I guess an hour, sometimes I don't play, sometimes I play a lot.
F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
>Beat MoF on lunatic, I once got to Kanako's VoWG and was so close but ended up losing, now I'm determined.
G) How much have you improved during the past year?
>Haven't kept track but I've certainly improved a fair bit.

Not enough room for part 3, not much to say anyway.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
7/10

B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
8/10

C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
7/10

D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
8/10

E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
7/10

Overall, I'd rate myself as a casual Touhou player who can pack a decent punch.

Part 2 (Answer freely):
A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
4 years of Touhou.

B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
Perfect Cherry Blossom. Because it was the game that defined Touhou for me. Best cast, music and spellcards.

C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
Scoring. I enjoy taking risks.

D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
EoSD Lunatic clear. It is rare that I beat a Lunatic mode at all, seeing I stick to the lower difficulties for scoring. The dedication and learning is worth it.

E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
A few hours per day on average.

F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
To continue embracing the game without frustration.

G) How much have you improved during the past year?
I feel I've reached a peak this year, with only slight improvements starting to come along slowly. I still make plenty of mistakes due to anxiety issues in my life.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12226317
Part 3 (Answer freely):
A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
Sometimes.

B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
Hardly many, besides MoTK.

C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Absolutely. They are quite entertaining and I think plenty can learn from them.

D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
I don't usually visit livestreams, so I'm not too bothered.

E) Do you have an idol? Why?
I don't really know enough people personally to consider someone an idol.

F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
Might be cool.

[Anonymous No.]

It's interesting how many people come to these threads, when so few normally post.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12226728
I lurk most of the time and can understand why lots of people come here since most other places seem like absolute shit or dead.

This is community enough for me, personally.

[Anonymous No.]

How are the three eXceed games on steam? Are they worth $4.99?

[Anonymous No.]

Sat in stage practice for approximately three hours (which was first supposed to be twenty minutes) improving my score by some 200k (which was supposed to be some 2M).

While the missing couple a hundred grazes would be fairly simple to grab, I'm not going to bother. I'm going to leave that and the few missing point-items for someone else to do. - Whatever the hell controls when those small fairies that carry one item die in the first big fairy portion, I have no idea.

Was considering trying out Lunatic since there was another submission, but I'd have to put some effort into it to piece together a route, so I probably won't bother.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12227021
The first one is forgettable, but you might as well if you're buying the pack.
The second one uses a polarity system and dynamic difficulty levels (although you can lock the minimum difficulty). It's fun.
The third one goes back to not having a polarity system, but it's also quite good.
All in all, they're some of the better bullet hell games on steam, so they're worth that price.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12227112
Seconding. Even if you don't like polarity games the 3rd game is worth it on its own.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12226728
There's nothing for me to post except for "Hey everyone, I still suck."

[Anonymous No.]

Hey everyone, I still suck.

[Anonymous No.]

Let's suck together.
EEK EEK

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>12230970
nice

[Anonymous No.]

>>12230970
epic

[Anonymous No.]

>>12232286
i like it

[Anonymous No.]

Is this the nocturnals thread?

[Anonymous No.]

Can you contain your autism to /jp/ without letting it spill over into other boards?

Thank you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12232310
Ran out of people to whine to about the soku threads?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
Part 2 (Answer freely):
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
3 years
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
Imperishable Night, best music.
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
Survival. But I find scoring funnier to watch.
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
NMNBNF EoSD extra and PCB extra and phantasm
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
Really depends on the day.
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
I'd like to do a NMNBNF IN extra run, but I find it nearly impossible because THAT mokou non spell.
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
a bit, I only played for about 3 weeks this year.


Part 3 (Answer freely):
>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
not really.
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
royalflare.
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
yes.
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
it's okay
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
no, I enjoy watching replays from some superplayers, but I don't consider them my idols.
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
no opinion

[Anonymous No.]

Please stream, /jp/!

[Anonymous No.]

>>12234532
Unfortunately, I am going to be getting sleep, or I might have started a stream for you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12234532
Look for streams on CaveTube. Always a few around.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12234532
There's a StB stream that's live on grillz.

[Anonymous No.]

Do you have a favorite Spell Card, /jp/?

[Anonymous No.]

Another journey comes to an end.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12237589
Divine Virtue of Wind God is always fun to dodge. Same goes for Scarlet Meister and Scarlet Gensokyo.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12237589
Koishi's 「胎児の夢」 (Embryo's Dream) from DS is very beautiful and metaphoric.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
>Part 1
>A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
2/10
>B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
2/10
>C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
2/10
>D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
2/10
>E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
0\10

>Part 2
>A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
5 years, I believe.
>B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
EoSD. Best porn.
>C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
What's scoring?
>D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
-
>E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
A day? Once a month if I'm in the mood.
>F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
See D)
>G) How much have you improved during the past year?
See F)

>Part 3

>A) Do you keep track of what other people do with the games?
Not really, unless they also happen to be streaming.
>B) Do you visit any Touhou or STG related communities other than /jp/? If so, which?
No.
>C) Do you enjoy watching replays or videos of Touhou and STG's?
Yea.
>D) What do you think of livestreaming as entertainment and the STGrillz site? Do you think it should be improved or purged from the OP's?
I like it.
>E) Do you have an idol? Why?
I'm not really that much into music or dancing.
>F) Do you wish the Western Touhou/STG players discussed more with each other?
Sure.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12230970
i like it

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
Part 1
A) Awful
B) Average
C) Average
D) Awful
E) Not

Part 2
A) 4 years
B) Lotus Land Story. It's cute and it has cute girls.
C) Scoring
D) Getting to Shou with enough lives to press X for the rest of the game. It's harder than it sounds!
E) A few hours when I do, a few times a week
F) Get some WRs. I'll have to start playing seriously for that though... I think people who have never attempted great scores tend to trivialize goes into them. They might think that they are paying the greatest among us, the Japanese superplayers, their due by placing them atop this pedestal built off that vague concept known as "talent," when in fact to do such a thing is an insult. To watch people chalk those many long hours of anguish, frustration, and uncertainty up to the players simply being predisposed to perform well in these games is utterly disgusting to me, but unfortunately something far too common on here, even amongst those who seemingly should know better.
G) I've regressed

Part 3
A) Yes
B) /kp/
C) Sometimes, especially if they do something really cool!
D) drmdr pls strm
E) Yorgje. I want to be as cute as her one day!
F) Of course. There can never be enough discussion of cute girls!

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
Part 1
A) 4
B) 6
C) 5
D) 2
E) 4

Part 2
A) since half a year
B) 2hu 8 - cool mechanics
C) Survi
D) none
E) once/twice per week
F) Find a job / complete EoSD on hard
G) :-)

Part 3
A) No
B) No
C) No
D) What
E) No
F) Whatever

[Anonymous No.]

>>12237662
(;_;)7

[Anonymous No.]

Please stream, /jp/

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242025
no

[Anonymous No.]

Please play RSS, /jp/

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242025
maybe

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242025
why do people wanna see 1000 Kbit/sec, 40 fps pixel mash with some 16 year old's voice-over on disgusting platforms like twich

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242524
Most of the Touhou players stream in acceptable quality without mic, don't they.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242552
>without mic
Might as well not stream at all. What's the point? What makes such stream better then watching of a replay? No, replay is even better, because you can pause/rewind it at any moment.
What's the point of stream when streamer doesn't interact with viewers and never checks chat? Why not just record it and put it on youtube?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242707
>What's the point of stream when streamer doesn't interact with viewers and never checks chat?
Why do you think streaming without a mic means they do this?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242552
i only looked once on that stg-stream-site and got exactly what i expected, 8 other people watched it though

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242524
There are hitbox streamers.

[Anonymous No.]

why does none of the dialogue make sense in these games

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242822
Because its translated and the translators didn't keep to the original text very well, especially in the early games.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242822
am i the only player who never patch the games and always ctrl through the gibberish talk in all these years because i don't care about the story

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242844
yes

[Anonymous No.]

I finally defeated lotus land story on normal mode with no continues.
I didn't beat my own highscore though..

My hands feel very weak and shaky, but I'll try the extra stage anyway.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12244629

Good luck. LLS was my first extra stage clear. Real fun boss fight.

[Anonymous No.]

Anyone have any material on how the Crimzon Clover World Ignition scoring system works beyond "you use your lockon shot to accrue a multiplier sorta like in ESP.Ra.De" ?

Time Attack is a fun mode for getting in fast bursts of game time but I really wanna start seeing something higher than that goddamn C+ when I finish. The level setup practically screams "you do something to these big guys first, then cash the bonus in against this wave of popcorn enemies that spawn immediately after" but I just don't get exactly what the proper technique is supposed to be.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12248573
1 - Point blank enemies with shot to rapidly build up break gauge and break rate.
2 - Once the gauge is about 150% full, activate break at the first major scoring opportunity (huge wave of enemy ships, blowing up boss components, etc.)
3 - When you break, use the invulnerability frames to set up a max-lock on shot, giving you a large multiplier.
4 - Point blank enemies for massive points, multiplying a large break rate with a large lock-on modifier. The duration of the lock-on multiplier can be extended by destroying tons of enemies at close range.
5 - When your gauge fills again, activate double break.
6 - Repeat steps 3 and 4.
7 - When you run out of break mode, repeat steps 1 through 6.

I'm not so good at scoring, but that's the general idea (copy-pasted from shmups forum). Planning to beat Arcade Original with all shots. Finally made some progress today!

[Anonymous No.]

Does this guy belong to you?

>>>/v/251941524

[Anonymous No.]

>>12249450
Is the lock-on multiplier supposed to affect break rate growth like it feels like it does?

Because in time attack it feels like the meter grows faster with higher multipliers which lets you shift into break which lets you rack up your multiplier faster which lets you double break if you get in before the break crashes blah blah blah rambling

[Anonymous No.]

>>12249582
Think so. Not 100% sure. Go test it out! That'll give you more score either way.

[Anonymous No.]

Have their been any good Touhou doujin game released in the past year that plays with "collecting" method like Labyrinth, Pocket Wars, and Unreal Mahjong? Just wondering if the honorable STG players would know some.

[Anonymous No.]

There is a new version for soreyuke burunyan.
Original mode is easier than before but ecstasy mode is a lot more interesting.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12248573
I don't know if there are any score ratio differences between small and large ships. Popcorn rushes are good to break on at least because you can point blank with all your shots hitting for a while.

There also seems to be a technique where you point blank a ship as it comes on screen, abusing the invulnerability so you can shoot it for score while locking it and still get a lock kill off to get your multiplier. Echoes of Ketsui, probably something I won't get right outside of stage 1.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12251183
http://www.bouken.jp/pd/cc4n/stage.html

[Anonymous No.]

Man, Perpetual Calendar is such a pain to beat as Dead Liar. It's so hard to line up slashes and deal decent AoE damage to the boss' parts, not to mention how much of a clusterfuck some of the miniboss phases are.

I guess Minogame 1cc was pretty much an easy mode since all you have to do is lay out circles and spin a ton.

[Anonymous No.]

Is there any site that keeps a high score table for PoFV?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12253120

Nothing beyond the MoTK one as far as I know. A shame since I bet there are more high score runs out there.

[Anonymous No.]

Just 1cc'd Lunatic with Reimu.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12254625
Of which game?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12249763
Since timing out of break reduces the break meter by like 20% or so, is it better to just bomb out of break if you're not gonna hit double in time?

Mind you I think Time Attack uses a slightly different ruleset from regular play, it's a lot more centered around well timed and profitable breaks from what I can tell.

>Steam decides to erase my local progress when I'm cache-checking my data due to keyboard controls constantly being parsed as two players' worth of input
>lose 30% of Type-Z progress
>rage so hard I finally get a B rank in Time Attack with the T-III

[Anonymous No.]

>>12254969
I'm doing T-III time attack too. I got master rank on it barely knowing what I'm doing. Then I grinded time attack for 6 hours to try to get master++ but never got past S ever again. My closest score was about 6 million lower than my PB. I don't understand anything about this game and it's driving me crazy

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255121
>master barely knowing anything

Lemme guess, no-death bonus?
I bet it's the no-death bonus, I keep choking like right after the miniboss.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255133
No that run had several deaths. No death bonus is only 1 million I think (never got it though). I somehow kept a 12.8 multiplier from after midboss all the way to the boss. I never managed to do that again. I either get a really small multiplier or the multiplier timer just expires too soon and I'm not sure why.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255153
Well, shit.

Guess I'm fucking up on maintaining multiplier.
There's also the fact that I don't have the boss down quite yet, and whiffing on the boss seems to deprive you of all star-bonus related points which is like a few extra million or so.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255162
I have zero idea on what to do for the boss so that might be a problem for me. Multiplier is definitely important. I watched a type Z replay where the guy cleared waves so fast he had waves from after the midboss show up before the midboss, so he could kill them all with a 12.8 multiplier (and it lasted for a few of the smaller ship mini bosses). He had almost 20 million by start of midboss when I get around 13-15. I know type Z is OP but I feel like it's possible to do something similar with type III.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255207
I doubt it.
T-III is pretty nice but I've heard stories about T-Z.

That said I'm a T-II kind of guy. For all the talk about how it's not good for scoring, nothing compares to turning like almost half the screen neon green with your hitbox nowhere near the center of that kill column.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12254969
Bombing drains your break rate so probably not.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255222
I like type II because you can do some silly things. Like leaving the options trailing behind you during stage 5 to kill 3 clones of the stage 2 boss. But it's a bit hard to get used to it, and type I is too slow so I just use III.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255301
Yeah I'm working on my T-II tricks, option control isn't really difficult for me, but I have on occasion forgotten that my hitbox is not in the center of wherever my shots are flying from (in other words lapsing into thinking I'm flying T-III instead).

I want to like T-I though, since T-III is 2fast for me. That said T-I just feels way too vanilla, if it had T-III's option arrangement I'd probably go for it some more.

Can't wait to hit T-Z, though. I want some cheese time.

>>12255279
Realized that the break timeout also decays the meter on top of that, so yeah it's kinda not worth it after all.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255322
Yeah my problem with T-II is misjudging the hitbox. Also there's some situations like "I want to kill things to my left and all my options are to my right" and that messes me up sometimes.

I have T-Z but am trying to avoid using it, but it's hard to resist the temptation. The time attack rankings seem to be at different scores though. I think I tied my T-III score and only got an S+.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255301
I would use Type-III but it's been hard enough learning not to run into everything with Type-I. Something about CC has been hard to get used to. It feels slidey and like I can't tell where I am all the time. It's usually not this much problem across games of different make.

[Anonymous No.]

So I decided to start playing something because I haven't played any shmups for the better part of the year and man, I forgot how fun scoring was in original mode Mushihimesama Futari Black Label is.

You spend half the time on the top side of the screen blasting the shit out of everything at point blank before you find yourself getting some distance because the bullets have suddenly become fast as hell or because you need to wait until the screen is overflowing with enemies and bullets before clearing it all. It's rather exhilarating.

It's making me wonder though, what other games make you play in a similarly aggressive fashion?.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12220066
>>12220256
Alternatively, Dunning–Kruger effect.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12227112
The music for Rex (Shibayan) and Jade (SSH) are worth the 5 bucks on their own.

Speaking of Jade Penetrate, anyone have a list of the differences between the first version and the Black Package that's on steam?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255396
I take it back. I hadn't tried Type-III again since my first hour. I can mostly handle it now, and it's so much better. I'm switching.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12242524
>1000 Kbit/sec
>mfw I can't get over 750kbps and I'm playing Crimzon Clover

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255222
>I've heard stories about T-Z
WI T-Z is a pale imitation compared to vanilla T-Z. That thing is an unholy beast at most lower levels of play. I cheesed my first 1cc with it as it's extendbreakbreakextendbreakbreak until you clear.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12252563
>stage 3 dragons
I guess the proper way is to blow off the armour then kill the head with a lock shot to get all the points?

>missile spams only worth 50 and 10
Shit, is it even worth milking them off the 5.1 boss?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255532
Dangun Feveron, but that's a different kind of agressive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255870
Yes, and probably not. Missiles do recharge break meter quickly, so that's something you can use to your advantage.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12256573
I generally play Boost, so faster methods of charging like that don't matter all that much.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12256600
In that case, it's worth milking.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12255532
Ketsui. You're almost constantly moving up and down the screen alternating between point blanking and lasering for score.

[Anonymous No.]

I did it

[Anonymous No.]

>>12257741
Did you start with 5 lives?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12257756
Not this time

[Anonymous No.]

Another close clear. Halfway there.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12260190
Nice! How important is scoring to get that amount of stars/extends? I feel like I might be slacking off on the early stages and it's costing me in the long run.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12260190
I love how Crimzon Heart comes with two different attack sets depending if you're on Original or Boost mode.

And that WI lets you jump straight to 5-EX while still demanding that you work for the final phase of CrimHeart.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12261056
I aimed for 250k stars by the end of stage 3 boss. While it is preferable to no-miss these stages, it may be advisable to delay an extend if you're on your last life and can get one from the midboss instead.

[proREMIRIAt Elite Force Comman(...) !rSDMROXTB. No.]

>>12260190
I had totally forgot about this.

DOUBRU BREAKU MODO

[Anonymous No.]

>>12262034
To add, scoring isn't important for extends in CCWI. Ignoring lock-on multiplier during double break still yields the same amount of stars, but will give significantly less score.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12262038
My problem personally is that I seem to have little awareness to the rules governing star spawning, and my collection rate is only good enough to fuel me through Novice (which is kind enough to also provide 1ups in the boss item pile).

Now if only Novice were a tad harder. I dare say it's too easy. I mean, it's Novice, that implies it's for fresh meat to break into the habit of things, but sometimes I just suck a huge amount of ass at shmups yet still want a sense of challenge. I'm not -that- bad at these kinds of games...

[Anonymous No.]

>>12262046
Novice Boost scoring is pretty challenging, but easy to get into.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12262034
I'll keep that number in mind. Do all midbosses give an extend on the last life or just the first few?

>>12262038
So the best way to get stars is to maximize the number of enemies I kill during (double) breaks and break as often as possible? Or is there something else?

And a question regarding scoring, if I have lock-on multiplier at max with a decent timer is there still a reason to use lock-on? Do enemies give more score if killed by lock-on or something? Or should I just shoot as many things as possible while the multiplier is still up?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12262070
Pretty much. Shooting things during break in general gives a lot of stars. This obviously means you want to fit in the most amount of double breaks possible in a particular stage. Normal break doesn't give as much, but the fact that it doesn't deplete your break meter and being able to bomb out of the break makes it safer for surviving difficult parts of the game.

Destroying bigger ships with lock-on helps maintain the timer even longer.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm stuck in CCWI (original). I can only get about 250b on stage 2 for example. I know I need to squeeze in another double break somewhere (and more things), but I can't get it done. Rather than watch and try to copy replays I would rather understand the thought processes behind them. Can anyone explain scoring beyond the "general idea" steps above?

[Anonymous No.]

Just finished my first SA 1CC (normal).

Where should I go from here? Should I continue to 1cc all of the games on normal, work on extra stages, go back and do older games on higher difficulties, or attempt more SA 1CC's with different shot types?

http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=33968

[Anonymous No.]

how do i patchouli guys

[Anonymous No.]

>>12262373
If you're really just can't deal with it, try another shot type (if you haven't already). Her spell cards completely change based on that.

Also, playing on Hard/Lunatic will give you discipline.

[Anonymous No.]

LLS 1cc

[Anonymous No.]

I tried doing Touhou the ZUN way since I just turned 21 but all I end up doing is swearing profusely at the poor little girls.
Seriously, Youmu is a little cunt though. Probably wouldn't put out until marriage.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12262468
Good luck with the *gestsus.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12223181
Then Orin destroys all of your lives

[Anonymous No.]

>>12262574
I think that is stage practice.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12199942
Mars Matrix

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
6/10, I think I'm better than the average player but I'm not some twitchy autistic MLG pro yet.
B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
5/10
C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
6/10, I've gotten better since I started playing but needs improvement
D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
4/10
E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
2/10, if I get frustrated or bored I'll just quit the game and come back to it later. I do this for all video games, not just Touhou.
____
A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
About a year and a half, I freely admit that before that I was a secondary faggot who just fapped to the porn and listened to iosys remixes
B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
IN because Youmu/Yuyuko is my favorite team from all aspects. They really compliment each other both gameplay-wise and dialogue/story-wise.
C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
Play through a game once on normal or easy to get the story, then score-oriented play on lunatic.
D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
I'm a pretty average player and don't think I have any ``great achievements´´.
E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
Probably an hour or so. But that's average, there are days where I play for 8 hours and days where I don't play at all and rather play some other game or watch animu.
F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
1cc IN on hard +
G) How much have you improved during the past year?
I used to be pretty shit and had trouble playing the game even on normal.

P3:
No to everything.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432
Part 1 (Answer on a scale from 1 to 10. You may expand upon your answers):
A) How good do you consider yourself as a Touhou/STG player?
5/10. I've completed several EX stages but I'm nowhere near great.
B) How good are your reflexes and reactions?
4/10 Bad, it's all memory for me.
C) How good is your bullet reading ability?
7/10 I do really well but during prolonged spellcards my view focus slowly shifts downward and I go from 90% predicting to suddenly relying on my shit-awful reflexes, which means dying/bombing.
D) How good are you at controlling your movements?
7/10 for some reason I am great at unfocused which really boosts my confidence.
E) How dedicated and patient are you as a player?
7/10 My most patient was when I unlocked PCB EX. I memorized routes from replays and played for 6-7 hours until I could get through the whole stage without dying or bombing.
Part 2 (Answer freely):
A) How long have you played Touhou, or STG's?
14 months of just 2hu.
B) Do you have a favorite game? Which is it? Why?
I love PCB, IN, and MoF equally. They are all masterpieces of atmosphere and composition.
C) Do you prefer survival or scoring oriented play?
Survival
D) What are your greatest achievements? Why?
The most memorable moment for me was for the first time seeing Mokou respawn after Hourai Doll and opening up her Imperishable Shooting. It was very euphoric.
E) Give a rough assumption, how much do you play per day.
I play every few days for 1-3 hours, so about an hour daily.
F) What are your goals for the rest of this year?
Capture Flandre and Suwako. That was my goal from the start, actually.
G) How much have you improved during the past year?
I had only beaten a few Normal routes last year, but now I have a few Hards and EXs under my belt.

[Anonymous No.]

>playing EoSD
>doing really well, got up to Patchouli without dying once
>hear a knock on bedroom door, pause the game
>mom asks me where her cup is
>say its on the fucking mantelpiece where it always is
>unpause game
>die instantly

[Anonymous No.]

>>12262620
go play mars matrix

[Anonymous No.]

>>12263494
Who are you quoting?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12263548
His life, stupid.

[Anonymous No.]

I want /v/ to leave.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12263714
You asked me to come here because your threads were dying.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12264019
>your threads were dying
Since when.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12264020
A month ago. Eirin gave it medicine.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12264019
It's more likely that you got asked here by a /v/ anon than /jp/ anon. And certainly wasn't the OP who asked you here.

I don't think people in these threads really mind quests from elsewhere, but please do lurk a little bit and get used to our customs before posting. Greentext as much as you want, but don't do it here.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12264727
I wasn't the person greentexting. I've actually been here for a couple months, but stopped around march until last month.

[Anonymous No.]

Is the Streamer List in stgrillz broken for anyone else?

[Anonymous No.]

>Get Raiden IV OVERKILL
>1cc trophy doesn't unlock
>found out it requires you to beat both loops.

Whatever, I don't need some dumb trophy telling me I 1cc the game. Fuck the second loop.

Anyone experience with Raiden series? I can't really handle anything higher than normal let alone loop-2. I'm not used to bullets going so fast against my slow ass ship (relatively) and ultimate is pretty ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12218432

Part 1
A)
5/10 relative to easy modo casual and superplayers.

B)
5/10 I can't handle fast bullets very well, for reference my reading speed in DDR/ITG is 500.

C)
8/10 If I can recognize them I can weave through them easily and watching my own replays I can't believe the shit I spot and maneuver through. However refer to B for the issue.

D)
10/10 Not saying fight sticks helps but fight sticks help. I can maneuver diagnals very easily now, it's definitely a far cry from my younger self who'd stick to the horizontal axis 98% of the time.

E)
7/10 I think any player who plays shmup are dedicated and patient, though I'm a sore loser, if I lose a good run, I'll stop playing shmups for a few days.

Part 2 (Answer freely):
A)
On and off 5 years, a lot of off. I would say seriously a year.
B)
PCB for many reasons
C)
Survival, but I'm interested in scoring, though I don't think I'm good enough for scoring.

D)
Perfect Cherry Blossom Lunatic 1cc. First and only lunatic clear so far.

E)
2-3 hours

F)
Raiden IV 1-Ultimate 1cc, Raiden IV 2-hard 1cc, and finish lunatic mode for the rest of the touhou

G)
IMMENSELY HOLY SHIT, just a year ago I have never 1cc a single touhou game on normal.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12265262
>>12218432

Part 3 (Answer freely):
A)
I watch a lot of superplays but I don't keep up with people in the thread, simply because I forget of the thread's existence a lot. However when I do recognize someone's progress it makes me happy and makes ME want to get better.

B)
shmups.system11 for system mechanics but I don't actually post on the forums.

C)
Yes, for strategies, and I enjoy super players.

D)
Never noticed it was even in the OP

E)
Any dual player, it's impressive as fuck.

F)
I don't understand the question

[Anonymous No.]

Cleared PoFV Extra with Komachi.

http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=33987

That was far too easy. It will likely be much harder when I attempt to do no miss runs, but I expected to need more than two tries to clear it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12265984
aren't the phantasmagorias heavy RNG-based? i was never really interested in playing these serious

[Anonymous No.]

>>12265988
Some RNG, but not enough to wildly change a run when attempting a lunatic 1cc most of the time.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12265984
Also, I just discovered that the replay desyncs on Yuka in the japanese version of the game if you made it in the english version.

They butchered the translation of some games to prevent that, and it happens anyways. That is very irritating.

[Anonymous No.]

was finally able to fucking 1cc UFO just now. it felt pretty good. i tried quite a lot of time. haha extra is going to be so easy.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12262160
Preparing double break mode (DBM) might need some hard ways like always point-blanking enemies. If you failed usually you don't have enough energy when you reached the scoring spots.
Just take easy scoring spots and sacrifice another "hard" ones to make sure DBM ready.
Stage 1 scoring spots :
- Early stage
- Water section
- Pre-boss popcorn
If you're doing early stage DBM, you might not have enough energy for water section. So it would be safe to skip this and prepare DBM for water section.
Water section. Started from the bridge, first Break Mode used at the 5th wave of tanks when Hydrosphere coming. DBM used when 2 Hydrospheres coming. Incoming enemies pattern is fixed, it's like 2 Aegis -> 3 Aegis -> 2 Hydrosphere.
Eventually you'll have Break Mode available for pre-boss popcorn area, but getting DBM is hard, you need some bullet cancelling from the last 2 Hydrosphere after water section DBM.

Stage 2 scoring spots :
- Early stage
- Laser canon fortress
- After mid-boss popcorn
- Pre-boss
Take Energy bonus from stage 1 boss so you can do early stage DBM. Started when first incoming popcorn and ended at the laser canon fortress.
You can do another Break Mode before mid-boss, but don't use DBM.
At mid-boss you can use DBM before mid-boss dead, be aware that getting multiplier bonus here kind of hard, usually the counter run out before popcorn ended.
Pre-boss DBM started when enemies on railway coming. Kill Volcano with full lock-on to get more score.