Touhou Bitching/Whining Thread mk. 7

[Sen]

Spent literally 97 minutes (I timed myself) to capture DS 9-7 with Hatate. I finally did, and went to save my replay.
I am used to StB, where once you finish a spell, you press Up once and you're at the Save Replay option.
In DS, pressing Up once brings you to the Retry Scene option.

 :colonveeplusalpha:

[LHCling]

It also appears that my score.dat had reset itself earlier today, fortunately I had a backup.

EDIT: FFFFFFFFFF- this is already enough of a bitch to do how the hell am I supposed to reproduce a fluke of all things? Nevermind I worked out the little trick that I needed. Upping later.

[theshirn]

Holy crap why am I so bad at Keine and Marisa.

[Reddyne]

Aw, man. SakuyaB in PCB is such a pain in the butt.

Also, just got a quick reminder of why I was so glad to have dodged DS. Played it for a week and gave up. Just tried it again. Same results as last time. I think Einstein's definition of insanity revolves around trying the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. How fitting.

[jbsnv]

you guys must be awesome or something because i have trouble with beating the game on easy i have embodiment of the scarlet devil
mountain of faith and imperishable night

i just recently beat reisen on imperishable night
i cant beat sakuya's awesomeness
i fail with the lvl after nitori i cant even get to the boss

[Sen]

you guys must be awesome or something because i have trouble with beating the game on easy i have embodiment of the scarlet devil
mountain of faith and imperishable night

i just recently beat reisen on imperishable night
i cant beat sakuya's awesomeness
i fail with the lvl after nitori i cant even get to the boss

Nothing to worry about! Everyone develops at different speeds. I've been playing the games for almost two years and I'm still only on Hard Mode; Jaimers 1cc'd every game in the series on Lunatic within nine months. It's nothing to worry about; skill comes with practice, and practice comes with time.

Also, just got a quick reminder of why I was so glad to have dodged DS. Played it for a week and gave up. Just tried it again. Same results as last time. I think Einstein's definition of insanity revolves around trying the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. How fitting.

You have to get used to DS and StB. They are both games designed to kick your ass until you get better. If you're not good enough, again, don't worry! Play the other games! I stopped playing DS when I got to Stage 10 because I couldn't beat anything on it besides 10-3. Two months later and lots of practice, I gave it a shot and cleared the entire game within a few days. Come back to it later if you feel you've improved; you'd be surprised how noticeable it is once you have.

[Alice★f]

I think Einstein's definition of insanity revolves around trying the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. How fitting.

This is why I love Einstein.

For the sake of insanity, I have become such a stubborn asshole. Learning to draw, and doing well in Touhou, all fit within the range of insanity. Do the same thing over and over until you become better.

The Border Between Simple Practice and Insanity.

To me, insanity = extreme dedication.

Anyone can practice, but not anyone practices to the level of insanity.

And Sakuya is total hax

[LHCling]

Too standard for my tastes. Oh well, at least it's consistent.

EDIT: Failed a Perfect NF Murasa. Funny thing is that it was my first try as well. "Oh my hand slipped whoops".

EDIT 2: OK, three times out of five attempts I think I should stop before I make more stupid mistakes. Interestingly enough, two missed on "DCC", and one on "SV". Read: nothing on the 3rd Non-Spell.

EDIT 3: And yes, I got wind of you people on IRC.
Shame on you people for thinking such things  >:|

[Jaimers]

I CAN SO TOTALLY DO THIS :<

Spoiler:

That was a perfect normal Mima BTW

[jbsnv]

I CAN SO TOTALLY DO THIS :<

Spoiler:

That was a perfect normal Mima BTW

k then do

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

Failed a timeout of Thousand Needle Mountain With 0 seconds on the timer

Why does this crap keep happening to me?

[Naut]

Completely fucking blew a really good UFO Marisa A Lunatic run. Max lives at Murasa. Had 52k point value for the big blue at the end of stage 5. Didn't kill it. 220 million points down the drain.

I don't make it to stage 6.

Shit.

[jbsnv]

Completely fucking blew a really good UFO Marisa A Lunatic run. Max lives at Murasa. Had 52k point value for the big blue at the end of stage 5. Didn't kill it. 220 million points down the drain.

I don't make it to stage 6.

Shit.

wow epic fail

[Naut]

Yeah, that was sorta the point in me posting here.  :/

[Jelly Belly]

Two deaths and three bombs on the stage.
Bomb on Nue's opener and death on Dark Clouds.
What the hell is wrong with this?

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

140/141 spells captured on PCB

Demon World sucks so much.

Edit:

2DNBNBB PCB Stage 3. Midboss nonspell and Orleans Dolls

Edit:

Now I just had this crap happen a second time.

[Demonbman]

hhahahahaha died four times on Kanako's Rice Porage spell....;_;

[チソウ タイゼン]

hhahahahaha died four times on Kanako's Rice Porage spell....;_;

It's okay, because that card is ass! I can't explain it, but I think it is difficult as well and dislike having to combat it!

[ark]

I think it's easy even on Lunatic :V

[Iryan]

Actually, in my opinion it is somehow easier on lunatic than on hard.  :V


On topic: When grinding MoF stage 6 this was bound to happen eventually, but I.. I...

I failed Madly Dance on Medoteko.  :flamingv:

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

Tried UFO Hard again. Why do I even bother?

The only 2 shottypes worth using are SanaeB and MarisA. And SanaeB would just have issues on Lunatic as well for the enemies that don't die fast. Not that I would even bother with Lunatic as it can't be good for your health. MarisA is better on bosses but a little worse on stages, but she's okay at most stage parts. The hitboxes are way too big as well, and Zun needs to return it to how it was in EoSD and before with equal hitboxes.

And the clipdeaths everywhere. Then Shou just craps all over any good run up to that point.

[Drake]

What exactly do you have against ReimuA? She does the most amount of damage in the game without shotgun, and her range is absolute. Only thing she doesn't have is piercing, which seems to be why you like MarisaA and SanaeB.

[Naut]

More importantly, why would you be using anybody other than

Spoiler:

skinny-useless-doesn't-eat-enough-small-ass-hitbox

Reimu when you're "clipdying"? Like Drake said, Reimu A does the most damage by a large margin, and Reimu B is laughing during the stages. This, coupled with that impossibly small hitbox, should make her the shot type of choice for first one credit clears.

Having said all that, if for some reason you think Sanae B has a weakness, I do feel like I may be talking to a wall

[Arcengal]

This was my first serious attempt at a 1cc after the ridiculous amount of practice runs I've been doing.

- Captured Pendulum Guard for the first time ever.
- Didn't die until Carnival.
- Died to King Kraken Strike because my finger slipped.
- Died to second non-spell because someone started talking to me IRL.
- Grabbed the wrong colour of UFO about 4 times over the courses of stages 3-5 (STOP CHANGING DAMMIT)
- Died to Nazrin's mid non-spell (WHAT!?)
- Captured RTG (...WHAT?!)
- DIED TO FREAKING ABSOLUTE JUSTICE BECAUSE I PRESSED UP/RIGHT INSTEAD OF UP.
- Autobombed Vajra, was *just* too close to the lasers during Clarification.
- Amassed a grand total of one extra bomb in stage 6.

If I stay calmer while playing, I'm pretty sure I can do this. Which feels weird, to say the least.

[Ecthel]

SanaeB

issues

I can't seem to parse that. Maybe windows can help us.


Or not.

[Bananamatic]

Tried UFO Hard again. Why do I even bother?

The only 2 shottypes worth using are SanaeB and MarisA. And SanaeB would just have issues on Lunatic as well for the enemies that don't die fast. Not that I would even bother with Lunatic as it can't be good for your health. MarisA is better on bosses but a little worse on stages, but she's okay at most stage parts. The hitboxes are way too big as well, and Zun needs to return it to how it was in EoSD and before with equal hitboxes.

And the clipdeaths everywhere. Then Shou just craps all over any good run up to that point.

I still don't see how is Marisa's hitbox bigger :V

[Naut]

I still don't see how is Marisa's hitbox bigger :V

Reimu's hitbox is 2x2, Sanae's 3x3 and Marisa's 3.5x3.5 (I still think they're circles but some people think they're squares so :/). If you play a lot with all the characters, you'll notice this in active gameplay. Their graze radius is pretty proportionate to their hitbox size as well, so it makes sense. Now, one and a half pixels doesn't seem like a big difference, but it does mean you're trying to dodge with an area of 12.25 pixels² versus 4 pixels², which is more than three times as large (provided we're assuming the hitboxes are square).  :ohdear:

[Bananamatic]

I have to graze fast and hitbox too small
seriously, it seems rather natural to me, or reimu has her hitbox way too little

[Naut]

Reimu's hitbox is too small in my opinion as well. She's way too forgiving. She even has the highest DPS shot type and homing... A bit excessive. No love for Marisa

[Bananamatic]

I don't remember the last time I clipped something with Marisa. I also find her somewhat stronger for some reason...even though she is weaker.