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>>11644732

Take your pills.

>>11664299
309 posts.

>>11664327
Hi, you must be new here. That thread will stay on the board for AT LEAST the next 3 days.

>>11664327
So? Even the Kantai Collection thread reach 1800 posts per thread.

Image limit or bump limit are not excuse.

Could you please not put things in the OP which invite survey spam garbage?

>>11664399
>>11664399
>>11664399

I guess we're using this thread now.

>>11664330

>>>11644732 (Dead)

>>11668364
Wow would you look at that, it took one whole day of people needlessly bumping shit off page 10 to get rid of it.
Congrats, dude.

>>11668373
:^)

Is riz still around?

>>11672592
Riz is ~user@393F7302:CDD5CF6C:174A3CC4:IP * unknown
Riz on #/jp/truuproject @#jp-prog
Riz using *.rizon.net Where are you?
Riz has identified for this nick
Riz End of /WHOIS list.

Hey this thread is shit. Perfect place for me to post this then.

Finally got my first 1CC. I'm ass of course, but still, it's a nice feeling. It was a pretty good run by my standards till stage 5 where I fucked up a lot. Remi also drained two lives for stupid reasons. All in all I wasted (died with) a total of 11 bombs or so. I really, really have a problem with going for the "skill dodge". That said my initial "never use bombs" approach combined with me playing StB helped, I think.

Think I may move on from EoSD though. I'd rather focus on the rest of the series, considering the standardized hitboxes and such. I gotta say PCB sure is different. Far more slow moving/dense patterns and spell cards seem to last for fucking ever.

>>11675599
try Flan first.

- TD = Youkais rebel

- DDC = tools and small fry youkais rebel

- Th 15 = Fairies mount the biggest rebellion ever seen in Gensokyo. Extra stage boss is true mastermind and it is a personification of Saint Francis Xavier bringing finally a christian character to Gensokyo.

inb4 christianism is shit. If ZUN can bring Taoism that has had almost no repercution on Japanese history and culture, I don't understand why he shouldn't portray christianism.

I have to play more Touhou. I can't even get to Remilia anymore.

What do you guys think of the old games?

>>11675787
Old as in PC98 or old as in pre-MoF

>>11675646
Well, sure why not. I assume the difficulty is lunatic-tier by default?

>>11676170
Most Extras are about as difficult as Hard. They will seem easier because they are shorter and hence require less practice.

Should've chosen one of the easier games to clear on normal first. Nothing makes me angrier than Th11 stages 3 and 5

>>11676170
>>11676185

I find Extra to be easier than Hard 1CC. And it seems like ever since MoF there's been a huge jump in difficulty between Normal and Hard, so the difference is even bigger in the newer games.

>>11676048
PC98

yay

God, anyone got a decent survival-based UFO route for hard mode? I need as many resources as possible badly to stand a chance at 1cc, as now I just crash and burn at stage 5 and chasing the goddamned tokens like a child in fog does not fucking help at all.

>>11675702
Probably because people would actually care about that and shitstorms would ensue.

>>11676252
I'm a fucking idiot; how do I access this screen?

>>11676293
Then don't. Focus on dodging and survival and you'll manage. And don't forget to use all your bombs.

>>11676252
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ig9Up0PnM

NIGGER WHAT

Aren't there like only 2 or 3 people on the planet who ever managed to do that?

>>11676293
The route is to relax and not worry about every UFO. If I remember correctly, you only need 2 red UFOs per stage 1-5 plus Nue's 1up to get 11 lives.

How good is ZUN at danmaku?

>>11676341
Pretty good i'd imagine, though I wonder if he's got a bit of an edge considering he made the patterns and knows how they work.

>>11676341
The demo gameplay that plays when you stay on the title screen for long enough is him, so you tell me.

>>11676321
>>11676333
As I said, I absolutely need it. I run out of resources by stage 5 either by not collecting UFOs at all outside of the easiest ones or sacrificing my bombs to get them, in which case I have none for the bosses.
I could theoretically compose one with wiki, but actually putting it into practice is another matter. I was hoping someone has his own tried and true route that yields the most survival benefits with the least risk (say, as few blinking tokens that are necessary for the route, yet have to be chased in worst parts of the stage as possible).

>>11676333
Its way more efficient to go for bombs if he's trying to stay alive.

Alright, 6 lives, 3 bombs.
I can do this, I can beat Sukuna, I CAN WIN!

I lost 2 lives on one two of her Spellcards, did bad timing on my bombing and died when she grew me big.

I-I don't know what happen either.

>>11676366
The point was that you barely have to use the system at all to get the usual number of lives.

>>11676319
When you 1cc the game for th6, 7 and 8. He removed it starting 10.

>>11676395
True, but as I said, I need a much above usual resources to stand a chance. Not necessarily to reach the life cap (because I'm no way in hell as consisitent in stage parts as I'm in normal), but to play as safely as possible.

I do appreciate the suggestion to go for bombs instead. Risky as it might be, I need to bombspam anyway to get anywhere, so it might be my best shot, short of a specifically tailored route.

So how many hours do you guys estimate it took immersed in these games before you actually cleared one on normal mode?

I'm trying to figure out if i'm wasting my time trying this shit or not.

>>11676564
3-7 hours of non-continuous gameplay.

>>11676564
20h just on IN and I'd say maybe 40h overall.

>>11676564
It wasn't really a progression so much as when certain things just.. clicked into place.

That moment when you learn what streaming is, and why its so important.
When you finally find that comfort zone for your eyes to rest.
And when you don't panic instantly at a large wave of bullets incoming, but instead start seeing the holes and paths you could take.

Theres a word for it i'd like to use, but its been so heavily corrupted due to internet memes it just feels wrong.

>>11676564
5 hours for an IN max life clear, which is the ultimate scrub achievement. Playing with default resources and/or starting with a harder game would've taken longer.

>>11676564
I'd say 10 to 20 hours on IN with Border team. Shortly after (5 - 10 hours) that was EoSD, PCB, MoF, and TD. UFO took more time, and SA took the most.

>>11676576
Yeah this right here it took forever but once you get to this point it feels so good

>>11676330
The fact that I'll never be this good makes me want to give up on these games.

>>11676683
Don't give up.

>>11676683
Do give up. It will make you happier, trust me.

>>11676683
Dont watch high level gameplay it will discourage you.

>>11676683
Everyone starts out bad.
As long as you're still having fun then there's no reason to give up playing.

>>11676778
I find it to be the opposite.

I've yet to play a Touhou game, but when I see someone playing it on Lunatic mode, my eyes can keep up with the player and I don't feel surprised or scared of things coming at a fast pace anymore.
What I said probably didn't make any sense, but how would I do if I end up playing Touhou for the first time? Would I do alright?

>>11676841
Watching and playing are completely different. Not completely sure why but that's how it works. If I watch a replay sometimes I can't believe how I got killed by something so "obvious".

That said, what you're doing certainly won't hurt. Why not give it a go and see for yourself?

>>11676698
The question really is "do I want to sink x amount of time into getting that good?" Considering the massive opportunity cost here the answer for most will be no, as it is with me. I'm perfectly fine with that though.

>>11676252
neat

also beat up Sakuya is 2 cute. Wait, did she fuck up and cut herself?

>>11676375
>mfw her life/spell/whatever gauge was down to like one pixel on her last spell when I lost my last life with Sakuya A

>>11676752
BULLSHIT!

>>11677091
I died to Yuyuko's final spell card with one second to go, once.

>>11676781
I was having fun up until I learned that Lunatic is the standard difficulty. I'm slowly getting the hang of it after almost a month of grinding, but it also feels like I'm not improving at times. It kind of feels like I'm just memorizing everything instead of actually learning how to play.

I've considered just playing for score on the lower difficulties, but I found that messing up easy scoring techniques makes me way more upset than any stupid trivial survival mistake. Even more so because it's a lower difficulty.

>>11677304
>I was having fun up until I learned that Lunatic is the standard difficulty
Wait, what?

>>11677986
:V

>>11678093
( ´∀｀)

How much money does zun even make? With touhou's popularity he was able to quit his day job right?

>>11679616
>Zun
>make money
Are you serious? He makes nothing

>>11679618
He makes games

>>11679616
He's a fucking idiot when it comes to making money with his series that's for sure.

After a long 2hu break, starting up 14.

Hope it won't disappoint.

>>11679616
His normal job is "writing for manga". It's implied that the Touhou manga are a major source of income, but it's unknown whether or not he does anything else.

>>11679939
well, we know he likes to drink.

>>11679674
It's one of the best games to do a LNB run in.
Playing for score, on the other hand.

>>11680090
He does own a home brewery actually. He's brewed several different beers with Touhou-inspired names (one being "Super Red the Nightless Castle") and has sold a few at events.

Is there any chance that ZUN will do another game like Fairy Wars? I really love the gameplay, it's such a fresh breath of air

This is for the fighting games

I got a PS3 controller and the correct driver for it but I can't seem to get a comfortable configuration and no matter what going through menus use a different button configuration that in game, I think. Is it better to use a keyboard or my new controller

>>11680240
One day I will go to one of his events and drink beer with him.
He also gives out signed coasters. I need one!

>>11676252
congrats, what are you going to do now you got the 1cc?

>>11680628
Now he can get starting on the next 8 games. If you count Fairy Wars it's 9

>>11680491
where from ?

By the way, I finally managed to capture both Scarlet Meister and Gensokyo in Lunatic mode. Felt so happy, and I was so Hard when watching Reimu's end (Reimu B)

What is the best, horizontal or vertical STG?

>>11680765
Both are pretty fun, but if I had to say, I like vertical more because I'm slightly better at them.

What's a good horizontal STG I can play in MAME? I haven't played shmups in general in a good two weeks now and I don't want to just jump straight into my main game yet.

I just recently got 1ccs in all Windows main series Touhous. It was a long journey, but when Utsuho finally collapsed, I felt like I'd accomplished something.

Would you play a 3D Touhou?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6-hvzPchL8

I finally made the switch to keyboard, and I'm glad I did. It feels so much better than playing on pad, but I still feel like nothing can beat my old arcade stick. ;_;

One thing though, I really feel like my field of vision is greatly reduced playing on keyboard. With pad and stick I could easily see the entire screen and act accordingly, but now I feel like I can only see half of the screen at any given time. Maybe I'm just sitting too close to the monitor or something, but it doesn't feel like it.

>>11680886
UN Squadron/Area 88

Can I talk about UNL?

I started it for the first time today but I have no idea how balanced it is. Right now I am maining Meiling (using Oku as a 2nd character) and I haven't had any trouble. Are any of those characters useless at higher level play?

Another question, I have no idea how to get good with Sanae, any tips?

>>11682726
You know there is a HISOUTENSOKU thread already up, right?

If you want to talk about "UNL" you might have to find a game that exists with that name first.

>>11682730
Cancel that, looks like it finally died after a month of being up.

>>11682730
>You know there is a HISOUTENSOKU thread already up, right?
I don't see it, according to the archive the last one died 4 days ago

>If you want to talk about "UNL" you might have to find a game that exists with that name first.
Sorry, I didn't know that was the name used for 12.3

>>11680628
Get points

>>11682739
What keyswitches do you use, anyway? If I want to be anywhere near as high level /jp/, I'm going to need to drop this membrane keyboard for something more reliable. Another question, how do I get good at all shmups like everybody else? Do I just grind the one game I like most and then suddenly I'm good at the genre as a whole? I want to be a part of the 2~4 hour 1cc warriors too.

>>11676781
Only casuals stop playing when they stop having fun.

>>11682917
If you don't stop to at least take a break when it stops being fun, you are just silly instead of hardcore.

>>11682917
Do you get paid to play?

>>11682772
red cherry mx, use your time to practice efficiently

>>11682772
Two of the /jp/ WR holders have stated several times that they just use some random 20$ Logitech keyboards from the closest market.

>>11683357
>20$
Not even.

Hi /jp/.
I wanna try out a Touhou game. Which one should I start with?

>>11683779
The one you enjoy the most.

>>11683779
Undefined Fantastic Object

>>11683910
This. It's a good introduction to the genre.

>>11683779
Black Ops II

>>11683779
HRtP, of course.

>>11683779
The hardest and the best, UFO :333

>>11684039
>:333
Stop that. I don't care where you came from, but smilies other than emoji aren't generally accepted on /jp/.

>>11683793
>>11683985
Y-you too.

>>11683967
>>11683910
Thanks, I tried a little bit of PCB, but I'll try that one aswell.

>>11684145
They're being as ironic as the other two, UFO is not a very good game to being with, as it requires excessive memorization and doesn't award lives unless you plan ahead a bit.

Generally, you should try all of them and stick with the one you find the most entertaining.

PCB and IN are good for beginners.

>>11684161
Undefined Fantastic Object

>>11683779
Why do people ask this?

Just start with EOSD, it makes the most sense to start with the first windows one

>>11684223
Because he didn't know?

Where can I find the english script for the endings of Touhou 9?

I just finished Reimu's story, but due to unforeseen circumstances I had to immediately be away from my computer, missing the auto-advancing dialogue

>>11684244
back when I was a Nuecomer I just lurked doujinstyle and read recommendations to start with 6-8. It's not hard to do.

>>11684265
Or ask people. Scary stuff.

>>11683779
eosd, it'll teach you the most fundamentals for other shmups, so just go play it.

Hey /jp/, the only Touhou game I've played is Story of Eastern Wonderland, and I'll go on to the next one once I finish it. I've gotten reasonably far into the last boss on lunatic, I was just wondering how hard SoEW was compared to the other games in the series. Is it one of the easiest and I'm actually still a pussy, is it one of the hardest and I'm a fucking badass, anything like that?

>>11684365
It's kind of weird. The patterns aren't too bad, but they tend to come out fairly fast. Your hitbox is larger than most games, as well, and its exact location shifts when you die.
It's up there in difficulty, but not at all the hardest.

>>11684380
Ah, alright. Thanks anon, that makes me feel a little less worthless when I die. ;_;

>>11684404
You're going to have a lot of fun with the third one.

>>11684223
Isn't it more logic to start with the last one?

Are the fighters just not popular anymore? Is everyone sick of the having to play the same game for 5 years? Do many people play HM? Should it be expanded upon or have a completely new game?

>>11684404
Don't be mistaken, you are going to be completely worthless when you die.

>>11684837
IaMP and hisoutenshitsoku are still big on IRC, HM is shit though, don't bother with it. Last I played soku on IRC, everybody was like a little DSP, so I just gave up on it.

If I can't stand the community, I simply cannot enjoy the game.

>>11685020
Why is HM shit?

>>11685280
System that rewards turtling and running the timer down, nearly impossible to guard break on most characters.

>>11685020
>everybody was like a little DSP
I don't know what that means? Is it when people say shit like "the match was too laggy" or "my controller isn't responding well"

>>11684262

>>11685713
Just for you, Satori
http://touhouendings.wikkii.com/wiki/Th09

Are there any notable differences between the routes in Fairy Wars other than who you encounter in stage 1 and 2?

How would I go about measuring the input latency of my setup?

I recently played on a different machine, and I noticed having a much easier time with deathbombing, so I thought I could blame my sucking so bad on my computer.

>>11685678
You suck whether or not you win or lose. They win, you're an online warrior just wasting their time, you win, you're just an online warrior that abused scrubby online tactics it would never work offline. Or they would totally wreck you if they had their stick/mechanical. Or their hands were cold. Or the match was too laggy.

>>11685865
Difficulty varies. First route is the easiest afair.

Totally newfag question, is it better to use keyboard or gamepad? And what key mapping/gamepad is best?

>>11686195
It's better to use what you feel most comfortable.

>>11685997
Sounds like every hardcore fighting game player I ever met.

>>11686195
mechanical keyboard or stick, get reds or blacks if you go mech, seimitsu joystick/sanwa buttons if you go stick.

>>11684804
No, because DDC throws retarded gimmicks at you as soon as you hit stage 5. EoSD is one of the better starting games because there's a lot of randomness in the boss patterns, fewer resources than most games (which forces you to try to dodge more things), and shorter deathbomb timers (teaches you to bomb before you get hit). I think it's also nice since it doesn't make you adjust to the bigger bullet hitboxes when you try it when it's the first game you played. PCB is another good choice as long as you aren't playing with SakuyaA or something. SA and UFO are okay, but might be a bit too unforgiving to start with. IN is also okay aside from the stupidly long deathbomb timers (especially border team) which I don't really approve of. MoF/DDC are a bit too lenient with the resources to be good starting games imo. TD is XXC and most of the stage portions you can practically just sit still unless stuff is aimed directly at you. I really wish I were joking.

http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=31337

>>11686195
SK 8115 has been proved for WR-level quality: >>11683420

>>11685997
cold hands are the bane of my existence

>>11686356
Aren't browns better than blacks though?

Does anyone else here find playing these games to be exhausting? I mean, I just can't really see it as a leisure activity. Then again the best I can do is 1CC on normal, so I'm pretty bad. Not sure if these games are inherently draining or if I just need to get better at them.

>>11689791
I've never been tired playing any of the games other than StB and DS. For some reason playing those make my shoulders hurt after an hour or so. Maybe that's just me.

>>11689791
Scoring is.

>>11689840
I'm the other way around. I find playing those pretty laid-back. Unless you're going for THOSE scenes of course.

>>11686360
>PCB is another good choice as long as you aren't playing with SakuyaA

Out of curiosity, why do you say this? You're not the first person I've heard say this.

>>11690041
Not him, but I know answer:
"Too many bombs, you can bomb/border every single spellcard, bad habits, no skill!".

>>11690041
SakuyaA's shots are homing and can let you sit at the bottom of the screen without knowing what you're doing. The shot is quite weak, but her focused bomb is incredibly strong and homing as well, plus she gets 4 bombs. This overall lets new players park on the bottom and wiggle around, not learning anything, and bombing through anything that gets even remotely difficult. It's a legitimate shot type but it isn't recommended for new players because it gives you bad habits and not much else.

>>11690246
>bad habits
Hahaha, I though after that little irony in >>11690068 no one would try to use these two words.
I saw dozens of new touhou players, their replays and streams. The main problem preventing them from 1cc is always lack of bombing, they often die with 3-4 bombs in stock. On the other hand I've never seen a single person who would suffer from excessive bombing.
>not learning anything
What exactly should they learn with non-homing shot type? In PCB for most of the spellcards ReimuB is actually even easier since bosses do not move that much anyway, but they die 2 times faster due to higher shot power, The only real difference is that you will need to memorize stages: where do every fairy spawn, which direction should you stream etc. And this "skill" will be worth nothing as soon as you move to the next game/difficulty.

Well I just had my worst EoSD run in months.

I dropped a continue on Cirno. On normal.

I was wondering about Marisa's and Reimu's ages... Aren't they in their mid twenties by now?

>>11690601
Nah, for instance, TH10-13 couldn't have taken more than 3 months total, tops.

How do git gud at the Touhous?

I've beat each route in HRtP after something like 63 continues and completed Hopeless Masquerade only after dying at the very last second and using a continue just to complete. I've not been able to get very far in any of them otherwise, only making it to Patchouli on Normal in EoSD and getting ded immediately after Green Eyed Envy in SA

I'm good at Sonic and shooters, okay at Fighters but god awful at these

>>11690639
Basically, the only way to get better at them is to just play them a bunch until you get used to them. Try not to get discouraged if you do poorly, it takes a lot of practice. I can barely beat most of them on Normal, but every run makes you better.

>>11690648

That sounds about right
I played Sonic 3 almost exclusively for two or three years when I was 8 or so and played Halo for 6ish. Just haven't played much by way of shmups, let alone Danmaku shmups

>>11690655
One bad habit that I have is that if I screw up on the first or second stage, I get frustrated and restart or quit. Try to avoid doing this, because then you'll just keep playing the same one or two stages over and over again and not really get any better. Don't be afraid to credit-feed to get through them the first time, and remember to have fun with it. They are just games in the end, after all.

>>11690655
Try and figure out what you're doing wrong and make a point to correct it. For me, I don't even know how long it took me to break the habit of waiting too long to bomb.

>>11690678

It's mostly stupid stuff like accidentally releasing shift and dodging into a bullet or confusing them for the blue drops when the screen is filled with enemies

>>11690346
>The main problem preventing them from 1cc is always lack of bombing

I recently got my first 1CC, and this was precisely why. Things changed when instead of counting lives I started counting bombs, and was shocked that I was wasting ~12-15 bombs per a run. Not even halving this allowed me to get the 1CC.

fuck midboss sakuya, that's all.

>>11690684
Oh, and don't feel too bad about losing to Patchy. She's really tough.

>>11690699

I ususally get messed up by Cirno then killed by Meiling

>>11690699
She's not too bad with Reimu A I think

>>11690719
Who are you playing as? You should definitely start with Reimu. Marisa's fun and I like her much better, but she's definitely not beginner friendly.

Tohou is literally homosexual.

>>11690735
Get outta here

>>11690731

Raymoo A
Icicle Fall screws me up hard

>>11690741

It's just poorly made garbage that panders to weeaboos
I wish there were a board for Japanese culture where I could discuss Shinto and shit, but that wouldn't fly.
Goddamnit, /jp/.

>>11690748
you want to 'discuss shinto' but we are the weeaboos
suck my cock, dude

>>11690748
Take it somewhere else, not in the general you retard.

>>11690757

As someone who enjoys Japanese culture as much as any world culture, and as someone who is very much interested in world religions, I would love such a board.
But Zen Buddhism threads even get shit all over in /lit/, so I can only imagine they would receive a Shinto thread poorly.

Instead all we get is MUH TOHOU circlejerking
fag

>>11690748
>/jp/ - Otaku Culture
What the fuck did you expect?

Died to Meiling's spinning attacks and decided to use continues

Still got rekt

>>11690761

Shouldn't Touhou actually be on /vg/? I mean, it'd be a huge step up from all of the Katawa Shoujou generals what the fuck do they even talk about at this point?

>>11690780

Whoop

>>11690780
>what the fuck do they even talk about at this point?
It's basically just /b/+waifus-bullying at this point.

>>11690783
>Continues Used: 3
>Difficulty: Normal

At least you have determination, keep trying.

>>11690806

Worse than even my summer attempts where I got to Patchouli with no continues and nearly beat Sakuya with 3

>>11690745
I know homing seems a bit easier, but I think Needles are actualy better in EoSD.
It does more damage than anything Marisa has, has a large range, and you still get Reimu's small hitbox.

Fairy Wars extra stage is fun, but tiring. I can't even get to Marisa so far.
How hard it is compared to the other extras?

>>11690634
Not true

EoSD happened about a decade ago in Gensokyo and 10-13 was over a span of 4 years. Reimu and Marisa are about 27 at the least.

>>11690851

Are the games in realtime then?

>>11690856
For the most part yes according to bunbunmaru and various manga, there are variations though, like Fairy Wars happened in 2008.

It really fucks with me that my favorite touhous are close to 30

>>11690851
It depends on how old they are in EoSD.
They are, at youngest, 21.

>>11690865
My favorite 2hu is in her 500s but technically hasn't aged. So I don't understand how you feel

>>11690891
I don't think they solved that incident at age 11.
Also now that I think of it Sanae is probably much younger than Reimu and Marisa.

>>11690634
>>11690851
Where is the proof for any of this?

>>11690903
Why? It's not like adventuring and fighting monsters at a young age is an uncommon thing in fiction.

>>11690940
>bunbunmaru and various manga
Also other print works.

>>11690940
He's right.

Excerpt from Symposium of Post-mysticism

"About 4 years have passed since she (Kanako) came to Gensokyo."

Regarding a conversation between her and Miko.

http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Symposium_of_Post-mysticism/Part_1

>>11690955
ZUN's never mentioned dates in his print works.

>>11691004
He has mentioned gensokyo dates and we know the equivalent in our world's dates. 2+2+?

>>11691009

Doesn't Touhou take place in 1998?

Reimu is 19.

>>11691003
So from this, we can draw the fact that this is basically happening in real time. In EoSD (released in 2002) they were mid teens, let's say 15-16. Add 12 years, and...

>>11691017
They're 16-17. The math works out somehow, you don't need to worry about it.

>>11691019
But I do, Anon. They're at least 4 years older between TH10 and TH13, so what's the time gap between TH6 and TH10, and what age were they during the course of the Scarlet Mist incident? Fuck, They're older than I am.

>>11691022
>They're older than I am.
Sorry, you'll have to leave 4chan.

>>11691025
But I am 25!

>>11691025
I'm freaking out here, man. What happens when they get into their 30's come Touhou 15-16? Are they just replaced with descendants and we're left none the wiser, or will they still Danmaku in their old age?

Q: What age are Marisa and Reimu now?
ZUN: Hmm, it’s been twelve years, just how old *is* Reimu, anyway? If I say how old she is, she’ll have to keep getting older. Suffice it to say they’re getting older. Besides, if she gets too old, I’m afraid some day she’d get too old to play danmaku.

tl;dr: Reimu and Marisa are forever seventeen.

>>11691038
That's what you draw from that? That they're suddenly Yukari?

>>11691032
Pretty soon he will marry them off and they will have families.

>>11691038
>Suffice it to say they’re getting older
No, he is just not putting a number on it. Face it, M and R are probably 278 and Sanae is 22

>>11691032
Aaaah, the realizations of our own mortality~ They might already have kids of their own at their age. I can deal with milf protagonists.

>>11691032
100 years time skip
New Protags
We are left in the dark about the human old characters
Still have some of the same characters

>>11691038
So they're getting older but they're never going to age. It's just like the Simpsons.

>>11691051
That would... Actually be a bit interesting. If he were to highlight the fact that time has advanced, and the youkai that have survived reference back to older games.

>>11691051
>Yuuka is a nutty flower hermit

>>11691056
She already is.

>>11691063
The joke

Your head

>>11691069
...Dohoho~

>>11691063
She's just content. A hundred years in the future she might go full-on cat lady.

>>11691069
Excuse me?

Should I play 1-5 or start at 6?
How important are they to the storyline?

>>11691097
Start at 6. Storyline isn't massively important to playing the games, you'll osmose the rest as you go and there are no real spoilers. 1-5 are nearly a different continuity, only two characters besides the MCs made it into the Windows era.

Are Gundemoniums cuter than Touhous?

>>11691097
They aren't. The only character that's reused from the PC-98 games aside from the obvious is Yuuka. You should still play them, learn how much the new games spoil you by showing the hitbox during focused movement. It'll grow ya some chest hair.

>>11691101
Fuck, suppose I forgot about Alice. Her too.

>>11691110
You forgot Alice.

>>11691113
So did they explain why Alice suddenly aged like, 10 years between MS and PCB?

>>11691045
But that will imply that they were touched by filthy men

>>11691123
Maybe she didn't become immortal until recently.

>>11691125
How innocent /jp/s become since the disallowance of erotic doujins~

>>11691130
Well, she already had the grimoire. Not to mention being a demon. What more did it take?

>>11691143
Uh.

I have no idea. Maybe the grimoire has a spell for reaching puberty.

>>11691145
Haha, perhaps. Loli is a social standing in Gensokyo. And with the aid of the ultimate magic, there is beyond loli.

>>11691136
All touhous are virgins and will remain that way. ZUN agreed, don't bother him about it.

>>11691153
That explains how Yuuka became a mature woman after getting it then.

>>11691154
So humanity in Gensokyo dies with this generation, final destination. Oh wait, Touhous reproduce asexually, I forgot.

>>11691159

Isn't there a human village with human men?

>>11691164
No, you shut your whore mouth. ... ...Yes...

>>11675702
>Extra stage boss is true mastermind and it is a personification of Saint Francis Xavier bringing finally a christian character to Gensokyo.

That would be absolutely fantastic.

Just beat my highscore for Yuyuko normal, got a sick capture of flawless nirvana at the end.

The secret: Dodge the red butterfucks before they split

>>11691184
Post a screenshot of the score instead of fanart next time, please. This is the STG thread and it desperately needs content related to gameplay.

How does the MP in 12.3 and 13.5 work? Do spectators swap with losers after matches or do you have to restart each time or is there a lobby once people connect?

>>11686360
>which I don't really approve of

Well, I'm sure ZUN will apologize and accept his pay cut since you're his boss.

>>11690639
>beat TH1 with 63 continues
Which is basically Arkanoid.


>completed Hopeless Masquerade only after dying at the very last second and using a continue just to complete

How would that make you good at the main series/STGs?

>I'm good at Sonic

What the fuck does that have to do with anything?

>>11690897
>My favorite 2hu is in her 500s

You're a pedophile by Gensokyo standards.

Image related, 900 years older than Remilia

>>11693359
She was sleeping though, so her mind is very young. Actually, technically isn't her body fairly new? I forget how exactly they cheated death. I guess her soul is old in any case?

>>11693359
Sorry, I got a thing for grannies.

Any advice for the green bullet section in stage 4 of touhou 6 lunatic? I cant do it at all.

>>11694095
i heard the guy who got a perfect in eosd say that its just streaming

>>11693364
>While there are many ways to become a shikaisen, it seems that the method she used was to "completely abandon the body, transfer the soul into a particular object and, when the time comes, the object will take their form while their corpse becomes the object." The object she used is said to have been a plate.

Technically, her new body is about the same age as her old body.

>>11694109
What if its a really old plate?

>>11691159
I don't think faceless villagers qualify as Touhous, and that would leave us with exactly eight humans, of which three are already youkai/gods, two are functionally immortal and therefore in no need for procreation, and one is actively trying to get there.

>>11694119
Then it's even older than her old body, which changes little.

>>11694095
practice makes perfect :V

no, really, that's all there is to it.

>>11694105
Wait, how is that streaming? It's just random crap being thrown at you as far as I can tell.

>>11694095
Hold down X for invulnerable movement.

How would a /vg/ touhou thread go?

>>11698715
Badly.

Just look at the KS general.
Yes, 1939 KS generals so far.

>>11698838

Yes, but that has no gameplay
Touhou is an entire series of Actual GAMES, you know, unlike whatever the fuck that abomination is

Why do /vg/ threads all say general in the title when we already know it's a general because it's on fucking /vg/?

>>11698914
I guess because that's how they were named/labeled on /v/ before /vg/ was a thing.

>>11677304
> I'm slowly getting the hang of it after almost a month of grinding, but it also feels like I'm not improving at times. It kind of feels like I'm just memorizing everything instead of actually learning how to play.
That's why other danmaku players hate Touhou.

>>11698838
1939 generals is a lot of shitposting, but when you look at the positives that come out of it, maybe it was worth it?
I've never been in them, but I know a lot of people who say the generals spawned some worthwhile projects.

livestream.com/touhougameplay

I've never played Touhou. Where should I start and which ones should I make sure I play?

>>11699756
all of them except pc-98 maybe

You should start with EoSD; though the lack of a visible hitbox when focused may present a challenge, once you 1cc Normal/Hard/Lunatic on EoSD, PCB is a piece of cake. Also you get to see the story which builds on itself starting mostly at EoSD.

>>11699888

What if you're awful and can't get past Stage 3?

>>11699904
Then keep trying.

>>11699756
EoSD is a good starting point.

So I am new to Touhou I have seen 2 episodes of some anime and played some of the games today. What exactly is the whole story and all the other characters stories? Anything you guys recommend for me to check out as well?

>>11699954
Each of the games have an independent story, although there is a bit a story arc between 10, 11, 12, 13, and 13.5

I just completed my download of the Touhou (lossy) music collection. Where do I even begin?

>>11699964

Press Play

>>11699964
Psh, there's only ~1300 albums. You'll be fine.

>>11699958
Alright, how about the character's story/lore? Do I just need to continue playing all the games to find that all out?

>>11699969
There's a lot of lore to cover, and not all of it is in the games.
Try reading some of the manga if you really want some lore. SSiB is a good starting place, even if it isn't the best manga.

>>11699972
Ok cool thanks. Do you know a good site where I will be able to check out the manga?

>>11699972
I thought the mangaka had a great style even if she was inexperienced.

>>11699969
The games are most of the large events.
The manga are smaller events usually separate from the main characters, though they do show up often.
Even the music CDs have mini stories.

Touhou is just a collection of stories about Gensokyo.

Seriously though, use the wiki, look at the front page for all the official works. Most have the translations right there.

I don't really "get" touhou. I'm trying to get into it, but each game is sorta more of the same and they are just bullethells to me. How do I stop being a pleb?

>>11700044
What is there to get? They're STGs, the entire genre is like this more or less.

>>11700044
They are bullethells and each game is sorta more of the same. Did you expect something more?

>>11700044
If you don't like shooters, you should find another game.
Or go be one of the fighting game scrubs.

>>11700044
How about you play the ones that aren't "more of the same"? 1, 3 and 9, 9.5 and 12.5, 12.8...

>>11700176
I don't like shooters and I like Touhou games.

>>11699756
This guy here. I actually decided to download all of them and just played through 1-5 a bit (for now just played them to know how the series started, not complete them) and to my surprise they were pretty good. I see why people recommend at least trying them out.

I'm having trouble with Patchoulis first spellcard with Reimu B in EoSD. Any tips?

>>11701747
Depends on the difficulty.

>>11701768
Normal

>>11701859
Princess Undine?
Just learn to stream it, I suppose. Just slightly move to dodge the lasers, and find a safe path to through the larger bullets.

Thus far the only Touhou I've played is Perfect Cherry Blossom. This is also the only I have on my computer. It was recommended I start with this game.

I'm interested in getting more into it, how would you more hardcore Touhou fans suggest I branch out?

>>11701904
I'd say go on to EoSD or IN next. Both a fairly easy games, even if EoSD doesn't have visible hitboxes like PCB does.

The other night on my stream, someone wanted me to do a pacifist run of Yukari. I made it up to Double Death Butterfly with no deaths and no bombs. So, I propose the challenge to anyone interested to try this for themselves. See how far you can get.

http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=31392

>>11702315
And then you fucked up pretty bad

How bad am I if I can only get to stage 5 on normal in EoSD?

>>11702346
Really bad, considering that Lunatic is the standard difficulty and most people can hit Lunatic ST3~5 on the first 20-30 credits.

>>11702368
What if I said that this is my first Touhou game and I've only played it twice so far.

>>11702383
Then you'll be a super player by about this time next week.

>>11702397
Okay cool, marking it on my Calendar.

>>11702346
>>11702383
Just play on Lunatic from the start and you'll get better quicker. You can use whichever character you like best since it mainly comes down to your preference.

>>11702346
are you not using your bombs?

>>11702346
turbo scrub. l2p

>>11703112
I try not to use them unless I feel I have to and then I normally never end up using them. Not sure if that's a good thing or not.
>>11703177
I'm literally learning to play now, thanks. Can't really decide on who I want to play as though and which spell.

>>11703212
It's a good idea to learn how to bomb to get out of bad situations.
Losing a bomb is always better than losing a life, and losing a life with no bombs is much better than losing a life with extra bombs on hand.

>>11703222
Yea I figured as much. Wasting a bomb at least means it gets used.

>>11703413
More or less.
The only situation I can think of where it's better to save bombs is if you're going for the hidden ending of TD. Otherwise bomb when you're in a sticky situation.

How the fuck do I deal with Youmu's slow motion shots? I usually spend 2 bombs to avoid it as much as possible but even then I still usually lose a life and it really doesn't seem feasible from the start.

>>11703583
Follow her around.

>>11703420
What hidden ending?

>>11702856
I feel sorry for anyone who tries to start on Lunatic. Well, assuming that they are new to STG.

How do I capture Honest Man's Death? The card gives me anxiety problems and I cannot beat it no matter how many times I practice it. Bomb-spamming it always ends up taking 4+5 bombs plus a life just to skip it.

>>11704923
So, the small red bullets are aimed (you've probably figured that out) and the sweeping lasers are harmless until they reach the spot you were at upon the time they spawned. That is, if you know a laser is going to approach you from the left, then you'll want to position yourself to the right of Mokou. Once the laser gets close to you, move to the left. If you are at or further to the right of your starting location when the laser passes, then you'll get wrecked. Hope this made sense.

>>11704986
The lasers are aimed then, and not relative to Mokou's position? I need only shift 1-2 rows of red bullets towards the laser after it spawns?

I think I was over-complicating the card.

>>11705396
Same here. Now for Fujiyama Volcano...

>>11704792
After beating TD with a character once, if you beat the game again with at least 4 bombs in stock, you'll get an extra ending.

Just got my first 1cc a few moments ago.
I know it's not that much of an achievement, but it still feels good.
So, what should I be aiming for next?

>>11706031
You did it, champ.
Try some other games, or move up to hard if you're feeling really lucky.

>>11706031
Beat the other games on normal, or try out that extra stage you unlocked.
Assuming you played on at least normal.

>>11706056
I expected Extra to unlock, but despite not using any continues, the game told me to play through without using continues doing the credits, and only Spell Practice became available. It does say that FinalB was unlocked, though.

I'm sure I was playing on normal, pic related.

I do think I'll try to 1CC Hard before I move on from IN, though.

>>11706062
Pretty sure IN's Extra stage requirement was 1ccing 6B. If you can do Eirin on Normal Kaguya is a fucking cake walk.

>>11706062
Oh, you played IN. You have to play through that twice to 1cc it.

Should I start with EoSD and not move on to the next game until I 1cc my current game at least on normal? This is my first time playing STG

>>11706120
Feel free to move from game to game if one gets too frustrating.
I tried all the games out before I 1cc one of them.

>>11706120
Move on to the next game when you get bored, the music and gameplay will motivate you to keep trying.

But try to 1cc all of them eventually.

I just managed to 1cc PCB on hard, making that my first hard mode 1cc (well, second if you count Reimu solo on IN to unlock the card, but I turned the lives up to max for that so it doesn't count). Since I've already 1cc'd normal for all the other games, what would be the next logical step for me ? Try to lunatic 1cc PBC ? Or try to get a 1cc on all the other games first ? Or something else ?

>>11708051
I've been trying to 1cc all the games on hard, so that may be a good next step. Many people move on to extra after hard, as well.

>>11708465
Oh yeah, I've already managed Ran, Yukari, and Mokou; in what order would you think I should do the other extra stages ?

>>11708051
Practice PCB Lunatic, play other games on Hard. PCB is going to be the game that you devote yourself to for twelve hours a day, the others are just in-between games.

I'm about to play touhou for my first time ever. Didn't feel like fiddling around with emulators so I just got Th07: Perfect Cherry Blossom because it had a good download.

>>11710351
Suwako, Raiko, and Nue are considered to be pretty easy extra bosses, so those might be good ones to beat next.

>>11708051
Clear Lunatic and get some scores in PCB on Lunatic. You chose a good game.

Alright I'm going to replace my 5year old membrane keyboard for a mechanical one. Which one would be the best for touhou? I hear about brown and clear a lot except here where its red. If you could tell me why it would be nice

>>11713413

A generic Dell or some such

>>11713413
I'd get the cheapest reds you can find.

>>11713420
>>11713432
Ah allright thanks