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Only when I can plug in to a power source. Otherwise I get too into the game to properly keep an eye on battery power.

Of course.

And I still think Yukari's Stage brings me misfortune.

My d-pad on my laptop ghosts so I can't move diagonally, so no. Also using the 2-4-6-8 number pad is ridiculous; way too spaced out.

>>8201640
You could get an external ten-key pad...

>>8201613
Rarely. I still need to play Ten Desires.

I played Ten Desires drunk yesterday, I guess it's really true that you play better with a little alcohol in your system.
It was like the area I could focus in widened considerably.

still the best touhou
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjkFEmTjPVs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvEsk3acjPk

also for some reason I goet 'Detected possible malicious code in image file' when trying to post this.

>>8201682
Concealed the Conclusion should be canon

So what are some tips and tricks for recognizing the patterns as the enemy shoots initially? Besides memorization.

You can't consider yourself skilled at Touhou if all you can do is memorize how to dodge them after you've died hundreds of times just trying.

>>8201682
small time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGBiCxtbMOU#t=4m15s

>>8201703
If in doubt, stream.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz10bka9Ly4

Oldie but goodie.

>>8201703
>So what are some tips and tricks for recognizing the patterns as the enemy shoots initially? Besides memorization.

It's not memorization, it's called learning.

>death
"Oh, that bullet follows you"
>death
"that ball explodes after a few seconds"
>death
"must not dodge bullet that follows me into corner when the three balls explode"

learn something new with every death, even if all you learn is that it's time to take a 2 hour break from more attempts.

>>8201705
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvEsk3acjPk#t=8m20s
how is that small time

>>8201725
she has only one gohei here. In SG, Reimu's dualwielding.

Final exam is coming. I might not be playing until next year. I hope my skill of playing doesn't get worse, I haven't been able to win SA normal yet.

I don't think I'm going to meet any of my STG goals before the new year. Not that they were meant to be 2011 goals.

>>8202081
What are your goals? I'm curious.

No prize for guessing what happened next.

>>8202865
did you died

Managed to get further than I normally do against Suwako, managed to make it to her survival card before dying. Hopefully next time I can beat her.

My trip with Flanfly ended at Counter clockwise

I suddenly stopped caring about anything Touhou related a year ago

What's the best way to practice and get better, /jp/? I've got to the stage where I can 1cc stages 1-3 on hard (lol) of EoSD, PCB and IN, but I start dying left and right in the later stages and use all my continues. Any advice appreciated.

>>8202972

Just keep fighting on, although I'd say playing all of the games is very helpful. You get more variety in the patterns you dodge and it makes it easier to get better, at least for me.

>>8202972
Drink lots of tea. Stop using continues. Play more often. If you're fucking up due to fatigue as opposed to sucking at the game, go read a VN or something. Drink lots of tea. Fall further in love with the game.

>>8202972
Don't use continues no matter what. Seriously. Being a limp-wristed credit-feeder is the last thing you want to do when playing a shmup.

>>8202972
Try beating SA continuing all you want, normal difficulty. Practice that. If you can beat the game, you can 1cc the rest of the games in normal diff.
Actual gameplay advice: try moving very little, only the bare minimum in order to not get hit. Small pad presses.

i never played 2hu in the first place

>>8203077
Oh, it's you. Haven't seen you around in a while.

>>8203010
Don't listen to this bad advice.

Working on PCB lunatic, not doing so hot.

>>8203174
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBQAn90sY0c

>>8202295
EoSD Lunatic, 1-ALL in Ketsui and DOJ. Actually I can probably 1CC EoSD in time. Ketsui's farther off. I think I could do DOJ now if I just sucked it up and Shotia bomb spammed and didn't try to score, but (beyond all reason) I like scoring in that so I'm doing it the "right" way.

>You can't consider yourself skilled at Touhou if all you can do is memorize how to dodge them after you've died hundreds of times just trying.

Using your premise, I can infer that all professional violinists are not actually skilled because they can't sight-read their material.

Decent Touhou players can 1CC TD on normal on their first try, but they probably won't get a very high score.

>>8203010

Are you stupid?

It's better to continue and unlock practice mode on Sakuya hard than to spend 15 minutes each time before you actually get to her spellcards.

Still playing it. Still no 1cc, but it's getting increasingly more frustrating.

>>8203655
A Ketsui 1-ALL isn't THAT hard - I got 120m out of it while I was still fairly new to shooters. Personally, I find chaining games like DOJ take a hell of a lot longer to get decent at.

So I just played Touhou for the first time, SA easy, and I 1cc'd it using 2 continues, one on stage 5 and another one on stage 6. It was really fun, the patterns are beautiful. I'm going to try normal now.
Tell me, will normal take me significantly more practice or it isn't much more difficult? Should I start with the older games? Any particular advice?

>>8203977
>1 cc'd it using 2 continues

What?

>>8203977
uh, just try it. It won't take you hours.
But yes, you should start with PCB or IN.

>>8203991

Ok, downloading PCB.

>>8203993

I cleared it. I used 2 continues, but it was my firs try.

>>8204014
1CC = 1 Credit Clear = clearing WITHOUT continues.

For the last few weeks I've took the advice of a fellow anon and put myself through Lunatic Bootcamp and Christ, I don't think this is working.

EoSD - I can get to stage 3 before I need a continue
PCB Stage 3
IN - 2
MoF - 3
SA - 2
UFO - 1 ;_;
TD - 3

I'll never get good at this.

>>8203977
>I 1cc'd it using 2 continues

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

ohh fuck yeah doode.

>>8204018
Wow, why did you even tell him? I think he deserve to stay in stupidity.

>>8204023
I'm pretty sure the lunatic bootcamp is suppose to make you ready for normal. Play lunatic like crazy then start play on normal again.

>>8204023
don't be sad about UFO Lunatic. I can't get past Ichirin there. It's supposed to be crazy.

Seriously, I say that "lunatic bootcamp" idea is bull. Just practice on the difficulty you feel comfortable with.

>Seriously, I say that "lunatic bootcamp" idea is bull. Just practice on the difficulty you feel comfortable with.
Seconding this.

I haven't played Touhou in ages since uni shit is getting more difficult, so I can't devote long hours to 1ccing the games. I haven't 1cc'd Ten Desires yet but I haven't been trying at all; I know for certain that I could since I can get to stage 6 with no trouble, just haven't learned the last few spell cards.

I played a few of the older games recently and can still clear Phantasm Stage/All Extra Stages after one or two tries to back in the habit of playing. I'm not listening to a lot of Touhou arranges recently either, I have no idea why I am still here.

>>8201682
Jesus... he's not human.

Trying to beat Mamizou, everything goes fine until her 3 last spellcards I didn't feel so frustrated since Komeji.

>>8203738
Well I've played it the least out of the three, too. And if you beat it with 120m while still pretty new you're probably naturally way better than me.

Wasn't there a chart outlining the bootcamp rules or spmething?

>>8203679
>>8203201
Okay, enjoy being bad.

>>8204093
Yeah? So how good are you?

>>8204093

It's like we're really in /v/.

>>8204093
So make your case for it. Otherwise you're just repeating something you read on a shmup forum because you want to sound elite. If your run ends and you want to practice the rest, then continue. Don't have "always" or "never" rules.

>>8204093
Okay.

>>8204138
>>8204149

How long have you been playing shmups?

>>8204149
But why get all those reds if you're going to proceed to own the shit out of Nue?

>>8204018

Thank you, I will remember it.

This time I cleared SA easy without continues, also cleared SA normal using 1 continue on stage 6. It barely got any more difficult. Gonna try hard until PCB finishes downloading. Are all the games this easy?

>>8204154
I don't play shmups, but I've been playing Touhou for about 2.5 years.

>>8204154
I don't play shmups, but I've been playing Touhou for about 2.5 years.

>>8204180
Just because it makes for an amusing finishing screenshot. I have a ~680M run that gets only blue and rainbow UFOs.

icycalm says to never use continues, don't question Him.

>>8204188
>use continues on normal
>are all the games this easy?

>>8204208

It was the third time I played, actually. I've been reading about people who spent months before they could clear normal.

>>8204188
If you're familiar with bomb spam, then yes these game are not too hard.
Then you could always go like no-red no-green UFO Lunatic and be depressed because it's very hard.

>>8204221
Those are people who are starting from a lower skill level or have Circumstances.

>>8204188
>Cleared SA on normal using a continue.
>Are all the games this easy.
*hahahahaa*

>>8204232
>>8204208
I know it's just normal mode, but continuing in SA doesn't help much.

>>8204270
Wow, you're fucking retarded.

>>8204063
how do i get this good

>>8204320
Sorry.

>>8204270
You just need to get better.
Concentrate on the patterns and learn from your fails.

>>8204323
>how do i get this good
Well, after watching that video, the first step would be to die to or bomb nearly every single spell card multiple times.

>>8204323
Training, training, and more training.
Play on lunatic mode, on all chapters, untill you can beat the entire series on one credit. Learn the patterns, the size of your character, the size of the bullet, and the paths that are dead ends. Learn from your failures and improve your avoidance (and knowing when to call out the bombs and toss away the spell card bonus is good)

>untill you can beat the entire series on one credit.
Don't stop there. 'Until you feel you are good enough' is more appropriate.

Ok, I 1cc'd normal and cleared hard using 3 continues. PCB has just downloaded, but I guess I'll 1cc hard before trying PCB. Seriously, I've barely played for an hour, but this game is all about dodging the stage, focusing and dodging the boss fight and bombing when in danger of dying. Easy as hell.

>>8204396
Never stop.

>>8204400
Sweet. Where are your replays?

>>8204409
Of course it's a trick sentence. I never feel I am good enough so I never stop.

>>8204400
You're making me jealous.

>>8204421

I'll upload 1 as soon as I 1cc hard.

>>8204400
Yeah, touhou is fucking easy. Needed Ultra patches to even make it difficult at all. Honestly, I don't see how anybody can think touhou is hard. I got bored of it within three months, lol.

>>8204453
>>8204400

You are so cool and edgy, aren't you.

>>8204453
You forgot to say 2hu

Hey guys, just downloaded UFO (my first touhou game) after seeing this thread. 1CCd it on lunatic.

>>8204478

Cool, now post your replay.

So I decided to try out Cave games, beat Evac Doom on Ketsui on my first try. Guess I accidentally got Ura loop. Why do you people say these games are hard?

>>8204516

Cool, lemme see your .inp and/or sceenshot.

>>8204523
Didn't think to take one. It didn't really seem like an accomplishment to me.

Hey guys I just beat a tool assisted score with no tool assistance on my first try. Don't know why anyone need to use savestates and slowdown to reach something like 4B score in PCB Lunatic.

Hey guys I just got dubs (check em)

I decided to do a few challenges for Ten Desires.
Here is one of them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUrnXomwlgU
I'm going to play TD for a bit and take it easy.

>>8202865
This happens.

>>8204568
Goddamn. How many hours were those 1052 tries?

>>8204453
Try high score runs bitch

I play an extra every now and then... ;_;

>>8204596
The first ~450 or so were when the game was new. It proved too hard back then, so I only got back to it now. I got it to 1000 in one day. It was a nice surprise, because I wasn't paying attention to the count. I got it with 52 tries the very next day.

I think it was this post which inspired me to do it: http://archive.foolz.us/jp/thread/7780872#p7786606

what do you do what you get depressed about your shmup progress?

>>8205076
Get mad and Alt+F4.

>>8204203

hoery shit

>>8205076
Suck it up and start playing just for yourself, not for catching up against certain players.

>>8205076
You probably *are* making progress if you just think about it for a minute. Progress doesn't necessarily mean getting closer to a clear or getting a higher score; all you need to do is learn something new about the game each time you play, or improve your consistency against certain patterns, etc.

>>8201613
Imperishable Night it's the only game I have installed in my old laptop (along with Chaos;Head lol)
And yes, I still play PCB from time to time, I usually experiment how better or worse is my performance based on how high I am.
Believe me, if there are ever an international Touhou olympics, players will have to be tested for nootropics.

So I decided to try a 1cc on IN lunatic, but I'm doing pretty bad so far. Here's the replay, I'd like if people could point out tricks or tell me stuff I've been doing wrong. I'm looking forward to improve.

http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=17301

Hnngh, just beat IN Lunatic for the second time. Which is really nice, since I've been feeling like I've gotten a lot worse the past couple months due to not playing. Good to see that I'm mistaken about that.

And 01 seconds left on Rising World! So close.

>>8205551
I suppose it's my duty to take a look at this then.

>>8204023
Holy shit...
Holy shit, you guys.
I beat a toohoo on Normal for the first time.

Hardly an impressive score, but still, I'm proud of myself.

Lunatic bootcamp works after all.

Shit's awesome, I could see so many paths I couldn't originally see and bullets seemed to move much slower even though I was at 55 to 60fps

Back to bootcamp I go.

>>8205611
Excellent job. Feel free to post some replays or ask us for help.

>>8205611
Lunatic bootcamp is the real deal.

>>8205644
Ultra bootcamp is the real deal.

>>8205551
Looks like you could definitely use some time in practice mode for Stage 3, since both the stage and Keine weren't very acceptable. Especially in comparison to how cleanly stages 1-2 were done (that one Wriggle card excepted, though you did kinda get a raw deal as far as positioning goes on it). And keep your head on straight, Keine kick should never ever happen and the noncard right after that is probably easy enough that you shouldn't die there either.
Dodging her other noncards entirely as human side is somewhat questionable, I think. I go youkai when dodging starts to get complex. Sure it makes the pattern even further complicated, but running around unfocused is asking for trouble. (well, it worked on the second version, but still.)
Oogh, Three Treasures - Country death. I guess that was just a dumb mistake, but you really can't afford those on a Lunatic run.

As for stage 4, it might be a good idea to dodge Marisa's noncards a little higher than you're doing. The pattern doesn't change considerably when you're a reasonable amount under midscreen, and it gives you a lot more room to fade back while waiting for an opening.
A miss and a bomb on Shoot the Moon probably shouldn't happen, give that card a few more rounds in Spell Card Practice. (Basically, just stream it the whole way through, you'll do enough damage so you don't have to double back before the card ends.)

The bullets of the rabbit fairies at the start of stage 5 are more or less aimed, so if you move with a streaming mindset you should be able to control things a lot better than that.

And finally, you died a number of times with 2+ bombs left. Granted, one of them was the Keine kick, so it's understandable that you weren't expecting that, but other than that you really really should never die with bombs remaining, especially more than one, as Border team. I guess just pay more attention to bombing in reaction to death, dunno if there's really any way you can practice that.

>>8205659
Thanks a lot. I'll pratice the cards that I die on a bunch in pratice mode and try to get the hang of stage 3... And yeah, the Keine kick was humiliating

>>8205551
You can try this method of doing Starlight Typhoon. 100% success rate guaranteed. http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=17303

I recommend you use Yukari to during Double Spark, dodging the star takes priority. Reimu's amulet doesn't do much damage against Marisa.

Don't do Shoot the Moon from that position, try to be higher, so you can move down when a hard situation arise.

There are maybe a few locations you want to bomb preemptively so you can save bomb stocks :
1. Midboss Marisa's 2nd noncard.
2. Tewi's 1st noncard.
3. Consecutive 3 ring fairies after midboss Marisa.
4. Boss Mystia's 2nd noncard.
Use Reimu's bomb instead Yukari, it does more damage.

Good job on safespotting boss Keine's 2nd spell-card, General Headquarter Crisis. If you can help it, the red arrowheads won't cross the second 'e' of 'enemy' marker, so you can finish that card faster by being below of Keine directly.

>>8205743
Thanks for the replay on Starlight Typhoon, it really trivialize it

>>8204203
You can bomb at least once during the stage to gain more point-items, T. It makes the final screenshot even more amusing with more point-items.

Or you could play on Sakuya B & work for timing yourself a border during the spam-part in the latter stage and then misdirect your shot to kill every single fairy during the spam.

Regards,
barely over 1b score in Phantasm due to not being able to supergraze stuff like MoLaD.

What is that lunatic bootcamp you're talking about?

>>8206709
You play Lunatic then after a while you go back to your aimed difficulty.

Just started playing last weekend, so far I can cleared 6,7,8 and 9 on normal.
Currently working on 1ccing 8 since it seems easier.
Any tips on getting the time points needed for last spells past stage 1? I ususally manage to capture all spellcards up to Stage 4, but never get enough time points.

>>8207147
Do you keep switching between focused and unfocused movement a lot?

http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Gameplay#Time_Orbs
http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Gameplay#Phantom_Gauge

>>8207147
>Currently working on 1ccing 8 since it seems easier.
I personally find 7 to be a lot easier, and it also works better for learning proper techniques and good playstyle, in part because it actually rewards you for good habits (grazing as close as possible, moving as few as possible, etc). Also the extra stage is a tad easier, so it's real good for building confidence!

But anyway. Time points. You want to stay in human mode for the stage part, and switch to youkai mode for the boss part. Much more details here
http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Gameplay#Phantom_Gauge

Also for enemy-spawning mooks, you want to wait until all the blob things are out before killing the one spawning them, without killing any of the blobs. Killing the spawning guy actually gives you more time points than killing the spawned blobs individually.

Memorize stages and enemy spawn points, Know when it's safe to use the point of collection line, and abuse the fuck out of it. If you're playing the Border Team, you can just stay on the line for a good part of the game and you'll rake up points like mad. I find that it's sometime okay to bomb to grab the points if I can't get up high enough to the PoC line, but you shouldn't make this a habit~

>>8207147
Notice the left bottom corner, there's a meter that goes from left (blue/human) to right (red/youkai)
Shoot unfocused during the stage, so your human meter raises and you receive time
During bosses, stay focused and graze a lot, so your youkai meter raises. Grazing bosses' bullets while focused gives time, while grazing normal fairy bullets doesn't

If you are sure of yourself, it's best to do Wriggle and Mystia while shooting unfocused too, since they are pretty easy and don't have much to graze

Also, if you see a fairy that spawns a lot of familiars (those white wisp-ish things), focus to kill it, killing the fairy kills all the familiars and makes the bullets near the familiars that died disappear. This helps clearing the screen of bullets and gives you much more time
This is especially important in Stage 4, 6 and Extra stages, but the other stages have those situations too

>>8207185
>>8207184
>>8207183

Oh wow

>>8207187
I knoe, right?

One more thing. When you're shooting focused, you can't kill the blobs/familiar/what have you. You might have noticed that they turn invisible when you do that. This is extremely crucial for scoring, cos you can kill the spawning guy without hitting its familiars, thus maximizing the point gain.

And even though Imperishable Night is very lenient with deathbombing, please don't depend on it so much. Deathbombing reduces your time points significantly, so try not to get hit instead.

I don't get it. I can easily 1cc Touhou 6-10 but I keep failing TD on the last stage. I thought this was supposed to be easier. Is something wrong with me?

>>8207187
This wasn't me actually (person who asked here)
Thanks though, I knew about the meter and to kill spawning fairies focused, but not about the grazing, so I often stayed unfocused during bosses which often killed me.
>>8207184
I started working on 7 at first, but stages 5 and 6 rape me quite hard there, but I easily get there with one credit.
Also someone earlier in the threa dmentioned practicing on SA, just tried it out, is it me or is it A LOT harder than earlier games?didn't even beat stage 3 yet.

>>8207208
PCB stage 5 is all about pattern. Once you know the pattern, Myon's real easy, especially her non-spells. Stage 6 is also about the pattern, but more importantly, it's about learning the hitboxes. I noticed that after I got a good feel about the butterfly bullets and large bullets' hitbox, I managed to succesfully capture Yuyuko's cards almost every time. There's loads of bullets, sure, but a majority of them won't hit you at all; Yuyuko is just firing randomly~ Also you can be a Jew and time your Supernatural Border, which makes the game incredibly easy.

SA is rape. Yeah, it's arguably harder than the rest of the series. UFO is probably as hard, but I just find it annoying. Fucking saucers....

>>8206502
>barely over 1b score in Phantasm due to not being able to supergraze stuff like MoLaD

Work on your CherryMax during the stage instead. Save milking for last.

UFO is much harder than SA in Lunatic.
In SA there more safe places where you can draw your breath because you can stream that certain sections. In UFO, everything can kill you. Almost no easy streaming part.

Haven't played in longtime, but I plan on getting Otomedius Excellent and DeathSmiles for Christmas if that counts.

I believe the general consensus is that SA is the hardest on Normal and UFO is the hardest on Hard and Lunatic
Don't quote me on it, though

>>8206502
Dear Seppo Hovi,

With bombing allowed, I might as well go all the way and aim for 1.5B or something. Still, those numbers don't mean much to the common onlooker that can only barely clear Phantasm, if at all. They can, however, appreciate the number of lives and bombs remaining. That's where I make the distinction between an "impressive" run and an "amusing" one, I guess.

I admit, my cherry route through the stage is suboptimal, but I haven't put in the thought and effort to make something better. I'm thinking of going for a 1.3B no miss/bomb/focus/border break run, but we'll see how that goes.

Love,
T

Hello, archives.

bump

How do you practice in UFO ?
At the start practice stage the collectible UFOs will be different with the actual play/full run.
How do you overcome its difference?

>>8210005
Just by setting a different UFO route that is specific for that practice. You will fall into your usual route very soon. I don't find it very effective to practice token routes. I usually set a slightly different route that is tailored to that specific stage practice.

>>8210005
Just by setting a different UFO route that is specific for that practice. You will fall into your usual route very soon. I don't find it very effective to practice token routes in practice mode. I usually set a slightly different route that is tailored to that specific stage practice.

UFO is the most frustrating game ever made, it is designed to make you spend 20 attempts restarting before the midboss on EASY because you screw up the UFO collection.

>>8210102
>UFO is the most frustrating game ever made, it is designed to make you spend 20 attempts
Blah, blah, blah. You are designed to be annoying. You know that people play this game on Lunatic, right?

Learn the route and you will get it 100% of the time. The stage 1 UFO route is pretty hard to mess up on any difficulty. After stage 1, the route hardly matters as long as you are on the general path.

You must understand that the token system is part of the gameplay and the challenge. It's not there to hold your hand.

Anyone with moderate experience in the game will not have any problems following an great route with a great success rate.

So, am I the only one who constantly have the game freeze, have bizarre bugs with the scenario/characters or just crash whenever I play on fullscreen?
Fullscreen helps me INSANELY, but it's hard to 1 cc anything when you're on a stage 5 and suddenly the background starts to flash pink and your girl becomes a mass of pixels.

I reinstalled the games, confirmed I have the latest version of DirectX... but I can't think of anything else to try.

Is this thread only for Touhou

I would like to thank that anon who gave me advice for UFO in the other thread monday.
I almost made it this time, but as it was only my second time on Byakuren's last spell I was not aware that shots could change direction that way she does.
Anyways thanks.

>>8210822
We have always discussed various other shmups in our gameplay threads. It would be silly to make seperate threads, due to the general nature of /jp/.

>>8210822
The people that have been making the threads lately have been titling them Touhou gameplay, danmaku, etc.

But other shmup discussion has generally been welcome, and I don't see why this thread should be an exception.

>>8210819
Try installing from another source? I only have problems with SA where I can't play full screen or describable lag suddenly appears.

>>8210979
Have you tried changing the configuration?

>>8211053
Well now I feel stupid, changing input latency to fast fixed my problem.

Was asked to post something here, so here it is, one of my NDBFs.
http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=17318
Wasn't really that hard, though i pacified the last card to make sure the run won't be ruined.

God damnit. I'm so bad at Touhou, yet I feel I could improve if my movement in the games didn't feel so... weird. I don't know.

It feels like whenever I tap a direction on my controller dpad I move way too far in one direction, which really hurts when I'm trying to dodge a clusterfuck of bullets.

On the other hand, my memorization is terrible and I try to get past bosses that are new to me or patterns that I'm trying to practice on by reflex only.

Can you guys offer some advice?

>>8211390
Assign a button for focused movement for your gamepad.

>>8211402

Don't assume everyone is retarded.

>>8211390
How long have you been trying? You might just be a normal person.

>>8211460

I've been playing on and off (a few times a week, or sometimes I'll sit and practice until I feel like shit) for a month or two, and only today I got past Marisa in IN on normal by using all of my continues.

I haven't played any shmups before Touhou, so I don't expect any instant progress, but it's still really frustrating. Especially the motion issue I'm having with my controller.

>>8211465
Use a keyboard, being held back by the hardware availible is suffering.

>>8211465
Maybe you need to experiment which controller & settings does fits you. I myself did a long journey to find it.
really love my keyboard now

my contribution
http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=17317

>>8211390
Don't tap the keys like a chimp. If you still have that problem, get a better keyboard or something.

>>8211390
Don't tap the keys like a chimp. If you still have that problem, get a better keyboard or something.

Is there such a thing as HELLSINKER secondaries?
Because I think I am one.

I still have this as the background for my menu screen.

bump

Eh? Tonight is fullmoon?
Brb playing IN

>>8214867

Haven't noticed the moon, but I did so for the first time. And I quickly saw why people say so often it's easier...
I got to the point where I'd just wait until I was hit with no worries of bombing, since I had a million hours to do so between being hit and actual death.

>>8211471
I'm not him, but it sucks having a laptop whit a keyboard that is Touhou uncompatible
I can't press diagonals while shooting, so I'm forced to use those key remappers, and they are extremely buggy

>>8214867
>>8215033
You are playing IN? Let me try...
http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=17332

Finished 2/2. It's hardly the best run, but it's my first. I hardly play this game. I would still like to beat it with a few more shot-types.

I'm just taking it easy.

bump

>>8213201
Haven't you played HELLSINKER? I vaguely remember explaining part of the gameplay to you like a year ago...

>>8216341
Oh yeah, I've played it a bit. I haven't gotten farther than Perpetual Calendar though. (I'll probably head back into it over the winter, at any rate.)

http://pofv.jumpwiki.com/

#pofv @ irc.mizuumi.net

Playing games all the time.

>>8216653
Added DL link

haven't touched touhou in like 5 months since I had to swap my desktop to a laptop..

This spellcard...

>>8217299
What of it.

Bump

I don't totally understand the Human/Youkai gauge in IN.

I know that you should stay to either side of the bar (not in the middle), but how do I manage it to get the most time points possible?

I want to focus mode during boss battles, but that seems to stop me from getting time points..What should I do?

>>8218908
http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Gameplay#Scoring

Maybe this can help.

>>8218908
Focus when you're about to see the boss.
You can get from -100 to 100 quite quickly by waiting to kill fairies until they've spawned all of their slaves.

>>8218908
You get them from grazing bullets when it's on the other end of the scale. Read the "gameplay" article on the wiki and learn more.

http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Gameplay

Just 1cc'd my first Touhou game!

After about 2 weeks of playing MoF (since it's my favorite) I misclicked on my Imperishable Night folder and decided to play it, because why not. And what do you know, I beat it! Yeah, it was pretty easy with deathbombing and everything, but I still feel accomplished. A few months ago I could hardly get through it using continues.

So..why didn't I unlock the extra stage?

>>8219009
You didn't fight the real final boss. You have to replay it, and when prompted, pick the "B" option. No continues allowed.

>>8219009
You have to beat it on Normal mode or higher.

Am I missing something in PoFV? At first it isn't that hard, but then I get to Shikieiki and it all goes to hell.

>it all goes to hell.

>>8219061
That's PoFV for you. It has the worst stage 6 in the world. I got to Shieiki with Marisa several times without dying, and I still lost to her. Last time, I got her to .5 health without dying getting hit. I stayed like that for a while before getting mauled. This was all on Lunatic.

The AI is weaker against certain shot-types, so you may try changing your character.

Not bad for somebody who just started playing EoSD five days ago...?

>>8219089
EoSD or Touhou in general?

>>8219089
5 days? I am impressed. Keep up the good work.

>>8219097
Just EoSD. I've been playing 7 and 11 for about two months now, though. And more recently, DDP.

>>8219070
No pun intended.
>>8219086
> Last time, I got her to .5 health without dying getting hit. I stayed like that for a while before getting mauled.
This happened to me several times, only I play on Normal. I tried all of the starting characters, but mostly played as Marisa. Which one should I use instead?

>>8219101
Well (even though 11 is great practice by itself), not bad at all then!

>>8219103
>Which one should I use instead?
If you are playing on Normal, it doesn't matter as much. It's good to use the character that you are most familiar with.

The unlockable characters are a little better. Aya and Medicine can break the AI.

Also, we can teach you here: >>8216653

>>8219127
>Also, we can teach you
Who is we. Heartbeam and Pdee?

>>8219159
I was referring to the channel itself. I'm one of the people there that can help.

>>8204568
Just 1052?

>>8219253
You should see my UFO records.

>>8201613
No, I'm a grown man.

Today I Normal 1cced both SA and UFO for the first time. Feels so good. Now the only Windows one left is TD, which I hear is easy. Then I'll do the PC-98 ones, and then start doing the extra stages of them all.

Not exactly a netplay thread, but anyone for soku?
68.62.19.159:10800

>>8219414
It's literally 2:30 AM, I haven't played anyone in weeks, but hey, let's do this.

>>8219423
Thanks for the games, fun, though short.

>>8219414
Good show, man. A bt too much of delay to be enjoyable, but it was still fun to pick up the game after so much time. I guess you're not from EU, and I even guess you are from the East Coast, hence our horrible connection. I'll let you play with someone who lives closer to you.

>>8219474
I meant West Coast.

>>8219414

I'll play.

>>8219506
Alright, rehosting.

>>8219518

Alright. Just post IP or what ever.

>>8219522
Erm, it's the same one. >>8219414

Ten Desires is killing the franchise. It's an easy game like Imperishable Night. ZUN said himself that he only created it to attract casuals. The Touhou trends is dying. Ten Desires is too easy, has boring characters with bad designs and last but not least it has terrible music. At least with Imperishable Night you had decent characters/plot/music.

>>8219534
First game I was able to blind run 1cc on Hard, actually. And I suck at touhou.

>>8219534
You are killing the board. You are a faggot like Bruce Springsteen. ZUN said himself that he only created you to attract faggots. The trends are dying.
You are too gay, you are a faggot with bad design and last but not least you are a faggot. At least Bruce Springsteen wasn't as big of a faggot as you.

>>8219534
You're a faggot.
Ten Desires was great with the best cast since MoF and it as not as easy as IN. ZUN's art is the best we've ever seen and the music is more memorable than 11 and 12.

Ten Desires is the revival of good Touhou games.

>>8219534
the music question is entirely subjective. More electronica, as opposed to the atmospheric, almost folklorish songs of the last few games. SA was underground, UFO was the sky, TD is UNTZ

>>8219522
Thanks for the games, was fun.
You kept using that one Yukari ability when you didn't have any bullets stored in the gap, though...

I've played most of the Touhou games on and off without really getting much better at them. I managed to 1CC EoSD and IN on normal, but only after I boosted up the lives in the settings, so I don't believe that should count for anything.

I was wondering which game I should start with to get better at the series and whether I should try lunatic bootcamp.

Also, do you guys prefer keyboard or gamepad? I used to use my PS2 controller, but I find that if I use my keyboard I'm more able to focus on my character and nearby bullets, for some reason.

Man, TD really is easy, but since I'm prone to blunders, I keep losing. Any advice for picking up extra lives? I usually can only get 2 or 3 by the final boss.

I hate this game's system.

>>8219585
>Ten Desires [...] is not as easy as IN.
You have to be joking. Anybody that has played the game on all 4 difficulties along with Extra would never say anything like this.

>Ten Desires is the revival of good Touhou games.
What. Do you even play the games. I'm legitimately asking.

>>8220371
>I was wondering which game I should start with to get better at the series
To get better at the series, you play the series. Set a goal and achieve it. If your goal is "1cc the main Windows series on Normal", then pick your favorite game and go.

>and whether I should try lunatic bootcamp.
I personally don't recommend it.

>Also, do you guys prefer keyboard or gamepad?
Keyboard. All of the best players I know use a keyboard or arcade stick.

>>8220507
I'm not him but I agree with him. I've only done 1CCs on normal and hard, though. Ten Desires is much funnier than the previous games.

>>8220524
Is there a recommended way to remap the keyboard? I tried ~4 programs that didn't work so I'm just using a D-pad now. I plan on buying a joystick when I can.

>>8220524
I suppose I'll start with IN then, I've liked the music in it the most so far.

I've been trying playing on Lunatic for the last half hour or so while I wait for some Gaki no Tsukai videos to download. It's going pretty well. I have to say I expected it to be harder. Probably because I tried the same method of training with Blue Wish Resurrection Plus, which had a massive spike in difficulty.

On the subject of BWR+, the stage select/practice mode in that allowed you to also choose to just practice a boss, skipping the stage section. Do any of the Touhou games allow that?

>>8220586
Nah, closest thing's Spell Card Practice on 8 and 13, but that doesn't let you do noncards.

>>8220592
Oh. That's a shame.

Are you a Touhou

Futari 1.5 Original is pretty fun with Normal Palm. I suggest giving him a shot (he's weaker than N.Reco and A.Palm, but who cares the game's easy anyway).

I'm making a game.

So I tried Ten Desires for the first time yesterday. I lost a continue after the first stage (on purpose) and as soon as the big countdown reached 0, my game froze. After a while the game closed and it gave me a message about some of my graphic controllers fucking up, and the computer switched to 4 bit mode with no way to return to normal. So I restarted the computer and everything was fine, but since I'm paranoid as shit I guess I'm not gonna touch that game in a long time...

>>8221493
Sounds like a hardware issue. If you're lucky it'll just be a temporary glitch.

I'd actually started playing TD recently as well. Feels strange, having a stage 6 boss that is more difficult than the stage 5 boss.

Bump

Hello, archive(s).

>>8221496
Why? I only felt the Stage 5 boss was harder with Reisen.

Actually, Utsuho is so enourmously more difficult than Orin that it still makes me impressed every time.

Hopefully I uploaded the right file, my first real attempt at playing through IN on normal without continues: http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=17357

Any general tips for me? I know I REALLY need to practice Stage 4.

>>8224072
There's no possible way that Reisen is harder than Eirin.
Unless you mean Kaguya, but still. Reisen is not difficult, she's got like one hard card.

>>8221496
>>8224072

Miko isn't a fight, she's a score pinata you break open with your stockpile of bombs, lives, and trance. And Reisen is the easiest stage 5 boss in the series. You're both crazy.

Why are you still here? We're all waiting for you at /LunaticRed/.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibvdB2sY6-Y

>>8224132
>>8224145

Maybe I am, with no pun intended with the Reisen and "crazy" thing.
But this is, indeed, very personal; I should've mentioned that. I just CAN'T stop myself from helplessly panicking while she makes her bullets vanish and reappear in slightly different places, no matter how much I practice. It goes beyond ridiculous.

Anyway, you can read my post as "no Stage 5 boss is harder", if she's not meant to be tough.

From touhou wiki concerning imperishable night

>If you got hit, you can use Last Spell to avoid losing a life. You must bomb within 0.1-0.9 seconds of getting hit (depends on which team you chose, the number of bombs you have left, and if you're facing a boss's spellcard or not). This short time interval is called "the border between life and death". A last spell uses two normal bombs (or one if you only have one), but is more powerful and lasts longer. Unfortunately, you still lose a lot of time orbs (as if you had gotten hit) if you use last spell.

>Also, although it's not as widely known, the normal counter-bomb (or "deathbomb") from previous entries is present in this title as well. After your character is hit by an enemy shot, there is an extremely short window where bombing will activate a normal spellcard, not a Last Spell, and the game will continue as if you had not been hit at all.

Has anyone ever counted how many frames (or milliseconds) these periods last?

>>8225179
high level play right there.

>>8225725
Okay now I'm lost. So there are two kind, Last Spell & Deathbomb?

>>8226273
I think the deathbomb window is the same as in the other games, but after that comes the faggot window which consumes two bombs.

>>8226279
It seems harder to do in IN. I almost never get off a single bomb deathbomb. But it could be the fact that I know I have longer, or something else particular to that game that makes me bad at it.

>>8226281
Well, I'm used to bombing normally in IN so I avoid that two-bomb bullshit.

>>8224118
for Love Sign "Non-Directional Laser" and Light Sign "Earthlight Ray" you just need pretty basic streaming. You know, slowly moving from left to right, until you are almost out of room, then making a fast movement so you can turn around.

Also, even though you did very well on the most nonspells, I recommend you to kill the boss slaves. Reimu's non-focused shot/bomb are not the best for that, but it will make your live easier.

By the way, by being focused above the POC, you can grab stuff even without full power.

I still find it ridiculous how Remilia's final spell is easier than her penultimate spell, even at harder difficulty. Even without using the reduced HP trick.

this IN talk encouraged me to go and capture Saigyouji Flawless Nirvana, Blazing Star and Fantasy Heaven. The latter took me about 400 tries.

>>8226420
>The latter took me about 400 tries.
True story, exactly 396 here. Shit's ridiculous.

>>8225179
I thought I was bad at this game, but after seeing this video, I'm convinced otherwise. Very high level EVO online tournament play, would watch again.

>>8225725
so I take it none of you knows the answer for this

Touhou-related but not Touhou:
http://vgboy.dabomstew.com/other/touhoualive.htm

What is this? I found it by accident.

I did 1CC on Ten Desires Normal mode yesterday. :D

>>8226948
Looks like a Touhou version of Live A Live. You should play that if you haven't, there's a translation patch.

>>8226948

Japanese fanbase, so much better than english fanbase.

Touhou Battle Network is beginning development, and looks awesome.

>>8226979
Tell me a Touhou crossover game to make and I'll see what I can do to make it happen.

>>8204024
Y U POST INIGO WHEN I WANTED TO POST HIM FOR SOMETHING ELSE ANON Y U DO DIS!?!?!?!?!?

>>8226993
Touhou Moon.

>>8226993
Touhou Kirby

>>8227045
Never played Harvest Moon, so I can't help ya there.

>>8227083
Hmm, this just might work. Who would be the protagonist, though? Nue, shapeshifting? Grab 'em with tentacles to swallow?

>>8226993
>>8227103
I'm curious: what do you intend to do? Are you just throwing ideas around or are you some sort of expert game programmer?

Hello /jp/!
I just cleared IN on normal no-focus on both routes, Final A with magic team and Final B with Netherworld team (I know that using the team and no-focus is basically the same that doing it solo, but teams have different deathbombs)

Please check them out
http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=14590 - Magic Team
http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=14587 - Netherworld Team

And, well
On Magic Team's run, during the fight against Reimu, I accidentally press the focus button for almost a second while not moving, then I panic and die
I hope it can still count as a no-focus run

Meanwhile, I keep failing non-stop at UFO's Extra and CtC (though I just need some practice on CtC, seeing as I downloaded it yesterday and all)
An by the way, how does CtC's system work? Sometimes when I shoot a Hakurei Orb it doesn't absorb anything (like against chen on stage 4 when she is shooting those aimed yellow bullets). I don't understand what the requirements for the Last Spells are either, I thought it was something related to your Hakurei, but it apparently isn't?

>>8227115
Oh, it's not gonna be full production quality, nor MegaMari-quality or anything like that. But I've made a few games before, posted a couple in the OC threads, I'm reasonably competent so I should be able to do something reasonably enjoyable. Assuming I find the time, of course.

>>8227103
No idea who would be the protagonist.

Was thinking Reimu or Marisa, but perhaps someone else may be more suited.

or, Youmu's ghost half that escapes from an alternate world or something silly.

>>8227126
>(I know that using the team and no-focus is basically the same that doing it solo, but teams have different deathbombs)
You get way less STAR POWER with unfocused team than solo human, though... Seems a bit wasteful somehow.

>>8227132
Hmm, that Youmu idea seems kinda interesting. Maybe you could do stuff like throw it out like her 6C / 22B/C and eat enemies from afar, under certain circumstances or something.
Though, on second thought, lorewise that wouldn't make any sense at all.

So what is Lunatic Bootcamp? Just playing Lunatic for hours on end?

>>8227161
Basically, and then going back to your target difficulty and aiming for a 1cc.

Personally I never used it, I was more comfortable and motivated with the idea that every single attempt is a potential 1cc, and to approach them as such. Whatever works for you.

>>8227140
It's a fan-game, it doesn't need to make much sense, as long as it's enjoyable.


Alternatively, -
upon a google search, a Fire Emblem game does exist, so.. Frogger. ahaha.

>>8227103
> Hmm, this just might work. Who would be the protagonist, though?
Yukkuris.

>>8227175
>a Fire Emblem game does exist
oh my god where

Oh, it's still in development. Still, that's pretty rad.

>>8227182
Eh, not a fan. Maybe as semigeneric enemies, but not the protag.

>>8227193
There's one that is complete and it's just like Super Robot Wars, which is pratically the same thing as Fire Emblem
I even think there's an English patch for it, but I forgot it's name

>>8227182
Yukkuris would be an ability.
Like the Sleep ability, the character turns into a yukkuri for a few seconds, a a few bounces, and say "Take it easy!".
and change back.

>>8227103
> Hmm, this just might work. Who would be the protagonist, though?
Satori. Copying abilities.

>>8227322
Well, fuck.
I'm reminded of TAC Kirby and that scan thingy.

>>8227322
Whoa, how did I not think of that.

>>8227342
Never did play Super Star, but I'm envisioning something like Metroid Prime's scan visor? But short-range and I guess it stuns them during it or something.

You will never play the Touhou version of Metroid Fusion.

With the red Power squares floating around instead of X virus.

>>8227364
I make that face every single time I see this image.

>>8227360
Kinda medium range, it scans them, copies the ability, and releases the enemy; it doesn't do damage at all. So good use of the ability taken is required.

Also, now to imagine a silly plot that involves Satori running around clearing stages and defeating people.

>>8227360
>>8227342
>>8227370

>>8227367

I thought the image was kinda meh until I saw your file name. Good one.

>>8227372

Woah woah, already that much? Or is that another game?

>>8227429
Judging by the filename, I'm guessing it's some pixel art or a mockup someone whipped up.

Just found this: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16408686

Goddamnit ZUN, do something like this please.

Regarding latency...

Taken from the vsync path .ini:
[quote][Option]
Vsync = 0
SleepType = 1
BltPrepareTime = 0
AutoBltPrepareTime = 1
AllowShortDelay = 0
GameFPS = 60
ReplaySkipFPS = 240
ReplaySlowFPS = 30
LockBackBuffer = 0
D3DMultiThread = 0
HookDirectInput = 0
[/quote]
Can someone explain the theory behind this patch. Why is it needed? Assuming that input is read at the same speed as frames are written to the sceen, If your fps is 60 I don't see how there could be more lag than 1 frame (16.6ms).

I think that people ignore a certain other setting, that may affect your latency much more.
If my logic doesn't fail, render queue (nvidia: maximum pre-rendered frames, ati:flip queue) should generate much more input latency. If you don't change your render queue setting, the default is 3 and therefore it should cause input latency of 3 frames (50ms).
http://www.tweakguides.com/Oblivion_13.html
Render queue is sometimes (somewhat erroneously) called triple buffering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_buffering#Triple_buffering (touhous are directx games),
but proper triple buffering doesn't have this kind of problem.
Have I misunderstood something? Is render queue exactly what the vsync patch tries to correct? I atleast don't think so.

Also, there may or may not be a way for a game programmer to manually disable or change the value of render queue. However, if I had to make a gues I'd say that there isn't, since for example in nvidia control panel "Maximum pre-rendered frames" doesn't have an option called "Application-controlled". Is someone here experienced enough with directx programming to answer this last question?

>>8227854
*vsync patch

Alright looking for a quick tip here, I notice during boss fights my eyes are constantly darting back and forth between the top of the screen to recognize the danmaku pattern, and thhe bottom of the screen to watch my hitbox
It feels like I could be doing this better
what should I mostly focus on to get better, or does everyone else play this way too?

>>8227854
*vsync patch .ini

I go my arcade stick working xpadder and XBCD but it won't work on most of the later ones. Any ideas?

>>8226993
Touhou Sonic

Protagonist is obviously Shameimaru Aya.

>>8227931
This wouldn't be too difficult since there are a lot of easy ROM hacking tools for the old Sonic games. You could just mess with a few sprites and it would become a Touhou fangame.

>>8227908
Bottom of the screen shows the boss's horizontal location.

>>8227761
That's a very nice boss rush. Thanks for finding and sharing it to us.

>>8227931
Why not Tewi?

>>8227854
bumping for answers

>>8227854
bumping for answers

Trying to 100% IN / practicing lunatic stages in MOF. Kanako is hard as fuck

>>8227908
Are you doing it so often? Back and forth?
For me I only be cautious when the spellcard started.
Then I just focused on the hitbox and the area near it.

>>8228411
Kanako was never a problem for me on lunatic. Strangely enough, Aya takes most of my lives when I do a 1cc of MoF.

>>8227854
>Is render queue exactly what the vsync patch tries to correct?
I believe so, yes.

>>8228739
Do you have any source for that information, or is it just a gues?

Then again, if you do think about it and look at the configure options from the later games like this one >>8211053
you could count 1+1 and sort of figure out what the vsync patch is doing. I'm assuming that in Subterranean Animism stable and normal mean one frame in a queue, while automatic uses vsync with triple buffering (without queue). Fast propably means no vsync and no queue.

This would render the latency part of the vsync patch useless in the latter games, but not the patch as a whole, because the latency part isn't the only property of the patch.


I don't know. There doesn't seem to be any official information about this in english. Can someone please translate the readme files of the vsync patches?
http://www.mediafire.com/?oilva1a4f06l3vy

I'd greatly appreciate it.

>>8228508
Definitely some cards like her first card is a breeze, but some are difficult for me, especially her last card. I don't feel complete if I don't capture all my cards on my runs.
Stage 5 for me is so easy compared to stage 4, but probably because i use homing reimu

http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=17385

I'm trying to 1cc UFO Lunatic without summoning UFOs.

I was too nervous in my last run. I was bombing attacks right before beating them, and I was making a lot of absurd mistakes. That Nazrin stage 5 midboss stood out. I'm sure that I can get it tomorrow, but just a little out of it right now.

A week without playing makes you weak.

http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=17385

I'm trying to 1cc UFO Lunatic without summoning UFOs.

I was too nervous in my last run. I was bombing attacks right before beating them, and I was making a lot of absurd mistakes. That Nazrin stage 5 midboss stood out. I'm sure that I can get it tomorrow, but I'm just a little out of it right now.

A week without playing makes you weak.

How many players do you use when you 1cc?

Is there a "rule" in this?

>>8229819
Default? If you get the Player Penalty at the end of each stage, you're using too many starting lives.

>>8229822
And why would I care about the player penalty? I'm not playing for the points.

>>8229874
Default is considered "the way it's meant to be played."

Also how do any of you get motivated to practice? I keep putting it off, even though it's fun once I actually start.

>>8229874
And why would you care about the "rules" for a 1cc? You're not playing for status.

Unless you are, in which case that's hilarious.

well, increasing lives won't prevent you from seeing the good ending and extra. It's just not "a proper 1cc".

>>8229910
The more you think about it, the less you want it. Just start it on impulse, select difficulty and character on impulse and play. Now it's too late to turn back.

>>8229910
>how do any of you get motivated to practice?
Competition.

>>8229910
Games with fun scoring make me want to play them. Or if I have been making good progress, I get excited thinking about what I can accomplish next time. Especially if the overall goal is to beat a game/mode that previously intimidated me.

>>8230044
>And why would you care about the "rules" for a 1cc?

A 1cc is a rule in itself, if you're not restricting your lives along with your number of continues there's no point to it in the first place. You can start with more lives in IN than if you continued once immediately with default lives, for example.

What is this lunatic bootcamp, also whats with the amount of players who have somehow been playing for 5 months or less and are getting lunatic 1CC's? are the two connected? or is it just bs?

>>8231251
With prior shmup experience, touhou becomes laughable, even on Lunatic.

>>8231275
Im talking about people who have never played a single STG prior to touhou

>>8231275
Let's see you beat those laughably easy lunatic records.

>>8231290
They probably have a natural skill for shmups in general. When I see somebody beating Lunatic on their 5th or 6th try, it always makes me cry on the inside.

Seems like no matter how much I practice, I'll always just be a normal mode man. It can't be helped.

>>8231331
Maybe, I just find it strange, most of the non japanese players were playing for a year or more before getting Lunatic clears, on the topic of practice... practice for me always feels redundant. It is hard to know what is actually helping me to improve, someone should make a guide for something like that.

My advice is just play on lunatic straight away, as soon as you get in to touhou. Seriously. I did that with EoSD and 1cced it 2 months after I started playing (admittedly, this was with 1-2 hours practice a day and with 5 lives to start off with). I'm still getting better pretty quick, and I don't have any ridiculous natural talent. The way I see it, there's no point playing normal/hard unless you're always going to be a casual player (not that there's anything wrong with that).

>>8231251
>whats with the amount of players who have somehow been playing for 5 months or less and are getting lunatic 1CC's?
It's really not that difficult to do if you practice for at least an hour every day. I don't recall exactly how long it took me to get my first Lunatic 1cc (I can probably estimate it by taking Fairy Wars's release date, adding a few days, and ending at whenever I made my IN replay) but 5 months is well within the realm of believability.

At least, that was my experience, and I don't generally consider myself to have some innate skill at games in general. Competence, sure, but I'm no natural master.

>>8231463
>>8231491
So the best way to go about improving would be picking a game practicing about 1-2 hours a day at each individual stage/ the game on lunatic, until i can 1cc said game?

>>8231331
>When I see somebody beating Lunatic on their 5th or 6th try, it always makes me cry on the inside.
Nobody can do that. Some situations require that you know them beforehand.

>>8231748
What if they had watched a replay showing them what to do?

>>8231795
no. Nobody can do it.

>>8231695
Oh nah, I don't mean anything tightly regimented like that. I was just saying I played Touhou games roughly 1-2 hours a day (with a couple days a week where I didn't, and maybe some where I did more, of course) and after not too very long I got a couple of Lunatics. Doesn't have to be the same game (probably shouldn't, even), doesn't have to be in Pratice mode. You just gotta play, and don't do silly stuff like restarting on level 1 every time you die or bomb or miss a Point item.

>>8231748
If someone was very experienced with other bullet hell games I'd say 5th or 6th try Lunatic wouldn't be impossible. However, we're talking sweatless 1ccs of DDP DOJ-level experience.

>>8231934
Alright, thanks for the advice, any other suggestions?

>>8231982
Drink tea a lot.

You know that bug in imperishable night, when the 3rd stage doen't have proper background? Is there a way for me to fix that.

>>8232004
Never mind, I disabled verxtex buffers in custom.exe, and the background works.

>>8231748
>>8231908
When Ten Desires came out, I 1cc'd Hard on my first try, and 1cc'd Lunatic on my second. I even cleared Extra on my first blind run, which is supposed to be notoriously gimmicky.

But I have plenty of Touhou experience, of course.

>>8231309
Any shooter can be difficult when played for score.

>>8231463
>My advice is just play on lunatic straight away, as soon as you get in to touhou.
I haven't seen any experienced players agree with that.
>I did that with EoSD and 1cced it 2 months after I started playing
That's average for a regular Lunatic 1cc.
>admittedly, this was with 1-2 hours practice a day
Well then how...
> and with 5 lives to start off with
That's what I thought.
>The way I see it, there's no point playing normal/hard unless you're always going to be a casual player (not that there's anything wrong with that).
You are playing two hours a day and barely scraping together a single 1CC with a bloated stock of lives, and you are calling people casuals? Come back after you have done a straight 30+ hour session, like some of the people in here have.

>>8233726
Anyone doing straight 30+ hour sessions on a shmup better have some of the highest scores in the world, otherwise that's just pitiable.