There's no proper Touhou gameplay circle to interact with in 2026. Discord normalfags are impossible to fit in with besides it being an inferior format and people here make just fun of you for posting about the games the once a month they crawl out of their generals.I hate this piece of shit community.
FUNKY!!
>>50870232Kill yourself.
>>50870209>Discord normalfags are impossible to fit in withgetting into the games and playing it (at a high level) automatically makes you not a normalfag. a good 95% of the people into the games don't care about anything else (touhou included) other than other STGs which is a good thingoccasionally you will see some tranny but it is inevitable for any western community >people here make just fun of you for posting about the games the once a month they crawl out of their generals.why do you care about what secondaries think?
>>50870209There is. Animal Realm is a Touhou community that focuses on the games, and does tournaments and activities for them too. We are mainly a Latinamerican community, but we're open to americans, europeans etc. We fully international.Come and play with us: https://discord.gg/d3k7G7d~Marisaac
>>50870209I love the games but what the hell there is to talk about them? They are single player games where everything depends 100% of your perfomance. Its not like people can discuss strategies or anything.
>>50870209as someone who only got into playing the games in late 2025, i gave up pretty quickly looking for people to talk to. i just pretend they 're super secret games nobody's heard of before and focus on my goals.
>>50870958>getting into the games automatically makes you not a normalfagThe term normalfag means nearly nothing at this point since everybody has a different definition of it in their mind, but I suppose you're saying anyone who's that autistic about Touhou wouldn't care about tranny shit since gaming would be the only thing on their mind.There are people like that but I think generally it's the other way around. People who delve hundreds of hours into achievements in obscure games also tend to be terminally online, which naturally makes them carry all the baggage that comes with that. See the stereotypes around speedrunners for example. From my own experience it's the same case with nearly any non-mainstream game out there with a small community of people who care to be good at it, not just Touhou. Multiplayer or not. You'll have the guy or two who really doesn't care about anything besides his favorite vidya but most people will be radical in one way or another since the brainrot from spending most of their life in front of the computer also makes them very easily impressionable. With the most concentrated form of the type of person you're talking about, you won't even know that they exist since they'll just be playing the game privately without ever having a presence of the internet.>occasionally you will see some trannyUnfortunately it's more than the occasional one in the couple spaces left to talk about high-level Touhou play and get any response, which are all on Discord.I tell myself I can tolerate their fixations as long as it stays out of the conversation, but honestly just seeing them and the way they talk is insufferable. Maybe that's my fault. It's not like I wanna be hateful but I have a limit, and I guess it'd be the same thing if I had to look at "based_2hu_aryan_god1488" typing as much as I hate it with trannies.>why do you care about what secondaries think?I guess the lack of anyone else to talk to. We naturally want to hear others thoughts on the things we're interested in, right?>>50872806>Its not like people can discuss strategies or anything.I don't see why you think that. There's plenty to talk about in that area if it's people with experience speaking and not Timmy trying to get his first Normal 1cc. Kind of like saying there's nothing that athletes have to talk about when it comes to running because you just move your legs back and forth. But it's not like there needs to be much deep talk anyhow, I personally like to just see people blogging about their efforts but even that is non-existent here nowadays.In any case, I made this thread when I was drunk & angry. Probably the fact of the matter is just that there aren't many people left who care and that can't be helped.
>>50870958>playing it (at a high level) automatically makes you not a normalfag.It took me a month or two to clear SA on easy. I never even managed normal. It's over for me, I will always be normalfag.
>>50874365an easy non 1cc is still infinitely more interaction with the games than most people have.
>>50874367It was 1cc of course. With continues it's not really that much of a challenge to be honest.
>>50870209define "proper'
>>50870209What have you cleared or completed recently? Would be good to mention that on a thread where you complain about nobody discussing the games.I've gotten a few things myself though, gbr caps and a pdh timeout semi recently. But if you don't care for the single spellcard grinds, I've also done lunatic no bombs with a couple people on eosd, which was actually really fun despite input delay (different continents entirely).
>>50875184I haven't been grinding at all recently. Again, I made this thread drunk..I tend to just go for casual LNBNVs instead of anything that'd be new for me when I play lately, and I haven't done even that in a couple weeks. It'd be nice to tackle new clears but I've just been in my comfort zone for a while now.>gbr caps and a pdh timeout semiNever tried GBR. PDH is impressive though. I did a couple hundred caps of it for the master rank but never went for the timeout, I just wanted to be good enough at it to not get raped in LNB attempts.Seems like a fun grind now that I think about it, though. Single spells are much easier to take on than learning entire new games. How many seconds exactly is the timeout? I don't remember if you even reach below 99s while capping it normally.>lunatic no bombs with a couple people on eosdThe co-op mod, right? Damn, it sounds really fun. I tried to get it working with a friend but we were too dumb and shelved it for later.
stop crying like a little bitch just because your circlejerk died
>>50872511>Animal Realm>Latinamerican communityYou niggas couldn't choose a less damaging name lmao.
>>50878056they know what they are
macacos
>>50878056>He doesnt call himself the beast of animal kingdom to motivate himself to get 1CCCs NGMI
>>50870209i found most discussion about touhou gameplay with anyone pretty boring or short, so i mostly keep to myselfwhat do you see in that sort of discussion?
>>50878056they seem funny at least
>>50879477yes there was a decade of gameplay threads on this board because there wasn't anything to talk aboutshut he the fuck up you monkey nigger
>>50885400Because there's a constant flow of newcomers (no matter how tiny) and games coming in so there's always been something to talk about.In between release what's there to talk about if you're someone who has 1cc'd everything, isn't currently on a 1cc attempt or isn't looking for advice on a specific part that you wouldn't have already discussed in the past?STG gameplay isn't really deep enough to warrant a lot of discussion if you're a regular player. You can be on helpful and friendly standby for newcomers but other than that what, you wanna ask the same people what their favourite spellcard or shottype is or something?
>>50886030are you the same person from 2hug who said posts would pick up after FW released
>>50886038What?
>>50886039whateveranyway yeah i'd like if people even just blogposted about their progress yesif retarded command prompt touhou porn fangames get active generals why can't touhou itself
yeah the people saying there's nothing to talk about with touhou are startintg to get annoyingno there doesn't need to be "deep discussion" but there can be posts about the games still, people can just post of their clears or progress and believe it or not actually discuss strategy for certain sections at timesthere doesn't need to be a new game out to warrant posts because there's so much to do with all the ones that are there anywayagain why were there constant gameplay threads here for over a decade if there was nothing to talk about retard obviously there's a decline shut the fuck up
>>50886067>people can just post of their clears or progress and believe it or not actually discuss strategy for certain sections at timesYeah that's exactly what I said you fucking idiot.But consider this>people can just post of their clears or progressI already have and have no 1cc goal at the moment because I got everything I wanted to do.>actually discuss strategy for certain sections at timesI don't need any advice at the moment and have no reason to bring up strategy.What do you want me to talk about in a gameplay thread besides being on standby for a newbie or a new game? Man, remember Yuyuko's final spellcard I 'member that. Strawpoll: your favourite DDC shot type!
>writefag thread for autists that haven't grown past their fanfiction phaseyep!>command prompt porn fangame general yep!>the absolute dogshit touhou gacha generalyep!>the touhou mario kart fangame generalyep!>the touhou AI slop generalyep!>actual touhou gameplay generalNOOOOOOOO THERE'S NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT THERE AAAAAAkill yourself>>50886080>I already haveand?you're projecting yourself onto everybody else on the board as if they've also went through the games as much as you or i have and just have nothing left to talk about>Strawpoll: your favourite DDC shot type!ya that's fine why notwhy are you trying to paint talk of the games as boring for everyone just because you're past the point of caring about ityou're not the center of the world retard
>>50886096I'm pointing my reasons for not initiating gameplay discussions, and seeing how much you're crying and kicking about the decline of the gameplay threads I'm assuming a lot of people share the sentiment. Unless you're going through the game for the first time or doing some kind of challenge run there is no reason to initate conversation.If you find talking about shot type preferences to be that enjoyable go make a thread about it right now and talk about it. But no, you'd rather cry and bitch about the lack of it. This kind of topic isn't sustainable if you're not currently engaging with it because there's little to discuss. To take the example "oh my favourite I ReimuA because I like the helicopter gohei" "I like SakuyaB's bomb because it gives me more ressources" "ok" "ok". There's not much discussion to be had besides stating your opinion once. Who would bring up strategies unprompted as well? Go make a strategy thread if you think about that daily.I at least have some understanding of why it's declining, you don't. Put your food where your mouth is and try to initiate if it means that much to you. I'll be in the gameplay threads when a new game comes out.
>>50886129>>50886129>go make a thread about it right now and talk about it. lol noi was making gameplay posts here for a year straight with zero interaction no thanks dont need any more of that>I at least have some understanding of why it's declining, you don'ti think i do it's because anyone who still plays these games are in discord while this place has nothing but retarded shitters AND I'M STUCK HERE BECAUSE IMAGEBOARDS ARE THE ONLY PLACE I CAN EXIST and i was bitching about that fact i really don't give a shit about you or your reasonings dunno why you're tal;king to me about yourself>I'll be in the gameplay threads when a new game comes out.sure you'll be i'm probably the only person in this board who has LNBd FW without a cheat shot wwww
>>50886129don't bother arguing with this agp freak, his ideal of "gameplay discussion" is vapid blogposting about progress>>50886148>IMAGEBOARDS ARE THE ONLY PLACE I CAN EXISTwrong, you'll fit just right with the other discord troons
>>50886192you should go back to your homeboard /v/ermin
>>50886193go ahead and make me go backoh right you can't HAHAHAHAHA
>>50886367no but i did make you admit to italso i'm sober and it sucks
>>50886381>but i did make you admit to itindeed, and what you're going to do about it except stomp your feet in anger, you poor wittle jaypissie?
>>50886395maybe eat and go to sleep probably
>there is nothing to talk about because I am a retard secondary with only surface level understanding about the gameI have no clue why but retards love to spout how there is nothing to discuss about the games, the same with other STG for whatever reasonsalso the only reason why gameplay threads declined is because of the stupid 14 day autosage thing >STG gameplay isn't really deep enough to warrant a lot of discussion if you're a regular player.lol
>>50870209Maybe you can post gameplay footage and see who shows up? Then make a community and gate keep the rest.
>>50875240>>50875240Casual LNBNVs as in getting them out of random credits? If you can get them out of credits with little effort that makes you seem like a pretty strong player to me. Especially since it's not so generous with lives at NV so you can't just ignore stupid early game deaths like in LoLK.GBR is quite fun if you learn how to read it but it takes a bit of getting used to. Attempts range from under 200 (two players) to 27k (? somewhere around here), with most people getting it around 5-6k, but it depends on your reading level. The PDH grind should be simple enough if you have a master though, beware the DKO I got one months before I actually timed it out and it put me off attempts for a while. Timeout is 120s I believe.For the coop mod I ended up setting up port forwarding which was easy enough but you can use radmin or hamachi or adjacent and get similar results. Don't play across the pond though because delay can be bad (increase delay if the game is choppy). I believe they changed something a week ago? But it should be fine. Replays work as well which is a miracle.Currently I think I'll go for a QEDR capture and then after that I am not certain. Probably back to credits.
>>50886768The gatekeepers are arguably what originally killed game play discussion on 4chan to begin with.
>>50886793>Currently I think I'll go for a QEDR captureNTA but good luck with that. that spell completely filtered me when I had just gotten several GBR captures at the time. there is a huge difficulty difference between MarisaA and ReimuB and if you're dumb like me, you could also try capturing it at rank 32 which is even harder
Wow, meaningful gameplay discussion and what's it about? Guy envisaging a challenge and responses to that. Really proving me wrong.
>>50887514stfu
Remember to behave!
>>50886793>you seem like a pretty strong playerIt sounds like it but it's a matter of specialization, I think I'm still just average at the games in general. Even after LNNN in UFO I can have trouble getting even basic clears with some other games. I don't think I could boot up EoSD and squeeze out a kuso bombspam 1cc on my first or second attempt right now while there's a solid chance of it with LNBNV. When I stream a game besides my main ones to people they get surprised at just how shit I am considering the clears I already have, www.I want to say that there's a limit on how much fundamental skill helps with Touhou and that it's more so memorization and experience that matters but I'm sure there are players out there that can LNB games that are new to them with minimal practice so it's most likely just me sucking.>not so generous with lives at NVYou generally have a good shot of clearing as long as you enter stage 5 with two extra lives in stock. It's honestly not that much more stingy than some other LNBs I feel like. FW for example doesn't give you many extends when considering how some of the worse shots are almost guaranteed death at numerous parts of the game.>Attempts range from under 200 (two players) to 27kInteresting. Makes me want to attempt it just to see where I'd land. I've actually yet to do UFO Extra at all.I think I'm going to go for the PDH timeout though. It's intimidating but sounds fun since I already enjoy the spell. Thanks for mentioning it Anon. I was trying to think of something I want to do but any full-game grind seemed too much right now.>the coop modI see. I'll give it another try today since the other thing we were planning to play doesn't work.>a QEDR captureHuh, I've not even heard of this one. Ganbatte.Credits for what? I'd think any LNB would be past your level if you've PDH & GBR timeout so I'm curious if you're going for an LNN.
One thing I miss about the old gameplay threads is that people would actually post their replays when asking for help or even just blogging. The blind would often lead the blind, but occasionally good players would have useful feedback and increase the amount of quality engagement. Players could watch and learn from (the mistakes of) others, and even those with nothing to say could at least silently participate in camaraderie of "Oh I struggle with that part too" or something.
>>50870209I think gameplay discussion for any long-term challenge runs, be it 1ccs, scoring, speedrunning etc. does not fit the 4chan medium. Constantly blogging about yourself gives you an identity and follows you as you progress and ultimately make a name for yourself. Most people don't want to be associated with this place.At best, we're getting sporadic blogposts and generic one-off questions that were answered a million times. You can only explain how to run EoSD properly or explain how to do x pattern until it gets boring. It's not like the bullet hell/STG scene changes at all.Also if you weren't aware, the arcade shmupfags on /v/ have been throwing a tantrum for the past couple weeks because some Touhoufags riled them up and mods are forcing them to stay in those threads for gameplay discussion. If you see an influx of butthurt /v/ shitposting in any Touhou thread, that's why.
>>50870209i used to post here many years ago but i did what i wanted to in touhou so i haven't been around. i only came back here to see the shmup civil war shitposting spree on /v/ recently. sorry i guess i'm a tourist.>>50889074>Constantly blogging about yourself gives you an identity and follows you as you progress and ultimately make a name for yourself.what you're describing is a general and /shmupg/ and their /vr/ general died lol.i agree more with >>50886881, the couple schizos thinking they're hot shit and untouchable ruin it for everyone else and the mods never do anything or make it worse.>the arcade shmupfags on /v/ have been throwing a tantrum for the past couple weeks because some Touhoufags riled them upi enjoy a good caveslop or battle garegga session but i stopped posting there because of the schizos. their attitudes are way too comically arrogant and tryhard but they cry in other threads when they don't get fed attention or validation. they are the most insecure anons i've ever interacted with. lol.actually i think the schizos got banned because the thread was pretty good for the past few hours.
>>50870209Oh wow OP your score is sooooo big I'm sure that when we die you'll be the first to fuck your toehoe of choice in afterlife, because you're so good at dodging pixels and all that!Nigger admit it to yourself already, touhou was just a vehicle for artists to draw, promote and sell porn/fanart. You can see those same people jump from one trendy gacha to another on pixiv nowadays. People who made this franchise popular don't give a shit about games.
>>50890011you might find this hard to believe but people can like the games without liking touhou itself
>>50889074>does not fit the 4chan mediumSure, real anonymity is difficult nowadays even if your blogposts were not constant and just sporadic. It's a no-go if you're bothered by that. I feel like every other medium is even worse, though. Instant messaging doesn't click for me because everything you say gets lost to the void the second enough messages get sent to move them off-screen. One draw of imageboards is that people can see and reply to multiple day old posts and it's all there. Not forever before the thread gets archived of course, but it's okay after a point.Besides that I guess it's just forums and I honestly like them but they're completely dead for Touhou as far as I know.The choice is between Discord and 4 so you're gonna be having an identity either way. But I guess as you said people would prefer not to have their name attached to this place.>can only explain how to run EoSD properly until it gets boringI suppose. I honestly always enjoy talking to new players and helping them out if they're interested in the games but I can see how it'd get stale for others. I think any way for gameplay threads to be alive is if it were mostly blogshitting and some discussion then and between, but it can't be helped if people just don't want to post here. >if you weren't awareThe bickering shmupfags have with Touhou is funny to me. It reminds me of the console war age when retards would debate over whether CoD or Battlefield is better.
>>50886881>The gatekeepers are arguably what originally killed game play discussion on 4chan to begin with.>>50888823>The blind would often lead the blindBoth these two reasons ruin any gameplay discussion thread, alongside autists sperging out if the fightans or other non-shmups are mentioned.In my opinion the death knell for gameplay threads (like everything else on this board) is the 14-day thread life. Gameplay threads are perhaps THE slowest moving threads on this board and needs a bump every once and awhile, and there would be a period of few weeks without a thread even back then.
>>50890039Then you should heed what other posts said and find a discord with equally autistic people as you.
>>50890832>go to discord for your otaku interests instead of posting on the otaku culture boardWhy are you even here?
>>50886192Wasn't that the same faggot who was lurking in gameplay threads? Discouraging anyone and having a little sperg out over someone playing PC-98 games while acting smug about it? The way he's speaking (calling anyone who disagrees with him is an ESL despite saying "make just" and "tal;king") and having randomanimegirl.jpg as if they were avatarfagging?If OP is the same anon, hearing these>people here just make fun of you for posting about the games>i was making gameplay posts here for a year straight with zero interaction>i think i do it's because anyone who still plays these games are in discordIs VERY rich coming from him lmao
>>50891296No, I don't care if you play PC-98.
>>50891300I've only asked a question. Are you the same anon from the gameplay threads? Even the OP image is the samehttps://warosu.org/jp/?task=search2&ghost=false&search_text=&search_subject=&search_username=&search_tripcode=&search_email=&search_filename=20f41da52b2c306ef3827976681f6189008bfbf4&search_datefrom=&search_dateto=&search_media_hash=&search_op=all&search_del=dontcare&search_int=dontcare&search_ord=new&search_capcode=all&search_res=post
>>50891327>that linkFuuuck I didn't know Warosu can be this long lol
>>50891296yeah it's the same guy. he constantly blogposts about loneliness and then randomly spergs out. it shouldn't be possible to identify someone on an anonymous site, but he can't help being an attentionwhore with multiple threads up
>>50891327There are multiple spergs who impersonate me in an attempt at being funny. Either that or I talked to you while drunk. In any case, who cares.
suffering
>>50891456Thought so. Again, on Warosu, the OP image was also posted on the "touhou 12" thread.Which is what you expect. Something something talk about games till early on evolved into some discord roleplay shit. And I really mean it since later on it wasn't even about Touhou at this point. You can check it out if you care, it's under the name "Madokanon".
>>50891777relax
>>50891296>>50891327>>50891777you have to be legit retarded or schizophrenic to believe that those posts are by the same anon. it doesn't help that you are still seething about some poster even a month later (the irony of calling that guy a sperg lol)
>>50891804What are you talking about?
>sperging out by samefaggingYeah that checks out.
>retarded namenigger drama spam the second something starts being talked about Kill yourself.
>>50892364The fact that they admit they're from Discord should speak for themselves.
>>50886901Thanks, I'll need it, it is definitely a step above gbr/pdht, although playing it for 10 minutes a day seems to be consistently improving me. Haven't played too much recently since I have a few exams but my pb so far was getting her down to 1/3 hp, with runs getting semi consistently to around 1/2hp if a bit higher.You're crazy for the 32 rank capture though, that is maybe the second one I have ever seen? Godly reading ability.>>50887708Quite frankly I think EoSD would be in the easier games for you, UFO I feel has a high consistency difficulty (or at least precision) and there isn't a lot of free filler as far as I'm aware at least. I feel like if you picked up a game and learned it you wouldn't take long to get consistent.I'll be frank I do not remember a lot of FW main game since I just did my honorary n1cc and left it at that (excluding boss lnns and s5 midboss timeouts) but in my mind it is more of an outlier in the resource situation. Unless you do hyper breaks and don't count them as misses because then I think you can farm a LOT of lives.For GBR I suggest doing some invincibility timelock to get in the motions since a lot of times you die to the third wave without a lot of feedback (for me at least). Good luck with PDH! Shouldn't take long. But make sure to pick up another game after that, you already have an LNNN in UFO don't let that go to waste unless you want to do a marib one or something.For credits mainly LoLK, I have 2 3mnb runs, both of which LNN Junko and one which has a full s6 LNN. Both lose LNN pace to the 2nd second half chapter - blue rice laser fairies one. It annoyed me a lot since it seemed like reimu homing just completely failed and pretended like it didn't in practice. Months since then I think so I fear I've probably rusted a lot, but it would be nice to pick it back up and get a run in.
>>50870209Things die with time.Nothing is eternal.I don't see alot of people talking about the royal game of Ur.
>>50899707>EoSD would be in the easier I did allshot L1CC it but that's not really enough to tell anything. What I hear from others is that it's a lot of RNG and that scares me more than a game with more difficult patterns on average.I was planning to LNB it next on my list but just haven't felt the motivation to practice. Of course any LNB grind is trivial after going through an LNN one, but you still have to learn the game first unless you're a superplayer. >UFO I feel has a high consistencyYou'd be right. There's not a lot of parts of the game where you're mostly at the mercy of RNG and practice almost always pays off but it never gets easy. It's one of the reasons UFO is what I've spent the most playtime with. >wouldn't take long to get consistent I guess, but again it's the process that I'm averse to. Feels a little bad because I used to love doing practice. I did more than a hundred hours of SakB in DDC without ever actually attempting a run, which is certainly a bad thing www, but still.>Unless you do hyper breaks It depends on your stone selection I'd say. Some hypers suck for survival and don't help that much with the dangerous sections of the game. I recall only being able to get enough extends to reach max lives once when playing with a kuso shot which isn't a lot when S4 and S5 get incredibly cancerous with worse builds. You can probably squeeze a couple more lives by milking bosses but that adds its own risk (and tedium).It's funny how the parts before the S5 midboss are actually more bullshit than itself when you don't have a good hyper.>don't let that go to wasteProbably will www. I don't think I have it in me for another LNN. I do want to LNB all the games at my own pace though.>LoLK, I have 2 3mnb runsFucking sick. I did Reimu and Marisa and couldn't get below two-digit miss counts with either clear. LoLK is seriously fun but there's so much to have to get good at and the difficult early game is not my forte.But being that consistent at Junko is cool. I never NNd her even in practice, farthest I ever got was PDH. I do enjoy her fight though, it's kind of like what I mean with UFO where it's difficult but feels fair. The only part of it that I find bullshit is that one non where the bullets jump up and down the screen, it always felt like just RNG.>blue rice laser fairiesOh, are you avoiding using the safespot? I always pussied out of it so I have no idea how hard that section can be, but props.>I fear I've rusted a lotYou'd be surprised. Rust is nearly non-existent with Touhou. People can come back from years long hiatuses and play just as well as before with minimal practice. I've seen multiple cases and in my personal experience it can actually be beneficial to take a while off and have the game feel fresh again. You honestly might find yourself playing better once you're back. Best of luck if you do go for LNN, you're definitely not that far from it.
damn trooners really are insufferable and unlikable. have only met one other tranny apart from myself who doesn't ever mention it, as it should be
ReimuB or MarisaB for EOSD? The only reason I have doubts is because Master Spark timing is making Scarlet Gensokyo hell for me.
>>50904190Is this a joke or are you retarded? You just "mentioned it yourself." you should have said "I've only ever met one tranny" while not specifying you are one too. Faggot. Made me reply.
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>>50901636Ur what?
>>50901777>more than a hundred hours of SakB in DDC without ever actually attempting a runThis is criminal, I don't even know how you could spend that much time and not even put a credit in. Do you at least know the stages? If you don't that is the only excuse I'd accept, but if you do then.... But I see the appeal in doing some of them. Kagerou is definitely fun from what I've done of her. I think if I ever ended up doing DDC it would be ReiB though. ReiA looks annoying to manage gohei and I don't care for fatboxes.>any LNB grind is trivial after going through an LNN one, but you still have to learn the game first unless you're a superplayerfor this I actually thought it would be pretty funny if afer LoLK I went and did a few other LNBs entirely blind, e.g. TD or something (though I do not know if it is route heavy) on a first credit or something. Wish my gorillability was that high.>It depends on your stone selection I'd sayRight I was thinking almost exclusively Y2 for easiest l1cc but I suppose other stones exist. Although I believe some headsits and mega grazes would give you DDC MariB amount of resources if you played them properly - Ubame's first non comes to mind although pyramids might be a bit annoying to do. >It's funny how the parts before the S5 midboss are actually more bullshitYou just reminded me of some extremely tedious routing I was doing for someone else... And this time it was with the Y2 hyper on reimu, no hyper break for the fairies right before s5mid. What ended up happening a lot of the time was that when the bullets were cancelled, they turned into sort of revenge bullets but for you? I am unsure of the best way to describe them, it's the Y2 hyper mechanic. But what it ended up doing was destroying the crystals and damaging the fairies which messed everything up. So what you wanted to do was enter with a specific hyper and route it tightly with graze and similar stuff. Just really tedious.>I do want to LNB all the gamesThat's good, and not going for another LNN is understandable. Which ones do you have in mind? >difficult early game is not my forte.This is what killed my motivation to grind out credits really. Sometimes dying to LS or Doremy nons just took the life out of me. Even more when there were easy sections that I just tripped up on and... yeah.>that one non where the bullets jump up and down the screennon4 is quite fun, I remember doing some 105/120fps timeouts. It is strange at first but then you get used to seeing how the bullets are orientated and which side of them to be on. Of course this is entirely reliant on Junko not pissing off to the other side of the screen 5 times in a row. Try time it out, that's how I got my feel for it. It gets more stacked over time so you are forced to actually make good decisions>Oh, are you avoiding using the safespot?Haha. I wish that was the section. But no, it's the section right before where fairies come from both sides, shooting aimed rice which turns into lasers after a small delay. Homing makes this free right? Wrong! Reimu dropped the ball and I ended up getting myself killed twice on a stupid section that nobody else has ever died to. It made me actually do the section you're talking about ethically at the bottom because I was so flabbergasted. But besides that, eh I think if I iron it out it won't be bad (copium)>Rust is nearly non-existent with TouhouI know what you mean with this and I've felt it too, but man, it's also just about getting started and back in the zone. If I'm not super motivated to get something and grind for it, then when I try all my usual stuff and end up failing all of it I just feel bad and pushing past it takes more effort than it's worth (mentally). If I had a few consecutive days off I would probably play with a better mindset since I'm better for longer. But even when I do I end up spending them doing other stuff outside. Attached some old crusty footage of non4 105, I can't find anything better atm? I had a better one but oh well, maybe I'll time it out. This was more of a proof of concept thing.Also a little unfortunate how the rest of the people in the thread are but at least it is easy to identify those who care and those who don't.
>>50925794>Do you at least know the stages?www, no. I did allshot with bombs but that wasn't enough to learn the stages. I was just having a really good time with Kagerou. Most of my playtime went into her. I found it necessary to parakeet since SakB is considered the hardest clear in the series and I wanted to LNB with it.My main excuse is that FW came out as I was practicing and I wanted to immediately start playing that instead. I never went back to DDC after I was done though. Reason being that it's just not a very fun game for me besides a couple of the bosses. The musical sisters might be the least enjoyable fight in the series.>ever ended up doing DDC it would be ReiBMight be the most balanced shot in that game. ReiA is very easy since the gohei just deletes most things, there's not much thought to be put into how you use it unless you're doing a bug that makes it do even more damage.>if afer LoLK I went and did a few other LNBs entirely blindHaving a low miss count with LoLK definitely makes you good enough to stomp any LNB, but blind on your first credit is a bit of a far shot ww. TD definitely needs you to route properly on top of being stingy with resources so it's actually not as easy as people make it out to be, it's just the least worst pick when going for LNN specifically from what I've gathered.>was thinking almost exclusively Y2I see, Y2 is possibly the easiest Lunatic in the series so I see how you'd shrug FW off when thinking about it. I don't recall there being many spots to sit in after the first stage but I did everything I wanted to early into the game's release so perhaps people have more figured out by now. >just reminded me of some extremely tedious routing I was doing for someone elseYep, I know what you mean. I was thinking of that exact section. It gets even worse, downright impossible and purely reliant on RNG for survival when you have a weak build. I'm pretty sure it's the worst part of the game for people going for LNN. Not the only one of its kind either. ZUN really didn't care to balance that game, lol.Did you know your hitbox is actually smaller than it's supposed to be in FW because of a bug? I think it's the tiniest one throughout all the games because of it.>Which ones do you have in mind? Was planning on going by release order for everything I haven't done yet minus PC-98, so EoSD would be next.If I did ever go for another LNN, it'd be either IN or UFO with another shot.Character limit.
>This is what killed my motivation to grind out credits reallyI get it. Some people say it's worse to have a good run and lose it near the end of the game but I find it even more tedious to not be able to get one going in the first place. What keeps Touhou exciting is that feeling once you're past a certain point and get the nerves kicking in. It gets boring fast when most of your time spent is going through the motions just waiting for the game to actually start. That's why you having dedicated that much time into LoLK is especially impressive to me since it might be the worst offender for that kind of thing.>non4 is quite funOh, I guess it's that I didn't practice enough then. I did notice that where she moves on the screen dictated whether I'd live or die but I never figured out what to do in bad situations. I see you're mostly staying in the middle in that clip, I think what I did was try to follow her to kill it quickly and that was probably a mistake.>the section right before where fairies come from both sidesFor some reason I'm having a hard time recalling it. I thought every section in stage 6 was static and doable every time except for rain. I hope you're not shooting stuff you're supposed to pacify ww.>getting myself killed twice on a stupid section that nobody else has ever died toBut I completely understand this feeling. I had a 2-miss in UFO that died to the start and midboss of stage 6 which are extremely trivial in that game. It just happens sometimes and it's really not that crazy when you consider how much of a factor nerves are. They make even the simplest stuff possible to die to. A big part of LNN is being able to control them.>it's also just about getting started and back in the zoneOh, that makes sense. Probably the same reason I'm not grinding anything at the moment. I think sooner or later you'll get a surge of motivation since that's just how it goes.Perhaps you should do tiny practice sessions in your free time since that'll keep you sharp with LoLK until you grind again.>a little unfortunate how the rest of the people in the thread are/jp/ will be /jp/. Been nice talking to you though, dunno if this thread will die before you see this reply.I started giving PDH some time and my best so far is having the timer show 60 seconds.
