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Which religion is the best?
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Shintoism 59 9.58%
Buddhism 77 12.50%
Taoism 66 10.71%
FEAR CLOWNPIECE 414 67.21%
Total: 616 votes
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Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.

BlitzBlast posted:

On the other hand if you start with five lives and just get the two from the midbosses you end up with seven lives. The max is eight and even at the absolute lowest score multipliers you should at least be able to hit 10 million at some point. So it's basically the same.

I can say from personal experience that this is false. I showed my replay to someone to get advice and they were confused as to why my score was so low.

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BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
That's... kind of odd, since the only thing lives affect is the end of stage bonuses. Which are a decent chunk, but considering spellcard bonuses, items, and stage 4's hilarious amount of canceled bullets I'd have thought you'd get 10 million just from in-stage.

I dunno then!

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
Well, that was back when I was a novice so maybe it'd be better now. All I know is that I lowered the life counter and then 1 CC'd the game. And... I haven't really played it all since then because I moved on to IN, etc.

Ryza
Mar 15, 2012

Disco Thunder
Oh man actual touhou game talk. Time to post some replays.

Some Hard 1ccs

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and a clear of SA Extra.

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I hope I've made a cartoon duck proud.

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Good going on Resurrection Butterfly there.

amuayse
Jul 20, 2013

by exmarx
Gah. I hate Marisa on Stage 4 of IN.
She doesn't even have a good reason to fight other than "LOL why are you here" :argh:

Widdiful
Oct 10, 2012

Reimu on stage 4 is way harder than Marisa because she just flies across the screen and it's nearly impossible to hit her.
Unless I'm an idiot, that is.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Reimu is a way more fun fight though. At least on Normal, I don't know if she gets really absurd on higher difficulties or anything.

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum

amuayse posted:

Gah. I hate Marisa on Stage 4 of IN.
She doesn't even have a good reason to fight other than "LOL why are you here" :argh:

Her reason to fight in every other game is "LOL why am i here," so it's not the biggest stretch.

a cartoon duck
Sep 5, 2011

Ryza posted:

I hope I've made a cartoon duck proud.

You have finally surpassed me, you are the master now.

Maybe I should start trying to 1cc these games on Hard one of these days.

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.

Widdiful posted:

Reimu on stage 4 is way harder than Marisa because she just flies across the screen and it's nearly impossible to hit her.
Unless I'm an idiot, that is.

Just move to where she's going to be instead of trying to follow her. She basically just goes back and forth between two spots, iirc.

Nages
Dec 31, 2011

Just yell at her like you always do. Bitch, get out of the way!
SA is too hard for me to get past stage 4 consistently so clearly that is the hardest.

Golden Battler
Sep 6, 2010

~Perfect and Elegant~

Widdiful posted:

Reimu on stage 4 is way harder than Marisa because she just flies across the screen and it's nearly impossible to hit her.
Unless I'm an idiot, that is.

Here is a video I made of Stage 4R when I was doing a Sakuya Solo run for the second-generation Touhou LP. Skip to 4:00 if you wanna see how to easily deal with her teleporting (because that's basically what it is - don't try to follow her).

e: I guess it's worth noting that I find Reimu way easier than Marisa.

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
The best part about IN's stage 4 bosses is that they were designed so that Border Team wrecks Reimu and Magic Team destroys Marisa.

Redmark
Dec 11, 2012

This one's for you, Morph.
-Evo 2013
As a note to how important system mechanics are, I think unlocking the final Last Word of IN requires doing a hard mode Reimu Solo 1cc and it is really annoying since you have to shoot every familiar. Hourai Bullet at the end of the run adds insult to injury, since there's a wall of familiars in front of Kaguya. Have fun doing half damage on the longest spellcard with a low-power character!

ElMaligno
Dec 31, 2004

Be Gay!
Do Crime!


Not putting black bars on their eyes??? Mods????

Ryza
Mar 15, 2012

Disco Thunder

ElMaligno posted:

Not putting black bars on their eyes??? Mods????

My bad. Is this better?

AdorableStar
Jul 13, 2013

:patriot:


No, you have to put 提供 on their eyes.

a cartoon duck
Sep 5, 2011

Redmark posted:

As a note to how important system mechanics are, I think unlocking the final Last Word of IN requires doing a hard mode Reimu Solo 1cc and it is really annoying since you have to shoot every familiar. Hourai Bullet at the end of the run adds insult to injury, since there's a wall of familiars in front of Kaguya. Have fun doing half damage on the longest spellcard with a low-power character!

Was it a 1cc? I coulda sworn I did a Hard run using continues and going for Eirin and it unlocked whichever last word required that.

Zemyla
Aug 6, 2008

I'll take her off your hands. Pleasure doing business with you!

KataraniSword posted:

On the other hand, the game's difficulty peaks at Stage 4 instead of Stage 6, in that case.

I thought the difficulty always peaked at stage 4, no matter the game.

Leylite
Nov 5, 2011

a cartoon duck posted:

Was it a 1cc? I coulda sworn I did a Hard run using continues and going for Eirin and it unlocked whichever last word required that.

Since you mentioned Eirin in particular, maybe you're thinking of Spell Card 210: Eirin's Last Word, which just requires that you capture one of her cards on Hard mode, not that the run be a Reimu Solo 1cc.

The Reimu Solo 1cc unlocks Spell Card 216: Marisa's Last Word.

Zemyla posted:

I thought the difficulty always peaked at stage 4, no matter the game.

That's mostly true, except (in my opinion) UFO and Ten Desires' Stages 4 aren't as hard as their Stages 5 (either the stage or the boss). Grain of salt and all that, though.

amuayse
Jul 20, 2013

by exmarx

Ryza posted:

Oh man actual touhou game talk. Time to post some replays.

Is the rest of the thread about Reimu's armpits or something?

a cartoon duck
Sep 5, 2011

Leylite posted:

Since you mentioned Eirin in particular, maybe you're thinking of Spell Card 210: Eirin's Last Word, which just requires that you capture one of her cards on Hard mode, not that the run be a Reimu Solo 1cc.

The Reimu Solo 1cc unlocks Spell Card 216: Marisa's Last Word.

Looking at the list, it turns out I was thinking of Yuyuko's Last Word where you just have to beat the game on Lunatic without any other requirements. I cheesed the Reimu Solo Hard 1cc by just maxing out lives in the options menu, because gently caress playing with shot-types that remove half the vital mechanics of the game.

amuayse posted:

Is the rest of the thread about Reimu's armpits or something?

One of the thread rules is not talking about the pornography you did or did not intentionally read.

Justus
Apr 18, 2006

...

amuayse posted:

Is the rest of the thread about Reimu's armpits or something?

Fandom, yes. And a cartoon duck makes sure we all remember that he's so over that, every time.

AdorableStar
Jul 13, 2013

:patriot:


amuayse posted:

Is the rest of the thread about Reimu's armpits or something?

It's about who is the best girl.

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
Isn't it obvious that this is the manga thread? Why else would it be in ADTRW?

celeron 300a
Jan 23, 2005

by exmarx
Yam Slacker

Clarste posted:

Isn't it obvious that this is the manga thread? Why else would it be in ADTRW?

I thought we were discussing the anime.

Captain Invictus
Apr 5, 2005

Try reading some manga!


Clever Betty

AdorableStar posted:

It's about who is the best girl.
It's clearly Marisa.

AdorableStar
Jul 13, 2013

:patriot:


Captain Invictus posted:

It's clearly Satorin.

ftfy

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

Justus posted:

Fandom, yes. And a cartoon duck makes sure we all remember that he's so over that, every time.

I'm not over it, fyi

NO LISTEN TO ME
Jan 3, 2009

「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」

Captain Invictus posted:

It's clearly Marisa.



:hellyeah:

amuayse
Jul 20, 2013

by exmarx
Moriya Shrine is my favorite household in the series.
Those Taoists on the other hand, are weirdos.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!
Actually, the Taoists own.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Taoists are great. They set poo poo on fire, are allowed to eat meat and are open to the dead.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Moriya shrine is the best group, but the Taoists are the coolest. They set things on fire, con people out of money with fake religious items, fight emissaries from hell as a way to blow off steam, reside in a pocket dimension of their own creation and are generally just pretty chill about the whole been trapped in suspended animation for centuries thing. Also they have the best fashion sense, I mean have you seen Miko's Evil Overlord Cape? Only Utsuho's outfit comes close to being as cool.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
They're also allowed to have *ahem* side interests, unlike the Buddhists. :pervert:

KataraniSword
Apr 22, 2008

but at least I don't have
a MLP or MSPA avatar.
I am my own man.

Ammat The Ankh posted:

Actually, the Taoists own.



Okay, I get the Miko/owl comparisons, but what's with the daikon?

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Tojiko doesn't have feet.

a cartoon duck
Sep 5, 2011

i like the part where miko almost poisoned herself to death, then made her buddy futo perform that tao death-faking technique just to make sure that's not really just an elaborate suicide method either

a cartoon duck fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Dec 13, 2014

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GeeCee
Dec 16, 2004

:scotland::glomp:

"You're going to be...amazing."
Ayayaya greatest

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