What voices do you hear in your heads?
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It was much more that I only recently got into shmups, and made actual progress on the "you asked for it" stage.
I got PCB instead, and that has quite effectively shot my ego, since there are far fewer lives, a far more stringent "press x to use a bomb and not die" timer, and the stage 4 bosses, as well as Youmu and Yuyuko happily crushing me.
And it appears, on this computer, that there is a slight delay between me pushing a button and something happening.
Another full set done:
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I call Utsuho. Assuming these are adoptable, of course.
Of course.
Hey. Though I have managed to get through PCB without continuing at last, there's still a few parts that are still a bit difficult. Namely, all but one of Yuyuko's spellcards, (the only one that doesn't give me trouble being the one with the exploding homing lasers) and Resurrection Butterfly in particular.
Any strategies that aren't bombspam?
Practice. Honestly, I do it all on the fly, so I can't help you. Though that approach seems to even work on Lunatic, at least on PCB.
Also, homing lasers are the safe one for you? Pardon me while I boggle at that for a bit.
Oh, for Resurrection Butterfly, don't... well, don't move much. Really, all you need is slight left/right movement from your starting point, for the most part. It's actually a lot easier than some of her other cards.
So, I recently became interested in drawing stuff again, and in a happy coincidence (starting here), I made Alice's House, but from a different view for kicks. (also asked Glyphstone about posting in the thread again and it's ok)
*legasp* People are posting in this thread again?
And that's pretty damn good, memn. Mustn't be easy to pull off perspective in Inkscape.Also, doooooo Eiiiiiienteiiiiii.
I was hoping someone had the ability to ressurect this thread. :)
Picked Hisoutensoku up again yesterday as a matter of fact.
And as this has been resurrected, I have something to add too. While in Japan on vacation with my parents I naturally hit the shops of Akihabara hard and found that Touhou is even bigger than when I was here last. I don't think I'll exaggerate by saying that roughly 50% of all doujins were Touhou, a figure that is roughly the same for merchandise of most kinds. Only Madoka even got close to having a similarly visibly presence. It was quite insane really. Did allow me to get a sukusuku hakutaku plushie, plushies of Mokou and Alice and a really cook Byakuren figure, though. Also a Homura nendoroid, but that's not really relevant to the thread.
Phones and precise spelling are sadly not close friends. :smalltongue:
Can't claim to have researched it, but my estimate would be that it is unique enough to be something in its own right, while also being very open to personal interpretation. The quality of the music and the distinctiveness of the designs of the characters help too. I've also found that ZUN is good at communicating ideas and feelings with very few words. My love of Maribel and Renko comes from this.
This thread is a little like Kaguya: might not always be active, might not always be popular, but it will never. die.
And I'll agree, a good part of Touhou's popularity does come from its incredible music-and its creativity. ZUN's not a good artist, but he IS a good designer, keeping in mind that he gives every character a distinct silhouette, and I'll add some voice to the TV Tropes theory that it's something of the fandom's desire to improve on ZUN's original art that makes the fans so productive. I'll also point out that Touhou is ooold-Highly Responsive to Prayers came out back in 1996, so it has had plenty of time to pick up steam. I'll also point out that it was released as part of a university club, so it could quite easily have pulled together a core fanbase-a productive core fanbase-to expand on initial work straight from the start.
There's also the fact it's a setting where pretty much every piece of folklore and its grandmother are tossed into one place populated entirely by girls in gothic lolita fashion, but that's a story for another less SFW thread.
Tell me they carried something Utsuho-related.
In addition to the above points, having lots & lots of (distinct) characters lends itself naturally to lots & lots of merchandise. Touhou might even have a below average merchandise/character rate :smalltongue:.
A permissive policy on the creation & sale of fanart leads to more quality stuff being made (Touhouvania, Memories of Phantasm, etc.), attracting more fans and causing it all to snowball once it gains sufficient momentum (and were well past that point now).
It wouldn't really surprise me if Touhou were to become entirely creatively 'self-sufficient' at some point.
More fixed;
<- That look like Kaguya to you? I didn't see her bringing the thread back... :smalltongue:
Re: A Bad End. Closest thing was this, but there's no pictures there.
However, there is picture I found, so I guess Kaguya still wins the goofy expression contest.
Sillier.
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THIS is A Bad End. No wacky shipping here-just 197 pages of epic-level Kaguya insanity. Though Mokou does do well for herself in the wacky expression department... The whole thing is here, just so you know.
In any case, I see a peaceful, reasonable conclusion to this argument, so I'm sure you can make the time at some point and we can politely talk this matter over with all due SEAMLESS CEILING OF KINKAKU-JI!
Limiting Edict "Iwakasa's Moon Curse"
... You just made that? I'm impressed. Sadly, I lack MAD INKSCAPE SKILLS, so a YouTube link will do.
Just imagine if you DIDN'T have Houdini's magic camera.
Well, I'd made this one a while back for one of those Iron Avatarist contests and it seemed more appropriate (currently in thread) if I edited out Marisa and Alice.
That was a while ago; maybe I'll find time to do another one at some point.
Still awesome in any case. *ponders making request*
Why didn't anyone tell me they'd used a continue? :smallamused:
First off, everyone's aware of ZUN getting married, right?
Second, remember Memories of Phantasm?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktj-t5uNcEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm_bnWf-4AQ
Third
http://www.touhou-project.com/th/res/123033.html#123033
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85kQTOmIVgw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4iOqfBUUx0
Well, since Hisouten was mentioned, I thought I might try a couple games against com to see if I still know how to shot web.
My god, I've become terrible. I barely remember how to projectile properly, and came near losing to AI several times. I kept whiffing with Komachi like there's no tomorrow. I used to know how to play this game, I swear.
Well, a while back I got THOROUGHLY DESTROYED by SA, so I've been a bit put off the Touhou series for a while. I should've stuck with an easier game to get back into the series instead of going all Utsuho fanboy mode. Can anyone point me to a good download for IN or (mabye) UFO?
On the topic of difficulty, interesting fact: while I still had it, I couldn't get past PCB's stage 4 on normal, even with continues. For the sheer lulz of it, I took a shot at Lunatic. I managed to get to some point in stage 3. Still wierds me out a little.
Oh hey. Since I have had nothing to do for the past few weeks, I've been trying to beat Mokou. Progress: Get up to Fujiyama Volcano, die horribly. On a good day, this becomes: Get to Possessed by Phoenix, die horribly on second stage since Fujiyama Volcano and the wave of purple preceding it ate all my resources.
As an alternative, I try and beat Ran. Progress: Charming Seige from all sides=die horribly. That or Tenko's Illusion.
Maybe I should try and 1CC Normal levels before trying to beat Extra? :smalltongue:
Well, we totally have to play then so we can fail together :smalltongue:. You'll have to tell me how this stuff works.
Oh, god. I HATE Fujiyama Volcano. I never beat Mokou because I'd reach Fujiyama with five lives and get through with zero, or maybe one.
Charming Siege, on the other hand, is one of my favorite cards in the whole of Touhou. I don't know, I just "feel" the card. Never kills me, and it's almost a relaxation moment in preparation for what comes later.
Give that I'm sitting in Narita Airport currently, that might be tricky. Also my anti-talent is more of the kind where I can't grasp the concepts of timing or how to chain button presses that fighting games require. I just immediately start flailing and pressing random buttons, even when I know what I should do. It's like I lose all presence of mind the second I'm put in front of a fighting game.
Nonsense, this is what witchcraft was invented for.
Oh. Panic. Yes, I know how that is. Not... not entirely sure how I got over it myself, actually.Quote:
Also my anti-talent is more of the kind where I can't grasp the concepts of timing or how to chain button presses that fighting games require. I just immediately start flailing and pressing random buttons, even when I know what I should do. It's like I lose all presence of mind the second I'm put in front of a fighting game.
On the topic of Hisoutensoku, I've been playing that quite a bit with a Steam friend of mine. Guy mains Meiling, has a far better grasp of combos than I do and is able to pull off more inputs than I can, so he generally beats me into a pulp with her or Komachi. However, I seem to be able to outmatch him in the bullet department, so we pretty much even out. Just a little bit ago, though? Played Sakuya. Actually did pretty well. In fact, I ended up beating him. With Perfect Maid. Pretty proud of that.
Of course, the only problem was that I didn't drop a steamroller on him afterwards, but we can't have everything.
As I recall, witchcraft was invented in order to attain mystic power, manipulate love and get rid of that damn wart they just couldn't seem to shift. Two out of three isn't bad, I'll admit.
Menage a trois? I'm in the mood to do some knifing/nuking/insert verb here. I do know it's a two-player game, y'know.
I think I've gotten it to work. I should be idly hanging out in the GitP group's chat if my technology bane hasn't struck.
EDIT: Or not. Nevermind, need to update Tunngle first...
EDIT: Now it should be working. I'm hanging around on Tunngle, and will probably be for the next few hours as well.
Feh. You and me, Associate?
It's a bit unfortunate that whenever I come home no one's on Tunngle... : (
A pity that we couldn't get connected, Cyborg Mage. I really would have liked to be able to play a human. Perhaps next time?
Anyhow, on related stuff, how does Hamachi work? I tried it just this afternoon after Tunngle didn't work, and apparently Hamachi didn't work either, but, of course, I don't know how to make it do stuff.
Just leaving a note that I'm up for any games of Soku, provided I'm around. Now that the thread's active again, you might find me idling in Tunngle or the Steam group chat. I'm pretty sure I can host without a problem (besides lag depending on location) as well, if you need me to.
I have just had a revelation about Fujiyama Volcano: It is effectively an oversized streaming spell. First wave, direct the volcano to a top corner where it's harmless. Move to side of screen. On the second and third waves, stay close to the red streams of death, and move across the screen. 4th wave, with the single volcano but a large, fast wave of red, be near the middle and dodge to the side. 5th and 6th see 2nd and 3rd. Repeat until captured.
My current nemeses: Hollow Giant:Woo and Iwakasa's Moon Curse.
ZUN has announced a new music CD, Trojan Green Asteroid (insert Psyduck-holding-its-head smiley here), to be released in two weeks. Five original tracks, some interesting selections for the returning ones (Cosmic Mind and Hartmann's Youkai Girl, yay!) and, most importantly, more Renko and Maribel goodness. Hopefully.
(also, about time I posted something in this thread)
They're on the cover at least, so it's a likely assumption. Which means that all I can say right now is "**** yeah". Seriously, if Maribel and Renko were used more, they might well be my favorite Touhou characters and as it is, they're still quite high on the list for me.
I have the evidence piled up over here. Should I start with the Lafcadio Hearn thing, or would you prefer Yukari flashbacking to the events of Magical Astronomy? :smallamused:
Excuse me while I write a GUI in Visual Basic to track your IP and find you and
http://www.gamesprays.com/files/reso...37_preview.jpg
Graphical User Interfaces can't do that.