STG Weekly: Cave Shmupmania Recap

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STG Weekly: Cave Shmupmania recap - daringspino34

Come on by and give a big fuck yeah! on TUESDAY, May 26th at 8:00 pm Pacific for @daringspino34's Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu 1.5 run.

The STGW reunion continues...Join daringspino34, Softdrink_117, Aquas, and Frenetic for a recap of daringspino34's Cave Shmupmania appearance at 8PM PDT, Tues. May 26th! http://twitch.tv/stgweekly . Hope to see you there!

Guest: daringspino34's Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu 1.5 Shmupmania run recap on STG Weekly
Hosts: Softdrink_117, Aquas, Frenetic
When: Tuesday, May 26rd, @ 8PM PDT
What: daringspino34 talkin' 'bout their Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu 1.5 run!
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly


Previous updates below:

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STG Weekly: Cave Shmupmania recap - Jaimers

The STGW reunion continues! Join Jaimers, Softdrink_117, Aquas, and Frenetic for a recap of Jaimers's Cave Shmupmania appearance at 10AM PDT, Sat. May 23rd! http://twitch.tv/stgweekly . Hope to see you there!

Guest: Jaimers
Hosts: Softdrink_117, Aquas, Frenetic
When: Saturday, May 23rd, @ 10am PDT
What: Jaimers talkin' 'bout his ESP Ra.De ru

STG Weekly #151: F/A (Fighter & Attacker)
Lead Host: Aquas
Guest Host/Guest: ggmaximo
When: Saturday September 1st, @ 2pm CDT
What: Game discussion, mechanics, and runs ( JA-37, F-16AFI, and A-10A runs, with a little bit of F-117A footage)
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly
STG Weekly #126: Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst
Hosts: Frenetic, cream, djsessum, and beatsgo
When: Sunday July 30th @ 12pm CDT
What: Preview, game discussion, mechanics and scoring
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STG Weekly #147: Touhou: Phantasmagoria of Dimensional Dream
Lead Host: Aquas
Guest Hosts: Extruderx
Guests: KirbyComment, Chum, Zil
When: Sunday August 5th, @ 2pm CDT
What: Game discussion, mechanics, and scoring ( Lunatic WR runs)
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STG Weekly #126: Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst
Hosts: Frenetic, cream, djsessum, and beatsgo
When: Sunday July 30th @ 12pm CDT
What: Preview, game discussion, mechanics and scoring
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STG Weekly #125: Gradius Galaxies (GBA)
Lead Host: Aquas
Guest Hosts: SuperViperT302, beatsgo, kprice45(maybe), nasty wolverine
When: Sunday July 23rd @ 2pm CDT
What: Game discussion, mechanics and scoring
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STG Weekly #122: Nex Machina: Death Machine
Hosts: Aquas, Cream
Guest Hosts: KPrice45
Guests: Henri (Housemarque), JimmyQBalls, Zaarock
When: Saturday July 1st @ 4pm CDT
What: Game discussion, mechanics and scoring, full veteran mode run
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STG Weekly #118 ~Gokujou Parodius

Hosts: Aquas, Cream
When: Sunday, June 4th @ 2:00 p.m. CDT / 9:00 p.m. Paris time
What: Difficulty 8 run
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly


STG Weekly #110 ~ Kyukyoku Tiger / Twin Cobra

Hosts: Aquas, Frenetic, trap15
When: Sunday, January 22nd @ 2:00 p.m. CST
What: Kyukyoku Tiger no miss and discussion of version differences
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STG Weekly #108 ~ Xmas Shooting - Scramble!!

Hosts: Aquas, cream
When: Saturday, December 24th @ 2:00 p.m. CST
What: 1cc Normal by cream
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly



STG Weekly #104 ~ Thunder Force AC



Hosts: stgw crew
Guests: PEG
When: Sunday, November 6th @ 24:00 GMT (3pm PDT)
What: WR Replay with WR holder PEG
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

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STG Weekly episode #94 - Touhou Youyoumu (東方妖々夢) ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom



Hosts: Aquas, cream
Guests: Mino, Sakurei
When: Sunday, August 21st @ 2pm CDT
What: scoreplay demo, discussion
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly
STG Weekly episode #93 - Resogun



Hosts: STGW crew
Guests: Dent4aface, jimmyqballs
When: Sunday, August 7th @ 12pm pdt
What: scoreplay demo, discussion
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly
My buddy Joshy_D (twitch.tv/Joshy_D) has delved into his GameFan collection and scanned some articles on shmups. First one up is Mars Matrix!

GameFan Vol.8-11 Nov2000
https://goo.gl/7FbTZj

Hope you enjoy!
--Frenetic

STG Weekly episode #90 - Sora



Hosts: Frenetic
Guests: Jaimers
When: Sunday, February 21st @ 12 noon PST
What: Sora
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STGWeekly returns with another STGWeekly episode on the recently localized Sora by Fruit Bat Factory. Woot!

See you there,
--STGWeekly

Awesome Game Replays episode #16: The Binding of Isaac



Hosts: Aquas
Guests: Blinge
When: Sunday, February 7th @ 12 noon PST
What: The Binding of Isaac
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STGWeekly returns with another Awesome Game Replays episode on The Binding of Isaac. Yeah! Come chill out and watch before the Superbowl (if you are into it, ).

See you there,
--STGWeekly

STG Weekly episode #87: Mars Matrix


Image found on tvTropes.com, here reproduced without express permission from the original poster

Hosts: Softdrink, Aquas, Sodamachine, trap15
Guests: LordHypnos
When: Sunday, January 17th @ 12 noon PST
What: Mars Matrix!
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

You've been asking for it, and at last, here it is. GO PLAY MARS MATRIX!

See you there!
--STGWeekly

Awesome Game Replays episode #15: Chomakaimura

Hosts: Aquas, Frenetic, Sodamachine
Guests: mikehaggar
When: Sunday, December 27th @ 12 noon PST
What: Chomakaimura (Professional mode) 1 life clear
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

Awesome Game Replays returns!

See you there!
--STGWeekly

STG Weekly episode #86: Raiden

Hosts: Aquas, Frenetic, Sodamachine, trap15
Guests: cream
When: Sunday, December 20th @ 12 noon PST
What: Raiden I
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STG Weekly returns yet again this week (whoa, back to back weekly eps! ). cream will be our special guest. Join us as we try to do justice to this classic shmup.

See you there!
--STGWeekly

STG Weekly episode #85: Strania on Steam!

Hosts: Frenetic, Aquas, Softdrink 117, Sodamachine
Guests: T4N3, Illyrian
When: Sunday, December 13th @ 10am PST, 12PM CST
What: Strania & Side Vower on Steam!
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STG Weekly returns this week (whoa, back to back weekly eps! ). We will be joined by T4N3 and Illyrian. We also have a very special treat. G.rev's Maryuama-san and his team have recorded a special video interview replete with subtitles.

See you there!
--STGWeekly


STG Weekly episode #84: Darius Burst Chronicle Saviours

Hosts: Frenetic, Aquas, Softdrink 117, trap15, Sodamachine
When: Saturday, December 4th @ 4PM PST (12:00am UTC)
What: Darius Burst Chronicle Saviours Preview
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

See you there!
--STGWeekly
STG Weekly episode #83: Xevious Series

Guest: Erik_Twice
Hosts: Aquas, STGW crew

When: Sunday, November 29th @ 12PM PST (8pm UTC)
What: Xevious Series overview
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

See you there!
--STGWeekly

STG Weekly episode #82: Mushihimesama Steam Release and Degica Interview

They said it wouldn't be done but here it is. Cave's first game on Steam!

We will be interviewing Blackbird and possibly other Degica Games staff this Sunday at 12PM PST to talk about the Mushihimesama Steam release! We may also ask about Degica's other localization and STG projects, since they've brought quite a few great titles to Steam in the last few months. Viewer submitted questions will also be discussed, so if you have anything you'd like to ask that we don't cover, have your questions at the ready!

This Sunday is also an STG Weekly x Awesome Game Replays DOUBLE FEATURE! After the interview ends, hang out until 2PM PST for AGR episode #13 on Time Crisis 2 and 3, featuring commentary from smraedis!

Guest: Blackbird, Degica Games
Hosts: Aquas, Softdrink 117, trap15

When: Sunday, November 1st @ 12PM PST (8PM UTC... I think. Daylight savings is confusing!)
What: Mushihimesama Steam Release
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

You've seen the show...now experience it LIVE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_UNMd0eexU&t=1h03m33s



Come spend some time with some of the STG Weekly crew!

Softdrink will be debuting a dynamic presentation with looping video of your favorite games.
He will also be demoing Mushihimesama Maniac mode. If you thought his live Ketsui run into the 2nd loop was awesome last year, you can't miss this one!

Frenetic will be your guide to Gensokyo with his "How to Practice" Touhou: Perfect Cherry Blossom Normal demo. Softdrink and GDLKScrub will be doing commentary as well.

Prizes courtesy of The Gamers Guild and Pentavera Games will be raffled off.

Anime Expo
Live Programming 6 (LP6) (Los Angeles Convention Center - Room 402AB)
Saturday, July 4th at 1:00 p.m.

Direct link to schedule: http://sched.co/3YMx
Link to Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1626561880891229/
Remember the good times from last year's panel: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50849



#79 Cho Ren Sha 68K

Guests: Icarus, Squire Grooktook
Hosts: STGW Crew

When: Sunday, June 21st @ 2pm CST (7pm UTC)
What: One of the greatest doujin STG of all time!
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

#78 Touhou Kishinjou: Double Dealing Character
Guest: Mino, chumlum
Hosts: STGW Crew

When: Sunday, May 31st @ 2pm CST (7pm UTC)
What: We present Playism's first Western Touhou release!
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

#77 Metal Black
Hosts: STGW Crew
Guest: BIL, T4N3
When: Sunday, May 3rd @ 2pm CST (6pm UTC)
What: Post-apocalyptic nuclear mayhem! Beam wars! Explosions!
Where: http://twitch.tv/stgweekly

STGWeekly Easter Egg Podcast episode #5 Sun April 5th 12 noon CST
Hosts: STGW Crew
Guests: You!
When: Sun, April 5th @ 12 noon CST (6pm UTC)
Where: twitch.tv/stgweekly

#76: Star Force.
Hosts: STGW crew
Guests: None, foo! (maybe?)
When: SundayHosts, March 1

[Softdrink 117]

Bump -- announcing Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou episode this Sunday at 4PM CST / 2PM PST!

[emphatic]

Schweet!

[Ikazu-san]

Oh boy, the rank mismanagement are gonna be good.

[Strikers1945guy]

YES !

I find WL runs to be more fu. To watch but hey that's just me >_>

[Cata]

Lookin forward to this!

[KindGrind]

HFD's run (Type A) from the DOJBL DVD is *the* most amazing gaming video I've ever seen.

Good times ahead!

[leadwing85]

Bump -- announcing Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou episode this Sunday at 4PM CST / 2PM PST!

Daioujou STGweekly? that's such a horrible game, only noobs like that game, bad bad game. bad.

[trap15]

^ Same.

[safetyboy]

Looking forward to this!!

[leadwing85]

^ Same.

lol trap, good to see your keeping your daioujou hate quota for the day

[Frenetic]

Big ups to Softdrink for posting up this video about STGWeekly Year in Review recap and 2015 announcements:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xGaHOMco1Q

Hi everyone,

2014 was a big year! There was a shmups marathon for charity, more Awesome Game Replays episodes were created, and we gave live presentations and demos at Anime Los Angeles, SoCal Regionals, Anime Expo, and TouhouCon. We also introduced a podcast/call-in show format where you viewers can ask questions and give commentary--so your voice is heard. Last but not least, long time collaborator trap15 came aboard as another host.

We’re trying to level up our game by making some New Year’s Resolutions. In order to provide more quality show and to be respectful of the staff’s personal time commitments, we’re going from weekly to biweekly episodes, something that we’ve been unofficially doing as of now. This way we can provide a more reliable schedule for you viewers at home.

But enough of the bad news, we’re pressing onward with many more ideas, some of which are: a collaboration episode with the StunFest organizers, another charity marathon stream, appearances at more conventions, more organized and publicly visible schedule system (more notice before episodes!), and finally a live shmup tournament. We are also in the process of building a proper website to host the show, and are discussing ways to improve the STGWeekly Radio and podcast structure.

STGWeekly is a community effort, without your suggestions, commentary, and overall participation there would be no STGWeekly. Let’s keep on keeping on.

Sincerely,
The STGWeekly crew

[Softdrink 117]

Heads up guys; I've decided not to use HFD's run after some more thought. It is technically a superplay DVD and as such I do not feel comfortable sharing it publicly, even though it is already widely available on Youtube and other services. I would highly, highly recommend interested parties go watch it on their own time, as it is one of the most amazing examples of high-level play (in any game) I've ever seen.

My apologies!

However, we might be covering some extra content to make up for it... stay tuned!

[iconoclast]

Just got done watching the twitch archive. Wish I could have been in the chat but I wasn't able to make it. Some notes:

I assume Prometheus bombed off to the side during the Hibachi fight because hitting him with the laser bomb gives you some push-back. Moving to the side let him go up and grab the hyper while he was still invulnerable.

My deaths in 2-3 and 2-5 were unintentional. 2-3 was especially bad, since you normally want to survive until the last phase of the boss before suiciding, as Jaimers mentioned. Dying before that point almost always means you're fucked because the boss is so hard to no miss/no bomb. It's okay to die after the beehive in 2-5, but ideally you'll want to dodge everything. That section can be nearly impossible if your timing is even slightly off, though. That wasn't the case for me, I just died stupidly.

Sometimes I'll intentionally skip a bee because in WL, it's very important to have an exact amount of hyper at certain points in the stage. That's why even dropping your chain can be enough to end your credit.

You can actually start stages at full power in the 360 version's practice mode, you just have to press the start button instead of the A button to begin the stage. It's still worthless, though, because you can't adjust the rank, how many hypers you have, the hyper gauge, or anything that's essential to putting together a consistent strategy.

And finally, I'm not the first person outside of Japan to clear White Label. There are at least two Chinese players that have also done it (WY with 1.6b and WC. with 760m). I wouldn't be surprised if there were some other survival oriented clears as well.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

[leadwing85]

Just got done watching the twitch archive. Wish I could have been in the chat but I wasn't able to make it. Some notes:

I assume Prometheus bombed off to the side during the Hibachi fight because hitting him with the laser bomb gives you some push-back. Moving to the side let him go up and grab the hyper while he was still invulnerable.

My deaths in 2-3 and 2-5 were unintentional. 2-3 was especially bad, since you normally want to survive until the last phase of the boss before suiciding, as Jaimers mentioned. Dying before that point almost always means you're fucked because the boss is so hard to no miss/no bomb. It's okay to die after the beehive in 2-5, but ideally you'll want to dodge everything. That section can be nearly impossible if your timing is even slightly off, though. That wasn't the case for me, I just died stupidly.

Sometimes I'll intentionally skip a bee because in WL, it's very important to have an exact amount of hyper at certain points in the stage. That's why even dropping your chain can be enough to end your credit.

You can actually start stages at full power in the 360 version's practice mode, you just have to press the start button instead of the A button to begin the stage. It's still worthless, though, because you can't adjust the rank, how many hypers you have, the hyper gauge, or anything that's essential to putting together a consistent strategy.

And finally, I'm not the first person outside of Japan to clear White Label. There are at least two Chinese players that have also done it (WY with 1.6b and WC. with 760m). I wouldn't be surprised if there were some other survival oriented clears as well.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

iconoclast, it was a fantastic run, and a good episode of stgweekly.
ive been shooting for the ps2 wl clear for some time, the past couple month I got discouraged and moved to ketsui and garegga, but now ive been at it again! bring it on doj!!

[Jaimers]

My death in 2-5 was unintentional.

I've messed around a bit and I've found out that that spot is actually a pretty good place to suicide in.
This way you skip the midboss, the crazy popcorn rush and it induces slowdown everywhere in 2-5 that normally wouldn't be there.
Because you get an extra bomb from the suicide you will also have enough resources to bomb the first boss and still have another bomb in stock for the opener of the second boss.
This makes everything a lot safer since failing to dodge that opener is an instant game over. All of the kamikaze popcorn in the suicide spot also makes it so that you can't really break the chain there when you die anyway.

[STGWeekly]

Hey guys, details on the charity stream we've been talking about this past week are up!

[Icarus]

Force trap15 to play the game he hates--DDP:DOJ.

I have to get in on this donation incentive. :V

[bVork]

When is this starting? It's 2pm and nothing on your Twitch.

[leadwing85]

yeah, ive been hanging around also, I haven't seen anything either is 4 CT now

[Icarus]

On their Twitter, they said they were stuck in traffic.
They're setting up now.

Also, don't forget to donate to make trap15 play Progear. :3

[bVork]

I'm going to donate to make them play Mad Planets. Seriously.

[leadwing85]

On their Twitter, they said they were stuck in traffic.
They're setting up now.

Also, don't forget to donate to make trap15 play Progear. :3

OOOOooooOOOO progear! what other game can you be a youth killing old people. +1 for progear.

obviously, it goes without saying, im hoping for some dodonpachi (any of them), and some garegga. set a decent score on a garegga play not but a few hours ago, might have went farther had it not been for a really dumb death on stage 3 X.X' gotta love those...

[Softdrink 117]

Holy hell, that was amazing!

We managed to raise a total of $1,125 for children's hospitals thanks to everyone who tuned in and donated -- you guys ROCK! We also had an absolutely amazing time; one of the best live events I've ever been a part of without doubt.

Huge, HUGE thanks to trap15, joeybeta, Frenetic, jelloman, BrooksBishop, mikehaggar, and GDLKscrub for coming out and helping with this! Thanks also to Aquas for giving us a lot of help behind the scenes; you really made our lives easier.

And of course a massive thank you to absolutely everyone who donated -- I am positively blown away by the incredible generosity and spirit from everyone. The $1,000 goal was just a "heh, we'll never actually make this much so why not" thing; the fact that we got there and then some is just positively astounding. This community is godlike.

More detailed recap to come, but goddamn, what a great day. Shooting game never die!

EDIT: WE ARE ON THE EXTRA LIFE HOMEPAGE!

[Icarus]

Good job on the fundraising, guys. I crashed out after Metal Black so I missed the last couple of hours, but happy to hear you broke the $1000 barrier. :3
10/10 would donate again.

[system11]

Sauro.

It is waiting for you now, in your worst dreams.

[CloudyMusic]

That's fantastic! I was only able to really catch the first hour or two, so I'm glad the support kept up its momentum.

[BrooksBishop]

Thanks for having me along in person to the event, guys! Was a hell of a lot of fun. Thanks again to Trap for the ride up too. Glad I could help in whatever capacity I was able to.

Highlights of the event for me:

• MikeHaggar's amazing comfort setup involving 4 stacked chairs and a milk crate.
• NeuroBliss: The drink(?) that no one knew what to think of, but wasn't half bad. And also people walked away with it by the case.
• A rep from Microsoft walked over to us before the stream started while one of the best Tetris players in the US was sitting there playing TGM and said "Hey, you guys want to come play Evolve on Xbox One?"
• I sucked at 2 man Garegga, but still had a blast doing it.
• Sauro: The game where you play as a submarine that has to collect fuel canisters to keep its jet power going under water.
• "Yes I kiss my waifu with this mou... FUCK." - Frenetic

[SuperSoaker360]

Great stuff guys! It's really crazy to see how much STGWeekly has grown and I still can't believe it's been over two years now since it first started.

[STGWeekly]

Taito's Gun Frontier episode comin' on Sunday, hopefully at the usual time 2pm cst (8pm utc) but will reconfirm this on Twitter later today.

Leading host is trap15 on this one!