Normal - C2
chum - 57,884,340 - C - 0.4%
ReplayNormal - B2
chum - 56,913,110 - C - 0.3%
C2: it is new record, but the contents are not entirely satisfying. it was fun to figure out so many working ideas for the category, essentially reworking and reshaping the entire run. there are many intersections and complicated problems here, and some brutal demands, if you want optimized run. difficult category and my run doesn't do it justice at all, it does not show off the potential, by often forcibly taking that worse path during the many score potential intersections. nothing that endless resets and persistence can't fix, but I'm in the phase where I quickly move on to new category, so let's leave this be for now.
B2: it was just run for practice. some big points were lost on the way. my estimate is that you can get 60m on this, which would be a huge improvement on the current record. the record has issues, and I have fresh ideas.
I want to route Hard C2 now. at a glance I am unsure if I can bring anything (particularly noticeable) new to the table. I will go for Normal B1 and B2 records later.
the long term goal is all category combined score = 1,75 billion (it means, beat a lot of records and get at least fairly close to all the ones I don't beat)
Hard - C2
chum - 76,242,570 - C - 0.3% Replay
new record again but so many problems that ill keep pushing it-
Hard - C2
chum - 77,488,540 - C - 0.4%
Replaythird time breaking the record for this category and I'm glad I didn't just accept the first or second runs, because this one was so much better and I am actually rather content with it. 77m was the target, but I didn't expect to get this much more, especially not on a run with such an average Luna Child. Sunshine Needle was a thing of beauty, luck and execution all ideal. I could realistically push the score to 78 million by either getting that luck there again (without choking! choke and the luck just goes to waste, this was in fact the first time that I got lucky and milked it all the way through) or instead getting luckier on Luna Child Wall Break spell. I can't even say that I was unlucky on it, I think I handled it wrong that time and that I could've had better freezes. It's hard to tell how to freeze it on this mode, so I don't know if I was unlucky or not. then there's the other, finer problems of the run. If someone really was to grind for the stars to align on all the important spots (of course, two spots in particular make or break the quality of the run) while also playing flawlessly throughout, 80m+ is not impossible. Then again, you can't expect that kind of dedication to a fringe category in an already fringe game.
regardless, a good run. nearly 2 weeks before getting this run I was unsure if I could bring anything new to the table, and for the first week I was in despair, because I really couldn't think of much to do, and worse, I couldn't execute the already existing ideas as well as the previous record. I'm glad I could finally put my brain to use in the end, and even happier that I exceeded the 77m target.
What a lovely game this is, eh? Perfection.
Lunatic - C2
chum -103,158,390 - C - 0.5%
Replaysmashed the old record thanks mainly to my improved Moon Stillness strategy. my stage 3 stage portion patterns and my superior stage 1 freezes + extra bomb helps too. Luck was fair during Sunny Milk as well, she stayed up during the beginning of Sunshine Needle allowing me to milk it sufficiently. The run was almost too good to be true (from my point of view then; I know now however that this is the type of run I could definitely do again, and even a bit better) until the Three Fairies happened. I was nervous and still not as familiar as I'd like to be. Lunatic doesn't change a whole lot compared to Hard, and I did play Lunatic a bunch previously, just not enough recently. I think I was just playing for 2 hours practicing my patterns and doing some light experimentation before this unexpected run occurred, I just didn't get enough practice in before getting this run, and... what am I saying. I was more than enough prepared, I simply played like shit. I knew what to do. I failed to do it. I didn't just fail execution but I messed up my resource route, too. I even chickened out on the last nonspell and went with a single bomb pattern in order to leave me wiggle room in case I'd die on Fairy Overdrive. I don't blame myself for that detail, since I did want the WR, and I'd rather get a low 103 than risk losing the entire run for a high 103 at that time. It is a shame, but I feel good just having learned enough to say that 105m is a possible target. I'd be more than thrilled with merely 104, though, since even a half-assed-but-not-quite-shit Three Fairies would've been enough for that. secret technique: use 2 suicide on Sunburst. didn't get to do it this run. I figured out that pattern improvement for Normal mode, but I am dead certain that it should be applied on Lunatic as well under the right circumstances. you dont want to reach 300% PF before starting the last nonspell after all.
oh, but who am I kidding. I'm happy just to have improved on the old 101 run. if competition arrives for this I'd expect them to blow me away and make a total fool out of me. I'd expect it and I'd love it. this game deserves so much better treatment. did I say 105m is a possible target? yes, but that is speaking personally. a superplayer could get over 106m. I feel that C2 is pretty much confirmed as the second highest scoring route on Lunatic because I highly doubt A1 could go as high anymore. can't say for certain, though.
Lunatic - A2
chum -114,809,670 - C - 0.5% Replay
mega kekLunatic - A2
chum - 115,086,390 - C - 0.6%
Replayoverall wr