Rate yourself at shmups!

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How do you rate yourself at shmups?

Godly
2
2%
I can handle myself/a few 1CC's
19
22%
Passionate/5th level and up on one credit
38
44%
Average/I use bombs at the first sign of trouble
22
26%
Phased/"Thats just impossible"
4
5%
Trader/I only keep my games for 2 weeks at a time
1
1%
 
Total votes: 86

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zimeon
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Post by zimeon »

I am probably between average and passionate, but I fail using bombs, so I didn't applyu for average either. And since my reaction normally is "THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, GODDAMMIT!", I checked as phased.
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Randorama
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Post by Randorama »

First one, i'm modest :lol:
"The only desire the Culture could not satisfy from within itself was one common to both the descendants of its original human stock and the machines [...]: the urge not to feel useless."

I.M. Banks, "Consider Phlebas" (1988: 43).
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Anarchos
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Post by Anarchos »

Haha, not a surprise rando! :wink:

I chose the second one. Many people are better than me, but I stick to it and fight for my life until the end of time. I manage, even if it's mostly because I'm so damn stubborn.
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Minzoku
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Post by Minzoku »

Shouldn't the categories be, like, Training, Easy, Normal, Hard, Very Hard, MVS? ;)
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Icarus
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Post by Icarus »

I can hold my own enough in a shmup to be competitive in a scoring contest, but I'm not Godlike. I'd say I'm more like... proficient.
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DEL
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Post by DEL »

6

I'm unable to rate myself on these categories;

I don't fall into 2 ie. "I can handle myself/a few 1CCs" (my Arcade 1CCs are just shy of 80)

Neither am I comfortable with putting my name alongside a guy who can complete a shoot'em up with 17% encroachment! (God knows what 17% encroachment is?? But it certainly sounds 'Too Cool For School' 8)) :wink:

So I voted: 6
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Minzoku/neorichieb1971 - I believe we are missing 2 extra Categories:-

Otaku Master: Reserved for Laos, TAC, YOH, 415, ISO etc

and

Demi-God:
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