These are my Shmup confessions...

[JBC]

I've barely ever 1cc'd anything. Maybe 15-20 games at the most, and mostly from the Big 3 shmups - R-Type, Gradius, Darius series. I know I got RayStorm, Einhander, maybe a few Compile games. I just like to play casually and relaxed. Simply clearing most games without credit feeding is enough for me, and I tend to stick to a 3 continue rule by default before I consider myself done with a game. Seems pretty lenient by comparison to the impossible shmuppers I've watched online.

I'm also a dirty thread ressurecter, a filthy forum necromancer 🌩

[davyK]

I read about, think about and watch videos about shmups more than I spend time playing them.

I have more than enough physical shmups I haven't 1CCed now to last me the rest of my life but I know I will buy more.

I have triple dipped Mushi (Steam,Switch,PS2) and have only 1CCed Original on Steam.

Broke a joystick playing Gigawing

[Firehawke]

I know that, despite my best efforts and continually pushing myself, I'll probably never score a "real" 1CC on most semi-modern bullet hells (read: CAVE stuff, etc) outside of Novice due to my deterioriating spine and nervous system...

...and yet I'm compelled to throw myself at that metaphoric brick wall repeatedly, bloodying up my ego with each loss, because I can't take "it's impossible" as an answer.

I'll never live up to the skills of most people here, not anymore, but maybe someday I'll get Deathtiny down to under five lives total in the TLB. Hah, who am I kidding? I probably never will, but I'm too stubborn to give up.

[Sima Tuna]

I must confess that I have looked with lust upon Mushihimesama's Big Juicy Cancels. Please forgive me, oh shmupsfather who art in the cabinet, hallowed be thy score.

[Whiskers]

I genuinely like 2hu music.

[Faith]

Faith will eternally look down that little bit extra on every single STG that reuse Boss music X_X!!~

And before someone say it, because I know it will come... no... STG does not need to be Touhou/Touhou-style to have different boss music! Even though unique boss music is most common in Touhou, there are Cave-style STG like... Crimzon Clover... that have unique track for each boss in the game. Really wish more Cave-style STG did unique music for bosses... it really just makes a big difference. Every single time reach that Stage 3 boss music in Crimzon Clover you know @#$% about to get real. So, yes... Crimzon Clover prove again that you do not need to be Touhou to do this!!!!!~

Crimzon Clover even have a unique track for the two separate parts of TLB fight... and they really go super well one after another. But somehow... I feel I am only one with this strong opinion lol!!!