STGT 2k7- Week #2 Poll (Seibu Kaihatsu Week)

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:52 pm

I clocked about 13 hours on TBY. Christ.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:53 pm

SiKrAiKeN wrote:I'm human just like everyone else. :-/ Anyone is capable of beating me.

I look forward to crushing your score.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:54 pm

For some reason I figured sikraiken had tossed the game around for a few hours on Sunday and got 5m+.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:55 pm

<sikraiken> 5.8M stage 6 D:

<sikraiken> this is vp1 btw

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:56 pm

I'm going to beat it

As soon as I find a way past stage 1 that is.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:58 pm

Twiddle wrote:<sikraiken> 5.8M stage 6 D:

<sikraiken> this is vp1 btw

Already? Is he lying about playtime to encourage the lessers.

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:00 am

Rob wrote:
Twiddle wrote:<sikraiken> 5.8M stage 6 D:

<sikraiken> this is vp1 btw
Already? Is he lying about playtime to encourage the lessers.

I'm not lying about playtime. Ive played vp1 for a little over an hour so far. I played it a few times a few years ago when I lived in NY and was never really good at it.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:00 am

I think he just started playing it last night

Post by **Icarus** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:01 am

Twiddle wrote:I think he just started playing it last night

...

I'd hate to think what his RFJ score would be.

170mil ALL3! >_<#

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:09 am

Man, I have more free time than anybody on this board garaunteed and I actually sort of enjoyed TBY, and even I couldn't stand putting THAT much time into the game. I probably put in... 20 hours or so tops. It just wasn't a game I could sit down and play over and over and over like I can Cave or Psikyo games.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:15 am

Arvandor wrote:I probably put in... 20 hours or so tops.

I think I got about 17 hours after my last midnight-3am desperation marathon. Not that I would've beat anyone above me aside from shoesama.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:15 am

VP1 is a good game

You had me until you said that.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:16 am

Hah, I did expect the hardcore shmuppers to play more than 24 hours total, but I'm never going to do that myself in such a short time span unless the game is that awesome. That being said, I think I spent about 4-4.5 hours on TBY in two days, then promptly deleted it.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:19 am

I think players with kids should have like 20% added to their score. Shit, I clocked 12 hours max on TBY... probably closer to 10. I don't feel quite as bad about my score now. There is simply no way I can put in as many hours as most dedicated players here. Fucking reality.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:20 am

Rob wrote:
Arvandor wrote:I probably put in... 20 hours or so tops.
I think I got about 17 hours after my last midnight-3am desperation marathon. Not that I would've beat anyone above me aside from shoesama.

Yeah, so what if I suck! Three more hours and just over half your score. Ass hole.

Bastard won't even help me with my hitbox question in Dragon Blaze.

*pokes Rob in the eye with a salty broom handle*

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:24 am

Arvandor wrote: Bastard won't even help me with my hitbox question in Dragon Blaze.

haha, sorry about that. I tried the game out and couldn't be sure... I think it does, but never really notice.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:31 am

Wow, how can you get that good at a game and not notice the nuances of the hitbox? I know I learned to abuse the swinging rectangle hitbox in Under Defeat (before I realized how boring the game was).

But still, you didn't have to kick my already pathetic shooter's ego in the groin

I just threw in the thing about not helping with the hitbox for effect. Makes the salty broom handle torture more justified and satisfying

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:38 am

Answered in the strategy section, but I think I didn't notice because the tilting is brief and only with a quick switch of direction, which will be away from bullets (so you never should get hit by this movement). The hitbox is also really tiny, so quick little changes don't make much of a difference. Maybe it saves a life here or there?

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:39 am

VP1, played 15 times, dunno how many hours it is, but I bet I put in a half hour each time (at least)

Score... 1.1M, completely obsessed with the first stage (which doesn't matter that much). I should focus on the boss patterns, really...

I have gotten 100% on the first stage a bunch of times, though, and 100% on stage 2 a few times (that's actually much easier, but the boss messes me up)

VP1's first stage is quite crazy, if anybody wants to start a topic about clearing it with 100%, I can give my observations...

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:47 am

The hitbox is also really tiny,

In Dragon Blaze? By tiny you mean really big, right?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:00 am

Too much Cave game 1 pixel hitbox. DB's are really small.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:15 am

Compared to Sengoku Ace it's pretty damn small.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:25 am

Yeah, for psikyo DB has a small hitbox.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:54 am

I guess it's all relative.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:00 am

It's about the size as the hitbox in Dodonpachi. Perhaps a pixel or two bigger. I'm pretty certain at this point though that it DOES move around when you tilt. I've felt like I "headbutted" a bullet that was well out of range a number of times when trying to move out of the way of a bullet heading straight at me.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:04 am

That's as small as a hitbox is going to get without getting lost in the sprite. Just about perfect size.

DB > voting

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:13 am

Perhaps one of us should ask a mod to tear the DB discussion out of this thread and stick it into a DB strat thread ^_^

Anyways, you should do a second screenshot showing the hitbox when you move left/right. I swear to you that it moves a good 8 pixels to the direction you're moving when you tilt.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:35 am

I vote RFJ.

Post by **nZero** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:08 am

Raiden Fighters Jet

Rorschach · Post by **Rorschach** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:32 am

I vote to Viper Phase 1

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