What are some of your favorite players in the playerbase?

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coa probably first. played a ton of mof, getting records in most categories he played. not particularly skilled or talented, and his runs often weren't all that great in the end, but he was devoted and persistent and didn't give up, specifically seen in his extra 1b. he set standards for a lot of mof, especially extra. he led the way for and competed with jack and wreath.

jack and wreath, obviously. they pushed mof extra very far, and liked it as much as I do, if not more.

also saki, alan, oosaka, ina, dede, morth, chum

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I like a lot of the guys who just stream the Touhou games casually on twitch but are still pretty good at it (but don't really go beyond Lunatic 1cc or anything).
Erikklk, Skylersilver and Eredom are ones I can think of now quickly.

As for the "exceptionally" good players, I mostly like Mino, RB, ARF, Jaimers, ZM, Gibbi, Satis and cactu when it comes to content.

I don't really follow a lot of players, to be honest. One of my favorite though, is Jaimers. I play a lot of shmups other than Touhou, so his videos have helped me not only with Touhou, but with other games as well. Also, Cactu. Kind of obvious, since my favorite is EoSD, and it's pretty nice to hear him commenting. Oh yeah, and cream soda's nice walkthroughs definitely helped a lot with getting my first 1cc. I've also been following Martin's channel. I don't know how much time he has been playing, but he is definitely improving fast. Oh wait, there's also Minogame. And Maribel Hearn? His DDP runs were pretty nice to watch.

Ahaha, there's so many...

The first person I have to talk about is Inefushi. I really do have a softspot for him, heh...
But really. I don't think I'd know anyone here without him. Watching his 6.605b run was what got me into scoring and higher level play in the first place... and that's something I'll always be thankful to him for. I may not play IN like him, but it's always fun to watch him play.

And then there's other frankly inspiring players like Kisara, Gobou, Yu-suke, Mithril, KG, Keito, FSX... Their skill, their enthusiasm. It's frankly amazing to watch.

Then there's people like John, Nyanko, Lidera, again Mithril and Keito, HS, Morth, who have pushed the categories I'm personally interested in... SOC, HNY, UKT, Rori, HUF, and all the other inspiring people I've seen player over my time.

And then, you have the people I myself have met. Talked to. Encouraged, been encouraged by. So, in no particular order:

ZM, Zig, your youtube channels were what led me to discover this community in the first place. You've both encouraged me, you've both helped me. Thank you.
Mino, your videos got me interested in PCB and UFO. From there, I explored all the games. I don't think I'd have as deep of an appreciation for this series if I hadn't. So thank you. And I'm pretty sure you were the first Touhou stream I visited, my gate into this community... Might've been Cactu, though. Can't exactly remember. Ehe...
Gibbi, seeing you grow from your first EoSD lunatic 1cc to where you are now, much better than I, has frankly been amazing to watch. I know it's a bit redundant to say this now, and silly considering you're much better than me, but great work. I'm proud of you.
Morth, you led me to explore both TD and SA, and you also led me to consider difficulties below lunatic for scoring. You've encouraged me, you've helped me. And I've had a ton of fun with SA easy.
Everlasting and Cactu, seeing you go for your goals so far has been inspiring. You both gave me an appreciation of EoSD as a game, even though I enjoyed it for survival before.
Yats, you're cool.
Chum, GFW is an ice game and you're cool.
Martin, it's been cool seeing you grow. And the Replay Showcase is cool.
Maribel, Bloony, Perma, you're all fun people to talk with and I enjoy seeing the shit you do
Nep, I've enjoyed seeing you play TD hard.
Zengeku, you're funny.
Sakurei, you're a great help, and I appreciate your blunt honesty. Plus, like Zengeku, you're funny.
I've had many great times in Extruder's chat, so I must thank him for that at least. And the PoFV tournament he hosted recently for charity is cool.
Xirno, I doubt you're reading this, but I've enjoyed seeing you score UFO normal. Pls stop being offline all the time
There's also people like Lollipop and Minako, who I've enjoyed tracking stalking over time.
Riri, you've made some really helpful patches and stuff. Though I don't think Riri is on Eientei sooooo....
Also cool to see Zil push up his PoDD scores, Kirby too.
AJS and RobinLSL, leading me to discover Danmakufu and by that, fangames...
Also MegamanOmega, RobinLSL, and Raak1010 for their youtube videos.
Gus is hilarious

And everyone who streams. Fun to watch.

Gosh. I'm feeling so sentimental now. Thanks ZM :V

And that concludes my massive list lmao

zm, satis, mino, gibbi, camp, martin, novice, yats, chip, rb, zig, maribel, nep, anyone else that i didnt mention (sry)


you're all fucking amazing.

I don't really know very many of the good players, but the players I do know are great like ZM, Martin, Pearl, and the others on all the Discords.