Favourite superplayers?
May 28, 2015 21:11:53 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 21:11:53 GMT
I thought this might make a fun thread somewhere, and why not here.
I used to watch replays regularly for fun, although nowadays I mostly watch them for reference for my own attempts. I visit streams instead for the most part.
Over the years these are the players that I put the closest to my heart. "Friendship" and the like discarded, this is purely for gameplay.
Yu-suke: My favorite player, his movements are beyond sick. If you have never seen him play PCB Lunatic, you are missing out.
SOC: This guy just seems to do whatever the hell he feels like, and demonstrates a skill far above even the average "superplayers". One of the sickest players I know, but his lack of dedication to a single game (or category) means you won't really encounter his name when searching for WRs, except for UFO Extra. Some of the most fun is when he's just fucking around on stream, one time I just happened to click on his stream and he captured Scarlet Meister almost 20 times in a row with SpoilerAL. So much for it being a "walling attack".
Ia: Awe-inspiring StB replays, this player has really nailed some of the hardest execution scenes in the game, such as his near-perfect run-throughs of 10-6, EX-8 and the terrifying 10-5. Ia has some ridiculously high scoring runs on various RNG-scoring scenes to boot, revealing huge dedication to grinding even the more tedious, easy scenes for miraculous luck.
shin: Mastermind of the UFO maingame, without a doubt one of the most skilled and prominent players of Touhou. Never forget his ultimate Ichirin supergraze.
Alan: I don't find his playing quite as sick as yu-sukes, but then again, IN is a different game, and Alan is a masterful player.
HS: Even though PCB has evolved, HS replays still impress as much as ever, HS may just have been the most important player in Touhou history.
MATSU: He may not be showing off too much in terms of raw dodging skill, but I really appreciate his work on EoSDs lower difficulties, which I have a soft spot for.
HECATE: A crazy scoreplayer in a league of his own. I'm not entirely familiar with what he's accomplished, but he's up there all the same.
Gobou: Never 4get the 5b grind.
Zil: Maybe this is cheating since he's my friend, but who else are you gonna look for if you want beastly PoDD superplays? Zil has proven himself a highly capable player, but rarely ventures outside of his obscure favorite 2hu.
Cactu: A force to be reckoned with in EoSD. His dedication to EoSD is formidable and his goal is beyond the stars. In addition, he got maybe the sickest NMNB run (Eosd run scoring 460 million) in the history of Touhou, in a single for-the-hell-of-it attempt. If Ichizoku wasn't a robot, he'd be shaking in his boots.
t1100: This is under the assumption that hes actually legit, which I could absolutely believe, but at the same time have been somewhat skeptical of. I put him here for his absolutely insane DS scores (for scenes that are among the hardest to play for score in Touhou) and his StB 9-6 score.
Gasoline: His work on the Normal A categories in FW is worthy of admiration. I have a feeling nobody will ever beat him, both because his runs are crazy good, and because nobody else has worked on those categories anywhere near as thoroughly and patiently. While these categories don't really measure "raw skill", I do love me some gasoline.
ASL: IN Extra is always a treat to watch. ASL has also done a real good job with other Extras, like SA's.
And You
I used to watch replays regularly for fun, although nowadays I mostly watch them for reference for my own attempts. I visit streams instead for the most part.
Over the years these are the players that I put the closest to my heart. "Friendship" and the like discarded, this is purely for gameplay.
Yu-suke: My favorite player, his movements are beyond sick. If you have never seen him play PCB Lunatic, you are missing out.
SOC: This guy just seems to do whatever the hell he feels like, and demonstrates a skill far above even the average "superplayers". One of the sickest players I know, but his lack of dedication to a single game (or category) means you won't really encounter his name when searching for WRs, except for UFO Extra. Some of the most fun is when he's just fucking around on stream, one time I just happened to click on his stream and he captured Scarlet Meister almost 20 times in a row with SpoilerAL. So much for it being a "walling attack".
Ia: Awe-inspiring StB replays, this player has really nailed some of the hardest execution scenes in the game, such as his near-perfect run-throughs of 10-6, EX-8 and the terrifying 10-5. Ia has some ridiculously high scoring runs on various RNG-scoring scenes to boot, revealing huge dedication to grinding even the more tedious, easy scenes for miraculous luck.
shin: Mastermind of the UFO maingame, without a doubt one of the most skilled and prominent players of Touhou. Never forget his ultimate Ichirin supergraze.
Alan: I don't find his playing quite as sick as yu-sukes, but then again, IN is a different game, and Alan is a masterful player.
HS: Even though PCB has evolved, HS replays still impress as much as ever, HS may just have been the most important player in Touhou history.
MATSU: He may not be showing off too much in terms of raw dodging skill, but I really appreciate his work on EoSDs lower difficulties, which I have a soft spot for.
HECATE: A crazy scoreplayer in a league of his own. I'm not entirely familiar with what he's accomplished, but he's up there all the same.
Gobou: Never 4get the 5b grind.
Zil: Maybe this is cheating since he's my friend, but who else are you gonna look for if you want beastly PoDD superplays? Zil has proven himself a highly capable player, but rarely ventures outside of his obscure favorite 2hu.
Cactu: A force to be reckoned with in EoSD. His dedication to EoSD is formidable and his goal is beyond the stars. In addition, he got maybe the sickest NMNB run (Eosd run scoring 460 million) in the history of Touhou, in a single for-the-hell-of-it attempt. If Ichizoku wasn't a robot, he'd be shaking in his boots.
t1100: This is under the assumption that hes actually legit, which I could absolutely believe, but at the same time have been somewhat skeptical of. I put him here for his absolutely insane DS scores (for scenes that are among the hardest to play for score in Touhou) and his StB 9-6 score.
Gasoline: His work on the Normal A categories in FW is worthy of admiration. I have a feeling nobody will ever beat him, both because his runs are crazy good, and because nobody else has worked on those categories anywhere near as thoroughly and patiently. While these categories don't really measure "raw skill", I do love me some gasoline.
ASL: IN Extra is always a treat to watch. ASL has also done a real good job with other Extras, like SA's.
And You
