Yeah, you (at the moment) have the free time to do so, so you're good to pretty much pull an all-nighter tonight.
Speaking of staying up late, you remind of when I stayed up until 6:00 AM one night to grind for a Frozen Shooter for my RAcast on PSO and got caught by my mom. Wasn't pretty, but it could have been worse.
Also, UGH. Why a closed beta of all things? Oh well, guess I'll just wait for the full game like I did back then. =/
Yeah, I warned my parents about this and they're fine with it. They probably would have, like, strictly prohibited it if I were still in high school though, lol. (I might have snuck on anyway >.>) They know that I'm responsible enough not to let this, like, ruin my life though. If my work schedule affects the later days of the test, then... welp, so be it. As long as I can get to level 10 to secure myself a spot in the closed beta I'll be happy.
I can't endorse staying up late for games in high school, but...on the other hand, I can't deny that there may have been a time I stayed up all night before a Physics exam playing Ragnarok Online
Yeah, it sucks how they take place so freaking late over here. I wouldn't be surprised if you can tolerate like less than 2 or 3 hours of sleep on one night (like what I've done numerous times >_>), but as long as you don't get into any trouble with staying up, (i.e. angry parents, sleeping in) I don't think it will matter at all.
...And here I am being SO tempted to stay up VERY late tonight to check out some videos, even though it may be better for me to just wait until after school. Today, I also felt I got trolled, because when I came back home from school, I saw my cousin's mom and a friend of her's streaming Vietnamese movies...on an Alienware laptop. DX
Yeah, I'm planning on staying up as long as I can. I'm kinda happy I don't have a job/school right now so I can justify doing this lol. I am gonna be going in to Staples on Saturday to discuss the job I'm going to have with them, though, so I'm gonna have to figure out how I'm going to deal with the test that's on early Saturday morning (4 AM to noon). I might try to go to bed early and wake up around 6 or 7 AM.
So I recently looked at the times when the PSO2 servers will be online. Are you planning on pulling an all-nighter to play tonight? I am tempted to stay up late tonight to see some gameplay footage, even though I've got school tomorrow at 8:00 AM. =/
Nice job. I suppose that's why you're on break with PSZ, which is perfectly understandable. I didn't bother to sign up, because I've decided to just wait until the full version is released, even though I have been recently motivated to check out some gameplay footage later, since there's no NDA this time. I badly want to see the experience of playing as a RAcast. Well, enjoy the alpha test, and if you can, let me know how things are.
Yeah, Plastic Mind is pretty great. I think I like Doll Judgement better, though, just for sentimental reasons since PCB was the first Touhou game I played. You're right that some of the stage 2 themes are pretty awesome, like the ones you mentioned. I feel like a lot of the stage themes are under-appreciated. For example, PCB stage 4 (Capital City of Flowers in the Sky) is a theme that I like but don't hear remixed very often.
Heh, nice remix. Also, Plastic Mind is like Alice's best theme ever. I personally like it way more than Grimoire of Alice, Doll Judgement, etc. (although I still like Doll Maker of Bucuresti). The funny part was that I first listened to Plastic Mind on Concealed the Conclusion, even though that was a short version of the original.
I also think a few Stage 2 (Boss) themes are kind of underrated in my opinion (OK, there's Beloved Tomboyish Girl). For example, I really love Fantastic Legend of Tohno and Diao ye Zong (withered leaf) from Perfect Cherry Blossom, and Parsee Mizuhashi's theme (Green-eyed Jealousy) from Subterranean Animism. I would mention Mystia's theme (Deaf to All but the Song), because the trumpet is so damn amazing, but there's something about it that makes the Phantasmagoria of Flower View version sound much more better to me (the Flower Mix).
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Oh yeah, that remix is pretty awesome. I actually hadn't heard that one before. I think I avoided it because it's from PoDD and I'm not as familiar with that game's music. Makes me wonder if there are any other cool songs by him I overlooked...
This was the song that got me into dBu, though. I think it's from the same album:
Yeah, Heartfelt Fancy is kind of under-appreciated imo. Though, I haven't aggressively sought out new Touhou remixes in a while so I don't really know what's out there now. I was sad that dBu didn't release an album at the last Comiket. He's like my favorite Touhou remixer. =(
Edit: Apparently I stand corrected and he DID put out a Ten Desires album at C81! I must get a hold of this...
What I could do is use my regular 100-Power mag with Granir, and go online and get into a 4-player party, which one play has Midgul. Also, I can have someone like a Force who can provide Shifta and Zalure...
...but I highly doubt anyone would be up for that, especially all the Flozir fan--err--users.
I have also recently got even more into listening to Heartfelt Fancy now. I just love that song. Also, it seems like I have been poisoned to repeatedly have Bad Apple!! playing in my head throughout most of the day. It's amazing how many songs in the Windows Touhou games I have memorized to the point where I can whistle nearly all of the ones I know.
Full Power Mode HUcast w/ -10 ATP (due to RAcast's Paru Mag having Midgul, but 90/0/10/0) + Yonohate In+50 w/ 27 Native Parameter + Heavy Attack with Risk + 4-chain Midgul Shifta = 1070 damage to a Vulkure/Ghowl & 965 damage to a Grimble/Garahaden & 930 damage to a Helion
I need to test this with a 4-chain Midgul Zalure, but getting the NPC's PBs full is such a pain. At least I got me a ridiculous Eclamasach and another Garahaden Fang in the process.
Oh, I thought said they were Heavy Attacks with Risk activating. Unless that's what you meant by "normal attacks." But yeah, I need to test this out with a Shifta included. I'm extremely tempted to test this with a 4-chain Midgul, but you cannot have a 100/0/0/0 mag with Midgul under normal circumstances (it would be Granir), unless it is a Paru mag with Midgul. I do have my RAcast's purple Paru mag (which you provided for me), but it is 90/0/10/0, and not 100/0/0/0. This would mean that I would technically not be in Full Power Mode with short of 10 ATP. I could go hunt for another Paru mag with Midgul, but I already blew at least 9,000,000 meseta on buying thousands of weapons to raise 6 mags for the sake of making a new Flozir mag and for another special picture I would like to create, leaving with my HUcast with only 351 meseta leftover. XD
Nice vocal songs. I do agree they are usually hit or miss.
Almost makes me want to listen to some Umineko songs now, for some reason. Some songs I really like listening to include Worldend Dominator and Mirage Coordinator. I also got some sort of Koumajou Densetsu II vibe from that second vocal track you posted (if you know what Koumajou Densetsu II is, also known as Touhouvania II, but I doubt it).
Oh, and Full Power Mode HUcast with Yonohate In+50 + Heavy Attack with Risk + 27 Native Parameter = 575 Damage to a Vulkure. Satisfying as hell, but I still need to incorporate a Shifta in there...
Yeah, you (at the moment) have the free time to do so, so you're good to pretty much pull an all-nighter tonight.
