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    November 29

    Church camp was awesome.

    Like, really. My group had lotsa teamwork and stuff, which happened to land us a first place. X3
     
    There was much programmes and events during the camp, all of which were quite exciting. Of course, there is also singing of songs to praise the Lord, prayers and such. It came to my attention (I really never gave much thought) that materialistic stuff never last forever, and that we would lose them when we die. And everyone dies. So...I should really start preparing for eternal stuff instead.
     
    (^ Hope I would have this kind of thinking in my mind all the time.)
    November 22

    Finally found it.

    Some people made an awesome flash a while ago, but they took it down later. However, with Totaku's skillz, I managed to get a copy of it too. (Hehehe..) So now it's sitting on the WMP over at the right.
     
    The loading times are horrible, and you need to fullscreen to view the whole thing (due to awkward 5:3 ratio), but the 1 min+ of win is worth it. If you like either Haruhi or Touhou, that is.

    Boredom.

    Attempt to show degree of pointlessness in surveys like these. (Hopefully, my emo post about 2L and the testimonials are this long.)
     
    Nah, I merely felt like doing this for no reason at all.

    Basics

    1. Alright. What's your name? (Or how do you call youself?)
    luminodrake.

    2. When did you first play Touhou?
    Winter 2005.

    3. What did you know about the series before?
    Nothing.

    4. What was your first Touhou game? How was it?
    IaMP. Quite okay I guess.

    5. How did you learn to play it then?
    From a Wiki.

    6. What Touhou games have you played?
    6-9

    7. Your favorite one? Why?
    PCB. Seems balanced and all..

    8. Your least favorite? Why?
    EoSD. It's hard to get extra lives..

    9. Which character are you best with? (Out of IaMP)
    ReimuA/Border Team
    (18/12/06) MarisaB

    10. Which character are you best with in IaMP?
    Patchu!


    Now onto the characters + their stories.

    11. Who is your favorite character? Why?
    Patchu. She's an elementalist.

    12. Who do you hate then? (like, beyond least favorite. Who you hate with passion.)
    Nobody in particular.

    13. Have you dreamt about a Touhou character? (....hmm?)
    If I did that I might have to restrain myself from playing for some time.

    14. Many characters in Touhou series lack established background stories. If Zun the Great tells you that a background story of a character written by you will be made canon, who do you want to write about?
    Yuyuko and her gluttony.

    15. Whose background story do you want to know the most?
    Reimu. Why she is there.

    16. Whose background story do you want kept hidden?
    Yukari. Being mysterious is nice.

    17. Whose background story do you like the most?
    Udonge.

    18. Whose background story do you like the least?
    Eirin, what she did.

    19. If you could change a background story of a character, who would it be?
    Keep it as what it is right now.

    20. How?
    ...

    Suimusou, or IaMP.

    21. When did you first play IaMP?
    Winter 2005.

    22. How was it for you?
    "Yay! You can throw lotsa stuff!"

    23. Rank the characters.
    Yuyuko > Suika > Remilia > Everyone else. D:

    24. Whose game play do you like the most?
    Netplay. :#

    25. Do you choose the background?
    Random.

    26. If you do, which?
    Random. Maybe Marisa (Night)

    27. On what difficulty do you play the most?
    Lunatic.

    28. Have you played IaMP agiainst someone?
    I keep losing. DX

    29. Who is the munchkin of IaMP?
    Hhuh?

    30. Who should get nerfed?
    Remilia. Too fast..

    About BGM

    31. How do you like Touhou series BGM?
    Win.

    32. Wave or MIdi?
    Wave.

    33. What is your favorite Touhou BGM? (Out of IaMP.) Why?
    Currently stuck on Necrofantasy.

    34. Then IaMP one?
    Witches' Ball.

    35. If you could, Which Touhou BGM do you want to rearrange?
    Phantom Ensemble

    36. To what genre?
    Instrumental. XD

    37. Do you think you can do it?
    I phail.

    38. If you could compose a theme for a character, whose?
    Rinnosuke?

    39. Do you have a favorite Touhou BGM rearrangement?
    dBU's are quite nice.

    40. Do you want to try it? (like, seriously. Reisen is cute.)
    ...No! (I'll get shot.) Why is this question here anyways?


    Background CG and stages.

    41. Do you have a favorite stage in Touhou series?
    EoSD 4.

    43. Do you have a stage you hate with a burning passion?
    PCB 4.

    43. Do you have a favorite background CG?
    IN 5.

    44. The most memorable stage? (Negative or positive. Doesn't matter.)
    PCB 5. Youmu and the slow-down SCs.

    45. Which boss has the most fitting stage?
    Yuyuko. Maybe Eirin.

    46. If you could make a stage for a character, for whom?
    No idea. Aya, maybe?

    47. With what kind of background CG?
    Sky.

    48. Which stage has the most fitting BGM?
    IN 5.

    49. Who has the most fitting BGM and BG altogether?
    IN 5.

    50. The most stunning stage?
    PCB 6.

    Graphics now.

    51. (Halfway through. Hang on there.) How do you think about Touhou character illusts and graphics? (Before IaMP. The original creator of this has some issues.)
    Quite good for a one man team.

    52. What about IaMP illusts and graphics?
    Awesome!

    53. There was a significant leap between original Touhou and IaMP. Should they keep this style or go back to the old style?
    Unless Alphes joins Team Shanghai Alice..

    54. Perfect Cherry Blossom has two versions according to the illusts. Which do you like better?
    Never saw the first one.

    55. Rate classical Touhou and IaMP illusts on rating of 10.
    Is 10 the best? 8,9 then.

    56. Beside IaMP, which game has the best illust?
    PCB.

    57. Who do you want to draw?
    Patchu!

    58. Who got prettied up the most in IaMP?
    Yukari, perhaps.

    59. Do you have a favorite fan artist?
    Yagonoana or Tokiame.

    60. Lastly, can you draw?
    I phail.


    3 Windows Touhou games.
    4 now.

    61.Which do you think was the best?
    PCB.

    62. Your least favorite of the three?
    PoFV.

    63. On what difficulty do you play on?
    Easy. >_<

    64. Have you beaten any Extra stage?
    I phail.

    65. List the three, hardest to easiest.
    EoSD, PCB, IN

    66. Which boss character is the most annoying?
    Udonge.

    67. Your favorite boss?
    Patchu!

    69. Which of the three is the most unbalanced?
    EoSD.

    69. Got a say on Extra stages?
    I'll stay away for now.

    70. On those three?
    Four!


    Spell cards. Whee.

    71. Favorite spell card?
    難題「蓬莱の弾の枝 -虹色の弾幕-」(IN SC168)(Pretty!)

    72. Hated spell card?
    Anything that comes from Yuyuko.

    73. Favorite spell card in IaMP?
    日符「ロイヤルフレア」(Exploding Sun! Whoo!)

    74. Hated spell card in IaMP?
    外力「無限の超高速飛行体」(How do you dodge three at one go?)

    75. Which spell card render you speechless?
    人界剣「悟入幻想 -Easy-」(PCB SC81)(Oh cra-)

    76. A spell card you just don't understand?
    魔光「デヴィリーライトレイ」(IaMP)(Where do you hide?)
    13/12/06: 夢符「二重結界」(IN SC55)

    77. A spell card that looks scary, but in fact it's not?
    幻在「クロックコープス」(EoSD SC35)
    13/12/06: Anything that comes from Reimu, except SC55 and SC59.

    78. Which spell card needs to be nerfed or fixed?
    大合葬「霊車コンチェルトグロッソ -Easy-」(PCB SC65)(Let me supergraze without dying.)

    79. Do you abuse any spell card in IaMP?
    日符「ロイヤルフレア」(Finishes opponent most of the time. Unless they @#%@# block.)

    80. What kind of spell cards do you want to see?
    No idea.

    Your leetness.

    81. How good are you at EoSD?
    Phail.

    82. PCB?
    Phail.

    83. IN?
    Phail to a lesser extent.

    84. IaMP?
    Phail. Still gets killed by others.

    85. How many Last Words have you gotten so far?
    None.

    86. How many SC have you collected?
    27 (IN) + 17 (PCB) + 10 (EoSD)

    87. Hardest opponent in IaMP?
    Remilia.

    88. Best results for each games.
    EoSD: 44380660 (C) (See how I phail!)
    PCB: 284460230 (C) (Yay finally 1CC at 15/12/06)
    IN: 1049119780 (C) (< Shows that IN is easiest.)

    89. How many times did you try to beat Last Words?
    「蓬莱の樹海」(SC211) 50 times, all phail.
    「待宵反射衛星斬」(SC218) 5 times, all phail.
    (18/12/06)「季節外れのバタフライストーム」(SC206) 100 times, all phail.

    90. Do you think your Touhou skillz will ever become mad Touhou skillz?
    I'd be satisfied with 1CC'ing Lunatic with all.


    Etc.

    91. What you gonna do when you jump off an airplane and dropped in middle of Gensokyo?
    Find Keine first. Then Reimu. Make friends with Patchu and Aya. Work at Kourindou.

    92. Got anything to tell a specific character?
    @Patchu: "Yo!"

    93. Do you read CoLA?

    No.
     
    94. Do you want to do any fanart or fanfic?
    Yeah..

    95. Like, how? Specific genre? 4koma? Comic?
    Comic, if I could.

    96. Can you remember the number of bread slices you've eaten?
    15498. Actually, no.
     
    97. How long do you think you'll last in Touhou fandom?
    Until something more interesting comes along. Or when I actually managed to start 1CC'ing Lunatics and got bored.

    98. Any piece of advice for Zun?
    Make your games more easily bought. Then I won't have to... >_<

    99. Is it your first time you've done something this pointless?
    Yes.

    100. Good job. I dub you true Touhou fan. Closing statement?
    *thinks of easy ways to repay ZUN. Maybe buy 3 Bunkachous? But I can't read Jap...*

    Yeah, I knew you people skipped everything above. This shows how useless the surveys are. But we knew that already, right?

    I'll be doing the emo post on 2L as well as teh testimonials very soon. Really.

    *goes off to do more pointless stuff*

    November 11

    I feel noob.

    Managed to get (intarweb based) IRC working on the other comp, and managed to get a game going at #IaMP. Using Hamachi, I played with T_U, and subsequently got owned by him.
     
    I knew that whacking comp players weren't much of a practice! Now I want to play more with other people on the intarweb...
     
    Once I could get IRC working on this comp.
     
    (note of thanks to those who helped me just now in the channel)
     
    EDIT: Turns out I just had to try an alternate server. D: Got in now, I shall lurk most of the time.
    November 09

    Inferior customizability.

    I'd prefer my Tweak UI, thank you very much.
     
    Today, I realized that Live Spaces added the "colors" option in the Customize script, but threw away all settings that weren't in the new window.
     
    Where is the transparency option, darnit! Now I'm stuck with a grey background that used to look okay when semi-transparent. Also, people could now hide text in comments if they change the font color. :3
     
    And I'd like my background image to repeat-y, not just pasted once. You know it's dull to see straight color.
    I'm gonna haveta get a Custom HTML module for this, if possible.
     
    These two alone made me place this move along with the creation of the Universe.
     
    Also they claim to add a Windows Media Player module. That has less options too. I'm sticking with my current powertoy version.
     
    Well, at least they made links open in new windows. They used to have that, so meh.
    November 07

    Attempt at drawing.

     
    That was drawn last night for no reason. Any comments?
     
    Anyways, all three of my Haruhi time capsule contributions were rejected. With only one day to go, shall I try again (even though it's hard to get a pic of the Haruhi books in another somewhat unique scene. I've done "book only", "anime screenshot" and "books laid out in a arc") or shall I give up and allow the people of 2020 to only know that Haruhi is a silhouette on a poster that is for some reason stuck all around Singapore, even overseas?
     
    Maybe my description was too informative and they thought it was a marketing ploy. D:
    Maybe there is already 100+ pics tagged with "haruhiism" and they think it's enough, making selection more stringent. (In contrast, no other contribution tagged with "touhou" caused both my contributions to be accepted.)
    Maybe they were too used to Haruhi being on a poster that they rejected any other possible media that Haruhi might be on.
     
    Oh wells, I shall take a break first.
    November 04

    Deadline approaching.

    I still need to send some Haruhi explanatory stuff to the Yahoo Time Capsule thingy.
     
    Meanwhile, another got through. Yay, at least when they open this capsule, they'll know the existance of such a game. Maybe I'm putting the wrong tags on those...
     
    3 days left. (Today doesn't count.)
    November 01

    Chalet

    The chalet was quite nice, although *many* events were not carried out. Basically, we played compy and video games like for most of the time.
     
    I spent most of the time playing Worms with Kai Li, Daniel, Benjy, Kah Hong, Jay and Lester. I never played Worms before (only Liero), and for some reason I won a makeshift Worms tournament on the second day with two health to spare.
     
    Winning formula ("Gate", after Echidna Parass' bomb drop on ship in Black Cat Ep 17.)
    Works only when the setting "Turn does not end after using weapon" is on. (That 10 second thingy)
    -1. Teleport to an enemy worm (a mob of them, without any of your worms is the best)
    -2. Drop a Holy Hand Grenade.
    -3. Teleport to a safer place.
    -4. ????
    -5. PROFIT
     
    To do that, you must have a target in mind before your turn comes up.
     
    On the second day, around 3.30, three of us were playing Cheat (Lester won first so he went to sleep) and were stuck in a deadlock of cards. Hence we went to sleep too.
     
    Also, on the second day, I managed to learn the most basic stuff on Mah*****. *whistles innocently*
     
    I also managed to do a demonstration of Touhou Eiyashou and Suimusou. However, the highest amount of interest I could generate was making people point out that it's a "dodging game" and "something like Street Fighter" respectively. (^^)
     
    Anyways, I hereby proclaim that 2L is one of the best classes I've been in so far. There. :3