Game:

Counter-Strike: Source (2004)

Duration: 12:23

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My first ExNN. (no misses, no bombs)

This was years in the making. Uh... I don't mean continuously! I'd pick the game back up maybe once every five or so months and see how terribly I still sucked at it. At last I finally decided to put a month straight into it, playing at least once every day... and I finally succeeded.

Thanks to Alkadar's SST for SpoilerAL, which helped me practice the last couple of spells.

Some notes:

0:10 - You can see I got bored of the beginning. I still get the green guys for points, though.

0:32 - ReimuC has a hard time getting full power if the items get sprayed all over the place. I wait for the enemies to get close before shooting.

0:43 - ReimuC deals more damage the closer she is. Getting close to these faries is risky, but ensures they die before you get cornered by the small fry.

1:34 (Midboss non-spell) - I have good days and bad days with this one. Look a fair distance above your character, and you'll learn to spot where big openings will appear.

2:20 (Midboss spell 3: Omiwatari God Crosses) - Maybe it's superstition, but I find the top of the screen safer than the bottom. Also notice how I get close to Kanako to deal more damage with ReimuC.

2:30 - I did this part wrong for the longest time. Don't ignore these items! Picking them up puts you in perfect position for when the fast green bullets appear. (which is bottom center - NOT bottom right!)

3:59 (Non-spell 1) - This one always scares me. It nearly got me this time at the end, too!

4:35 (Non-spell 2) - Because this spell is aimed, I make very short movements to make the bullet formations more predictable.

4:47 (Spell 2 - Long-Arm and Long-Leg) - The lasers have a massive hitbox that can lead to some deaths that feel unfair. But once you're aware of this, you should be fine. (85/99 is my actual history there, not just capped!)

5:15 (Spell 3 - Moriya's Iron Ring) - If you're getting killed here, make your pattern more rigid. I've had much better success with this rectangular route than I've had with some of the routes that involve diagonal motion.

06:29 (Spell 5 - The Snake Eats the Croaking Frog) - I LOVE this one, and I deliberately take dangerous paths for three reasons: (a) It's way more fun that way. (b) To prove that luck plays no role in this spell. And (c) I'm an asshole.

07:16 (Spell 6 - Seven Stones and Seven Trees) - This one used to catch me off-guard sometimes. Don't dodge by moving sideways; notice how I aggressively move up through the chains in a semicircular path.

07:56 (Spell 7 - Froggy Braves the Elements) - THIS ONE'S HARD. Basically I made a dedicated hack of the game for practicing this level and played it every day for two weeks. I find it is easier if I stick my face about a foot away from the monitor. My eyes move up whenever my character is safe and I keep scanning for areas that look vaguely safe.

8:46 (Spell 8 - Red Frogs of Houei Era 4) - The route should be straightforward to follow, but the one bit that somebody might miss is at 9:06, where I purposefully go straight across and do NOT touch the top of the screen. This puts the two enemies at the same y level for beginning their next dash.

9:24 (Spell 9 - Native Myth vs Central Myth) - Yeah, this one's bullshit. Get to the center at 20s, go up-right-and-around to 10s, try to dodge the whites, get away from the edge of the screen in case the first red comes from directly above, and don't be too slow as you stream the red orbs (if you're too slow, the rice often creates an impenetrable horizontal wall; it didn't happen this time). This one's responsible for all of my 1-miss runs.

Actual spell history: (some were capped to XX/99 in the video)

* 神符「水眼の如き美しき源泉」: 126/158
* 神符「杉で結ぶ古き縁」: 128/140
* 神符「神が歩かれた御神渡り」: 96/131
* 開宴「二拝二拍一拝」: 90/102
* 土着神「手長足長さま」: 85/99
* 神具「洩矢の鉄の輪」: 55/92
* 源符「厭い川の翡翠」: 53/80
* 蛙狩「蛙は口ゆえ蛇に呑まるる」: 57/72
* 土着神「七つの石と七つの木」: 54/69
* 土着神「ケロちゃん風雨に負けず」: 16/64
* 土着神「宝永四年の赤蛙」: 29/46
* 「諏訪大戦　～ 土着神話 vs 中央神話」: 7/38
* 崇符「ミシャグジさま」: 13/26

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