i think a problem of intrinsic motivation being the sole reason to improve at something for me is that as soon as i reach a truly satisfactory goal my motivation gets snuffed out and i stop engaging quickly
i beat plat kaizo for a second time this time trying to minimize the amount of deaths (15 total including 4 E4 sacs, let myself reset fights and no revives in gauntlets), it's really crazy how fun and well designed the game is
I hope CAVE rereleases saidaioujou on pc and daioujou and some geometry dash youtuber plays it and actaully genuinely enjoys it and then it unexpectedly makes a billion dollars and ikeda leaked the secrets to his subordinates and then they make shmups
@apsodkap yea, i think people also usually don't realize the extent that you can route things either... even in a touhou game where things are way more boss focused than stages, a lot of attacks are static, a lot of attacks are aimed and you can follow the same dodge pattern every time
i think a lot of people don't ever realize how to properly learn and play shmups including touhou and it gatekeeps a LOT of people who would probably really love the genre
it's also kind of unfortunate because a lot of the touhou games have really blatant memorize or die instantly checks, but they generally aren't threatening below lunatic.. i don't really know what devs are supposed to do to make it clear to new players that they need to practice
i think this genre is digital crack for anyone osu/gd adjacent, i feel like it's pretty unfortunate that people just seem to approach it as a raw dodging skill test and not as something you need to thoroughly study and practice at first, when it's much more fun as the latter
thinking about wing my way more and i don't think people realize by looking at the map that there was literally no intent but to spam as much cutstreams and cancer as possible, it's just because that it's nomod base that it comes off as something else
seeing how i act in these situations is really weird, some things i just perpetually ragebait myself but I don't know how i keep my calm when i'm literally going blind
a lot of really strange and uncomfortable things are happening to me lately, probably the widest range of emotions i've ever felt in such a short time period
today i had an anaphylaxis reaction, so severe i thought i was gonna die, and if it started affecting my respiration i had a decent chance to actually die... i was completely calm during the reaction, but i found it rly overwhelming after i got released from the hospital