Uploaded February 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
So, it turns out that Lunatic difficulty is, you know, really hard.
Also, just for reference, I cut out about 40 minutes of re-tracking. Things will get much more streamlined when we get some freaking shortcut doors.
[Record Date: January 22, 2013]
So, it turns out that Lunatic difficulty is, you know, really hard.
Also, just for reference, I cut out about 40 minutes of re-tracking. Things will get much more streamlined when we get some freaking shortcut doors.
[Record Date: January 22, 2013]
![Lets Play: Quake - 03 - Lava
Turns out, the volcano gods are highly discriminant.
[Record Date: August 19, 2013] Lets Play: Quake - 03 - Lava](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t6vCfvftKvo/mqdefault.jpg)


![Serious Sam 3: BFE - Unearthing the Sun in 1:07 (Single-Segment; Tourist Difficulty)
All this time, the enemies only wanted to help us go faster.
So yeah, this improvement was made possible by a new technique: the Mutilator Sling. Basically, when you use the Sirian Bracelet (or Mutilator) on a large enemy, it will tug at the cord to bring you closer. While normally this ends with you ramming your face into the thing, there is one quirk in the code that can be abused: The direction and velocity youre sent in is determined at the start of the enemys tug animation. This means you can move to either side after the animation has started and jump when it tugs to get a very handy boost from the enemy. As well, if you continually jump and dont press any directions, you will lose very little velocity, meaning you can cover long distances from just one sling. While it can be used for skips like this, its also a really good speed tech in general, since its way faster than sprinting. (Just try not to rely too heavily on Scorp Generals, since their tug animation is slow as balls)
As for the skip itself, its actually random whether or not the Biomech will become aggrod to the wall (yes, thats whats happening). Itll happen more often than not, but back-up strats will need to be put in place for a full Single-Segment run. I run around a wall at about 12 seconds (ingame time) to prevent it from noticing me immediately. This *might* help, but it probably doesnt. Note that on Tourist, it will always shoot 5 rockets, so that isnt wasting any time. For the actual sling, you want to line up the Biomech with the end of the wall in the distance, and then move right during the tug animation.
Now, theres also a bit of Sandwhale manipulation going on. Firstly, after the sling, I face out into the desert to make Sandwhale spawn away from me (since he tries to spawn where youre facing). If I faced towards my destination, he wouldve been right there to greet me. Secondly, when I jump down off the wall onto the sand near the end, I do it in a very specific way. I drop down in such a way that I brush past the Magic Corner of the structure to the left. Dropping down any other way results in Sandwhale spawning earlier and eating you before you can get to safe ground again. I have no clue why this happens, but I believe in the Magic Corner.
The route on this level is only slightly different on Normal and higher difficulties. The only difference is that the Biomech will only shoot 3 rockets. While this is faster in theory... 3 rockets does not give you enough time to get into place and align the Biomech and the wall, making the resulting sling sloppy, and wasting more time than you wouldve gained. Though, you could possibly repeatedly hook onto it to stop it from moving while you get into place. This would depend on being close enough before it starts moving around too much. (And itd still probably waste more time than its worth)
Anyways, this time beats the current Single-Segment record time by a full 30 seconds, with the old time being 1:37. Sorry Jim, but the Kleer boost in this level is hate.
[Record Date: February 20, 2014] Serious Sam 3: BFE - Unearthing the Sun in 1:07 (Single-Segment; Tourist Difficulty)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tJPuH2w_p4c/mqdefault.jpg)
![Lets Play: Dangerous Patchy-San - 06 - Hyper Mode
Really, if anything, I should be calling the Earth spell Circular-Saw Earth... but Chainsaw Earth is easier to say.
[Record Date: April 21, 2014] Lets Play: Dangerous Patchy-San - 06 - Hyper Mode](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tyo3_qcl1Ao/mqdefault.jpg)
![Lets Play: Genshi Ankokuden - 23 - The Bored Celestial
For being referenced in the mission name, she really isnt involved all that much.
In retrospective, this mission is kind of a jerk. I mean, it makes you think your goal is on one side of the map, but then part-way through it takes that away and makes a very crucial goal on the other side of the map.
Also, Mystia is credit to team~
Missions Complete: 1
Total Attempts: 2
Mission Start Times: 2:39, 17:00
[Record Date: April 2, 2013] Lets Play: Genshi Ankokuden - 23 - The Bored Celestial](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uAe_LaoK7EE/mqdefault.jpg)

![Oh hey look Ry got a box again (Doujin Games; June 3, 2014)
This video has been brought to you by my shoddy camera, which Im pretty sure is slowly melting every time I use it. Clearly, next time I should just order a camera from Japan, and then do an unboxing video on that.
I mentioned that I stream occasionally, so yeah:
http://www.twitch.tv/ryason55/profile
Also, I guess Ill mention (again) that I have a Twitter... which Id probably be more inclined to use if I actually had followers:
https://twitter.com/ryason55
Things gotten (in order shown):
[Something something Touhous and Fruit]
東方果物録 ~とうほうふるーつろっく!~
幻想郷トレジャーハンティング
Gensokyo Treasure Hunting
収集荷取
Shoot Shoot Nitori
Touhou 14.3 - Impossible Spellcard
東方電脳郷
Touhou Cyber Township
うらぱに!
Urapani
某方紅魔郷2
Bouhou Koumakyou 2
うどりん
UdoRin
さけのさかなのうた
Sake no Sakana no Uta (trial)
俺たちのローレライ2
2 of us Lorelei
100万$のスマイル
Million Dollar Smile
About ordering stuff through N-Forza:
http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,566.0.html
[Record Date: June 3, 2014] Oh hey look Ry got a box again (Doujin Games; June 3, 2014)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vCbyYTPU5WA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Lets Just Play: Serious Sam 3 - 15 - Serious Box Solid Beta Part 1
Beware of Snakes on the plains. And in bushes. And near trucks. And behind you.
This is mostly just warming up and getting used to the gamemode. Next video should have a bit more in the way of things happening. I *was* going to upload this all as one video... but that was before I found out the full video file was 10GB (which would literally take about 2 days to upload on my connection).
Serious Box Solid (Currently Beta 0.81):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=228382485
My Mystia player model:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=173303275
Info on the Seven Different Kinds of Smoke Group (who hosted these matches):
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/7SMOKE
[Record Date: March 4, 2014] Lets Just Play: Serious Sam 3 - 15 - Serious Box Solid Beta Part 1](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vKxyJX_hq_s/mqdefault.jpg)
![Lets Play: Mystery of Gensokyo - 35 - Lunatic
Ill get to the whole collecting everything in the world plan at some point later. For now, something equally as insane.
[Record Date: January 22, 2013] Lets Play: Mystery of Gensokyo - 35 - Lunatic](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v_H9KY4VXy4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Lets Play: Quake - 09 - Delightful Halls of Terror
Heres to never having nails ever.
[Record Date: October 14, 2014] Lets Play: Quake - 09 - Delightful Halls of Terror](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vlCOSm36bNc/mqdefault.jpg)