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AM (b. 1986 in Korea) is a competitive Touhou player, specializing in Imperishable Night and Subterranean Animism. AM currently holds world records in both the regular and Extra modes of Subterranean Animism.

Since the debut of Subterranean Animism, the 1-6 All and Extra categories had consistently been dominated by UnKnown and たろー, respectively. On October 26, AM broke たろー's record with a score of 1.091 billion, which he later improved to 1.094 billion. On October 28, AM posted a Lunatic replay with a final score of 3.136 billion points. Even though his replay emphasized spellcard collection, AM employed numerous scoring strategies used in UnKnown's scoreruns, and it was evident that he hoped to break UnKnown's month-old record eventually. On October 30, AM set a new world record of 3.645 billion points, collecting 22 out of 26 spellcards. He lost two lives to Orin, costing him an estimated 200 million points in the final score. The theoretical limit is somewhere between 3.8 and 3.9 billion points using current scoring strategies.

AM is also the most dominant player in Imperishable Night's Extra mode, holding the highest known score with every character, including the popular 3.010 billion Youmu replay. This score attack maintains an extremely high quality of play, as AM grazes through nearly every spellcard with no visible mistakes and accumulates over 100,000 time orbs in the process. AM also holds the easy mode world record with a score of 3.104 billion. His Lunatic best of 5.213 billion is ranked eighth overall and fourth within its character category.

AM currently holds the fourth highest overall score in Perfect Cherry Blossom with 2.730 billion points. He initially wanted to break 3 billion points, but admitted to have failed that goal, blaming his lack of patience. He may return to it in the future, although he faces stiff competition from HS参謀, who currently holds world records under every difficulty and character type.

AM speaks fluent Japanese, and maintains a journal about his Touhou achievements, mainly written in Korean.

Notable player records

Game Mode Score Date Character type Notes
Perfect Cherry Blossom Lunatic 2,730,863,160 (#4) 2008/09/27 Sakuya-B
Imperishable Night Extra 3,010,565,950 (WR) 2007/10/31 Youmu solo No-miss clear; 104,755 time orbs obtained
Easy 3,104,212,600 (WR) 2008/08/04 Marisa solo Accumulated point item value is 762,730
Subterranean Animism Extra 1,094,389,430 (WR) 2008/10/25 Reimu-A 27,000+ graze
Lunatic 3,645,063,710 (WR) 2008/10/30 Reimu-A 74,000+ graze

External links

AM's blog

AM's Homepage (AM's Village)

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