i have, everytime i've played through (bout 5 times i think). i don't get why every makes such a big deal about this. it's not difficult!!! yes it's time consuming and takes some patience but it's still easy.

if you go just inside the north section of thunder plains and stand at the point where the 2 paths coming into the north section, the lightning strikes very frequently. it strikes twice in a row followed by like a 2 second gap before the next 2. doesn't take THAT long really