Guitar Hero/Rock Band Discussion thread

[Da Pirates]

Anyone in the world FC'd One on expert yet?

[SaidinWoT]

Jprez has two -1 runs to his name, and is currently (as in, right now) going for the FC... Undead has a -7 and has been making rapid progress all weekend. While the answer is no right now, it might not be in a few days.

[runescapeloser22]

Thanks Bongo. I'll try to figure out what's going on soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i got gh3 i got 98% on through fire and flames on expert XD go me!

 

 

 

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

 

 

well how can i get a pik when

 

a) it happened last night

 

and B) as i said it was a fluke coz ive had a go again and i only got 85% =/

 

I can guarantee that you didn't get 98% "by accident". Only around 20 people have gotten 98% or more.

 

 

 

On my part, I'm still trying to FC the triplets in Constant Motion, and so far I can consistently FC the GRY triplets on full speed, but I can't get the others for my life. And I also can't get the rest of Solo D except the first like 5-6 seconds :lol:

[SaidinWoT]

Quick score updates before I go to school:

 

 

 

School's Out redux, didn't attempt to squeeze the last activation, and thus missed the last 200 points that separate me from optimal:

 

[hide=School's Out][/hide]

 

The Metal reduxed to attempt squeezes... missed every single one but the last one, but it was still a 1k improvement :

 

[hide=The Metal][/hide]

 

Helicopter FC = FC #56 = 80% of GH3 FCed now... Originally had a crappy score for my FC, so I reFCed two runs later for this:

 

[hide=Helicopter][/hide]

 

Monsters redux with -6 in the solo... while I was once able to hit that consistently, I've lost that ability in gaining the ability to FC the rest of the song >_>

 

[hide=Monsters][/hide]

 

Minus Celsius redux with a horrible 3rd activation (missed 1200 points there, and most likely 400 points in the 4th activation...)

 

[hide=Minus Celscius][/hide]

 

Ruby reduxed for the awesomeness.. I want to get more ticks on it, I failed at squeezing this time around...

 

[hide=Ruby][/hide]

 

And finally... proof that I will some day be able to FC The Way It Ends: A -36 run that had everything to do with stupid mistakes and almost nothing to do with loss of stamina. Apparently -36 is still enough to lose 80k points... (though I didn't use the proper SP path, and the misses were rarely multiple notes in a row...)

 

 

 

I have two plans from here - one is to individually redux every song for some set amount of time over a very long period, trying to maximize my squeezing on each of them, and thus secure a good enough score on each song that I won't have to worry about it for a while. The other is to attack the songs where I'm missing the most points (ignoring TTFAF, which will come at the end of either plan). Right now that means I'll be trying to claim a few more FCs that I'm close to, then heading on to Take This Life, to attempt to make up a 107k gap. Yay plans that I probably won't follow through with!

 

[hide=The Way It Ends][/hide]

[blackaddy65]

Thanks Bongo. I'll try to figure out what's going on soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i got gh3 i got 98% on through fire and flames on expert XD go me!

 

 

 

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

 

 

well how can i get a pik when

 

a) it happened last night

 

and B) as i said it was a fluke coz ive had a go again and i only got 85% =/

 

I can guarantee that you didn't get 98% "by accident". Only around 20 people have gotten 98% or more.

 

 

 

On my part, I'm still trying to FC the triplets in Constant Motion, and so far I can consistently FC the GRY triplets on full speed, but I can't get the others for my life. And I also can't get the rest of Solo D except the first like 5-6 seconds :lol:

 

 

 

i never said accident i said fluk...

[runescapeloser22]

Thanks Bongo. I'll try to figure out what's going on soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i got gh3 i got 98% on through fire and flames on expert XD go me!

 

 

 

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

 

 

well how can i get a pik when

 

a) it happened last night

 

and B) as i said it was a fluke coz ive had a go again and i only got 85% =/

 

I can guarantee that you didn't get 98% "by accident". Only around 20 people have gotten 98% or more.

 

 

 

On my part, I'm still trying to FC the triplets in Constant Motion, and so far I can consistently FC the GRY triplets on full speed, but I can't get the others for my life. And I also can't get the rest of Solo D except the first like 5-6 seconds :lol:

 

 

 

i never said accident i said fluk...

 

Ok, then where's your setlist picture? Or any picture of a really good score, because if you can 98% TTFAF then you have to be good enough to say... FC Take This Life and Cult of Personality? (those aren't even comparable to 98% on ttfaf :lol: and btw, quickplay scores don't count because you could have just turned on No Fail and strummed everything wildly to get 98% with like an average multiplyer of 1 or something...)

[SaidinWoT]

Just because it's been a topic of interest in this topic for a little while... Undead FCed One... GH3 is FCed:

 

 

 

[hide=One FC][/hide]

[Da Pirates]

Just because it's been a topic of interest in this topic for a little while... Undead FCed One... GH3 is FCed:

 

 

 

[hide=One FC][/hide]

 

 

 

 

 

He get it on vid? :pray:

[SaidinWoT]

Yes, but the vid isn't up yet.

[runescapeloser22]

Undead is a monster. And he plays on the Wii, FTW!

 

He only needs to FC ttfaf to FC gh3! And he's in 2nd place anyway behind iamchris4life (I laugh everytime I see the TAC add with Chris on it!) so he's really close.

[SaidinWoT]

Just to keep TIF updated (because scorehero.com is just that hard to read...), Jprez also FCed One tonight... two One FCs in one night = :shock:

 

And then I go back just before posting and find that I Don't Wanna Stop and Knock Me Down have both been FCed on GH:OT... While I've never played it, I know both of those were pretty insane for however the heck OT works... so every single game in the Guitar Hero series has now been FCed o.O

 

 

 

Now for my own, personal, much more meager update:

 

I wanted to get Monsters, because I always was able to hit the solo in the past... after a little while in practice mode (omigosh people use practice mode?!? :x ), I had it, and 3 runs later, I got the FC with a crappy score (I don't want to try squeezing this song :( )

 

[hide=Monsters][/hide]

 

 

 

Then, just because I could, I decided to play Black Magic Woman... I hit the fastest 4 note chain in the game (yes, BMW has a faster section than the red snake, it's just really really short), which is the only thing I choke on besides the fast strumming... then I hit the fast strumming... then I failed to choke anywhere else afterwords, giving me FC #58!!

 

[hide=Black Magic Woman][/hide]

 

 

 

That put me in 52nd on XBL... I attempted to go for 50th, which I could have achieved with either a Rock You Like A Hurricane FC or simply improving my Raining Blood score, but attempts at each of those failed. Raining Blood officially owes me an improved score, though, because I have improved a lot since I got that 304k, and become more consistent on Raining Blood itself... I just miserably fail to get *any* points out of the Flood when I did well in Mosh 1, and vice versa.

 

 

 

So now 52nd on XBL, 56th on Scorehero, and 115th across all platforms on scorehero (ironically I'll get in the top 100 all platforms before top 50 for 360, even though I'm much closer rank-wise to the top 50 >_>). Current goal is 60 FCs, looking at Don't Hold Back, Down 'N Dirty, Nothing For Me Here, and Rock You Like A Hurricane all as significant possibilities. Also, just because random facts are fun, if I could pull of a Take This Life FC (when I played it today, I found I had lost it completely, so it would take work), I'd move up to 47th for 360 and 91st across all platforms on Scorehero... yay missing over 100k points in a single song (TTFAF will never count as being at fault, all other songs are vulnerable...)...

 

 

 

Edit: Three different games were finally FCed today (I count each individual instrument on Rock Band as separate)... the only one left is Rock Band Guitar, with Green Grass and High Tides... Everything else is done o.o (DWDTG needs to be FCed too, but it's not on disc... Rock Band DLC would destroy the idea of everything being FCed >_>)

[bongo_man]

someguy913 also FC'd RTTH on Drums yesterday, what a crazy day for rhythm based games that was :shock:

 

 

 

I failed to get a squeeze in Sabotage (1st one is especially ridiculous), so my score remains the same.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haven't been doing too much lately, managed to increase my 'My Curse' score to 397,530, and I choked on a 600k run on TWIE yesterday :( I might go for some of the easier songs on my list which I've come close to FC'ing but haven't put the effort into trying. This includes: RaRAN, In Love, Kool Thing (>_>), RYLAH (-2!!!), Down N' Dirty (-1 in Solo A >.<), Go That Far, and Impulse (Funkiest Riff in History...).

 

 

 

I also had the WORST choke on FCPREMIX yesterday, I had managed to keep an FC up to the fast-strumming bit, and I actually nailed it but choked on the HOPO section afterwards, giving me a-2 run...I'll never forgive myself :(

[runescapeloser22]

 

I also had the WORST choke on FCPREMIX yesterday, I had managed to keep an FC up to the fast-strumming bit, and I actually nailed it but choked on the HOPO section afterwards, giving me a-2 run...I'll never forgive myself :(

 

I would have shot myself with a banana tbh.

[bongo_man]

 

I also had the WORST choke on FCPREMIX yesterday, I had managed to keep an FC up to the fast-strumming bit, and I actually nailed it but choked on the HOPO section afterwards, giving me a-2 run...I'll never forgive myself :(

 

I would have shot myself with a banana tbh.

 

 

 

Well I refrained from smashing the guitar into the TV, so I guess that's one good thing to look at :lol:

 

 

 

EDIT: After FC'ing Solo 3 twice in practice mode, I managed to get it in a real run, giving me the RYLAH FC I've been longing for!

 

[hide=RYLAH FC][/hide]

 

 

 

And in other news, I managed to reduce my FCPREMIX run to a -1, in which I missed the LAST blue sustain at the end of the fast-strumming bit...I just can't win with that song :x

[JeremyM]

still trying to beat knights of cydonia on hard... 8-) i try it like once every 2 weeks max. and i also beat my name is jonas on expert, i was pretty happy about that i love tapping it (well, trying to).

[SaidinWoT]

bongo, by chance have you uploaded scores on to scorehero? I imagine we'd be pretty closely matched :)

[bongo_man]

bongo, by chance have you uploaded scores on to scorehero? I imagine we'd be pretty closely matched :)

 

 

 

Heh, well this is my scores page

 

 

 

http://www.scorehero.com/manage_scores. ... e=5&diff=4

 

 

 

But you're well ahead of me in terms of FC's and scores :P

[SaidinWoT]

You sent me to 'manage scores', which sent me to my own scores :D You have to 'browse scores' and type in your username for it to be a unique link

 

Edit: Using your RYLAH FC to identify you, I'm guessing you're 'jugular'?

 

 

 

Very good news tonight!

 

 

 

First, figuring that I should try to actually improve the score relevant to the competition right now, I played Sabotage. After a few runs, I managed the second activation squeeze, and neglected to try the third activation squeeze for fear of ruining my score, so I'm now 400 off optimal!

 

[hide=Sabotage][/hide]

 

 

 

Having seen the elusive RYLAH FC in bongo's hands, I decided to try for it, and on my first full run (I tend to restart a lot when I'm not happy with things >_>), it happened! The score isn't very pleasing, since I missed a major squeeze (that I hit on the (un-completed) run before and after...), but it was FC #59:

 

[hide=Rock You Like A Hurricane][/hide]

 

 

 

With only one to go for my short term goal, I moved on to Down 'N Dirty, which I felt closest to achieving. A few runs later (with painful Solo A chokes), I got it!

 

[hide=Down 'N Dirty][/hide]

 

 

 

60 FCs achieved!!!

 

 

 

From here, I decided to make more attempts at score-improving things. First, I put FCPREMIX's Aggro Solo in practice (the fast strummy bit that's tripped up bongo [i believe])... I FCed it exactly once... turns out it gives me just as many problems. Even so, I decided to redux FCPREMIX, as I was lacking 50k points in the song. My first redux, I -3ed Aggro Solo and FCed the rest, though I completely messed up the last activation (guitar wouldn't tilt-activate when I realized that I had already missed any hope of pressing select...) and came out with this:

 

[hide=FCPREMIX][/hide]

 

 

 

Finally, I've become somewhat dedicated to getting a The Way It Ends FC... and it's coming nearer and nearer by the day. My best scoring run (and, I believe, the only run I actually played all the way through tonight), was -17 (including a -1 in a SP phrase, which definitely damaged the score). I had a run where I FCed up to the slower fast strumming, and then messed up because I was still going at the old speed. I stuck the solo in practice and FCed it twice. Basically, the FC is just waiting on me to have a single run where everything comes together, because it's all already there, waiting.

 

[hide=The Way It Ends][/hide]

 

 

 

Today ends with 60/70 FCs (no, I don't have any hopes of 70... hopes for 68, however, are plausible), rank 51 on *both* XBL and Scorehero (first time they've agreed), and rank 98 (top 100!) for all platforms!

 

 

 

And with all of that, I must ask bongo... any tips on Take This Life? Right now it's either entirely hit or miss for me... I either have the proper rhythm perfectly, or fail miserably, and such inconsistency is difficult to work with. How did you do it, basically? :D

 

 

 

More edits:

 

Figured out bongo is 'jugular' on SH, and compared:

 

Winning: 46 songs by 686,981 points (14,934 pts/song)

 

Losing: 22 songs by 170,124 points (7,733 pts/song)

 

Tied: 2 songs

 

22 songs by large amounts = me scared :o It also helps me figure out what to redux ;)

[bongo_man]

Congrats on 60 FC's and 98th ranking overall Saidin :D

 

 

 

I'm pretty sure today is the day that I'll get FCPREMIX, and with a little consistency on Solo A in Down and Dirty I should get that too, pushing me to 50 FC's ;)

 

 

 

And yeah, I just realized I linked you to manage scores lol, though you already have the link I'll just post it again for anyone else who's interested (Jugular/Jugulaur/Jugulauur is my usual gaming name by the way):

 

 

 

http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?use ... e=0&diff=4

 

 

 

As for Take This Life, I'm assuming the part that is giving you the most trouble is the ending of the Verse Riff with the quick chord changes? If so then go here for a better explanation of how I hit that part. My post is the the 6th one, but there's other good advice in there as well that may help you out better. Good luck! The entire song is a chokefest :wall:

[Nom]

Time for a Saidin-style update . . .

 

 

 

[hide=Hit Me With Your Best Shot FC][/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Talk Dirty to Me FC][/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Bulls On Parade 100%][/hide]

 

^Accidentally overstrummed while whammying #-o

 

 

 

[hide=Anarchy In the UK FC][/hide]

 

 

 

15 FCs total now, plus the Bulls On Parade 100%, which I will have to redux sometime.

 

 

 

TTFAF is really starting to piss me off. I had 215k at the beginning of Synth Death, which was amazing for me and would have put me damn near, possibly past 400k if I had passed the solos, but I seem to be getting worse at them as I get better at the rest of the song :evil:

[SaidinWoT]

Reasonable progress today, intend to do some more later tonight:

 

 

 

3 Reduxes in the 4th tier, as it's one tier where I was missing a bucketload of points...

 

[hide=Kool Thing]Still missing some 'easy' points that I might go for later

 

[/hide]

 

[hide=My Name Is Jonas]Didn't actually attempt a single squeeze in this song, just had a score from before my time with true SP paths that needed improvement...

 

[/hide]

 

[hide=Even Flow]Missed 800 very very easy points (not even a squeeze, I just activated wrong), so will need to redux again!

 

[/hide]

 

 

 

The redux that actually kicked off my playing for today: 3s & 7s... my score had always been horrible.. a -1 run before the ReFC actually bumped it up by over 1k o.O The FC, however, is what put me into 50th on XBL and Scorehero!

 

[hide=3s & 7s][/hide]

 

 

 

That's all for now, but as I mentioned, 3s & 7s was at the beginning of it all... I'm now rank 48 on XBL and 49 on Scorehero (213 points behind 48th!), which is 94th for all platforms. Slowly but steadily moving up :D

[aquariusman]

Just because it has been used a few times, what's a squeeze? I know it has to do with star power.

[bongo_man]

Just because it has been used a few times, what's a squeeze? I know it has to do with star power.

 

 

 

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6393

 

 

 

Go to section III for squeezing/activating.

[runescapeloser22]

Saidin, you put your Even Flow picture in under the 3's & 7's hide thing, so there's 2 Even Flow pictures :lol:

[SaidinWoT]

Last edited by SaidinWoT on Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.

 

 

 

I have no idea what you're talking about runescapeloser22 :oops:

 

 

 

But for some reason, ctrl + c was acting up horribly on my laptop earlier... took multiple tries to get things copied :/ Thus, wrong picture!