It has been done. GS on When You Were Young!

**Nickisimo** · Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 774 Location: Charleston, SC

I think someone else on the Vocal OD page for this song was also getting close, but I managed to finally nail that 3rd phrase and squeeze out the last OD to pick up enough for the 1st ever GS. IT CAN BE DONE!

I did this while online too, so my score on XBL for this should be updated soon(right now I think my 155k run is up there). But, there was no foul play with Photoshop invovled. Actually, someone by the name of deathbypig x3h got 160.3k on this on XBL, which is probably enough for a gold star as well, but this is the first GS for this I've seen on SH and will trump his score.

Now, the question I'm sure all of you are wondering is...how in the name of Jiminy Cricket did you pull this off? I could be a jerk and hang on to this since it's sort of the greatest secret in RB Vocals, but I'm not a jerk(not always anyway), and I'm sure once I explain how I did it, others will out-squeeze, out-shine me and my name shall be forgotten,

but...this is how I did it:

First, I was just trying to get something better than my 144k run of it. I thought maybe I took a lousy path or missed a singing phrase somewhere and was trying to get a little more. Then, I noticed on the 3rd and final talky part that the little arrow at the bottom was blinking between green and red as if I was starting and stopping 10 times a second. So, I had an idea. I restarted, then for the first talky part, all I did was hold my tone from the little singy pieces(You play...)all the way through the phrase. Awesome.

Second phrase, Strong(about 95%)

Third phrase, Strong(about 97-98%)

Determined to finally conquer this bitch, I found what I think to be the best SP path, though I could be wrong(see below), and after adding some very subtle noises to my flat tone when the words came across(as if you were singing them normally), I just barely landed the last phrase, activated before the end and squeezed the last phrase. Ching! Took me about 25-30 tries.

So, I'm going to enjoy my moment in the sun while it briefly lasts. I'm sure by the end of the night someone will jump ahead of me. Hussah for the 55th possible GS though!

Path:
Before "Can We Climb..."
Before "They say the devil's..."
Before the first "I say he doesn't look a thing like..."
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**blingdomepiece** · Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 4358 Location: Ottawa ON Canada

Skeltonath got the gold star on PS2 last month.
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**skeltonath** · Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 917 Location: Bonney Lake, WA

Yeah, but it was on ps2. Ps2 talky part are way easier. I actually FC'd Next To You in a band session on ps2 also. Basically on ps2, as long as you make a noise, it registers well. A good example of this is when I 5 starred Sabotage with gibberish on ps2.
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**CaptainDecoy** · Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 55 Location: Newark, DE

I tried this, and it didn't work for me, so I must still be doing it wrong. I *did* manage to add 10k to my score, but that was likely due to better path/hitting all the sung phrases.

I guess a video is too much to ask from someone who has sworn off of youtube. Any chance we could get an audio recording of you singing the talky parts?

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**pvtGramps** · Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 114

Congrats, Nick!

Now, what songs does that leave us with? Vasoline, Dead on Arrival and what else?

Methinks this is one of the more entertaining things in RB.
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**Nickisimo** · Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 774 Location: Charleston, SC

Vasoline, The Hand That Feeds and I'm So Sick are mathematically impossible to Gold Star. So, I think this is it for Vocals. By my own calculation the guy who had the 160k score on XBL actually achieved the GS for WYWY before I did. I think the GS cutoff is roughly 157k. I had 156.1k going into the last phrase and I didn't get it until after, so it's at least that much.
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**crazymonkey841** · Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 1183 Location: South Jersey

Something never seemed right about those sections, it would be easier if practice mode was better

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**deathbypig** · Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 48

Actually I was the first to gold star this song with a little over 160k...about half a month ago....on the 360 version. WTF Am I chopped liver? I posted I got the gold stars a month ago almost in the gold star cutoff thread. Duh. :p
Good job though. I haven't tried to go back and improve my score, when I got it, I thought that many others had gold starred it before me. I was the first. I just didn't make a thread about it. lol Good job nick. BUt seriously, I beat you ages ago. ;)

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**RedTsunami** · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:19 am Post subject:

is there a good youtube vid of a run with the BB bug? I wanna try it!
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