Draktyr's Rock Band stuff (First 10mil guitar/618k GGAHT)

**Draktyr** · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 108 Location: Tampa, FL

12/20 - Just knocked out a 618k Green Grass and High Tides, putting me into first place by a small margin. Had one dumb miss before the first solo, then FCed solo 1. Also made a few dumb mistakes in solo 2, and lost a combo twice during one of the zigzag sections which probably led to a few more notes missed each time. Totals were 100% solo 1, 98% solo 2.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd248/draktyr77/GGAHT.jpg (sorry for bad pic quality)

For anyone wondering, to break 600k you probably need to FC solo 1 and get more then 95% on solo 2 (when you get an awesome solo rating). I've had to restart many, MANY times when I miss a note during the first solo.

10 more cities left to become big in, which I'll work on in my spare time.
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12/10 - Been awhile since I've updated. I just hit 10,000,000 points on guitar, and I've achieved my last guitar goal by doing so. Most songs have been FC'ed, but many still lack the optimal Overdrive usage that Sully and Raunch are so awesome at charting and achieving. Songs left to FC:

Dani California (-1 end solo)
Wanted Dead or Alive (-1 on that stupid zigzag part near the end)
Brainpower (hatred of THAT part, you know the one)
Won't Get Fooled Again (-1 on solo fast chords)
Foreplay/Long Time (few misses during solo, argh)
Highway Star (damned Misirlou part, I always miss a couple there)
Pleasure (Pleasure? -1 solo)
Run to the Hills (solo is a mess, best is 91%)
Brown Grass and Low Tides (if I play this song one more time I'm going to eat someone's children)

All but Brainpower, RttH and GGAHT I can usually nail in practice mode, but I can't ever seem to FC during optimal runs. Oh well! Think I'm going to focus on getting the remaining achievement points in Band World Tour next.

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11/28 - Endless setlist on expert completed. I NEVER want to do that again. Platinum artist obtained. Only achievements remaining are the "big in" city achievements. Also bought the stupid goat head guitar so people can wonder why I wasted so much cash on such a dumb guitar!

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Howdy all, this is the first time I've ever made an accomplishment thread, so here goes.

As of right now, I'm currently ranked #1 overall on Vocals and Guitar for Xbox Live. I'm quite positive that those scores won't last, considering I'm up against amazing players like Wulfe.

It actually wasn't too hard to Gold Star most of the guitar songs, with the exception of a few. Those songs have already been pointed out in other threads (Brainpower, Run to the Hills, Seven, etc). The accumulation of energy while currently in overdrive mode adds a new twist to "starpower paths", so it'll probably be awhile before people figure out the optimal scores for some songs.

My bird-chested guitarist, Drak:
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd248/draktyr77/drak.jpg

Here's how I did vocals - I have perfect pitch. For those that aren't familiar with it, it's the ability to recognize the exact pitch or note by simply hearing it. Therefore, it's pretty easy for me to match the pitch during songs, which is just about all you have to do for most of them.

With the exception of the spoken/yelled parts, the game doesn't care about when you start or stop singing a note, as long as you're singing the correct pitch when it requires it. Because of this, you can literally hum non-stop through an entire song, only changing the pitch up or down to match what's being displayed at the time. And yes, humming is perfectly fine. Of course for anyone watching or listening at the time, it sounds rediculous, hehe. But, for those of you that don't care about that and just want to pass the songs, feel free to hum your way to victory

(Anti-flame disclaimer: I openly admit that someone with legitimate singing talent getting top scores is a much more respectable achievement then my hum-fest.)

My gender-confused singer, Tyr:
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd248/draktyr77/tyr.jpg

Next step for me is to learn to play and sing at the same time, like some of you are doing. I've tried it a few times, and I'm becoming decent at it, but again this is just humming for vocals. Eventually when I learn the lyrics to every song I'll try and record some videos of me doing it so I don't look like a complete moron.

Anyway, if anyone needs some tips for vocals, or wants a friendly scoreduel, feel free to hit me up under my xboxlive screenname: Draktyr Exodus.

Thanks for reading

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**rabies** · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:28 am Post subject:

I'm comin for you on vocals! I just ran through and sightread all the expert tracks and ended up top 20. I've gotta run back through some of them as I had no idea how the vocal lines went on the first run. I realized early on that you scored better when you make sure you key in on pitch more than singing the words...and started making sure to 'sing' the first notes of each line early for max points.

Anyway, I see you at like 8 million points or so. Does the game count bonus songs towards that total? I have not done those yet.
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**sluggo** · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 850

Nice work! I think you, Wulfe and I need to start a supergroup.

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**wuLFe** · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 2679 Location: Richmond, IN

**TheRidGE** · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 516 Location: Budd Lake, NJ

I am gunning for your vocal high scores. Which difficulty did you play through vocal on? Right now, all my scores are expert only, which is hurting my score (I know I have a few songs where my expert score is surrounded by people who beat the song on MEDIUM... it's depressing).

You are truly lucky to have perfect pitch. My brain just isn't wired for that. But then again, in a true performance setting, my singing of the vocals might be more enjoyed. I hope that Rock Band gets serious attention in a competitive sense, and gets judged as a performance, not just for the band's final score. As I see it, Guitar Hero should be about technical skill, and Rock Band should be about the audience's enjoyment of the performance.

I'll see you at the top of the vocal leaderboards... maybe a rivalry should be set up...

**rabies** · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject:

**Danin** · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 40 Location: Nashville

**Draktyr** · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 108 Location: Tampa, FL

I would DEFINENTLY love to start a supergroup with you guys. I'll happily play bass if needed, since I'd sure feel a lot more confident with Wulfe on Guitar, hehe. And, until I get my actual singing down, it would be pretty boring to listen to my vocals

We'd need a good drummer though, since I'm pretty lackluster on them right now.

Back in college, most people were jealous of my perfect pitch, which I can completely understand. I have a lot more respect for people who have to learn to match pitch without "cheating", since that takes true skill and ability to do.

TheRidGE, I played through on expert, and I'm in the same boat as you - there's a lot of medium and hard scores which are ahead of my expert scores on some songs. I have no doubt that with practice, people could get their total scores up until the 9 million+ range, so I don't think my spot on the leaderboards is gonna stay for much longer

Bonus songs DO count towards the total, but downloadable songs don't.

**sluggo** · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 850

If you guys are up for it, I'd love to take video of us taking a whack at Green Grass and High Tides sometime this week or next (I can capture direct-feed footage). We broke 2 million in our Battle of the Bands event, and that was with Medium drums & vox (I was on Expert guitar), so I'm betting 3 million is possible with an Expert drummer.

I'll send some PMs -- I can also play Expert drums on GG&HT, so we have lots of options for who can play what.

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**wuLFe** · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 2679 Location: Richmond, IN

**Huwonk** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2432 Location: Marysville, Ohio

Draktyr, the vocals don't play through for the other players when playing online so it doesn't matter how you sound.

I'm really jealous of your perfect pitch. I used to be a really good singer as a kid, and somewhere along the way I must have stopped singing because I'm pretty average now. I can FC quite a few songs on Hard (even some harder songs like Tom Sawyer), though. I am scared to try Expert vocals...

If you guys need a bassist, I'd love to step in! I know my scores aren't very good yet on guitar, but I was using the Strat that didn't activate Overdrive by tilting or would activate by itself during silent sections for some reason. I'll probably end up switching back to the Les Paul or Xplorer for more competitive play. I could also sit in for Hard Drums or Vocals although that isn't exactly ideal for a "superband".
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**GurnKiller** · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2319 Location: Central NJ

I'd be glad to play some expert drums on GGHT for ya... let me know! (Currently #3 on expert drums leaderboards, unless someone knocked me down while I'm at work today >.<)

XBL: GurnKiller

**Galvnayr** · Joined: 13 May 2007 Posts: 1098 Location: Mass

Drak, i'm coming for you on guitar.

**sluggo** · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 850

**GurnKiller** · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2319 Location: Central NJ