What is happening to the SH community....

**TH3DARKM3TAL** · Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 585 Location: mass

im sure everyone has noticed. but i am just wondering why, it seems like EVERYDAY more and more people are taking "breaks" from rock band...
i myself have been considering it. what makes people continue playing so long? for me it was going for bass fcs, but now that i almost have all of them, the only reason i want to play is for my band.

the list of people realizing that rock band is getting boring grows frequently...

please someone give me some idea as to why i am finally becoming so bored with this game i like so much..? after all the money i have invested i dont want to quit.

one reasoni playedwas for youtube videos, but it seems like no one cares anymore, haven gotten a new sbscriber in over 2 weeks..
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**Npeaen** · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 569 Location: Monterey, CA

I think the reason you play is part of the problem.

I know this sounds idiotic coming from me but it seems these days that everyone and their mother thinks they can become famous by putting Guitar Hero/Rock Band videos on youtube. That's no reason to play, especially if you judge success by subscribers. There is nothing that enrages me more than people desperately seeking subscribers.

Play to have fun, and if you're not, stop. That's all there is to it.
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**Carungi** · Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 2216 Location: Phoenix, AZ

**sextypething** · Joined: 04 Apr 2009 Posts: 176

I think we as a community are expecting too much of the top players, thus making them feel pressured to keep pushing to do better and better, when maybe they've temporarily hit a wall, and they just keep trying and getting frustrated to the point of saying, "I think it's time for a break.".
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**82erkle** · Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 7727 Location: UW-Eau Claire

It's pretty much what npean and carungi just stated.

Why are you playing Rock Band to just become popular? I just don't understand the pull of "OMG I NEED TO BE FAMUS CUZ I HAZ UTOOB VIDEOZ!"

Rock Band/Guitar Hero is to better yourself at a game, and meet some new friends on ScoreHero in the process.

Right carungi <3.

But seriously, being famous isn't what GH/RB is about. It's about your passion. What you want to do.
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**spartancl44** · Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 213 Location: Massachusetts

**internetguy87** · Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Posts: 3505 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

I think it has been said here a bunch of times. I am having so much more fun with the game not really sitting and working for a tough FC. As some people may have saw I am currently working to FC every song on vocals. I spent so much time last week getting down to 5 songs left. Only 5 songs, but I knew this week, that I was burned out. So I am waiting at least 1 week to work on these 5 songs, and today all I did was go down the list of drum songs, and pick ones I really wanted to play. I played each one, maybe two times. If I got a good score I wrote it down, otherwise I moved on. It was the most fun I had in a while on this game. Eventually I will finish off the vox list, but I knew that it was getting a point beyond fun so I made myself stop.

People need to see it coming basically and take smaller breaks, instead of getting burned out and taking a long break. It makes the game much more fun that way.
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**Southparkhero** · Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 3251 Location: Some place in NJ.

I really hate when people say they are going on a "permanent hiatus" when they are gone for mabye 4 hours. If your going on hiatus, MAKE SURE YOUR ACUTALLY DOING IT.[size=7] /azuriteandpeter<_<_<_< just playing...kinda

Also its basically comes down to BAWWWWWWWW NO ONE LIKES ME BAWWWWWWWW or...I have to do real life things, before video games.
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**HoboBobulus** · Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 495

It depends on how much you enjoy music I guess. These days I play the game to enjoy the music. I do know this however: the rock band SH community used to be a lot closer before RB2 was released (if nowhere else, then definitely in the vocals section); there was a lot more competition and most everyone frequented the site and knew each other. I mean seriously, there are maybe 2 of the vocals players that I remember from RB1 that still come around here often, and most of the guitar and drum players I remember are now only occasional posters. I think RB2's decrease of the competitive atmosphere might have something to do with that. Plus, there are just sooo many songs right now that I think a lot of the hardcore players are questioning their purchase of DLC more frequently, which makes them less enthusiastic about the game in the long run; it's not as exciting to see an awesome song come out as it used to be.

With regards to the youtube issue, it seems to me that if you weren't around and making videos at RB1's height, then you aren't going to be steeped in subscriber's unless you do something insane. Youtube frequenters who are RB enthusiasts all have their go-to people by now, and the likelihood of stealing subscribers away from Someguy, or JLC, or the several RB-youtube "celebrities" is low.

**Fedora** · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 2286 Location: Des Moines, IA

I have been known to frequent random quickplay bands recently too, Gurn.
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**ManfredvonKarma** · Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 3783 Location: Toms River, NJ

Really, it's not so bizarre want/need to take a break from these games. It gets kind of samey after a while, and the longer you play RB, the less you'll be playing other games/doing work/socializing in the real world. I've taken several long-ish breaks from GH/RB. I came back after a while because the games are awesome, but you just get tired of them after a while.
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**Fedora** · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 2286 Location: Des Moines, IA

As for the community, well, the general forum is the lifeblood of this place, and frankly we've gone from hot anticipation of the announcement of RB2 to it having been out 6 months and all the promotional cycle for the product is about over.

We're out of things to talk about.
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**CHawk** · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 2151 Location: North Carolina

Well, another reason why people are taking breaks is because school is taking a priority at this time. Me for example...I'm taking a break because I have a research paper on Capital Punishment calling my name.

It's all about the time of the year I guess.
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