DLC Whores FB Weekly Rivalry#4 (Them Again Wins!)

**Kawigi** · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 2879 Location: Redmond, WA

Yep, it was a good time (and as BowlZ mentioned, this band was half the organizational headache that most bands seem to be). My favorite part was actually sitting down and working out a path, and then looking at BowlZ's path (and Deschain's, earlier in the rivalry), and seeing how each of us did. Sometimes I ended up writing up my best path or his best path straight up, sometimes I found some way of taking elements of both paths and combining them into some kind of mutant superpath, but either way I felt like it was better than the pathing I've done in the past.

It was also a new experience having pressure on me to actually be good at bass. I'm pretty sure we could have called ourselves "<-- Better Than This Guy" given the skill gap between me on bass and everyone else on their instruments. That and I need a new guitar :-)

At the risk of sounding generic, thanks to my bandmates, and our occasional last-minute subs, but most of all thanks to PMI and the PawnZ for making me nervously check this thread every Monday night wondering if our efforts measured up. I was often impressed when we were simply outplayed, or surprised to find out I missed something important while pathing, and that's the sort of thing I really expected from doing this, as a spectator in the past.
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**beingmused** · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 2475 Location: Boston, MA

Congratulations!!! I'm glad new bands are experiencing the awesomeness that is the DLC rivalry.

**RipleyLV426** · Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 109

A few more happy thoughts on the rivalry....

- Dropping the mic while doing karate moves during I Can't Keep My Eyes Off of You

- Cursing profusely at Magnetic Baby's 2/* vox activation (Yep, it's my fault.)

- Sitting in an airport watching YouTube vids of Tribute vox on my phone and trying to figure out that middle part for the following day's run (Um, yeah, I'll never see these people again anyway. What time zone am I in?!?)

- My bandmates in perfect harmony for the intro to Somebody to Love

- Having someone in my household inadvertently reset the router 2x during Red Devil (Apologies again, guys! At least each time was near the beginning of the song and we switched to our 'fun' characters!)

- Killing two consoles in the span of nine weeks (Well, I guess that's not really a happy thought.)

- Gaining a better understanding of full band vox end squeezing (Oops! That didn't quite fill...)

- Friendly competition with my buddies in both PMI and Pawns. You guys rock!

- The opportunity to jam with three amazing bandmates and several fantastic subs.

With our various schedules, jobs, travel, etc., it was often a challenge to find a convenient time for everyone for just two songs a week. Hats off to the numerous established full bands out there who path & play regularly.

Thanks again for the last-minute invite, guys. I really hadn't planned on participating in this, but it turned out to be a ton o' fun!

**twistedoak** · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 1152

Nice job Them Again and congratulations. Also congratulations to all those bands that stuck it out to the end this season. It seems harder and harder after every season to get bands that want to do the whole thing.
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**BigZ7337** · Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 2022 Location: Williamsport, PA

Final Season 4 Leaderboards After 9 Weeks of Dlc Whoring on the Mean Streets of Scorehero:
1. Them Again (101)
2. Porno-Music Inc. (91)
3. Harmonix Pawns (71)

Congratulations to Them Again for winning this season with amazing scores every week! Congrats to PMI for coming in second and also putting up great scores. I'd also like to thank everyone who participated in this rivalry, making this consistently the best rivalry on Scorehero.

So for brainstorming, are there any changes you guys would like to make for the next season of this rivalry?

I know that sometimes it's tough to get 4 people with different schedules/time zones together week to week. What if we had 4 songs every two weeks? We could still have only 2 songs due every Monday, or we could have all 4 due every other Monday.

Is the method of song choice working for everyone? I like the 1 team picked and 1 random, but we could have either 2 team picked or 2 random songs every week instead (although the amount of teams and dropouts can effect this).

How about scoring? It seems to work pretty well, but it is tough for a team to catch up if they fall behind early.

Any ideas on how to stop people from quitting (especially when they don't even post why)?

Would shorter seasons be better (5 weeks?)?

That's all I can think of for now, so Merry Christmas (Happy Holidays) to everyone!

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**sportsboy85** · Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 1497

I'm definitely getting in this next time. Nice job Them Again!

**twistedoak** · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 1152

I think the season should be shorter. Cut the weeks in half. If there are a lot of bands, they should share the songs for the week and get rid of the random song for that week.
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**BowlZ** · Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 1472 Location: Aurora, Ohio

shorter season would hold peoples interest all the way through easier
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**sportsboy85** · Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 1497

I think JCirri should put this rivalry on the announcements because it's so well-run and is basically the only thing we have left to even compare to leagues. In short, more people should join this rivalry! Also, I think 2 randoms every week instead would keep it fun and surprising, since there is now almost 1000 DLC songs out now, (nevermind TB:RB DLC, and LRB).

**Deschain** · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2137 Location: Austin, TX

It's certainly well-run, but there were what, 4 bands that made it past the first week? Front page support would help, I just kinda doubt it would happen, or result in enough signups that stick it out.

Although, I think if the rivalry incorporated the Rock Band Network when it came out, that might drive up some interest. HUGE amount of songs, most brand new and not picked over.
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Lars Ulrich said, not wrote:

It's only 7 1/2 minutes! F***, we gotta put some more riffs in there.

**sportsboy85** · Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 1497

**Sixen** · Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 1201 Location: Johnstown, NY

**Deschain** · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2137 Location: Austin, TX

**Sixen** · Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 1201 Location: Johnstown, NY

Would there be any interest in starting up another season soon with any and all changes people think would make it more competitive?

**Deschain** · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2137 Location: Austin, TX

I'd be interested. Could maybe convince one of my bands to join too, more bands the better.
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Lars Ulrich said, not wrote:

It's only 7 1/2 minutes! F***, we gotta put some more riffs in there.