FG1NS - RB2 Easy guitar

[qirex]

Finally hit the 9 million mark on Vox tonight, with a good run of WGFA. AND I got the gold on next to you (messy on the OW though, but fuck it, I'll take it.)

And I just realized I'm less than 100 points from an overall 35 million career score (all 4 instruments combined.) Fuck - I should have squeezed something, one fucking time, ever.

I've been doing some "Phil Collins" mode recently, in preparation of attempting to do the ESL by myself. I already have the platinum icon on my guitar, but I feel the need to be 'complete' for some reason. Of course.. the platinum icon is tied to a character I don't prefer to use, so I'll probably have to re-do that, too. Anyhow, I was going through the "easy" songs in BWT, and decided to see how I'd do at the "hard" songs in quick-play.

I passed WGFA and RTTH, and then, while I was on a roll, knocked this out:

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[qirex]

Finally hit the 9 million mark on Vox tonight, with a good run of WGFA. AND I got the gold on next to you (messy on the OW though, but fuck it, I'll take it.)

And I just realized I'm less than 100 points from an overall 35 million career score (all 4 instruments combined.) Fuck - I should have squeezed something, one fucking time, ever.

I've been doing some "Phil Collins" mode recently, in preparation of attempting to do the ESL by myself. I already have the platinum icon on my guitar, but I feel the need to be 'complete' for some reason. Of course.. the platinum icon is tied to a character I don't prefer to use, so I'll probably have to re-do that, too. Anyhow, I was going through the "easy" songs in BWT, and decided to see how I'd do at the "hard" songs in quick-play.

I passed WGFA and RTTH, and then, while I was on a roll, knocked this out:

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[BigZ7337]

[BigZ7337]

[evilgoat]

Nice BBF score. I plan to DL the Thrash pack this weekend and I'm a little excited for the songs that will break my drums. Nice well-roundedness
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XBL ragnartheawful PSN Ragnar_the_Awful

[evilgoat]

Nice BBF score. I plan to DL the Thrash pack this weekend and I'm a little excited for the songs that will break my drums. Nice well-roundedness
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XBL ragnartheawful PSN Ragnar_the_Awful

[qirex]

[qirex]

[socialskills]

Nice, man! I didn't even know you had an Accomplishments thread... dunno, maybe I thought that your awesomeness is self-evident? This is good stuff, but I'm biased and want to see more voxtar accomplishments

When I play drox, I've got the stand up high, with the boom coming down almost like an overhead (about a hair less than a 90 degree angle) and it's positioned so that the boom "intersects" the kit between the blue and green pads. This means that I'm turning my head slightly to the right to sing, which strains my eyes a little bit, but it works for keeping the sticks from hitting the stand (you're doing most of your work on the other side of the kit).

What does your setup look like?
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Accomplishments
- Over 110 million solo RB1 points!
- 2,029 of 2,030 possible solo RB1 stars!
- All 3,255 RB1 BWT stars collected (solo, voxtar, expert)

Voxtar guide.

[socialskills]

Nice, man! I didn't even know you had an Accomplishments thread... dunno, maybe I thought that your awesomeness is self-evident? This is good stuff, but I'm biased and want to see more voxtar accomplishments

When I play drox, I've got the stand up high, with the boom coming down almost like an overhead (about a hair less than a 90 degree angle) and it's positioned so that the boom "intersects" the kit between the blue and green pads. This means that I'm turning my head slightly to the right to sing, which strains my eyes a little bit, but it works for keeping the sticks from hitting the stand (you're doing most of your work on the other side of the kit).

What does your setup look like?
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Accomplishments
- Over 110 million solo RB1 points!
- 2,029 of 2,030 possible solo RB1 stars!
- All 3,255 RB1 BWT stars collected (solo, voxtar, expert)

Voxtar guide.

[qirex]

SS - I gave your setup a try, and it seemed to work out pretty decently. As for "my setup", I've tried a dozen or so different angles and positions for the boom, so I wouldn't say I have an "official" setup.



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58 songs, 58 stars "achievement"



Easy Drum Scores





The other 15 songs not represented above (the ones you don't get in "easy" drum career) have individual pics linked in the scores page of SH.


Also, I got a webcam for free, and figured I'd get into this whole Rock Band vidoes on YouTube shit. Of course, nobody cares about how well I can play, so I put together some videos of how poorly I can play.

In an effort to convince people to watch them all the way through, I will say that on many of them, there's something "fun" in them. Like.. the dog starts barking, and I yell. Or I sing along for a few seconds.

Yeah.. so.. youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/pinesquirrel
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[qirex]

SS - I gave your setup a try, and it seemed to work out pretty decently. As for "my setup", I've tried a dozen or so different angles and positions for the boom, so I wouldn't say I have an "official" setup.



Bump for



58 songs, 58 stars "achievement"



Easy Drum Scores





The other 15 songs not represented above (the ones you don't get in "easy" drum career) have individual pics linked in the scores page of SH.


Also, I got a webcam for free, and figured I'd get into this whole Rock Band vidoes on YouTube shit. Of course, nobody cares about how well I can play, so I put together some videos of how poorly I can play.

In an effort to convince people to watch them all the way through, I will say that on many of them, there's something "fun" in them. Like.. the dog starts barking, and I yell. Or I sing along for a few seconds.

Yeah.. so.. youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/pinesquirrel
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[socialskills]

Man, I spent a good 5 minutes laughing at your comments on the 1* easy drums board... then I spent another good 20 minutes with just the Flirtin' With Disaster video. I'm gonna save the rest of them for when I need to be cheered up at work.
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Accomplishments
- Over 110 million solo RB1 points!
- 2,029 of 2,030 possible solo RB1 stars!
- All 3,255 RB1 BWT stars collected (solo, voxtar, expert)

Voxtar guide.

[socialskills]

Man, I spent a good 5 minutes laughing at your comments on the 1* easy drums board... then I spent another good 20 minutes with just the Flirtin' With Disaster video. I'm gonna save the rest of them for when I need to be cheered up at work.
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Accomplishments
- Over 110 million solo RB1 points!
- 2,029 of 2,030 possible solo RB1 stars!
- All 3,255 RB1 BWT stars collected (solo, voxtar, expert)

Voxtar guide.

[evilgoat]

[evilgoat]

[emptyset]

Wow, that gave (and continues to give) me so many laughs. I got a good laugh out of you telling your dog to shut up during Next to You.

Awesome (?) job, man. Also, your comments are priceless. "Optimal?" "wtf no GS?"
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[emptyset]

Wow, that gave (and continues to give) me so many laughs. I got a good laugh out of you telling your dog to shut up during Next to You.

Awesome (?) job, man. Also, your comments are priceless. "Optimal?" "wtf no GS?"
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[sentimentalgeek]

Nice 1* videos there.

And that's awesome that you're doing voxdrums, drox, or whatever! Not too many people can do multitasking, and voxdrummers seem to be even rarer than voxtarists.

I agree with you on the well-rounded thing too - you should definitely be proud to be doing so well on everything, even if you're not the "best" at any one thing. When I get a drumkit I hope to join your ranks someday.
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RB1/RB2/GHWT Expert Vocal/Voxtar Vids
84/84 RB2 Expert Vocals FCed on Oct 20, 2008!
ACCS: GH | RB | RB2 | PH Balanced

[sentimentalgeek]

Nice 1* videos there.

And that's awesome that you're doing voxdrums, drox, or whatever! Not too many people can do multitasking, and voxdrummers seem to be even rarer than voxtarists.

I agree with you on the well-rounded thing too - you should definitely be proud to be doing so well on everything, even if you're not the "best" at any one thing. When I get a drumkit I hope to join your ranks someday.
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RB1/RB2/GHWT Expert Vocal/Voxtar Vids
84/84 RB2 Expert Vocals FCed on Oct 20, 2008!
ACCS: GH | RB | RB2 | PH Balanced

[qirex]

[qirex]

[qirex]

5* Expert Vox! (aka Fuck You Mississippi Queen and Gimme Shelter, you fucking fucks!)

Finally got around to 5*'ing Gimme Shelter, Wave of Mutilation, Mississippi Queen, and Blood Doll tonight on Vox. Gimme Shelter, of course, was just a son-of-a-bitch. Blood Doll I've always had trouble hearing, but finally sat down (actually, stood up) and just worked it through. The other two.. Mississippi Queen I had to turn the volume down so i couldn't hear that tone-deaf cat-in-heat, and Wave of Mutilation I never got around to because there were easier ways to pick up another 10,000 points.

So... awesome story, huh?

In any event, that gives me 58/58 5* on Guitar, Bass, and Vox. 4 more to go on Drums for the complete 4-branched-log.. NTY, RTTH, WGFA, and Outside. WGFA and Outside I can get with some practice. RTTH I still need to FOUR star before I worry about five. And Next to You.. I suppose is do-able...

BTW - the 3rd and 4th whisper talky in Blood Doll work well if you combine a "miss piggy" voice with just a hint of "yoda". The first two.. not so much.
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[qirex]

5* Expert Vox! (aka Fuck You Mississippi Queen and Gimme Shelter, you fucking fucks!)

Finally got around to 5*'ing Gimme Shelter, Wave of Mutilation, Mississippi Queen, and Blood Doll tonight on Vox. Gimme Shelter, of course, was just a son-of-a-bitch. Blood Doll I've always had trouble hearing, but finally sat down (actually, stood up) and just worked it through. The other two.. Mississippi Queen I had to turn the volume down so i couldn't hear that tone-deaf cat-in-heat, and Wave of Mutilation I never got around to because there were easier ways to pick up another 10,000 points.

So... awesome story, huh?

In any event, that gives me 58/58 5* on Guitar, Bass, and Vox. 4 more to go on Drums for the complete 4-branched-log.. NTY, RTTH, WGFA, and Outside. WGFA and Outside I can get with some practice. RTTH I still need to FOUR star before I worry about five. And Next to You.. I suppose is do-able...

BTW - the 3rd and 4th whisper talky in Blood Doll work well if you combine a "miss piggy" voice with just a hint of "yoda". The first two.. not so much.
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[socialskills]

Congrats on vocal career 5*! That should make voxtaring/multitasking much easier to score on.

[socialskills]

Congrats on vocal career 5*! That should make voxtaring/multitasking much easier to score on.

[sentimentalgeek]

[sentimentalgeek]

[qirex]

Last night, I hit 9.5 million on my solo vocal career. 10's my next "goal" but 9.5 took a little effort to get to.

In other news, I completed the Endless Setlist today, by myself, as a drummer and vocalist, so now I have fancy platinum icons on all instruments. About 70% of the songs were "sightreads" - meaning, I'd never done them drumming/singing before. I've obviously done the parts individually, though.

When it was all said and done, I wound up with 2 Golds (Creep and Ballroom Blitz), 3 3-stars (Outside, Detroit Rock City, and Dead on Arrival), and 259/290 total stars. The only song I had to do twice was Cant Let Go, and I managed to hit about 80% of the Red Train in TKAR (well after the OD notes) before breaking combo.

Not horrible for drox, if I do say so myself.
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[qirex]

Last night, I hit 9.5 million on my solo vocal career. 10's my next "goal" but 9.5 took a little effort to get to.

In other news, I completed the Endless Setlist today, by myself, as a drummer and vocalist, so now I have fancy platinum icons on all instruments. About 70% of the songs were "sightreads" - meaning, I'd never done them drumming/singing before. I've obviously done the parts individually, though.

When it was all said and done, I wound up with 2 Golds (Creep and Ballroom Blitz), 3 3-stars (Outside, Detroit Rock City, and Dead on Arrival), and 259/290 total stars. The only song I had to do twice was Cant Let Go, and I managed to hit about 80% of the Red Train in TKAR (well after the OD notes) before breaking combo.

Not horrible for drox, if I do say so myself.
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