Rock Band 2/Guitar Queer-o World Tour

[BH]

If you feel like a nerd just playing the game, try going into Guitar Center to buy new drumsticks for it.  Talk about shame.

Online shopping.

I've learned my lesson.

Well if you didn't walk into the store wearing your Rock Band Hot Topic Tee and asking the "drum tech" which sticks will help your score on Red Barchetta you probably wouldn't have any problem.

Truth be told, the "drum tech" at Guitar Center probably knows more about Rock Bank equipment than real drums.

[TDubbs]

Rock Band: Pearl Jam?

My friend sent me this email - very, very cool. I would kill someone for this game. Make it work video game dorks.

Bought a 1600 point card last night for more songs and still need to pick up Ten.  Maybe that happens today.

If you like fun, I'd recommend it.

I had to opt for the Grateful Dead Pack 2 to finish that stuff out (I think they still have one more coming though), The Bowie Pack, and the two new Allmans Songs.  There's so much I still need to grab.  Damn you Harmonix for coming out with too many good choices.

2 Allmans songs? That's about 45 minutes.

Hehe.  I was trying to play Blue Sky on hard last night.  The solo just killed me.

Pretty much all the "southern rock" songs on that game are murder. Try that Outlaws song, Green Grass and High Tides on hard. It's a 10 minute pair of solos.

I'm just trying to step up to hard level on guitar and bass.  I can get through all the songs I've tried so far on bass (the Phil Lesh shit on the Dead songs can get pretty tricky), but guitar is a whole other beast.  I love that I can't get through these songs yet I can play the bulk of them on a real guitar no problem.

I used to be there. I used to play on Medium only (guitar/bass). Now, I've progressed to a point where I can play 99.9% of the songs on Hard-Guitar (Visions, being the exception) and about 90% on Expert-Bass. I can hold my own on a good chunk of the expert songs on guitar but I need to make sure I have overdrive for some of the solos.

Drums. Well fuck that instrument. Any song on Medium is a bitch for me.

I pretty much only played drums on the first Rock Band, and was able to do every song on Hard except for "Run to the Hills."  I started playing on Expert and could get through most of the songs until you get to the extremely difficult ones.  Guitar, on the other hand, I've had some trouble with.  For some reason I've found Guitar Hero easier to play, even though it's supposed to be more difficult than Rock Band guitar.

You're the best





AROUND!

Hehe.  I've got drums down on medium and need to try stepping up to hard on 'em.  It's easy to get above 90% at least and usually I'd get higher if it weren't for some hits not registering.  The drums are too much fun and I really want to get that damn Ion Drum Rocker thing or make a custom kit with mesh pads for the Mad Catz portable set I have now.  I think this weekend I'm going to try making the custom stomp boxes for the guitar and bass for overdrive.  I already disconnected the tilt sensor since it sucks but hitting the back button can be a bit tricky when trying to play the songs on hard.

I can never get 100% on drums because they don't register correctly.  Sometimes it'll register one hit as a double, and sometimes it won't even register at all.  It's annoying, but usually only screws me up for one note every-so-often.  My old roommate's dog chewed up my drumsticks that came with the game, so I bought a new pair that are a bit bigger and heavier than the stock ones.  If you feel like a nerd just playing the game, try going into Guitar Center to buy new drumsticks for it.  Talk about shame.

Maybe, and I only mean maybe, you actually just screwed up and didn't master a video game for once?  

[Kermit, B.]

Pretty much all the "southern rock" songs on that game are murder. Try that Outlaws song, Green Grass and High Tides on hard. It's a 10 minute pair of solos.

Green Grass & High Tides is absurdly hard on both drums and guitar.  And a lot of the metal songs (Painkiller comes to mind) are stupidly hard, too.

[Slaky]

Pretty much all the "southern rock" songs on that game are murder. Try that Outlaws song, Green Grass and High Tides on hard. It's a 10 minute pair of solos.

Green Grass & High Tides is absurdly hard on both drums and guitar.  And a lot of the metal songs (Painkiller comes to mind) are stupidly hard, too.

Ugh - yes it is. I tried Painkiller on guitar on hard and actually got through it, but just barely. I failed Green Grass 75% percent through and didn't feel like trying again since it took so long, so I'm 0 for 1. Ever tried Megadeth's Sleepwalker? Holy fucking shite.

Like yeti said that Visions song is just stupid. I have no idea why it's in the game.

[Kermit, B.]

Pretty much all the "southern rock" songs on that game are murder. Try that Outlaws song, Green Grass and High Tides on hard. It's a 10 minute pair of solos.

Green Grass & High Tides is absurdly hard on both drums and guitar.  And a lot of the metal songs (Painkiller comes to mind) are stupidly hard, too.

Ugh - yes it is. I tried Painkiller on guitar on hard and actually got through it, but just barely. I failed Green Grass 75% percent through and didn't feel like trying again since it took so long, so I'm 0 for 1. Ever tried Megadeth's Sleepwalker? Holy fucking shite.

Like yeti said that Visions song is just stupid. I have no idea why it's in the game.

Yes, Visions is awful.  I've never tried Sleepwalker, and it sounds like I'll be avoiding that one.

[Poon]

On my wonderful day of nothing to do I realized I can't even get through Sabotage on hard playing drums.  Ug.

[Philberto]

Pretty much all the "southern rock" songs on that game are murder. Try that Outlaws song, Green Grass and High Tides on hard. It's a 10 minute pair of solos.

Green Grass & High Tides is absurdly hard on both drums and guitar.  And a lot of the metal songs (Painkiller comes to mind) are stupidly hard, too.

Ugh - yes it is. I tried Painkiller on guitar on hard and actually got through it, but just barely. I failed Green Grass 75% percent through and didn't feel like trying again since it took so long, so I'm 0 for 1. Ever tried Megadeth's Sleepwalker? Holy fucking shite.

Like yeti said that Visions song is just stupid. I have no idea why it's in the game.

When I did that long setlist, I had some friends over to do it, and we had the drums on medium, bass on medium, and the guitar on hard. We were trucking along quite nicely until that song. We failed it at least 10 times before we finally passed it. It was all on the guitar too. Failed so many times because of me. We finally got it by me taking the first part, and surviving 20-30 seconds before I fail, then waiting until the band almost failed to pull the guitar back in. At that point, someone else was on the guitar because he did better on the "middle" part of the song. Long story, short: We basically had to manipulate the band failure (waiting until the last second, using overdrive right before the guitar failed, etc.) to survive through that damn thing. I haven't touched the song since. I'm curious as to how it is on Medium.

[Poon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrTgkh7lsa0

[Quality Start Machine]

http://www.slashgear.com/hofner-bass-guitar-controller-for-rock-band-revealed-1243615/

[BH]

If any of you queers wanna buy a real guitar amp, let me know. I'm selling one of mine.

[Philberto]

If any of you queers wanna buy a real guitar amp, let me know. I'm selling one of mine.

Allow me to forward you here

[Poon]

This week the Bonnaroo 6 pack for Rock Band

Tracks:
Ben Harper and Relentless7 "Shimmer & Shine"
Coheed and Cambria "A Favor House Atlantic"
Coheed and Cambria "The Running Free"
Phish "Wilson (live)"
Shooter Jennings "Steady at the Wheel"
TV on the Radio "Wolf Like Me"
(All tracks are original master recordings)

The following week the Iron Maiden 12 Pack.

Aces High (live)
2 Minutes To Midnight
The Trooper
Wasted Years
The Number of the Beast
Run To The Hills
Can I Play With Madness
The Clairvoyant
Powerslave
Fear of the Dark (live)
Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)
Iron Maiden (live)

Weeee, Phish.

[Jon]

There was an Iron Maiden 12-pack and I wasn't informed?

[Poon]

There was an Iron Maiden 12-pack and I wasn't informed?

Just announced yesterday.

[Jon]

There was an Iron Maiden 12-pack and I wasn't informed?

Just announced yesterday.

Still, a phone call would have been nice, Rock Band...