Rock Band. More Awesome.

[MalReynolds]

I think it was because X-box paid money. I know that Harmonix is using the time to put trophies in the game for PS3 users, though.

[SethSquall]

Achievements r GAY.

If you actively try to score them U R WEL GAY.

Lol no seriously I wouldn't mind achievements if they didn't add to an overall score.

But they do.

n dat iz gay

[Plaguefox]

Originally Posted by SethSquall

Lol no seriously I wouldn't mind achievements if they didn't add to an overall score.

Achievements are only important to those who feel Gamerscore is a good way to determine actual game skill.

For a relatively casual player like me, it's not a big deal. For a psycho like Tass it's probably a never-ending holy grail. MUST GET MORE GSCORE.

Then again, he's too busy with Kongregate and honestly, it's way too farking expensive to spend upwards of sixty dollars for each 1,000 points.

Getting certain achievements is fun, though, and I'm prety fond of Rock Band 2's list. Rock Band one has the "Big In <Location>" achievements which I probably won't ever be bothered to finish.

Ah well. Everyone plays differently! Obsessed gamers are no gayer than casual gamers, &c &c.

[B0NK]

I like achievements because they make my e-penis bigger

also chop suey is ****ing gay

[SethSquall]

Originally Posted by Plaguefox

Ah well. Everyone plays differently! Obsessed gamers are no gayer than casual gamers, &c &c.

dey ttly r.

I have no issue with obsessive games. I don't mind what type of gamer you are. I just think a gamerscore is pointless.

[25thhour]

Nutslappers, I want Rockband 2. I can't find it anywhere.

[SethSquall]

Any word on the Megadeth album? What I mean is it any goods?

[jellygod]

rockband 2 is better than 1 imo, i havent boughten it yet but i've played it at my friends house. ive gotten 3 sightread FC's on expert singing so far of the songs i have sung XD, and 1 blackflag.

[s0ulst0n3]

Originally Posted by jellygod

rockband 2 is better than 1 imo, i havent boughten it yet but i've played it at my friends house. ive gotten 3 sightread FC's on expert singing so far of the songs i have sung XD, and 1 blackflag.

I would call it a -1, not a blackflag. xD

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by 25thhour

Nutslappers, I want Rockband 2. I can't find it anywhere.

Try a place that is not known for gaming or electronics. I got mine at Target... got my Rock Band bundle there last year too.

[Afrombean]

My Ion kit came while I was sleeping yesterday. I plan on busting it out of the box when I get home from work in the morning.

I'm proud of myself though. I went to sleep at about 12:40, planning to sleep for the next 10 hours, only to wake up around 3 and see that someone had brought in a large box. Quick investigation and minor deduction told me it was my drums, but rather than stay up and play until I had to go to work that night, I went back to bed and actually got a decent amount of sleep. This is an especially big deal because I've lately become accustomed to getting 3~4 hours of sleep or less when there is something worth staying up for.

But yeah, I'll be reporting back on the subject sometime later this morning.

[Tokzic]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

Ion kit

extreme jealousy ;_;

[Afrobean]

checking in

Cymbals suck ass at sensing hits. Pads are amazing. Everything else is great. Took a lot of work to set it up though. The customizability that came thanks to it though was totally worth it.

Chalk that up for one in the GH vs. RB category though, I think. If these cymbals are balls, I hate to think how the standard GH will fair, and the fact that they're dedicated and unavoidable. At least on the RB kits you can choose to not use cymbals that can only sense most hits. Maybe their method of hit detection will be more effective than this **** too... can't wait to see how they stack up though now that I've experience what is supposed to be "premium".

ps for comparison, I was 100%ing these things in drum trainer easily if I used the yellow pad, but if I used the cymbal, every fourth or so hihat hit was counted as a miss. Seriously, I was just doing 8ths on the hihat and it was missing like 1/5th of all the notes. Kinda pissed, because I'm probably going to have to buy pro cymbals or something now. The Ion website gave some crap about "this equipment is calibrated and other **** sucks", but it's just a quarter inch jack-- how could other equipment not send the same signal?

edit:
i decided I didn't like how the pedal felt, so I put a 1/8 to 1/4 adapter on my RB1 pedal and it works just fine lul

edit: some testing has led me to believe that my cymbal can't sense things in certain spots. Many of these areas it can't sense are in spots I'd never hit. However, it appears as though an area where it can't sense is right where I'd be hitting all the time. I mocked up an image showing it.


The one around the center is understandable, but why the hell would it not be able to read those other areas? It can read toward the edge of the rubber, it can read the center, but it can't read between?

Incidentally, I haven't seemed to have any problems on the one I've got for green. Feels great to use and I haven't noticed any catastrophic failures there. Only thing on this front is that it feels weird to hit the high up cymbal and the snare at the same time; I have red/green associated in my mind as being on the same level.

edit: finicky piece of ****... all of a sudden the cymbal seems to be sensing good. I'll have to keep an eye on it, but perhaps my first impression wasn't an entirely accurate one.

[SethSquall]

I made a video from a mix of pissing about on movie maker and my cousin and one or two of my friends asking what fingertapping is all about and how you do it etc. So I picked solo h and m from GGaHT's as it's like my fav part to finger tap.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue6HTl...watch_response

Hehe.

[Tokzic]

i played it i played it i played it

why did nobody tell me about chord ho/pos

why did nobody tell me about drum solos

why did this game be everything i thought it would be

[jellygod]

so far i have 5 100%s expert singing, 4 of them were sightreads and one was on the second try XD. man i love singing. will work on more ive only played at friend house for a total of 2 hours lol. the drums are fun too... i noticed that this game has much more challenging drum songs .

[Tokzic]

ps you guys are fuccen nubs i passed the abnormality song easily and i only hit one overdrive phrase

pps it was a sightread

ppps i was drunk

[ddr_f4n]

Originally Posted by SethSquall

I made a video from a mix of pissing about on movie maker and my cousin and one or two of my friends asking what fingertapping is all about and how you do it etc. So I picked solo h and m from GGaHT's as it's like my fav part to finger tap.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue6HTl...watch_response

Hehe.

Yeah I tap the last part of the solo as well. That's the funnest part for as well for me.

[Tokzic]

pppps oh my god the drum trainer is fun

i went to check it out and my friends just kind of gaped and muttered obscenities as i 100%ed the tough end of the beats at 200bpm

[dore]

woooo my 360 RRoD'd. Looks like I won't be getting Moving Pictures