Tommy Gun

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  1. Posted

    I forgot to mention that we have an Elite. So...I guess they're not much better, heatsink-wise. Or maybe it was caused by something entirely different, I dunno.

  2. Posted

    xbox_360_kapot_rrod.jpg

    *sigh*

    You jinxed us! We just got the RROD today for the first time ever! :tdown: :tdown: :tdown: :tdown: At least I got to play the Disturbed songs a few times before it happened, but arrrggghhhh.

  3. Posted

    *cough*freedisturbed2songpackyouweresupposedtobuytheCDfor*cough* Act now while supplies last! (actually I don't think there's even a way to stop this considering there's no way to tell who actually bought the CD and who didn't, at this point, unless they want to be a total pain in the ass to everyone...)

    Not that I condone this sort of behavior. You should all be ashamed of yourselves for even reading this post. :hmph: They're only a buck each, so it's not really a big deal, but you know.

    Lots of bass on the drums. Lots. My pedal practically broke.

  6. Posted

    I FINALLY BEAT GREEN GRASS AND HIGH TIDES ON EXPERT GUITAR! :woohoo::clap::woohoo: Took some practice mode and three tries, with careful overdrive usage. I haven't played it since we first got the game, and was determined to finally beat it. I ended up not using any "tricks" at all, just moved my fingers as fast as I could that's what she said.

    Then we played some four-player for the first time. It was...difficult. Man, each part is so much smaller compared to only guitar/drums. Maybe on a widescreen it's fine. Or maybe it was just a really bad juxtaposition since I had been playing Solo for a couple hours.

  7. Posted

    I hope there's lots of photography in BG&E2, that was one of my favorite parts of the first game. I have no idea why, but I find photography in games really fun (yes, I have Pokemon Snap, and it was the best part of the LOST game).

  10. Posted

    That ferris wheel on hardened. Jesus wept.

    I beat it on Veteran, I have the achievement to prove it!

    Okay, yeah, I played cheap. And by that I mean

    I hid behind the building the entire time, until the helicopter came

    but even so, the last part actually was really tough, because

    since I didn't kill anyone, there were tons of enemies, and I had to run all the way to the other side to pick up the friend! I ran out throwing grenades, ducking and shooting my way around the bumper cars, grabbed the friend, and luckily you have way more health while carrying him, so I was just barely able to make it into the helicopter without dying.

    So it was still pretty awesome. But I really hated that part of the game too, even on normal difficulty. I LOVED everything before (and after) it though.

  12. Posted

    Oh, yeah, I'm not sure how you do it over there in the UK. We just go here.

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    SUCCESS! I finally 5-starred Reaper and "Fooled"!! :tup: :tup: :tup: The only song I have left to 5* in the main setlist is Run to the Hills! Argh! I don't play it often.

    I bought "Kool Thing." Even though I'm not a fan of the song, it's ranked as one of the hardest, and I admit it is really fun to drum to. Only 4 stars so far though. I also raised a bunch of my other scores (I didn't realize Bonus songs count towards your solo leaderboard rank!), and am ranked around #552 now (if the freakin' leaderboard would update). Still working my way up. Before today I was at around #690ish, so that's quite a jump from just a few songs.

  13. Posted

    Have you sent it back? Their returns policy is supposed to be excellent.

    Not yet...technically it's my roommate's, but I don't know if he'll ever get around to sending it back. Now that I have a Les Paul, we don't have to worry about being guitar-less for a bit (I know you can have them send first though).

    I'm a little disappointed to discover that I have EL drums (the first iteration of the kit, with all the issues).

    Yeah, definitely send that back.

  14. Posted

    Is it possible to finish the main story first and then go back and do everything else?

    Yes.

    The problem I'm having is having to repeat certain missions over and over. It's so annoyingly dull having to start back at your apartment, find a cab that's empty, flag it down, skip to the end, jump out the cab, find car, fail mission, repeat.

    Oh man, there was this one mission where I had to drive three guys to a warehouse and then have a big shootout. Well, the warehouse was on that little island thing under the bridge, so there was no easy way to get to it -- you had to drive to the bridge, all the way across the bridge, then loop around. Since I had to take those guys, I couldn't use a cab. During the shootout, enemies continually spawned and my guys kept dying, meaning I had to start it over again like five times, which would be fine except I couldn't take a cab there! That mission pissed me off more than any other, and of course finally I realized there was a pretty easy way to get through it because:

    ...you were just supposed to run out the back door when all the guys rushed in, but I didn't get that at first. I thought I was supposed to kill everyone or something.

  17. Posted

    The only bad sides I felt were with the instruments themselves, and perhaps the narrowness of the "notes" as they travel towards you (they seem harder to hit than GH's).

    The timing window? It's definitely narrow if you compare it to GH3, but probably about equal to GH2 -- advice: CALIBRATE! Again and again. And again and again and again ("from different angles!"). It's now 7 months later and I'm STILL finding that the calibration was/is off, and it makes a huge difference. Mess with the second calibration number a lot, and strum purposely early and late to make sure it's "centered."

    the strum bar doesn't have the same "click" as the old GH2 guitar and it was a little off putting

    I really wish I had a Strat that actually worked (if those even exist), so I could really compare, but I'm so happy to finally have a Les Paul! I don't know if it's even the click that I like, or just the non-mushiness of the bar, so you can feel when you're actually "hitting." I still love the fret buttons on the strat though.

    The noise made by hitting them was too loud, almost overshadowing the rest of the music

    Did you watch my little video of my mods? You can hear me drum on my gum rubber (with the game off). It's not as dramatic in the video since I don't compare it to the non-modded, but I'm sure you get the idea.

    the additional tracks being added every single week, I doubt I'll be going back to GH any time soon.

    Which songs have you bought so far?

  18. Posted

    I finally got a Les Paul! I can actually gold-star songs now! I literally haven't played Solo guitar mode since I got the game, but I guess now I'll go back through all the songs. Mostly I got it so we can finally play the "full" game with four people.

    I heard there were some issues with the Les Pauls though, because of the detachable neck. Have any of you experienced that? Mine seems fine, the only problem is that sometimes sustains fail but maybe I'm just not pressing hard enough.

  21. Posted

    I just got the new GI so I read the whole article. I noticed that the drum lanes are in a weird order -- the left cymbal is #2, but the right cymbal is #5. So it's (P = pad):

    PCPPC even though the actual drum setup is:

    PCPCP.

    I guess they did that because Rock Band has the hi-hat as #2, so they just threw the new cymbal on the very outside? That's going to make rolling around the pads kind of weird to read (although Drummania has the bass pedal in the center lane, so it's also broken up).

    The song sharing certainly is interesting, and if that means there's going to be a whole bunch of FREE songs to download (even with no vocals), then it could be worth it eventually. I also wonder if they're going to be competitive with their DLC pricing.

    The other cool thing is the way they're doing the solo career mode: you can switch difficulties between songs, and even switch instruments. You can skip songs if you don't feel like playing them, even if they're on the setlist. Definitely improvements over RB.

    Still, fuck you Neversoft/Activision (unless the RB drums work somehow, which they won't).

  22. Posted

    Yep, I read that in the manual. And actually, the guy for the station I was referring to is from SNL:

    WKTT - We Know The Truth

    Program: Richard Bastion Show

    Host: Richard Bastion (Portrayed by Jason Sudeikis)

    Topics: Right Wing Political Talk Radio

  23. Posted

    Just five-starred Date with the Night and Siva! Gold-starred The Kill! I'm still pretty terrible at Siva...for some reason that song is hard to read. Anyone who's playing drums, get Date with the Night! It's probably my favorite song in the whole game to play. It has a really fun and interesting rhythm (not so much if you're playing on Medium, dunno about Hard).

    I went back and played some of the bonus songs since they're actually fun to play now with good drums. Am I the only one who always hears Hellen from Vagiant singing "I'll fuck your next girlfriend if she breaks your heart" in the song Seven? (Real lyrics: "I'll rough up your next...")

  24. Posted

    There are already torrents around of the radio stations, though they're fairly poor quality rips, it seems taken from audio piped out of a running copy. some of the stations have 19 or so tracks, and it seems the game mixes them with slightly random adverts and bits of DJ talk.

    Whoa, someone had fun naming all of these files. I was hoping someone would do this -- I rushed through the game and really didn't get to listen to the stations (and even if I hadn't rushed, you still only hear pieces). I don't have a 360 in my room, so unless I wanted to just pause the game and sit for hours in my living room....

    EDIT:

    Other Info: In July of 2007, Rockstar sent out an e-mail to their mailing list subscribers advertising an opportunity to get on the radio in the game. The e-mail included a link to a website with more information. On the website, it was explained that anyone could call a phone number provided and leave a message complaining about America. Select messages would be chosen and would appear on the political talk station WKTT in the final build of the game.

    Holy shit that's awesome! I so would have called if I had known about that!

  25. Posted

    Weep! After hours of furious stomping my bass pedal has broken in twine.

    It's really easy to make your own pedal (if you have the money to buy a cheap real pedal). Since your pedal is broken and you're not sending it back, you can even break it apart and use the sensor from it (though the parts only cost $6 to buy separately). Instructions with lots of photos throughout the thread:

    http://rockband.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2967&sid=893e21d94b1d0f2330af97eca24dd6bb

    Also, here's the podcast/video I did about drum modding, if you're interested.

    TG: I'm getting the Euro version of Rock Band as soon as it comes out, so it's going to be interesting to see what drums we get, and if there's any improvement over the US versions.

    I kind of doubt it. There has been at least one other version of drums (since the two originals), but they're really not any better. Since they need to keep costs down, I don't think you're going to see any significant difference.

    Where's a good place to read up on these sorts of things? I fancy modding my drums for bounce and noise... assuming they're going to suffer from the same problem :)

    I posted a bunch of links on the podcast page, but the ScoreHero forum has lots of great stuff, especially the Drum Modding 101 thread.