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[plaidtopia]

That's right -- it's that special time of year again, boys and girls: time to rock the f*** out. Things have change a bit, so make sure to read the new rules!


Terms of Battle:
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1) Every Friday for four weeks, I will announce three songs, along with the band matchups. One song will be marked as required for both bands to play, while two will be marked as reserves.

2) Competing bands will have until Monday to select two other songs -- retail disc or DLC songs can both be included -- that they will both play. A band may not choose the same song more than once.

3) If bands are unable to communicate or can't agree on the two shared songs by Monday, they will instead default to playing the two reserved songs originally posted by me on Friday.

4) Bands will then have a full week (until the next Monday) to play their three songs and submit scores to me. Screenshots of the scores are required. The band with the highest overall score wins that matchup.

5) At the end of the four weeks, our BCS (Band Championship Series) will begin and bands will be matched up by win-loss records to determine the championship and final placement. In the case of a win-loss record tie going into the BCS, the edge goes to the band with the highest overall margin of victory.

6) Competition begins with the announcement of the first week's songs on April 11.


Joining is easy:
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1) Post your gamertag/PSN ID below, along with your instrument and difficulty of choice. Most importantly, post your time zone -- the most successful bands are typically those that can reliably play together, after all.

2) I am not organizing bands -- coordinate in this thread or through PMs and form bands of four. Once complete, post or PM me the complete band details. There is no deadline for band creation, but latecomers enter with a disadvantage of likely having missed a week or more of eligible competition.

3) If you participated in the previous BotRBB, for the sake of parity, I'd prefer it if you don't reform your previous band, but I also realize that this may be inevitable given scheduling. You may join up with previous members provided that you don't play the same instruments as last time.

4) Once the band is created, post your band's shared DLC in this thread. A full list of DLC thus far is available here.

5) GAFers who haven't formed bands by the start of the competition will be automatically assigned to a band by me.


Other guidelines:
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1) GAFers of all skill levels are encouraged to join. Bands can be arranged of players from a variety of skill levels, as well. This iteration of the BotRBB was designed as head-to-head specifically so that those of lower skill levels might still be competitive.

2) Please do not join in unless you plan to see the competition through to the end.

3) Though creating bands out of GAFers is strongly encouraged, Non-GAFers who play on the same local system are also welcome. In other words, your wife/roommate/6-year-old prodigy are welcome, but XxFreTsLayERxX from the online leaderboards is not.

4) Band banners are more than welcome, but please limit them to 500 x 120 px in size.

5) To those Beard Rock members who neglected to join in the last time: For shame! This time around, your participation is mandated -- deal with it, eXxy.

6) No matter which band he's a part of, Sylar has to play bass.


Overall standings:
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1) Dragon Ryders (1-0) (+1,099,283)
2) Intense Flavor (1-0) (+739,460)
3) The Consequence of Sound (0-1) (-184,118)
4) Chekov's Towel (0-1) (-250,909)
5) One More Day (0-1) (-739,460)
6) The Drakken, Gatekeeper, Lonestar and LakeEarth Experience (0-1) (-1,099,283)
7) Medium Rare (0-1) (-1,194,430)
Full week one results


Week 2 details:
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Week 2 songs:
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"Still Alive" - GLaDOS (required)

"Time We Had" - Mother Hips (reserve)
"Wanted Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi (reserve)

Any songs from tiers 3-4 may also be substituted for the reserve songs (provided that both bands play the same three songs), including the following DLC:

"Fortunate Son" - Clearwater Revival
"Cherry Bomb" - The Runaways
"Can't Stand Losing You" - The Police
"Ever Fallen in Love" - Buzzcocks
"I Fought the Law" - The Clash
"Attack"' - 30 Seconds to Mars
"KillThe Kill" - 30 Seconds to Mars
"Dirty Little Secret" - The All-American Rejects
"Song with a Mission" - The Sounds
"Interstate Love Song" - Stone Temple Pilots
"All the Small Things" - Blink-182
"Teenage Lobotomy" - Ramones
"Sex Type Thing" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Why Do You Love Me?" - Garbage
"Crushcrushcrush" - Paramore
"Sprode" - Freezepop
"Juke Box Hero" - Foreigner
"My Sharona" - The Knack
"3's & 7's" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Synchronicity II" - The Police
"Heroes" - David Bowie
"Moonage Daydream" - David Bowie
"Queen Bitch" - David Bowie
"N.I.B." - Black Sabbath
"War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
"Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Hard to Handle" - The Black Crowes
"Limelight" - Rush
"Die, All Right!" - The Hives
"Action" - Sweet
"Last Train to Clarksville" - The Monkees
"Don't Look Back in Anger" - Oasis
"Live Forever" - Oasis
"Wonderwall" - Oasis
"Roam" - The B-52's
"Calling Dr. Love" - Kiss
"The Collector" - Nine Inch Nails
"I Need a Miracle" - The Grateful Dead
"Beethoven's C***" - Serj Tankian
"Peace of Mind" - Boston
"More Than a Feeling" - Boston
"Rock and Roll Band" - Boston
"Something About You" - Boston
"Shake" - Count Zero
"Call Me" - Blondie

Week 2 matchups:
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One More Day
vs.
Drakken

Medium Rare
vs.
Chekov's Towel

Intense Flavor
vs.
Dragon Ryders

The Consequence of Sound
vs.
Trucksplosion

BANned
vs.
The Tags

Unnamed 360 band #3
vs.
Unnamed PS3 band #4

Remainder (vs. the average):
Unnamed PS3 band #5


Week 3 details:
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Week 3 songs:
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"Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambira (required)

"Epic" by Faith No More (reserve)
"Pleasure (Pleasure)" by Bang Camaro (reserve)

Any songs from tiers 5-6 may also be substituted for the reserve songs (provided that both bands play the same three songs), including the following DLC:

"Bang a Gong (Get It On)" - T.Rex
"Little Sister" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Sick, Sick, Sick" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Sweet Leaf" - Black Sabbath
"Move Along" - All-American Rejects
"Siva" Smashing Pumpkins
"Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial)" - Coheed and Cambria
"Complete Control" - The Clash
"Sugar Magnolia" - The Grateful Dead
"Truckin'" - The Grateful Dead
"Franklin's Tower" - The Grateful Dead
"Hitch a Ride" - Boston
"Message in a Bottle" - The Police
"Saints of Los Angeles" - Mötley Crüe
"Pain and Pleasure" - Judas Priest
"Fever" - Judas Priest
"Devil's Child" - Judas Priest
"Joker & the Thief" - Wolfmother
"Number of the BeastThe Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden
"Working Man" - Rush
"Truth Hits Everybody" - The Police
"China Cat Sunflower" - The Grateful Dead
"Casey Jones" - The Grateful Dead
"Shockwave" - Black Tide
"Smokin'" - Boston
"Rock Rebellion" - Bang Camaro
"Riding on the Wind" - Judas Priest

Competing bands:
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*: This GAFer was assigned to a band after the deadline

Dragon Ryders (Shared DLC)
Okin and local crew

BANneD (Shared DLC)

The Jer (PSN: TheJer) (MST) - Expert bass
TheExodu5 (PSN: TheExodu5) (EST) - Expert guitar
Local to TheExodu5: Expert drums, vocals

One More Day (Shared DLC)

GCQuinton (GT: Wsv771) (EST) - Expert vocals
ianswoody (GT: ianswoody) (CST) - Expert guitar
BobFromPikeCreek (GT: F1shBulb) - Expert drums
Baker (GT: Forensick) (CST) - Expert bass

The Consequence of Sound (Shared DLC)

plaidtopia (GT: plaidtopia) (PST) - Expert guitar
Saerk (GT: Saerk Wren) (PST) - Expert guitar/bass, drums
duderon (GT: TJ Duderon) (EST) - Expert vocals, expert drums
onemic (GT: onem1c) (PST) - Expert/hard drums, medium guitar

Intense Flavor (Shared DLC)

Charron (GT: Kiya Ichiko) (EST)- Hard/expert drums
XShagrath (GT: XShagrath) (EST) - Expert vocals
radjago (GT: Radjago) - Expert bass
Local to XShagrath: Expert guitar

Medium Rare (Shared DLC)
ICallItFutile (GT: ICallItFutile) (EST) - Medium bass
Kusagari (GT: Ninjasharkman) (EST) - Medium/hard guitar
BigBlackGamer (GT: Big Black Gamer) (EST) - Medium drums
Tek (GT: Tekezy) - Medium vocals

Chekov's Towel
Trav (GT: Trav) (EST) - Expert guitar/bass, drums
Local to Trav: Expert drums, hard/expert guitar/bass and vocals
Dekelia (GT: Dekelia) - Expert guitar/bass, hard vocals
Local to Dekelia - Vocals

Drakken, Gatekeeper, Lonestar and LakeEarth Present : The Drakken, Gatekeeper, Lonestar and LakeEarth Experience, featuring Drakken, Gatekeeper, Lonestar and LakeEarth (No DLC)
LakeEarth (GT: LakeEarth v1) (EST) - Expert guitar
Lonestar (GT: Lonestar 1979) (CST) - Bass
Drakken (GT: Drakken688) (EST) - Expert drums
Gatekeeper (GT: Z3R05UM) (PST) - Medium vocals


AWOL bands:
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Members are allowed to reform bands

The Tags (No DLC)
jet and local crew

Unnamed 360 band #3
*Prince of Space (GT: Motsy) (PST) - Hard guitar, expert bass, medium vocals
*xbhaskarx (GT: xbhaskarx) (PST) - Medium guitar/bass
*TaKeRx (GT: STi xTaKeR) (EST) - Expert guitar/bass
*Jesiatha (GT: Jesiatha) (PST) - Expert drums, guitar/bass (will be unavailable for a week)

Unnamed PS3 band #3
*BobsRevenge (PSN: BobMac) (EST) - Expert guitar, drums, medium/hard vocals
*captscience (PSN: captscience) - Drums
*ScrabbleBanshee (PSN: BinaryJay) (EST) - Hard guitar
Looking for one more GAFer

Unnamed PS3 band #4
*Slacker (PSN: SlackerCS) (CST) - Expert drums
*rotaryspirit (PSN: rotaryspirit) (EST) - Hard/expert drums
*w2000 (PSN: w2000) (EST) - Medium guitar/bass
*Takuan (PSN: STEAKJUICE) (EST) - Expert guitar, hard/expert drums.

Trucksplosion (Shared DLC)
Foxtastical and local crew


GAFers looking for bands:
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360:
BreakyBoy (GT: Breaky Boy) - Hard/expert drums, vocals, expert guitar/bass
fin (GT: Finjitzu) (CST) - Hard drums
Coop (GT: Coop421) (EST) - Expert guitar
Kestastrophe (GT: Kestastrophe) (EST) - Expert bass, hard guitar
gregor7777 (GT: Gregor7777) (EST) - Medium/hard guitar/bass
Stabby McSter (GT: Stabby McSter) (PST) - Expert guitar, expert/hard drums, expert vocals

PS3:
PirateSean (PSN: AKIRA-UK) (Britain) - Medium/hard drums, hard/expert guitar/bass,
captainflimflam (PSN: captainflimflam) (Britain) - Hard vocals, medium drums
Alpha_eX (PSN: Alpha_eX_US) (Britain) - Expert/hard drums, guitar/bass
Souther (PSN: Cyclonus) (EST) - Expert/hard drums


Hall of fame:
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Winter 2008 champions:
Full Winter 2008 results

Coolshade Drive
Drakken
Saerk
Duderon
GCQuinton

 

[fistfulofmetal]

Looks like I won't be able to participate until MS replaces my 360 and I can replace my Rock Band disc. Which means I won't be participating at all.


Oh well :'(

 

[Lonestar]

Well, I do want to join. But man, expert scares me!!!! Bass or Drums please

Lonestar 1979 gamertag

 

[plaidtopia]

Looks like I won't be able to participate until MS replaces my 360 and I can replace my Rock Band disc. Which means I won't be participating at all.


Oh well :'(

vadernooooooo.gif

I can't believe you're out of this one, too. Bummer.

 

[The Jer]

YES!!

Sign me up, captain!

Spoiler

I didn't have Rock Band during the first one

Here's my info:

PSN: TheJer

bass/guitar: ~expert
drums: ~hard/expert
vocals: ~hard

I'm looking for a band and I'd like to play bass or guitar. I'm pretty sure lots of bands will need a bass player - so I may be your man!

*edit: I'm mountain time (MST). But I'm usually available really late at night or in the morning sometime (I work late in the day). I always have at least one weekday completely free (Monday and/or Thursday), though.

 

[Jesiatha]

360: Jesiatha

Prefer Expert drums, but will also play Expert guitar and bass.

edit: PDT

 

[Baker]

360: Forensick
Time Zone: Central

I was on the third place team in the last one.

I would prefer to play Expert guitar or bass.

 

[TheExodu5]

PSN: TheExodu5

Instruments:

Drums - Expert (except for RttH, Blackened, The Perfect Drug, and the Trash Pack blast beat song)

Guitar - Expert

Would rather play drums.

Time Zone: EST (available 6-12PM evenings, all weekend)

TheJer...looks like we might be compatible .

3) Though creating bands out of GAFers is strongly encouraged, Non-GAFers who play on the same local system are also welcome. In other words, your wife/roommate/prodigy 6-year-old are welcome, but XxFreTsLayERxX from the online leaderboards is not.

One of my friends is SuperDave07 (top of the drum charts)...can he play (on my local PS3 of course)? =\

 

[BigBlackGamer]

screw all this expert player non-sense. Medium players stand up!!!! :lol

Medium drums for me. dont laugh GAF.

GT: Big Black Gamer

Timezone: EST (anytime after 6pm)

 

[Coop]

Version:360
GT:Coop421
Instrument: Expert Guitar
Timezone: EST
Preference: A band that shows up

 

[plaidtopia]

screw all this expert player non-sense. Medium players stand up!!!! :lol

:lol I hope more people of different skill levels join in this time -- I set up this one to be a head-to-head system just for you!

... and I may as well do this myself:

Gamertag: plaidtopia

Time Zone: PST (Typically available 3-10)

Instrument: Expert guitar

 

[BigBlackGamer]

:lol I hope more people of different skill levels join in this time -- I set up this one to be a head-to-head system just for you!

Should be fun! I hope to get up to you guys level in next coming months. Waiting for my my metal kick pedal before I start going in serious on drums.

 

[Gatekeeper]

Sooooooooooo in.

360
Gamertag: Z3R05UM
Time Zone: Pacific
Preferred instrument: Expert Bass
Other instruments: Hard Guitar, Medium Vocals, Medium Drums

 

[plaidtopia]

One of my friends is SuperDave07 (top of the drum charts)...can he play (on my local PS3 of course)? =\

As long as he a) joins GAF, or b) plays on your system, yes.

Spoiler

Pleasedon'thappen pleasedon'thappen pleasedon'thappen

 

[xbhaskarx]

1) Post your gamertag/PSN ID below, along with your instrument and difficulty of choice. Most importantly, post your time zone -- the most successful bands are typically those that can reliably play together, after all.

So those of us who are not yet good enough to make the transition from medium to hard can still participate?

Gt: xbhaskarx
guitar / bass
medium
PST

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I'm so in. Last time I had to bail because my drums were being weird and my pedal broke, but now my stuff is tip-top and I'm ready to rock. Anyone want a decent Expert drummer?

Edit: 360 version. GT: F1shBulb. EST time zone.

 

[Foxtastical]

Truckplosion will return, of course.

 

[Kestastrophe]

360
Gamertag: Kestastrophe
Time Zone: EST
Preferred instrument: Expert Bass
Other instruments: Hard Guitar

 

[TheExodu5]

Ok well I'll probably play Expert Guitar, with Dave playing Expert Drums, and my other friend playing Expert Vocals. We need a bassist!

TheJer, are you in?

 

[GCQuinton]

You know I'm back in, sign me up.

Gamertag: Wsv771
Instrument: Expert vocals
EST

 

[LakeEarth]

Mondays and Tuesday nights I can't be on but other nights I can.

LakeEarth v1
Expert Guitar
EST

 

[The Jer]

Ok well I'll probably play Expert Guitar, with Dave playing Expert Drums, and my other friend playing Expert Vocals. We need a bassist!

TheJer, are you in?

LET'S DO IT!

 

[plaidtopia]

So those of us who are not yet good enough to make the transition from medium to hard can still participate?

Of course -- and hopefully now the head-to-head system will allow you to be competitive, too!

Truckplosion will return, of course.

Sweet! Banner time!

 

[duderon]

Expert Drummer 360 EST right here.

Last time I checked SuperDave did not post on GAF, Exodus. The rules specifically state no ringers from the top of the leaderboards.

 

[The Jer]

TheExodu5, we just need a name.

Any name is fine for me. I have to leave my PC for a while, so just pick anything you like.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

Great, why is it that the second tourney happens when I don't have Rock Band with me?

 

[Tek]

360 - EST

GT: Tekezy

Skill Level: Medium

Instruments: Guitar, Bass, Drums & Vocals

 

[plaidtopia]

Man, screw all you ESTers -- I call dibs on LakeEarth if he ever moves to the west coast. :lol

 

[Slacker]

I'll give it a try if a PS3 band needs a drummer. I'm expert level- finished 88 of the 90 songs I have. Still working on Run To The Hills and Won't Get Fooled Again. Gold starred maybe a dozen songs so far. I'm central time, usually can play in the evenings.

Short version:

Slacker (PSN: SlackerCS) (CDT) - Expert drums

 

[plaidtopia]

Short version:

Slacker (PSN: SlackerCS) (CDT) - Expert drums

<3

 

[Gatekeeper]

Are we getting the band back together for another second place run boys?

 

[Onemic]

360: onem1c
Timezone: Eastern time.
Instrument- Drums- Expert/Hard
Guitar- Medium

 

[Baker]

If you're still looking, she's right underneath you!!

 

[w2000]

Put me down for Medium Guitar/Bass. I'm on PS3 and the name is w2000. Time zone is EST and every night except for Monday is good for me.

 

[Saerk]

I'm in again.

Expert Guitar/Bass or Expert Drums (all but a few songs)
PST - 360 (tag: Saerk Wren)
I can be available 4:30pm - 12 am on most days.

Do we want to reform CoolShade again, or do we want to make some completely new bands?

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

By the way, wicked thread header.

 

[captainflimflam]

PSN captainflimflam Vocal hard timezone BST (British summertime) or Drums medium available from 7-10 pm

 

[GCQuinton]

I'm in again.

Expert Guitar/Bass or Expert Drums (all but a few songs)
PST - 360 (tag: Saerk Wren)
I can be available 4:30pm - 12 am on most days.

Do we want to reform CoolShade again, or do we want to make some completely new bands?

duderon's on drums this time around, so it's not likely if Drakken shows up for this round. I'd honestly prefer we didn't reform though, since it mixes things up a bit.

 

[Saerk]

Fair enough, OK, I'm a free agent then.

 

[Okin]

Count me in. My band is local though. If that's an issue, I can make up for it by the fact that there are only three of us, meaning one of us has to play two instruments at once.

Gamertag: Neex

Band: Dragon Ryders

 

[Baker]

Band: Dragon Ryders

Haven't we had enough of that at GAF for the week?

 

[TheExodu5]

Expert Drummer 360 EST right here.

Last time I checked SuperDave did not post on GAF, Exodus. The rules specifically state no ringers from the top of the leaderboards.

He's a real life friend of mine, which means he's going to be playing locally on my PS3. That's not against the rules.

 

[Prince of Space]

Sounds like fun.

360 Gamertag: Motsy
Time zone: PST
Preferred instrument: Guitar (hard)
Secondary: Bass (expert), Vocals (medium)
Free agent

 

[Lonestar]

good band name could be: "Better than 13 Minutes"

 

[Okin]

Haven't we had enough of that at GAF for the week?

Is there some GAF meme that's ripping off my band name that I've had since Christmas?

 

[bluemax]

What's the time commitment like for this? I'm can play Hard mode bass for most songs but I'm not sure I can devote the time to this because of work...

 

[plaidtopia]

If you're still looking, she's right underneath you!!

:lol

Are we getting the band back together for another second place run boys?

Like GCQuinton said, it'd be cool if at first try to form new bands, just for parity's sake.

Judging by the lack of PST players, however, we may have no choice.

By the way, wicked thread header.

Thanks! If anyone feels up to it, the Hall of Fame could use something a little more ... regal.

 

[Saerk]

PST player right here Plaidtopia. We could go you, me, jesiatha, and someone who thinks they can sing.

 

[Hop]

I suppose I can throw my hat in the ring. 360, EST, Hard drums (expert on most songs, but the last few tiers kick my ass). Could do Expert guitar/bass if needed, but I suspect a drummer would be in more demand. Tag's Kiya Ichiko.

 

[plaidtopia]

What's the time commitment like for this? I'm can play Hard mode bass for most songs but I'm not sure I can devote the time to this because of work...

Depends on how much time your band wants to put into practicing the songs each week. Last time, some bands were meeting up for multiple mult-hour sessions each week, others only had time to play through the songs once together -- either way's fine. The hardest part is getting four people to coordinate, which is why I suggest hooking up with people from your time zone.

Spoiler

And as an M's fan, I now have to change my pants, thanks to your avatar.

PST player right here Plaidtopia. We could go you, me, jesiatha, and someone who thinks they can sing.

Sweet -- well, that was easy. I was paired with Jesiatha last time, though, so let's wait for a bit to see if another PST drummer comes along

Spoiler

but Jesiatha totally rocks

.