BenjaminBirdie
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SaggyMonkey said:
HUH?!?!?!??!?!
EVERY SPADE CHALLENGE IS STREAK BASED SO FAR. SO FUCKING DIFFICULT OH MY GOD WHAT AM I GONNA DO SHIIIIITTTTTT
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Rock Band 3 |OT|
- Thread starter DuckRacer
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HUH?!?!?!??!?!
EVERY SPADE CHALLENGE IS STREAK BASED SO FAR. SO FUCKING DIFFICULT OH MY GOD WHAT AM I GONNA DO SHIIIIITTTTTT
e: ^^^ hit more notes, scrub ;D
RB3's DLC loading process is the same as RB2's, RB3 just offers a visual prompt. It probably seems longer because there's not a unique message of the day anymore and activating modifiers takes far less time now. Plus there's the RB2 export that it has to load up.firehawk12 said:
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
DuckRacer said:
*CHOKE*
It's so harrrrd!!
The worst is the one where you have to launch overdrive witha Full Multiplier and like you hit 4x and you reach Overdrive and when you tilt the guitar you FUCK UP but Overdrive gets launched anyway and so you just fucking BLEW your shot!!
DANNNNG!!
So, hard, man.
SilentProtagonist
Member
anybody?SilentProtagonist said:
SilentProtagonist
Member
thanks!mojiimbo said:
SaggyMonkey
Member
BenjaminBirdie said:
Use button star power instead of tilt then. Also pick easier events that feature easier genres of music from your dlc stash. Pick something that's like sing Green Day and not drum punk songs.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
SaggyMonkey said:
Yeah no I switched to Grunge from Classic but still. It's hard. My brain, she gets confused. Using the button sometimes mixes me up.
WHAT CAN I SAY, I LOVE ROCK BAND BUT AM SOMETIMES NOT GOOD AT IT.
SaggyMonkey
Member
Dammit, wtf is up with the MIDI adapter. They'd delayed it 'til end of December... here we are! Not Yet Shipped.. Amazon has no indication of when it'll show up in stock. Another month goes by without playing pro drums.
Yes.
Yes.
SouthernDragon
Member
Had friends over.
RB crashed no less than 5 times. I was trying to select Go With the Flow two of those times.
Come on, Harmonix.
RB crashed no less than 5 times. I was trying to select Go With the Flow two of those times.
Come on, Harmonix.
Need some help:
I have RB3 and I downloaded the two Dinosaur Jr. songs. Problem is, they don't show up in my song list, even though they show up as downloaded in the store. I can't re-download them, and RB3 seems to have accounted for them in the "Loading X new songs" message that appeared when I went to try them out.
Has this happened to anyone else, and is there a solution?
Thanks GAF.
I have RB3 and I downloaded the two Dinosaur Jr. songs. Problem is, they don't show up in my song list, even though they show up as downloaded in the store. I can't re-download them, and RB3 seems to have accounted for them in the "Loading X new songs" message that appeared when I went to try them out.
Has this happened to anyone else, and is there a solution?
Thanks GAF.
butter_stick
Banned
Start with your finger on red. Only move to green wen you need to. Get used to moving your whole hand up and down the neck, don't associate one finger with one fret.Miroslav said:
SouthernDragon
Member
corkscrewblow said:
This is my current issue. I'm in the same position as the other poster, but it's Hard -> Expert.
I can pass 1 and 2 star Expert songs, but anything above that slays me.
ChoklitReign
Member
I'm making a good habit of moving my hand on RYB notes even when I don't have to. Hell, I can easily pass most low-tier songs on hard; I just can't 5-star them yet.
Wrong. I've heard of a guy who's OMBFC'd tons of songs and he said he up-strums. Most people will play worse when they alt-strum at the beginning.
butter_stick
Banned
Learning to alt strum can never be a bad thing.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Never a bad thing, but not an absolute requirement to do well on expert. I can five star a large chunk of the game on expert guitar without alt strum. BUT the stuff with super fast sections like Crazy Train and whatnot I cannot five star because I cannot alt strum well enough.butter_stick said:
Accurate alt strum is something I have been meaning to practice on, but I keep falling back onto old habits instead of concentrating.
Also, I keep my hand on GRYB all the time and shift down to orange when it is needed. The trick is just find out whatever method works best and practice. I have a friend that holds on RYBO and uses his thumb for green. He has giant hands though.
SaggyMonkey said:
There's not a picture of John Drake that is not ridiculous. I'm certain of this.
Hige said:
Apparently accessories don't really get release dates, officially, so they can say "it should be out on X" but nobody's 100% sure. Which sucks. I've got an e-drum kit I wanna use as an RB kit as well, so I want that damn thing to come out too....
Well, the PS3 and Wii adapters are showing "In Stock" on Amazon's website now. There's several third party sellers selling the adapter through Amazon now too. Looks like it's finally on sale if those versions are already being sold. Only the 360 version says "Temporarily out of stock". And if we go the conspiracy theory routeCharron said:
lol), some people believed the MIDI adapter delay from November to December was so Mad Catz could push their drum/keyboard/cymbal sales for Christmas.Bought the B:RB bundle this March from Australian store JB Hi-Fi Online, and have been loving it thoroughly (particularly the Hoffner bass due to it's size).
However this morning I turned on my Bass controller to play some RB3 only to find my strum bar had finally died. It was working perfectly fine, and I last played it last night, when it played as perfectly as it always did. However this afternoon, out of nowhere, it's failed on me.
Now, I've done some sleuthing and discovered there is no longer an EA Support Site for Rock Band, and I REALLY want to get this guitar fixed (considering it's a Beatles edition guitar). Can anybody direct me to official replacement or repair support? It'd be much appreciated.
Thanks.
However this morning I turned on my Bass controller to play some RB3 only to find my strum bar had finally died. It was working perfectly fine, and I last played it last night, when it played as perfectly as it always did. However this afternoon, out of nowhere, it's failed on me.
Now, I've done some sleuthing and discovered there is no longer an EA Support Site for Rock Band, and I REALLY want to get this guitar fixed (considering it's a Beatles edition guitar). Can anybody direct me to official replacement or repair support? It'd be much appreciated.
Thanks.
...and a good chunk of the songs in the game are ridiculously easy on expert guitar. If you want some good practice for alt-strumming I recommend GH3. Stuff like Take This Life, FCPREMIX, Number of the Beast, etc will definitely help you in the long run. Crazy Train is really damn easy once you can alt-strum. Oh yea, using a GH guitar definitely helps because of the clicking. Just another way they're superior to poop RB guitars.PhoncipleBone said:
AlphaTwo00
Member
Similar thing: Bought B:RB on sale on Boxing day, got everything working, but the Bass Guitar. It won't even connect. Found the RB Support site, but when I tried to submit a request for replacement, the site doesn't even work!
SaggyMonkey
Member
Hige said:
Ordered in early November. My estimated delivery still shows a two month range. Hope it's not vaporware even longer.
Maastricht
Member
jgkspsx said:
Well, like I said it can do them, but then that requires you to be in a different mode (one where you can do the Van Halen type stuff, by not having to actually use the strings at all). Other than that though, the implementation is pretty good.
Yeah. I have to say though, I am getting used to it slowly. It basically requires you to memorize the positions and find them nearly blindly. This is a bit of a bugger in the beginning, but it does make me play better. This game is also really good for my plectrum work - I have always been more of a finger picking style player, but although that works much better than I expected (and is in some sense easier for determining where your fingers are on the strings than a pick), I'm trying to use a pick right now to improve that part of my playing.
I worked my way through most of the tutorials now and 95%'d one of the songs in there, and worked my way through the first two tutorials and started on the advanced tutorial now as well. They are generally pretty good, I have to say. The one that I stopped at and was giving me a hard time is the one with barred chords, as my fingers easily slip to the next frets and the buttons are really sensitive.
I don't quite like how aggressively the tutorials stop you when you make a mistake and wait until you get everything right again. I can see why it does that, but it just seems to do that a little too agressively.
As for the regular song playing, I initially thought I would just go for Extreme right away and that this would be easier to learn because it matches with what I hear, but now that it has become more about learning to read the notations first, I have settled to do some Medium work first, and that's coming along fine now.
A final little annoyance is that the chord numbering modifier is reset each time I boot up the game, so I have to keep switching it on. I really do prefer that mode for reading, and wish it would be standard.
When I try to link my 360 copy of RB3 I get an error message saying: "Somethings wrong! Either that web code or that gamer tag is invalid. Why dont you try it again?"
http://www.rockband.com/link
I know that the code and the gamer tag I am using are both accurate, so what's my next step? Is there some way to contact Harmonix directly with a picture of my TV showing the code and my Xbox 360 gamer tag?
http://www.rockband.com/link
I know that the code and the gamer tag I am using are both accurate, so what's my next step? Is there some way to contact Harmonix directly with a picture of my TV showing the code and my Xbox 360 gamer tag?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
You are using the code the game generates at the menu correct? If so, this issue happened for a bit at launch, but I thought it was fixed. This link is just for achievements and tracking your progress online.Curufinwe said:
PhoncipleBone
Banned
That too. I totally forgot about that aspect of it. I had to do the same, Charron. Once I unlinked RB2, things were fine for linking RB3.Charron said:
I still wish I could get a pic of my band on the website.
Not sure if mentioned already but the Squier demo stations are set up at Best Buy that have dedicated musical instrument section. I just tried it out and enjoyed it. However it had trouble detecting finger picking unless I plucked really hard. Will have to try again with a pick.
One major annoyance was it wasn't detecting full chords like C and Em. I figured out that the high E string wasn't detecting at all. Hope that will not become a persistent issue when the squiers are released.
I'm pretty sold on getting a Squier and will demo as much as I can. If I can get more money down the line I'll try for keys but I can see pro guitar lasting me for years.
One major annoyance was it wasn't detecting full chords like C and Em. I figured out that the high E string wasn't detecting at all. Hope that will not become a persistent issue when the squiers are released.
I'm pretty sold on getting a Squier and will demo as much as I can. If I can get more money down the line I'll try for keys but I can see pro guitar lasting me for years.
BenjaminBirdie
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:lol
I recommend everyone beat the game with the rest of your band made up of LOST characters like I did. The final animation is fucking PERFECT.
I recommend everyone beat the game with the rest of your band made up of LOST characters like I did. The final animation is fucking PERFECT.
SouthernDragon
Member
BenjaminBirdie said:
I would if the game let me make more than 10 characters. : (
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I loved seeing Olivia Dunham and three Observers with the final animation.BenjaminBirdie said:
ChoklitReign
Member
I made a custom character and have three stand-ins in my band. I'm missing a keyboard player. Does he/she have to be custom made or can I add another stand-in?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
PhoncipleBone said:I loved seeing Olivia Dunham and three Observers with the final animation.
:lol
Nice one! Were you called Walternate?
PhoncipleBone
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Never thought of that one. They are simply called "Olivia and the Observers." I tried making a Walter character, but was never happy with the results. I do have a Lord Humungous to spice things up though.BenjaminBirdie said:
BenjaminBirdie
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PhoncipleBone said:
Yeah, old is really hard. I figured Walternate is just a pretty badass name. But that one is pretty great too.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I was going to make Walter, Astrid, Peter, and Broyles and have another band called "Fringe Division" but stopped when I couldnt get Walter right.BenjaminBirdie said:
Hari Seldon
Member
So is this game worth getting if you just get the keys?
Nope guitar was not plugged into an amp. Also the strings were muted since apparently unmuted strings make it harder to detect in game. what I can tell from the guitar by feeling it is it feels like a Squier. Does not feel as solid or smooth like my US Telecaster, but at least has real strings to feel and has the proper weight.chuckddd said:
The demo station also had a Roland e drum set plugged in which I want to try. Hi hat cymbal was placed above snare which will help for disco beats in pro drums.
SouthernDragon
Member
Hari Seldon said:
I don't think there are enough songs with enough keys to justify it. They are rapidly expending the amount of good songs with keys; look to Billy Joel and Queen, with more coming down the road.
Edit:
Is there a place where we can download all of the RockBand music onto a spreadsheet? I want to make a songbook for parties and keep track of DLC we're interested in purchasing.
Big Papa Husker
Member
You could pull it off Wikipedia and format it in Excel or whatever spreadsheet application you have.FlightOfHeaven said:
MrMephistoX
Gold Member
Hari Seldon said:
Tutorial wise yes I just got it yesterday and was very impressed. I do have the other instruments from RB2 though but hardly play them aside from parties. Keys are a more satisfying solo experience for me than the guitar or drums ever were.