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Monday, May 2, 2011

rock band singing expert points

I wrote this post on Saturday night when I was drunk and have only edited it for the (many, and often hilarious) typos..... hee hee.....

What? My post title is confusing to you? Well, I typed it that way because if you were doing a Google search for this particular issue that's pissing me off, those are probably the terms you would use. SO, maybe if other people did this, they might find me. And be able to help me. So this post isn't necessarily for you, my loyal and wonderful readers... this post is for The Whole Internetz.

(This is not actually me singing, this is a video I found online)




Because, you see, I need help. I've been working on this same song over and over and over and I can't for the life of me figure out what the fuck I'm supposed to be doing differently to make my score better than what it is. But because I'm stupidly competitive in that weird way that we're all aware of I guess, I can't let it go, so I keep trying and trying and trying and trying and always getting pretty much the same result. Only 2,804 more points to get to #13 on the Leaderboard.

First try. Only 2,804 to get to #13! Awesome!

Second try. 1,028 more points and, uh... only 2,804 to get to #13? HUH?

Because Fuck You Rock Band. I don't know what you want from me. I've done the same fucking song again and again and I do it "perfectly" every time, and yet, apparently, I don't do it up to your standards. At least not well enough to do any better than I've done all the last times. And it's pissing me off. What am I supposed to be doing differently??? How do you get more points here? What do you want from me, Rock Band?

#1 has 4,560 more points than I do. HOW? HOW??????????

How the fuck do I do better than I have done? I've sat here in my TV room, by myself I might add, because there's no bass part and hubs got bored... and I've done this song again and again and again AND AGAIN AND AGAIN and I can't do any better than I've done.

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? OH MY GOD SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME.

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What are you doing wrong? Hmmmm...obsessing over a silly game that you should be enjoying?

Other than that, I can't help you. I've only played a couple of times, and I have the singling voice of a mad cow dying.
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Go back to the tutorials - maybe there's a hint there! Google some cheats woman!! I know this feeling - it's an illness to be this competitive ... I am a attempted "recovering" compete-a-holic. ;)
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I don't know what to tell you. I tried it once and scored #7 on the Leaderboard.

Bwaaahhh.....totally yanking your chain. Rock Band is like put-put. I fucking hate it. I tried it a few times and I wanted to smash in the drums with the gituar. I have nothing . Sorry.
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What other songs do you enjoy seeing? Maybe it is a cumulative score from many songs at 100%? I enjoy singing on Rockband too, and don't laugh, I never knew there was a leaderboard where you are actually ranked compared to others. I'm gonna have to see where I rank.
Good luck!
Sorry. I got nothing. Husband and I used to play Rock Band. I can't remember why we stopped, but I do know I'm too lazy to ever try to improve my score.
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What other songs do you enjoy seeing? Maybe it is a cumulative score from many songs at 100%? I enjoy singing on Rockband too, and don't laugh, I never knew there was a leaderboard where you are actually ranked compared to others. I'm gonna have to see where I rank.
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I would never laugh! You need to have an XBox Live enabled account to make it to the Leaderboards, and that costs money.
ok..got nuthin'...know why? Wait..you're going to be astounded..

I've never played the game...EVER...

'Cause THAT's how cool I am. ;-)

Good luck!!
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pixelpixie83 · 725 weeks ago

From a RockBand forum on how to maximize vocal scoring:

"The main thing is optimizing overdrive use so that you use it at parts with a large number of fast phrases. Remember that vocals are scored per phrase, no matter how long that phrase may be, so using OD during periods with lots of short phrases will maximize score. There is also such a thing as squeezing, where you activate the OD at the last possible microsecond to maximize the amount of actual singing you do while OD is going on. I think that's really all there is to it, but my score-whoring is usually done on drums so others might be able to help you more." --Wolfbeckett

From a fellow Rock Band lover (I play drums.)
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OH MY GOD! THANK YOU!!!!
I feel your pain, but I have no advice. But know this: your post just made my day. Thanks!
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I have no advice. I don't even play video games because I can't win and they just piss me off. I throw the controller and things get broken...so what's the point? But your post made me laugh!
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