schild
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Picking it up in roughly 4.5 hours. In 7 hours, I wanna see people on the leaderboards.
Discuss (how this game is too good for a subforum).
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Nonentity
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I was playing it inside Best Buy today. I was really close to picking it up, but...
I don't know what it is about that controller, but it doesn't do it for me the way the PS2 controller does.
The neck is too skinny, and the pickything (plectrum?) feels too tiny. It's made for small manchildren. I'm a 6'5" lout with manhands, and the PS2 works remarkably better, from my short experience with it.
That, and with the announcement of Rock Band, I don't know whether I can justify picking it up or not.
EDIT: And I don't say this from the viewpoint of a schlup. I only play Expert level songs now, and although beating the Buckethead song on Expert is beyond my grasp, I can get everything else.
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« Last Edit: April 03, 2007, 01:39:49 PM by Nonentity »
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But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?
[20:42:41] You are halted on the way to the netherworld by a dark spirit, demanding knowledge.
[20:42:41] The spirit touches you and you feel drained.
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I WANT IT SO BAD!!
My mean wife won't let me buy a 360 so I can play it.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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although beating the Buckethead song on Expert is beyond my grasp
The chickens scream and cry at your lack of dedication. You must please the chickens. |
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schild
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Yea, the neck feels too skinny.
Easy fix though. I'll ducktape something stupid to it to make it feel better. Alternatively, I might gut an Xbox 360 controller and put it into the PS2 one. The PCB shouldn't require too much work... Theoretically.
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Yegolev
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I can see you at the return counter now, explaining how it just fell apart in your hands.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Furiously
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Can't you just by a converter for the PS2 one?
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schild
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Nope. I can see you at the return counter now, explaining how it just fell apart in your hands.
Yep. |
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Nonentity
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although beating the Buckethead song on Expert is beyond my grasp
The chickens scream and cry at your lack of dedication. You must please the chickens. Buckethead is on this planet to make guitarists and fake guitarists (read: GH players) feel inadequate. He is doing his job. |
But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?
[20:42:41] You are halted on the way to the netherworld by a dark spirit, demanding knowledge.
[20:42:41] The spirit touches you and you feel drained.
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schild
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The name of that song isn't "Jordan" by the way. It's "Taste the Rainbow."
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Nonentity
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Okay, i'm a sucker.
I picked it up.
My hand hurts from the tiny controller, but i'm solidly in the top 10% in most Expert songs I've played, which is comforting.
I'm number 65 out of 805 who've played Six on Expert, yay.
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But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?
[20:42:41] You are halted on the way to the netherworld by a dark spirit, demanding knowledge.
[20:42:41] The spirit touches you and you feel drained.
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Big Gulp
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I'm scared of the ensuing carpal tunnel... So yeah, I think I'm going to pass even though I really want to pick it up.
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schild
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Already modded this little tiny fucking piece of shit guitar with foam and cardboard. It's more comfortable. I'll have a review with pictures up tonight or tomorrow. Also, I think we might throw some racial slurs at Red Octane for even thinking it was OK to make a guitar this shitty.
The pain is worth it for leaderboards though.
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Nonentity
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Already modded this little tiny fucking piece of shit guitar with foam and cardboard. It's more comfortable. I'll have a review with pictures up tonight or tomorrow. Also, I think we might throw some racial slurs at Red Octane for even thinking it was OK to make a guitar this shitty.
The pain is worth it for leaderboards though.
Truth. I'm interested in the ghettomod. Pics ASAP. |
But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?
[20:42:41] You are halted on the way to the netherworld by a dark spirit, demanding knowledge.
[20:42:41] The spirit touches you and you feel drained.
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schild
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I need to rework it. After I finish unlocking the songs, I'll probably use the PS2 guitar as an outline and cut thick foam to match it.
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Yegolev
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I suggest Great Stuff, for the Comedy.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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Nonentity.
Add me to your XBL buddy list: f13schild
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schild
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Buckethead is on this planet to make guitarists and fake guitarists (read: GH players) feel inadequate. He is doing his job.
Also, he makes one want to eat KFC. I am wondering why, though, the PS2 guitar is quite decent, and the 360 one seems shitty in comparison? Why not just reuse the same mold? |
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Trippy
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The guitar is a different shape but I'm guessing Activision, which bought out Red Octane the original publisher, decided they wanted to save a few bucks and went with a cheaper design.
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schild
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The new guitar is more solid than the old one. And looks wise, it's a much better design and far more intricate.
It's just poorly adjusted for maximum any comfort.
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Trippy
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Okay then I don't know what's the deal is. Maybe they designed it to better fit smaller hands?
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schild
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But it's not just a matter of smaller. I've got friends with tiny hands who say it's uncomfortable. It's like no one at Harmonix bothered playing with it.
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murdoc
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The new guitar is more solid than the old one. And looks wise, it's a much better design and far more intricate.
It's just poorly adjusted for maximum any comfort.
I agree with this. The 360 guitar seems much more solid than the PS2 one, but isn't anywhere near as comfortable. I do like that you can adjust the strap a lot more than the PS2 version though. I also wish it wasn't white... Since I never have owned the PS2 version, just played it co-operatively at friends place, I started right from the beginning on beginner. So happy to finally own this baby. Hopefully they do the DLC right. |
Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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Nonentity
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Nonentity.
Add me to your XBL buddy list: f13schild
Alright - I'll snag you when I get home. We can have rock-offs when my hand isn't cramping. I might swing by the hardware store and see what I can do about getting some foam stuff. |
But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?
[20:42:41] You are halted on the way to the netherworld by a dark spirit, demanding knowledge.
[20:42:41] The spirit touches you and you feel drained.
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WayAbvPar
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Does your homemade guitar mod work for both lefties and righties?
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Yegolev
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We can have rock-offs when my hand isn't cramping.
Nasty. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Nonentity
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We can have rock-offs when my hand isn't cramping.
Nasty. I said rock-offs, not getting-rocks-off. Funny, though, how both activities (extended lewd activities and playing Guitar Hero 2 with the Xbox 360 controller for, oh, a song a half) have the same effect. |
But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?
[20:42:41] You are halted on the way to the netherworld by a dark spirit, demanding knowledge.
[20:42:41] The spirit touches you and you feel drained.
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Samwise
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I'm still waiting for some enterprising DIY-er to mod a normal electric guitar so that it functions as a Guitar Hero controller. Something along the lines of a stompbox that translates the actual notes into the appropriate button presses.
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Driakos
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I beat medium difficulty, and started in on hard. I haven't lost a song yet (but haven't 5-starred many either).
My whammy bar broke, it only works part time now. No viagra jokes.
I checked around, and it seems to be a common problem with the 360 bundle guitars.
I dig the leaderboard feature.
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oh god how did this get here I am not good with computer
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NiX
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They know about the problem and QA is on it! Cause they weren't all there in the first place. Guess I'll be waiting until I hear something about these broke ass SKU's being replaced with good ones.
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Trippy
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They know about the problem and QA is on it! Cause they weren't all there in the first place. Guess I'll be waiting until I hear something about these broke ass SKU's being replaced with good ones.
Apparently if you have one of the messed up models you can exchange them where you bought it from: http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=9732.msg288394#msg288394 |
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Strazos
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Good luck getting an exchange if you got yours from EBstop.
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Fear the Backstab!
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schild
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Why?
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Strazos
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Because they probably don't have any more in stock yet.
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Fear the Backstab!
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"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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