Rock Band (It's a platform!): Official Thread of Eternal Rocking
#78
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I was too tired to think of a band name when I was setting up so I let it pick for me and on the 4th attempt or so they came up w/ Supercilious Hurricane.... living in Texas, I thought that was ironic so I kept it.
#79
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Just played De-Luxe's Lush. Wow. If this is the best Harmonix can do, they need to scrap this whole girl vocal songs altogether. If not, I would gladly give them a list of 20 songs at least to go after. Some of these girl songs are just brutal and unacceptable for professional musicians and such to go after these terrible songs.
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As for the names...on Rock Band 1 I was trying to quickly make a guy for my son and I was naming him 'Butch'...denied. The band name I have right now is 'The Lizzards'. I hope I can change the name though, because there aren't any lizard pics to choose from for a band logo. Also, (unfortuantely) I just went with my first name for my character So many to choose from. I guess I just flew through that crap so I could start plaing.
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#83
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I follow music pretty closely, I have never even heard of them. Instead of appealing to a small, select group of users, Harmonix needs to appeal the masses especially when it is concering female vocals. If they are going to try and capture the female market and entice them to participate, they should probably make an effort to pick more popular songs.
#84
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The "battle of the bands" thing, that's just a rivalry type thing for people on your friends list? I did the "Late Night Rock Band Bash" one against Girls on Trampolines (and crushed them, so keep bouncing, its what you do best ) and just got some cash. No fans are awarded or anything?
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As far as creating characters goes, I actually created all of our friends (about 9 of them) yesterday, before they came over so when we play, we are actually playing as ourselves...They were laughing at my "impression" of each of them...
#86
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When they do that and pick Paramore or the Donnas, though, they get the other side bitching that the songs are too mainstream.
#87
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The "battle of the bands" thing, that's just a rivalry type thing for people on your friends list? I did the "Late Night Rock Band Bash" one against Girls on Trampolines (and crushed them, so keep bouncing, its what you do best ) and just got some cash. No fans are awarded or anything?
#88
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I played a bunch at my friend's house yesterday. We made it up to getting a plane, in World Tour. Gonna go over there again tonight to play some 4 player. After that I'll probably mostly be playing solo, since they don't play as much as I do. I did re-created most of my characters from the first game, and created a couple of bands. I think I've unlocked about half the new songs so far. I've been playing all guitar so far. I think tonight I'm going to check out the drums. I do like the challenges. I only played a couple of them with my friend, but I definately want to try out more.
#89
I follow music pretty closely, I have never even heard of them. Instead of appealing to a small, select group of users, Harmonix needs to appeal the masses especially when it is concering female vocals. If they are going to try and capture the female market and entice them to participate, they should probably make an effort to pick more popular songs.
#90
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They have only scratched the surface of Heart, Pat Benatar, No Doubt (though it is coming), Joan Jett, Blondie, The Pretenders, etc...
They haven't even touched Jefferson Airplane, Vixen, Evanescence, Lita Ford, Patti Smith, Berlin, etc...
It just isn't that hard.
#91
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It was though. Harmonix has gone on record that they are trying earnestly to get girl vocal songs....and that is the final product.
#93
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#95
I guess I just saw it as a foray into a different genre and like I said, they could have picked a band with male vocals, but they didn't. (But while I'm on the topic, I would like to see someone like MBV, Ride or Chapterhouse in the game, or moving a bit away from them, Spacemen 3.)
#96
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I've been unhappy with Rock Band's name approval system since they rejected the best band name ever, Anal Scraper.
Meanwhile, Screaming for Vengeance just showed up in my roadie challenge. First time I've failed a song since I bought RB2.
Meanwhile, Screaming for Vengeance just showed up in my roadie challenge. First time I've failed a song since I bought RB2.
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Me too...but I didn't realize it was dude until I saw them live a while back... I was like "I hope the lead singer is hot" My friend stared at me. They came out, then a dude stepped up to the mic, not the girl in the band...I was surprised.
#98
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Dammit - maybe I need a different band name for these guys. I like what I have now, but Ka-Tet or Charyou tree would be better.
Last edited by Liver&Onions; 09-15-08 at 04:02 PM.