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pinata242 10-07-08 10:36 AM

Offspring DLC Updates:

Originally Posted by HMXHenry
Morning everyone. I got into the office at 10:05am, fired up the forums ASAP, saw this thread and started looking into it. I've talked with HMXSean and HMXJohnlok (who, as some of you may not yet know, recently moved over to the audio department) to find out what's up on the down low. Our Audio Team is trying to get hold of Microsoft to find out what the issue is and I believe they have a meeting set up for 10:30am. I will report back as soon as I have more information.

And that's how I spent the first 15 minutes of my day. Not ignoring the issue, or laughing at posters struggling with the DLC, or shooting the breeze around the water cooler.


Originally Posted by HMXJohnlok
To clarify: the audio team met at 10:30. E-mail is out to Microsoft. We expect that, as soon as they are able to respond, The Offspring issue should be resolved. For what it's worth, we anticipate that the solution is as simple as a flip of a switch or the check of a box (there are just lots of them, so things like this can occasionally happen), so all of you will probably know when it's fixed before I do!

If it does happen to be some sort of earth rending Microsoft Server-Apocalypse, we will be sure let you know.

Do you guys think this is what Web Bot foresaw for the 10/7 catastrophe?!?

GuessWho 10-07-08 10:40 AM


Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 8988593)
BTTB?

Bad to the Bone

Mok 10-07-08 10:41 AM

So the monkeys forgot to flip a switch.

redbill 10-07-08 11:12 AM

dude goes to work at 10:05? And to fix the problem, they send an email to microsoft? I guess they don't give anyone a direct support line...

lordwow 10-07-08 11:22 AM

I most places I've worked, no one calls, everything is done through email unless it's urgent.

Kelkee 10-07-08 11:35 AM


Originally Posted by redbill (Post 8989051)
dude goes to work at 10:05? And to fix the problem, they send an email to microsoft? I guess they don't give anyone a direct support line...

No one calls anymore unless its a 5 alarm emergency. They probably have a direct contact to email for their corporate issues.

Liver&Onions 10-07-08 11:37 AM


Originally Posted by redbill (Post 8989051)
dude goes to work at 10:05? And to fix the problem, they send an email to microsoft? I guess they don't give anyone a direct support line...

I just got in to the office @ 9:15...

GoVegan 10-07-08 11:40 AM

They probably don't want to pay that $250 per incident fee for phone support.

pinata242 10-07-08 11:46 AM

You know the worst part of this Offspring delay really is? The possibility of Locksley Part Deux. I see no reason to give jdpatri any reason to celebrate.

Microsoft better have this fixed before Thursday.

vwbeetlvr 10-07-08 12:16 PM


Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 8988755)
How do you change the resolution?



You can get the hi-res 3000x2000 version of the pic out of the URL when you create merch.

right click on the create merch link and copy the link location.

basically this is the whole url

------http://www.rockbandstore.com/index.php?v=rbs2_custom_band&bandname=CleanCut&bandphoto=http://www.rockband.com/uploads/user-generated-content/155815/rendertron/CleanCut-3000x2000_2.jpg

cut it down to

-------http://www.rockband.com/uploads/user-generated-content/155815/rendertron/CleanCut-3000x2000_2.jpg


minus the ------- of course and bam high resolution

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3...00x5332uo3.jpg
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/c...jpg/1/w800.png

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3...00x5331rb8.jpg
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/c...jpg/1/w800.png

Michael Corvin 10-07-08 12:32 PM

Offspring aside, I picked up the other three I wanted during lunch:

All on guitar:
Free All Right Now - pretty boring on Hard. It's a fun tune though and should be better with a full band.

George Thorogood Bad to the Bone - pretty fun. Slow in parts, but has a couple of fun solos. Boring as hell on Bass.

Static-X Push It - Pretty repetitive and definitely tests your pinky dexterity, but is a fun one to play.

pinata242 10-07-08 01:53 PM

Minutes ago:


Originally Posted by HMXJohnlok
Update v 1.1: this is being worked on, and is marked as top priority by the teams at MS and HMX. This means that hopefully The Offspring offer will be available soon (soon as in hours, not minutes or days). For those of you holding your breath/bladder/horses, please feel free to exhale, relieve yourselves, or let loose the stallions as necessary.


jdpatri 10-07-08 02:00 PM


Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 8989168)
You know the worst part of this Offspring delay really is? The possibility of Locksley Part Deux. I see no reason to give jdpatri any reason to celebrate.

Microsoft better have this fixed before Thursday.


:sad:

pinata242 10-07-08 02:01 PM

That's exactly how I would feel if it happened!

flashburn 10-07-08 02:14 PM

I'll attempt to post a pic of my drummer that I made:
Spoiler:

Michael Corvin 10-07-08 02:24 PM

I don't think it's big enough. :lol:

flashburn 10-07-08 02:29 PM


Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 8989699)
I don't think it's big enough. :lol:

Hey, I did spoiler tag it! -ptth-

I'm going to petition to Harmonix to render at 8000x6000 as well.

Mok 10-07-08 02:31 PM

Update v 1.1: this is being worked on, and is marked as top priority by the teams at MS and HMX. This means that hopefully The Offspring offer will be available soon (soon as in hours, not minutes or days). For those of you holding your breath/bladder/horses, please feel free to exhale, relieve yourselves, or let loose the stallions as necessary.

jdpatri 10-07-08 02:32 PM


Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 8989627)
That's exactly how I would feel if it happened!

I'm totally going to see if I can download some Offspring right now. And whatever the outcome, just assume that I'm rocking out to some Pretty Fly.

Michael Corvin 10-07-08 02:34 PM

Here's a giant ass one of my group. Kinda odd it places the band logo over the characters. (and no I didn't intentionally make Cheapy D my lead singer).


superfro 10-07-08 03:08 PM

Can't wait to get home and play some "Nearly Lost You" tonight. :)

aktick 10-07-08 03:09 PM

Offspring pack is up. :up:

Just did the Offspring Battle - woohoo, I'm first overall! :lol:

The battle is only Gone Away and Self Esteem - both very easy songs (on Hard), but fun to play. The crowd sings along on Gone Away.

dgmayor 10-07-08 05:17 PM


Originally Posted by dgmayor (Post 8986324)
I skimmed through the thread (but not the previous 9) but didn't see an answer to this.

I've played through RB1, and am working my way through RB2. I've got my fair share of DLC. I downloaded the RHCP album over the weekend, the store shows it's purchased, but I can't find it to play anywhere. Am I missing something? I've never had to unlock DLC before..


Originally Posted by AsmodeusVice (Post 8986340)
I've had instances where I'd pick something for download on the marketplace and I would go look in my queue and it wouldn't be there, but would be marked that I downloaded it (it's some weird glitch that happens every now and then on my 360). It basically never got downloaded. So I just redownloaded it and made sure that it went into my download queue.

So just go back and download it again and check to make sure it's queued up and see if that helps. It's already paid for so you needn't purchase it again.




Appreciate the advice. I went into the config blade and looked in the memory section for the download, and it showed it with an error icon and said it was incomplete. Deleted it, and downloaded it again, and it worked fine.

flashburn 10-07-08 05:45 PM


Originally Posted by aktick (Post 8989828)
Offspring pack is up. :up:

Just did the Offspring Battle - woohoo, I'm first overall! :lol:

The battle is only Gone Away and Self Esteem - both very easy songs (on Hard), but fun to play. The crowd sings along on Gone Away.

The crowd also sings in Pretty Fly.

Jeremy517 10-07-08 05:59 PM

I just have crowd noise turned all the way down. I hate it when the crowd sings along.

Michael Corvin 10-07-08 06:12 PM


Originally Posted by Jeremy517 (Post 8990232)
I just have crowd noise turned all the way down. I hate it when the crowd sings along.

Really? I love it. The crowd singing on All Right Now is really cool towards the end of the song. The crowd is singing the chorus while the lead singer is singing his own thing. Very cool.

HotThang 10-07-08 06:32 PM

To those posting pics of your bands, are your members wearing their current clothes? My pics show my band in the outfits they were wearing when i signed up to the site versus their current threads.

I love the crowds singing along but I HATE the echo when you go into overdrive in vocal mode. It's so distracting.

BTW: I am no longer under Leviosa. I changed to my normal ID JustSamDC so if you see any requests under that name, it's me. :-) I want to switch HotThang to JustSamDC as well but I have over 1000 posts and have been here for years under HotThang. I'll still request it and see what happens.

discostu1337 10-07-08 06:56 PM

Here's my guitarist "Tyler"
Too bad the pictures do not include instruments :(

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6442/tylerrs1.jpg

xmiyux 10-07-08 07:18 PM

What unlocks the snake?

GoVegan 10-07-08 07:18 PM

Grrr. For some reason I can't link my stupid account. It keeps claiming that my Live ID is currently attached to another profile, but I know that's not true - and I'm not logged into that account anywhere.

dvdsteve2000 10-07-08 07:22 PM


Originally Posted by aktick (Post 8989828)
Offspring pack is up. :up:

Just did the Offspring Battle - woohoo, I'm first overall! :lol:

The battle is only Gone Away and Self Esteem - both very easy songs (on Hard), but fun to play. The crowd sings along on Gone Away.

I absolutely sucked at (expert) Self Esteem, and I wasn't much better at Pretty Fly (sightreads). Gone Away I 5-banged.
All Right Now was easy, and once I got the hang of Bad To The Bone I was OK. I think after I play them a few times I'll be good to go.

HotThang 10-07-08 07:23 PM


Originally Posted by GoVegan (Post 8990366)
Grrr. For some reason I can't link my stupid account. It keeps claiming that my Live ID is currently attached to another profile, but I know that's not true - and I'm not logged into that account anywhere.

I got the same message but when I refreshed the page I was miraculously attached and logged in.

dvdsteve2000 10-07-08 07:23 PM

Oh yeah, I took a picture of my guy at 4:30, it's now 8:30 and it's about 20% uploaded, lol.

mdc3000 10-07-08 07:33 PM

My pictures showed up but almost all of them aren't the poses I selected and a member of my band who was in a group shot when I 'took' the pic isn't in one of them!

Music 10-07-08 08:11 PM


Originally Posted by HotThang (Post 8990288)
BTW: I am no longer under Leviosa. I changed to my normal ID JustSamDC so if you see any requests under that name, it's me. :-) I want to switch HotThang to JustSamDC as well but I have over 1000 posts and have been here for years under HotThang. I'll still request it and see what happens.

Don't forget to update your sig. :)


I'll still think of you as some hot chick who posts on here ;)

Michael Corvin 10-07-08 09:05 PM


Originally Posted by dvdsteve2000 (Post 8990373)
I absolutely sucked at (expert) Self Esteem, and I wasn't much better at Pretty Fly (sightreads). Gone Away I 5-banged.
All Right Now was easy, and once I got the hang of Bad To The Bone I was OK. I think after I play them a few times I'll be good to go.

I did the Offspring Challenge on expert myself(all 5 songs). Self Esteem kicked my ass as well. Pretty Fly and Gone Away were pretty fun though.

HotThang 10-07-08 09:06 PM


Originally Posted by Mr. Music (Post 8990450)
Don't forget to update your sig. :)


I'll still think of you as some hot chick who posts on here ;)

Ah! Thanks for the reminder! LOL! I guess that is better than Ho Thang. I am not female, nor am I Asian. ;-)

Mad Dawg 10-07-08 10:44 PM


Originally Posted by HotThang (Post 8990611)
Ah! Thanks for the reminder! LOL! I guess that is better than Ho Thang. I am not female, nor am I Asian. ;-)

:lol:




*deletes*:mad:

lordwow 10-07-08 10:48 PM


Originally Posted by dvdsteve2000 (Post 8990373)
I absolutely sucked at (expert) Self Esteem, and I wasn't much better at Pretty Fly (sightreads). Gone Away I 5-banged.
All Right Now was easy, and once I got the hang of Bad To The Bone I was OK. I think after I play them a few times I'll be good to go.

QFT. I wasn't expecting the notes to be so fast on self esteem. Gone Away is my favorite of the Offspring songs, but kinda boring. I really like All Right Now (especially the crowd stuff), but it is very repetitive/boring, good party song though.

nodeerforamonth 10-07-08 11:33 PM


Originally Posted by HotThang (Post 8990611)
Ah! Thanks for the reminder! LOL! I guess that is better than H-Word Thang.

Fixed.


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