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Matt 05-11-09 01:28 PM

Re: Rock Band: Official Thread
 

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 9437293)
That's pretty cool. More PJ! Yea!

Whatever happened to the "exclusive" Best Buy DLC tracks becoming available for everyone in the Music Store?

Kelkee 05-11-09 01:32 PM

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Well I think the same individual score challengers will always dominate. So members dont even bother anymore.

Make some team challenges and hold people accountable for performing on their teams.

Everyone who wants to be part of a team posts. Then divide the teams evenly somehow (how I dont know).

You could have all guitar teams, all drums, all vocal, all bass, or a mix of any / all type for different challenges.

Shagrath 05-11-09 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelkee (Post 9437446)
Well I think the same individual score challengers will always dominate. So members dont even bother anymore.

Make some team challenges and hold people accountable for performing on their teams.

Everyone who wants to be part of a team posts. Then divide the teams evenly somehow (how I dont know).

You could have all guitar teams, all drums, all vocal, all bass, or a mix of any / all type for different challenges.

I've been trying to get away from "high-score" challenges to eliminate the problem of having the same people win all the time. Really, there's no prizes involved (except for that one time), so it doesn't really matter who the winner is. The idea, as I've said a million times, is for all of us to play the game and have fun. Also, I love for people to step outside of their comfort zone and play something they may not normally do (vocals), or maybe a song they wouldn't normally play (Headphones On), or in some cases, both! :)

I mean, on the last challenge, I didn't even play one song (because I couldn't pass it on hard), but that didn't stop me from submitting my meager score.

I don't know how a "team-based" challenge would change things if we don't even have enough entrants in a solo challenge for one team.

pinata242 05-11-09 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MWB (Post 9437433)
Whatever happened to the "exclusive" Best Buy DLC tracks becoming available for everyone in the Music Store?

AFAIK, that was never officially announced. It'll probably happen eventually... maybe on this new "PJ Project" they're talking about as it doesn't sound like it's DLC as we know it. More like the AC/DC Live expansion.

REL77 05-11-09 01:45 PM

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Hey Shag, this weeks was just totally different, and odd, but cool at the same time. The scoring on it still seems off, like if one person had a 2 note streak and a score of 10,500, but someone else had a 3 note streak and a score of, lets say, 10,501 (or 10,499) who wins (lower score and stream i assume), it was just a strange one that I could see wouldnt gather as much interest.

Also, maybe not having them end on a Monday would help. There has been 3 times I have completed the challege, but forgot to upload the pics until I am at work on Monday (and then check the boards more frequently) and by then it was to late, so maybe move the closing date to a Wednesday maybe. Also, 2 weeks might not be a bad idea to help prolong these (so you dont run out of ideas), but I agree, these are some fun things to do and appreicate all the work you do for them.

sandman642 05-11-09 01:49 PM

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I dunno - I personally think timing is everything. Mother's Day may have killed this week's challenge. I wouldn't read too much into it. Maybe on "holiday" weekends you'd get more response if you gave everyone an extra day or two to submit scores.

Just out of curiosity, Shag - I know you do similar challenges on another site. Did you get a similar (lack of) response this week?

Michael Corvin 05-11-09 01:51 PM

Re: Rock Band: Official Thread
 

Originally Posted by MWB (Post 9437433)
Whatever happened to the "exclusive" Best Buy DLC tracks becoming available for everyone in the Music Store?

Don't know. Don't care. I bought mine at Best Buy. :nopanic:

Shagrath 05-11-09 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sandman642 (Post 9437504)
Just out of curiosity, Shag - I know you do similar challenges on another site. Did you get a similar (lack of) response this week?

That site got 2 entrants this week, but there's usually less people participating in the challenges over there. Which is odd, because there's more activity in their rock band thread (30,000 posts in the RB2 thread).

I'll tweak some things around and see if I can't garner some more interest with the next challenge, and go from there. Maybe I'll have to offer incentives (gift cards) to play. But then, I wouldn't say when I'm giving one out. Muhahaha!

Matt 05-11-09 01:59 PM

Re: Rock Band: Official Thread
 

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 9437508)
Don't know. Don't care. I bought mine at Best Buy. :nopanic:

Yeah, yeah. I was going to buy mine at Best Buy, too, just a few days after it came out, but apparently all the copies with the DLC codes were already gone. A friend of mine (who's a manager at Best Buy) bought a copy release week and didn't get a code either. Crazy how limited that promotion was.

dvdsteve2000 05-11-09 02:58 PM

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I like the contests, though I have never entered them :( I came close a few times, but felt that my scores weren't good enough. I like the idea of picking 4 songs for a challenge each week, and everyone has to play a different instrument on a song, and never the same instrument twice...example:

Renegade-guitar
Man in the Box-bass
That's What you get-vocals
War Pigs-drums

People can play whatever instrument they want for whichever song, but can only post each instrument once, like above. Not everyone will pick the same instrument for each song, but the scoring should work out evenly. This way, even a shredder has to sing & drum, and a drummer has to weild his axe for a bit and sing, too.

flashburn 05-11-09 03:53 PM

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I simply keep forgetting to do them, every single week.

xmiyux 05-11-09 05:20 PM

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My issue is the whole taking a photo, pulling it off the camera, uploading to a hosting, then sending the link. A few times i have played the song and then just not taken the picture. :lol:

I am such a lazy lazy bastar

pinata242 05-11-09 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by xmiyux (Post 9437924)
I am such a lazy lazy bastar

Geez, man. At least finish your sentence.

Shagrath 05-11-09 07:21 PM

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A little more info on the Rock Band / Pearl Jam collaboration:

Looks like it's going to be all live tracks. No word yet on whether it's going to be a retail pack (like Beatles or AC/DC) or just a track pack available as DLC. It's not coming till next year though.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6209500...dlines;title;3
https://www.pearljam.com/content/pea...ming-next-year

Shagrath 05-11-09 09:57 PM

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One less song tomorrow (this week).

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showt...65#post2403565

Due to a bug that came up late in testing during cert "Kids Don't Follow" by the Replacements will be delayed and not available this week. The team will be fixing the issue to make it available in the near future.

Decker 05-11-09 10:05 PM

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Probably making an obvious point here, but wish I could start playing "Less Than Zero" for a few bars before starting "Radio Radio". Anyway, I'll pick that one up plus Steely Dan. Maybe Ring Of Fire as well. Having a RB party this weekend so some fresh stuff would be welsome.

Shagrath 05-12-09 06:55 AM

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New stuff is updated in the DLC post.

No drum vids yet, but I'll put them up as soon as I see them.

Shagrath 05-12-09 06:55 AM

Re: Rock Band: Official Thread
 
New stuff is updated in the DLC post.

No drum vids yet, but I'll put them up as soon as I see them.

Kelkee 05-12-09 08:09 AM

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Another great for week for Wii DLC here:

25 tracks!

"Bad Luck" -- Social Distortion
"Ring Of Fire" -- Social Distortion
"Story Of My Life" -- Social Distortion
"Black Friday" -- Steely Dan
"My Old School" -- Steely Dan
"Stricken" -- Disturbed
"Stupify" -- Disturbed
"Radio Radio" -- Elvis Costello
"Kids Don't Follow" -- The Replacements
"Hong Kong Garden" -- Siouxsie and the Banshees
"The Killing Jar" -- Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Kiss Them for Me" -- Siouxsie and the Banshees
"She Does" - Locksley
"Dont Make Me Wait" - Locksley
"All Over Again" - Locksley
"Melatonin" - Silversun Pickups
"Well Thought Out Twinkles" - Silversun Pickups
"Girls on Film" - Duran Duran
"Rio" - Duran Duran
"Pretty in Pink" - The Psychedelic Furs
"Rescue Me" -- Buckcherry
"Face Down in the Dirt" -- Motley Crüe
"Life is Beautiful" -- Sixx:A.M.
"Brass in Pocket" -- The Pretenders
"Get Your Rock On" -- The Janitors

pinata242 05-12-09 08:14 AM

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Are all the Wii tracks $2? Even the songs that have always been $1 on XBL/PSN, like Locksley.

Kelkee 05-12-09 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9438759)
Are all the Wii tracks $2? Even the songs that have always been $1 on XBL/PSN, like Locksley.

Hmmm. I checked the RB forums and its $2 for every track listed above.

The Spongebob tracks are the only $1 ones that I have seen in the Store.

Shagrath 05-12-09 09:20 AM

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Looks like the Rock Band: Country Track Pack is going to have quite a few timed exclusives in it. They will show up on the music store, but not right away.


MTV GAMES, HARMONIX and EA HEAD TO NASHVILLE WITH
ROCK BAND™ COUNTRY TRACK PACK™

Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Rogers, Shania Twain and More Join the Rock Band Platform July 21, 2009

Cambridge, MA – May 12, 2009 -- Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced plans for a July 21, 2009 North American release of Rock Band™ Country Track Pack™ for the Xbox 360Ž video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATIONŽ3 and PlayStationŽ2 computer entertainment systems, and Wii™ system from Nintendo.

“Rock Band loves country music too, and these tracks are among the most fun to play of any we've released to date,” said Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President of Electronic Games & Music for MTV Networks Music Group. “We’ve received a ton of requests from fans to bring more country to the game, and our artist partners responded. We're very excited to be able to offer this set, featuring some of the greatest songs ever recorded.”

Rock Band Country Track Pack is a standalone software product that allows owners of Rock BandŽ and Rock BandŽ2 to keep the party going with 21 songs from an outstanding mix of country artists, including Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Shania Twain, Rascal Flatts and the legendary Kenny Rogers. Many of the tracks will be exclusive to the Rock Band Country Track Pack disc for a limited time before joining the Rock BandŽ Music Store as downloadable content. Additional artists and songs from the track list will be announced in the coming months.

In addition, Rock Band Country Track Pack, like all Rock Band software, is compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar HeroŽ and other current third party video game instrument controllers.

Fans who buy the Rock Band Country Track Pack for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system can play directly from the disc or download the songs onto their consoles’ hard drives through a free offer with Xbox LIVEŽ online entertainment network or the PlayStationŽNetwork. Once downloaded, the songs will automatically appear in the player’s custom Rock Band library and can be integrated into setlists and played in all game modes. With more than 660 tracks available in the Rock Band music catalogue and regular releases of downloadable content every week, Rock Band Country Track Pack is yet another way music-lovers can continue to expand and customize their music libraries.

First Confirmed Songs for ROCK BAND COUNTRY TRACK PACK:

Artist - Song - Title
1. Alan Jackson - Good Time
2. Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe
3. Dierks Bentley - Free & Easy (Down the Road I Go)
4. Dixie Chicks - Sin Wagon
5. Drive-By Truckers - 3 Dimes Down
6. Jason Aldean - She’s Country
7. Kenny Chesney - She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy
8. Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
9. Lucinda Williams - Can’t Let Go
10. Martina McBride - This One’s For the Girls
11. Rascal Flatts - Me and My Gang
12. Shania Twain - Any Man of Mine
13. Steve Earle - Satellite Radio

Price: $29.99 MSRP

The Rock Band franchise is the ultimate platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music like never before. The game challenges players to put together a band and tour for fame and fortune – all while learning to master lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals. Featuring the most master recordings of any music game ever by the world’s biggest rock artists, the Rock Band music catalogue includes tracks that span every genre of rock, ranging from alternative and classic rock, to heavy metal and punk.

Rock Band™ Country Track Pack™ is rated “E10+” for Everyone 10+ with a descriptor of Lyrics by the ESRB. Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are currently available for Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation 2 systems and Wii.

pinata242 05-12-09 09:28 AM

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Rascal Flatts is a must-buy in our house. Hopefully these come to the store sooner rather than later. We did buy that Gunpowder and Lead song that's most likely one of the missing 8. Not sure why that wouldn't be on this list.

Any chance of Garth Brooks?

Also holding out for a Alt Rock / 90's Rock Track Pack for some of the songs I've resisted buying so far :fc:

Michael Corvin 05-12-09 10:02 AM

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I'm not interested but that's pretty cool.

pinata242 05-12-09 10:10 AM

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Also noticed that Toby Keith is obviously missing from that list. Not sure why the spilled the beans on 13 of 21 with several new announcements but left obvious, old stuff off :hscratch:


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