The Trooper

**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

**Sully** · Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 4570 Location: Tampa, FL

**Boomsars** · Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 1273 Location: Arkansas

I always miss the last two Star Power phrases, the batch of chords in the last verse. This has pretty much killed me several times when I've been just 1-2k short of five stars. Is there possibly a path that would bump me past like, 197k without these two phrases?

**edgekrusher187** · Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

What's the key to strumming the verse areas. I can never keep the multiplier going. This song has had me stuck for over a month now and I'm about to toss the game and guitar into the firey pits of hell!!!!!!!

**steev** · Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 238

**minimart93** · Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 59

wat helped me was how i couldnt play it well and then i decided to play on bass for some reason. that type of strumming goes on throughout the song on bass. after playing it that one time on bass, i was able to hit it.

**debr5836** · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 1159 Location: Fort Collins, CO

spopt2.pl results for "The Trooper" (gh2-x360/hard) generated on 07/20/2007

lazy-whammy (351556) PNG TXT
no-squeeze (355228) PNG TXT
big-squeeze (356048) PNG TXT
nearly-ideal (356700) PNG TXT
upper-bound (356932) PNG TXT

KEY
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Lazy Whammy ---- No squeezing, all whammys start 0.5 beats late
No Squeeze ---- No squeezing, no early whammying
Big Squeeze ---- 80% of the max possible squeeze, no early whammying
Nearly Ideal ---- 80% of the max possible squeeze, 80% of the max possible early whammying
Upper Bound ---- 100% of the max possible squeeze, 100% of the max possible early whammying

big-squeeze path details
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File: trooper.mid
Solution Path: 3-3-2-2-3
Estimated Base score 70993
Estimated 4* cutoff 141986
Estimated 5* cutoff 198780
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 281204
Estimated SP Score 74844
Estimated Total Score 356048
Activations:
#1 From meas 34.6250 (BO note) to meas 40.9365 (YO sust) ( 34.6698- 40.9365) Score: 15192 (72.0+ 4.0)*200
#2 From meas 68.8750 (YO note) to meas 76.9188 (YO sust) ( 68.9188- 76.9188) Score: 19024 (90.0+ 5.1)*200
#3 From meas 93.4562 (O sust) to meas 101.5000 (B note) ( 93.4562-101.4562) Score: 12444 (58.0+ 4.2)*200
#4 From meas 111.0000 (Y note) to meas 118.3960 (B sust) (111.0432-118.3960) Score: 9536 (41.0+ 6.7)*200
#5 From meas 147.3750 (G note) to meas 155.2500 (RB note) (147.4057-155.2057) Score: 18648 (88.0+ 5.2)*200

nearly-ideal path details
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File: trooper.mid
Solution Path: 3-3-2-2-3
Estimated Base score 70993
Estimated 4* cutoff 141986
Estimated 5* cutoff 198780
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 281204
Estimated SP Score 75496
Estimated Total Score 356700
Activations:
#1 From meas 34.5000 (RB note) to meas 40.8750 (YO note) ( 34.5174- 40.8302) Score: 15544 (74.0+ 3.7)*200
#2 From meas 68.8750 (YO note) to meas 76.9188 (YO sust) ( 68.9188- 76.9188) Score: 19024 (90.0+ 5.1)*200
#3 From meas 93.4562 (O sust) to meas 101.5000 (B note) ( 93.4562-101.4562) Score: 12444 (58.0+ 4.2)*200
#4 From meas 111.0833 (Y note) to meas 118.6250 (G note) (111.1266-118.6255) Score: 9604 (41.0+ 7.0)*200
#5 From meas 147.2500 (G note) to meas 155.2948 (RB sust) (147.2948-155.2948) Score: 18880 (89.0+ 5.4)*200

upper-bound path details
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File: trooper.mid
Solution Path: 3-3-2-2-3
Estimated Base score 70993
Estimated 4* cutoff 141986
Estimated 5* cutoff 198780
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 281204
Estimated SP Score 75728
Estimated Total Score 356932
Activations:
#1 From meas 34.5000 (RB note) to meas 40.8812 (YO sust) ( 34.5568- 40.8812) Score: 15548 (74.0+ 3.7)*200
#2 From meas 66.8750 (YO note) to meas 74.9307 (YO sust) ( 66.9307- 74.9307) Score: 19036 (90.0+ 5.2)*200
#3 From meas 93.4448 (O sust) to meas 101.5000 (B note) ( 93.4448-101.4448) Score: 12448 (58.0+ 4.2)*200
#4 From meas 111.0000 (Y note) to meas 118.6250 (G note) (111.0342-118.5698) Score: 9804 (42.0+ 7.0)*200
#5 From meas 147.2500 (G note) to meas 155.3063 (RB sust) (147.3063-155.3063) Score: 18892 (89.0+ 5.5)*200

Please post any bugs/questions about these auto-generated paths HERE.

**izda1** · Joined: 06 Apr 2007 Posts: 8

I can't seem to 5* this song. After this song, I get guitarmagedon.

**snazzman18** · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

this song sucks to 5stars

**Jovack** · Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Posts: 196

When you are able to consistently beat it on expert, ull 5* this baby on hard no problem

**cajunpepper879** · Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 1011 Location: New Jersey

**Nadar111** · Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

man all i ned is this song to 5* and i get the guitarmageddon achievement...i dont y i cant get thi song to 198k i get like 182k eerytime..it pisses me off

**Schwarzwald** · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 24 Location: Eugene, OR

The main issue that I have is that I cant seam to get those chord changes down. I can get about half of them consistently, but that is really not good enough. My highest score is 177000.

**Fishnologic** · Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 7

Still sitting at 187k. I have trouble with the chord changes during the verses, too. Argh! last song to 5*.

**Mikes** · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 68

I play on pad and I can't 5* this shit. This is my last song... Always get like 160-165k, is there a path that not uses this fast gallop? Cuz there's no way to hit that with pad.
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