Rock This Town

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

**RiseOfAsh** · Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 683

Since I've managed to make 3 runs that all rank high enough for 3rd place (though I can't figure where my path falls short of the top 2 spots) I figured I'd share my strategy for this one:

2 - Activate right away
2 - Activate at the start of the RY chords that follow
2 - Whammy both, even though they're small. Activate right after the next pause, when the GY chords start.
4 - Skip the 4 "single" chords and activate at the start of the next RY block in measure 115
2 - Activate right away

The first two and last one can squeeze a chord each, the 3rd and 4th can each squeeze single notes.
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**Wiver3** · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 22 Location: Smithtown, NY

I have the identical SP path, 2-2-2-4-2. cept the last activation i dont do it right away, i wait for the 3rd green note. try that, its been bout a month since i played that song, but thats the only difference i see with our paths.

**malictus** · Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 994 Location: Bloomington, IN

2-2-2-2-2 is actually better than 2-2-2-4-2, by one note, if you use the correct activation points...
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RB3 Pro Keys Expert Progress:
FC's: 39/63 on-disc + 38 DLC

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

spopt.pl optimized path for rockthistown.mid (medium)

File: rockthistown.mid
Solution Path: 2-2-2-2-2-2
Estimated Base score 36927
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 140954
Estimated SP Score 27734
Estimated Total Score 168688
Activations:
From meas 23.1667 (RY note) to meas 27.1667 (RY note) Score: 5000 ((25.0 + 0.0) * 200 )
From meas 45.1667 (RY note) to meas 49.1667 (RY note) Score: 5800 ((29.0 + 0.0) * 200 )
From meas 63.9995 (G note) to meas 69.0000 (Y note) Score: 5400 ((27.0 + 0.0) * 200 )
From meas 97.1667 (R note) to meas 101.0000 (RB note) Score: 3400 ((17.0 + 0.0) * 200 )
From meas 127.5000 (Y note) to meas 131.5000 (YB note) Score: 4600 ((23.0 + 0.0) * 200 )
From meas 167.2500 (Y note) to meas 171.3464 (RB sust) Score: 3534 (( 7.0 + 10.7) * 200 )

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

spopt2.pl results for "Rock This Town" (gh2-ps2/medium) generated on 07/20/2007

lazy-whammy (167218) PNG TXT
no-squeeze (167418) PNG TXT
big-squeeze (168682) PNG TXT
nearly-ideal (168682) PNG TXT
upper-bound (168898) 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: rockthistown.mid
Solution Path: 2-2-2-2-2-2
Estimated Base score 36921
Estimated 4* cutoff 73842
Estimated 5* cutoff 103378
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 140958
Estimated SP Score 27724
Estimated Total Score 168682
Activations:
#1 From meas 23.1667 (RY note) to meas 27.1667 (RY note) ( 23.1656- 27.1656) Score: 5000 (25.0+ 0.0)*200
#2 From meas 45.1667 (RY note) to meas 49.1667 (RY note) ( 45.1677- 49.1677) Score: 5800 (29.0+ 0.0)*200
#3 From meas 63.9995 (GY note) to meas 69.0000 (Y note) ( 64.0833- 68.9500) Score: 5400 (27.0+ 0.0)*200
#4 From meas 97.1667 (R note) to meas 101.0000 (RB note) ( 97.0010-101.0010) Score: 3400 (17.0+ 0.0)*200
#5 From meas 127.5000 (Y note) to meas 131.5000 (YB note) (127.4990-131.4990) Score: 4600 (23.0+ 0.0)*200
#6 From meas 167.2500 (Y note) to meas 171.3302 (RB sust) (167.3302-171.3302) Score: 3524 ( 7.0+10.6)*200

nearly-ideal path details
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File: rockthistown.mid
Solution Path: 2-2-2-2-2-2
Estimated Base score 36921
Estimated 4* cutoff 73842
Estimated 5* cutoff 103378
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 140958
Estimated SP Score 27724
Estimated Total Score 168682
Activations:
#1 From meas 23.1667 (RY note) to meas 27.1667 (RY note) ( 23.1656- 27.1656) Score: 5000 (25.0+ 0.0)*200
#2 From meas 45.1667 (RY note) to meas 49.1667 (RY note) ( 45.1677- 49.1677) Score: 5800 (29.0+ 0.0)*200
#3 From meas 63.9995 (GY note) to meas 69.0000 (Y note) ( 63.9533- 69.0010) Score: 5400 (27.0+ 0.0)*200
#4 From meas 97.1667 (R note) to meas 101.0000 (RB note) ( 97.0010-101.0010) Score: 3400 (17.0+ 0.0)*200
#5 From meas 127.5000 (Y note) to meas 131.5000 (YB note) (127.4990-131.4990) Score: 4600 (23.0+ 0.0)*200
#6 From meas 167.2500 (Y note) to meas 171.3302 (RB sust) (167.3302-171.3302) Score: 3524 ( 7.0+10.6)*200

upper-bound path details
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File: rockthistown.mid
Solution Path: 2-2-2-2-2-2
Estimated Base score 36921
Estimated 4* cutoff 73842
Estimated 5* cutoff 103378
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 140958
Estimated SP Score 27940
Estimated Total Score 168898
Activations:
#1 From meas 23.1667 (RY note) to meas 27.1667 (RY note) ( 23.1656- 27.1656) Score: 5000 (25.0+ 0.0)*200
#2 From meas 45.1667 (RY note) to meas 49.1667 (RY note) ( 45.1677- 49.1677) Score: 5800 (29.0+ 0.0)*200
#3 From meas 63.9995 (GY note) to meas 69.2490 (Y note) ( 64.0525- 69.1458) Score: 5600 (28.0+ 0.0)*200
#4 From meas 97.1667 (R note) to meas 101.0000 (RB note) ( 97.0010-101.0010) Score: 3400 (17.0+ 0.0)*200
#5 From meas 127.5000 (Y note) to meas 131.5000 (YB note) (127.4990-131.4990) Score: 4600 (23.0+ 0.0)*200
#6 From meas 167.2500 (Y note) to meas 171.3510 (RB sust) (167.3510-171.3510) Score: 3540 ( 7.0+10.7)*200

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