Frankenstein

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

**tma** · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 1414 Location: Australia

So, what's the secret here? This song has so many SP phrases it's hard to find the optimum path. I tried a few different combinations but I'm still short of the top spot by about 3000 points.

**SkeksisMystics** · Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 29 Location: Berkeley, CA

Pretty sure this is what I used (got the beginning part from MetalMadness' GH1 post, but figured the rest out myself):

2 - activate on 2nd G
2 - no whammy, activate immediately after last SP note struck
(this second activation is really tough!)
then 2, 3, 2, 3, 2

I'll let you play with the later activations, then we can try to close the gap towards Cdw01's top GH1 score (there are 1700 points on the board, probably some tough squeezes).
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**Cdw01** · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 923 Location: New York

**tma** · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 1414 Location: Australia

I must have tried getting the activation from the last SP note in measure 43 about 20 times but could never get the SP to finish early enough to catch the SP phrase in measure 46. I even contemplated learning to use the back button (very hard to use on the 360 controller). Is this SP activation even possible?

OTOH, I never did try 2-2 right at the start. Paths I narrowed down where 333223 and 2332223.

**SkeksisMystics** · Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 29 Location: Berkeley, CA

I think it's possible because there are exactly 4 measures between SP phrases (and also because Cdw01 says so). You will need to hit the last note early and immediately activate.

The second activation has a half beat of extra space to work with and I can definitely hit that consistently (I do use the back button for this, not tilt). I won't be able to try it this weekend though as I'll be away. Good luck!
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**debr5836** · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 1159 Location: Fort Collins, CO

spopt2.pl results for "Frankenstein" (gh2-x360/easy) generated on 07/20/2007

NOTE: Easy squeeze interval of +/- 0.1667s is still in question.
This could result in optimistic results.

lazy-whammy (118057) PNG TXT
no-squeeze (119297) PNG TXT
big-squeeze (120675) PNG TXT
nearly-ideal (121045) PNG TXT
upper-bound (121365) 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: frankenstein.mid
Solution Path: 2-S1-C2-2-S1-2-C2-2-2-3
Estimated Base score 20761
Estimated 4* cutoff 41522
Estimated 5* cutoff 58130
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 80189
Estimated SP Score 40486
Estimated Total Score 120675
Activations:
#1 From meas 7.8750 (R note) to meas 12.3750 (R note) ( 7.9116- 12.3760) Score: 5050 (23.8+ 1.5)*200
#2 From meas 16.4292 (G sust) to meas 20.3750 (R note) ( 16.4271- 20.4484) Score: 4048 (18.0+ 2.2)*200
#3 From meas 24.2500 (Y note) to meas 30.0000 (Y note) ( 24.2901- 29.9479) Score: 5748 (27.0+ 1.7)*200
#4 From meas 33.7500 (Y note) to meas 38.7500 (Y note) ( 33.6894- 38.7510) Score: 5600 (28.0+ 0.0)*200
#5 From meas 42.4917 (R sust) to meas 46.2500 (R note) ( 42.4885- 46.4885) Score: 4276 (20.0+ 1.4)*200
#6 From meas 65.0000 (G note) to meas 68.7500 (Y note) ( 63.0933- 68.7510) Score: 4800 (24.0+ 0.0)*200
#7 From meas 71.0000 (Y note) to meas 75.0000 (Y note) ( 70.9990- 74.9990) Score: 5200 (26.0+ 0.0)*200
#8 From meas 86.0000 (G note) to meas 93.0466 (Y sust) ( 86.0510- 93.0466) Score: 5764 (24.0+ 4.8)*200

nearly-ideal path details
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File: frankenstein.mid
Solution Path: 2-S1-C2-2-S1-2-C2-2-2-3
Estimated Base score 20761
Estimated 4* cutoff 41522
Estimated 5* cutoff 58130
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 80189
Estimated SP Score 40856
Estimated Total Score 121045
Activations:
#1 From meas 8.0000 (Y note) to meas 12.6250 (G note) ( 8.0502- 12.5719) Score: 5100 (24.0+ 1.5)*200
#2 From meas 16.4292 (G sust) to meas 20.3750 (R note) ( 16.4271- 20.4484) Score: 4048 (18.0+ 2.2)*200
#3 From meas 24.2500 (Y note) to meas 30.1866 (Y sust) ( 24.3010- 30.1866) Score: 5820 (27.0+ 2.1)*200
#4 From meas 33.7500 (Y note) to meas 39.0000 (G note) ( 33.7745- 38.9484) Score: 5800 (29.0+ 0.0)*200
#5 From meas 42.4917 (R sust) to meas 46.2500 (R note) ( 42.4885- 46.4885) Score: 4276 (20.0+ 1.4)*200
#6 From meas 65.0000 (G note) to meas 68.7500 (Y note) ( 62.8694- 68.7510) Score: 4800 (24.0+ 0.0)*200
#7 From meas 71.0000 (Y note) to meas 75.0000 (Y note) ( 70.9990- 74.9990) Score: 5200 (26.0+ 0.0)*200
#8 From meas 86.0000 (G note) to meas 93.1610 (Y sust) ( 86.0510- 93.1610) Score: 5812 (24.0+ 5.1)*200

upper-bound path details
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File: frankenstein.mid
Solution Path: 2-S1-C2-2-S1-2-C2-2-2-3
Estimated Base score 20761
Estimated 4* cutoff 41522
Estimated 5* cutoff 58130
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 80189
Estimated SP Score 41176
Estimated Total Score 121365
Activations:
#1 From meas 8.0000 (Y note) to meas 12.6250 (G note) ( 8.0656- 12.6017) Score: 5100 (24.0+ 1.5)*200
#2 From meas 16.4427 (G sust) to meas 20.3750 (R note) ( 16.4406- 20.4406) Score: 4048 (18.0+ 2.2)*200
#3 From meas 24.5000 (R note) to meas 30.5000 (R note) ( 24.4990- 30.4373) Score: 5924 (27.0+ 2.6)*200
#4 From meas 33.7500 (Y note) to meas 39.0000 (G note) ( 33.7490- 38.9512) Score: 5800 (29.0+ 0.0)*200
#5 From meas 42.5052 (R sust) to meas 46.2500 (R note) ( 42.5021- 46.5021) Score: 4276 (20.0+ 1.4)*200
#6 From meas 65.0000 (G note) to meas 68.7500 (Y note) ( 62.8149- 68.7510) Score: 4800 (24.0+ 0.0)*200
#7 From meas 71.0000 (Y note) to meas 75.1250 (R note) ( 71.0583- 75.0583) Score: 5400 (27.0+ 0.0)*200
#8 From meas 86.0000 (G note) to meas 93.2030 (Y sust) ( 86.0641- 93.2030) Score: 5828 (24.0+ 5.1)*200

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