Fall of Pangea

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

**Slowhand** · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 625 Location: Lombard, Illinois

Am I doin' this right?

Marginal increase to the score is still 5700 below so someone tweak my path please. I know one spot I can pick up about 800 points but I'm curious if it's just my technique that stinks and not the path.

I used the suggested medium path of 2-2-1-1-2-2-1-2 which should really be a 3 sp's at the end fro the 4 more notes.

Get 2 whammy away, use on the 5th R note
Get 2 whammy away, use it on the single G note of meas. 82, runs out right before SP 5.
Get 1, use it on the Y hold note of meas. 104
Get 1, don't whammy final hold, act. immediately
Get 2 whammy away, use it on the first chord
Get 2, use it (didn't get the squeeze -200)
Here's my goof
I used 1 and used it, where if I combined the last 3 I would pick up 4 more notes and a squeeze for 1000.

So.....I'll sit down and wait for my answer.

edit: 2nd act. - perfect whammy should get 6.86 measures of SP so start the sp during the G hold of meas. 81 about 1/2 beat before meas. 82.

4th act. whammy as much as needed to start sp asap after final star note and get all notes
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**Cdw01** · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 923 Location: New York

You must have really screwed up something because 2-2-1-1-2-2-1-2 is the right path. Using 3 on the last activation is NOT better than 1-2 if you do it properly. This song has a lot of squeezes, but I think your problem is simply whammying if you're that far off. For example, on activation 4 you say to not whammy the last note, but if I go beyond the 4th green hold in measure 120 with whammying, I am guaranteed to overlap the next sp phrase when activating the instant I get sp, and I usually just stop after the 4th yellow to be safe, except I think I lost a couple ticks on the last note before the next sp doing that.

**Slowhand** · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 625 Location: Lombard, Illinois

**Cdw01** · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 923 Location: New York

No it's not possible to activate before hitting that last note of sp in that phrase. There are basically squeezes on every activation other than that. I actually missed 1 of them, hitting 6/7. :> 3 of them are fairly difficult, though. I don't really know what other advice to give because those activations are almost all perfect, too.

**Slowhand** · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 625 Location: Lombard, Illinois

Yeah my short whammy technique is sub perfect. I tried a couple times being ultra aggressive (for me anyway) and I was always ahead on my score when I'd miss or double strum. Just got to put a good run together and I think I can get 2500 more, which puts me in my typical range. If only expert was this solvable for me.
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**alsoknownas** · Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 591 Location: Minneapolis, MN

On that one tricky 1 SP activation I think you ignore just the first two notes and it works out perfectly. Don't quote me on it but I think it works
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**Cdw01** · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 923 Location: New York

**FinalAeon** · Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject:

Just got in 3rd. All I can say is the 2nd and 3rd activation just need a good look at the chart. Another thing I was fooled by was the faster and faster going combo's. I used to use my SP on them but after a look on the chart, there was more than enough room to use it on the next part (which has a lot of chords).

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

spopt2.pl results for "Fall of Pangea" (gh2-ps2/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 (251535) PNG TXT
no-squeeze (255275) PNG TXT
big-squeeze (256543) PNG TXT
nearly-ideal (258503) PNG TXT
upper-bound (259195) 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: fallofpangea.mid
Solution Path: 2-2-1-1-2-2-1-2
Estimated Base score 53307
Estimated 4* cutoff 106614
Estimated 5* cutoff 149259
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 210223
Estimated SP Score 46320
Estimated Total Score 256543
Activations:
#1 From meas 29.1667 (R note) to meas 34.0556 (R sust) ( 29.2578- 34.0556) Score: 4620 (23.0+ 0.1)*200
#2 From meas 81.5000 (Y note) to meas 88.4375 (Y note) ( 81.5839- 88.4372) Score: 5544 (21.0+ 6.7)*200
#3 From meas 104.0000 (Y note) to meas 112.0000 (R note) (104.0800-111.9089) Score: 6584 (28.0+ 4.9)*200
#4 From meas 121.2182 (G sust) to meas 126.0599 (G sust) (121.1260-126.0599) Score: 4372 (14.0+ 7.9)*200
#5 From meas 150.2500 (GR note) to meas 156.2500 (R note) (150.2490-156.2378) Score: 8944 (36.0+ 8.7)*200
#6 From meas 184.8750 (RY note) to meas 188.8750 (RY note) (184.8740-188.8740) Score: 5400 (27.0+ 0.0)*200
#7 From meas 194.3750 (Y note) to meas 198.8750 (R note) (194.4583-198.8461) Score: 4400 (16.0+ 6.0)*200
#8 From meas 241.0000 (R note) to meas 246.0497 (GR sust) (241.0608-246.0497) Score: 6456 (32.0+ 0.3)*200

nearly-ideal path details
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File: fallofpangea.mid
Solution Path: 2-2-1-C1-2-2-1-2
Estimated Base score 53307
Estimated 4* cutoff 106614
Estimated 5* cutoff 149259
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 210223
Estimated SP Score 48280
Estimated Total Score 258503
Activations:
#1 From meas 43.1667 (R note) to meas 48.1667 (R note) ( 43.2552- 48.0958) Score: 4800 (24.0+ 0.0)*200
#2 From meas 81.5000 (Y note) to meas 88.6875 (R note) ( 81.4619- 88.6885) Score: 5744 (22.0+ 6.7)*200
#3 From meas 104.0000 (Y note) to meas 112.0911 (R sust) (104.0911-112.0911) Score: 6620 (28.0+ 5.1)*200
#4 From meas 121.2182 (G sust) to meas 126.1656 (G sust) (121.2161-126.1656) Score: 4372 (14.0+ 7.9)*200
#5 From meas 150.7500 (Y note) to meas 157.4702 (GR sust) (150.8307-157.4702) Score: 9932 (40.0+ 9.7)*200
#6 From meas 184.8750 (RY note) to meas 188.8750 (RY note) (184.8740-188.8740) Score: 5400 (27.0+ 0.0)*200
#7 From meas 194.3750 (Y note) to meas 199.0306 (Y sust) (194.4583-199.0306) Score: 4612 (17.0+ 6.1)*200
#8 From meas 240.6667 (G note) to meas 246.0000 (GR note) (240.6960-245.9382) Score: 6800 (34.0+ 0.0)*200

upper-bound path details
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File: fallofpangea.mid
Solution Path: 2-2-1-C1-2-2-1-2
Estimated Base score 53307
Estimated 4* cutoff 106614
Estimated 5* cutoff 149259
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 210223
Estimated SP Score 48972
Estimated Total Score 259195
Activations:
#1 From meas 28.5000 (R note) to meas 33.5000 (G note) ( 28.5666- 33.4177) Score: 4800 (24.0+ 0.0)*200
#2 From meas 81.5000 (Y note) to meas 88.6875 (R note) ( 81.3691- 88.6885) Score: 5744 (22.0+ 6.7)*200
#3 From meas 103.8859 (R sust) to meas 112.0000 (R note) (103.8859-111.8859) Score: 6628 (28.0+ 5.1)*200
#4 From meas 121.2411 (G sust) to meas 126.1437 (G sust) (121.2391-126.1437) Score: 4372 (14.0+ 7.9)*200
#5 From meas 150.4375 (GR note) to meas 157.4167 (GR note) (150.5034-157.3078) Score: 10492 (42.0+10.5)*200
#6 From meas 184.8750 (RY note) to meas 188.8750 (RY note) (184.8740-188.8740) Score: 5400 (27.0+ 0.0)*200
#7 From meas 194.5000 (Y note) to meas 199.2500 (G note) (194.5270-199.1443) Score: 4700 (17.0+ 6.5)*200
#8 From meas 241.0000 (R note) to meas 246.3642 (GR sust) (241.0764-246.3642) Score: 6836 (32.0+ 2.2)*200

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

**SuperSnort** · Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 180 Location: north yorkshire

very helpful thankyou