Raw Dog

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

**TheBrain** · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 305

1 (once combo is 4x)
2
2
2 (after red hold)
<1 wasted>

Well that ^ is what I used to get 131K, but I know this would be better :

1 (once combo is 4x)
2
2
1 (straight away)
2 (straight away)

I'm just not good enough at whammying to get that last '1'.
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**BiteSizeCenter** · Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 323 Location: Columbus, KS

Whoa, just played through this with my feet, I freaked out when I saw a blue note, I thought I'd accidently put it on medium.

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

spopt2.pl results for "Raw Dog" (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 (133676) PNG TXT
no-squeeze (135552) PNG TXT
big-squeeze (136344) PNG TXT
nearly-ideal (136544) PNG TXT
upper-bound (136836) 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: rawdog.mid
Solution Path: 1-2-2-1-2
Estimated Base score 29276
Estimated 4* cutoff 58552
Estimated 5* cutoff 81972
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 113876
Estimated SP Score 22468
Estimated Total Score 136344
Activations:
#1 From meas 23.2500 (Y note) to meas 29.5000 (R note) ( 23.3245- 29.3911) Score: 4904 (22.0+ 2.5)*200
#2 From meas 46.3750 (R note) to meas 50.8750 (G note) ( 46.3740- 50.7740) Score: 3700 (17.0+ 1.5)*200
#3 From meas 73.5000 (Y note) to meas 78.2500 (R note) ( 73.5833- 78.2500) Score: 4300 (20.0+ 1.5)*200
#4 From meas 94.8750 (R note) to meas 99.0000 (G note) ( 94.8917- 98.8917) Score: 3352 (15.0+ 1.8)*200
#5 From meas 157.3750 (R note) to meas 165.5000 (G note) (157.3969-165.3969) Score: 6212 (26.0+ 5.1)*200

nearly-ideal path details
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File: rawdog.mid
Solution Path: 1-2-2-1-2
Estimated Base score 29276
Estimated 4* cutoff 58552
Estimated 5* cutoff 81972
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 113876
Estimated SP Score 22668
Estimated Total Score 136544
Activations:
#1 From meas 23.2500 (Y note) to meas 29.5000 (R note) ( 23.2490- 29.4234) Score: 4904 (22.0+ 2.5)*200
#2 From meas 46.3750 (R note) to meas 50.8750 (G note) ( 46.3588- 50.8760) Score: 3700 (17.0+ 1.5)*200
#3 From meas 72.0000 (Y note) to meas 77.0000 (Y note) ( 72.0020- 76.8953) Score: 4500 (21.0+ 1.5)*200
#4 From meas 94.8750 (R note) to meas 99.0000 (G note) ( 94.8740- 98.9856) Score: 3352 (15.0+ 1.8)*200
#5 From meas 157.3750 (R note) to meas 165.5000 (G note) (157.3969-165.3969) Score: 6212 (26.0+ 5.1)*200

upper-bound path details
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File: rawdog.mid
Solution Path: 1-2-2-1-2
Estimated Base score 29276
Estimated 4* cutoff 58552
Estimated 5* cutoff 81972
Estimated Perfect w/o SP 113876
Estimated SP Score 22960
Estimated Total Score 136836
Activations:
#1 From meas 23.2500 (Y note) to meas 29.5000 (R note) ( 23.2490- 29.4501) Score: 4904 (22.0+ 2.5)*200
#2 From meas 45.2500 (Y note) to meas 50.0000 (Y note) ( 45.3179- 49.8646) Score: 3800 (18.0+ 1.0)*200
#3 From meas 73.2500 (Y note) to meas 78.2500 (R note) ( 73.2994- 78.2500) Score: 4500 (21.0+ 1.5)*200
#4 From meas 94.7380 (Y sust) to meas 99.0000 (G note) ( 94.7380- 98.8646) Score: 3356 (15.0+ 1.8)*200
#5 From meas 138.0000 (Y note) to meas 146.2500 (Y note) (138.1167-146.1167) Score: 6400 (30.0+ 2.0)*200

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

**RizenKalmte** · Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 36

Im kin of a noob at this game, got it like a week ago, so can you help me to understand all the stuff your saying??

**FinalAeon** · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:48 am Post subject:

He just calculated the way for people to maximize their scores. Even though you're new to the game I'm sure you understand the concept of Star Power (doubles the points of the notes you hit within it).

There are optimal combinations of Star Power activations for each song. When you see "3-2-2-1" for example it means collect 3 SP's and activate at a (given) point; collect 2 SP's and activate; collect 2 SP's and activate; collect 1 SP and activate.

Where you activate is important because for the highest score you'll need as many notes (or hold points) under Star Power.

Once you get more experience at the game you can try out an important technique called "squeezing" - it's activating your SP at the last second (when the first note you want under SP is half past the hit mark). Doing this will allow you to get one (or a few) more note(s) under SP, bringing your score up.

**RizenKalmte** · Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 36

ok thanks

**FinalAeon** · Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject:

OMFG! I'm about to kill someone/something! All the squeezes here are pretty crazy but I can get 2 or 3 out of 4 pretty often. I can get all 4 seperately but for the life of me can't get them all together.

My best shot was when I got the first 3 but missed the note on the last activation. If I pulled that off, I would have had 1363xx, outsqueezing even Cdw.
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**Cdw01** · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 923 Location: New York

**FinalAeon** · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:08 pm Post subject:

The one in the solo is the one that prevented me from the optimal score but I usually do get it. It's either the 1st or the 3rd (mostly the latter) squeeze that prevent me from improving even further.
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