Best FC of its time

**Malum** · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 300

Here's an interesting question: What do you think is the best FC of its time? I put the question that way instead of "best FC of all time" because the answer will obviously be different. What do you think is the FC that was the most important to Guitar Hero when it happened?

When you answer, consider when it happened and how good other players were when it happened.

I'd have to say it was iamchris4life's TTFAF FC. I feel as if the TTFAF FC opened the floodgates for all of the incredible work done later. I would have to say HellAshes's Jordan FC follows in a close second. Much like TTFAF, it was the beast of its time and it's what everyone wanted.

**inv4der** · Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 9656 Location: Meridian, ID

I'd have to say Jordan. Jordan was the first song considered "impossible" and like every "impossible" song since, it fell when someone actually tried. It being taken down is proof that this community can take out anything as long as it's not impossible due to software/hardware constraints. As far as I remember, it was the first major FC achieved with tapping as well.

While it's a little off from your intended topic of guitar FCs, I'll also say that Black Betty is the best drum FC for much the same reason. Our drummers have been good for while even leading up to that FC, but previous "epic" FCs had all been pretty simple charts, compared to the hyper-accuracy of Black Betty, and that charting had gotten it the "impossible" title, which like its guitar brethren, didn't actually describe the song accurately.

Basically, the best things we've done are the things that prove that the community can take out any song one of us works on enough. (Although of course that honor is normally restricted to a select few of the best.)
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**Warhiem** · Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 1331

definitely agree with inv4der on both points. Jordan was beyond comprehension at the time, and I still don't know how Black Betty was FC'd.
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**elScarecrow** · Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 1404 Location: Raleigh

dark caves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Ylb6U9sik

jordan was def the best FC of that particular time, but today, with everybody super-good at GH, a total of like 4 people have PASSED this song. one of which has FCd it. wasn't jordan FCd a bunch more in the coming weeks after HA's?
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**DESMO56** · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:29 pm Post subject:

**Pas26** · Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 3664 Location: Québec, Canada

Obviously Dark Caves. It's such a high step above everything else. Not more than 9 people even passed it, and one of the 9 FCed it. Outro is a fantastic self-control show-off. And of course you have to master most tapping techniques to even think about tech FCing it on slower.

**ace5993** · Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 1920

I think the general easiest way to judge this is by length of time it took to reproduce the FC.

Jordan - a week
TTFAF - about 6 months
Devil - over a year

Dark Caves has only been FC'd for a month at the moment but I truly couldn't see ggamerman NOT FCing this within the next 6 months if he tried. Ditto Soulless 3 gamingfreak.

I vote Devil

**voidedalive2x** · Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 1:29 am Post subject:

**blackwidowcd** · Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 1717 Location: Bucketheadland

Jordan. It proved that any song that was recorded on guitar could be fc'd. But if there's one PERSON who proves anything can be done, it's Danny. He fc'd songs that weren't even played on guitar, but rather made using midi software for the purpose of being impossible. After finding out he fc'd all that stuff, I STILL find amazing unbelievable videos.
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**Deedooh** · Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 104

I oposed iamchris4life once in gh3 pro-face off. I lost overall, but I grabbed Pride & Joy from him (-1)

True anecdote.

I'd say there wasn't "the most important" FC at all. If I have to point out anything most important getting GH going even further, it has to be Armstrong's (can't remember his tag now for some reason) cool and funny videos of him trying different songs. I especially remember his gh1 Bark at the moon vid for some reason.

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**Dodongo** · Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 4:13 pm Post subject:

For some reason, the one that jumped to mind was when ES942 FC'ed Institutionalised and everyone was like "OMG WTF". Well, how times have changed, eh?
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**xboxpro57** · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Virginia Tech

Jordan was insane. I remember there being quite a few days of grinding and ccommunity eagerness. once Hellashes did it, this place went crazy. that FC truly propelled the guitar hero community to new heights.
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