Az's "The End is Near" tour

**youhas** · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 3015 Location: Santa Clara, CA

The Breaking Wheel
was: 99855
is: 119670
top score: 425206
stride: 6%

Stellar
was: 159329
is: 180028
top score: 191572
stride: 64%

I know I can do better at TBW, but didn't. I know I can FC Stellar, but failed to do that, too. Perhaps this "play while half-asleep at 2am" strategy of mine could use some rethinking.
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**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

Thunderkiss 65
Was: 241985
Is: 266713
Top: 306316
Stride: ~38%

Callout
Was: 214734
Is: 238520 (20th place, and with a little room to grow, I think!)
Top: 243196
Stride: 83%

And now I will do something you will hate me for, this close to Breaking Wheel...

**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

Take It Off
Was: 181572
Is: 186789
Top: 212310
Stride: ~26%

Bark at the Moon
Was: 151442
Is: 186168 (finally 4-starred)
Top: 404536
Stride: 14%
(pending replay)

I was gonna save BatM for the very last day, along with ILRR. Figured it would be an appropriate ending. However, I had a day where things were starting to click a little, and I think they will click some more tomorrow (or whatever the next day I play is,) so this is what I'm pulling off the shelf.

Gonna take a few days to let TBW and BatM sink in, and maybe go back to improve on them a little more, so thankfully you won't have to expect much else out of me probably until Saturday.

**youhas** · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 3015 Location: Santa Clara, CA

Helluva job on Callout there, Az. Nice going.

Thunder Kiss 65
was: 187016
is: 264295
top score: 306316
stride: 64%

Callout
was: 152714
is: 224032
top score: 243196
stride: 78%

I think I've successfully passed Bark at the Moon on Expert once, ever. I will consider "passing it a second time, regardless of score" to be all the success I need.

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**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

Play it on hard a bunch of times so you're used to it, and then come back and play it on expert a few. And then stop. Don't stress yourself out.

Come back the next day, and watch as your score magically increases by over 10k on the first try.

Quite honestly, if you can nail down the opening section, and you can simply survive the rest, that will do wonders for your score. I'm still not rock solid on that stuff, but the better I do, the more my score approaches the possibility of 5-starring this sucker.

If it helps you, say this out loud:

And now ready-go now ready-go now ready-go now ready-go ready-in-a-second now ready-go now ready-go now ready. And. We. Go. Right. Now ready-go now ready-go now ready-go now ready-go ready-in-a-second now ready-go now ready-go now ready this is the way that we go and...

**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

Update:
Breaking Wheel - 204674
Bark at the Moon - 192407

Let's see, for tomorrow...gotta keep this train moving or we'll run out of time, so let's get Hey out of the way, and...Eureka I Found Love.

**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

Eureka, I Found Love
Was: 184508
Is: 205094 (FC)
Top: 211075
Stride: 77%

Hey
Was: 131777
Is: 140194
Top: 143446
Stride: 72%

But the big story is that these scores and a quick boost on Ziggy Stardust has brought me to 10 million, which was my initial goal when I started the tour. Now I'm shooting for getting solidly into the top 200, with a current placement of 207. About 60k to get to 200th, but with everyone from 193 to 207 having placed scores during the month of October, most in the last week, I doubt just getting 60k will be good enough.

Fortunately we have 15 more songs left! Tomorrow: You Got Another Thing Coming and No One Knows.

**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

YGATC
Was: 264657
Is: 281751
Top: 325366
Stride: 29%

No One Knows
Was: 230467
Is: 276311
Top: 351844
Stride: 38%

Am I moving too fast for you guys? I plan on hitting up Sedated and Get Ready 2 Rokk next, but that will probably be the last pair of songs for a few days.

**youhas** · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 3015 Location: Santa Clara, CA

The song selection pace is brisk but manageable. So long as there are fallow days here and there, I'll catch up soon enough. (Assuming I don't get totally consumed by my other goals, trying to limp into a fifth star on my remaining Hard songs and the like.)

Take It Off
was: 130554
is: 178474
top score: 212908
stride: 58%

Hey
was: 123919
is: 139590
top score: 143446
stride: 80%

Eureka, I've Found Love
was: 141131
is: 200419
top score: 211975
stride: 83%
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**Jaksiel** · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:48 am Post subject:

OK, heh, I have a lot of catching up to do since I spent the last 5 days in Japan...whee!

**youhas** · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 3015 Location: Santa Clara, CA

You Got Another Thing Comin'
was: 245419
is: 277504
top score: 325366
stride: 40%

No One Knows
was: 104896
is: 186954
top score: 351844
stride: 33%
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**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

Probably some new songs up tomorrow. Weird RL stuff, and I'm still struggling with GR2R.

**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia

Finally had a GR2R run which, while perhaps not perfect, actually hit all the parts I wanted to hit. 68k going out of the into, and 150k going out of the second section like it.

I Wanna Be Sedated
Was: 277495
Is: 311702
Top: 323210
Stride: 75%

Get Ready 2 Rokk
Was: 162358
Is: 187872 (finally 5 starred, omg)
Top: 249924
Stride: 29%

Down to 6 songs to 5-star -- CotC, TBW, and all of the Face Melters besides Godzilla. All of them are at least a 4.4 rating except the 3.3 Cowboys, though. =/

Anyway, we are running out of time! 13 days left, 11 songs to go! So let's get done and out of the way...Frankenstein and Unsung.

And for reference, the songs we have left afterwards are ILRR, MTaF, HFoB, Fat Lip, XR, CFH, AoT, FWM and FotW.

**SThorpe** · Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 2500

**Azuarc** · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 1389 Location: Philadelphia