To those who have been to tournaments

**BAD** · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 45

Did you play on pro face off or individually? I can see how playing on half a screen with someone else clicking away next to you might annoy participants.

Also what was the policy on the speed mod?

**fluc02** · Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 40

Pro Faceoff. I never really found the smaller screen space or the proximity of my opponent to make it harder to play. I can't imagine playing separately and having no idea if I'm in the lead or not, it would definitely take away a lot of the drama as the two players go back and forth over the course of the song.

As for speed mod, absolutely not.

**wuLFe** · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 2679 Location: Richmond, IN

I'm kind of interested to know the official policy on progressive scan mode. To me, the problem is that if you're used to playing without progressive scan (eg : Guitar Hero 1 on my DLP TV), then moving to progressive scan mode is a huge adjustment, as it really fixes up a lot of the lag issues. Since the game defaults to "without" progressive scan mode, I think it might be contentious to add it (especially if your opponent is used to playing without it)

Any ideas on this?

**Sephi** · Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 454 Location: Albuquerque, NM

Addressing both questions considering I have run 5 major guitar hero tournaments.

1. guitar hero 1 was played on two separate screens, guitar hero 2 is played on Pro Face-Off. The sound from the music is loud enough to mask all clicking so it makes no difference whatsoever.

2. Speed Mod- Best way to do it is if both players agree, it can be used. Otherwise it is off by default.

3. Progressive scan. I can't really believe that it is a disadvantage to play with no lag. It is the way the game was MEANT to be played. Plus, trying to get the lag equal to what every single person experiences on their own personal tv would be impossible.
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**wuLFe** · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 2679 Location: Richmond, IN

**Sephi** · Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 454 Location: Albuquerque, NM

From everyone that i've talked to about it here that plays guitar hero, they all agree that it doesn't make enough of a difference to be a factor during my upcoming tournament.
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