GAH! (Venting @ those near misses)

**AskewedOne** · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 118 Location: Yukon, OK

Is it just me, or can it be just MORE frustrating when you work on a song just to get to 16%, have a "magical" run where you manage to get up to 68% that leaves you feeling somewhat happy, then come back to the song the next day only to fail at 92%?!?!?! (CfH Exp.)

Or when you finally get the cajones up to attempt that one song you've been dreading to play on the main track list... Only to get all the way up to 97% and fail on your first run through? (BatM Exp.) Not only that, but to be unable to truly vent your frustrations in a record-setting stream of obsenities afterwards because there's young children present. And then have someone tell you to calm down because it's "Only a game" when things like this are the last real roadblocks you have left to hurdle before you feel you can relax once again and put true joy into the game as you now only have increasing your scores to do?

This is the hell I just went through, I need to feel the love from my fellow GH bretheren.

EDIT: Note: All of this happened over Friday and Saturday, had finally worked my way past Frankenstein and decided to take a short break from the game before trying to tackle these two songs, Friday before work is when I kept getting stuck around 16% on CFH and then got 68% just before I had to leave, which made me feel like I was at least getting closer... then came the 92% run. I mean, if I'm going to fail, I'd at least like to be more consistant at it, and not start feeling like I'm going to make only to fall on my face nearing the finish line.
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**Genga** · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 2474 Location: Glasgow, Scotland

one thing I hate is im trying to do 100% on as many songs as possible, so to take the easy route, ill start on easy, as you can see Im doing pretty well, theres just one song which I get right to the end and fuck a note up, I literally smashed my guitar off my bed, so thank goodness its springy :P

but i know how ya feel man, pain in the balls

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**AskewedOne** · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 118 Location: Yukon, OK

**shutendoji** · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 658 Location: Earth

i honestly never had any trouble PASSING songs, i always get it on at least the second try, but 100's are bitches

**H0llyw00d** · Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 18 Location: Newaygo, MI

true story, I have been trying to beat CfH - Expert for I don't know how long... I just can't do it, i don't know how many times I've gotten above 95% on that song before failing. I was at Phr34k's place one day just messing around, we were about to turn off GH and I just felt like playing one more song... CfH - Expert. So I say, watch I'll beat it now because I don't have my memory card on me. What happens, I beat it. I was so frustrated/happy that I threw the guitar on the bed, then proceded to trip over the cord and send the guiter crashing to the ground... luckily it was ok. Well yea that was the only time I have been able to beat that song. I will defeat you again someday CfH!!!!

**Cliff** · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 3002 Location: Springfield, IL

Bark at the Moon - Expert - 99% at failure

I had played through and beaten the song before, so I KNEW that the note that I failed on was THE LAST NOTE IN THE SONG.

Luckily, I'm in a college dorm, so I could curse up a storm putting a sailor to shame

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**Nytwolf** · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 586 Location: Kansas City, KS

Try getting all the way through Texas Flood on Hard carrying a X4 multiplier, miss a stupid note at the end, and miss finally five starring it by less than a thousand.

I'm repairing my SG as we speak.
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**ES942** · Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 3445 Location: Snalbans

this reminds me of a story.

my dad was in the doorway eating pizza, and he went to go cut it with his fork, and the pizza spilled all over his qhite shirt. so he turned around and threw the fork at the tile wall behind the kitchen sink and took a pretty good sized piece out of it.
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**krimsunmunkeys** · Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 4:08 am Post subject:

Wow, Guitar Legend already ES? You've obviously been working at it today, because IIRC you were at about 170 this morning.

**ES942** · Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 3445 Location: Snalbans

well once i see krimsunmunkeys under the last post post of about 7 topics, i thought i had some work to do
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**krimsunmunkeys** · Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 4:23 am Post subject:

**Nytwolf** · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 586 Location: Kansas City, KS

**AskewedOne** · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 118 Location: Yukon, OK

Yeah, it's funny sometimes what triggers our tempers to actually flare up. Anyhoo, I only have one of the original 30 left to scrape my way through on Expert, then I'll most likely calm down again. I've seen that last yellow on BATM a few times now, just have to actually REACH it. And now I have another game-specific controller to try to take care of for beatmania.
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