strike(Fade to Black Drums Expert+ (Expert Plus) FC Video!)

**strikebowler585** · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 1752 Location: Rochester, NY

My Recent Accomplishments (scroll down just a tad):
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stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/strikebowler585-playing-guitar-hero
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Remaining Goals []: FC GHIII []/FC GH:A []/FC RB (discs) []
7* RaBl []/FC DWDTG []
FC Some DLC [...]
FC GH:SH []/FC GH5 []/FC GH:VH []
FC Trogdor [x (gonna redo on my PAL 360 whenever)]

Completed Goals:

7* One [x]/7* TTFAF [x]/FC RaBl [x]/
FC GHI [x]/FC GH80s [x]/FC GHII [x]/
FC Jordan [x]/FC BatH [x]/FC Detonation [x]/
FC FSA on One [x]/FC One [x]/FC TTFAF [x]/
FC Blackened [x]/FC Thrasher [x]/FC GGAHT [x]/
FC Some DLC [...]
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Fade to Black Drums Expert+ (Expert Plus) FC! It took a while to learn a good method for that red note fill over the double bass but didn't take that many real runs. No post fill misses either.

vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUBsmdRLDos
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Satch Boogie FC!!!

vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbyzb296_cs

All that's super hard before GH5 now is TTFAF on smash hits.
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Did this in like half an hour. Used a new path that I may post on pathhero later. For now, path is:

1 - YB chord
2 - YB chord in verse 2
2 - YB chord
2 - blue at start of measure 120
2 - red hold at start of measure 152
2 - YB chord
2 - GR at start of measure 202

More Stats Pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah12/Picture036.jpg

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wowowowow. 1st real run of the day. (EDIT: done on stream)

more stats: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah12/Picture034.jpg

wow. That's 1 uber hard song down, 2 more to go (the 2 being TTFAF on GH:SH and Satch Boogie on GH:WT). I can't judge GH5 or GH:VH yet though. I don't even have them yet.

So, I guess I'll start Satch or FC TTFAF on GH:SH soon (If I do TTFAF I'll be sure to get it on vid, I streamed One so I couldn't record it).
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GHII FC/1st overall!

yus. GHII FC/1st overall! My last FC was Fall of Pangea. You can see my 1st place overall standing and scores here:

1st overall!: http://www.scorehero.com/rankings.php?group=2&game=0&diff=4

scores: http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?user=43750&group=2&game=0&diff=4

GHIII is probably next. Then GH:A. I won't plan much after that since I hate World Tour. I don't plan to do much squeezing though. Maybe on some of my favorite songs but that's it.
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Detonation FC!

vid!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXO5hQJjT0E

Damn somehow got Detonation quickly. 1st place too!

more stats pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah11/1026091742a.jpg

my goals list is now in the realms of possibility (actually it looks very VERY possible now.
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THROUGH THE FIRE AND FLAMES FC MAIN STATS

more stats: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah11/1025091706a.jpg

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For multiplier proof, stats screen: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah11/1024092245.jpg

um, idk how. Just uh, learned a good transition method, activated on the green before the triplets, and uh, yeah. No FSB chokes somehow, didn't even really practice it. Also, funny thing, run before this was a 1519 note streak, missed the last green of that ending of FSA. XD
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See? I told you! GHIII sucks. 100% overstrum on TTFAF in bridge I. Actually kinda happy because now it's gold stars, and I wasn't even nervous when I did the run lol.

Pic on request. It was done on stream too.
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got 1st on take this life on stream yesterday. I'll upload all the pics now...
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I HATE GHIII. TTFAF 3544 NS WTF. on stream, I will FC later.
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WTF I got the pulloff squeeze on Suck My Kiss. 265803... wow I outsqueezed a bunch of people.

I'll upload stuff when I'm done streaming. I got stuff like PotR optimal, Impulse tie for 1st, etc. Other "optimals" too...

I'm just gonna upload pics, then stream other optimals/1sts/good scores etc.
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Got the real optimal on Paranoid (352,040). Damn. Second time getting the last squeeze. 2nd time not dropping ticks in the song. 1 very lucky run.

EDIT: pic...

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I got the 2nd squeeze like 10 times before hitting the 4th one on the same run.

I might try to get more 1sts on other songs later maybe (probably the easy optimals first)...
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wow...

I won't post the more stats pics but I'll say what they're about. -20. overstrum in devil's solo C. Miss in victory solo C (lol, happpened in an 845k run too) and miss in victory solo G (still need to find a better method for it). That's right. I FCd K, Q, R, AND verse 4 with all that pressure on me.

I might go for TTFAF. But meh, I'll go for that only if I get the whole DF pack, and I'll only go for a FGFC including DLC if I get DWDTG. Then I'll only go for a FGFC not including DLC if I can get One and the DF pack.

One shouldn't be too much trouble. It's just annoying randomly missing every time in different places.
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wait, what? I mean. I worked on this today, and just today. I played it once yesterday as a sightread and 4*d it XD.

pic (sorry, no vid, but I'm sure I can either re-FC or get someone else to FC it on vid): http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah7/DSC08252.jpg

more stats pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah7/DSC08254.jpg

More to happen soon...
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WOW. War Ensemble Bass FC. Only took like an hour to do. Damn that one part after the second solo (4:13 in the video)

vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNOTynqynqU

More to come soon...
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One 638k Main Stats: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah7/downsized_0202092056.jpg

One 638k More Stats: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah7/downsized_0202092056a.jpg

One Fast Solo A Full Speed Expert FC Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQUMDH7Xq2Q

One Fast Solo B to D Full Speed Expert FC Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnP9zb5oLiI

FC soon? idk.
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OMG!!! The 1st FC was FSA alone, and the 2nd FC was with the Darkness bridge before it!!! and I FCd the transition and everything! I am gonna FC One (no first place, but I'll get 660k).

Coming up next, I need to FC full fast solo, I FCd A, B, and C, and choked in D in practice.
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Holy crap One Fast Solo A Full Speed Expert FC! I don't have a video of the FC but I can either make one, or upload the proof video, where I show the stats screen, play FSA on full speed by restarting, and showing that I really did FC it. idk if that's necessary though. But holy shit, I've FCd every on disc part of every song on expert!
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and a vid of proof only: http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah7/?action=view&current=TTFAF941k.flv

Whoa, whoa, whoa. This shoulda been 950k with a 3000 note streak. I FCd all the way to herman's solo. I just had dumb misses in herman's solo and sam's solo. I missed the stupid SP phrase in Twin Solo, then I FC ascending triplets, then miss at the end of the descending, as usual. I was thinking, okay, wow, like I missed only, what, 10 notes? Then I decide to strum the snake since I'm out of practice on it. I think if I practice snake, twin solo, and bridge I for a week or so, I can maybe pull out an FC in a month or 2.

Also, my guitar randomly kept dropping random orange holds, so I probably missed about 15k or so on the song alone because of that <_<.

It's okay though, at least I didn't FC this run, cuz I squeezed really good, minus dropped orange holds.

FC soon?

As for one, many many 90+ note streaks, from the beginning to the random strum, and from the random strum to the end, and I did that back to back once XD. I may FC with lots and lots and lots of practice and patience. It may even take me a couple months.
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yeah... so I got TTFAF 932k after like an hour of coming back to it and practicing it. I might srsly FC because I've had an FC outside of Bridge I, what the, twin, and snake. Also, dumb mistakes in bridge II and solo fill I. I might eventually get an FC up to what the or even twin solo. I've also found a way to hit snake a bit more consistent (meaning hitting it 2x in a row sometimes). so, yeah. I plan to get 950k very soon.

As for One, idk if I'll ever FC it. in practice I've had many FSA up to yellow strum FC runs, then a couple 143 ns runs where I FCd from the 3rd set of triplets to the end. now to just combine those two to get a FSA FC. I find the rest of the song cake, so, that's not a problem.
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LOL. I FCd The Satch Boogie trill, with the rest of solo D, 3 times in a row on stream a while ago. I said it's possible that I'd never FC Satch, but seeing as now I can FC this solo, and potentially in real runs, it's possible.

I also FCd Solo F 2 times in 2 tries, then played it again after solo D and FCd it again, so I literally hit F 3 times in a row.

I also hit Solo D and F back to back. So, can I FC? maybe...
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YES! 1st place! This is actually a re-FC because I just figure out that I activate on the wrong note in the 2nd activation, robbing me of about 100 points or so. My 1st FC was 501,482. And this 2nd FC is 501,578. I got both FCs within like 1/2 an hour.

Jordan FC Main Stats: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC08020.jpg
Jordan FC More Stats: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC08021.jpg

Damn. Should've recorded.

On another note, I got 285k on Arterial Black. It's 3rd place, but w/e, I kept dropping ticks.
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Got an extra 200 in the intro. I missed the last squeeze for 200 which is identical, cuz I didn't wanna risk it. I missed 400 points on each technically possible double squeeze. Also, no tick drops!

main stats pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC08006.jpg

more stats pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC08008.jpg

Probably some of the best squeezing I have ever done!
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So, me and Phenom decided to coop it out on DWDTG. and holy shit. We got a 2575 note streak! We co-op FCd Devil's solo. Phenom missed like 2 or 3 times, and so did I. We got like 3 1000 note streaks along with the 2575 note streak in the same run. I need to work on Victory solos H, L, and Q, along with consistency of the rest of the song. My individual note streak (how long I kept combo alone) was 2570 note streak, which is a new record for me. Our scores seemed to max out at around 1.38 million. We can't seem to get 1st place because of the glitch over XBL where if both people get a SP phrase, it only gives you credit for 1 of them. This gets rid of some key activations. Damn, if we can co-op FC this song, that would be absolutely insane.
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I might go for a BiM FC 1 handed on lefty flip. My right hand can really go fast. I might also record FCs of each of the trills.
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1st by a chord squeeze and half a chord tick (404 points):

main pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC07996.jpg
more stats pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC07997.jpg

I'm back on the GHII train again! I'll be getting more 1sts eventually (I may go back to RB2 again, but it's better if I just switch back and forth).

Also, check out my scores for GHII, I've got some more scores in top 5: http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?user=43750&group=2&game=0&diff=4
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Read my most recent post for updates...

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71615&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=250
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Hell yes!!! This took me like 45 minutes. I somehow got really consistent at everything on GH80s.

pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC07946.jpg
more stats pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC07947.jpg

I may re-re-FC with a vid, just because of the quality of the other one. Also, I may have playertwotwo come over sometime, and we'll co-op FC this. Stick around.........

Also, INSANE Wrathchild score (230,967 Tied with ratchet!!!)! it's definately worth a spot in this thread. I SOMEHOW got that squeeze in the bridge that's upperbound. I can't believe I didn't choke the run, and I got the bigger squeeze activation too!

pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC07942.jpg
more stats pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC07943.jpg
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EDIT: FCd again for 200,072...

200,048. 4 points behind ratchet, idc <_<

pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC07935.jpg
more stats pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/DSC07936.jpg

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3 BIM FCS IN A ROW! Done on stream! On the 4th run, I had a mis-hit on a yellow note in solo a, but FCd the rest. I'll get 200k soon enough.
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MISIRLOU 258,444 OPTIMAL

pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/IMG_1389.jpg
more stats pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/IMG_1390.jpg

I broke a 10 way tie on Misirlou on hard difficulty. I saw the 1st nearly ideal squeeze. I've hit it once on expert, and I knew because of the score I had after the last 2 reds at the end of gtr break 1, and I thought, "hey, maybe I can do it on hard." So, here you go. This one was much easier because it starts with 16th notes. The trick is to activate on the last green note (of a SP phrase), then squeeze all the way to the yellow pulloff. You can do this by fretting the yellow extremely early, while strumming normal. This is how I squeeze Six.

so, yeah, there you go. I may try expert, but it's extremely hard.
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ok, so I have questions about if any of this is legit or not.

Apparently, I have found out that the strum limit in GHII is partially determined by the format of the game (or console). I changed the settings on my ps2 to PAL, using devices I shouldn't mention, I think, and put in my NTSC version of the game. I quickly FCd the Trogdor strumming on Expert in 10 minutes, and quickly FCd the song the next day. The strum limit on NTSC is about 17 nps, maybe 16, and PALs is around 24 nps or so. I'm just wondering if any of this can be legit (probably not). if it isn't, I'll have to go on a hunt to find a PAL ps2, and a PAL version of GHII, just to FC 1 little stupid song not even 1 minute 30 seconds long. <______________<

I won't submit ANYTHING using these "methods" for now, because I respect scorehero, and their rules of legitimate scores.........

vid (proof): http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/836807
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So I did like 3 runs and managed that. an FC outside of solo d and f, and the outro part (semi-choke?). I honestly don't care who FCs it first, afterall, GHWT came out only days ago <_<
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wtf. This game is so loleasy. It took me like an hour to learn all the parts of the song. I'll FC it soon. I also got Crazy train solo, if anyone really cares. The only thing I find hard is the purple note things. They're so retarded.
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ok. So after an hour or 2 of practice, I got -1 on Satch Boogie solo F (the one that repeats patterns over and over again, not the trill) and it was on full speed. I found a pretty good tapping method. It doesn't work that well on the GRYO pattern, but it will work fine. I also got a 97% Solo D (trill) section on vid. The switching between the notes feels really strict at that part. Idk if I'm fretting too early or too late. Probably too late. I had a -2 solo F vid, but it got deleted off of my camera somehow.

Also, Hot for Teacher doesn't look all that difficult. There's just the intro solo, the mid song solo, and the ending strumming. The riff is easy for me.
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Got Killing in the Name 1st place after trying for 1 day, giving up, then playing it 1 time the next day:

pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/downsized_1002081523.jpg
more stats: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/downsized_1002081524.jpg

Coming soon: H18, Six, Jordan.
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2nd yellow after Solo D activation ftw! BatH FC 1st both consoles!

pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/downsized_1001081627.jpg
more stats: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah6/1001081627a.jpg

Up next: H18 double squeeze on Bigger Riff activation for 1st!
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OMG! Got the Frankenstein nearly ideal reverse squeeze on the 2nd activation!

pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah5/downsized_0927081716.jpg

path: http://www.bradleyzoo.com/GuitarHero/gh-ps2/expert/frankenstein.nearly-ideal.best.png

also, 6th FC from me (I believe) of GR2R (4 more points! XD!). also dropped like, 40 points at the end in a failed attempt to squeeze that last green note:

pic: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/strikebowler585/blah5/downsized_0927081700.jpg

so, yeah, pwnage. I'm probably gonna go back to GHII, while trying GHI epic squeezing every once in a while. Thanks to McSkinny and Fug's streams to help me see how much you can abuse the GHI timing window!

**PublikEnemy** · Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 22

AMazing stuff man...especially the blackened a solo fc..only person to do it
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**ir0ckdrumz073** · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 843 Location: pallet town

Holy christ at the Blackened solo A FC.

gogogoFC. That and Jordan would be so awesome. Just stop choking F >_>

Have you played the virtuoso track pack yet?

did you just make a new thread because the other one was too big?
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lol

**SegroGH** · Joined: 26 Apr 2008 Posts: 61 Location: Alberta, Canada

Seriously.. Blackened SOLO A FC? Man.. What next?
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**Graf** · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:

Good job on Jordan strike! gogogogogo FC!
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**louster200** · Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 1581 Location: YYZ, Indiana

Wow, nice job on Jordan! Amazing for just playing it for a bit.

Why anew thread?
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**Kashic** · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject:

I have to say Blackened Solo A is more Impressive than Jordan.

Im not sure if you are going for the Blackened FC, but if you are... Good Luck.

And have fun on Jordan, your close and you'll have it soon.

**GHAddict** · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 1718

You're just amazing Strike, keep 'em coming. Can't wait for a Jordan FC. (You think you can FC all of GH2?

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**solrac7623** · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject:

Nice job on getting Solo A. That is pure insanity. Good luck on the Jordan FC! Imagine if you FC GH2 also

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**Macaron11** · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject:

I was there

Unblock me from xbox live pl0x
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**witwix** · Joined: 20 Apr 2007 Posts: 841 Location: Long Island, NY

Nicely done on blackened, I always miss in the beginning strums of the solo, but I've hit the rest.

**KrakenEater** · Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 1053 Location: Seattle, WA

Blackened Solo FC? Insane. You should work on Thrasher some more!
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**ZEFFER13** · Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 1515 Location: Chicago, IL

Welcome to the elite "They locked my thread for it was too big" club!
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**Dodongo** · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject:

Oh, you know, just another -5 in Jordan, nothing special..........

O_O
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**GuitarHeroFaLife** · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject:

good job strike i can smell the jordan x fc
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