Individual Player Profiles

**emptyset** · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject: Individual Player Profiles

This goes somewhat in line with the 'Introduce Yourself!' thread, but with a different focus.

Aside from a few users I usually talk to about SP strategies, close calls, and big achievements, I realized that I don't know what types of players a lot of people on ScoreHero are. Scores only tell half the story as far as what kind of player everyone is. So, the purpose of this thread is to tell (briefly) what your main strengths and weaknesses as a player are, what your difficulty level of choice is, and also, your ultimate goal with GHII. Lots of players have scores submitted for every difficulty, so if you can hang on Expert but enjoy playing Medium or Hard more, then list that.

I'll get the ball rolling here:
Updated 3-8-2007 (procrastinating)

User:

Difficulty of choice:

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Whammying short SP holds early for maximum SP...can never seem to get enough for that last note.

Ultimate goal:

and hey, why the hell not, top 3 on Medium.

(have 22)

Find enough time to play.

Hopefully this thread serves as a way of getting to know each other better as players, beyond what range of scores we get.
I look forward to the responses! I really like how this thread turned out. Keep editing/updating your posts, too!
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**Tahmer** · Last edited by Tahmer on Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:59 am; edited 5 times in total

User:

Difficulty of choice:

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Ultimate goal:

Looks like half my goal came true, I've been in the top 40 for GH1 for a couple weeks. I've also gotten alot better at fast hammer ons. I FCd that GRB hammer on in Slither a few times. I never could've done that when I first posted this list.

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**Alakaiser** · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 4154 Location: Cambridge, MA

Alright, lemme give this a shot.

User: Your mom...or maybe Alakaiser. Yeah. Alakaiser.

Difficulty of choice: Expert

Strengths: I'm pretty good with weird rhythms, I've got stretchy fingers, and I'm decent at HO/PO. I don't think I have any quality that's vastly better than another. I'm pretty well-rounded in my suckitude.

Weaknesses: That being said, I can't do fast strumming very well. Misirlou kills me. Oh, and the BIG thing with me is that I can't keep a combo. I always miss some retarded notes and mess up my combo and get terrible scores. Also, along with that, SP for me means C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER! I've tried tilt and button, I usually still fuck it up.

Ultimate goal: Stop making stupid mistakes, train my wrist to actually not die halfway through a long string of strumming. Consistency is what I'm aiming for currently, though.
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**ImaCarrot** · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 2687

User: ImaCarrot

Difficulty of choice: Hard (I like to have fun, not feel like I'm working.)

Strengths: Fast patterns, finding good SP paths.

Weaknesses: Slow songs (freebird) I get bored and make stupid mistakes. Fast alternate strumming with a lot of chord switches(six). Finding time to play.

Ultimate goal: Be in the top 3 of hard.

**AlCim** · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:53 pm Post subject:

User: AlCim

Difficulty of choice: Expert

Strengths: Trills, descending HOPO's (ie. BYR BYR BYR) and soloes in general, out of rythem patterns... (rock this town, Gemini... etc.), i practice parts i can't get, or wanna FC till my fingers are red. Uhm... Iv'e got big hands...

Weaknesses: Alt strumming, fast ascending HOPO's (ie. jordan's "guitar break"), SP strategy, near FC nervousness.

Ultimate goal: FC a bunch of songs... i take a great deal of pride in FC'ing songs... (preferably hard songs

). Reach the top 25.
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**RiseOfAsh** · Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 683

User: RiseOfAsh
Band Name: dot.dot.dot. (formerly Irish Common; changed after memory corruption)

Difficulty of Choice: Hard (Offers the right balance of fun with keeping me busy.)

Strengths: Trills, Consistant chord change songs (HFoB, TIO, Strutter, Girlfriend's rhythm) , SP Mapping/Execution

Weaknesses: Ascending Triplets, Descending 4-note scales, solos with back and forth sweeps (FoP, Six, TLTB)

Ultimate Goal: FC 35 songs on GHII Hard, Get a #1 on Easy or Medium. *eyes cdw suspiciously*

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**tinyriconen** · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:09 pm Post subject:

User: tinyriconen

Difficulty of Choice: Hard

Strengths: Uhhm... N/A?? Maybe my pinky... and notes all spread over the fret board but no need for alt strum or HOPO's (not kind of a strengths, but fun to do)

Weaknesses Alt strumming, Speed changes (such as in Thunderhorse), Repeating HOPO's (Free Bird) and lots lots lots lots of other stuff (A)

Ultimate Goal: Trying to reach the best 100 for 10 songs on Hard (i'm not that good you know

)

**BigE** · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 1233 Location: New Jersey

User: BigE

Difficulty of choice: Hard

Strengths: definitely none

Weaknesses: Strumming and pressing the fret buttons

Ultimate goal: Top-100 in Hard. Passing Expert (just freebird and some bonus to go)
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**Ensiferous3** · Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1629

**Sensorium139** · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 192

Username: Sensorium139 (epica song +139)

Difficulty of choice: All of them but I prefer Medium

Strengths: I'm good at downstruming and getting past 100,000 on songs

Weaknesses: Orange button(what? I'm a girl with little hands its hard to reach that orange button!),and whammying without messing up a bit

Ultimate goal: To get 200,000 or play expert without screwing up badly

**Sottle** · Joined: 14 May 2006 Posts: 3050

User: Sottle

Difficulty of choice: Expert/Hard

Strengths: Downstrumming (Top 100/GG on GH1 using exclusive downstrumming). Consistency (Once i "learn" a part, i never really miss it). And it seems i'm very good at solos now the new HOPOs have come in.

Weaknesses: Alt strumming, not so much anymore, 5*'ing Misirlou and Meteo's Wolf And Raven custom has got me reasonable skill at this. Star Power, not once have i looked at a note chart to see where to use star power for myself, i generally just use other peoples. Note memory, i see all these people saying "oh yeah just do blah blah blah for that GGRRYRYGRYRY bit" and it amazes me, i remember nothing, i have to REALLY struggle to tell you what he CFH riff is without having it in front of me.

Ultimate goal: Maintain Top 20 Hard and Top 100 Expert on GH2 to match GH1.

**Kecos** · Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 488 Location: North America

User:Kecos
Difficulty of choice: Expert

Strengths:I'm good at sightreads, HOPOs I HOPO Jordan riff), and rhythm.

Weaknesses: I'm horrible at fast strumming, FCs, and concentrating after a few bad runs, super fast descending triplets(you know what I'm talking about)
Ultimate goal:More FCs, and Top 20 Expert GH2.

**suspectfenster** · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 1771 Location: Portland, OR

User: suspectfenster

Difficulty of Choice: Expert

Strengths: Fast strumming, chords

Weaknesses: Just about everything else. Even my strengths are just relative to my skill level. Especially terrible at scales.

Ultimate Goal Beat Twilight Princess ASAP so I can get back on the GH wagon (...it's gonna be a while

)
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**PriestMLH** · Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 1958 Location: Evansville, IN

User: PriestMLH (not really a priest)

Difficulty of Choice: Expert

Strengths: Steady Strum Rhythm, Recognizing rhythms patterns and timing, Chord Shifting, General HO/PO's

Weaknesses: Fast note changing solos, funky off-beat rhythms, Carry Me Home, Pre-FC Anxiety (choke artist), Squeezing, Short attention span, Over strumming on Alt strumming (I usually hit every note, but can't stop myself after I do), Never being satisfied

Ultimate Goals: Stay in the Top 10, Improve All Scores to Top 30, FC at least 40 Songs
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Updated as of January 1, 2007 at 9:16 PM

User: HylianHero (pronounciation key: Hi-lee-ehn Hee-row)

Difficulty of choice: Hard. I can do Expert, but I'm much better at Hard.

Strengths: Trills, SP Usage, fast strumming in little sections, 123 triplets, and getting under 3800 points on a song and still passing it.

Weaknesses: Fast strumming for the entire song (Misirlou), fast chord changes that require a different fingering (Gemini), triplets that involve a 1-2-4 fingering, fast alt-strumming with breaks in between segments (PF), consistency.

Ultimate Goals: 5-star Expert in GH2, 6-star Hard, stay in the top 30 for Hard, 16 million Hard
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