Gimmick performances

**SkepticalMario** · Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 310 Location: Minneapolis, MN

A couple of months ago, I beat I Love Rock & Roll on easy with a one-note streak. I did it for fun. My next goal is to get 100% on that song with only a two-note streak, and you'd be surprised how hard it is.
Have any of you tried to do odd things like this, and if so, what have you 'accomplished'?

**Echelar** · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 1246 Location: Fort Wayne, IN

This only halfway fits, but I was working on a 5 star cutoff range, and managed to hit within the 3000 point range or so while getting 100%:

Stellar - Xpt
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**deathtongue** · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject:

I thought it might be fun to see who can get the lowest score on a particular song. I haven't tried it yet though... I think it would be a challenge to stay as close to failing as you possibly can.
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**SkepticalMario** · Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 310 Location: Minneapolis, MN

I wonder if anyone has tried to quantify how many notes you can skip before you lose, how much 'health' hitting a note gives you, and so on.

I have noticed that you need to do better than every other note to break even, and strumming when there is no note hurts you more than missing a note.
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**deathtongue** · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject:

**SkepticalMario** · Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 310 Location: Minneapolis, MN

Let's have a little competition. Lowest score on a song by tomorrow. You pick the song.
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**deathtongue** · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject:

Lol

I haven't tried it before, but I think when I get the chance the first song I will try is I Love Rock and Roll on Easy... just to try it out. I'm going to predict that there is going to be a minimum score that should be fairly easy to determine....
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**SkepticalMario** · Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 310 Location: Minneapolis, MN

Actually, it turns out I have a picture on my cell phone from when I tried to get a low score on I Love Rock & Roll on easy.

Score: 7872
47%, 7 note streak

I could certainly get a lower score than that now, though. My skill has greatly declined since then! Mr. Green

I think I'll give that a try tonight. Beats 5-starring texas flood.
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**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

This was with no cheats. I hit every note without hitting 2 in a row, and still passed (barely):

I Love Rock & Roll - Easy
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**SkepticalMario** · Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 310 Location: Minneapolis, MN

How is that possible? When I've tried doing that I noticed:

1) Strumming between notes counts against you more than hitting a note gains you,
so
2) You will eventually fail without using Star Power.
But
3) If you strum before the first note in a star sequence, it will cancel the star sequence and you can't get Star Power from it.
Therefore
4) You can't get Star Power at all
and thus
5) It can't be done.

I'm fairly sure on my logic, so I would love to know where I messed up. In any case, that is exactly what I was asking about when I created this thread, so thanks!
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**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

**SkepticalMario** · Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 310 Location: Minneapolis, MN

Well, thanks for clearing that up. Guess I'll try that.

In other news, I tried for a low score at I Love on Easy and got 6,290. Unfortunately I don't have a means to upload my pictures, so you'll have to trust my Minnesota Niceness.

Edit: And I wouldn't say I messed up, since a bug disproved one of my premises. My logic was sound.

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**Anthony** · Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 659 Location: Cali

I don't see how it's a bug that strumming where there isn't a note breaks your streak. Makes perfect sense to me.
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**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

The fact that it breaks your streak isn't a bug.

But the fact that it does not break the star power combo (only if the extra strum occurs before the note's true location, otherwise it does break the star power combo) is something I would consider a bug.
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