BobDole's Guitar (Decontrol FC 45/47)

**slashn0** · Joined: 12 Nov 2011 Posts: 739 Location: Tennessee

Good to know you're still accomplishing stuff!

Nice job.
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**BobDole** · Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 2150 Location: Troy, New York

I haven't been on ScoreHero much at all recently, because I've largely lost interest in the games. Not completely, but I mostly just play for fun every once in a while, hardly ever attempting new FCs. However, I recently decided that I felt like trying to take out some of the remaining Guitar Hero 1 songs that I never FCed, so I started playing it again and re-acclimating to the engine. Something very exciting happened...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fklTbecHVko

...unfortunately, it's just the stats, since I don't regularly film my FC attempts anymore (don't have any good way to do it at the moment). And this wasn't even really an FC attempt anyway. I didn't think I was ready for that yet...I still hadn't even decided exactly where to put my hyperspeed paper (of course now I've decided...halfway down the word "settings," exactly where it was when I did this).

I mean, of course I was trying to hit the notes as always, but I was just playing for fun/practice with the engine. This was not the result of a grind session and I didn't give much thought to the possibility of FCing until I finished solo 2 and the 4x multiplier was still there. Even then, it kinda took me a few seconds to realize what I had just done...and then I got nervous about solo 3, which thankfully I managed not to fuck up. This wasn't even on my real profile; it was a trash profile on which I intended to play through the game (the main setlist and my 3 un-FCed bonus songs) and then delete it and start over (silly yes, but this to me is more fun than just repping the un-FCed songs over and over...and if I have the full setlist in front of me it's kind of hard not to just play Bark at the Moon and Cheat on the Church over and over).

Note: This isn't the first time I've hit solo 2 and I actually know its pattern very well...this was no fluke. It was kinda lucky though.

Also this may well be the lowest-scoring Fire It Up FC ever...I did it completely without star power and as a result my ranking is barely in the top 1000 LOL. The reason for not using star power is that I got annoyed by the visual effect and just decided to stop using it period in this game. Though if this had been an actual serious attempt at the FC, I probably would have used star power. Not on solo 2 though, fuck that. Well maybe I'd just activate really early to avoid having to deal with the distracting effect during the fast part.

Anyway, this is 43/47 on GH1 for me, leaving Texas Flood, Decontrol, Get Ready 2 Rokk, and Bark at the Moon. Of those, Texas Flood seems most likely to fall next...it's really not even that hard, I just have to memorize everything again. If I can do that, it should fall fairly easily. The others are far more technical...I know that I can do at least Decontrol and Get Ready 2 Rokk (have hit everything in both songs in the past)...and I'm starting to think that Bark at the Moon may not be impossible. For the first time, I really feel like I'm good enough to FGFC GH1. That's not to say that it's imminent or that it's even going to happen at all...but it just might. Maybe. If I don't at least get one more FC by the time I get sick of this game again I'll be pretty disappointed.

**Midnight-Rider** · Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 5:45 am Post subject:

Very very very out of the blue, but wicked nonetheless.

**nunovanhalen023** · Joined: 01 Sep 2009 Posts: 636

Insanity. You've impressed us once again.
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**GingerBraFace** · Joined: 27 Mar 2016 Posts: 340 Location: Santraginus V

Fire it Up is the first major hurdle on a FGFC ;) Congrats my friend!
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**slashn0** · Joined: 12 Nov 2011 Posts: 739 Location: Tennessee

Fantastic to see you back again with another nice FC

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**UltraHeroABC5** · Joined: 25 Sep 2011 Posts: 1382 Location: Canada

Welcome back to scorehero I guess?

Great FC, fire it up is a tough one.
fgfc soon?
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**Jellu** · Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 1647 Location: Finland

Arguments "I'm good enough to FGFC GH1" and "620 is out of question" are contradictory. But besides that logical error very nicely done! It sure is nice getting a good FC like that so quickly
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**alexhaz64** · Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 4480 Location: Long Beach, CA

Wow did this come out of the blue! I know GH1 was one of your strong suits, but at the same time FIU is on a whole 'nother level! Major congrats on the FC, and I hope to see at least 45/47 soon!

I agree with Jellu though, 600 is a very weak goal considering your GH1 prowess. 625 at least is a very reasonable yet impressive goal. I'd like to see you round out the other GH games accordingly

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2:59 alexhaz64: I'm like 6th place on that song
2:59 alexhaz64: pretty neat
2:59 alexhaz64: :p
2:59 JohnnyGrey: No Alex, I don't care how good your score is
2:59 JohnnyGrey: DAMMIT
2:59 alexhaz64: XD
alexhaz64 flexes
2:59 psxfreak101: too slow on the trigger there, boyo
2:59 alexhaz64: that seems to be the case all night
2:59 JohnnyGrey: I've been too slow a few times tonight
2:59 JohnnyGrey: GDSAKj hfask
2:59 psxfreak101: XD
2:59 alexhaz64: LMAO
2:59 alexhaz64: OMG
psxfreak101 actua-loling

**BobDole** · Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 2150 Location: Troy, New York

Thanks everybody! Regarding 620/625 or so...I'll see what I can do when I'm done with GH1. I'll probably just go through each game slowly like this; if I stick to one engine at a time I think I'll do better (perhaps that's been my problem with the newer games...I have tended to switch engines a lot in the past). Anyway I've been seeing some encouraging signs with GH1...most significantly this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1-ETnLwLvg

Goddamn intro triplets (FCed everything else). I'm not even really that bad at them (in one stretch the other day I hit them in 3 out of 4 attempts); should have restarted. Sometimes I don't allow myself to not hit the intro...but sometimes I just don't care, and unfortunately, this was one of those times. I need to get a little more consistent at the intro so that I stop allowing myself to go past it with a miss. Oddly I'm having the most success now strumming the triplets; in the past I could only hit them by using pull-offs.

Also I got a 3x in Bark at the Moon solo by almost FCing the second half of the fast part (just one miss/overstrum I think). The first half was (as always) a mess though, because I was trying to do the whole thing from third position. The reds in the first half make that a problematic strategy overall, as I've found out (I thought maybe I could slide them, but it's not working so well). Regardless, I took the run as definitive proof that the speed is not an insurmountable obstacle for me. It felt good. I just need to learn a better fingering.

I have ordered a video camera btw...should arrive Monday. So hopefully my next good FC will be on video for real (i.e. not just a picture of the stats).
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**BobDole** · Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 2150 Location: Troy, New York

**Naruto42** · Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 1289

TF is for sure a nice FC, gratz ! Hit that sweet 44/47. But you have FiU, so you should find a way to 45/47 I think

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**FL4RE** · Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 4178 Location: Liverpool yano

Outstanding FC man. Makes me wish I had GH1 again ._.
Seriously, you should have a higher FC count than me with FC's like that happening.
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