Who's a rock god? I'm a rock god.
So yesterday Liz and I hosted a Guitar Hero tournament at home. We had an impressive turnout of 7 people (one of which left early, however, and one of which decided that snoozing on the couch was a better idea than shredding [wtf?!]) , and it was a smashing success.
The rules were simple: everyone would play the same set of 5 songs, and the person with the highest combined score after all 5 songs would be the winner (everyone had one free "do over", in case they screwed up on a song they know they're good at, for example). Each of the main five contestants (i.e.- the people who own and play Guitar Hero on a regular basis: Frankie, Mike, Bettina, Liz and myself) picked their favorite song, and it was added to the setlist. This way we wouldn't get stuck playing challenging but not-so-fun songs (e.g.- Crossroads, Cowboys From Hell, etc.).
The official setlist was as follows:
- Stellar (by Incubus)
- Ziggy Stardust (by David Bowie)
- Heart Full of Black (by Burning Brides)
- Killer Queen (by Queen)
- Higher Ground (by the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
After all five songs and do-overs, the final positions and scores were as follows:
- 1st place: Luis, with 818,662 points
- 2nd place: Mike, with 687,979 points
- 3rd place: Bettina, with 657,878 points
- 4th place: Liz, with 642,774 points
- 5th place: Frankie, with 594,048 points
- 6th place: Alice, with 97,889 points (only played 2 songs)
- 7th place: Kansas, with 43,845 points (only played 1 song)
Was the outcome a surprise? Well, that depends on who you ask. I personally expected it to be much, much closer, especially since we knew what the songs would be for a few weeks. But hey, I can't really complain, :-).
The next stop on the Official Guitar Hero circuit has been tentatively scheduled for late-2006 at Mike and Bettina's new place downtown. It'll have to wait until at least September, however, since that's when the eagerly-awaited Guitar Hero 2 comes out, hehe. Damn straight I'll be looking for a repeat!
Bonus track: in honor of yours truly's landslide victory, today we decided to try Bobby Flay's coffee spice rub on some gorgeous ribeyes we got at Todaro's after catching The Da Vinci Code at Loews (not bad at all). Needless to say, they were delicious!
Mmm mmm good.
Luis
The rules were simple: everyone would play the same set of 5 songs, and the person with the highest combined score after all 5 songs would be the winner (everyone had one free "do over", in case they screwed up on a song they know they're good at, for example). Each of the main five contestants (i.e.- the people who own and play Guitar Hero on a regular basis: Frankie, Mike, Bettina, Liz and myself) picked their favorite song, and it was added to the setlist. This way we wouldn't get stuck playing challenging but not-so-fun songs (e.g.- Crossroads, Cowboys From Hell, etc.).The official setlist was as follows:
- Stellar (by Incubus)
- Ziggy Stardust (by David Bowie)
- Heart Full of Black (by Burning Brides)
- Killer Queen (by Queen)
- Higher Ground (by the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
After all five songs and do-overs, the final positions and scores were as follows:- 1st place: Luis, with 818,662 points
- 2nd place: Mike, with 687,979 points
- 3rd place: Bettina, with 657,878 points
- 4th place: Liz, with 642,774 points
- 5th place: Frankie, with 594,048 points
- 6th place: Alice, with 97,889 points (only played 2 songs)
- 7th place: Kansas, with 43,845 points (only played 1 song)
Was the outcome a surprise? Well, that depends on who you ask. I personally expected it to be much, much closer, especially since we knew what the songs would be for a few weeks. But hey, I can't really complain, :-).
The next stop on the Official Guitar Hero circuit has been tentatively scheduled for late-2006 at Mike and Bettina's new place downtown. It'll have to wait until at least September, however, since that's when the eagerly-awaited Guitar Hero 2 comes out, hehe. Damn straight I'll be looking for a repeat!Bonus track: in honor of yours truly's landslide victory, today we decided to try Bobby Flay's coffee spice rub on some gorgeous ribeyes we got at Todaro's after catching The Da Vinci Code at Loews (not bad at all). Needless to say, they were delicious!
Mmm mmm good.Luis
posted by Luis at 10:07 PM
2 Comments:
pretty good scores....right now im stuck on bark at the moon on expert.....thats the only things keeping me from being an all time guitar god!!!!!lol
Yeah, Bark and Cowboys on Expert are the only things standing in my way... I can make it about 67% through Bark at the Moon, but much less for Cowboys. Oh well, c'est la vie! At this stage I think I'm content to wait until GH2.
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