Rising Star: Synapse

[sabotai]

A few weeks ago, someone started a thread about a game called Shady O'Grady's Rising Star. I tried out the demo and decided to buy the game.

First, the bad news.

The game crashes. The farther you get in a career, the more oftan it crashes. It does autosave after every week, so you generally don't lose much. Maybe a few minutes of play, so it's not that bad. It's bearable. Hopefully it stays that way and doesn't get too bad. For the first year of the game, it hardly crashes at all, but in my third year, I noticed every 2-3 months of play, it would crash.

It's a little easy to make money, especially after you get a manager. When you reach a certain stage, you can get $800-$1000 per gig, which is fine, but then you'll also get gigs that pay by per ticket sold. These are unrealistically huge money makers. My popularity would be in the teens (out of a hundred, I think) for just a handful of cities and I was sitting on $2mil.

The good news is that while the game is repetitive, but I've found it pretty addicting. It's complex enough to keep me interested, but simple enough that I don't feel bogged down.

Early in the game, making money is a bit annoying. You can landscape up to 2 parks in a day, which is very easy ($200 per and just a click of the button) but only 5 parks in a city (at least Philadelphia, where I've started my games) so you can't abuse that. Each park can be landscaped once a week and you take a little hit to Happiness. You can also do "FedEx missions" for various stores and clubs in the city. You can get paid $100-$300 for the simple ones. You can also be offered more difficult ones (time-limit ones) for more. You can only do one job for a store/club per day.

Another way is to buy used equipment from a music store, repair it and resell it to them. Each band meber can "repair" 4 times a day, and gains +1 in repair for each successful repair.

You can also get paid for doing gigs, obviously, but in the early game, you are oftan playing for free as an opening act or in a "Battle of the Bands" where only the winner gets paid. You can also sell shirts and CDs at your shows, but in the early game, you can only buy so many shirts to sell, and only a few if any get sold. And you don't start with nearly enough to produce a CD and sell (maybe a crappy single or EP).

But like I said, once you start getting popular, even a little, it becomes very easy to make money.

Anyway, there is a demo of the game: http://www.gilligames.com/

[sabotai]

And now, for my profile.

Band Name: Synapse

Name: Jason Wood
Role: Lead Vocals

Level 1
Playing: 6
Songwriting: 3
Stage Presence: 4
Production: 1
Repair: 1
Business: 1

The first three are pretty self-explanitory. Production is for recording songs if you choose to have the band self-produce the CD. Only the highest Production attribute in the band is used. Repair, how well you repair used equipment. Business, the higher this is, the cheaper you can buy equipment. Only the highest attribute in the band is used. I always just leave the last 3 at 1 and never put any points into them. I always hire a producer when making a CD and try to find one band member that has a decent Business rating.

Ego: 50 <-- This tells you how much the band member expects to be part of the song writing process, and how much he expects the songs (s)he helps to write get played. For your created profile, it's always 50.

Birthdate: February 9, 1981
Age: 18
Favorite Music: Metal

[sabotai]

January 1st, 2000

I start off with $1,000 and no bandmates.

My first order of business is to go buy a microphone (and I can buy up to 3 Effects Processors, but I'll probably only be able to affford 1)

(Technically, the first thing I do is drive up and down every street in the city so that I know where everything is. In the game, you drive around a 3D map of the city. I found this feature to be kind of annoying, but once you get a manager, you can just get chauffeured around for $100 a pop.)

I buy a microphone (Playing +10, Song Writing +11) for $210. I also buy a Stage Pre. +2 effects processor for $127. (I won't bother typing out the name of all of the equipment, just the stats it modifies.)

My Modified stats: Playing: 16, Songwriting 14, Stage Presence 6

I also find 3 musicians willing to join me in my musical crusade.

Guitar: Billy Gooden - Level 8
Playing: 9 (20) <--- (#) is the modified attribute from equipment.
Songwriting: 25 (40)
Stage Presence: 8 (30)
Production: 13
Repair: 23
Business: 8
Ego: 64

Will need to be part of writing every song.

Bass Guitar: Cole Leech - Level 8
Playing: 10 (15)
Songwriting: 15
Stage Presence: 15 (21)
Production: 15
Repair: 12
Business: 19
Ego: 22

Can leave out of song writing process, but will have him write here and there.

Drums: Danny Dockery - Level 6
Playing: 22 (29)
Songwriting: 7 (15)
Stage Presence: 6 (24)
Production: 16
Repair: 14
Business: 1
Ego: 8

Very low ego means I can concentrate soley on Playing and Stage Presence when he levels up.

Now my band has a Rhythm rating of 85 and a Melody rating of 75 (out of 100). I'll probably need to get another band member at some point. I'll add either another guitar player (which will put as at 100 for both), or maybe a keyboardist (will put us at 100 Rhythm, but only 95 Melody). But for now, we're fine.

When you hire musicians for your band, they are usually wearing goofy costums (I guess the game just randomly picks clothes for them, and they oftan look really stupid. ). Next order of business was to head to a clothing store to buy some simple, cheap clothes for everyone. Lucikly, the three new guys had enough of their own money to cover expenses.

They all had a few hundred left over, so I head back to the music store to see what cheap equipment they can buy to give them a little most boost to their attributes.

Cole gets a +2 Stage Pre. effects processor (SP: 23), Danny gets a +1 SP effects (SP: 25), and Billy gets +9 Playing guitar strings (Playing: 25 - replaced +4 Playing string).

So now we are a band. Synapse is formed.

[sabotai]

January 1st, 2000 (cont.)

Now, it's time to start spreading the word of Synapse.

They way you build repuation is to go watch other bands play. This will do several things. 1) Raises Happiness and Inspiration. 2) Gain reputation with the Bar/Club (Theaters and Arenas do not have a repuation rating) 3) Gain Relationship with the bands who play (in Bars/Clubs. Again does not apply in Theaters/Arenas).

But, going to a show costs money, usually around $100.

Tonight, 3 very popular bands are playing at a club, so it's a good shot at gaining a bit of Relationship with bands that will bring in people. Hopefully, one day, they might ask me to open for them at a gig.

Going To A Show
Club: The Awake Match
Band: Evaluate From Help (80) <--- (#) Band's popularity
Band: Royal (63)
Band: Gifted (54)

Rep with The Awake Match: +4 (4) <--- (#) New Rep/Relation with club/band
Relation with Evaluate From Help: +1 (1)
Relation with Royal: +2 (2)
Relation with Gifted: +3 (3)
Money: -$100 ($569)

[sabotai]

Sun, January 2nd, 2000

No shows tonight. Delivered a check for a music store: +$200 ($759)

Mon, January 3rd, 2000

Delivered zines for a jazz club: +$100 ($849)
Crashed van while delivering zines. Cost of fixing it is $849. Guess it'll have to wait a few days.

Tue, January 4th, 2000

Delivered some shirts for a clothing store: +$100 ($939)

Wed, January 5th, 2000

Made delivery for a studio: +$200 ($1,129)

Thu, January 6th, 2000

Made delivery for a music store: +$200 ($1,319)

Fri, January 7th, 2000

It's the weekend. Time to hit a few clubs and see some bands.

Club: The Fifth Knife
Band: Evaluate From Help (80)

Rep with The Fifth Knife: +2 (2)
Relation with Evaluate From Help: +1 (2)
Money: -$104

Hmmm. I just noticed a bug. Money isn't being subtracted from my total after I watch a show. Not sure what to do about that....

Sat, January 8th, 2000

Club: Nathan's Club - Battle of the Bands
Band: Bee (3)
Band: Ninth (1)
Band: Beneath The Pencil (1)
Band: Hard (1)

Rep with Nathan's Club: +4 (4)
Relation with Hard: +1 (1)
Relation with Beneath The Pencil: +2 (2)
Relation with Bee: +3 (3)
Relation with Ninth: +4 (4)
Winner of the Battle: Ninth

[sabotai]

A few house rules before I continue:

1) No taking gigs that pay per ticket when my popularity in the city is less than 70. Just picking an arbitrary number there. I may raise it or lower it based on how the games plays. This was one I forgot to mention earlier.

2) To compensate for the bug that money is not being subtracted when watching gigs, I can only take 3 jobs per week. And that includes all the jobs available, including landscaping.

2a) To keep myself from looking around for the highest pay job, I can only do 1 job per day, and I have to take the first job I come to (if it's just a $100 job, I have to do it instead of looking for a $200+ job). Also, I am limiting myself to 1 landscaping job per week.

[Izulde]

Keep it up! I may have to get this game eventually

[Icy]

Umm interesting, i might pick it up too. How open is the developer about suggestions and fixing the bugs?

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Icy

Umm interesting, i might pick it up too. How open is the developer about suggestions and fixing the bugs?

I don't know. There isn't a forum on his website.

[sabotai]

Sun, January 9th, 2000

Did landscaping: +$200 ($1,431)

Wrote a song
The way you write a song in this game is play a memory style game. You flip over cards 2 at a time (they all have a musical instrument). I think there are 8 symbols. How much time you have and how many cards you have to turn over are determined by how much inspiration the writers have. How many points each match counts is determined by how much ability the writers have in Songwriting.

My plan is to write a dozen or so cover songs (the game does not distinguish, I'm just giving my first songs titles of real songs - IOW, that's not an option in the game, you just write songs. I'm calling them covers for the purpose of this dynasty), continue to perform them but not release them. When I get to the level where I can write quality songs, then I'll start recording them.

Song: N.I.B. (cover)
Quality: 23
Play Skill: 1
The quality can go up as I practice the song.

Writing the song gave me a level (you get 10 points per level)
Add 3 to Playing = 9 (19)
Add 4 to Songwriting = 7 (18)
Add 3 to Stage Presence = 7 (9)

Mon, January 10th, 2000

Practice: N.I.B. - Quality: 28, Play Skill 21

Tue, January 11th, 2000

Practice: N.I.B. - Quality: 33, Play Skill: 41

Wed, January 12th, 2000

Job: +$300 - time base mission. Had to collect 10 items on the street (cases of beer) and make it back in under 2 minutes ($1,711)
Practice: N.I.B. - Quality: 33, Play Skill 61

Thu, January 13th, 2000

Job: +$200 ($1,901)
Practice: N.I.B. - Quality: 33, Play Skill: 81

Fri, January 14th, 2000

Weekend. Time to hit some clubs.

Watch a Show
Venue: Tiffany's Bar - Battle of the Bands
Band: Purposes Under Print (4)
Band: Bee (3)
Band: Ninth (3)
Band: The Easy-going Nail (0)

Rep With Tiffany's Bar: +4 (4)
Relation with The Easy-going Nail: +1 (1)
Relation with Ninth: +2 (6)
Relation with Purposes Under Print: +3 (3)
Relation with Bee: +4 (7)
Winner of the Battle: Bee

Seeing the show got me another level (you level through the first several levels pretty quickly, but it slows down a lot later on)
Add 2 to Playing: 11 (21)
Add 2 to Songwriting: 9 (20)
Add 6 to Stage Presence: 13 (15)

Sat, January 15th, 2000

Watch a Show
Venue: The Fifth Knife
Band: Royal (63)
Band: For Tall Soda (60)

Rep with The Fifth Knife: +3 (5)
Relation with Royal: +1 (3)
Relation with For Tall Soda: +2 (4)


I'm probably going to switch to more of a weekly update, at least for the days I don't have a gig or watch a show, now that I think I've given a good idea on how the game plays to everyone reading.

[sabotai]

Jan 16th - Jan 20th, 2000 (Mon-Thu)

Work: 3 jobs, +$800

New Song: Whiplash (cover)

Songs at end of week
N.I.B. (cover) - Quality: 33, Play Skill: 99
Whiplash (cover) - Quality: 35, Play Skill: 59
Play Skill for a song will degrade if you don't practice, but Quality will not.

Fixed Van: -$849

Friday, January 21st, 2000

Going to Kristen's Club to see a Battle of the Bands. Purposes Under Print (4), Bee (3), Hard (1) and Beneath The Pencil (1)

Rep with Kristen's Club: +4 (4)
Relation with Purposes Under Print: +1 (4)
Relation with Bee: +2 (9)
Relation with Hard: +3 (4)
Relation with Beneath the Pencil: +4 (6)
Winner of the Battle: Beneath The Pencil

Saturday, January 22nd, 2000

Going to The Awake Match to see Royal (63), For Tall Soda (60) and Gifted (54)

Rep with The Awake Match: +4 (8)
Relation with Royal: +1 (4)
Relation with For Tall Soda: +2 (4)
Relation with Gifted: +3 (3)

[sabotai]

Reputation in Philadelphia: 3
Popularity in Philadelphia: 0

Jan 23rd - Jan 27th, 2000 (Mon-Thu)

Work: +$400

New Song: Black Dog (cover)

Songs at End of Week
N.I.B. - Quality: 33, Play Skill: 98
Whiplash - Quality: 35, Play Skill: 77
Black Dog - Quality: 35, Play Skill: 79

Friday, January 28th, 2000

Got a call from a member of the band Hard (1) to come out and see them in a Battle of the Bands at Tiffany's Watering Hole (0). Other bands performing are Beneath The Pencil (1), The Easy-going Nail (0) and Ninth (1)

Rep with Tiffany's Watering Hole: +4
Relation with Hard: +1
Relation with Beneath The Pencil: +2
Relation with The Easy-going Nail: +3
Relation with Ninth: +4
Winners: Beneath The Pencil

New Level (Jason Wood)
Add 3 to Playing: 14 (24)
Add 7 to Songwriting: 16 (27)

Saturday, Najuary 29th, 2000

We head to The Fifth Knife (5) to see a solo show by Gifted (54)

Rep with The Fifth Knife: +2 (7)
Relation with Gifted: +1 (4)

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philadelphia: 3
Popularity in Philadelphia: 0

Jan 30th - Feb 3rd, 2000 (Sun-Thu)

Work: +700
Crashed the van again. (Sometimes I just don't feel like driving around the block when I miss my stop so I try a really fast U-turn....)

New Song: Walk - Quality 42

Friday, February 4th, 2000

A few bands playing in a Battle of the Bands at Nathan's Club asked me to attend. But I'm going to skip that and head to The Fifth Knife to see Evaluate From Help (80), For Tall Soda (60), Around The Uptight Hour (49) and Overset Instead Of Attack (6).

Rep with The Fifth Knife: +3 (10)
Relation with Evaluate From Help: +1 (1)
Relation with For Tall Soda: +2 (6)
Relation with Around The Uptight Hour: +3 (3)
Relation with Overset Instead Of Attack: +4 (4)

Sidenote: Relationships with other bands degrade over time

Saturday, February 5th, 2000

I head to The Awake Match to see Evaluale From Help again (the only other metal show is at a theater and I'm working on relationships with other bands right now).

Rep with The Awake Match: +3 (11)
Relation with Evaluate From Help: +1 (2)

Note: I guess the bug where money does not get subracted doesn't happen every time since money is being subtracted properly now. I'm still going to stick to my houserules, though.

[Izulde]

How many songs do you need before you can participate in a Battle of the Bands?

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Izulde

How many songs do you need before you can participate in a Battle of the Bands?

Six. That's also the amount you need to be an opening act. You can also get hired to give a set of 9 or 12 songs. 12 is when you're headlining and 9 is when you're in between headlining and opening.

[DolphinFan1]

Can you pick any genre of music?

[Yellow5]

Originally Posted by sabotai

I don't know. There isn't a forum on his website.

http://www.gilligames.com/forums/

Which version of the game are you running? I am running with the current 1.02 patch and no crashes so far.

[Yellow5]

Originally Posted by DolphinFan1

Can you pick any genre of music?

Choices are:

Rock
Blues
Jazz
Rap
Pop
Country
Folk
Ska
Punk
Metal

[DolphinFan1]

Originally Posted by Yellow5

Choices are:

Rock
Blues
Jazz
Rap
Pop
Country
Folk
Ska
Punk
Metal

Sorry, what is Ska?

[damnMikeBrown]

No Doubt started out as Ska. It was more popular 7-8 yrs ago.

[duff88]

Originally Posted by DolphinFan1

Sorry, what is Ska?

If I'm not mistaken, Ska is some kind of punk but with trumpets and stuff like that and a more "friendly" sound (what a bad description); I think the band Reel Big Fish is Ska.

That game looks great, I've always wanted to have a game like that and the old "Rockstar" was kinda lame so I'm certainly going to try out this one.

[duff88]

That game is great, I may very well ahve to buy it...

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Yellow5

http://www.gilligames.com/forums/

Which version of the game are you running? I am running with the current 1.02 patch and no crashes so far.

He should put a link to the forums on his main page.

I'm now running 1.02, but the previous game I played (to about 2003) was, I think, on 1.01.

EDIT: As for Ska, it was popular in the 90s, but most of the bands that found mainstream appeal were of the subgenre "ska punk" (think Sublime and Mighty Mighty Bosstones)

[Icy]

Is it fun after a while or so repetitive?

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philly: 4
Popularity in Phily: 0

Feb 6th - Feb 10th, 2000 (Sun-Thu)

Work: +$400

New Song: We Die Young: 27 (can still improve)
New Song: Know Your Enemy 28 (can still improve)

Friday, February 11th, 2000

Got calls from Beneath The Pencil (2) and Ninth (1) to go see them play at Kristen's Club (4). They will be playing with Purposes Under Pring (4) and Hard (1).

Rep with Kristen's Club: +3 (7)
Relation with Purposes Under Print: +1 (1)
Relation with Beneath The Pencil: +2 (10)
Relation with Hard: +3 (8)
Relation with Ninth: +4 (14)

Saturday, February 12th, 2000

We are in a Battle of the Bands! Next Friday at Kristen's Club, winner gets $2,250.

Went to The Fifth Knife to see Royal (63), Bind Beside Addict (21), Cheeky (17) and Ninth (1).

Rep w/ The Fifth Knife +4 (14)
Relation w/ Royal: +1 (1)
Relation w/ Bind Beside Addict: +2 (2)
Relation w/ Cheeky: +3 (3)
Relation w/ Ninth: +4 (18)

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Icy

Is it fun after a while or so repetitive?

It's repetitive, but I don't think moreso than most other "text-sim" type games. The only thing that annoys me is having to do odd jobs and drive around the city. I personally would have liked if it were just text on screen and you made your choice on where to go in the city instead of having to drive there.

What you get in the demo is pretty much what you get in the game. In the demo, you can't hire a manager, go to other cities, and I think you can't record you songs and release them on CDs. But, what you do in the demo is what you'll be doing most of the time you're playing.

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philly: 4
Popularity in Philly: 0
Money: $1,404

Feb. 13th - Feb. 17th, 2000 (Sun-Thu)

Work: +$400

Got another gig. Friday, February 25th at Kristen's Club (capacity: 50). We'll be opening (6 songs - $0) for Question (6), Bee (3) and The Easy-going Nail (0).

Friday, February 18th, 2000

Battle of the Bands at Kristen's Club (Attendance: 20)
The Easy-going Nail: 65
Hard: 75
Beneath The Pencil: 105
Synapse: 140
Winner: Synapse

Sweet, we win our first Battle! (Note: In the other games I played, it took several tries before I won a battle.)

Money: +$2,250
Rep With Kristen's Club: +11 (18)
Metal Popularity: +2
Relation w/ THe Easy-going Nail: +2 (2)
Relation w/ Hard: +6 (14)
Relation w/ Beneath The Pencil: +8 (18)

Saturday, February 19th, 2000

Ninth (1) called us and asked me to play with them on March 3rd at Kristen's Club. 6 songs, no pay. With Able Time (5) and Overset Instead of Atttack (6) are the other bands playing.

We head to The Fifth Knife to see Evaluate From Help (80)

Rep w/ The Fifth Knife: +3 (17)
Relation w/ Evaluate From Help +1 (3)

[sabotai]

Synapes
Reputation in Philly: 6
Popularity in Philly: 2 (1 in Baltimore and New York. Word spreads fast.)
Money: $3,936

Feb 20th - Feb 24th (Sun-Thu)

Work: +$400

Level up (Jason Wood - Level 5)
Add 3 to Playing: 17 (27)
Add 4 to Songwriting: 20 (31)
Add 3 to Stage Presense: 16 (18)

New Song: Back To The Primative (cover)
New Song: Children of the Grave (cover)
New Song: Of Wolf And Man (cover)

We got a gig to play 9 songs on March 10th (with Beneath The Pencil), so I needed 3 more songs.

I also already started getting calls from managers, but I'll stay on my own for now (until we can get a manager worth a damn).

Friday, February 25th, 2000

Gig at Kristen's Club (Att: 50)
Rep with Kristen's Club: +3 (21)
Relation w/ Question: +2 (2)
Relation w/ Bee: +4 (4)
Relation w/ The Easy-going Nail: +6 (8)

Saturday, February 26th, 2000

Went to The Awake Match to see Royal (63)
Rep w/ The Awake Match: +3 (14)
Relation w/ Royal: +1 (2)

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philly: 6
Popularity in Philly: 2
Money: $4,126

Feb 27th - Mar 2nd, 2000 (Sun-Thu)

Work: +$400

Upgraded some equipment, here's an update to my band's attributes
Jason Wood: Playing: 17 (33), Songwriting: 20 (39), Stage Presence: 16 (35)
Cole Leech: Playing: 10, Songwriting: 15 (23), Stage Presence: 15 (30)
Danny Dockery: Playing: 22 (32), Songwriting: 7 (15), Stage Presence: 6 (35)
Billy Gooden: Playing: 9 (22), Songwriting: 25 (40), Stage Presence: 8 (30)

Friday, March 3rd, 2000

Gig at Kristen's Club (Att: 50 - 6 songs, $0 pay)
Rep w/ Kristen's Club: +3 (24)
Relation w/ Overset Instead of Attack: +2 (2)
Relation w/ With Able Time: +4 (4)
Relation w/ Ninth: +6

Saturday, March 4th, 2000

Watched a Battle of the Bands at The Awake Match
Rep w/ The Awake Match: +3 (17)
Relation w/ Control (winner): +1 (1)
Relation w/ With Able Time: +2 (6)
Relation w/ Instruments: +3 (3)
Relation w/ Overset Instead of Attack: +4 (6)

[BYU 14]

This seems like a fun game, one of those you can play when you only have a half hour here and there. This dynasty is piquing my interest.

[DolphinFan1]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

This seems like a fun game, one of those you can play when you only have a half hour here and there. This dynasty is piquing my interest.

Good luck with the half hour at a time thing. I've tried that and it get's addicting.

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philly: 7
Popularity in Philly: 2

Mar 5th - Mar 9th, 2000

Work: +$500

Added another gig for Saturday at The Awake Match opening for Evaluate From Help (80), Gifted (54) and Instead Of The Bee (5). $0 pay and 6 songs.

Also added a gig for Friday, March 17th opening for Royal (63), Cheeky (17), and Overset Instead Of Attack (6). No pay, 6 songs.

Bought 30 band shirts ($150 total) to sell at out shows. Selling them for $12 a pop.

Friday, March 10th, 2000

Gig at Kristen's Club, opening for Beneath The Pencil (2)
Songs: 9, Pay: $34
Attendance: 13
Rep w/ Kristen's Club: +3
Relation w/ Beneath The Pencil: +2

Saturday, March 11th, 2000

Gig at The Awale Match, opening for Evaluate From Help (80), Gifted (54) and Instead Of The Bee (5)
Songs: 6, Pay: $0
Attendance: 550
Sold 6 shirts: +$72
Rep w/ The Awake Match: +3
Metal Popularity: +2
Relation w/ Evaluate From Help: +2
Relation w/ Gifted: +4
Relation w/ Instead Of The Bee: +6

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philly: 8
Popularity in Philly: 4
Money: $515

Mar 12th - Mar 16th, 2000

Work: +400

Wrote three more sings (Raining Blood, Paint It Black and My Own Summer). That gives us 12. I'll just keep playing these until I can write some good songs.

March 17th, 2000 (Friday)

Gig at The Fifth Knife, opening for Royal (63), Cheeky (17) and Overset Instead Of Attack (6)
Songs: 6, Pay: $0
Attendance: 700
Sold 7 Shirts: +$84
Rep w/ The Fifth Knife: +1
Relation w/ Royal: +2 (2)
Relation w/ Cheeky: +4 (4)
Relation w/ Overset Instead Of Attack: +6 (12)

March 18th, 2000 (Saturday)

Everyone in the band is starting to bitch about not having a manager, so I got one.

Manager: Louis Ridenour
Reputation: 4
Pay Rate: 29%, with a monthly charge of $400
I tell him to look for gigs for us in Philly.

Watched show at The Awake Match
Rep w/ The Awake Match: +4
Relation w/ Withdraw Around The Rest: +1 (1)
Relation w/ Cheeky: +2 (6)
Relation w/ Overset Instead Of Attack: +3 (15)
Relation w/ Bee: +4 (4)

[sabotai]

Synapse
Repuation in Philly: 8
Popularity In Philly: 4

Week of March 19th - March 25th, 2000

Gigs

Friday, March 24th
Kristen's Club, Lineup: Instead Of The Bee (5) and Beneath The Pencil (2), Synapse
Pay: $21, Songs: 6
Attendance: 50
Sold 1 Shirt (+$12)

Saturday, March 25th
The Awake Match, Lineup: Royal (63), Without The Nation (19), Synapse, Beneath The Pencil (2) - Our first non-Opening slot
Pay: $111, Songs: 6
Attendance: 550
Sold 7 Shirts: +$84

Upcoming Gigs
March 31st - Kristen's Club with Instruments (6), Overset Instead Of Attack (6) and Beneath The Pencil (2)

Friends of Synapse
Beneath The Pencil (2) - 25
Overset Instead Of Attack (6) - 15
Instead Of The Bee (5) - 8
Cheeky (17) - 6
Ninth (1) - 5

[sabotai]

Synapse
Repuation in Philly: 8
Popularity in Philly: 3 (went down 1)

Week of March 26th - April 1st, 2000

Gigs

Friday, March 31st
Kristen's Club, Lineup: Instruments (6), Overset Instead Of Attack (6), Synapse, Beneath The Pencil (2)
Pay: $21, Songs: 6
Attendance: 50
Sond 1 Shirt ($12)

Upcoming Gigs
April 7th - New York: Kris's Shed, Battle of the Bands, Winner: $2,100
April 8th - New York: Boyd's Bar, Battle of the Bands, Winner: $2,150

Week of April 2nd - April 8th, 2000

Gigs

Friday, April 7th
New York: Kris's Shed, BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Hard - 80, Beneath The Pencil - 100, Synapse 105, Few 120
Winner: Few
Attendance: 41/100 (100 Capacity)

Saturday, April 8th
New York: Boyd's Bar, BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Dumb - 65, Synapse 105, Beside The Driving - 115, Assertive Countries 185
Winner: Assertive Countries
Attendance: 52/70

Upcoming Gigs
April 14th - Philly: Tiffany's Bar with Control, Purposes Under Print and Hard (Pay: $0, Songs 6)
April 15th - Philly: Kristen's Club with Question, Instruments and Hard (Pay: $19, Songs 6)
April 21st - New York: Alex's Watering Hole - Battle of the Bands (Winner: $2,300)
April 22nd - Philly: Kristen's Club with Overset Instead Of Attack (Pay: $38, Songs: 9)
April 28th - New York: Todd's Bar - Battle of the Bands (Winner: $2,500)
April 29th - Philly: Nathan's Club - Battle of the Bands (Winner: $2,100)
May 5th - New York: Cody's Bar - Battle of the Bands (Winner: $2,150)

[Tellistto]

Manager seems to seriously get you some gigs, huh? I'm enjoying the read!

Tell

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philly: 8
Popularity in Philly: 3
Money: $412

Week of April 9th - 15th

Work: +$600

Gigs

Friday, April 14th, 2000
Tiffany's Bar, Lineup: Control (9), Purposes Under Print (4), Hard (1), Synapse
Pay: $0, Songs: 6
Attendance: 50
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Saturday, April 15th, 2000
Kristen's Club, Lineup: Question (6), Instruments (6), Synapse, Hard (1)
Pay: $19, Songs: 6
Attendance: 50
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Week of April 16th - 22nd

Work: +$400

Gigs

Friday, April 21st, 2000
New York: Alex's Watering Hole, BATTLE OF THE BANDS!
Results: With The Rest 95, Comparison 105, Few 130, Synapse 150
Winner: Synapse
Attendance: 19
Winnings: +$2,300
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12
Metal Popularity: +2 (Popularity in New York now: 3)

Saturday, April 22nd, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Overset Instead Of Attack (6), Synapse, The Easy-going Nail (0)
Pay: $38, Songs: 9
Attendance: 50
Metal Popularity: +2 (Popularity in Philly now: 5)

Week of April 23rd - 29th

Work: +$400

Bought a new effects processor with the winnings from the battle of the bands in New York. My new stats:
Jason Wood: Playing 20 (52), Songwriting 23 (54), Stage Presence 20 (55)

Gigs

Friday, April 28th, 2000
New York: Todd's Bar, BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Results: Ninth 80, The Easy-going Nail 95, Synapse 165, Purposes Under Print 215
Winner: Purposes Under Print
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Because our popularity has reached 5 in Philadelphia, we can't play in the battle of the bands that we had scheduled for April 29th.

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philly:9
Popularity in Philly: 5 (3 in NY)

Week of April 30th - May 6th, 2000

Work +$900

I tell my manager to up the distance of our gigs so that I'll get some in Baltimore and Washington DC.

Gigs

Friday, May 5th, 2000
New York: Cody's Bar, BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Results: Sensitive Mans 90, The Flase Shade 95, Island 95, Synapse 165
Winner: Synapse
Winnings: +$2,150
Attendance: 63
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12
Metal Popularity: +2 (5 in New York)

Now that I reached 5 popularrity in New York, I can no longer play in Battle of the Bands....which is a provlem since that's mostly what I have booked for the rest of the month....

So I'm sidelined for most of the month. It'd be nice if the game let you cancel gigs, but oh well. We spent time going to shows to build relationships with bands. Here's an update on bands we are friends with

Friends of Synapse (Popularity) - Relationship
Beneath The Pencil (2) - 33
Island (1) - 12
Purposes Under Print (4) - 11
The Easy-going Nail (0) - 8
Bee (4) - 5

And we fast forward to May 27th

Saturday, May 27th, 2000
Philly: Nathan's Club, Lineup: Control (9), Synapse, Instruments (6)
Pay: $72, Songs: 9
Attendance: 80
Sold 2 Shirts: +$24

Week of May 28th - June 3rd, 2000

I got paid by one hotel to trash a room at another hotel, and this pissed off my manager and he quit. No problem, he kept trying to just get us battle of the bands gigs.

I ended up hiring Caleb Rojo, Reputation: 8
33% pay rate with a monthly charge of $800

Gigs

Friday, June 2nd, 2000
Philly: Tiffany's Bar, Lineup: Synapse, With Able Time (5)
Pay: $70, Songs: 12
Attendance: 60
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Saturday, June 3rd, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Synapse, Overset Instead Of Attack, Beneath The Pencil
Pay: $132, Songs: 12
Attendance: 60
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Upcoming Gigs
June 9th - Philly: Kristen's Club (Pay: $29, Songs: 6) - Lineup: Bee (5), Hard (1), Synapse
June 10th - Philly: The Awake Match ($113, Songs: 6) - Lineup: For Tall Soda (60), Withdraw Around The Rest (47), Synapse, The Easy-going Nail (0)
June 13th - Philly: City Theatre ($163, Songs: 6) - Lineup: Bind Deside Addict (21), Cheeky (17), Synapse
June 16th - D.C.: Angelina's Bar - Battle of the Bands, Winner: $2,200
June 17th - New York: The Common Moon - Battle of the Bands, Winner: $4,900
June 23rd - Philly: Tiffany's Bar ($54, Songs: 12) - Lineup: Synapse (no other bands yet)
June 24th - New York: Desmond's Bar ($54, Songs: 12) - Lineup: Synapse (no other bands yet)

I scheduled most of these on my own, we'll see if the manager pulls his weight.

[BYU 14]

Enjoying your progress Sab. I DL'ed the Demo the other night with the intention to check it out for an hour......Well I ended playing all the way until the Demo expired, 4 + hours........Yes, this game is addictive!

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philly: 11
Popularity in Philly: 5 (5 in NY, 2 in Balt.)

Week of June 4th - 10th, 2000

Work: +$800

Gigs

Friday, June 9th, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Bee (4), Hard (1), Synapse
Pay: $29, Songs: 6
Attendance: 33
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12
Metal Popularity: +2

Saturday, June 10th, 2000
Philly: The Awake Match, Lineup: For Tall Soda (60), Withdraw Around The Rest (47), Synapse, The Easy-going Nail (0)
Pay: $113, Songs: 6
Attendance: 550
Sold 6 Shirts: +$72

Week of June 11th - 17th, 2000

Work: +$200

Gigs

Tuesday, June 13th, 2000
Philly: City Theatre, Lineup: Sind Beside Addict (21), Cheeky (17), Synapse
Pay: $163, Songs: 6
Attendance: 1,000
Sold 7 Shirts: +$84

We skipped our Friday gig in DC so we could go to the Battle of the Bands gig, which I thought I was qualified for, in New York, but we weren't. So not only did we skip a gig, we miss out on out Saturday gig as well.

Week of June 18th - June 24th, 2000

Work: +$400

Gigs

Friday, June 23rd, 2000
Philly: Tiffany's Bar, Lineup: Synapse, Bee (4), Hard (1)
Pay: $54, Songs: 12
Attendance: 41

Saturday, June 24th, 2000
NY: Desmond's Bar, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $54, Songs: 12
Attendance: 31

Week of June 25th - July 1st, 2000

Work: +$600

We lose our manager because we could not afford to pay his $800 wage (we were at around $400 at the end of the month). Looks like we're back to booking our own gigs again for awhile. Oh well, all he did was give us Battle Of The Bands gigs we weren't qualified for.

Gigs

Saturday, July 1st, 2000
Philly: The Fifth Knife, Lineup: Purposes Under Print, Stupid Blades, For Tall Soda, Synapse
Pay: $115, Songs: 6
Attendance: 700
Sold 8 Shirts: +$96

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philly: 12
Popularity in Philly: 5 (3 in NY, 3 in Balt)

I hire a manager located in New York, since there are only 2 left in Philly, one with a rep of 1 and one with a rep of 17 who wan't take us.

Elton Logan
Reputation: 4
Pay: 29%, $400 a month

Week of July 2nd - July 8th, 2000

Gigs

Friday, July 7th, 2000
Philly: Nathan's Bar, Lineup: Synapse, Question (6)
Pay: $176, Songs: 12
Attendance: 75
Sold 1 Shirt: $12

Saturday, July 8th, 2000
Baltimore: Pamela's Bar, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $43, Songs: 12
Attendance: 23

My new manager sucks. All he wants to give us are Battle Of The Bands gigs. I'm not qualified for them, nub!

Week of July 9th - 15th, 2000

Things are not looking good for Synapse. There's a lot of tension between all of the band members. I can't write any new songs because everyone hates everyone. It might be time to kick everyone out and start fresh. That would suck since I would need to write a new batch of songs since no new band members will enjoy playing songs other people wrote. Let's see how the rest of the month goes, but my manager already suggested kicking the drummer out.

One problem is I have fallen behind on buying and upgrading equipment. I need to increase my band member's stage presence and playing to help increase our rate of popularity increase.

Gigs

Friday, July 14th, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Synapse, Hard (1)
Pay: $132, Songs: 12
Attendance: 50
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Saturday, July 15th, 2000
NY: Duff's Bar, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $60, Songs: 12
Attendance: 8 (wow, only 8 people came to see us)

Week of July 16th - 22nd, 2000

I think we're about to lose yet another manager since I won't agree to all of the crappy Battle of the Bands gigs he keeps trying to sign up us for. I tell him to stop looking for local gigs. I tell him to find us product enrosements. I doubt we'll get anything good, but maybe some things worth a few bucks here and there.

Friday, July 21st, 2000
Philly: Tiffany's Bar, Lineup: With Able Time (5), Beneath The Pencil (2), Synapse, Hard (1)
Pay: $15, Songs: 6
Attendance: 60
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Week of July 23rd - 29th, 2000

Cole Leech gets into trouble with the law. It costs us $792 to get him out of trouble (we had $859 at the time). Trying to keep the band together, so I help him out.

Friday. July 28th, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Synapse, Instread Of The Bee (5), With Able Time (5)
Pay: $92, Songs: 12
Attendance: 50
Sold 2 Shirts: +$24
Endorsements: +$20

Week of July 20th - August 5th, 2000

Saturday, August 6th, 2000
Philly: Tiffany's Bar, Lineup: Synapse, Purposes Under Print (4), Beneath The Pencil (2), Ninth (1)
Pay: $51, Songs: 12
Attendance: 53
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12
Endorsements: +$44

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Philly: 13
Popularity in Philly: 4 (3 in NY)

My popularity is slipping...

I hire a second guitar player...I'm not sure what kind of effect this is going to have. I'll guess we'll find out together.

Name: Cindy Sanders
Player 39 (45), Writing 11 (15), Presence 4 (39)
Ego: 11 - I can leave her out of the song writing process

Week of August 6th - 12th, 2000

Friday, August 11th, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Synapse, The Easy-going Nail (0)
Pay: $92, Songs: 12
Attendance: 9 (ouch!)
Endorsements: +$44

Saturday, August 12th, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Vlub, Lineup: Purposes Under Print (4), Synapse, The Easy-going Nail (0)
Pay: $41, Songs: 9
Attendance: 32
Endorsements: +$59

Week of August 13th - 19th, 2000

My manager wants me to join Battle of the Bands, and since my pop has slipped, maybe I can join them again...

My van is in bad shape.

Friday, August 18th, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $104, Songs: 12
Attendance: 50
Endorsements: $58
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Saturday, August 19th, 2000
Philly: Tiffany's Bar, Lineup: Synapse, Bee (4)
Pay: $57, Songs: 12
Attendance: 45
Endorsements: $58
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12
Metal Popularity: +2

Week of August 20th - 28th, 2000

Our popualrity in Philly has jumped to 9

Friday, August 27th, 2000
NY: Kris's Shed, Battle of the Bands
Results: Few 55, Ninth 86, TheEasy-going Nail 115, Synapse 220
Winner: Synapse
Prize Money: +$2,150
Sold 2 Shirts: +$24
Metal Popularity: +2

I still need about a grand more to fix up my van.

Week of August 27th - Sept. 2nd, 2000

Our manager quit when I would not give him a raise. Screw 'em.

Friday, September 1st, 2000
Philly: The Fifth Knife, Lineup: For Tall Sode, Bind Beside Addict, Instruments, Synapse
Pay: $113, Songs: 6
Attendance: 700
Endorsements: $100
Sold 20 Shirts: +$240
Metal Popularity: +2

I get my van fixed with $85 to spare.

Saturday, September 2nd, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Overset Instead of Attack (6), Synapse
Pay: $81, Songs: 9
Attendance: 50
Endorsements: $100
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

[Izulde]

Looks like you're starting to do better in Philly. Do you think it's because of your second guitar player?

[sabotai]

Synapse
Repuation in Philly: 15
Popularity in Philly: 11 (7 in New York)

We manage to hire the last good manager in Philly.

Joe Clanton
Repuation: 17
Pay: 42%, $1700 per month

Let's see what kind of gigs he can get us.

Week of Sept. 3rd - Sept. 9th, 2000

Friday, Sept. 8th, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Control (9), Ninth (1), Synapse
Pay: $41, Songs: 6
Attendance: 50
Endorsements: $100
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Saturday, Sept. 9th, 2000
Philly: Tiffany's Bar, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $119, Songs: 12
Attendance: 50
Endorsements: +$100
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Week of Sept. 10th - 16th, 2000

Saturday, Sept. 16th, 2000
Philly: Tiffany's Bar, Lineup: Synapse, Ninth, The Easy-going Nail
Pay: $119, Songs: 12
Attendance: 30
Endorsements: $100
Sold 1 Shirt: +$12

Week of Sept. 17th - 23rd, 2000

Friday, Sept. 22nd, 2000
Philly: The Awake Match, Lineup: Royal (63), Control (9), Ninth (1), Synapse
Pay: $0, Songs: 6
Attendance: 550
Endorsements: $100
Sold 3 Shirts: +$36 (Sold Out, doh!)

Saturday, Sept. 23rd, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Synapse, Purposes Under Print (4)
Pay: $164, Songs: 12
Attendance: 31
Endorsements: $100

This new manager has gotten us some really good gigs coming up. The problem is I need to make sure I keep at least $2000 so I can cover his monthly cost. Right now I have $771....

Week of September 24th - 30th, 2000

Tuesday, Sept. 26th, 2000
Philly: Mariah Cantu Theatre, Lineup: For Tall Soda (60), Withdraw Around The Rest (47), Synapse
Pay: $680, Songs: 6
Attendance: 5000
Endorsements: $100
Sold 53 Shirts: +$636

Wednesday, Sept. 27th, 2000
Philly: Without The Nation (19), Synapse, Instruments (6)
Pay: $351, Songs: 9
Attendance: 1000
Endorsements: $100
Sold 13 Shirts: +$156

Friday, Sept 29th, 2000
NY: The Self-centered Spear, Battle of the Bands
Results: The Demented Sail 86, Hopeful 135, Synapse 484, Control 835
Winner: Control
Sold 7 Shirts: +$84
Metal Popularity: +2

Saturday, Sept 30th, 2000
Baltimore: Pamela's Bar, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $45, Songs: 12
Attendance: 25
Endoresements: $100

Now that's more like it. Finally a manager that's worth it.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Izulde

Looks like you're starting to do better in Philly. Do you think it's because of your second guitar player?

Possibly. Both of my Rhythm and Melody ratings are at 92 now (they were 85 and 75 respectively). I'm sure some of it was just luck too. Now that I got my GOOD manager, though, things are really starting to take off.

Problem is right now Billy Gooden (guitar player, second best song writer) isn't getting along with Danny Dockery (drums) and Cole Leech (bass guitar). Hopefully as things pick up, they'll calm down. That's what happened in my last game.

[sabotai]

Synapse
Reputation in Pgilly: 17
Popularity in Philly: 12 (8 in NY)

Week of Oct 1st - 7th, 2000

Friday, Oct 6th, 2000
Philly: Tiffany's Watering Hole, Lineup: Synapse, Control (9), Purposes Under Print (4)
Pay: $266, Songs: 12
Attendance: 100
Endorsements: $122
Sold 2 Shirts: +$24

Saturday, Oct 7th, 2000
Philly: Nathan's Club, Lineup: Synapse, Question (8)
Pay: $265, Songs: 12
Attendance: 80
Endorsements: $124
Sold 3 Shirts: $36
Metal Popularity: +2

Week of Oct 8th - 14th, 2000

Wednesday, Oct 11th, 2000
Philly: Sherry Colbert Theatre, Lineup: For Tall Soda (60), Stupid Blades (37), Synapse
Pay: $680, Songs: 6
Attendance: 5,000
Endorsements: $158
Sold 139 Shirts: $1,668

Friday, Oct 13th, 2000
NY: The Hungry Feeling, Battle of the Bands!
Results: The Demented Sail 80, Instruments 365, Overset Instead Of Attack 395, Synapse 831
Winners: Synpase
Prize: $4,600
Sold 15 Shirts: $180
Metal Popularity: +4

During my overnight stay in New York, I decided to trash my hotel room a bit. $600 in damages.

Saturday, Oct 14th, 2000
NY: Duff's Bar, Lineup: Synapse, Bags (4), Before Poor Ball (4), Assertive Countries (3)
Pay: $77, Songs: 12
Attendance: 60
Endorsements: $176
Sold 1 Shirt: $12

With the money I've been making, I repaired all of my equipment (had a lot of stuff almost broken) and added a 3rd effects processor for me. Updated stats on everyone:

Jason Wood - Vocals: Playing 27 (55), Songwriting 31 (52), Stage Presence 25 (62)
Cole Leech - Bass Guitar: Playing 14, Songwriting 16 (32), Stage Presence 20 (48)
Danny Dockery - Drums: Playing 27 (37), Songwriting 7 (20), Stage Presence 21 (55)
Billy Gooden - Guitar: Playing 14 (32), Songwriting 25 (40), Stage Presence 13 (43)
Cindy Sanders - Guitar: Playing 39 (45), Songwriting 11 (15), Stage Presence 14 (58)

Week of Oct 15th - 21st, 2000

Friday, Oct 20th, 2000
NY: Alex's Watering Hole, Lineup: Synapse, Before Poor Ball (4)
Pay: $77, Songs: 12
Attendance: 60
Endorsements: $180
Sold 2 Shirts: $24

The House Rule where I don't accept gigs that pay per ticket until I get a high popularity had to get thrown out the window. I kept turning them down, but my manager's Satisfaction was getting really low, so I had to starting taking them to avoid him leaving me. I'll try and see if I can just do somethign that flushes that money away after I get it to balance it back out.

Week of Oct 22nd - 28th, 2000

Thursday, Oct 26th, 2000
Philly: Somers Haag Arena, Lineup: Royal (63), Stupid Blades (37), Synapse
Pay: $1,828, Songs: 6
Attendance: 15,000
Endorsements: $180
Sold 65 Shirts: $780 (Sold Out - Do'h again! I keep forgetting to keep track of this and I missed a huge money making chance)

Saturday, Oct 28th, 2000
Philly: The Awake Match, Lineup: Synapse, Control (9), Purposes Under Print (4), Beneath The Pencil (2)
Pay: $556, Songs: 12
Attendance: 550
Endorsements: $180
Sold 10 Shirts: $120
Metal Popularity: +2

Week of Oct 29th - Nov 4th, 2000

Friday, Nov 3rd, 2000
Baltimore: Pamela's Bar, Lineup: Synapes (We have a popularity of 3 in Baltimore)
Pay: $44, Songs: 12
Attendance: 21
Endorsements: $180

Saturday, Nov 4th, 2000
Philly: Kristen's Club, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $164, Songs: 12
Attendance: 8
Endorsements: $180

[Bee]

I downloaded the demo and tried it out. I'm still on the fence about the game. It's surprisingly addictive but I have to think the repetitive nature of the game will get old pretty fast.

[sabotai]

Synapse
Popularity in Philly: 15 (12 in NY)
Reputation in Philly: 18

Week of Nov 5th - 11th, 2000

Tuesday, November 8th, 2000
Philly: State Theatre, Lineup: Without The Nation (19), Synapse, Instruments (6)
Pay: $543, Songs: 9
Attendance: 1500
Endorsements: $204
Sold 44 Shirts: $528
Metal Popularity: +2

Wrote my first original song, titled "Lazy". Quality: 38, written by Jason Wood, Cole Leech, Billy Gooden and Cindy Sanders. Will update on quality when the song is fully practiced.

Friday, November 10th, 2000
New York: The Hungry Feeling, Lineup: From The Mind (38), Synapse, Before Poor Ball (4)
Pay: $463, Songs: 9
Attendance: 600
Endorsements: $206
Sold 33 Shirts: $396

Saturday, November 11th, 2000
Philly: Nathan's Club, Lineup: Control (9), Synapse, Bee, Purposes Under Print (4)
Pay: $153, Songs: 9
Attendance: 80
Endorsements: $206
Sold 2 Shirts: $24
Metal Popularity: +2

Week of Nov 12th - 18th, 2000

Tuesday, November 14th, 2000
Philly: City Theatre, Lineup: For Tall Soda (60), Gifted (54), Synapse
Pay: $356, Songs: 6
Attendance: 1000
Endorsements: $208
Sold 11 Shirts: $132

Wednesday, November 15th, 2000
New York: Pedro Oliva Theatre, Lineup: Competitions (43), Passionate (28), Synapse
Pay: $377, Songs: 6
Attendance: 2000
Endorsements: $208
Sold 44 Shirts: $528

Friday, November 17th, 2000
New York: Duff's Bar, Lineup: Before Poor Ball (4), Synapse
Pay: $78, Songs: 9
Attendance: 34
Endorsements: $228
Sold 1 Shirt: $12

Saturday, November 18th, 2000
New York: Kris's Shed, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $158, Songs: 12
Attendance: 37
Endorsements: $228
Sold 2 Shirts: $24

The quality of "Lazy" stayed at 38, so I dumped the song.

Week of Nov 19th - 25th, 2000

Tuesday, November 21, 2000
Philly: Brittany Vining Theatre, Lineup: Withdraw Around The Rest (47), Stupid Blades (37), Synapse
Pay: $465, Songs: 6
Attendance: 2000
Endorsements: $228
Sold 37 Shirts: $444

Friday, November 24th, 2000
Baltimore: Pamela's Bar, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $45, Songs: 12
Attendance: 21
Endorsements: $228

Week of Nov 26th - Dec 2nd, 2000

Monday, November 27th, 2000
New York: Howard Strom Theatre, Lineup: Synapse, Approval In Tin (7), Lists (5)
Pay: $15 per ticket, Songs: 12
Attendance: 230 (Pay: $2,001 - Manager Pay: $1,449)
Endorsements: $228
Sold 3 Shirts: $36

Tuesday, November 28th, 2000
Philly: City Theatre, Lineup: Stupid Blades (37), Synapse
Pay: $574, Songs: 9
Attendance: 1000
Endorsements: $230
Sold 72 Shirts: $894

Wrote an original song titled "Leave". Wirtten by Jason Wood and Cole Leech. Quality: 56. Apparently, songs don't improve anymore when you practice them.

Friday, December 1, 2000
Philly: The Awake Match, Lineup: Cheeky (17), Control (9), Synapse, Hard (1)
Pay: $172, Songs: 6
Attendance: 550
Endorsements: $230
Sold 11 Shirts: $132
Metal Popularity: +2

Saturday, December 2nd, 2000
Baltimore: Pamela's Bar, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $49, Songs: 12
Attendance: 10 (haha)
Endorsements: $230

[sabotai]

Synapse
Popularity in Philly: 19 (12 in NY, 4 in Balt)
Reputation in Philly: 18

Billy Gooden and Danny Dockerty are pissing me off. The relationships between bandmates are not improving. I only have 1 gig after the 16th, on the 28th, and then just one after the New Year. If I have to, I will boot them and find replacements and use that time to get all of my songs repracticed.

Week of Dec 3rd - Dec 9th, 2000

Tuesday, December 5th, 2000
Philly: Catherine Budd Theatre, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $13 per, Songs: 12
Attendance: 399 (Pay: $3,008, Manager Pay: $2,179)
Endorsements: $250
Sold 12 Shirts: $144

I pulled the trigger and fired Gooden and Dockerty when I found some favorable musicians (ones that showed all gree for getting along with current memebrs)

Drums: Glenda Mancini, Playing: 13, Songwriting: 21(28), Stage 6(7), Ego: 42
Guitar: Reggie Wayman, Playing 19(27), Songwriting 8(29), Stage 17, Ego: 53

Friday, December 8th, 2000
Philly: The Fifth Knife, Lineup: Bind Beside Addict (21), Synapse, Bee (4), Hard (1)
Pay: $324, Songs: 9
Attendance: 700
Endorsements: $138
Sold 22 Shirts: $264

Week of Dec 10th - 17th, 2000

Tuesday, December 12th, 2000
New York: Devin Road Theatre, Lineup: From The Mind (38), Start Beneath Train (22), Synapse
Pay: $431, Songs: 6
Attendance: 2500
Endorsements: $198
Oops, Forgot to buy more shirts

Friday, December 15th, 2000
Philly: Tiffany's Watering Hole, Lineup: Control (9), Synapse, Bee (4)
Pay: $135, Songs: 9
Attendance: 100
Endorsements: $198

Saturday, December 16th, 2000
New York: State Theatre, Lineup: Sticky Adjustments (22), Synapse, Nations (8)
Pay: $596, Songs: 9
Attendance: 1467
Endorsements: $202
Sold 21 Shirts: $252
Metal Popularity: +2

Week of Dec 17th - 23rd, 2000

Wrote a new Song. "Tempermental", written by Jason Wood and Cole Leech. Quality: 58
Wrote a new Song. "Red Tides", written by Jason Wood, Cole Leech and Reggie Wayman. Quality: 49

Week of Dec 24th - Dec 30th, 2000

Thursday, December 28th, 2000
New York: Fiona Valdes Theatre, Lineup: Synapse, Bags (4)
Pay: $15 per, Songs: 12
Attendance: 285 (Pay: $2,567, Manager Pay: $1,858)
Endorsements: $216
Sold 2 Shirts: +$24

Friday, December 29th, 2000
Baltimore: Pamela's Bar, Lineup: Synapse
Pay: $43, Songs: 12
Attendance: 22
Endorsements: $216

"Distant Visions" written by Jason Wood, Cole Leech and Reggie Wayman. Quality: 49
"Wanderer" written by Cole Leech, Reggie Wayman and Glenda Mancici. Quality: 36

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End of 2000

We took a bit of a step backwards in December after I kicked Gooden and Dockerty out of the band. I'm still spending every cent possible to upgrade Glenda Mancici's equipment as well as Reggie Wayman's. I've just started replacing my cover songs with originals.

Here are some stats on the year
Money Earned: $70,193
T-Shirts Sold: 673 (Earned $4,711)
Managers Hired: 4 (Managers Quit: 3)
Total Hotel Damages: $1,215
Total Audience: 49,515
Gigs Performed: 79
Songs Performed: 699

Awards
Battle of the Bands: Feb 18th, April 21st, May 5th, August 25th, Oct 13th.

End of Year Popularity
Philly: 11
New York: 9
Hartford: 2
Baltimore: 2
Wash DC: 2

It's going to take me a month or two to get my band's stage presence back up to where it was. After that, we should be better since the songs I will be playing will be better.

Rundown of (Original) Songs
Leave written by Jason Wood and Cole Leech. Quality: 56
Tempermental written by Jason Wood and Cole Leech. Quality: 56
Red Tides written by Jason Wood, Cole Leech and Reggie Wayman. Quality 49
Distant Visions written by Jason Wood, Cole Leech and Reggie Wayman. Quality 49
Wanderer written by Cole Leech, Glenda Mancici and Reggie Wayman. Quality: 36

All songs have 0 popularity.