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I've almost beaten the solo guitar campaign on Expert. I'm stuck on Flirtin' With Disaster (stupid solo) and Green Grass and High Tides. Ugh. Nothing like failing a song about 7 and a half minutes into it. The snake parts get me...where it goes gryrgryrg and so on. Ugh. i think I can maybe handle the rest. Emphasis on maybe.Xbox Live Gamertag: MizzouBrentComment
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I sent EA an e-mail complaining about the "enforcing" of the warranty time limit. I said I would buy my replacement guitar from their competitor. I'm sure they don't care, but I figured it was worth a shot.Comment
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GOod luck, let me know how it goes as i am in same predicament.Check out my Tampa Bay Buccaneers CFM Thread.
You too can be a 5* recruit at FSU.......
Originally posted by TwelveozPlaya21add worthless Xavier Lee to that list..Originally posted by MassNoleCFL here he comes. Pfft, wait that would require learning a playbook. McDonalds here he comes.Comment
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I'm pretty much just waiting for my guitar (which is my 2nd one) to break so I'll go ahead and buy a Frontman. I never noticed how the frets seem slow to pop back up (on mine, at least) until I went back and played some GH3 with a friend.
On a lighter note, I managed to 5-star Enter Sandman on Expert drums earlier. I got 96% with a 644 note streak. I'm slowly improving.Comment
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I've almost beaten the solo guitar campaign on Expert. I'm stuck on Flirtin' With Disaster (stupid solo) and Green Grass and High Tides. Ugh. Nothing like failing a song about 7 and a half minutes into it. The snake parts get me...where it goes gryrgryrg and so on. Ugh. i think I can maybe handle the rest. Emphasis on maybe.
It sounds simple--practice the tapping--but it's really about how you practice. Practice with a very strong emphasis on the timing of the tap button at a slow speed, and what will happen is rather than missing big chunks of it, your inaccuracies will be reduced to a few times between the tapped notes. If you're lucky, or you practice enough, you'll find that you can "ride" the wave of notes for several consecutive notes, without even having to truly master it.Comment
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No luck. Apparently, I e-mailed technical support who said they could not help and directed me to customer support via the phone, who is I already talked to. Guess I'm gonna have to buy a new guitar.Comment
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I don't remember flirting with disaster being difficult, but I can help you with GGaHT. Use the tapping on the repeating parts. When you practice it, pay particular attention to the "tapped" button. So it's "tap"-pattern, "tap"-pattern. The great thing about it, is if you go into the sections and get a small part of it right consecutively, you'll actually raise your meter, rather than lose it, and in a short time.
It sounds simple--practice the tapping--but it's really about how you practice. Practice with a very strong emphasis on the timing of the tap button at a slow speed, and what will happen is rather than missing big chunks of it, your inaccuracies will be reduced to a few times between the tapped notes. If you're lucky, or you practice enough, you'll find that you can "ride" the wave of notes for several consecutive notes, without even having to truly master it.
For GG&HT, when you say tapping pattern, do you mean to just strum, for instance, the green note, ho/po the ryr sequence and then strum the green again? Thanks for the help. I need it. The second solo is brutally long. I'm using the X-plorer controller if it makes any difference.Xbox Live Gamertag: MizzouBrentComment
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My friend and I actually just beat Flirtin' With Disaster yesterday, with him on expert guitar and me on expert bass, without either of us failing once. We were both dropping down, both were red, then we somehow hit the unison note and saved ourselves for the last minute of the song. It was pretty amazing.
We, actually, almost made it through GGaHT, but I failed out on bass half-way through the second solo and my friend couldn't get any star-power in time. We probably could've passed it, but we both accidentally used our star-power at the same time earlier in the solo.Comment
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I think I can get Flirtin' With Disaster with some more practice. I just borrowed the game from a friend, so I'm not super familiar with the note chart yet.
For GG&HT, when you say tapping pattern, do you mean to just strum, for instance, the green note, ho/po the ryr sequence and then strum the green again? Thanks for the help. I need it. The second solo is brutally long. I'm using the X-plorer controller if it makes any difference.
Funny enough, that's probably the best advantage of playing guitar: problem solving. Since there are no strings, there are physical differences, but mentally the problem solving is the same in the game as it is in real life. Here's a small tip: when you're practicing and you're starting to get it, you might find yourself being great at 70 or 80%, but still being awful at 100% tempo. No worries. Stick on 80% for a while and your ear will adjust to that small rhythm change that you're missing. Hope that helps.Comment
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ahhhh, you're using the explorer...well let me tell you, this is easier with the Rock Band guitar. But still, the principle works. When you practice, use the green as your guide, and then when the pattern switches up, use whatever respective color as your guide button that you strum, and then do ho/po in between. This is actually how guitar players keep track of really fast picking runs in solos.
Funny enough, that's probably the best advantage of playing guitar: problem solving. Since there are no strings, there are physical differences, but mentally the problem solving is the same in the game as it is in real life. Here's a small tip: when you're practicing and you're starting to get it, you might find yourself being great at 70 or 80%, but still being awful at 100% tempo. No worries. Stick on 80% for a while and your ear will adjust to that small rhythm change that you're missing. Hope that helps.
I only tried the song once, then I went into practice mode and could hit most of the notes at 70% speed, so I know I can get there eventually. It's just going to take a lot of practice and a little bit of luck. Frankly, I was surprised I made it as far into the song as I did on my first run.
After the second solo, is the rest pretty easy?Xbox Live Gamertag: MizzouBrentComment
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Honestly, it's worst case scenario. It's a marathon at the end of that song once the solos start. I could hardly believe that those guys were so indulgent with their repetitive soloing. It made it harder to learn the song, because I hate practicing a song I don't like with pretend guitar. But it was the last song I needed, so I did it, and haven't played it since, lmao.Comment
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I'm really hoping for some DLC to get excited about next week. The last thing I downloaded was two songs from the Cars pack.Comment
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The Pixies' album Doolittle is next week's DLC. Our friends are HUGE Pixies' fans, but I'm not going to download the whole thing. I'll probably get a few songs.Comment
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