Remember when...

[Bakkster]

The forums were awesome? Now it's a constant stream of people who only signed up because of their incredible rage, without the common sense to match. What are your favorite memories of the pre-launch forums?

I loved when we had nothing better to do than argue about the Creep radio edit, and if the words were "Please don't slow me down, only if I'm going to fast" in Reptilia.

[Tenacious_B]

I loved it when everyone blamed the "broken" guitars on pre-production demos and reassured everyone that everything was going to be perfect. My hardware works perfectly i have no clue why people are having problems.

[jq715861]

The forums were awesome? Now it's a constant stream of people who only signed up because of their incredible rage, without the common sense to match. What are your favorite memories of the pre-launch forums?

I loved when we had nothing better to do than argue about the Creep radio edit, and if the words were "Please don't slow me down, only if I'm going to fast" in Reptilia.

Man, those were the days.....

I enjoyed the "Beatles are overrated" debate. That was fun to sit by and read.

[DShiz1029]

Yeah..........

*sits back and ponders the good ol' days*

[espher]

I won't lie, I was about to post this same thread about an hour ago.

I'd say these boards are now worse than the ones I have to moderate. p_p

[Quinarvy]

I won't lie, I was about to post this same thread about an hour ago.

I'd say these boards are now worse than the ones I have to moderate. p_p

I was too...

Anyway, my favorite moment would have to be Cowman fighting Sean and lose a bet to sushi and had to change his sig...

good times.

[Bakkster]

Man, those were the days.....

I enjoyed the "Beatles are overrated" debate. That was fun to sit by and read.

How about the Christian Rock threads? Too many overzealous people on both sides. All he wanted to do was suggest some bands, then everyone bashed an entire religion...

We got Flyleaf in the end, so I guess that will have to do ;)

[espher]

Sean doesn’t look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined when the boards were young

[Daesania]

When Amy started the WoW invasion :P

[Vilius]

My favorite memory is 10-21 (is that right?). I'll explain: A random thread (what it was about doesn't matter) was pretty much hijacked when everyone started posting pictrues of pretty hot models. That got pretty insane.

[Daesania]

close, 10/20 :P

[Apples]

It's not that bad yet.

All we've done is trade the noob question threads (how wull game work wit no dubble base??!) with random gripes about hardware.

And I will wager the majority of these gripers will fade away for 2 reasons.

1 - They will get their stuff fixed/replaced. It is not in anyone's interest to have hardware issues. (unhappy for fans and costly returns for manufacturers)

2 - They will be frustrated and turn their attention to other games.

[Vilius]

Thought it was 10-21 for some reason :)

And I hope so Apples... it's kind of annoying seeing almost thread be titled "The guitar sucks!!!1!ONE!"

[Quinarvy]

It's not that bad yet.

All we've done is trade the noob question threads (how wull game work wit no dubble base??!) with random gripes about hardware.

And I will wager the majority of these gripers will fade away for 2 reasons.

1 - They will get their stuff fixed/replaced. It is not in anyone's interest to have hardware issues. (unhappy for fans and costly returns for manufacturers)

2 - They will be frustrated and turn their attention to other games.

Except for every noob question threads, theres 20 complaint threads :(.

Also, I'm reading that thread and my sides hurt from laughter.

[Quastor]

I just enjoyed getting excited over every little interview that got linked to, and all the reading too far into them.

Things will get better. Hold tight, my amigos!

[Rock_Starman]

When it was still thought Canada would get it on time and Led Zeppelin would be in,especially with that GI interview.

Neither happend. :mad::(

[ZkDotNet]

I miss everyone getting excited (and making wild predictions) over *any* piece of new information.

I'm hoping this place will get better again. I can barely stand to look in the RB forums right now. All noise, no signal.

[espher]

It's not that bad yet.

All we've done is trade the noob question threads (how wull game work wit no dubble base??!) with random gripes about hardware.

Let's not forget:

a) Five threads per page *****ing about the fan cap/fixed leader/inability to complete the game on medium for BWT from people who don't understand campaign modes in video games, despite there being a long thread on the topic and despite people being repeatedly corrected.

b) Two threads per page asking if the Les Paul works on the PS3 version despite there being a post nearing 70 pages on the topic. Optionally, one of these threads may be about using a Sixaxis or 360 controller to play the game.

c) Two or three threads per page *****ing about how the guitar sucks, and not from an "it doesn't work" perspective.

d) One thread per page complaining about the drums being too hard.

e) One thread per page complaining about the guitar being too hard.

f) One thread per page complaining about something to do with Rock Band and Canada.

g) One thread per page from someone asking why their microphone isn't working.

h) One thread per page asking about cheat codes or hyperspeed or how to unlock bonus songs.

i) The occasional thread still asking where Welcome To The Jungle is or why there isn't a Wii version.

j) Many threads per page expressing reviews of the game where there is a sticky for that purpose.

I've taken to peppering sarcastic remarks all over the place out of sheer disbelief. I miss the days when the posters had common sense and seemed capable of rational thought, although that's probably how they found the place.

[Quinarvy]

Let's not forget:

a) Five threads per page *****ing about the fan cap/fixed leader/inability to complete the game on medium for BWT from people who don't understand campaign modes in video games, despite there being a long thread on the topic and despite people being repeatedly corrected.

b) Two threads per page asking if the Les Paul works on the PS3 version despite there being a post nearing 70 pages on the topic. Optionally, one of these threads may be about using a Sixaxis or 360 controller to play the game.

c) Two or three threads per page *****ing about how the guitar sucks, and not from an "it doesn't work" perspective.

d) One thread per page complaining about the drums being too hard.

e) One thread per page complaining about the guitar being too hard.

f) One thread per page complaining about something to do with Rock Band and Canada.

g) One thread per page from someone asking why their microphone isn't working.

h) One thread per page asking about cheat codes or hyperspeed or how to unlock bonus songs.

i) The occasional thread still asking where Welcome To The Jungle is or why there isn't a Wii version.

j) Many threads per page expressing reviews of the game where there is a sticky for that purpose.

I've taken to peppering sarcastic remarks all over the place out of sheer disbelief. I miss the days when the posters had common sense and seemed capable of rational thought, although that's probably how they found the place.

I just realized...were all sick of the invasion of moaning and *****ing...

But thats what were doing right now :D

Also, I'm shocked no ones mentioned "666 Users" as their fav. moment.

[sa_nick]

What about back in may when the only people on here were myself, sushi, sorariku, bounchfx, benjamin, smidget posted occasionally, brock landers, huskie and that was about it. Sorry if i missed anyone else, lol, im tired and hungover.

Oh and the rock blogs were called "blog rock".... good times.

[SmokaCola]

Hmmm I joined in Sep so I dunno if I have a say so on the "good ol' days" but I liked when GH2Master and Joigga would do their posting frenzy and everyone would flame them...well for Joigga it was flaming, GH2 just said everyone was flaming him even if they said "Hey you need to calm down"... You know what? I'm probably flaming him right now... Oh noez!!!! :p I'm going to go to bed now, tired as hell. Just though I'd check the forums before I get some shut eye... Man I need a life lol

[Bakkster]

How about IGN's Rock Band Week, which was awesome because of GameSpy. All we complained about then was how much IGN sucked :D

[DShiz1029]

I remember when I started up about Saint's Row 2...then all the GTA fanpeoples cocked their shotguns and pointed them at me...lolz!

[jq715861]

I also remember when people didn't complain about everything. Every thread has something to do with someone's problem.

I remember when the front page was taken up by polls and bands people wanted in, and breaking news about the game and now it's just people moaning and complaining because they've got nothing better to do.

[ThePaska]

I haven't had much of an urge to post here since the majority of the posts are people having trouble with the game. Since I haven't played it yet, I can't help much anyways.

[Zookey]

How about the Christian Rock threads? Too many overzealous people on both sides. All he wanted to do was suggest some bands, then everyone bashed an entire religion...

We got Flyleaf in the end, so I guess that will have to do ;)

Hehe I wasn't on the old forums but I saw that one---hehe to think I suggested Christian Rock Bands too----sad part is that, while FlyLeaf isn't bad there is other crossover bands (ie secular bands ran by Christians) that I would have much more had-----look up either

Rawkfist by Thousand Foot Krutch

or

Forsaken by Skillet

and tell me you wouldn't love to play the guitar and drum lines. Oh well, I'm So Sick sure isn't bad---LOL I heard that the lead singer blew out her vocal chords earlier this year and another band I am a fan of, Decyfer Down, had to fill in for Flyleaf for the rest of the tour---once you listen to the opening of I'm So Sick it isn't hard to imagine why.

Yeah, personally it bugs me that so many people are ticked at Harmonix over the PS3 guitar thing---I don't think Harmonix has anything to gain from preventing the full experience so I think they are telling the truth--not to mention I tried to start a thread with a link to Red Octane's contact section and it got totally overlooked because people would rather complain and flame these forums than do something that could actually get a change in the situation. Oh well.....

[DShiz1029]

Hehe I wasn't on the old forums but I saw that one---hehe to think I suggested Christian Rock Bands too----sad part is that, while FlyLeaf isn't bad there is other crossover bands (ie secular bands ran by Christians) that I would have much more had-----look up either

Rawkfist by Thousand Foot Krutch

or

Forsaken by Skillet

and tell me you wouldn't love to play the guitar and drum lines. Oh well, I'm So Sick sure isn't bad---LOL I heard that the lead singer blew out her vocal chords earlier this year and another band I am a fan of, Decyfer Down, had to fill in for Flyleaf for the rest of the tour---once you listen to the opening of I'm So Sick it isn't hard to imagine why.

Yeah, personally it bugs me that so many people are ticked at Harmonix over the PS3 guitar thing---I don't think Harmonix has anything to gain from preventing the full experience so I think they are telling the truth--not to mention I tried to start a thread with a link to Red Octane's contact section and it got totally overlooked because people would rather complain and flame these forums than do something that could actually get a change in the situation. Oh well.....

I sang "Im So Sick" the other night, and I am a guy...it was humorous.

Anyways, I also remember all that political sh*t GH2 brought into here...that was funky. I remember Joigga posting all that Soulja Boy crap, silly kids.

The forum is overrun with people who sign up for a day and post one thing then never come back, or people who just want to complain about Rock Band. The thrill of the wait is over...theres really not much to look forward to anymore other than which album comes next on DLC.

[MrGrieves]

I remember when I first read the n00b survival guide, whenever a new member would come to the forums asking a simple question like how much will the game cost?, will the strat work with gh3?, etc.. the first answer he would receive would be to read the n00b survival sticky

[Zookey]

I sang "Im So Sick" the other night, and I am a guy...it was humorous.

Anyways, I also remember all that political sh*t GH2 brought into here...that was funky. I remember Joigga posting all that Soulja Boy crap, silly kids.

The forum is overrun with people who sign up for a day and post one thing then never come back, or people who just want to complain about Rock Band. The thrill of the wait is over...theres really not much to look forward to anymore other than which album comes next on DLC.

It is especially great when the avatar looks ultra masculine singing the female part LOL! I saw somewhere that an exclusive download pack for 360 GH3 included a Flyleaf song--was it the same one? I think tho this game will have a lot of community features once they get all they want up up hehe---that is why I signed up for the forums after I got the game---I think it will have very long legs even beyond DLC---man I hope Harmonix does a dancing game like this LOL--they'd kill DDR but Konami has almost done that already anyways!

[Julio_No_Mas]

Yes I remember the good ol' days.

When I would piss LithiumKC off for no reason during political discussions.
When I made my infamous "GH2masterwellalmost is a douchebag" thread
When I made my "Is Led Zeppelin overrated?" thread
And finally when 4chan invaded

[Jixzer]

I agree that these boards where a lot more fun to read before release. Now it's just a primal b|tchfest. To be honest, I don't think the problem is a widespread as it seems, it's just those who have been burned speak up a lot more and a lot louder than those of us with good equipment or cooler heads. Kind of equates the same way as motorcycle helmet laws. Those that want them gone make a lot of noise and you hear about it all the time. You never here people fighting for currently in place laws; why would you? (You might have to be a motorcyclist to get the reference, but I digress).

People need to stop *****ing here and go ***** to EA or whoever and get their crap fixed. *****ing here solves nothing and it is ruining these boards.

[espher]

I just realized...were all sick of the invasion of moaning and *****ing...

But thats what were doing right now :D

Also, I'm shocked no ones mentioned "666 Users" as their fav. moment.

We just want these ****ing kids off our goddamn lawn.

[Quastor]

We just want these ****ing kids off our goddamn lawn.

Q.F.G.D.F.T.

[SoraRikuVGM]

The first forums and homepage.

April signup <3

Oh, and 10-20 (or 21) NEVAR FORGAT


Let's not forget:

a) Five threads per page *****ing about the fan cap/fixed leader/inability to complete the game on medium for BWT from people who don't understand campaign modes in video games, despite there being a long thread on the topic and despite people being repeatedly corrected.

b) Two threads per page asking if the Les Paul works on the PS3 version despite there being a post nearing 70 pages on the topic. Optionally, one of these threads may be about using a Sixaxis or 360 controller to play the game.

c) Two or three threads per page *****ing about how the guitar sucks, and not from an "it doesn't work" perspective.

d) One thread per page complaining about the drums being too hard.

e) One thread per page complaining about the guitar being too hard.

f) One thread per page complaining about something to do with Rock Band and Canada.

g) One thread per page from someone asking why their microphone isn't working.

h) One thread per page asking about cheat codes or hyperspeed or how to unlock bonus songs.

i) The occasional thread still asking where Welcome To The Jungle is or why there isn't a Wii version.

j) Many threads per page expressing reviews of the game where there is a sticky for that purpose.

I've taken to peppering sarcastic remarks all over the place out of sheer disbelief. I miss the days when the posters had common sense and seemed capable of rational thought, although that's probably how they found the place.


Don't forget "HOW DOES I USE MAH HEADSETY?"

[psyborg]

a) Five threads per page *****ing about the fan cap/fixed leader/inability to complete the game on medium for BWT from people who don't understand campaign modes in video games, despite there being a long thread on the topic and despite people being repeatedly corrected.




Wait, you can't complete BWT on medium? *FLIPS OUT*

Lol, not really, but is this true?

[FallenAce]

I think it's hilarious that for some reason there's some carryover hatred between the Canadians and the Americans that transcends the release date problems.

And you know I have no problem helping with it.

And Daesania, you were right about the no avatar thing. DShiz, I was getting all depressed because I thought you abandoned us, and I wanna team up in SR2 when it comes out, since you're the only other guy I know who wants it.

[Rev0lver]

How about the Christian Rock threads? Too many overzealous people on both sides. All he wanted to do was suggest some bands, then everyone bashed an entire religion...


i didn't bash their religion until they started pretending i was. i bashed them because they wanted certain music simply for the fact that it's christian, rather than for being good music. i put becoming the archetype and august burns red in my setlist, not for being christian, but for being good music. when people come in and start going "hey we need some christian music in the game because our kids need to be moral and follow jesus" that pisses me off.

P.S. dont forget about the 12 pg NIN discussion and the mcr emo kid flaming

[MeleeMan]

Yeah, for a while I knew almost everyone's name on the Rock Band forums. Now it's a new user every day...

[Zookey]

i didn't bash their religion until they started pretending i was. i bashed them because they wanted certain music simply for the fact that it's christian, rather than for being good music. i put becoming the archetype and august burns red in my setlist, not for being christian, but for being good music. when people come in and start going "hey we need some christian music in the game because our kids need to be moral and follow jesus" that pisses me off.

P.S. dont forget about the 12 pg NIN discussion and the mcr emo kid flaming

Just FYI---I am a Christian who agrees with you :-) I don't like bands who get promoted because they are 'moral' or 'Christian'---which is sad because most people who promote music that way look over the really good bands that are either totally comprised of Christians or have some Christians in them----never listened to Becoming the Archetype although a lot of people have tried to get me to hehe--they are death metal right?

[SmokaCola]

I remember when we had beautiful avatars that made it easy to tell who was who :(

[senomar]

And finally when 4chan invaded
**** that was annoying. Thanks for reminding me. :mad:

But yeah, I remember the 10/20 incident and every day we flamed Joigga or gh2masterwellalmost being the greatest days in this forum's history.

[blue_dragonzero]

Yeah. Remember Markmw? Man what an idiot.

[Eman311]

10/20 was ****ing lame.

Pretty much october and november were the best months. steady info, lots of anticipation.

[FallenAce]

A very religious friend of mine once said something about this. We were talking about Christian bands, and he brought up what he hates is how they only ever make songs about being Christian. That's a pretty good point to me; I don't know why the can't break the mold.

[Bakkster]

Just FYI---I am a Christian who agrees with you :-) I don't like bands who get promoted because they are 'moral' or 'Christian'---which is sad because most people who promote music that way look over the really good bands that are either totally comprised of Christians or have some Christians in them----never listened to Becoming the Archetype although a lot of people have tried to get me to hehe--they are death metal right?

Ditto. The whole conversation just went crazy, mostly because religion was involved, and partly because people went to the far extremes (like wanting Third day in RB, while another wanted no band that had a member that ever was even assumed to be Christian)

Also, gh2masterwellalmost was the most HILARIOUS member of the pre-launch forums. Always made me lol. Remember when he started spewing his communist (how can you be a communist at 14?) propaganda in the DLC pricing thread?

[Julio_No_Mas]

Ditto. The whole conversation just went crazy, mostly because religion was involved, and partly because people went to the far extremes (like wanting Third day in RB, while another wanted no band that had a member that ever was even assumed to be Christian)

Also, gh2masterwellalmost was the most HILARIOUS member of the pre-launch forums. Always made me lol. Remember when he started spewing his communist (how can you be a communist at 14?) propaganda in the DLC pricing thread?

I hate that guy. Could you link me to that so I can laugh at his stupidity?

[Bakkster]

I hate that guy. Could you link me to that so I can laugh at his stupidity?

Here's a couple good ones:
http://community.rockband.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=3199&highlight=communist
http://community.rockband.com/vbforum/showthread.php?p=33277&highlight=communist#post33277

[_GABO_]

Oh man, I miss the good ol' days like that.

[Julio_No_Mas]

Here's a couple good ones:
http://community.rockband.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=3199&highlight=communist
http://community.rockband.com/vbforum/showthread.php?p=33277&highlight=communist#post33277
idiotec's reply in the second link is pure epicness.

[DShiz1029]

Hahaha...wow, those were some times, I will tell you. There was so much that kid was wrong about but it almost wasnt even worth telling him.

[Bakkster]

Hahaha...wow, those were some times, I will tell you. There was so much that kid was wrong about but it almost wasnt even worth telling him.

Hey, you better stop flaming him! :p

[DShiz1029]

Lol! He hasnt seen flame...He only got a Glade scented candle lit under his ass...I could give him third degree burns if I really wanted to.

[sa_nick]

And finally when 4chan invaded

It wasnt 4chan, it was a bunch of kids from the WoW forums.

[icantwaitforrockband]

I just remember hoping to find any tidbit of new info!

[espher]

Wait, you can't complete BWT on medium? *FLIPS OUT*

Lol, not really, but is this true?

You can finish it on medium, you just stop seeing a number (fans) increase.

[DShiz1029]

I also remember that one time when that one person said that one thing and we all laughed and shunned his existence...

[FallenAce]

Yeah I remember that... What was his name? Doug Shaw or something?

[Huskie]

So this is where all the cool kids went?
I've been trapped in the "formally-known-as-Rockband-forum" looking at Tech questions and gripes.


We just want these ****ing kids off our goddamn lawn.

Priceless!

I remember the good ol' days. :(

Harmonix, you suck for releasing this game thus ruining a perfectly good community to hang out at.

I guess there's nothing left for me to do now at work but work. :D

[Bakkster]

So this is where all the cool kids went?
I've been trapped in the "formally-known-as-Rockband-forum" looking at Tech questions and gripes.

Ah yes, the tech support forum. Where you solve a problem, and everyone gets pissed at HMX because they needed to solve a problem...

[DIEGOROBOT26]

The other day me and my friends were high and went to Burger King to eat and then we remembered that my friend had what might possibly be the most homosexual ringtone of all time which would be SmAcK DaT by Akon. My friend threatened to do something terrible to me if I didn't stop calling him things like punjabi whore so he got the phone and played that damn ringtone. The noise that came out of that phone was so embarassingly *** that everybody in Burger King was looking at us so we started throwing the phone at each other until it ended up by some little kid's leg. Now mind you the song has probably repeated over four times already so the embarassment we suffered as a group was terrible, of course we only noticed once we sobered up. Does this have anything to do with your thread of remembrance?

[Eastwood]

Hmmm I joined in Sep so I dunno if I have a say so on the "good ol' days" but I liked when GH2Master and Joigga would do their posting frenzy and everyone would flame them...well for Joigga it was flaming, GH2 just said everyone was flaming him even if they said "Hey you need to calm down"... You know what? I'm probably flaming him right now... Oh noez!!!! :p I'm going to go to bed now, tired as hell. Just though I'd check the forums before I get some shut eye... Man I need a life lol

This was one of my faves. GH2Master being railed for being a "14 year old anarchist" who had all the answers to life's little mysteries. Need help raising a child? Ask him! Need the answer to life? Ask him! He hasn't paid bills, yet, but he knows more than any adult about what life is really like outside of these blue and maroon walls..

[FallenAce]

I remember him saying that Marx first said, "The ends justify the means". When I pointed out his error, he said something like even though Marx didn't say it first, most people associate the phrase with Marx.

I thought that was pretty ridiculous.

[Eastwood]

It was also pointed out that most dictators use the very book that the phrase came from as a foundation to their beliefs.

I forget the name of the book..

[FallenAce]

The Prince.

[Bakkster]

At Least It's Not As Bad As When Every First Letter Gets Capitalized Because The Person Used Caps Lock. Aka Joigga Speak.

Good times...

[Eastwood]

Good times may be coming back, though. Flame wars are popping up all over the place. I happen to be in a couple right now.

[Rev0lver]

w00t for more christian rock warz!

[Zookey]

w00t for more christian rock warz!

LMAO man, I feel bad for laughing since I am a Jesus Freak----but, honestly, I would like to see Decyfer Down, RED, Skillet, Safe Haven and Thousand Foot Krutch---not because they are fellow Jesus Freaks but because their music is actually good (kudos to guy who made earlier post with similar message--if it is good music throw it in!)

Honestly too tho man, a different topic, who would like to see some Trans Siberian Orchestra for XMAS music hehe!!!! That'd rule!

So most dictators use that Prince book? Hmm--never heard of it although I have heard the 'End justifies the means' thing---LOL never knew it was associated with Marx---funny thing, I think I have only ever heard it from people supporting things that the US did, which you would think US and Marx would be on opposite sides of the fence but oh well---and to clear the air I am not slammin the US there I am just saying it is comical because most people who use that quote in that way would probably crap themselves if they knew Marx popularized it---deviant minds think alike regardless of nationality I guess......

You want to know one thing I kind of like about these forums? I am a PS3 owner and normally get pissed at forums because jerk offs join, slam PS3 and treat people like me as an idiot for owning one. Here, you have thousands of 360 and PS3 owners and almost no flame wars on that front---a VERY nice change and probably one of the big reasons why I will stick around here----yeah people are flaming over the stupid guitar issue but I bet that will die down soon--Harmonix will take care of it!! BTW how many of you fellow PS3 owners are picking up UT3? Just reserved mine--you probably should if you want it too Joystiq said it will be in limited supply---can't think why Midway would do it like that unless it is actual physical limitations on how much they can print, but oh well.

[jq715861]

BTW how many of you fellow PS3 owners are picking up UT3? Just reserved mine--you probably should if you want it too Joystiq said it will be in limited supply---can't think why Midway would do it like that unless it is actual physical limitations on how much they can print, but oh well.

I'm thinking about it. I had a pre-order for Haze but supposedly it was delayed. I know my game store will get one or two copies and I'll pretty much get one because at the game store they call me "The PS3 guy" because in a city of 100,000 people I'm apparently the only one that owns one. lol.

They are only going to have a limited supply because they were really trying to get the game out in 2007. They didn't want to push it back to Q1 2008. So they are at least getting some copies out and sticking to the 2007 that they promised and it was only about one month behind the PC release unlike the Orange Box .....:rolleyes:


PSN - jq71586

[FallenAce]

Just an FYI to you Zookey: the point was that Marx DID NOT popularize it. Machiavelli, who wrote the book, popularized it. GH2Masterwellalmost can't wrap his commy-head around the idea the world doesn't work exactly how he thinks it does, and refused to believe he was wrong.

[Smidget]

Honestly too tho man, a different topic, who would like to see some Trans Siberian Orchestra for XMAS music hehe!!!! That'd rule!

I thought about this when picking up the latest release last week (going to the concert soon, yes!) It would have to be just the right track because of the vocal aspect of it but man, it would own. They should offer it as a free download as a "Christmas present."

Man, Zookey, you should have been here for the original Christian rock thread. It was insanity (I've been rocking to the music for years. panhead since the beginning baby!)

Lithium used to provide some good entertainment when arguing with people. He hasn't been around for a while now.

[FallenAce]

Smidget your band is something like LittleSmidget right? I was right next to you in ranking last week and it made me laugh pretty hard. I was like, "I KNOW THAT GUY!"

[Smidget]

haha, yep (LittleSmidget). Not my band though, just me. Haven't gone online with our band yet.

[dacat]

Well, I am new to the boards, but not new to the TUBES and I must say that the rest of the boards are hell to navigate through. Way to many people whining. It is nice to find a good thread with good conversation.

[Zookey]

Just an FYI to you Zookey: the point was that Marx DID NOT popularize it. Machiavelli, who wrote the book, popularized it. GH2Masterwellalmost can't wrap his commy-head around the idea the world doesn't work exactly how he thinks it does, and refused to believe he was wrong.

Those kind of people are always fun hehe. So was he one of those people who claimed communism? I ran into many people in high school who would claim communism, but if you talked with them long enough about it they would openly admit that communism can't actually work in a society of human beings (same with socialism, when Sweeden I believe tried it in the 80's it nearly shut the whole country down)---both socialism and communism sound nice but fall apart once people are in the mix. Long story short, I thought it was dumb these kids supported something they flat out admitted wouldn't work--I think they were trying to flaunt their intelligence so they could look better than someone else, otherwise known as a poser.

To Smidget: I am a relatively new Panhead--saw them in concert last year at a free event and was blown away---like mostly their newer stuff (Collide and Comatose) I think more of their Collide stuff would be good for RB, Comatose is good but is so much more instrumental (with orchestra stuff) that I think it wouldn't work as good. Have you heard Rawkfist by Thousand Foot Krutch? Man that song would be perfect for RB--high intensity on drums, guitar and vocals and adrenaline pumping!! So were those forums insane in a good way (fast paced, interesting) or bad (lots of people getting defensive and d**kheaded on either side of the fence)? I get frustrated sometimes by people on both sides. I run into Christians who say the only reason that most Christian bands aren't liked is Satan is blinding the people out there and that bands who are crossover (note--that means went from Christian to mainstream, like Skillet) or have some Christians in them but are secular are satanic----and that is nothing short of a joke. Then, on the other side, I run into people who immediately hate on anyone who is a Christian regardless if they are a phony jerk type or not---so if they find out a band has a Christian in it they flip a cookie and go nuts--which is funny because a lot of very popular secular bands have at least 1 Christian in them hehe-----but either way the only 'Christian' bands I like are ones generally that you wouldn't know unless someone told you---like Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch and Decyfer Down------long story short there is a big difference between not being ashamed of your faith and cramming it down someone's throat and getting upset when they don't react the way you want.

TSO has new stuff??? man I need to check out iTunes again--and I only have 6 bucks on there...crap.

To jq715861: yeah I was so bummed Haze got pushed back--it it means more features, slightly better graphics or something along those lines I guess it is worth it--but man Free Radical owns and that game will too--I hope the add something emergent in there like a map creator or character creator but who knows. Yeah us PS3 owners got it up the rear on the Orange Box---did you hear a lot of people are calling it the 'Slideshow Edition' because EA did such a crappy job of porting it that the frames per second dips into the single digits? And, of course, Valve was too lazy (or rather, Gabe Newell too into 'I want to make money off a PS3 edition but have no respect whatsoever for my PS3 customers') to help so we got the shaft----oh well we got UT3, Warhawk and Resistance now and Haze and KZ2 to look forward too hehe!

Yes TSO would make a beautiful Christmas gift hehe! Part of me would want Carol of the Bells even though it doesn't have a vocal line, I guess you could cowbell the whole thing LMAO!

[DShiz1029]

I thought it was funny when gh2master would call people his "pal" when most of us were far from it, silly *****.

So Joigga is back...I want to rob a bank at gun point and pistol whip an old lady for her purse in honor of Joigga. I wish I could have posters of him everywhere in my room. Soon I will stalk him, take pictures, and build a shrine, devoted all to Joigga.

[Zookey]

I thought it was funny when gh2master would call people his "pal" when most of us were far from it, silly *****.

So Joigga is back...I want to rob a bank at gun point and pistol whip an old lady for her purse in honor of Joigga. I wish I could have posters of him everywhere in my room. Soon I will stalk him, take pictures, and build a shrine, devoted all to Joigga.

LMAO bad imagery........

So was he one of those type of kids you run into on XBOX LIVE (and, unfortunately, they are starting to slowly pop up on PSN) that mouths off about everything, kills his teammates and you can hear him mouthing off to his parents over the voice chat?

[DShiz1029]

LMAO bad imagery........

So was he one of those type of kids you run into on XBOX LIVE (and, unfortunately, they are starting to slowly pop up on PSN) that mouths off about everything, kills his teammates and you can hear him mouthing off to his parents over the voice chat?

I dunno, hes just a prepubescent boy who hangs out here...

[Zookey]

I dunno, hes just a prepubescent boy who hangs out here...

OIC prolly one of those types then---we should invent a national holiday where the main focus is to go find one of those kids in an online game and team kill them LOL---could become a classy tradition!

[SmokaCola]

I dunno, hes just a prepubescent boy who hangs out here...

It's like that one kid in the class that gets constantly picked on but thinks he's cool. I remember this one tall lurch looking kid, he was such a dork and the way he walked was "limpish" so all the kids called him "Pimp Juice". He thought he was a total badass but really no one liked him. Sometimes I just want to wrap him up in a body bag, put him in my freezer and listen to him as he cries softly as I sharpen my butcher knife. Then when everything is nice and ready i'd take him out of the cold body bag and let him enjoy the steak I prepared. Why I would put him in the body bag in a freezer... Guess I was just trying to make a twist in a story :(

[Eastwood]

It's like that one kid in the class that gets constantly picked on but thinks he's cool. I remember this one tall lurch looking kid, he was such a dork and the way he walked was "limpish" so all the kids called him "Pimp Juice". He thought he was a total badass but really no one liked him. Sometimes I just want to wrap him up in a body bag, put him in my freezer and listen to him as he cries softly as I sharpen my butcher knife. Then when everything is nice and ready i'd take him out of the cold body bag and let him enjoy the steak I prepared. Why I would put him in the body bag in a freezer... Guess I was just trying to make a twist in a story :(

I thought it was funny...

[sushi111]

I miss when sushi had a reason to post 1923 times a day :(

[Zookey]

LMAO just a tad weird hehe!

[DShiz1029]

It's like that one kid in the class that gets constantly picked on but thinks he's cool. I remember this one tall lurch looking kid, he was such a dork and the way he walked was "limpish" so all the kids called him "Pimp Juice". He thought he was a total badass but really no one liked him. Sometimes I just want to wrap him up in a body bag, put him in my freezer and listen to him as he cries softly as I sharpen my butcher knife. Then when everything is nice and ready i'd take him out of the cold body bag and let him enjoy the steak I prepared. Why I would put him in the body bag in a freezer... Guess I was just trying to make a twist in a story :(

You sick fu...


Yeah it was giggly.

[MartyMcFly]

I'm late to the thread, but that's because I'm rarely on here anymore. I only check in here if I need to see any complaints about stuff, cuz I'm sure to find them :\

I remember the forums when we were thinking about how the drums would look, and how it was necessary to have a drum pedal and not just pads. This was long before the double bass pedal threads started.

Good too see everyone's still around though.

[Bakkster]

I remember the forums when we were thinking about how the drums would look, and how it was necessary to have a drum pedal and not just pads. This was long before the double bass pedal threads started.

Yes, the double bass pedal threads were dark times for the forum...

[McDeezy]

My favorite memory is 10-21 (is that right?). I'll explain: A random thread (what it was about doesn't matter) was pretty much hijacked when everyone started posting pictrues of pretty hot models. That got pretty insane.

That was 10-20 :). I remember when the threads actually meant something. It wasn't just a mess.

[FallenAce]

That's an odd example for a time when threads had meaning...

[Eman311]

That's an odd example for a time when threads had meaning...

haha yea it is.

that was the most meaningless thread ever.

[sonicbrew]

The forums have gone to hell and what used to be casual, fun comradre, has now turned into the likeness of quick sand. (Wonders if he even made sense?!?)

[Eman311]

I don't think it's that bad. There are a lot of new members with their 1-5 posts and 5 threads all asking the same stuff.

Once things settle down (and HMX makes their next big announcement) it will be back to normal :)

[Quastor]

Sure, I read a lot less of the threads, but things aren't that bad. Come mid-January things'll be better.

[PunkJr]

Man, I joined the party late (as TK-757 in the beginning of October) and even I agree with everyone. *laugh*

I miss the blogs. Those were fun to read through.

[Bakkster]

I miss the blogs. Those were fun to read through.

I can't wait for the new site. Then I can categorically prove that my solo act The Wolfman Bakke Experience can beat up your band :p

[PunkJr]

I can't wait for the new site. Then I can categorically prove that my solo act The Wolfman Bakke Experience can beat up your band :p

I'll take that challenge. You'll see what "Gravy Boat Megatron" can do!! :p

[Bakkster]

I'll take that challenge. You'll see what "Gravy Boat Megatron" can do!! :p

Bring it junior! I'm touring in support of the new album: Are you Experienced in Barking at the Full Moon Fever II: The Rise and Fall of Wolfman Bakke and at the top of my game!

Yeah, try cramming that many references into your album name! And I've got more where that came from in the album cover! :p

[FallenAce]

I had an album cover up in my profile when had that stuff. It was an "album" of my "real life" cover band, which is myself and two or three friends who do karaoke together. We're called the "Porn Commandos" and the album title is "We've Got It Covered" and it's a picture of us at a karaoke bar. We're very original.

[whofan]

Man I miss the times when I'd alternately fight and team up with Tmanrocks. He/She seems to have gone missing (or maybe I'm opening all the wrong threads here).

I really miss the times speculating what DLC we'll get and the long discussions we used to have about what albums should go in and why. Now it's just "Led Zepplin kthnxbi", no discussion. (Just to clarify, there was that in the good ol days as well, just less of it)

[tucsonovernite]

I remember him saying that Marx first said, "The ends justify the means". When I pointed out his error, he said something like even though Marx didn't say it first, most people associate the phrase with Marx.

I thought that was pretty ridiculous.

It was Ice T, right? The ends justify the means thats the system, I learned that in school then I dropped out....

It's kinda fun to beat up on the GHmastah -- but gotta say if he truly is only 14 man does he have a way w/ words....Im still kinda suspicious of that quoted age though--

[MotleyPriest111]

I miss everything about this site. 10/20 and SkidMark make up my top list along with all of the members (Pre November).

[FallenAce]

I miss various StarFox characters as avatars, myself.

[Eastwood]

I miss dialouge with Sean. I wish he would talk to me about this guitar situation. I ordered my replacement Tuesday and it hasn;t shipped yet. People who ordered theirs as late as yesterday have received it today.

[Bakkster]

I miss dialouge with Sean. I wish he would talk to me about this guitar situation. I ordered my replacement Tuesday and it hasn;t shipped yet. People who ordered theirs as late as yesterday have received it today.

I agree. That was also when the most obnoxious forum members just posted in all caps. Now they threaten lawsuits on launch day...

[Smoky_McAshtray]

What about back in may when the only people on here were myself, sushi, sorariku, bounchfx, benjamin, smidget posted occasionally, brock landers, huskie and that was about it. Sorry if i missed anyone else, lol, im tired and hungover.

Oh and the rock blogs were called "blog rock".... good times.I was here too.....you just didn't know it. I'm a lurker by nature and I think I had maybe 4 or 5 posts before the game was released, now the whopping majority of the ones I have are sarcastic responses to lamers who have taken over the boards. Maybe that's why my post count is so low...I like to point out stupidity to those who are stupid, and prior to last Tuesday there wasn't much stupidity around for me to point and laugh at....man this place used to be great to waste hours of time browsing for any tidbit of new info.

I remember a thread about a month ago warning of the imminent noob invasion. I don't remember who it was that posted it, but you were right...I didn't think it'd be that bad, but you were right...sniff, sniff...

[Smidget]

What about back in may when the only people on here were myself, sushi, sorariku, bounchfx, benjamin, smidget posted occasionally, brock landers, huskie and that was about it. Sorry if i missed anyone else, lol, im tired and hungover.

Oh and the rock blogs were called "blog rock".... good times.

occasionally but consistenly :D Don't plan on going anywhere either, nope nope. I'm looking forward to the first community gathering, whenever that happens (if ever; could be fun).

Zookey: Can't respond to all that in this thread, haha but yeah, Collide is definitely a better album for RB songs. Sadly in my 10+ years of being a fan (first album came out in 96) I've only seen them live ONCE *sigh* Check out "Locked in a Cage" from their first album. And oh, I was wrong, TSO doesn't have a new one. I thought I had read a different copyright date on "The Lost Christmas Eve" album.


I miss dialouge with Sean

yeah. Hopefully things will go back to normal a little bit after all is fixed. Though I don't think we're gonna see Rock Blogs much anymore, at least not for a good long while.

[FallenAce]

Community gathering eh? I think there's a good shot at that being in the midwest for once. All my internet gatherings always happen on the coasts and there are enough of us in the midwest to control that idea, I'd say.

[Smidget]

Community gathering eh? I think there's a good shot at that being in the midwest for once. All my internet gatherings always happen on the coasts and there are enough of us in the midwest to control that idea, I'd say.

I'll arm wrestle ya for it

and by "ya", I mean all of you, all at once :cool:

[Bakkster]

Community gathering eh? I think there's a good shot at that being in the midwest for once. All my internet gatherings always happen on the coasts and there are enough of us in the midwest to control that idea, I'd say.

Yeah.

Either that, or we convince HMX to make Rock Band: Polyphonic Spree Edition or Bang Camaro Edition, so we can fit 20+ people into a single game lobby :D

[Huskie]

...so we can fit 20+ people into a single game lobby :D

SHOTGUN! ..

[Eastwood]

SHOTGUN! ..

BACK LEFT!!

[hmxsean]

I miss dialouge with Sean. I wish he would talk to me about this guitar situation. I ordered my replacement Tuesday and it hasn;t shipped yet. People who ordered theirs as late as yesterday have received it today.

I'll be back! Things have been pretty crazy and once I can get enough sleep to form cohesive sentences I'll be back in effect. Dialogue will return. I'm working on it.

[Huskie]

I'll be back! Things have been pretty crazy and once I can get enough sleep to form cohesive sentences I'll be back in effect. Dialogue will return. I'm working on it.
Were they ever cohesive sentences? :D

Crap. Now I'm going to be banned. :o

Oh man. He MUST be tired. Not one "awesome" in his reply.
Sean.sleep.now.

[Bakkster]

Were they ever cohesive sentences? :D

Crap. Now I'm going to be banned. :o

Oh man. He MUST be tired. Not one "awesome" in his reply.
Sean.sleep.now.

Agreed get some sleep. Maybe this wouldn't have been a problem if you spent less time playing Mass Effect? ;)

[Quastor]

I'll be back! Things have been pretty crazy and once I can get enough sleep to form cohesive sentences I'll be back in effect. Dialogue will return. I'm working on it.

Take care of what's important first, we'll still be here. Brooding.

We understand it's dangerous to show your face in public right now. Maybe you can enter into the witness protection program?

[Eastwood]

Take care of what's important first, we'll still be here. Brooding.

We understand it's dangerous to show your face in public right now. Maybe you can enter into the witness protection program?

For real! Come in under a name we will recognize you as (awesomosity, FTW) and just hang in here. We'll make sure the mob never finds out. You could be like a superhero with a secret identity!

[Bakkster]

For real! Come in under a name we will recognize you as (awesomosity, FTW) and just hang in here. We'll make sure Canada never finds out. You could be like a superhero with a secret identity!

Fixed it for ya ;)

[Quastor]

Fixed it for ya ;)

Now now, it's not nice to make fun of people from Canada.

/Completely innocent
//What?

[FallenAce]

Yes, Canadians are nice people. I hear they have a really bad moose problem though. I think mooses ate their Rock Bands or something. Or they spilled all their milk out of the milk bags and ruined the shipment, so EA had to move it back a month. Or something like that...

I blame the mounties.

[luminary pants]

Damn canadian law enforcement. I have had my issues with them..not a fan at all.

[Smidget]

Lets go to Canada everyone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIrmPEyt0Nc&feature=related)

[Bakkster]

Now now, it's not nice to make fun of people from Canada.

/Completely innocent
//What?

I'm just saying, I think the only death threats Sean ever got was from Canadians.... :eek:


Lets go to Canada everyone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIrmPEyt0Nc&feature=related)

Lots of lumber and lumberjacks AND LOGS! :D

[Huskie]

Dear Canada,

Please pick up your geese and their 'droppings' at your earliest convenience.

Thank you,
United States of America

:D

[Bakkster]

Dear Canada,

Please pick up your geese and their 'droppings' at your earliest convenience.

Thank you,
United States of America

:D

Thank God they're finally leaving. Honking bastards...

[Smoky_McAshtray]

Remeber when rockband.com just loaded a flash page with a telephone pole with a flier stapled to it that said singer wanted, drummer wanted, etc.? Or am I going a little too far back? :)

[Huskie]

Remeber when rockband.com just loaded a flash page with a telephone pole with a flier stapled to it that said singer wanted, drummer wanted, etc.? Or am I going a little too far back? :)

I remember it well

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/04/rockband-thumb.JPG

[theacademyis...]

sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf

[FallenAce]

sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf
Great post. Thanks. I equate you with a type of <I>bag</I>. Care to guess which type?

[Eastwood]

The bunker has been breached! Run toooo the hilllssss.... Run for your liiiiiife!! :D

[Huskie]

The bunker has been breached! Run toooo the hilllssss.... Run for your liiiiiife!! :D

Oh crap!

I think I found out how...

Hello -albinousrex-,

Thanks for contacting EA Technical Support! I do apologize for the inconvenience you're experiencing with the game right now. I understand you're having issue with Rock Band for the Xbox 360, and I know how frustrating that is. Rest assured that I would try my very best to assist you resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

First let me assure you that I have read and understood the email you sent before replying. I also understand that you are a well valued member of the rock band community. Furthermore, this is not a computer generated auto response.

Unfortunately, we here at technical support do not have any information regarding the issue or question as technical support is mainly concerned with troubleshooting technical issues, such as the game crashing or loading issues. If you have any comments or suggestions please post on the appropriate game forums.These forums are maintained and monitored by the community leaders and production team. By posting on these forums you will be able to submit direct feedback to the appropriate person. Please make sure that you follow the EA terms of service when posting. You must have an EA member account in order to post on the forum.

• Click here http://community.rockband.com/vbforum/ to go to our forum site.
• Click on the appropriate genre for your game.
• You will be brought to a page containing the forum direct links. Click on the appropriate forum section under your game title.
• If there is no Suggestions section, please post in the General section.

I hope that the information I have given will be of service with you.

Should you require further assistance about this or any Electronic Arts games in the future please visit our website and review our extensive Self Help knowledgebase (http://support.ea.com).

Thanks!

Glenn A.
EA Tech Support

at least the response was kind hearted :)
Look what I put in bold.
I found this in the Tech Forum. :(

We need a battle plan.

[Eastwood]

How about wear flame ******ant clothing and stock up on napalm

[Bakkster]

Look what I put in bold.
I found this in the Tech Forum. :(

We need a battle plan.

DAMN YOU EA!

[Saltines]

When I used to post.

[PunkJr]

DAMN YOU EA!

We're totally f****d aren't we?

[Quinarvy]

DAMN YOU EA!

Let us redirect them to EA Boards???

Damn you, damn you EA and your EAness.

[Smidget]

How about wear flame ******ant clothing and stock up on napalm

haha, you got bleeped out. I first read flame ant and thought "i know of fire ants, never heard of these flame ants."


I think we just need to build a wall around this thread and we'll look to 300 for inspiration. Remember the wall the Spartans built? Just saying..

[Bakkster]

I think we just need to build a wall around this thread and we'll look to 300 for inspiration. Remember the wall the Spartans built? Just saying..

Shall we start with Eaglegoalie?

[Smoky_McAshtray]

Shall we start with Eaglegoalie?
Oh please God let's do...I really find it hard to believe that there's no way of banning his IP set up on this board. He's really getting annoying and I generally just avoid his stuff, but it seems like every other thread is one of his. And of course everyone wants to feed the troll so they all end up hanging around the front page. :(

[Bakkster]

Oh please God let's do...I really find it hard to believe that there's no way of banning his IP set up on this board. He's really getting annoying and I generally just avoid his stuff, but it seems like every other thread is one of his. And of course everyone wants to feed the troll so they all end up hanging around the front page. :(

I'm sure this time they'll ban all his IPs. IP bans are like nukes, you can take out an entire area with AOL using IP bans.

[Huskie]

...you can take out an entire area with AOL using IP bans.

And the world will be at peace once again.

Where do I sign up? :D