The Old Man Band (Players Over 30)

[Sticky Willy]

Hi everyone,I'm back!


Hope to have rb hooked up in the next couple of days, if I remember how to play :D

hello! nice to meet you. I NEVER remembered how to play :D :D

[Sticky Willy]

hello jammer. i see you on-line :)

[jammmer]

hello jammer. i see you on-line :)

Hey Sticky,yes I had a little down time during the day and I decided to take on the ESL again.I don't know what time it was in Italy but I usually play 12 hours later in the day.I think your 6 hours ahead of most of us,so you would have to start playing at 2am to see us online.That's tough.



Well chalk up another gold member of the Old Man Band! :D
I was slow playing my way through,playing a bunch of songs here and there.(thank god you can pause it)
Had to do Visions twice but other than that it went pretty smooth.
Now I look a whole lot cooler than I actually am!:p

[claramsay]

Congratulations Jammer!

[rockinrollers]

Hey nice one Jammer and congratulations!

[Creeps]

I thought something looked different when we played last night. Congrats on your shiney new icon!

[madillma]

Nice jammer. One of these days I'm going to have to try to get one of those nifty icons. I think I could swing a gold on both guitar and drums, but I'm gonna have to practice Visions a while first. Even on Hard that song is ridiculous.

[Sticky Willy]

I don't know what time it was in Italy but I usually play 12 hours later in the day.I think your 6 hours ahead of most of us,so you would have to start playing at 2am to see us online.That's tough.


ok jammer! I'll try to do that way!

and.... congratulations!! :cool:

[alekela]

hi everyone ... its a while since i posted here so here goes ... i've been playing for quite some time and not having any luck with the random quickplay crowd ... i've got some dlc ... drums/bass expert/hard., guitar hard/expert, vox - i can hummmm ... i work from home so i can get on most anytime ... i don't have any shiny icons (i'm sure i can get the gold one if i have 18hrs to spare :)) ... add me and don't forget to invite!

edit: i forgot to mention EST

[jammmer]

Thanks everyone and welcome alekela,I'll try an add you tonight although I've been having some wifi problems as of today.Hopefully I've got it figured out and I'll be back in action.

[cwilbur]

Nice jammer. One of these days I'm going to have to try to get one of those nifty icons. I think I could swing a gold on both guitar and drums, but I'm gonna have to practice Visions a while first. Even on Hard that song is ridiculous.

It sure is. I passed it on Hard for the first time yesterday morning and happened to have the day free, so.... I'm shiny now. It still took me a half dozen cracks to find the tempo in the noise and put that so-called "song" down like the dog it is. After beating that nightmare Panic Attack and Painkiller felt (almost) like cakewalks. I maintain that the key to the ESL for old farts like us is to play the first 30 or 40 as lazily as you possibly can. I wanted to get as many 5*s as possible, but once I hit 5* on a lot of songs I'd slack back to only hitting kick and red, or only playing the beat at half speed, or cutting whatever else I could cut and still pass. Other than that trick I think I took only 2 short bathroom breaks and one long dinner break.


hi everyone ... its a while since i posted here so here goes ... i've been playing for quite some time and not having any luck with the random quickplay crowd ... i've got some dlc ... drums/bass expert/hard., guitar hard/expert, vox - i can hummmm ... i work from home so i can get on most anytime ... i don't have any shiny icons (i'm sure i can get the gold one if i have 18hrs to spare :)) ... add me and don't forget to invite!

Alek, we've got 21 DLC in common not counting the free ones, so that's not bad. I just added you. You can find my FC and DLC list at http://dlcquickplay.com/user/cwilbur

Oh, and BTW, the ESL doesn't take 18 hours - it's right around 6 hours 15 minutes if you don't take breaks and don't fail. You could stop in the middle, sleep all night, get up and finish in the morning and finish in less than 18 hours :)

[claramsay]

I'm shiny now.
Congratulations Chuck :)

[alekela]

i've added you (jammer and cwilbur and everyone on this page) ... just let me know when anyone is on and i'll fire up the wii and play a few songs

@cwilbur: thanks for the ESL info ... i'll have to work myself up to do that one day

[dcriptide]

hello! nice to meet you. I NEVER remembered how to play :D :D

Ciao! I'll add you the next time I get on.

Congrats boys on your new gold!!!!!!! Did the Olympics inspire ya? :D

[Sticky Willy]

Ciao! I'll add you the next time I get on.
:D

hello riptide! I did it too! see you in game :)

and welcome alekela :) ! I'll add you today!

I also have a question to all of you: is it useful to add you on DLC site as a friends? I sent requests to all of you but no one accepted. I have some request pending on skype too.

[madillma]

So I went to try Visions on Guitar and good gravy!! I sorta got the hang of the first minute or so, and then the speed doubled and I went down in flames. How did you beat that Jammer? Do you alt strum while switching frets on the insanely fast part?

The good news is I beat it on drums without too much difficulty. Actually, I passed it first try once I enabled breakneck speed. (BNS on Hard is great, moves you up to Expert speed) So if I can find 6 free hours (not likely) I'll try to grab a shiny icon.

[madillma]

Chuck, how do you like Sort Of?! It's my new favorite drum chart.

[cwilbur]

I also have a question to all of you: is it useful to add you on DLC site as a friends? I sent requests to all of you but no one accepted. I have some request pending on skype too.

Hey, I accepted on dlcquickplay. :D Having friends on dlcquickplay will be handy if/when you get some DLC. Having friends makes it easier to compare the songs you have in common.


Chuck, how do you like Sort Of?! It's my new favorite drum chart.

I couldn't get my better half interested in any of the SSPU this week - the only song she wanted was The Game so we have that.

I just watched part of a chart video - how are you sticking that BBBBBRRB part? All the blue on the right hand and the red on the left? Or RLRLRLLR to avoid crossing left over to the last blue? It looks to me like the kind of chart that would give me fits while I tried to work that out...

[alekela]

hey jammer & cwilbur ... thanks for the invite ... had a fun time ... definitely have to do it again :)

[jammmer]

hey jammer & cwilbur ... thanks for the invite ... had a fun time ... definitely have to do it again :)

Thank you for dusting off And Justice...99% on expert,nice!!

[madillma]

I just watched part of a chart video - how are you sticking that BBBBBRRB part? All the blue on the right hand and the red on the left? Or RLRLRLLR to avoid crossing left over to the last blue? It looks to me like the kind of chart that would give me fits while I tried to work that out...

Yeah, that part's messing with me. It's actually BBBBRRB. If it was 5 B's to start, it'd be easier. Chris (SSPU drummer) is a open-handed style lefty and does lots of crossovers so his drumming often doesn't fit the usual patterns. He usually hits the crash with his left hand for one thing.

How I'm doing it right now is a bit messy. I am not that comfortable starting rolls with my left hand, so I've been starting it with my right, not even playing the 4th blue, and then I hit R-L-R on the RRB at the end. So yeah, my pattern is R-L-R-skip-R-L-R. I break my streak constantly, but I survive. :D

I want to do it this way though: start with left hand on tom roll, double tap the snare with my left hand, and then use right to hit the last blue. Just have to get the hang of starting off with the left, which I do already in certain songs, but it feels weird here for some reason. That will be L-R-L-R-L-L-R.

Check out the last 30 seconds of panic switch for some really messed up sticking.

[madillma]

Alek, I'll add you next time I'm on.

[jammmer]

DC,my mailbox isn't working but I'm assuming you want to play.I'll be on tonight around 8:30 and possibly Sat. night.
stupid computers...

[dcriptide]

DC,my mailbox isn't working but I'm assuming you want to play.I'll be on tonight around 8:30 and possibly Sat. night.
stupid computers...

:D Yes, is tonight ok? 8 or 9?

[blastissimo218]

Hey wassup.

[jammmer]

Hello Blastissimo.

Had a change of plans for this evening so it looks like I'm gonna be on for a few this marvelous thirsty Thurs. evening.If anybody's going to be on send an invite!!

[jammmer]

Excellent time DC,up for an encore tonight?

[dcriptide]

Excellent time DC,up for an encore tonight?


That it was. I'll play, 8:45?

[jammmer]

Sorry C,got your invite but I was dying to play my whole Pearl Jam and Who setlist all day.(man,I wish more people had the Backspacer album.)
I should be on tonight if you or anyone else is interested.

[dcriptide]

Hey Jammer and John, I was trying to connect last night but I had three people and I couldn't join either of you. Rain check????

[blastissimo218]

Anyone here who have a liking to score duels? By liking, I mean do them a lot.

[jammmer]

Hey Jammer and John, I was trying to connect last night but I had three people and I couldn't join either of you. Rain check????

No problem,DC..might be on tonight if your interested.

[cwilbur]

Hey everybody,

I know I haven't been on RB much the past few days, but I'm hoping to make up for it tomorrow (Sunday). Jen's going to some womanly musical with a bunch of womenfolk and leaving me home alone on my 39th birthday, so I expect to be on RB, skype & HB's chat as much of the day as I can manage. Come by and help me celebrate RB-style.

[Creeps]

Nice Chuck and Happy Birthday! 39? Still a pup haha:eek:

I will see you on Sunday for sure. Jam some more X. See ya tomorow

[jammmer]

Happy belated C,sorry I missed the Sunday jam.Anyone grabbing Hendrix???

[madillma]

Hey jammer -- been a while. I picked up "Bold as Love", "Valleys of Neptune", "Castles Made of Sand", and "She's So Fine" from Hendrix. All are terrific on guitar, of course.

I also highly recommend the Anberlin and Switchfoot tracks from this week. TFK is pretty good too.

[jammmer]

Hey jammer -- been a while. I picked up "Bold as Love", "Valleys of Neptune", "Castles Made of Sand", and "She's So Fine" from Hendrix. All are terrific on guitar, of course.

I also highly recommend the Anberlin and Switchfoot tracks from this week. TFK is pretty good too.

What's happening Madillma,I picked up most of the Hendrix stuff.Throws a crazy mood into a setlist that's for sure.Check out Ain't No Telling,excellent groove in that one.Guitar is off the charts in all the ones I have.I'll probably be on for a little tonight before I venture off to Pepperland for a long overdue set there.

Thanks for the invite last night C,had a great time.Finally some quickplay in the Den o' sin..good times :D sorry I had to leave but the bed was calling me.

[jammmer]

Thirsty Thurs. Beatles Jam tonight..If anyone is still alive...

[madillma]

Good times, last night, jammer. Sorry I couldn't stay longer. My better half wanted to watch Survivor. :D

I was surprised to see you join on vox. Those Hendrix songs have gotta be tough to sing along with. You did well on those.

[jammmer]

Good times, last night, jammer. Sorry I couldn't stay longer. My better half wanted to watch Survivor. :D

I was surprised to see you join on vox. Those Hendrix songs have gotta be tough to sing along with. You did well on those.

yeah,after an excellent run on TBRB..I was beat.Figured I'd take a break and do some vocals,doesn't happen often but I knew you had a bunch of good songs in common that I don't mind having some fun with.Good times,gotta do it again.Excellent job on the skins for those Hendrix tunes,they've gotta be tough.

[royjordan]

Hi Guys,

I am a 57 year old who plays hard drums on both Beatles and RB2. I usually play with my daughter (expert guitar/bass), but she will be heading off to college soon, and I still need to feed my RB addiction. I would appreciate being added by you folks, particularly those with extensive DLC. I have all (or almost all) of the Beatles stuff, and about 180 RB2 DLC (heavily weighted towards Classic Rock). Please....no Metal fans.

Thanks.

Roy

RB2 – 5140-3990-1506
Beatles – 0598-3336-8426

[jammmer]

Hi Guys,

I am a 57 year old who plays hard drums on both Beatles and RB2. I usually play with my daughter (expert guitar/bass), but she will be heading off to college soon, and I still need to feed my RB addiction. I would appreciate being added by you folks, particularly those with extensive DLC. I have all (or almost all) of the Beatles stuff, and about 180 RB2 DLC (heavily weighted towards Classic Rock). Please....no Metal fans.

Thanks.

Roy

RB2 – 5140-3990-1506
Beatles – 0598-3336-8426

Welcome Roy,I'll add you tonight on both.

[madillma]

Hi Guys,

I am a 57 year old who plays hard drums on both Beatles and RB2. I usually play with my daughter (expert guitar/bass), but she will be heading off to college soon, and I still need to feed my RB addiction. I would appreciate being added by you folks, particularly those with extensive DLC. I have all (or almost all) of the Beatles stuff, and about 180 RB2 DLC (heavily weighted towards Classic Rock). Please....no Metal fans.

Thanks.

Roy

RB2 – 5140-3990-1506
Beatles – 0598-3336-8426

Hi Roy, I'll be happy to add you. Are you on dlcquickplay.com or anything? I'm curious to see your DLC choices. You're about the same age as my father-in-law, and his taste also leans heavily to The Beatles and the classics, but he can't stand most of the music I like to play in RB. How do you feel about 90's-era grunge? ;-)

I am definitely not a Metal fan, but I do like a lot of hard rock & punk as long as the vocalist actually has talent.

[XxHaoxX]

Hello there olde generation! lol im not old :p im just 21 year old but i like to play with anyone so...yeah lol no all my DLC is metal related as i said i have some olde pals already have to think about em too lol here is my DLC page so u can what i have : http://dlcquickplay.com/user/-lu- needs simple man, Roxanne and Complete Control to be perfect LOL! in any case i would like to play with some of ya.....

We can play Ramblim Man and Blue Sky all day i never get tired of those 2 lol

[jammmer]

What's up Hao,I'll add you.Just for the sake of Blue Sky.:D
We've got a couple tunes in common,I'll add you next time I'm on and send a friend request on dlcquickplay.

[XxHaoxX]

What's up Hao,I'll add you.Just for the sake of Blue Sky.:D
We've got a couple tunes in common,I'll add you next time I'm on and send a friend request on dlcquickplay.

God sake jammer! we have played together before! with chuck lol nice i just saw ur DLC page u some songs i still have to get! Foo fighters woot! lol i will add u tonight as soon as i get to RB playground LOL

[jammmer]

God sake jammer! we have played together before! with chuck lol nice i just saw ur DLC page u some songs i still have to get! Foo fighters woot! lol i will add u tonight as soon as i get to RB playground LOL

If I could remember everyone I played with at the Den Of Sin,I wouldn't be old.I'll add you tonight .

[XxHaoxX]

If I could remember everyone I played with at the Den Of Sin,I wouldn't be old.I'll add you tonight .

LOL!!! Such epic comment have to be remembered lol

[royjordan]

Hi Roy, I'll be happy to add you. Are you on dlcquickplay.com or anything? I'm curious to see your DLC choices. You're about the same age as my father-in-law, and his taste also leans heavily to The Beatles and the classics, but he can't stand most of the music I like to play in RB. How do you feel about 90's-era grunge? ;-)

I am definitely not a Metal fan, but I do like a lot of hard rock & punk as long as the vocalist actually has talent.

I do have a dlcquickplay account under the same user name....but it hasn't been updated in ages. I will try and do that later today!

[jammmer]

Sorry about the end there Mark,the beers had taken over.:p

[madillma]

Sorry about the end there Mark,the beers had taken over.:p

lol np I can relate... I was falling apart too. I think that's about the worst I've ever done on Panic Attack haha.

[Beach Kitty]

hey all, just stopping in to say hi. posted a thread about my malfunctioning wii rb2 drums - they won't turn on even with new batteries :( miss ya'll! keep on rocking :) -captain anastacia

[Sticky Willy]

hello everyone!!! How are you! Here in Italy everything goes nice!

I have a lot of friend request pending in RB2:

madilma, xxhaoxx, royjordan (welcome!)

and old ones!! : beachkitty, honeybee and creeps.

I know: it's very hard to meet you in game from here!!! but i want to try ;)

[madillma]

I adjusted my calibration and now it seems better for local play, but worse for online play. Frustrating. You probably won't see me online a whole lot until I figure this out. Plus I'm a little busy with Mario Galaxy 2. :D

[esquehill]

I adjusted my calibration and now it seems better for local play, but worse for online play. Frustrating. You probably won't see me online a whole lot until I figure this out. Plus I'm a little busy with Mario Galaxy 2. :D

I've noticed variation of calibration-sweetness with online play, too.
Some friends I play with cause a skew of my calibration (on bass) while
others are *always* fine. Don't know what causes this. Hard
to get right, for sure.

[Kev2380]

Sorry if this is posted somewhere else, I'm looking at the music store. Ozzy's stuff isn't on there? Was something delayed?

[Kev2380]

Nevermind got it, now I have No More Tears. eh hehe

[jammmer]

How is the Ozzy,Kev? I've been putting the dlc pretty much on hold till RB3 but I've been itching to play something new.I'm pretty psyched about RB3 and pro mode guitar,that's going to be quite interesting to check out.

[Kev2380]

No more tears is great. But I have to play it on bass hard. No way I can play it using the guitar. P.O.D's Alive is pretty good too.

[jammmer]

No more tears is great. But I have to play it on bass hard. No way I can play it using the guitar. P.O.D's Alive is pretty good too.

Yeah I picked that one up,second solo is outta control!!!
I'll have to give P.O.D a try.
How they chose the Ozzy tunes are beyond me.Give me Blizzard Of Oz complete album or Tribute and I'd be all set, No More Tears...good,but Ozzy??? C'mon there's much better out there!!

[Honey Bee]

Hey guys. Long time eh....
Anyway, although I am not playing RB on wii anymore, I did want to say that I will continue to maintain the comprehensive list post (http://www.rockband.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2168398&postcount=590). I add anyone who sends me a private message requesting to be added on as instructed on that link. :)
Hope you are all doing well! Jammer- it was fun jamming with you recently, even though my mic was broken- lol

[blastissimo218]

Adult exclusive band....?

[jammmer]

Hey guys. Long time eh....
Anyway, although I am not playing RB on wii anymore, I did want to say that I will continue to maintain the comprehensive list post (http://www.rockband.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2168398&postcount=590). I add anyone who sends me a private message requesting to be added on as instructed on that link. :)
Hope you are all doing well! Jammer- it was fun jamming with you recently, even though my mic was broken- lol

Always a pleasure HB,hope to see you on the next full moon.

[Honey Bee]

Always a pleasure HB,hope to see you on the next full moon.

Definitely Jammer!!!

BTW, for any of you thinking about joining other Wii-magrants on the xbox, I thought I would let you know of the sale that is going on now:


Xbox LIVE is hosting LIVEapalooza, a HUGE sale for Xbox users starting July 6th! You can buy discounted tracks from Foo Fighters, Boston, Disturbed, The Killers, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Slipknot, Tom Petty, Weezer, and more! Check out the full list below! Tracks are discounted as much as 50% so get buying, because the sale ends July 12th! Details here (http://www.rockband.com/zine/liveapalooza).

It's a good way to grow your DLC library again at 1/2 the cost :)

[cwilbur]

BTW, for any of you thinking about joining other Wii-magrants on the xbox, I thought I would let you know of the sale that is going on now:


Xbox LIVE is hosting LIVEapalooza, a HUGE sale for Xbox users starting July 6th! You can buy discounted tracks from Foo Fighters, Boston, Disturbed, The Killers, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Slipknot, Tom Petty, Weezer, and more! Check out the full list below! Tracks are discounted as much as 50% so get buying, because the sale ends July 12th! Details here (http://www.rockband.com/zine/liveapalooza).

It's a good way to grow your DLC library again at 1/2 the cost :)

This seems like a good opening to announce that I just did exactly that.

For those that have been wondering why I've been scarce for the past few weeks, I've been building this:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EqUtdg65N6E/TDntdS3ADfI/AAAAAAAAArA/I_a7heOCPiA/s640/RockDen.JPG

It's still not quite done (note how the drums have no cymbals yet, and I don't have a high def cable to connect the box and the TV yet, and my DLC so far is kinda puny, and I haven't upgraded to xbox live gold yet, and....:o), but by next week I'll probably be migrated fully to the box.

So for the few remaining wii regulars around here (Jammer, Clare, John, Mark...?) if you see this, I'm gonna try to be on the wii a bunch this week to play final sets with you guys. If you know a time you'll be on leave a response here and I'll try to jam with you. Gonna miss all of ya.

[Honey Bee]

Welcome Chuck :) I also wanted to share that I think Chuck got an xbox Gamertag and added MS points to it to buy the DLC on sale before he got the xbox? (Correct me if I am wrong Chuck). So, if any of you were thinking about it, but can't afford the xbox right now, you could do the same - buy the DLC now, and download to xbox at some time in the future when you have the xbox. The sale ends tomorrow. :)

[cwilbur]

Welcome Chuck :) I also wanted to share that I think Chuck got an xbox Gamertag and added MS points to it to buy the DLC on sale before he got the xbox? (Correct me if I am wrong Chuck).

I did get the gamertag before the xbox, and set up my credit card info on it (OMG is it sick easy to buy more points and get more DLC whenever you want on the box - dangerous dangerous stuff), but I wasn't quite ready to trust that going ahead with the buying online would work right when I got the box. So when I went to buy my new monster TV on Saturday I threw an xbox in the cart and added points and bought DLC using that after I got it set up.

From what I've seen of the slick integration between xbox.com and the GT stuff on the box, I bet it would work, though. I was worried mostly about the security when tying the gamertag to the new box, but it had me enter my Windows Live ID and password and stuff on the box so it was as secure as most anything can be online.

I haven't tried queueing up downloads on xbox.com to dump to the box yet. I should go try that now...

[jammmer]

Another sad moment in Wii RB2 history,but xbox gains a truly fun drummer.I will miss the Den Of Sin for sure..great times!! I've been pretty scarce lately too.I'm up for one more Thirsty Thursday session if your free,C?? It would be nice to pull everybody out of the woodwork for a last blast.:D

[njdevil44]

This seems like a good opening to announce that I just did exactly that.

For those that have been wondering why I've been scarce for the past few weeks, I've been building this:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EqUtdg65N6E/TDntdS3ADfI/AAAAAAAAArA/I_a7heOCPiA/s640/RockDen.JPG

It's still not quite done (note how the drums have no cymbals yet, and I don't have a high def cable to connect the box and the TV yet, and my DLC so far is kinda puny, and I haven't upgraded to xbox live gold yet, and....:o), but by next week I'll probably be migrated fully to the box.

So for the few remaining wii regulars around here (Jammer, Clare, John, Mark...?) if you see this, I'm gonna try to be on the wii a bunch this week to play final sets with you guys. If you know a time you'll be on leave a response here and I'll try to jam with you. Gonna miss all of ya.

Although I was never technically an OMB'er (too young by a couple of years :D), I always enjoyed jamming with you Chuck. I'll be on RB2 tonight if you want to play some huge Rush set lists or maybe some Sweetness and Light (nobody's gonna have that on XBox either I bet :P).

[cwilbur]

Another sad moment in Wii RB2 history,but xbox gains a truly fun drummer.I will miss the Den Of Sin for sure..great times!! I've been pretty scarce lately too.I'm up for one more Thirsty Thursday session if your free,C?? It would be nice to pull everybody out of the woodwork for a last blast.:D

"truly fun drummer". I'm touched.

I was even gonna make that my sig but quoting the source and/or links aren't allowed in the sig :mad:

I don't think I'll be available Thursday as that's supposed to be date night for me and the better half. :(

I've blocked out tomorrow (Wednesday) night for my final set with Clare but if you're around then we might let you join in for a bit....

[megatron]

Welcome to the light side Chuck. Like taking off a band-aid, it hurts at first but with RB3 around the corner now is the time or you're just going to be going further down the hole. I know this isn't the place for it but since HB opened the door to RB deals (and she pretty much rulez this place), Amazon has 1600 point cards on sale today. That will help with the sting a little.

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Live-1600-Points/dp/B000B9RI14/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1279123956&sr=8-1

[Honey Bee]

I know this isn't the place for it but since HB opened the door to RB deals (and she pretty much rulez this place), Amazon has 1600 point cards on sale today. That will help with the sting a little.

LMAO - thanks Mega! BTW- why haven't we played yet?

Anyway, the deal is for both the 1600 points and 4000 points cards:
1600 points card reduced from $19.99 to $16.54 (http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Live-1600-Points/dp/B000B9RI14/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1279126416&sr=8-1)
4000 points card reduced from $49.99 to $45.54 (http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Live-4000-Points/dp/B000NDRT62/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1279126416&sr=8-2)
Thanks for bringing that to my attention. God knows I need more DLC (http://dlcquickplay.com/user/honeybeeslhb). :p

[jammmer]

"truly fun drummer". I'm touched.

I was even gonna make that my sig but quoting the source and/or links aren't allowed in the sig :mad:

I don't think I'll be available Thursday as that's supposed to be date night for me and the better half. :(

I've blocked out tomorrow (Wednesday) night for my final set with Clare but if you're around then we might let you join in for a bit....

Thanks C I've got some AC units to put into a local bar tonight :eek: but I might be around late night.

On another note I had this strange dream Riptide returned to play a set with me and I couldn't hit a note (insert joke about my skills here) because I was in shock,woke up smiling anyways...:D

[dcriptide]

Thanks C I've got some AC units to put into a local bar tonight :eek: but I might be around late night.

On another note I had this strange dream Riptide returned to play a set with me and I couldn't hit a note (insert joke about my skills here) because I was in shock,woke up smiling anyways...:D

HA HA HA! Hello friend, I've been away a looooooooooooong time.
Thanks for reminding me how fun this game is. We will have to do that again :D

[megatron]

LMAO - thanks Mega! BTW- why haven't we played yet?



I hear ya lady, life's been in the way - haven't played with anyone since I got my Xbox (I know, I KNOW). Partly just working through Lego/DLC (still got about 50 songs or so I haven't played yet) and partly enjoying some of the other offerings Xbox has (Batman: AA, Bioshock, Mass Effect 1&2). Hopefully things will get less crazy and I'll get back into the community, you'll be the first to know.

Anyway, to keep with my shopping mojo - rumor has it that RB:GreenDay will be on sale @ BestBuy next week for $39.99 (all 3 systems, assuming standard version). Not a big GD fan but I'm always up for new songs & it's coming into a price range I can work with. Any reviews?

[Honey Bee]

You know, it occurred to me, the 30+ people on xbox has a sticky in the band wanted section (http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116580). I'm going to see what can be done to get this 30+ Wii thread stickied :D

[--terrorisly]

Anyway, to keep with my shopping mojo - rumor has it that RB:GreenDay will be on sale @ BestBuy next week for $39.99 (all 3 systems, assuming standard version). Not a big GD fan but I'm always up for new songs & it's coming into a price range I can work with. Any reviews?

Okay, this children (I'm a friend of some old people! Don't hurt me!) is gonna give a review for you. I thought Green Day: Rock Band was an awesome game, for all instruments. The guitar is a little chordy but still mostly fun, but it's definitely fun for bassists; Mike Dirnt played some awesome basslines. Drummers are in for a challenge here and vocals is just plain fun. I would definitely recommend it, especially at that price :)

Oh by the way, blame little HB over there for making me come to the old people thread :p

[Honey Bee]

WOOHOOO-- Finally, we're stickied!!! :p Thanks HMXThrasher-- you are awesome!!! I hope this makes it easier for the 30+ people on Wii to hook up. And, I'm sure it will come in handy once RB3 comes out :)

Also, thanks Angie (terrorisly) for doing the GDRB review for me - you rock too!

[Creeps]

Well it is nice to see this thread finally got to be a "Sticky". By the way, I will stil be playing on Wii a couple of nights a week at least until rb3 is released. I am not abandoning my Wii friends just yet!

[blastissimo218]

Horray for a new stickied thread. Now if only they would get rid of the other two.........

[tinaroel]

Anyone of you peeps still play? My wife and I just got the game so we are new.

My FC is 024413205432
wii is 7288404358543042


please add both

[jammmer]

Wow stickied,Billy Pilgrim would be proud.I'll add you tinaroel next time I'm on

[Hockeydood]

Hi ya Pilgrim! I would love to join the band and jam if you’ll have me. I am 35 and I play RB2 and RB TB often. I play all instruments on hard/expert except vocals and primarily drum also. I do love the bass too though. I will follow your link. I hope to jam with you soon.

[Honey Bee]

Wow stickied,Billy Pilgrim would be proud.I'll add you tinaroel next time I'm on

Hehe-- Jammer- I was worried that you might get lonely with all the xbox Wii-magrants... I hope the sticky helps you hook up with new OMBers ;)

New people, if you follow the instructions on the first post, or this link (http://www.rockband.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2168398&postcount=590), I'd be happy to add you to the comprehensive list. And, FYI, Billy Pilgrim has been MIA for a long, long time. But, there are many who still keep his legend alive... lol

[Hockeydood]

Hi Honey Bee. I keep trying to send you a message but it will not let me. Hopefully later on I can send you the message with the invite request information. I tried to go to your website but the page couldn’t be displayed so I may be having connection issues.

[jammmer]

Hehe-- Jammer- I was worried that you might get lonely with all the xbox Wii-magrants... I hope the sticky helps you hook up with new OMBers ;)


and that's why you rock,I'll add you next time I'm on hockeydood.

[dcriptide]

Thanks Jammer and Claire ( so nice to play with you again). That was fun! Sorry I stunk up the place....I'll blame it on the Mojito's :)

[jammmer]

Thanks Jammer and Claire ( so nice to play with you again). That was fun! Sorry I stunk up the place....I'll blame it on the Mojito's :)

What the heck is a Mojito??? Had a great time,sorry about the abrupt end...minor child nightmare emergency.

[rockinrollers]

Wow, Chuck announces he's leaving and look at all the action from the oldies on this thread lol. ;)

Yeah, will miss playing with you Chuck, esp. all the Cars and Boston u love picking when I'm on Vox :D

Sorry I missed your finale, I haven't been playing that much since I came back after a couple months off.

I'm still on Wii unless I get a Box that fell off a truck or something :rolleyes:

[cwilbur]

Wow, Chuck announces he's leaving and look at all the action from the oldies on this thread lol. ;)

I'm motilivational!


Yeah, will miss playing with you Chuck, esp. all the Cars and Boston u love picking when I'm on Vox :D

I think the first xbox DLC I bought might have been the complete Boston pack. Already got the complete Cars album too :D


Sorry I missed your finale, I haven't been playing that much since I came back after a couple months off.

My finale wound up being me and Clare playing for about 3 hours and picking lots of songs about breakups and loss...


I'm still on Wii unless I get a Box that fell off a truck or something :rolleyes:

I know you saw this over at HB's forum, John, but I'm gonna repost it here for a bigger audience. I'm trying not to evangelize (because I know the xbox evangelizers drove me nuts six months ago when they were all migrating), just explain why they evangelize in terms clearer than "It's just so much better! Get eet!"


One of the reasons I resisted moving was because I couldn't seem to get anyone to give me clear answers on why the box is so much better, other than graphics (which I really don't care about that much for RB) and RBN (which was tempting bait when it came out, but not enough by itself). In just a few days of getting set up, taking advantage of the DLC sale, remaking a couple characters, and playing a few really easy songs, I've already got a clear list for hesitant wii-sters to consider:

The RB instruments are for-real first class controllers. Every day sitting down at the wii I have to dig out a wiimote to press A, choose RB, press Start, and pass the stupid "don't hurt yourself with the wiimote" screen. Then I put it down and never touch it again and drive from the drums. On the box I can power up the console by turning on the drums and never touch the controller that came with the console. It's really convenient by comparison.

Downloads are done as background processes. I can't be the only one who gets driven mad by having to babysit DLC downloads on the wii. "I'm done downloading!" A. "I'm done moving to the SD card!" A. "I'm done refreshing the DL list!" A. "Look at me! Another pointless message for you!" A! A!A!A!AAAAAAAAAAA! Leave me alone and do your damn job you stupid machine! On the box not only do you NOT have to respond to pointless messages (definition of pointless: the only choice is to press A), you can start a download and go back to playing or tweaking your avatar (it's like a mii) or whatever.

xbox.com integration. This is on a thin line between awesomely-convenient and deadly-to-your-wallet. Related to how downloads work above, you can go shopping on xbox.com from your web browser and the next time you fire up the console anything you bought will quietly start downloading and give you a little notification (which does NOT require you to press A to dismiss) when it's done.

Online friend notifications. Another task I won't miss is making repeated trips back to the Invite Friends screen to see if any new players have turned up. xbox pops up a notification (kind of like the one you get from RB when you get an invite) when anyone on your friends list comes online.

Also, the thought of FINALLY getting to play all the RB1 songs, and finally being able to play some all-one-band setlists (like a Petty one including Free Fallin and the DLC or a Bon Jovi one with Wanted, Prayer, and You Give Love) has me all giddy. Just getting all my songs in one place I think will be worth the price of admission.

At this point pretty much all my fears about moving have been put to rest. The only advantage I can still give to the wii is the free online play, but to get that on the box is only fifty bucks a year (and apparently gives you access to sales on a few downloads occasionally so you can make a little of it back).

Also, I discovered that xbox instruments draw more current than wii instruments, which means they probably eat batteries faster. Not that I care :D (http://docsrockbandmods.netforums.us/viewtopic.php?t=3697)

[Bazoozoo360]

IT is a SDHC card.

San Diego where Top Gun was filmed is my home town. I've been to Mira Mar several times for airshows. I've also been to the restaurant that was the pilots hangout. It is WAY smaller in person. I don't know how they made it look so big in the movie.


Wait, huh? You live in SD or that's just where you're from?

Oh, BTW, hi guys. Long time no see.... :rolleyes:

[Creeps]

Hey Bazoozoo, long time no see. That post was back in October. I also have migrated about two months ago now.

[jammmer]

I make a motion that the words "migration" or "X-box" can no longer be used in this thread...:p
It's like watching your hot ex drive by you in a Corvette.

[cwilbur]

I make a motion that the words "migration" or "X-box" can no longer be used in this thread...:p
It's like watching your hot ex drive by you in a Corvette.

At least your hot ex is saying "c'mon, these things don't cost THAT much, you should get one too and we can race together again!" instead of "neener neener, loser!"

...note that jammer's banned words do NOT appear in the above post :D

[jammmer]

At least your hot ex is saying "c'mon, these things don't cost THAT much, you should get one too and we can race together again!" instead of "neener neener, loser!"

...note that jammer's banned words do NOT appear in the above post :D

with kids comes the mini-van,unless I have a mid-life crisis right around Christmas ;)

[bcman2k1]

hey id like to get in on this my fc is in my sig

[jammmer]

hey id like to get in on this my fc is in my sig

Welcome and I'll add you next time I'm on.

Anybody feel like dusting off TBRB Thurs. night???

[dcriptide]

Welcome and I'll add you next time I'm on.

Anybody feel like dusting off TBRB Thurs. night???

Sorry I wasn't here, I would have played. I might be on rb tonight.
A Mojito is summer in a glass....club soda,rum,sugar,lime and mint...yum! Chases away those "I miss my sports car blues"

Hi John! Haven't seen you in forever,good to see you again!

[rockinrollers]

Wow DC we have to play again sometime, it's been ages! Still got that shiny icon? :)

I'm surprised my save file hasn't corrupted again! touch wood!!

[jammmer]

Sorry I wasn't here, I would have played. I might be on rb tonight.
A Mojito is summer in a glass....club soda,rum,sugar,lime and mint...yum! Chases away those "I miss my sports car blues"

Hi John! Haven't seen you in forever,good to see you again!


That's alright,it was pretty dead Thurs.anyways.Although I did find Clare on RB2 for a "switch instrument" set.What a blast !!! Although it's kind of dangerous being the vocalist on a thirsty Thurs.,all that free time with your hands during songs makes for a pretty hazy Fri. morning..:D
Sorry I missed you Sat. but I went to a party and actually got to try one of those "Mojitos",not bad!!

Also good to know your still lurking about John,look forward to playing again with you.

[madillma]

Whoah you stop playin for a while and all hell breaks loose. Chuck has left the Wii team, say it ain't so! Well I am happy to try to pick up the slack as an Old Man expert drummer, but I can't promise I'll be on as often as Chuck used to be.

I played with John about a week ago and was shocked at how much he has improved on drums too -- very impressive, man!

[Creeps]

Mark, I am still on Wii a few days a week. Unlike our old friend Chuck. Who I have been playing with now on the dark side. Hit me up if you see me on. You too Jammer!

[jammmer]

Hey Mark,meant to message you about the last time we played..The lag was out of control,I think my wife was streaming a movie on the upstairs computer???
I've never seen it that bad,I couldn't take it.
And I'll look for you Creeps!!

[rockinrollers]

Hey good to hear from u again Mark. You caught me on one of those rare nights I was playing and yeah i've playin drums more than anything since I came back. OMG i'm gonna suck when i play guitar again... havent played since April!

[madillma]

Haha jammer, yeah I figured you were having some kind of lag issues. I was thinking "OK either he is really plastered or one of us is lagging, cuz I've never seen him miss this many notes."

Creeps, if I see you on, I will definitely send u an invite. You too, Johnny boy, but I think we may end up fighting over who gets to be drummer. ;-)

[jammmer]

Haha jammer, yeah I figured you were having some kind of lag issues. I was thinking "OK either he is really plastered or one of us is lagging, cuz I've never seen him miss this many notes."

Haha!! "Plastered" haven't heard that in a while,I'll switch to vocals in that condition :D
Lag has always been somewhat of an issue at my place,don't understand it though.I have a broadband connection,I play wireless,but it's weird. Sometimes it's just enough to throw off HOPO's,sometimes it's completely crazy,and other times it's perfect.I'll be doing random sub-ins and doing great,then I'll get an invite,switch over,play the same song and you'd think it was the first time I've played.I've noticed it's more prevalent with certain people but most the time it's a crap shoot.It never happens on TBRB though,I'm thinking that has something to do with the amount of people on the server though.It's funny though when I'm really messing up you should hear me,my wife thinks I'm losing it..."Are you alright???Do we need an intervention here???":p

[Baldzirra]

Hello ya'll!!! I'm 33 and just saw this thread!! I'll jam with the old man band!! lol Thats kinda sad that over 30 is considered "old" lol

Add me everyone please and we'll have some fun. PM me pls if ya do so I can add your FC.
Thanx

[jammmer]

Hello ya'll!!! I'm 33 and just saw this thread!! I'll jam with the old man band!! lol Thats kinda sad that over 30 is considered "old" lol

Add me everyone please and we'll have some fun. PM me pls if ya do so I can add your FC.
Thanx

PM sent.

I'll be on tonight if anybody feels like it,just send an invite.

[dcriptide]

Claire- was fun playing with you!
John- yes I do! But now you have gone and jinxed us :)
Anyone feel like playing tonight?

[Sticky Willy]

Hello guys! I'm playing tonight :D :D i hope to meet you online.

EDIT: Same everynight until Thursday! If anyone likes to play with me, let me know!

[dcriptide]

I have 2 questions...
1) Can anyone catch me up on rb3 for the wii? I can't find out much info for us.

and B.. I quit playing for a bit and now that I've started back up I notice my yellow and blue pads keep screwing up. At first I figured that I was just rusty from not playing... but it's not that. Everytime there are 10 or so hits on either one...they either drop notes or get double hits. It doesn't happen all the time either, so maybe the connection? Has anyone had this happen and have you been able to fix it?

[ndi-62]

hi all

i'm relativly new to rock band and as i'm 48 this seemed a good place to put my first post.I,m looking for people who like to play just for fun.i mainly play drums and guitar but i can play bass if needed though i haven't done much of it.i have one small problem however i haven,t got the skill levels as the vast majority of people i have seen here have.
my levels are

drums-easy
gutiar/bass - medium
vocals- non existant

i've had tbrb for a couple of months now and completed it to my levels i've also done legorb though of course this has no online play.i got rb2 yesterday and completed a couple of venues i also got hold of 15 dlc songs mainly 70/80 queen police blondie and such like.so if you like to play just for fun and don't mind having an inexperienced and lower level drummer or guitarist in a group please add me as a freind
thanks neil

fc-tbrb-4979-2037-4305
fc-rb2-294996112972

[esquehill]

Great! go over to dlcquickplay.com and get all your dlc entered there; makes it easier to find folks on your platform (and for others to find you, as well) with similar musical taste and/or dlc buying habits.

[rockinrollers]

You too, Johnny boy, but I think we may end up fighting over who gets to be drummer. ;-)lol, I saw u online the other day Mark and purposely backed out and grabbed the guitar before I sent u the invite. I noticed u showed up in the guitar spot expecting me on drums! When u left right away, I knew u were pulling out the drumset and sent u another invite lol! We need to get u on skype or msn so we can communicate!

Was great playing with Amy, Mike and u. That was a nice triple FC we did too! :)

ndi:added ur FC... mine is below!

[madillma]

Heh, yeah, I have a skype account I just don't often pull out my laptop while playing. That was fun the other night - I was a sweaty mess by the end, you guys were giving me a workout on the drums.

[ndi-62]

hi john

thank you i've added your fc though it does seem most are the other side of the pond but i'll hope to join in sometimes if they don't mind a lesser player

thanks again neil

[cwilbur]

hi john

thank you i've added your fc though it does seem most are the other side of the pond but i'll hope to join in sometimes if they don't mind a lesser player

thanks again neil

Hey Neil,

Keep an eye out for Sticky Willy (maybe send him a private message). He's in Italy, which might be less of a time difference from you (I think, but I'm a typical geographically-challenged American ;) ).

Chuck

[ndi-62]

hi chuck

thanks for the info i've got myself also on dlc quickplay now i have 15 dlc and more to come soon i've found him there and sent a freind request as he is only 1 hour ahead of me http://dlcquickplay.com/user/ndi-62 if anyone else is interested in finding me there.

thanks again

neil

[cwilbur]

Hey guys, check this out:
http://www.rockband.com/zine/new-to-rbn93
(scroll down a bit to "And coming soon to the Wii")

I dunno when "soon" is, but when it gets here I recommend Drowning Pool - "Bodies" for a sick pile of headbanging fun. The only other song I have out of that list is the Lacuna Coil one and it's not as good as their two songs in the regular store IMNSHO.

[seank69]

But never played with anyone in this forum!

I will add everyone on this forum right now. I will pm anyone whose code I punch in. Look forward to rockin with the old skool. I play everything Hard / Expert and love 4 man bands add me if you need an extra.

OD when the drummer crashes! Love it.

I also have the notebook handy with Windows Messenger
sean.kilmartin@live.ca

[Creeps]

Hey Sean, I will try and remember to add you next time I am on Wii. I will only be around on hee till rb3 launch. Then it is off to 360 full time for me. Info below.

[lilbear78]

I'm not a dude but i'm 32 and expert bass/guitar :)

[joebucks]

I'm 43 and my kids and I play every day. I started out on easy and now play Drums: expert Bass: hard Guitar: medium, and you will never hear me sing. lol

[rockinrollers]

I'm not a dude but i'm 32 and expert bass/guitar :)
and one helluva good one too! :)

[allsum76]

I'm 30 yrs-old & I'm a hardcore Rock Band player. If ya want a good guitarist/bassist, I'm that guy. My Wii RB # is 5097-4494-1378 PLZ add me & let's rock on n hard :)

Bass - Expert
Guitar - Hard/Expert
Drums - Hard
Vocals - Medium/Hard

[Wonka74]

i´m on.. i´m 36 and i play

Drums : Medium/Easy
Bass : ExpertHard when it´s tough
Guitar : Expert/Hard too
Vocals : can do hard but prefer to play bass!!

RB 2 FC : 1489-6717-3631

i live in denmark europe, but i´m game most weekends!!!

Wonka

[tomkowalski]

.

[megatron]

35 years old.

vocals.

sometimes have friends over that can play drums and guitar.

killer?

[fragbert66]

I'm 43, and I play most every night. I don't care what level my bandmates play on, I'm here to have fun -- and actually finish the songs. :D

Failing at Expert doesn't make you an Expert.

Wii FC: 0685 7641 5421 5943

[madillma]

Is the OMB playing RB3 online yet? I need to add you guys to my Wii console friends list apparently. Here's my friend code, you may see some friend requests coming your way from me if we've ever played together:

Mark's friend code: 2680 3958 2168 2297

Feel free to add me, just shoot me a PM to let me know. I play hard/expert everything (except keys - no keys here yet) including pro drums.

[dcriptide]

Hi everyone! I have RB3 but how am I supposed to add you guys? My friends list is gone and I don't see anywhere in game to add the friend code. HELP! :)

[fragbert66]

Hi everyone! I have RB3 but how am I supposed to add you guys? My friends list is gone and I don't see anywhere in game to add the friend code. HELP! :)

RB3 automatically imports your Wii friends list. When you find someone you want to add, PM them to swap Wii console codes, and *boom* new RB3 friend.

[dcriptide]

RB3 automatically imports your Wii friends list. When you find someone you want to add, PM them to swap Wii console codes, and *boom* new RB3 friend.

Thanks so it's the console code!
Mine is 7248-6266-5383-9260 if anyone adds me pm me and I will add you back.
Please keep in mind I am slowly adding my dlc back and learning to use the pro drums I'm stinking up the place,but I'm getting it. Hope to see everyone online soon!

[madillma]

Fragbert and dcriptide -- I have added your console codes

My console code: 2680 3958 2168 2297

[fragbert66]

Fragbert and dcriptide -- I have added your console codes

My console code: 2680 3958 2168 2297

ROCK ON! Adding you back posthaste.

[dcriptide]

I added you both!

[fragbert66]

I added you both!

Added you back.

[kerrin]

I'm looking for some online band members. I'm like playing at the limit of my skill (it's the only way to get better), so occasionally fail, but mostly not. I play Hard on guitar mostly.
I play for fun, so if you take it too serious, I'm not a band member for you.
I'm a big Bon Jovi and Jonathan Coulton fan, but I'll play anything, and have a lot of DLC (mostly classics)
I have RB2 and GD song packs too.
I play some evenings and weekends (UK time)
If this all sounds good to you, add me, details in the signature.

[Beedle9399]

Hey guys,, love to hook up with some of you!! We are tired of the "finding online players screen" We play most nights ( depending on work schedules) We will play with any level, we just enjoy playing,

You can email us too
BeedleKiff@yahoo.com

[Beedle9399]

Hey Kerrin, we would love to add you, add us!

[madillma]

Adding you both, Kerrin and Beedle.

My console code: 2680 3958 2168 2297

I'm hoping to have enough ppl to easily throw a band together any given night. Also, I'm sick of seeing fragbert and dcriptide's names after every song I play lol

[dcriptide]

Jammer,Claire and John are you guys still around? Did you get rb3 yet?

[archibald]

Jammer,Claire and John are you guys still around? Did you get rb3 yet?


what's up DC? It's been awhile. I have come back to the scene with the new Rockband 3 release. I haven't figured out how to connect with people, I gather it has something to do with the Wii address?

[dcriptide]

what's up DC? It's been awhile. I have come back to the scene with the new Rockband 3 release. I haven't figured out how to connect with people, I gather it has something to do with the Wii address?

Good to see you again! Hope all is well. I am loving this game. It is the console code, make sure you give me yours we so have to jam again. Pm me if you need help, I had to ask how to do it. I had to install firefox just to edit my sig. I hate change:)

[rockinrollers]

Hey guys, I've got RB3 now and have been playing about 2-3 nights a week. I like a lot of the new songs and features. Online play is more confusing than on RB2 but I'm managing.

Have the import for RB2 done so now I've got about 300+ songs. If they ever get RB1 import working that would be awesome :)

My console number is 6874 2375 7588 0334

Mark, DC, Arch good to see you guys are still playing. I've added Mark and DC and Arch once his console number is up!

[DayzeeDee]

Hey guys, I'm also looking for players to add to my friendlist because in game I can never find anyone.. :-s

I'm from the Netherlands so my timezone is GMT+1. I play at varied times, sometimes early afternoon, sometimes late at night. As for instruments and difficulty levels; I play guitar on hard/ex, vocals ex, drums med. The new songs in RB3 take some getting used too though, so there's an ever higher risk of failing at the moment ;-)

[archibald]

Mark, DC, Arch good to see you guys are still playing. I've added Mark and DC and Arch once his console number is up!

Wow! It's great to back in the $#!7 with you guys!!! I love this game too with a huge SD card with all the DLC I want to hold. I will add all of you tonight and I'll go back a few pages and and everyone else. Please feel free to add me. My info is in my Sig.

Wii code:
2329-5238-3714-4971

[Creeps]

Hey kids, just stopping by to say "hello from the darkside". Just wanted to give a thumbs up to Dayzee. Cool gal and great voxer. You boys need to add her!

Glad to see you bad Archie! Thought we lost you forever. Anyway, back to the darkside before the wormhole closes.

[dcriptide]

Hey guys, I've got RB3 now and have been playing about 2-3 nights a week. I like a lot of the new songs and features. Online play is more confusing than on RB2 but I'm managing.

Have the import for RB2 done so now I've got about 300+ songs. If they ever get RB1 import working that would be awesome :)

My console number is 6874 2375 7588 0334

Oh and I have a new profile name too: john19y

Mark, DC, Arch good to see you guys are still playing. I've added Mark and DC and Arch once his console number is up!

Hey stranger! I added you and Arch. I haven't played online yet, are there problems? The only thing I miss so far is our gold :) Hope to play with you soon.

[madillma]

Added John and Archie, hope to see you online soon.

One BIG difference with RB3 is it's real easy to forget to make yourself available for online play. In RB2 you had to specifically choose "Play Online" or "Play Local" but with RB3, it's local by default. After you select your profile, make sure you choose "Play Online" from the menu in order to show up as available in RB3.

I am bummed they did not improve the instrument info with online play -- I hate not knowing what instrument to grab before accepting an invite. The other annoying thing about online play is you don't get to see your band -- only the music video backgrounds. :(

[esquehill]

Please feel free to add me in; my wii fc and dlcquickplay info is in sig.
Usually on 10-12M eastern us, playing bass. I'll paw through the posts
here, and add everyone in wii-land. (...and if I could just turn off the
whanging kaleidoscopic screensavers and strobe effects... sheesh.)

[DayzeeDee]

Hey Mike thanks! Good to see a familiar face here ^_^

[esquehill]

Just added dcriptide, rockinrollers, archibald, madillma, and fragbert66.
Feel free to add me, my wii info is in sig... Hope to find you online.

Shannon

[rockinrollers]

Hey Shannon you already have me as a friend on RB3 :)... its alright I've got too many names between RB2, RB3 and this site lol.

Yeah DC, no gold icon i guess! I will never forget that time we did the ESL together... 3rd try no disconnect but we sure were nervous when we got to Painkiller! That was fun...

And Mike, you know you can't post in this thread unless you pickup a copy of RB3 for Wii... :)

[RobotMom]

Ok good, not the only person over 30 here!
Anyway, totally new to the forums, but not new to Rock Band at all. I haven't ever played online, and am not even sure if I can due to latency (satellite internet, big fun), but I am willing to attempt it. Have any of you ever tried online play with satellite? My kids just don't seem as interested in RB as they used to be, and playing alone gets a tad boring after a while.
Also, how do you look up your friend code? The name I use on RB3 is T-M Family, just not sure how to look upt he friend code to give online play a try.

[madillma]

Welcome, RobotMom! To find your Wii console code, from the Main Menu on your Wii click on the mail link on the lower right hand side of the screen. Then click the little Write Msg icon and scroll over to your address book. On the front cover of the address book, you should see your own console code. Add the console codes of other players into your address book and then when they add you, they'll show up in RB3 automagically.

Adding you, Shannon! I have quite a long list of RB3 friends now, but most nights when I check it hardly anybody is online. Maybe I am playing too late at night or maybe people aren't hitting "Play Online"?

[jammmer]

Hello people,how's everybody doing??
I'm still on the fence about buying the game,been busy doing the "real" band thing.Good to see some familiar faces still around! So how is it?? Worth the investment?? Winter is coming and I'll have a little more time on my hands,so I figured I'd get some of your opinions before I took the plunge.

[dcriptide]

[QUOTE=madillma;4180609]Added John and Archie, hope to see you online soon.

One BIG difference with RB3 is it's real easy to forget to make yourself available for online play. In RB2 you had to specifically choose "Play Online" or "Play Local" but with RB3, it's local by default. After you select your profile, make sure you choose "Play Online" from the menu in order to show up as available in RB3.

Well that explains a lot! I will do that next time,lol. I guess no more character messages either?
Shannon- I will add you when I get on next.
Dayzeedee-did you post your code?
John- I will always remember"The esl that almost wasn't"
Robotmom- when you fire up your wii,click on the envelope at the bottom.Then click on your address book and your number will come up.
Jammer- good to see you."Real band", you lucky dog! Yes get rb3! It has been the most fun playing badly that I have had.

I'm up for playing Friday if anyone wants to, not sure when yet.

[archibald]

Jammer! I think it is worth it, the changes are enough to make it a whole new experience. And it is nice to use a high capacity SD card and not have to mess with any of the 4MB trick bullcrap.

I can play Friday after 10:30PM.

[RobotMom]

Thanks for the help, I am so clueless with all this still :D

Wii code: 7007-7697-1973-0117
Wii profile name: T-M Family
Feel free to add me. Again, not sure if I can play with my latency-filled connection, but I would like to at least try.

I play mostly guitar/bass and vocals: H-X, it really depends on the song. I can't sing this new stuff that I have never heard of, but I can muddle through on Med. And for some reason I can NOT sing Dead Kennedy songs at all :(.
I am still getting to know the keys, but I play Pro, not the regular modes, mostly E-H
And I am not plugging my drums in until New Order is available for Wii users :D And even then, I suck outloud on the drums and can't make it past Medium on 99% of the songs.
I have quite a bit of DLC, and also have The Beatles, and RB2.

[archibald]

And for some reason I can NOT sing Dead Kennedy songs at all :(.


Don't worry about it, only Jello Biafra can. Did you know he ran for mayor of San Francisco in 1979? I'll get you added.

[madillma]

We should try to use Skype to communicate for online play. The invite/accept system is just too confusing when trying to pull everybody together.

My skype name: mark.dillman

ETA: well, so much for that... Skype doesn't seem to want to run on my laptop (work machine, they must block it somehow). What do people generally use, AIM?

[LEXUS_]

Hi, Really happy to find some enthusiastic players here! I don't know why, but I seem to wait forever to "find online players" in RB3. Please feel free to add me to your Wii friends list. I'm Looking forward to jamming with everyone. Thx, Lexy

[fragbert66]

Just added dcriptide, rockinrollers, archibald, madillma, and fragbert66.
Feel free to add me, my wii info is in sig... Hope to find you online.

Shannon

Adding you back as soon as I power up the Wiibox.

[fragbert66]

Hello people,how's everybody doing??
I'm still on the fence about buying the game,been busy doing the "real" band thing.Good to see some familiar faces still around! So how is it?? Worth the investment?? Winter is coming and I'll have a little more time on my hands,so I figured I'd get some of your opinions before I took the plunge.

Jammer! Glad to see you made it, man.

[fragbert66]

Lexy, Arch and Robotmom, I'll add you as soon as I get the time. Working from home is great until you realize it's 7 days a week.

Skype name is the same as here.

[RobotMom]

I have Archibald added so far, will get the rest of you when I get a bit.
Since I am totally new to playing online - any one have some quick tips to basic online play etiquette? I hate unintentionally ticking people off because I am clueless hehe.

[fragbert66]

I have Archibald added so far, will get the rest of you when I get a bit.
Since I am totally new to playing online - any one have some quick tips to basic online play etiquette? I hate unintentionally ticking people off because I am clueless hehe.

Absent any way to talk to your bandmates in real time, like Skype or instant messages or txt messages, I would say in Quickplay, don't choose more than one or two songs each, don't leave in the middle of a gig unless it's real life calling, and don't feel pressured to play at a level you're not comfortable with. I'd rather you succeed playing Medium than missing 50% of the notes on Expert. Play for fun, not for points.

[RobotMom]

Absent any way to talk to your bandmates in real time, like Skype or instant messages or txt messages, I would say in Quickplay, don't choose more than one or two songs each, don't leave in the middle of a gig unless it's real life calling, and don't feel pressured to play at a level you're not comfortable with. I'd rather you succeed playing Medium than missing 50% of the notes on Expert. Play for fun, not for points.

I haven't used Skype in forever due to lack of headset (my five-year old killed it), but I do use MSN. [ishtarfa at hot mail dot com]. I will try to memo it when I get everyone added to the Wii.
And I agree about not playing a song you can't kick butt at. I get frustrated enough with myself when I try a song and fail horribly at it, I typically won't play a song unless I can get at least 85% on it (Except Yngwie, that doesn't count lol!)

[dcriptide]

I got on Friday,but I guess too early and no one was on. On Saturday I had a huge problem and couldn't connect,don't know if it was the wii or rb central. Did anyone else have this problem?

I used to have skype but since I moved and got a new desktop I don't have it. I would consider moving it for rb or at least to talk to you guys about how the online play is working. I miss it!

[fragbert66]

I got on Friday,but I guess too early and no one was on. On Saturday I had a huge problem and couldn't connect,don't know if it was the wii or rb central. Did anyone else have this problem?

I had the same problem. Here's the funny part: I was really in the mood to play, so I loaded RB2 instead -- and connected just fine. Played with a bunch of different folks all night.

[ChubChubb]

As an old guy (44) with wife and two kids, it is nice to know I am not the only one in the over thirty crowd. I just picked up RB3 and have been playing on hard for Guitar and Bass. Seems like I keep playing online with the younger crowd. Anyone else out there playing RB3? If so, where is the friend code for the game?

[madillma]

You need to exchange Wii console codes in order to become RB3 friends. Go to messaging, then Address book, from the Wii Main Menu and you'll see your own console code.

Added RobotMom and I will add Lexy next time I am on.

Another option for group communication is HoneyBee's chatroom, especially if we can get an OMB breakout chat. HB's chat requires a login, but you can use your facebook account. The link to HB's chat is here:

http://grou.ps/slhb/signin/warn/home

[ChubChubb]

Thanks. I'll check for the code and add it to my next post.

[fragbert66]

Yay, another Rush fan! Nice avatar you have there.

[esquehill]

Hello people,how's everybody doing??
I'm still on the fence about buying the game,been busy doing the "real" band thing.Good to see some familiar faces still around! So how is it?? Worth the investment?? Winter is coming and I'll have a little more time on my hands,so I figured I'd get some of your opinions before I took the plunge.

The good:
SDHC support for DLC and ability to import/download most of the RB2 ondisk songs (cost=$10).
Separate menu pulldowns for each player; you can change difficulty between tracks.
In an online band, EVERYONE can issue invites to their friends.
Every players track can have its own speed (it's an option).

The bad:
Crazy flashing/strobing/kaleidoscopic background during online play.
The game is picky about where in the menus you have to be to have your invites accepted.
Can only see your online bandmate's avatars briefly before the song.
You never see the character names of your online bandmates avatars.
No more bands, where I can play in your band, and you can play in mine, etc.
On wii, there are occasional USB resets where all the dongles lose power, only recovery method is wii reset button. Usually happens mid song, for me. I've had it happen 3 times in one hour, other times I can go for 3 hours without it occuring... don't understand why.

The ugly:
Song selection in online quickplay is different, everyone can add songs and delete songs, free-for-all style. You can add a song multiple times. The leader holds down the green key to start the set. The ability to find a set of randoms to play with is very limited, I've rarely found people looking for random players. While RB2's method had its problems, I'm not sure the RB3 way is better.

Hope to find you online and wade through some WHO DLC.

[ChubChubb]

OK. I think I finally have it together. My RB3 console # is in the sig line. Feel free to add me to your friends list. I look forward to playing with you later. By the way, can you set up your friends list in the RB3 game or do you have to set it up through the Wii menu itself? Thx.

[ChubChubb]

Yeah. Huge Rush fan. It's like the Mob. Once your in, you can't get it out of your blood.

[archibald]

Yeah. Huge Rush fan. It's like the Mob. Once your in, you can't get it out of your blood.

I've got all the Rush DLC. Too bad there are no keys for The Camera Eye or Tom Sawyer - that would be awesome. I'll get you added!

Does anyone have any Holiday weekend jam sessions planned?

[ChubChubb]

I'll add you to my friends list when I get home from the office. BTW I usually play on weekends and late at night. Look forward to playing with you.

[rockinrollers]

I haven't picked up the new Rush but have all the old DLC. I'll add you too Chub.

[ChubChubb]

Ok. I have esquehill, fragbert66, madillma and archibald's codes logged in. Rockinrollers, I don't have your wii code yet. I'll add you once I get it from you. If anyone else is interested, let me know and I'll add you on too. Later...

[rockinrollers]

Sorry, I just realized I have my RB2 FC up there and I have no idea how to change my signature on this site!!

My RB3 FC is 6874 2375 7588 0334

I do find the new site frustratingly slow now :(

[ChubChubb]

Sorry, I just realized I have my RB2 FC up there and I have no idea how to change my signature on this site!!

My RB3 FC is 6874 2375 7588 0334

I do find the new site frustratingly slow now :(


No problem. I'll add you on asap. Oh yeah, you can change your signature by clicking on the "My Gameplay" tab on the upper left. When that page loads, click on change forum settings in the upper right corner below "Edit Avatar". Once that page loads, look for edit or change signature on the left side of the page and go from there.

[ChubChubb]

Robotmom, Decriptide and Lexi. -- I've added you to my friends list. Have I left anyone else out?

[dcriptide]

Robotmom, Decriptide and Lexi. -- I've added you to my friends list. Have I left anyone else out?

I will add you next time I get on. If there is anyone else who added me and I missed you,let me know.

John I pm'd you, that was my first time online! That was really fun,sorry I couldn't play longer I was going to quit when I saw your invite. Oh and sorry guys about picking two songs in a row, I couldn't figure out how to erase it without backing out!

[LEXUS_]

Hello Again! Added a whole bunch of you tonight :) Looking forward to jammin' with you!

Regards to chatting I found an IRC chat room on the web; (#rockband) http://rockbandchat.com/ We could chat there if it works out. Nobody pressures anyone to talk while in the room, I have found it very informal. My nick in the room is lexus.

[madillma]

That rockbandchat.com site is cool! I vote we use that. :-)

[LEXUS_]

That rockbandchat.com site is cool! I vote we use that. :-)

Please let me know what nickname(s) you will be using there.

[DayzeeDee]

Dayzeedee-did you post your code?

Oops not yet, sorry! Here it is:
8404 1523 3912 8298

I'll add you right now :)

If we do get to play, be warned that I have loads of trouble activating overdrive during vocals :(

[JoseJurado]

Hey... I'll do med/hard on drum/bass/guitar, yes over 30 :D
Not online daily, but I'm sure we can met from time to time.

Regards

[alfredc]

Include me w/ old man band as well :)

New to rhythm games and got RB3 when it came out. Been working through goals... finished all easy guitar/bass/drum goals, and halfway through the medium guitar/bass/drum goals.

Casual player and enjoys seeing my skills improve over the last month, especially since I don't play any instruments in real life.

So if anyone don't mind including a beginner player, FC is in my sig.

[ChubChubb]

Hi everyone. I just added Alfredc and DayseeDee. JoseJurado -- I'll add you too once I get your RB3 friends code. Did I leave anyone else out?

[ChubChubb]

I've got all the Rush DLC. Too bad there are no keys for The Camera Eye or Tom Sawyer - that would be awesome. I'll get you added!

Does anyone have any Holiday weekend jam sessions planned?

Arch -- Enjoyed jamming with you. Based on your DLC, sounds like we have same/similar taste in music - especially Rush. Look forward to playing with you again soon.

[archibald]

Hell yeah Chub! It was a quality jam session!

[JoseJurado]

Hey Chub... :( no RB3 yet... but as soon as I gat it ley you know.... In the meanwhile any one else still on RB2?

[JoseJurado]

Hi billy, My wife and I are both over 30 and play occasionally. We are not hard core, both maybe medium players that play hard occassionally. Feel free to add us, 398075679705

Het, just added you :) if still on RB2 :D

[dcriptide]

Oops not yet, sorry! Here it is:
8404 1523 3912 8298

I'll add you right now :)

If we do get to play, be warned that I have loads of trouble activating overdrive during vocals :(

I'll add you next time I get on. Don't worry about the od. Most people here just want to jam for fun!
I have an arm injury that kept me off all year. Half the time I'm playing dependent on one arm,lol, and sometimes I have to bail so I'm not worried about scores anytime soon. I'm just glad to play again.
On another note, I never see anyone on. I tried the rockband chat too. Maybe some of you can post times you are usually on? I'm usually on weekends,weekdays is hit or miss but usually early. But if I know someone will be playing during the week I will hop on.

[madillma]

I'm usually on between 10-12 central time on weeknights. Weekends are more hit and miss. Seems I always see the same few people online who are on a similar schedule as me.

[LEXUS_]

Hi everyone!
Enjoyed playing with you madillma and ChubChubb!

Just a little bit about me: I'm 48. I started playing drums about a year ago. Rockband and Guitar hero have been excellent for helping me improve my skills. I use a 9 peice Roland electronic drum kit instead of the game controller. I really am liking RB3 because all cymbals and the hi-hat pedal can be integrated with the note highway in "prodrum" mode. I'm still learning and by no means a seasoned drummer. I started on easy with GH3, so I have no problem playing with people who are starting out.

I've added most of you who have RB3 FCodes posted, looking forward to jammin' with all!

[ChubChubb]

I'll add you next time I get on. Don't worry about the od. Most people here just want to jam for fun!
I have an arm injury that kept me off all year. Half the time I'm playing dependent on one arm,lol, and sometimes I have to bail so I'm not worried about scores anytime soon. I'm just glad to play again.
On another note, I never see anyone on. I tried the rockband chat too. Maybe some of you can post times you are usually on? I'm usually on weekends,weekdays is hit or miss but usually early. But if I know someone will be playing during the week I will hop on.


I am usually on later at night during the week. On weekends, I'm usually on before lunch or later at night (depending on family obligations ya know?). Otherwise, it's hit or miss for me.

[ChubChubb]

Enjoyed playing with you too, Lexus.

[Gmoney123]

Almost 40 here. I'm able to play most nights from midnight to 2 AM, before that it's a toss up. No expert but I have gold starred a few songs. Just looking to play with people.

I'm best on drums, but with the kids in bed I have to play guitar/bass.

I only have RB2 until Christmas, so if someone wants to play let me know.

[RobotMom]

I finally got my internet back in order (Having limited bandwidth SUCKS!). When I get downstairs in a bit I will add - Rockinrollers, Chub, Dayzee, & Alfred. Will add the rest once you all get your friend codes up.

I did plug in the drums since Blue Monday is finally up for DLC. Tried to play it on easy drums, cried a little, Stephen Morris is God. 'nuff said. (further proof that Santa needs to bring me a second kick pedal...or a drum kit that isn't fastened together with steel braces, bolts, & JB Weld)

Anyway, heading down in a tick to play, hope my internet holds out. :cool:

[alfredc]

RobotMom - added you as well... but I'm only a beginner w/ RB playing at medium. However, been going through the goals and so far have 5 star'd most RB3 songs at medium on guitar/bass/drums, so there's hope for me catching up to everyone else on skills.

[LEXUS_]

Hi Everyone :)

The following have all been added to my console:
RobotMom
dcriptide
ChubChubb
fragbert66
archibold
rockinroll
esquehill
kerrin
Beedle9399
madillma
DayzeeDee
alfredc

Want to be added to this awesome list? Yes? Reply with RB3 FC and you will be entered!

,Lexy

[RobotMom]

I believe that I have added the same list as Lexy (except myself, that would be awkward).

These forums have destroyed my saint-like patience. I have been trying to post for over an hour now.
Anyway, Lexy - I noticed your invite but was playing with my 6-year old at the time and also wanted to be online so we could chat while we play.
At any rate, I will have rockband chat (username RobotMom) and my MSN (ishtarFA at hotmail) up and running while I play for the next little bit. Wont be able to play for super long as I will have to do the dinner thing soon.

Hope this posts, it is honestly my last attempt hehe.

[LEXUS_]

I cannot seem to find answer to this in FAQ. Perhaps someone here knows...

Does the RB3 game prevent players from playing together online if they both are playing the same instrument?

[ChubChubb]

RobotMom - added you as well... but I'm only a beginner w/ RB playing at medium. However, been going through the goals and so far have 5 star'd most RB3 songs at medium on guitar/bass/drums, so there's hope for me catching up to everyone else on skills.

Don't sweat it. We are all just playing for fun.

[ChubChubb]

After adding Kerrin and Beedle9399, my list mirrors Lexy's.

[fragbert66]

Don't sweat it. We are all just playing for fun.

What Chubb said. Anyone who pulls the "expert or GTFO" crap with me will be summarily ignored.

[RobotMom]

Fragbert - Sorry about earlier! I have been having major issues with my mics on RB3 and today was the icing on the cake. I did finally get it fixed, but had to reset the Wii completely. (This was after Lexus had issues as well) Never have issues with any other game, just RB3. Between Lexus and I, I think we ran quite a gambit of technical issues tonight. Ugh!! Anyway, just wanted you to know it was hardware issues and not me being a flake/dork or anything.


Anyway, even though it's a bit slow on the joining/loading, it seems that I CAN play online with no issues other than slowness, so woohoo for that!! Had a blast tonight with Lexus, and hope to get a chance to play with the rest of you peeps (minus all technical faux pas).

[fragbert66]

Hey, no sweat. Not too long after we all dropped out, MY Wii locked up. Boo, I say. And I was loving the song choices we were all making too. Next time for sure.

[rockinrollers]

I cannot seem to find answer to this in FAQ. Perhaps someone here knows...

Does the RB3 game prevent players from playing together online if they both are playing the same instrument?Players can play online together but there are only 4 spots available so no they can't play the same instrument (with the exception of guitar and bass, or guitar/bass and keys).

It says you can play with up to 7 at once but many of us have found that isn't possible. You can set up dual vox but they have to be at the same location/console only.

Alfredc - I wouldn't worry about difficulty with this group. I don't know any OMB member who won't play with someone who wants to play on a different difficulty level. OMB members are more concerned about playing with good, reliable players who want to have fun. :)

[fragbert66]

OMB members are more concerned about playing with good, reliable players who want to have fun. :)

I cannot express in mere words how accurate this statement is.

[ChubChubb]

OMB members are more concerned about playing with good, reliable players who want to have fun. :)


Ditto here.

BTW - enjoyed playing a round or two with Robotmom and Lexus. Sorry about "Radar Love" Lexi. I haven't mastered expert on bass and it almost got away from me toward the end there.

[ChubChubb]

Has anyone else noticed that if you play online with someone who is using a higher difficulty level, your "highway" runs slower than if you are just playing by yourself? I tried using the individual track speed option and that just seemed to slow it down even more. Just wondering if anyone else had the same (similar?) experience.

[LEXUS_]

Thank you rockinrollers!

ChubChubb, I was struggling with "Radar Love" as well. I think you saved me twice.

Playing with people I've met here is very enjoyable! I call it "jammin' for joy without judgement"

[fragbert66]

Chubb, I consider myself a bass master and Radar Love STILL gets away from me more often than not. And we won't even talk about Yes or Primus.

[ChubChubb]

Chubb, I consider myself a bass master and Radar Love STILL gets away from me more often than not. And we won't even talk about Yes or Primus.

Amen to that. Although I grew up with Yes, I am hesitant to tackle any of Squire's bass lines. I'm not even interested in Primus or Phish. Ugh. :cool:

[alfredc]

ChubChubb / fragbert66 / rockinrollers / etc

Thanks!

However I am currently hesitant on trying another online session as my very 1st RB online play (ever) the other night didn't go so well...

I accepted an invite and selected guitar at medium... the first 2 songs went fine (although I was very nervous, lol... felt like stage fright)... but for some reason the 3rd song, starting with the very 1st note and every sequential note after that, NONE of my strums registered right to the point of song failure (maybe 20-30 secs after song start it failed?).

Leader restarted the song and same thing, all notes failed right from the start. Then leader activated no fail mode and we completed the song, with me getting 90%. Same thing happend on 4th song, but the group disbanded right after... don't blame them.

I'll accept blame for the failures but it just seemed real strange that no notes registered on 2 tries, but on 3rd try I got 90%... anyone else ever see this happen? I've since replaced the rechargeable batteries on the guitar and performed some ping tests to check my network connection.

[Beedle9399]

havent had that problem. however dont get intimidated by playing on line, there are some people that have patience for new players

[RobotMom]

And we won't even talk about Yes or Primus.

I think I cried the first time I tried to play X Bass on Primus. I am convinced that Les Claypool has extra fingers :p

Chubb - I think you played with my oldest (he's 14) kid the other day - hope you guys don't mind if he hops in and plays with you once in a while, he is still learning H/X, but I would rather him play with people that won't go all postal-freaky if he makes mistakes. (as some random pick-up did to him the other night). He called me down "Mom, I can't do Roundabout on bass, help!"

Anyway, should be on for a while tonight, if any of you guys will be around. Will also pop onto rockbandchat and MSN when I do. (Probably on vocals, my hands are too blistered and cut up for instruments)

[ChubChubb]

Not a problem. I have been known to jump in with my 12 year old and his friends when they are playing at our house. I'm not to proud (old?) for that. I'll play with him anytime.

[madillma]

This thread is making me feel all warm and misty-eyed. Now THIS is what the RockBand community should be all about!

Really looking forward to playing with more of you guys. I have you all in my friends list, but my schedule must be different than most of you because I rarely see you playing. (I tend to play late at night) I did manage to hook up with Lexy one night and it was cool because we were both on medium, I was on Pro Keys and Lexus on drums. Love mixing it up like that!

[alfredc]

My "non-registering" strum issue showed up again while playing solo... and while it was happening, I fiddled with the strum bar and noticed that upstrums registered, but not down strums! I was able to upstrum and complete the song (and discovered the upstrum goals... lol)

On further examination, down strums produced a slight squeaky noise... so looks like an issue w/ my strum bar. Guitar's not even 2 months old yet!

[MrFly66]

Hello boys and girls , any chance i could sign up here , i certainly make the age limit restrictions :)

Fairly new to the rockband thing , just drumming atm. More than happy to play with anyone at any level. Code is in the sig , let me know so i can add whoever is willling to take me on board :)

[RobotMom]

MrFly66 - Will add you in a bit. I usually play vocals or guitar/bass. And I don't care about level or skill I just play because it's fun, and it beats doing housework :D

[alfredc]

MrFly66 - I will add you as well... although I might be sending my guitar in for warranty repair, as the strum bar is acting up. So I might be on drums.

[ChubChubb]

Hello boys and girls , any chance i could sign up here , i certainly make the age limit restrictions :)

Fairly new to the rockband thing , just drumming atm. More than happy to play with anyone at any level. Code is in the sig , let me know so i can add whoever is willling to take me on board :)

Got you added MrFly66. I look forward to playing with you soon.

[MrFly66]

Thanks guys , will add you all tonight.

[LEXUS_]

Today we are having a "Snow Day" where I live. The weather is soo bad my dog won't even go outside to pee.

Thankyou to RobotMom and her young androids for making my "trapped inside" day so much fun!! :)

[LEXUS_]

Hello boys and girls , any chance i could sign up here , i certainly make the age limit restrictions :)

Fairly new to the rockband thing , just drumming atm. More than happy to play with anyone at any level. Code is in the sig , let me know so i can add whoever is willling to take me on board :)

I added you

[RobotMom]

Today we are having a "Snow Day" where I live. The weather is soo bad my dog won't even go outside to pee.

Thankyou to RobotMom and her young androids for making my "trapped inside" day so much fun!! :)


I don't blame your dog one bit! I wouldn't go outside to pee in this weather either!!!

And you're welcome, we had fun too. I would have liked to play more, but I was attempting to get the living room ready for the Christmas Tree (no I haven't gotten that stupid thing up yet). And sorry about that BNS thing, this is why I don't use my kids' settings hehe.

I will be on in a few after Survivor is over, unless this ice storm knocks out the power, because I don't think I can talk my husband into letting me use the generator to run the modem and the Wii :p

[jammmer]

Well good news,RB3 is officially on the Xmas list! Can't wait to jam again,it's been quite awhile..might have to bust RB2 and TBRB back out to get used to it again.So I'll jump back on here when I get my codes and all that.Look forward to seeing some old friends and meeting some new ones.Maybe,I'll jump on TBRB tommorow night...It will be Thurs. and I'll definitely be thirsty

[ChubChubb]

Robotmom, did your power go out? I tried to invite you to play with Lexi and me when you went offline. Lexi, great jam session as always. I'm still trying to catch up with Fragbert and Madillma. When are you guys playing online?

[MrFly66]

I added you

Cheers mate , same here.

[madillma]

Well good news,RB3 is officially on the Xmas list! Can't wait to jam again,it's been quite awhile..might have to bust RB2 and TBRB back out to get used to it again.So I'll jump back on here when I get my codes and all that.Look forward to seeing some old friends and meeting some new ones.Maybe,I'll jump on TBRB tommorow night...It will be Thurs. and I'll definitely be thirsty

Sweet, that's great news! Just don't try to use any USB hubs other than the little Rock Band hub or else you'll be cursing HMX like I was for a while. Sudden instrument failures are no fun!

[RobotMom]

Robotmom, did your power go out? I tried to invite you to play with Lexi and me when you went offline.

I was so flustered last night :(. The power stayed on, but the game kept crashing on us. Between the game crashing repeatedly at different spots, and the half inch of ice on the satellite dish, being able to play was just impossible last night. Going to give it another go today, will be around off and on throughout the day if everything goes well. (And if RB3 keeps crashing, I will probably just switch to RB2 or TB:RB, if I do I will put those codes up here if anyone is interested in playing that).

[LEXUS_]

Hi Everyone,
Something about my Wii. I hold the power button on the console until the light turns red. This shuts the Wii off and also turns the power off on my USB attached devices. When I shut down my comsole this way, the next time I turn on the power and start RB3, I have noticed that the "wii friends list" shows "loading" beside each name. It takes a long time before the friends list is available. It also seems as though "finding online players" takes forever too.

Ok, so instead of using the console power button, I use the wiimote power button to shut down. This way the console light turns orange. The Wii is off, but the USB stuff is still on. So I unplug the USB. When I power up the next time and start RB3 everyone on my friend list is listed and I "find online players" almost right away.

[ChubChubb]

Hi Everyone,
Something about my Wii. I hold the power button on the console until the light turns red. This shuts the Wii off and also turns the power off on my USB attached devices. When I shut down my comsole this way, the next time I turn on the power and start RB3, I have noticed that the "wii friends list" shows "loading" beside each name. It takes a long time before the friends list is available. It also seems as though "finding online players" takes forever too.

Ok, so instead of using the console power button, I use the wiimote power button to shut down. This way the console light turns orange. The Wii is off, but the USB stuff is still on. So I unplug the USB. When I power up the next time and start RB3 everyone on my friend list is listed and I "find online players" almost right away.

I think that the Wii uses the WiiConnect24 to update the friends list on the console. I think that when you hold down the power button until it turns red, it also turns WiiConnect and it's access to the Internet off. When you turn the console back on, it is "starting from scratch" on updating the friends list. Using the wiimote simply puts the console into standby and Internet connection is still "on". I think that while on standby, the console can continue to update the friends list in the background. For what it's worth...

[alfredc]

Lexus_

Got your invites a little bit ago... but looks like both of us were on drums, so I was not able to join.

My guitar is out of comission due to bad strum bar... it's the RB3 stratocaster guitar made by MadCatz and not even 2 months old! Called MadCatz yesterday and got authorization to send in for warranty repair. What a bummer as I will be without a guitar for a few weeks.

[LEXUS_]

Thank you ChubChubb! Knowing that I'm just going to use the wiimote to shut down.

madillma, sorry about the failed invites. The game won't let more than one drummer drum at the same time.GRRR! But on the upside, i enjoyed playing the bass. I need the practice.
The "Hardest Button to Button" for me is the orange button. ;)

RobotMom, I was looking for u this afternoon around 4 MST. Must have just missed you!

AlfredC, next time i invite or visaversa, I know now to switch to bass when playing with other drummers. Major bummer on the stratocaster guitar :( .

[RobotMom]

RobotMom, I was looking for u this afternoon around 4 MST. Must have just missed you!

Was probably cooking supper at about that time. I should be on later this afternoon though, barring no major issues on my end. When I do I will try to be on rockbandchat &/or windows messenger, unless it interferes with my mic, which it seems wont to do.

[madillma]

Thank you ChubChubb! Knowing that I'm just going to use the wiimote to shut down.

madillma, sorry about the failed invites. The game won't let more than one drummer drum at the same time.GRRR! But on the upside, i enjoyed playing the bass. I need the practice.
The "Hardest Button to Button" for me is the orange button. ;)

RobotMom, I was looking for u this afternoon around 4 MST. Must have just missed you!

AlfredC, next time i invite or visaversa, I know now to switch to bass when playing with other drummers. Major bummer on the stratocaster guitar :( .

Yeah only one drummer at a time. I was pleasantly surprised when you joined on guitar. Sorry for the drop outs and reinviting and all that -- trying to hook up with multiple people is really frustrating without out-of-game communication. Do you use Skype? Or that rockbandchat.com site? If anyone uses Skype while they play, please post your info.

[madillma]

Lexy, I also wonder about leaving my USB dongles plugged in and flashing all day long in standby mode. Hasn't caused a problem yet, but it is annoying that the USB ports stay active in standby mode.

[LEXUS_]

Yeah only one drummer at a time. I was pleasantly surprised when you joined on guitar. Sorry for the drop outs and reinviting and all that -- trying to hook up with multiple people is really frustrating without out-of-game communication. Do you use Skype? Or that rockbandchat.com site? If anyone uses Skype while they play, please post your info.

Yes, I do use the #rockband chat. My nickname there is "Lexus". I saw "markdill" in the chatters list last night. I said hello in the main chat and also PM, but recieved no response. Was that you?

[polkanuns]

Hey all, just found this thread - glad it's here!

Feel free to add me, I'm hardly a hard-core player but I'm no slouch either. I play mostly for fun and to develop RL music skills.

I prefer Expert Bass (in March it will be Pro).
I just started Pro Keys (E/M).
I'll play Guitar H/E ... but again, Bass preferred.

[dcriptide]

Well good news,RB3 is officially on the Xmas list! Can't wait to jam again,it's been quite awhile..might have to bust RB2 and TBRB back out to get used to it again.So I'll jump back on here when I get my codes and all that.Look forward to seeing some old friends and meeting some new ones.Maybe,I'll jump on TBRB tommorow night...It will be Thurs. and I'll definitely be thirsty

So glad to see you are getting rb3! Now we can put our dlc to use:)

For anyone that has skype, I got it again- Dcriptide. I tried the rockband chat and this time there was quite the "colorful chat" lol. Which is a no no for me because my daughter is in and out of the room, and I don't want to explain to a 10 year old what .... never mind I can't post it here lol.

[fragbert66]

I'm still trying to catch up with Fragbert and Madillma. When are you guys playing online?

I've been spending the majority of my time in World Of Warcraft these past 10 days since the newest expansion hit, but I'm feeling the need for some RB time. When I'm on, it's anytime between 8pm and midnight eastern U.S.