Battle of the Bands Winner

[Xenoburst]

And the winner is....GAMESPY, with some 25,000 more points than 1up.

Songs:
Foreplay/Long Time:
1up - 1,354,362 points
GS - 1,204,890 points

Green Grass and High Tides:
GS - 2,010,584 points
1up - 1,840,460 points

Highway Star:
GS - 1,584,110 points
1up - 1,424,719 points

Tom Sawyer:
1up - 881,387 points
GS - 726,004 points

Totals:

GS - 5,525,588 points
1up - 5,500,928 points

Now we wait for the news.

[jq71586]

wow, I thought 1up was going to be the sure winner.


Come on DLC prices and Metallica songs.!! :D

[admanimal]

Wow nice comeback.

[capitalfn9]

damn what a comeback

[Xenoburst]

Considering how many points both teams fielded, 25,000 is a very small margin of win :) Very good end to an interesting competition.

[Quastor]

Green Grass and High Tides seems to have been the decider!

[MartyMcFly]

Big comeback! 1up was pulling away with it for a while. Grats to those guys.

I look forward to reading their next Rock Band article :D

[TheTogfather]

Wow, way to go Gamespy! I thought 1up had it locked down...

*opens browser to gamespy.com, rests finger over f5 button*

[Jertallica]

Nice! I have been following the GameSpy guys through the articles they have written after each round. The last one with Fargo's excerpts were pretty damn funny.

Anyways, it is always sweet to see the underdog win. Congrats, NinjaPlease!

[TK-757]

Wait... so these scores don't get added to their overall scores from the first 3 rounds??

Either way... those are AMAZING numbers.

[Xenoburst]

Wait... so these scores don't get added to their overall scores from the first 3 rounds??

Either way... those are AMAZING numbers.

Well the site is rather vague. It has the rankings on the side that do keep track of everything, in which 1up still is in the lead. But beside that are the Finals which GS is beating 1up.

The thing is, both teams have talked like this was a winner-takes-all scenario, but I could be wrong, in which case I'll edit the main post and admit I may have jumped the gun a bit.

[admanimal]

Wait... so these scores don't get added to their overall scores from the first 3 rounds??

Either way... those are AMAZING numbers.

Yeah good question, because overall 1up still has the highest total including the finals.

[Jack_Harvard]

Well the site is rather vague. It has the rankings on the side that do keep track of everything, in which 1up still is in the lead. But beside that are the Finals which GS is beating 1up.

The thing is, both teams have talked like this was a winner-takes-all scenario, but I could be wrong, in which case I'll edit the main post and admit I may have jumped the gun a bit.

Yeah, it's looking to me like 1up is still in the lead overall, though Gamespy won the last round.

[Xenoburst]

Yeah, it's looking to me like 1up is still in the lead overall, though Gamespy won the last round.

Yeah I'll edit up my post if it turns out that 1up actually did win, don't worry guys, I got you semi-covered.

[masterx1918]

UPSET CITY. Good thing gamespy won, they're alot better with RB news than 1up is.

[Jack_Harvard]

Yeah I'll edit up my post if it turns out that 1up actually did win, don't worry guys, I got you semi-covered.

Honestly, though, I could care less who wins, just so long as whoever it is makes with the exclusive info, and quickly! :D

[Xenoburst]

Ok guys I've got some semi-official news in the form of a quote from Sluggo on SH:


I've been told that the finals are basically a standalone match: we don't have to make up a million points, it's whoever gets the highest combined scores on whatever four songs are in the finals.


So it looks like GS did indeed win, no need for an edit.

[Jack_Harvard]

Well then, looks like it's time to refresh Gamespy all day...

[admanimal]

So did -only- 1up and GS compete in the final round?

[Xenoburst]

So did -only- 1up and GS compete in the final round?

Yes. 10char.

[masterx1918]

thank god I trust GS much more than 1up. I wouldn't be suprised is Sluggo told us the news sometime soon

[eldoctorg]

what a kick in the nuts for "Beard Rock" 1up

[SmokaCola]

Pretty damn close though, you gotta admit it.

[BathTub]

Wow not much in it. Congrats GS!

[Apples]

I called it! Sluggo would not let Gamespy down. :D :cool:

[Xenoburst]

I called it! Sluggo would not let Gamespy down. :D :cool:

This is true, but at the beginning not many people thought 1up would do very well, and here they damned near won it.

[AdamBomb629]

I don't usually read Gamespy... anyone have any ideas about when we can have the "big news"?

[MundaneSoul]

Man, I hope the news comes out soon. I think I've refreshed GameSpy about 50 times by now.

[masterx1918]

probably tonight gamespy has been the only site that's been consistently updating their battle of the bands news.

[BathTub]

Yeah I have enjoyed reading their columns on it, frankly I am surprised other people having been posting their experiences, I kind of thought that was the point.

[admanimal]

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37881

Sluggo says gamespy will update their BoTB site later tonight, although he doesn't specifically mention making any announcement.

[MundaneSoul]

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37881

Sluggo says gamespy will update their BoTB site later tonight, although he doesn't specifically mention making any announcement.

Nice, thanks admanimal.

[CrackerRiley]

I can't believe how close the final scores were. That made for an extremely interesting finale.

[ThePaska]

http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37881

Sluggo says gamespy will update their BoTB site later tonight, although he doesn't specifically mention making any announcement.

Hopefully they do make an announcement either tonight or tomorrow, I wonder what it could be. I want it to be some new exciting DLC.

[SmokaCola]

if it's even more DLC that'll be amazing, considering they're talking about adding even more throughout the year.

[masterx1918]

Hopefully they do make an announcement either tonight or tomorrow, I wonder what it could be. I want it to be some new exciting DLC.
by the sounds of it the announcement will be the pricing and release dates of all upcoming DLC, and maybe even some new tracks.

[Xzyliac]

Green Grass and High Tides:
GS - 2,010,584 points
1up - 1,840,460 pointsThe fact that these scores are even possible is amazing.

[Ultrace]

by the sounds of it the announcement will be the pricing and release dates of all upcoming DLC, and maybe even some new tracks.
That's fine by me, with all the DLC titles they've announced, I'm more interested in price and dates for planning purposes... Let them keep additional songs under wraps for more excitement later. :)

[CableCarrier]

The fact that these scores are even possible is amazing.

Green Grass and High Tides is going to be amazing to play in general. It's like Free Bird but more awesome.

[Guitarplayer777]

Heres hoping for Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and A7X.