I guess maybe the question that needs to be asked at the heart of all this is

"How much of a risk/reward scaling do we want the power ups to have?"

I don't think I've posted on these forums since the Rock Band 1 Graph Thread but what the hell I play this game too, I'll toss in my two cents.

(For your micro-demographic targeting info, I've...

For fairly cheap (20-$40 depending on area) you can get a collapsable keyboard throne. With only a 4 piece kid you shouldn't need to spin round much, and the design of the stool still gives you the...

I'm another bassist who up-strums everything. 450 Flawless Grooves and counting.

I <3 my P-bass controller, but I really do miss having an easy-to-get-to whammy bar sometimes.

Alright. Thought I was just getting old and out of touch, good to see my confusion isn't unwarranted.

I play bass because I don't trust a guitarist to stay at 6x for the whole song.

Plus, I <3 my P-bass and use any excuse I can get to play with it.

Is it bad that I've never heard of any of these, outside of Paramore?

oh man I can't wait to get these.

(Alright, not really. But there's a small part of me who thought the bassline from Headphones On was actually a lot of fun.)

You obviously need new friends.

Won the 80's Theme Battle of the Bands Challenge.

I think I just got Norwegian wood.

And as far as the "8 instruments" thing, it was meant to be 4 instruments, giving 8x. Sorry for any confusion. If you choose to not believe a thing I say due to that typo, I guess that's your loss. ...

Every vocal phrase is worth 1000 points, excluding whatever multipliers are present. Short vocal phrases let you get more phrases under OD, and are generally better for scoring.

A perfect example...

Again, it's best if you can go at the beginning of a verse when everyone can go. It's tricky, but a big part of it is watchin other people's OD as well as your own and knowing if you should hold off...

Actually, crunching numbers on full band paths for a little over 6 months now. I'm telling you the trends I've seen in the charts. 95% of the time you are going to get half a bar of OD near the end...

It's tricky, and sometimes it involves some trial and error, but unless you're going to "eat" OD (waste overdrive by getting more than a full bar) then yes, you'd want to wait for the vocalist. If...

Ehfaq

Approximately 95 percent of the time, in a full band setting the points to be made by activating in the correct spot far outweigh the points that would be missed by fills. This becomes more...

So as the bassist for 106 Miles to Chicago and Coming from Behind, which both have at least one win and a couple 2nd places under their respective belts, I though I'd share a few tips on being...

For the record, the High Score on the ninja video game in the arcade venue is also 69/420

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I promise to give a voice to the unheard bassists of the world.