The Official Rock Band Thread - RB1, RB2, RB3, Beatles, Green Day, Lego

[AranchineD]

Really though the RB3 tracklist sucks enormous dicks, and the tracklists are all I care about with music games.

Also I got over the novelty of the pro mode about a month after hearing about it.

[grimace06]

Really though the RB3 tracklist sucks enormous dicks, and the tracklists are all I care about with music games.

Also I got over the novelty of the pro mode about a month after hearing about it.

If it wasn't for 2112 then Warriors of Rock would've had a horrible tracklist. World Tour horrible.

Harmonix were in an interesting position, some of those tracks are there to introduce people to keyboard.

[AranchineD]

We're talking about Rock Band 3.

[grimace06]

We're talking about Rock Band 3.

I sure hope so.

[AranchineD]

Harmonix were in an interesting position, some of those tracks are there to introduce people to keyboard.

At least Warriors Of Rock doesn't require you to shell out yet another $100 just to enjoy the tracklist to the full extent.

[grimace06]

At least Warriors Of Rock doesn't require you to shell out yet another $100 just to enjoy the tracklist to the full extent.

But to enjoy the full tracklist in WoR you have to sit through a ham-fisted narrative. These keyboard songs do have other parts to them.

Also, by that logic someone who doesn't have drums or a microphone has to fork out to enjoy WoR's tracklist to the full extent.

[AranchineD]

No they don't, because, as stated by the developers, WoR focused on guitar first and foremost

Chessmate

[lex3191]

does anyone know where to buy the stringed rock band pro guitar?

[grimace06]

No they don't, because, as stated by the developers, WoR focused on guitar first and foremost

Chessmate

Ok, but that doesn't change the fact that there still vocals and drums in the game which are still part of the experience. Especially outside of the story mode.

[AranchineD]

does anyone know where to buy the stringed rock band pro guitar?

You have to specially order it in from EB. And even then you'd have to be lucky.

[AranchineD]

Ok, but that doesn't change the fact that there still vocals and drums in the game which are still part of the experience. Especially outside of the story mode.

But if you only have guitar then you wouldn't feel ripped off because there are no songs put in the game purely for other instruments at the expense of guitar.

[Cubby]

At least Warriors Of Rock doesn't require you to shell out yet another $100 just to enjoy the tracklist to the full extent.

No, but Keyboard Hero next year will.

[grimace06]

But if you only have guitar then you wouldn't feel ripped off because there are no songs put in the game purely for other instruments at the expense of guitar.

It's not really "expense" rather than this guitar track is easy. Which for most people isn't an issue.

[AranchineD]

Difficulty is not the issue, rather, for example, people playing a single chord every two seconds for three minutes or so.

Unless people actually find that fun.

[Shorty]

A lot of songs deliberately emphasise certain instruments so in a given playlist you're always going to have songs that are "easy" or "boring" for some instruments. It's unavoidable, really.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Found an interesting thing with my Band Hero drums playing this. If I hit the orange cymbol, the game registers a hit on the green pad. I'm assuming it's something to do with the pro mode of this game and, when you're not playing in pro mode, one of the extra cymbols corresponding to the green pad.

[NiB]

Housemate got RB3 yesterday...seems pretty solid but I've never been a huge fan of the music gane genre. The improvements to the menus are a welcome addition though.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I love how easy it is for players to drop in and out now. I was playing and my housemate wanted in. Now instead of having to either finish or quit the song you're in and go out to the main menu to get another player in they can join mid song. Have to explore the career mode a bit more, but it looks like they've scaled it back a lot.

I've only been playing the 'My Goals' part of it so far, but it doesn't seem to have the epic feeling of previous RB career modes, there's a lot more sections to it, though. There's a section for each of the individual instruments, so I guess it's still pretty big and it's only because I've been playing the drums (waiting for my keyboard to come in) exclusively that I haven't looked at other sections.

I also like how when you're playing in a band it still gives you your individual score and star rating, not just the percentage you hit (although that's still there as well).

Overall, RB3 just seems to flow better than other RB games. Quite liking it so far, but am interested to try the pro mode and keyboard to see how it plays.

[StorminNorman]

So, apparently song export for RB2 is working (http://www.gamedaily.com/games/rock-band-2/playstation-2/game-features/rock-band-3-how-to-import-rock-band-2-songs/), except that the code on the back of my manual is way too long for the code entry dialog.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

You don't enter the code in RB, you enter it into the 'Redeem Code' section of XBox Live. I did it this morning. Press the XBox button, go all the way to the left and select 'Redeem Code' (or something like that). Then you can enter the code.

[StorminNorman]

So anyway, the JB HiFi at Eastland is selling RB3 keyboards. They had the Wii and 360 ones on display for $135 each. Still cheaper to import, but also makes a mockery of the EB employee that told me that they were the only ones selling them.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Forgot to mention it before, but I asked EB what value they're giving for RB2 as a trade in and they said its worth $50.

[naclj]

seriously?

i'll export my tracks and then trade in ASAP.

i only paid $65 for it on uk release.

it would actually make the keyboard the right price

[StorminNorman]

You don't enter the code in RB, you enter it into the 'Redeem Code' section of XBox Live. I did it this morning. Press the XBox button, go all the way to the left and select 'Redeem Code' (or something like that). Then you can enter the code.

It says it's only for the RB2 bonus tracks? How do I know it works?

Also, if you'd read the article, you'd see that it clearly states that you have to enter the code from within RB3 itself.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Oh. Well, crap. I just traded the thing in.

[StorminNorman]

Apparently you can now use the first 16 digits of your 25-digit code to export RB2 songs. (http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?204044-PAL-Users-Use-first-16-digits-of-25-digit-code-to-perform-your-export.)

EDIT: Except I'm still getting an error. :(

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Rang EB yesterday to see if I could get the code off the back of the manual and they read it out to me over the phone. Thank you EB. I've hear reports on the net that you can get another code from EA (don't know if there's a cost or not), but considering that all the code allows you to do it buy the downloaded tracks I don't think they'd be too concerned about giving you a new code.

[Cobla]

I'm gonna give it a shot! I don't have RB2 but I would certainly love to import the songs into RB3 ;)

I imported my RB1 songs last night, currently sitting at around 210 songs.

"Not that I need all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious song collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can."

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

My RB song collection is up over 1000 now I think. I've got RB1, Greenday, ACDC, soon to have RB2 and, of course RB3 songs, plus a shitload of DLC as well.

Edit: Well, maybe not that much, but it's a lot.

[Cubby]

What's this I hear about even more RB1 songs disappearing, as well as RB2 and a few DLC songs, from RB3.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I know there's 5 tracks from RB2 that won't come over to RB3, but I haven't heard anything about other tracks not coming across. One would think that if Harmonix negotiated for RB1 tracks to be used in RB2, they'd be smart enough to put in a clause that allows them to use RB1 songs in any future RB games. Same goes with the DLC.

[StorminNorman]

There's more tracks from RB1 that won't export to RB3 (but were available in RB2). They are:

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
Der Toten Hosen - Hier Kommt Alex
Oasis - Rock And Roll Star

The sting with Hier Kommt Alex and Rock And Roll Star is that they won't transfer even if you bought them as DLC (which is how they were available in the US).

These songs from Rockband 2 won't export into Rockband 3:

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Journey - Any Way You Want It
Metallica - Battery
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
Soundgarden - Spoonman
The nine "Harmonix" songs. Apparently these will be eventually be available as free DLC (presumably they're adding pro modes to them).

The annoying part with Give It Away is that it means you can no longer have the full Blood Sugar Sex Magik album if you bought that.

Got my RB2 export to work, finally. If you're getting the "Error exporting token" screen, then just keep retrying until it works.

EDIT: For completeness, here are the songs from RB1 that won't export into RB2 or RB3:

Metallica - Enter Sandman
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (cover)
Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills (cover)
Tokio Hotel - Monsoon

[Munky]

No Any Way You Want is annoying.

One of the best songs in the RB series especially with the crowd mixed in.

[Cubby]

It's quite annoying having to swap discs just to play Sandman, not it'll be worse.

[aubergine]

So anyway, the JB HiFi at Eastland is selling RB3 keyboards. They had the Wii and 360 ones on display for $135 each. Still cheaper to import, but also makes a mockery of the EB employee that told me that they were the only ones selling them.

Can't you also use any midi keyboard with it? or something...

[StorminNorman]

With the MIDI-Pro adaptor, yes. Apparently there's some slightly more esoteric keyboards and drum pads that won't work, but most should.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I ended up ordering the pro drum kit from the EB US site. Including postage it ended up costing me US$160. Still don't know why the pro instruments here are so expensive.

[Cobla]

FYI if anyone wants to download the RB2 tracks into RB3, but you don't have a code, simply go here (http://support.ea.com/chat) and tell them you lost the manual. Worked for me and you don't even need the RB2 disc! (It does cost 800 MS points though)

Also there's been a little confusion as to where you input the 16 char code. What you do is boot up RB3, then go Get More Songs -> Redeem Code

(Entering it into the XBL dashboard is futile)

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

It costs 800 MS points whether you have the RB2 disk or not.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Just got email notification that EB US has shipped my pro drums. Tracking information says that the scheduled delivery date is the 1st November. This just makes more of a mockery of the way the instruments are being handled in Australia. Why would anybody order the instruments from EB Aus for $300 when you can order them from the US for US$160 including postage (I think my credit card got charged about $170 Australian in the end) and get it delivered quicker than what EB Aus could get it delivered to their shop?

[Cobla]

Turns out there's another problem with DLC where certain songs aren't currently working on the 360 version of RB3. They are:

Anvil - 666
Anvil - Metal on Metal
Anvil - This is Thirteen
Dinosaur Jr - Pick Me Up
Dinosaur Jr - The Wagon
Guess Who, The - Hand Me Down World
Guess Who, The - No Time
Tenacious D - Rock Your Socks

They work on PS3 though apparently, so I expect this will just get patched.

[aubergine]

Woah, $240 for the Keyboard and software, no wonder retailers aren't carrying it!

I'd like a game that teaches keyboard though.

[StorminNorman]

So anyway, it turns out that Easy difficulty now includes blue and orange frets for RB3 songs. I think this is a good thing, as it means players get introduced to all five fret buttons right away, rather than the problem I've always had of having to "learn" to use the extra fret.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

People start playing these games on easy and medium difficulties? I always jump straight into hard.

[Cobla]

Yeah I'm a Hard or Expert man myself, but I know my way around a real guitar so that might give me an advantage (?)

[cube_punk]

Got my keyboard in the mail today, been playing for a few hours and love it already. Getting to Expert on normal keys is going to be tough as hell, Pro mode will be the really rewarding part though :D

[aubergine]

Just got email notification that EB US has shipped my pro drums. Tracking information says that the scheduled delivery date is the 1st November. This just makes more of a mockery of the way the instruments are being handled in Australia. Why would anybody order the instruments from EB Aus for $300 when you can order them from the US for US$160 including postage (I think my credit card got charged about $170 Australian in the end) and get it delivered quicker than what EB Aus could get it delivered to their shop?

Where from? I'm after the keyboard.

[Second]

Just call your local JB HiFi. I believe most are stocking.

[Shorty]

I paid about AU$98 for the keyboard from Amazon including priority shipping (3-5 days). Only problem is they don't have stock so they haven't shipped the order yet. You can get one sooner from JB, if you're willing to pay the extra $35.

[StorminNorman]

I was amused when I unlocked this achievement this afternoon:

Dave Grohl Band
Beat 5 songs from any band that has had Dave Grohl as a member.

[JubeiSaotome]

Got PAL RB3 (PS3). Loving it, but I don't have access to my US RB2 disc content anymore. Is Harmonix allowing for region transfered transfer codes?

[Cubby]

No, you have to get the US version, that's why I'm importing it. All my DLC and game discs are US.

[JubeiSaotome]

No, you have to get the US version, that's why I'm importing it. All my DLC and game discs are US.

Well obviously US works with US, but has anyone tried to enquire with support for getting a PAL code for a US disc?

[Sytadel]

With the MIDI-Pro adaptor, yes. Apparently there's some slightly more esoteric keyboards and drum pads that won't work, but most should.

Heh, so I can either buy a $135 keyboard... or I can lug my 30kg digital piano up the stairs any time I want to play RB3. Tough choice.

I'm considering picking up the keys and playing around with pro. It'd be pretty neat if I could use the game to learn how to play songs on my piano.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Where from? I'm after the keyboard.

I ordered the pro drums from the US EB. The only thing I don't like about them is that if you order it with a non-US credit card they want you to fax a recent credit card statement to them. Luckily my work has a fax machine that can fax internationally and I'm the one that looks through the telephone bills for an anomolies :P I am buying the keyboard locally though. I pre-ordered it when I pre-ordered RB3 thinking it would be here at the same time. Wish I hadn't now.

The pro drums actually cost US$170 including postage and my credit card got charged $174. UPS tracking information says the package has left Singapore and is now scheduled to arrive tomorrow.

[banjoeskimo]

Been playing this non-stop since launch, love it so far. Tried keys for the first time today, my right hand now aches with the beautiful feeling of learning a new instrument / forming new muscle memories. Saturday Night's Alright totally kicked my ass.

Will post more once I have time / have stopped geeking out over the game.

[Cobla]

It'd be pretty neat if I could use the game to learn how to play songs on my piano.Yeah that's the main reason I'm tempted to get a pro guitar. It would be nice if Pro mode had a demo option where you could just watch the music / tab as the song plays, even if you don't have that specific pro instrument.

Seems a bit stupid that I have to fork out $300 just for the game to show me what it already knows (ie. what the notes / chords / positions / tunings are).

[Rambo]

Just bought a new mac, so I haven't got the funds to buy this.

Where do you get the keyboard from anyway?

[Second]

http://admin.fender.com/rockband3/exclusive/

Will get.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

That's just awesome. Want it bad. I wonder how much it will cost.

[Second]

I'd say we'd have to import it. It's just too awesome to get locally.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Considering what they'd probably sell it for here if it got a local release I'd be importing anyway.

Speaking of importing, my pro drums arrived from the US today. For the record, that's $174 Australian, including postage, and delivered in less than a week. I'm still waiting on the keyboard I preordered from EB to arrive. Should have just canceled the preorder and got it from the US as well. Would have been cheaper and quicker.

[Lex]

http://admin.fender.com/rockband3/exclusive/

Will get.

I heard these are a total piece of shit from people that actually play guitar. Sub-squier quality.

[Second]

It's not out for another couple of months?

[Lex]

They had them playable at a show recently didn't they?

[Second]

What am I, a Doctor?

[AyatollaofRocknRolla]

I heard these are a total piece of shit from people that actually play guitar. Sub-squier quality.

Really...? I still want one.

[Sytadel]

I paid about AU$98 for the keyboard from Amazon including priority shipping (3-5 days). Only problem is they don't have stock so they haven't shipped the order yet. You can get one sooner from JB, if you're willing to pay the extra $35.

Dang, 3-4 weeks on amazon for the Xbox one :(

I'd really like to get this online and save some cash if possible - has anyone found a good way to get it cheap within a week or two over the net? It's like $100 from the U.S. but will take, I dunno, 3 weeks? Or I can get it for $150 here over the internet.

[Shorty]

Dang, 3-4 weeks on amazon for the Xbox one :(

Yeah, I got pretty lucky. Originally, their delivery date was closer to a month but they must have gotten new stock in recently because they just shipped mine yesterday. Should be arriving next Tuesday at the earliest.

[Rambo]

Yeah, I've bought one too yesterday and it's told me that it's been shipped.

Last time I was on Amazon they didn't ship to Australia?

Also I've ordered the game from Play Asia.

[Cubby]

They do ship to Aus now, for the most part. But they charge an insane amount of postage ($25).

EDIT: I'm waiting on the PRO cymbals to arrive, apparently Monday is the due date. The game is coming from Play-Asia, not sure when.

[Shorty]

They do ship to Aus now, for the most part. But they charge an insane amount of postage ($25).

Still cheaper than buying locally. :p

[Rambo]

I'm using a Roland TD9 Drum set with guitar hero. If I set the midi settings right, I wouldn't need to buy the drums would I?

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Dang, 3-4 weeks on amazon for the Xbox one :(

I'd really like to get this online and save some cash if possible - has anyone found a good way to get it cheap within a week or two over the net? It's like $100 from the U.S. but will take, I dunno, 3 weeks? Or I can get it for $150 here over the internet.

Speaking of importing, my pro drums arrived from the US today. For the record, that's $174 Australian, including postage, and delivered in less than a week. I'm still waiting on the keyboard I preordered from EB to arrive. Should have just canceled the preorder and got it from the US as well. Would have been cheaper and quicker.

Not sure about the keyboard or pro guitar, but the drums got to me in less than a week. Amazon wouldn't ship the drums for some reason but US EB were quite happy to and shipping only cost me US$20. The only thing with ordering from EB US is that if you use a non-US credit card they want you to fax a copy of your credit card statement as proof of who you are and postal address.

Edit:

http://admin.fender.com/rockband3/exclusive/

Will get.

Price announce (http://admin.fender.com/rockband3/exclusive/). $280 (I'm assuming it's US) for it. Think I'll be giving it a miss.

[Cobla]

To me it just seems too cheap.

I mean the Squiers which are okay guitars generally RRP for around $500-$600. This one has all that MIDI and RB3 stuff in it and is much cheaper?

I think it will be a good controller, but a crappy guitar.

[JubeiSaotome]

Rock Band profiles, dudes?

http://www.rockband.com/users/JubeiSaotome

I need some people to follow.

Also, if game linking isn't working. Unlink and relinking should fix it. I've done it twice so far. :S

[Shorty]

My keyboard came in yesterday, four days earlier than expected.

[fishonthecarpet]

Gonna hit this up over christmas and see if I can get a MIDI adapter to use my keyboard with.

[grimace06]

Subdivisions got released as DLC.

Now I have to buy this and a keyboard.

[Cubby]

My cymbals came yesterday, they were due monday. Just waiting on the actual game now.

[naclj]

My cymbals, keyboard and replacement kick pedal are in Perth now according to UPS tracking. so i should get them tomorrow. $200 all up with shipping

had a good bash of pro drums on my mates ion kit and it was great fun.
have started getting bored of 5 button guitar so some new instruments is just what i needed.

im very interested to see how the squire comes out as it is also less than expected.
theoretically we should be able to import it for $300 w shipping.
i was expecting $500 or so.

ive been enjoying RB3. lots of small tweaks to make navigation easier plus now with 300 plus songs in my list there is always something good to play

[Second]

Picked up a keyboard today. Tried it on standard and found it boring, so I switched over to pro. A lot more interesting and potentially more fun.

[Jickle]

So, cheapest keyboard? Zavvi has it for about $108AU shipped, any better offers out there?

[Second]

Why bother going to that much effort to save so little, honestly?


Anyways, didn't have the muscle memory to continue on pro, so I went back to "standard". I seriously didn't realise how little I used my ring finger. Getting used to using it now.

[Jickle]

Why bother going to that much effort to save so little, honestly?

The only effort I've put in so far is making that previous post, and now this one explaining it!

[Second]

That's a lot of effort.

[Shorty]

So, cheapest keyboard? Zavvi has it for about $108AU shipped, any better offers out there?

I think that's one of the best deals out there. My Amazon order was only a few dollars less than that.

[cube_punk]

Yeah my Amazon order was $105AU. Came in less than a week too.

Pro Cymbals arriving today! :D

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Been playing RB3 with pro drums most of the weekend. It definately adds another dimension to it. Took me a while to get the cymbals in a position that I found comfortable, but I'm getting used to it now. Starting to sight read the note track, but still get a bit confused when swapping with the yellow, blue and green cymbals and the yellow, blue and green toms.

[Second]

I've grown bored playing Keyboard. I've got so much DLC that I just can't use. It's terrible.

[JubeiSaotome]

So "Guitar Immortal" unlocks "Keys on Guitar", which is quite literally, playing the Keyboard track as Guitar. Still requiring strumming. Why even include that?

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

Finally got my keyboard yesterday and jumped straight into playing hard pro. Probably wasn't a good idea. I had to constantly look at where my fingers were. I'm going to have to go back to normal hard (or maybe even medium) until I get used to where all the keys are. Got fed up with it in the end and picked up the pro drums again :P

[Cubby]

Can you only get the RB2 songs via the massive d/l? Thats ****ed.

[banjoeskimo]

So "Guitar Immortal" unlocks "Keys on Guitar", which is quite literally, playing the Keyboard track as Guitar. Still requiring strumming. Why even include that?

Probably to encourage people to pick up the keyboard, or "try before they buy" if they don't have it yet.

[JubeiSaotome]

Then it shouldn't have strumming. :(

[AranchineD]

Alternatively, maybe it's so you can play the keyboard tracks on guitar.

[Rambo]

I can play Imagine - John Lennon on expert pro keys now!

Doing the advance key technique now, pretty difficult, but I'll get there. I learnt drums from scratch to pro boredom, hopefully I'll get the same on keys.

I just can't be bothered playing the drums on rockband anymore, I just like the guitar hero layout heaps better. Actually hitting the cymbals rather then a circle note instead of a bar is much more fluent and less of a mind ****.

In saying that, I can't do pro drums until I can confirm the midi pro adapter works with my td-9 drum kit.

[Second]

Just unlocked the Achievement for doing a Flawless Guitar Solo on Expert while playing Rush - Subdivisions. Aw yeah. Also noticed it doesn't have the pro stuff in it. A little bit saddened, but I suppose I've got until March until I get a pro-guitar anyways.

Also been playing pro keys (easy). Getting a little bit better, but I'm still terrible.

[Cubby]

It sucks that there are some in game clothes that I want, but will never get, due to needing a pro guitar.

As far as I know there is no cheat to unlock the clothes.

[aubergine]

As far as I know there is no cheat to unlock the clothes.

Rohypnol.

[Cubby]

Is the midi pro adatper out yet? I remembered that I had a keyboard back home and it's a midi one, so it'd be cheaper just to get the adapter. But from what I can it's not out till the end of the month?

[Cubby]

I thought EB were meant to be the only ones getting the instruments? I've seen the PS3 keyboard in 2 JBs now.

[Second]

JB has the keyboards. EB is just full of LIES.

[JubeiSaotome]

By the by, I contacted EA (Not harmonix) and they converted my US RB2 export key to EU/AU. :3

[Shorty]

They also finally got the export codes working for Lego Rock Band.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

They weren't before?

[Cubby]

I re bought Lego yesterday, US version this time.

[Shorty]

They weren't before?

No, for a few weeks after launch they actually somehow "run out" of Xbox 360 codes for the library export feature. How that happened I have no idea but you shouldn't have any problem exporting LRB songs now.

[Cubby]

Many people got the 1,000,000 point goal?

So far I'm just sitting at 465,000, that was solo though.

[Shorty]

I still haven't gotten that one, though I did get the "Alex's Luggage Combination" goal pretty easily.

[Cubby]

Yeah, I think that's just a matter of time, I'm currently around 30m total score, 21m of which comes from drums.

[banjoeskimo]

Many people got the 1,000,000 point goal?

So far I'm just sitting at 465,000, that was solo though.

You mean for getting 1 million points in a single song? Easiest way to do that is with 4 or more players playing on expert. If you're all playing at least reasonably well and time your overdrive activation well so you get an 8x multiplier you'll get it in no time.

If you don't have 4 players available locally try hopping on XBL. Almost everyone playing online will be on expert and you should be able to get a full band without any trouble.

[AyatollaofRocknRolla]

Fender Squier Rock Band guitar is available from Best Buy for preorder now $279.99. Don't think they ship internationally though, but it will be available at other retailers from March 1st. Announcement for non US territories will be made shortly.
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=211111&p=4224570#post4224570

[aubergine]

Any tips on the best place online to get Keyboard for 360?

I looked back a few pages and someone mentioned amazon, I'd already looked there and it said something like they were new for $150, not sure if that was Australian or not.

They are $140 from EB shops. I want to pay much much less than that! (the game cost me $60!)

Oh yeah, the software dropped to $60 at EB today. (on 360 at least, didn't look for other platforms.)

[aubergine]

Also, I'm looking at the online store in Rock Band 3 and much confusion:

What are Rock Band Network songs and why are they all "currently unavailable"?

How exactly does it work where you can (?) use songs from the the previous game's discs? If you don't have the discs, are those songs available to buy like any other song?

Can the retail disc of ACDC be imported into RB3? I've seen it at the shops for $25 or so.

Also (not a query) I noted the last line in this Rock Band article on Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-23-paul-mccartney-hits-rock-band-3):

A whopping 75 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since launch on 20th November 2007.

And Viacom sold them off as unprofitable? What on earth were they doing wrong?

[Shorty]

Not selling more?

[banjoeskimo]

What are Rock Band Network songs and why are they all "currently unavailable"?

Every week, new DLC is released for the Rock Band platform. This has been the case since the launch of the original game in 2007. However, just over a year ago Harmonix had the idea of letting the RB community buy RB dev kits, and chart their own songs. This project was Rock Band Network. And it's not just crappy "Hey man, let's totally chart our own shitty garage music!" music either, Rock Band Network has generated content for everything from tiny indie bands to major acts like Sleater-Kinney. Basically the only difference between your usual weekly DLC and RBN songs is that RBN content wasn't developed internally by Harmonix, although it is peer reviewed by Harmonix to ensure quality / charting accuracy. RBN content isn't yet available in Australia and some other territories, but if you want it, you can (as far as I'm aware) create a US gamertag / PSN account and use that to purchase content.

How exactly does it work where you can (?) use songs from the the previous game's discs? If you don't have the discs, are those songs available to buy like any other song?

Depends on the game. With Rock Band 1, you simply boot into RB1 and buy an export key from the extras menu, and then it rips the tracks from the disc to your HDD individually, so you can delete any songs you didn't like. With AC/DC, Green Day and LEGO, you boot the games, buy an export key from the extras menu, and then a huge (usually 2+ GB) export pack is downloaded to your HDD. This means they're all packed in together as one piece of content, so you can't delete the songs you hated. On the plus side? That download is permanently a part of your XBL account history, so you can then trade / sell the discs to your liking since you'll never have need of them again. Probably worth hanging on to RB1 though since you'll need the disc if you ever lose your exported songs from the HDD.

Note: in order to buy an export key, you must be using a NEW copy of a game, since you'll need the one-time-only activation code that comes on the back of the manual. The only exception to this is Rock Band 1, which uses a different method for export and thus can be purchased used.

Export keys range from $5 to $10 USD in price. Also, disc songs from any games in the series are not available as DLC. Although there are a few exceptions for songs that have been re-released to support pro-mode content (e.g. a couple of the Bon Jovi and Queen songs) or because the disc songs were covers, and they re-released the songs when they got master tracks (e.g. Iron Maiden).

Can the retail disc of ACDC be imported into RB3? I've seen it at the shops for $25 or so.

Yes. You just need to buy an export key for around $10, and it'll download from XBL as one big DLC pack. Just remember to buy a new copy, not used.

And Viacom sold them off as unprofitable? What on earth were they doing wrong?

Critically? Not much. But it's a lot harder to make a profit off a music game than a regular game, because you're also relying on selling and shipping peripherals. The cost of producing all those guitars and drum kits, then paying to get them out to stores apparently does a huge number on your bottom line. That would be why you're seeing Mad Catz take over distribution and production of instruments since RB3. Couple that with the fact that music games have declined over the last few years due to genre fatigue and you've got a recipe for much lower profits than expected. To my knowledge, as a series RB has turned an overall profit, but apparently the initial numbers for RB3 aren't great. The first week sales in the US were barely above 100,000 and the UK numbers hovered just above 8,000. No that isn't a typo. Eight thousand. Not that I can blame them, EA burned some pretty serious bridges with PAL gamers given the debacles that were the RB 1 and 2 "releases."

[aubergine]

(re ACDC)Yes. You just need to buy an export key for around $10, and it'll download from XBL as one big DLC pack. Just remember to buy a new copy, not used.

Acutally, I didn't get asked to pay any money with ACDC, it just downloaded automatically when I entered the code. The songs then appeared in RB3, although I haven't tried one of them yet (can't be arsed digging the guitar out right now.)

To my knowledge, as a series RB has turned an overall profit, but apparently the initial numbers for RB3 aren't great. The first week sales in the US were barely above 100,000 and the UK numbers hovered just above 8,000. No that isn't a typo. Eight thousand. Not that I can blame them, EA burned some pretty serious bridges with PAL gamers given the debacles that were the RB 1 and 2 "releases."

I wrote a message to EA and sent it to their support just then.

Dear EA

Hi! I’m finding it difficult to send you a letter, so hopefully this message finds anyone who cares about EA customer service.

I wish to express my disappointment as to how Rock Band 3 has been handled in Australia. I have a copy now just after Christmas, which is a logical time to get games, yet the major selling point, the keyboard peripheral, is now completely unavailable. Apparently this is not because of a Christmas sell-out but because it was only ever available for pre-order and there’s no known plans to make more available.

Staff at EB games tell me this is an EA issue and, given the very poor handling of Rock Band and Rock Band 2 I am inclined to agree. I cannot understand why you bother to have such a critically acclaimed, quality game and give it zero support and so zero chance to succeed. You have a clear differential from the Activision competitor and yet you have not made that known nor available to anyone except the very sorts of people who would likely import anyway. Given that the limited keyboard release you HAVE offered is AU$140, a currency currently worth more than the greenback, making the game plus peripheral nearly $250, it seems you want to dismiss this particular market altogether anyway.

I’m probably what is referred to as a “neckbeard”, as my purchasing decisions are affected by my opinion of the people involved. I currently buy no Activision games, a situation made admittedly easy by their sheer lack of variety, and it would be true to say that EA gets the lion’s share of my business, as I follow Dead Space, Mass Effect, Burnout (and now Need For Speed Hot Pursuit), Dragon Age and perhaps other things which I haven’t realised come from EA. I buy downloadable content after reading reviews. I don’t disagree with the spirit of “project ten dollar” although you choose a fine line. I pay attention to corporate activity and philosophy. EA currently has my respect for, as I believe, it’s efforts to become more like Ubisoft, by releasing stable sequels while taking risks on new content such as Dead Space and Mirror’s Edge. I hope this position works out for EA because I think it is good for the industry and consumer, and deserves success.

I’m now struggling to figure out what to do with my Rock Band 3 disc now that I can’t find the Keyboard peripheral in any store in Australia, either real or online, while also wondering how I could afford it even if it was! I would rather buy it at EB, where I can use traded games to mitigate some of the prohibitive expense. I have read that Rock Band has achieved 75 million sales of songs online, which I would have thought is the obvious way for the publisher to make money. I don’t think selling hardware at a loss is good business, but price-gouging on an essential peripheral that isn’t actually available to purchase anyway is daft.

I hope you can reply with information that more keyboards - and perhaps promotion of this worthy game! - will be made available in Australia.

Yours sincerely

[Shorty]

To be honest, I've long felt that EA and Viacom had simply given the Australian market over to Guitar Hero, likely because the idea of actually competing with the apparent reigning champion had been tossed into the Too Hard basket. The subsequent delay and the still non-existant release of RB2 have only served to reaffirm these beliefs.

[StorminNorman]

Note that what you actually need to access RBN songs is an XBL account that has access to the XNA Creator's Club, which is, sadly, only available in North America. This is actually a Microsoft problem, not an EA/Harmonix/MTV/Viacom problem.

It's the same reason we don't have access to all those cool indie games that Americans get.

@aub: The RB3 keyboard was available to buy at JB HiFi for a time. I've seen Wii versions of it as recently as Christmas Eve, it's just the PS3 and 360 versions that seem to have vanished from the face of the Earth.

[JubeiSaotome]

RBN is availible on PSN.

[SOX]

Played a bunch of RB3 with the keytar thingo last night and I am intrigued. Was sticking to Pro Keys on Medium and it was just a bit overwhelming but by the end I was getting the hang of it.
One question - if you play the pro keys/expert on a real keyboard will it sound like the music it's trying to emulate?

Keen to give it more of a go (but not keen enough to buy it for myself).

[Azzaman]

while also wondering how I could afford it even if it was! I would rather buy it at EB, where I can use traded games to mitigate some of the prohibitive expense.

Aren't they trying to stamp out the second hand market? Methinks they'll look at that email and go "mission accomplished!"

[aubergine]

EA are trying to temper the second hand market; I'm not sure they are yet so dumb as to try and eliminate it altogether, new sales are too dependent on it.

[banjoeskimo]

One question - if you play the pro keys/expert on a real keyboard will it sound like the music it's trying to emulate?

That's the idea. If you've got the MIDI converter you can actually use any MIDI compatible keyboard with the game instead of the controller. Assuming you've got an actual keyboard already you could probably try sightreading with the TV volume turned down and see how it goes. God knows there's gonna be an insane amount of people doing that with an amp when the Squier comes out.

[SOX]

If using something other than the Harmonix keyboard, how would you know where your fingers are meant to be placed?

[Rambo]

Well middle C is right in the middle of blue. You can go up and down a full octave. (8 white keys up or back down provided you always start the scale on the middle c).

[aubergine]

I haven't gotten around to playing it yet (have guitar and mikes at least, if not the instrument I actually want) but I'm getting a weird enjoyment out of just building a track library. Have imported ACDC and Lego so far.

Am hoping Beautiful World (devo) is available to download.

[lex3191]

does anyone know anymore about when the six string squier strat will be available?

[Cubby]

March.

[Stevorooni]

Where exactly do you buy the export key from? I want to put my lego songs into RB3, I had a quick look on the marketplace but couldn't find anything.

[Shorty]

You need to go here. (http://www.rockband.com/lego-export)

[JubeiSaotome]

You get that key, enter it. Then run Lego Rock Band and choose export options, it should pop up a store purchase menu and start exporting.

[aubergine]

I googled "export into Rock Band 3" and found a page on the rock band site, seems every game has a different method.

[Cubby]

Only RB1 rips the tracks, the others are d/l btw.

[Stevorooni]

woohoo exported all the tracks from Rock Band and Lego Rock Band. Might see if I can find ACDC and maybe Green Day discs going cheap anywhere so I can add to the collection.

[Jickle]

I exported RB1 and 2, but I'm leaving LRB on the disc. I'm not touching Kung Fu Fighting again!

[Jay]

But I hear it transfers fast as lightning!

[Stevorooni]

I exported RB1 and 2, but I'm leaving LRB on the disc. I'm not touching Kung Fu Fighting again!

but.. Ghostbusters... GHOSTBUSTERS!

C'mon Jickle how will you know who to call when there's something strange in your neighbourhood or an invisible man sleeping in your bed?

[Jickle]

See I achievement farmed LRB so I've already played the 15 or so songs I liked on there to death....

[Dr Skinnybones]

where did people get their keyboards from? the official mad catz don't seem to ship internationally and when I tired amazon, it said it was too big to ship. local eb site doesn't seem to list it either.

[SOX]

JB sell em

[aubergine]

Not anymore they dont.

I tried ringing EB customer support yesterday but they'd skivv'd off work because of the floods.

At the moment, in Australia, it's import or nothing.

[Blackwater]

*sigh* need pro drums, but they cost money

[aubergine]

I'm going a bit nuts buying songs from the download service. Hopefully my great financial drought will end soon and I'll be able to buy albums, itching to get blood sugar sex magic and all the Queen stuff.

But it's pissing me off that I can't get the keyboard.

[aubergine]

What is LP 6 pack, and what is gghat?

[Shorty]

I think he's referring to the recently-released Linkin Park 6-song pack and the song Green Grass and High Tides, which was RB1's equivalent of Free Bird in GH2.

[Tukenstein]

My Mustang finally arrived and I'm delving into the wonderful world of PRO GUITAR! My fingers are killing me, but I'm sure it'll all be worth it to be that annoying dick who plays guitar at parties and, presumably, gets all the women.

SPACE ODDITY, **** YEAH!

[SOX]

My Mustang finally arrived and I'm delving into the wonderful world of PRO GUITAR! My fingers are killing me, but I'm sure it'll all be worth it to be that annoying dick who plays guitar at parties and, presumably, gets all the women.

SPACE ODDITY, **** YEAH!
Are you talking about a real guitar or a pro guitar?

[Sytadel]

I'm going a bit nuts buying songs from the download service. Hopefully my great financial drought will end soon and I'll be able to buy albums, itching to get blood sugar sex magic and all the Queen stuff.

But it's pissing me off that I can't get the keyboard.

I was able to get it through ebgames.com.au shortly after release. I don't think you can buy them just on the streets, though. You could also try the U.S. ebgames.

Pro keys is fun but takes some work. I've only bothered to learn In the Meantime and Walkin' on the Sun so far.

[Cubby]

I've been playing a bit of regular guitar today, working my way up the leaderboard, almost cracked 5,000th lol

BAND = 3,803rd
GUITAR = 5,011th
BASS = 4,190th
DRUMS = 429th
PRO DRUMS = 6,299th
VOCALS = 3,820th
HARMONIES = 6,515th
KEYS = 18,768th

[Tukenstein]

Are you talking about a real guitar or a pro guitar?

I'm talking about whipping out my plastic Mustang at parties and humming the music I'm supposed to be playing while stunning everyone with my amazing finger work. And then afterwards pleading to all my disinterested friends that my TV really did teach me how to play a real guitar.

[Rambo]

I'm like with drums and keyboard :D aha, they ask me how I learnt Imagine - John Lennon and when I tell them they laugh at me :(

[Rambo]

I've been playing a bit of regular guitar today, working my way up the leaderboard, almost cracked 5,000th lol

BAND = 3,803rd
GUITAR = 5,011th
BASS = 4,190th
DRUMS = 429th
PRO DRUMS = 6,299th
VOCALS = 3,820th
HARMONIES = 6,515th
KEYS = 18,768th

You're 429th in the world at drums? I must vs you then :D

[Shorty]

I think part of the challenge there is admitting you played a Lady Gaga song on purpose.

[Cubby]

Just got the "Be A Debaser" goal, hopefully I'll never have to play that crap again.

EDIT: Also sick of that stupid glitch where you are signed into the PSN, but not into the RBN... so none of those songs I just played will appear on the leaderboards or add to the career scores.

[aubergine]

Today's milestone: successfully finished a song on hard guitar.

Never progressed past medium on Guitar Hero 3. The note charting (for most part) seems better or easier or something on RB3. And I'm more interested in general.

Managing to do it with a crippled pinky too, hurts like ****.

Song was "Burning Down The House".

Also, apparently I have nearly 200 songs now. They rack up fast! RB3 + Lego + ACDC + a bunch of DLC (free and paid for stuff) and there's a fair bit of DLC I'd still like to get.

It's annoying we may never get some songs that were on Rock Band 1 & 2 discs, they should make that stuff available.

[Cubby]

Congrats. You'll be doing expert in no time.

Just hire RB1 for the export. RB2 you might be able to get from Europe.

The Camera Eye is a pretty high scoring song on drums. I only did it on hard, and still managed ~392,000

[aubergine]

Don't they have a single use code though?

So I mean you'd have to hope the copy of RB1 you hired (if I can find it!) still had
The code intact.

[Stevorooni]

I think that RB1 just rips them straight from the disc without using a unique code.

[Cubby]

Yeah, with RB1 you only need the export code that you buy on XBL or PSN, and it'll rip them from the disc. With RB2, you would need a new copy.

[aubergine]

Cool, I'll keep an eye out for one.

Also, a friend has been interested in the RB3 fender that's coming out sometime (http://www.fender.com/promos/2010/rockband3/wheretobuy.php).

I haven't checked with EB or JB to see if they are getting any in, but surely it would be cheaper to import it. But I've never imported anything, where would people look for something like this? (I remember lots of people were importing Rock Band 2 instrument packs back in the day, when Rock Band 1 first came out here.)

[Silverwolf]

On the note of getting Rock Band 1 and 2, anyone know somewhere where you can get a new copy of RB2? Looking for it since it has one of the best setlists of all of the games (close competition with the new Guitar Hero though) but its rare as hell on ebay etc.

To be honest I don't really even care about Rock Band 3, I just want number 2 and those sweet sweet DLC tracks.

[banjoeskimo]

If you're importing from the US the only place you're going to be able to find the Fender is Best Buy or eBay. It was originally going to be available at multiple retailers, but now it's going to be a Best Buy exclusive. I'm not sure that they ship internationally though, hence my suspicion that you'll have to check eBay. The guitar itself is going to be $280 USD, and you'll need the MIDI adapter in order to get it to work with the game, which goes for $20 USD. So you're probably looking at $400 AUD, easily, in order to get it shipped from America.

In unrelated news, a new title update is out for RB3. The note runways have been darkened a little to enhance legibility, you can now use breakneck speed in practice mode, and they finally added the ability to deploy overdrive by hitting the "back" button during vocals, so you no longer have to scream to activate it (although you can still only activate during activation sections, lest the update totally break the scoring paths for vocals.)

[JubeiSaotome]

Also, if you're trying to get the free DLC pack that comes with RB3 it may not be compatible with the EU/AU store for whatever system you're on. Depends on if you're getting the EU RB2 or US copy, did the EU copy come with that free DLC pack?

When I contacted EA to transfer my US RB2 transfer key to EU/AU, they also did the free DLC pack key, which didn't work at all.

[Munky]

I got my copy of RB 3 this week.

Is there anyway to do random set lists in career mode?

This was my favourite way of going through the tracks in RB 2.

[banjoeskimo]

I got my copy of RB 3 this week.

Is there anyway to do random set lists in career mode?

This was my favourite way of going through the tracks in RB 2.

Every time you go to a new city and start a new challenge you'll have to finish a couple of setlists to complete that challenge. Which setlists you choose is up to you, some of them will be totally random, some will be random within a certain group (e.g. "Random '90s Setlist" or "Random Classic Rock Setlist") and some are decided for you.

So to answer your question; you can't choose random setlists all the time, but they can probably get you through 70% of the way through career mode if you pick them every time they come up.

[Cubby]

I'm pretty annoyed about being able to use the controller for vox OD and only being able to do it in certain places. You should be able to do it anywhere just like the guitars. There are often times when you don't get the chance to use it when you really need to.

What free DLC pack came with RB3?

[aubergine]

Yeah, with RB1 you only need the export code that you buy on XBL or PSN, and it'll rip them from the disc. With RB2, you would need a new copy.

EB are selling Rock Band second-hand for $27.

The export key only costs 400 points, so if I were an unscrupulous person I could return Rock Band tomorrow and essentially get 53 songs for about $7.

There's a poison kiss with this though, as it turns out some of the best songs described on the packet don't actually export - Enter Sandman, Black Hole Sun, I picked up on a few others (no doubt the full list of unavailable songs is out there in google-land) but even so it's still huge value for money!

[Cubby]

I think there ends up being 5 that don't transfer.

I saw RB1 in BigW today for $25... they only had PS3 copies, but it might be different in other stores. I'm not sure if you can return those though. Just go with EB.

Up to 104 songs Gold Starred on drums now.

[JubeiSaotome]

What free DLC pack came with RB3?

None, but there was a 3 The Doors song pack around launch. Not sure if it's still free or not.

[aubergine]

I saw that "Goal", what does it mean to get "Gold Stars" though? I mean, how?

Also, with RB1 I've now got 250+ songs, which is nuts, and I want more.

Not sure why Guitar Hero grabbed me only as a passing fad, but RB3 has sent me Gotta Catch Em All! nuts somehow.

[Cubby]

Oh that. No, it was only for the first week of RB3's release.

Gold Stars can only be gotten on Expert, and you need roughly 1.5x the points of 5 stars. So if you get 5* at 100,000 on a song, GS will be about 150,000.

[aubergine]

Okay. I might have to try expert on the couple of songs I've mastered on Hard.

I'm finding now that I've broken the seal, I can at least pass many on Hard on the first attempt.

I bought The Beatles for $20 at EB and... I hate it. The opening movie is terrific, but I'm finding the note charts not fun to play, and it turns out I don't like The Beatles' music that much.

They come across as up themselves anyway. I don't mean the people, but "The Beatles" - whoever it belongs to. Too good to mix with other sings by other bands? Why can't I buy Beatles songs in RB3? Answer, The Beatles, as a dated phenomenon, a moment in history, or just a catalogue, is up itself.

They have nothing as fun to play as I Got You (I Feel Good).

[Rambo]

Oh that. No, it was only for the first week of RB3's release.

Gold Stars can only be gotten on Expert, and you need roughly 1.5x the points of 5 stars. So if you get 5* at 100,000 on a song, GS will be about 150,000.

Do you play on Xbox? We need to drum battle.

[SOX]

I bought The Beatles for $20 at EB and... I hate it. The opening movie is terrific, but I'm finding the note charts not fun to play, and it turns out I don't like The Beatles' music that much.

They come across as up themselves anyway. I don't mean the people, but "The Beatles" - whoever it belongs to. Too good to mix with other sings by other bands? Why can't I buy Beatles songs in RB3? Answer, The Beatles, as a dated phenomenon, a moment in history, or just a catalogue, is up itself.

They have nothing as fun to play as I Got You (I Feel Good).

You are insane. Sure the first few career sets aren't that interesting but once you hit the later half it is awesome fun. Sure it's not as hard as RB3 but I'd argue that works for it rather than against.

(I should mention I've been playing solely with drums).

Try some of these ones out:
I Me Mine
I Am the Walrus
Don't Let Me Down
Get Back
Hey Bulldog
I've Got A Feeling

We'll have to get some multiplayer games going at some stage :)

[aubergine]

Got the call on my keyboard today, they have it up at EB, 'cept I'm away until Monday...

[Tukenstein]

That's kinda funny, Aub. I'd never listened to the Beatles at all before buying that ridiculous $350 kit a few years ago on a whim and boy! What a whim it was! Best thing I've bought for my 360. I was in a Beatles induced fever dream for the next few months at least and I still listen to them quite avidly today!

[Munky]

I'm ranked 184 on XBox for The Police's Don't Stand So Close To Me on guitar after FCing it last night.

Must be the weird fingering that throws people off.

[aubergine]

What does "FCing" mean.

Though I know what you mean about people being put off by weird fingering, I could tell you stories, at least, if it weren't for that darn court order.

[Munky]

What does "FCing" mean.

Though I know what you mean about people being put off by weird fingering, I could tell you stories, at least, if it weren't for that darn court order.

Full Combo.

Hitting 100% of notes without breaking the streak.

It's possible to 100% without doing a full combo if you attempt to insert extra strums.

[Pai Mel]

Fully clocking? My mate clocked the pinball last night?

[Munky]

Does anyone know how to unlock the achievement for linking your account to the Rock Band website?

I've linked but have no achievement.

[cube_punk]

Does anyone know how to unlock the achievement for linking your account to the Rock Band website?

I've linked but have no achievement.

Same here. I've had it linked even before RB3 came out! Unlinking and re-linking didn't fix it either.

[aubergine]

I think it worked on mine, although I've truly no idea what devil's pact I've signed by this seemingly superfluous action. They didn't realm explain the features and benefits of "linking" apart from the achievement points.

Presumably EA now has a window into my soul.

[JubeiSaotome]

What does "FCing" mean.

Though I know what you mean about people being put off by weird fingering, I could tell you stories, at least, if it weren't for that darn court order.

FC = Full Chart aka 100%

[banjoeskimo]

Same here. I've had it linked even before RB3 came out! Unlinking and re-linking didn't fix it either.

It never worked for me for the first few weeks after launch, but unlinking and re-linking worked not long after. If you ever linked RB2 to your account, it should do it automatically.

As for linking accounts, it allows to you to build setlists and send them to friends (or back home to yourself) as well as track your progress outside of the game. So not a huge benefit, but if you're super in to tracklist building it's faster than using the game.

[aubergine]

Finally brought home the keyboard today.

Werewolves of London kicked my arse on medium.

[Cubby]

Medium Pro?

[aubergine]

... medium...

Adjusting from left hand four fingers to right hand all fingers is taking some doing. Also, if you play the "medium goals" the leap from the previous songs to werewolves is a big bump.

[Lex]

FC = Full Chart aka 100%

Full Combo*

[StorminNorman]

Also it's possible to get 100% without FCing a song.

[aubergine]

I just spent ages getting better at a song (on keys) but found it was somehow registering, and not registering, what I'd done on the leaderboard.

In the stats it said my score was 10,000 and my place 219th (my first attempt I think), but my top had been 20,000 and 138th. When I finish the song, regardless of my score in that attempt, it says "get 45 more points to reach 137th!" or words to that effect.

Is the leaderboard system in this game broken?

[aubergine]

God. Damn. It.

I went back later and tried again, and it registered, this time (roughly) 125th. So I tried it a second time and got to twenty-somethingth IN THE WORLD and it didn't register.

[keflexxx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2QxLpS3aIM

[aubergine]

Not quite as pressing as unreal tournament load times, but frustrating when I find a song I'm actually good at! (most come up as top 90-70%. in this case I think hardly anyone has bought the song.)

[Cubby]

They take a while to appear, but they are there.

[aubergine]

I went back on today and the highest score DID appear. Strange that it doesn't work instantaneously though.

[Cubby]

Yeah, I used to freak too, But they all show eventually. Are you on 360 Aub?

[aubergine]

Aye, 360.

[Jay]

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/02/the-day-guitar-hero-died/

[aubergine]

Who here is playing RB3 on 360?

I want some more gamertags to chase up the leaderboard than my current nemesis banjoeskimo.

[Shorty]

Feel free to message me if you're up for some Rock Band.

[StorminNorman]

Pretty sure you should have my gamertag on there as well. :P

[aubergine]

I think I must be beating everyone but banjoeskimo on my first attempts?

I'll check if Tamaaya is still there, I sometime randomly delete tags when I don't know who they are (should be law that tags and forum names are similar / the same!)

[Munky]

Aubergine, add myself "Munko85" and have a crack at some of my scores.

I only play guitar though.

[Rambo]

Mine too.

[banjoeskimo]

I think I must be beating everyone but banjoeskimo on my first attempts?

Haha, sorry. You talking guitar or drums? I'll have to start keeping an eye on my scores. :p I take it you're up to expert now?

BTW, if anyone ever sees me online playing RB3 and wants to go a few rounds of quickplay or tour mode feel free to hit me up, it's been a while since I've had a good multiplayer session. I'm happy to play pretty much anything but vocals.

[aubergine]

I'm playing keys mostly. I also just realised my gamertag is no longer in my sig, its "ubergine".

Everytime I finish a song I get a message along the lines of "Great work! But banjoeskimo is 10,000 points ahead of you, dickhead!"

I think I replayed one song until I beat you on it.

It seems hardly anyone is playing Johnny Cash on Keys as I was pretty high on the boards for the ones I've played.

[Tukenstein]

Time to play more keys! I will beat you, aubergine!

[aubergine]

That's the spirit!

[aubergine]

Added a couple of people.

So who else actually has the keyboard? Given you can play the keys parts with a guitar it's not obvious just because you have a keys score!

[Cubby]

You should be able to tell, most people with a keyboard would have at least some PRO KEYS score.

[Rambo]

I only play pro keys, I really can't see the point in playing keys if it's just the 5 notes.

In saying that, I should come back online to dominate some of your scores :D

Banjo, are you on now/anytime soon? We should jam aha.

[aubergine]

I haven't gone to pro keys yet, want to master keys first. Mainly to build strength up in my hand.

[jawsy]

I'm on, but guitar only.

[Cubby]

Haven't really played in a about 2 months, slipped about 1,000 spots in most cases.

BAND 4,989th
GUITAR 4,971st
BASS 5,570th
DRUMS 469th
PRO DRUMS 6,008th
VOCALS 4,084th
HARMONIES 7,166th
KEYS 15,014th

[aubergine]

How do you look up your overall positions?

[Cubby]

On the RB website under leaderboards, as long as you are linked to it.

[Cubby]

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Anyone think this'll ever get GS? You can't even read the numbers they are that close together.

[AranchineD]

Someone already has, somewhere

[Spudzilla]

Look at all those powerchords!!

[Silverwolf]

Someone explain the significance of the numbers to me. I assume thats 'pro mode' or whatever.

[Cubby]

Fret number I believe, and the colour is the string.

[Silverwolf]

Thought so, I would say 'thats not that hard' but I have no idea what the pro guitar looks like etc.

[AyatollaofRocknRolla]

The Rock Band Fender Squire Strat will be available in Australia soon (late april is what they are saying) RRP $350. Available for order from your local fender retailer. You need to get one ordered in. I put an order in for one at Allans music in adelaide. They seem to have a few orders for them.

[fishonthecarpet]

Finally got around to ordering this for X360 with a MIDI adapter for my keyboard.

Hoping I can still get that export code for Rock Band 2 from EA by claiming I lost my manual - cheaper then having to hunt down a new copy.

[banjoeskimo]

Anyone else pick up the Ozzy Osbourne pack this week? Got it last night and it's a blast. Really nice to have Bark at the Moon and Mr Crowley in my collection. :D

[fishonthecarpet]

Hoping I can still get that export code for Rock Band 2 from EA by claiming I lost my manual - cheaper then having to hunt down a new copy.

Looks like this still works. They sent me one. Haven't got my RB3 yet so haven't had a chance to test it. If it works, this is fantastic, I thought I'd have to pay $85 for a new one.

Also spent yesterday checking out songs on the RBN. Holy crap, didn't realise some of the stuff on there was so good.

[aubergine]

Xbox and RBN don't work in Aus, it's shit.

[fishonthecarpet]

Apparently it's all good with a US account :)

[Munky]

Got a keyboard at last.

Pro keys is god damn hard!

[fishonthecarpet]

I'll second that. I feel like such a noob, having to switch down to Medium again.

[aubergine]

so has anyone got Rick astley yet?