Da Rules

(Credit to the Ubi Forums for some Ideas!):

1. Anyone may join the contest as long as he's a forum member.

2. You can play "Score Attack" On Hard or "Learn a Song" with all sections mastered (all purple): You may also play a song which does not have DD on Score Attack easy if you cannot get through it on hard as all the notes will still show up on easy but it won't X you out as easily.

3. There are three classes: Beginner, Intermediate and Masterclass. If you enter to the contest the first time, you choose your class.

3.2 You are then leveled automatically as follows: 3x =>90% (3 weeks in a row) or 1x 98% qualifies you for the next class. If you score <=79% on a level two weeks in a row you are leveled down one class. You may choose to follow this rule or not we are very laid back on this rule as some songs are either easier or harder so if a given song in a class is too difficult for you please feel free to enter by playing the song you feel comfortable with.

4. Both instruments are leveled separately.

5. You may only enter in one class per arrangement. (Bass, Rhythm, lead) but you may participate in all available arrangements

6. One Song is chosen for all Instruments and classes

7. Every Saturday new songs are chosen. From all participants of a class, one is chosen at random by Kaijin, Krazyone or Richomat.

8. Every member should put the song he/she would choose in the Song Selection List

9. Only 1 song per class will be selected and only custom DLC's with at least 1 arrangement for guitar and 1 arrangement for bass are allowed. Also Originally included DLC may be selected as well. NO OFFICIALLY RELEASE DLC is supported at this time. . 

10. You only need to change the song in the list if you are selected. If not, you can keep the same choice, or choose another, it's up to each one of you.

11. On Saturday, if your name is picked and you didn't entered any song in the Song Selection List, another member will be chosen.

12. Starting with the publication of the songs, you may enter your score.

13. The scores are entered in the corresponding google doc: Leaderboard Kaijin, Krazyone, richomat and afterdark take care of entering the scores.

14. You must post a screenshot with your score showing the Accuracy %.

15. Ranking is done by percentage first, then by Longest Streak.

16. If you play LAS (Learn a Song), you percentage will be always, xx.00%, if you prefer SA (Score Attack), your percentage will always be xx.xx%.

17. You may choose any song for your class as long as it's provided on the forums and has at least 1 arrangement for each instrument.

18. Every song is up for discussion until Sunday around 23:00 UTC. If you think a song is to hard, please let us know in the thread, so we may discuss it.

19. After Sunday 23:00 the songs are set and are not allowed to change.

20. The contest closes the next Saturday around 18:00 UTC

21. The winners are announced in the OP of the corresponding week's thread.

22. Rules may change without notice. So watch out.





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Beginner: Halestorm - I Miss The Misery

Intermediate: Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary

Masterclass:  AC/DC - Back in Black


Last weeks winners:

Lead Beginner: diddie17, mightymouse, kronokel, steroma

Lead Intermediate: jlangley

Lead Masterclass: Thrallsa

Rhythm Beginner: steroma

Rhythm Intermediate: n/a
Rhythm Masterclass: n/a
Bass Beginner: CTr
Bass Intermediate: RevT2, richomat, szur, kabraxis

Bass Masterclass: jesushat

Congrats to all the winners and a special recognition to those who scored 100%. Now lets get this new week started. Will be adding a section to the spreadsheet for points to determine future winners who score 100% on songs. Have to see how this can be done but I know there is a way. 

Leaderboard updated

http://i.imgur.com/FOEne4s.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/J8tna1T.jpg

http://www.peopleblow.com/rocksmith/week23-2.png

 

You must share your 100% magic Krazy. So close, yet so far.

Need a better camera my phone just doesn't cut it. I will post a video soon.

 

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Works for me.I look forward to improving and moving up. The entire idea of this little competition is really cool, btw

 

I believe it's from the original ubisoft forums, might you be interested in playing another championship with official songs. 

 

I would be down for that!  Also am I missing something? When I checked the leaderboards, the song names are different and my name and score aren't there.  Did I forget to do something?

 

I would be down for that!  Also am I missing something? When I checked the leaderboards, the song names are different and my name and score aren't there.  Did I forget to do something?

 

The leaderboard is a multi-sheet spreadsheet.  At the bottom, you should see a list of weeks.  If you open it and don't see the current week's songs, check the bottom.  If you don't see "week 23," hit the right arrow until it appears.  When you click on that, it'll bring you to this week.  In there, I see you as the only bass entrant for the beginner class this week.

intermediate song this week is very challenging... i do not have free time this week, so here my scores, almost first try

I think these 3 songs deserve lot of work, they cover many guitar techniques and improves our playing a lot

 

http://s26.postimage.org/54yoj8hqt/CTr_Week23_IMiss_The_Misery_Lead_001.png

 

http://s26.postimage.org/lu04f5ec5/CTr_Week23_IMiss_The_Misery_Rhythm_001.png

 

http://s26.postimage.org/wuv9k66l1/CTr_Week23_Back_In_Black_Rhythm_001.png

 

http://s26.postimage.org/6nu2o7ob9/CTr_Week23_Back_In_Black_Lead_001.png

 

http://s26.postimage.org/3v0v46nyt/CTr_Week23_The_Wind_Cries_Mary_Lead_001.png

 

http://s26.postimage.org/3wasxlpsl/CTr_Week23_The_Wind_Cries_Mary_Rhythm_001.png

 

Glad to see some Halestorm, and they are one of my favorite bands. However, I do believe this custom isn't 100%. I've always played it in Drop D, and there are parts you play open bottom strings. However, still a good custom. I will be submitting scores maybe tonight.

Glad to see some Halestorm, and they are one of my favorite bands. However, I do believe this custom isn't 100%. I've always played it in Drop D, and there are parts you play open bottom strings. However, still a good custom. I will be submitting scores maybe tonight.

Just checked a live video and it looks to me like she play power cords in E standard.  Im sure its easier in drop D tho.

Leaderboard Updated

 

Glad to see some Halestorm, and they are one of my favorite bands. However, I do believe this custom isn't 100%. I've always played it in Drop D, and there are parts you play open bottom strings. However, still a good custom. I will be submitting scores maybe tonight.

Just checked a live video and it looks to me like she play power cords in E standard.  Im sure its easier in drop D tho.

 

 

Its possible. But from the video below she is in Drop D.

 

 

Also the video below is how I play it. I start with the power chord on the 7th fret, which would be an A power chord (I'm not really familiar with theory, so it may actually be an Am or a variant of A). In the video above Lzzy looks to play it the same way, but her A chord actually uses strings 5,4,3 and using an A there on 2nd fret.

 

That video sure looks like drop d. I guess the chance that she does it in various tunings is really small.

That video sure looks like drop d. I guess the chance that she does it in various tunings is really small.

 

I don't think they do either. Plus her Explorer is her main Drop D guitar. But the reason I mention it is that while in the video during the chorus Lzzy is playing something different, but Joe is playing an open D chord. It was just throwing me off when I played it. Not bashing the custom or anything. Just confusing to me a little.

I'm still glad its in E standard, i hate retuning my guitar. :)

I'm still glad its in E standard, i hate retuning my guitar. :)

 

Me too. Thats why I own 7 electrics lol.

So who wants to explain to the newbie how you can tell what tuning she's in by looking at that video?  I mean, I can tell her hands are in entirely different places than the E used in the custom.  But, I wouldn't have been able to use that to narrow down the tuning.

 

What am I missing?  Are you going purely by sound?

If you look at the video closely and look at her fingers she is barring the low e and A strings to form a barre chord. That is how you can tell its in a different tuning. If it was a standard E tuning she would be doing a power chord for that part of the song on those strings which is what we are doing with the song now. 

So who wants to explain to the newbie how you can tell what tuning she's in by looking at that video?  I mean, I can tell her hands are in entirely different places than the E used in the custom.  But, I wouldn't have been able to use that to narrow down the tuning.

 

What am I missing?  Are you going purely by sound?

 

Well for me its a combo of both. I've always played it in Drop D, but the custom is in E standard. For the most part, the only difference is in E Standard you would use 2-3 fingers to hold a power chord, while Drop D you would only use one, and all three notes would be on the same fret. But on top of that, Drop D is a full step lower on the 6th string, so there is a different sound if nothing is fretted. So just by watching how she is holding power chords that involve the 6th string is a good giveaway on if it is E Standard or Drop D.

 

As for sound, like I said in the chorus there is a part that is a D chord, which is the open three low strings, and you can't do that in E standard.

Was about to say the same thing. Drop D is a full tone lower (2 frets) so yeah, it'd be the same fret for those power chords that use the D string.

That's cheating surely? Easier to play, perform and sing, I suppose. ;)

 

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Yes Drop D would make this infinitely easier to play without a doubt so I am actually kinda happy that its in Standard E tuning as that presents more of a challenge. 

Test ACDC Rythm and Bass

 

http://s26.postimg.org/4zedvxcm1/acdc_rythmus_76.jpg

 

http://s26.postimg.org/9zbu3vi8p/acdc_bass_93.jpg

 

I think I would have to buy a bass Guitar Lol

Another play and it looks like my 1/8 turn on my truss rod has paid off..

Notes I was 'missing' are now detected. I am pretty damn sure I am not playing them differently!

 

98.79% and 223 Streak..  :cool:

 

http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o680/Hostilian/HalestormMiseryL9879_zpsa0d95959.jpg

Back in black is harder than i though.

I miss a lot of notes around all the song. Even in the riff

 

Maybe its the custom, maybe its me...

 

 

 

My score for this week 60% accuracy 17 streak. The song was too hard for my level. I did what i could. Perhaps i'm not ready (yet) to perform a Jimi Hendrix's song.