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Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 658 =-

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Previous’ week Winners are:Lead:
- Beginner: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (96)
- Intermediate: @ALSRC (98.68)
- Advanced: @robolechuga (92.86)
- Masterclass: @shaggy_malagy (91)

Rhythm:
- Beginner: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (97)
- Intermediate: @behemoth8888 (97.01)
- Advanced: @robolechuga (97)
- Masterclass: @Mikson (95.58)

Bass:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @Vodka (98)
- Intermediate Bonus: @Vodka (95)
- Advanced: @ALSRC (100)
- Advanced Bonus: @ALSRC (99.63)
- Masterclass: @pedropmf (99.21)

Congrats to all winners. Well done!
This week’s songs are:
Lead Path:
Beginner: James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover (3*) (E Standard) selected by @Emmy-Dell
Intermediate: Loverboy - The Kid is Hot Tonite (4.5) (E Standard) selected by @Daz40
Advanced: Coheed and Cambria - The Father of Make Believe (6.5) (E Standard) selected by @drand
Masterclass: Sabaton - Hordes of Khan (8.5) (E Standard) selected by @Emmy-Dell
God of Guitar: Ne Obliviscaris - As Icicles Fall (10) (E Standard) selected by @veggs95 [Week 1 of 2]

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover (2) (E Standard) selected by @Emmy-Dell
Intermediate: Sabaton - Hordes of Khan (4.5) (E Standard) selected by @Emmy-Dell
Advanced: Coheed and Cambria - The Father of Make Believe (5) (E Standard) selected by @drand
Masterclass: Ne Obliviscaris - As Icicles Fall (8.5) (E Standard) selected by @veggs95

Bass Path:
Beginner: Loverboy - The Kid is Hot Tonite (2.5) (E Standard) selected by @Daz40
Beginner Bonus: James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover (2.5) (E Standard) selected by @Emmy-Dell
Intermediate: Sabaton - Hordes of Khan (4) (B Standard) selected by @Emmy-Dell
Intermediate Bonus: Coheed and Cambria - The Father of Make Believe (5.5*) (E Standard) selected by @drand
Advanced: Waylon Jennings - I’ve Always Been Crazy (6) (E Standard) selected by @jimmy655
Masterclass: Ne Obliviscaris - As Icicles Fall (9*) (E Standard) selected by @veggs95

(N) - difficulty rating
(N*) - highest difficulty rating for the class (promotion to higher class possible)
(N^) - difficulty rating higher than the highest for the class (promotion possible)

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Guitar scores

Really cool song

17 hours ago, drand said:

Do you happen to have a different version of this song? 😮

I noticed you have a different album cover than the other participants who post their screens with scores. I wonder if you might have a more difficult version, hence the higher diff ratings, but then again, you also achieved 99%, so I don't know...

Bass

2.5/3

2

As Cacahuate mentioned, this is definitely harder than 4.5. I'd give this 5.5/6. Very fun chart to play.

Like in the Rhythm path, Bass is also easier than the rating suggests. 3.5, maybe 4 max, just because it's quite fast.

Similar level to CoC, so 5.5/6. Perhaps even a little easier.

9 ok, some parts are really challenging.

Had the most fun with this song, adore playing basslines like this.

Disappointed that after a number of attempts I was not able to learn to play this at 99% accuracy. I'll have to settle for platinum.

But I did learn one thing about the lyrics while glancing up in Riff Repeater. I had thought all this time that the lyrics were about the "horse of the Khan", but now I know it's actually the "hordes of the Khan" - just like the title might have immediately suggested to a more attentive observer.

Reminds me of the old anecdote about the college student who wrote an essay on the meaning of Bob Dylan's lyrics: "the ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind" (actually "the answer my friends, is blowing in the wind"). My college roommate swore that this happened in his father's popular literature class at the U of Oregon, but I had heard it independently so many times that I think it's apocryphal...

4 hours ago, jimmy655 said:

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Reminds me of the old anecdote about the college student who wrote an essay on the meaning of Bob Dylan's lyrics: "the ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind" (actually "the answer my friends, is blowing in the wind"). My college roommate swore that this happened in his father's popular literature class at the U of Oregon, but I had heard it independently so many times that I think it's apocryphal...

Hell - it´s just too good to be made up - totally made my day, or in the words of the Offspring "The world needs one eyed pizza!"

Greetings to our allstar @NoonyDeloony pointing that out in the days!

Enjoy the moment,

Rod

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Hard won improvement!! I may try but I dont know if I can do better than this...

+ lead

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Solo is unplayable for me

I can't understand how people can be so fast. F1 drivers may be

5 hours ago, aNDESmASAMUNE said:

Hard won improvement!! I may try but I dont know if I can do better than this...

Great score, m8!!! Really well played!

12 hours ago, Rodman said:

Hell - it´s just too good to be made up - totally made my day, or in the words of the Offspring "The world needs one eyed pizza!"

also love misheard lyrics 😂

Nearly 90F right now... too hot but rocking out!!! 🤘🫠 @Vodka I was shook when I checked the leaderboard thought you got the 100 on this, now you have to do it 😆

Is everyone cool with me switching around Rhythm int and adv when I change the ratings? Speak now or forever hold your peace!

9 hours ago, drand said:

Is everyone cool with me switching around Rhythm int and adv when I change the ratings? Speak now or forever hold your peace!

Seems like the right thing to do basing soley on the score boards .
keep in mind, you can also just switch the numbers and have a lower class song for advanced (just so its more "balanced" for future reference).

Either way is fine but i do think the people in those classes should decide if they want the first option or not.
@ALSRC @Vodka @drand @jimmy655 @aNDESmASAMUNE and any int/adv rhy that have not played yet.

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on a side note not sure if i mentioned it before or not but https://radio.garden/ allows you to stream any radio station in the world. thought it was kinda neat zooming into random places in the world and just thought i should mention it since you gave alot of suggestions. a bit surprised how much of the 60s-80s is still being played in alot of them. i had fun listening to random songs in those stations, getting a line from them and searching it on spotify to find other random songs (shazzam obsly would find the actual song if i liked it alot).

10 hours ago, drand said:

Is everyone cool with me switching around Rhythm int and adv when I change the ratings? Speak now or forever hold your peace!

I fully agree!!!

Thanks @drand !!!

10 hours ago, Rodman said:

Great score, m8!!! Really well played!

Thanks @Rodman !!!!

Having fun!!! ...Eventhough I have only managed to reach 2nd place so far... 😅

10 hours ago, drand said:

Nearly 90F right now... too hot but rocking out!!! 🤘🫠 @Vodka I was shook when I checked the leaderboard thought you got the 100 on this, now you have to do it 😆

How did that happened?!?!?!?!?!? 🤣🤣🤣

3 hours ago, cacahuate51 said:

Seems like the right thing to do basing soley on the score boards .
keep in mind, you can also just switch the numbers and have a lower class song for advanced (just so its more "balanced" for future reference).

Either way is fine but i do think the people in those classes should decide if they want the first option or not.
@ALSRC @Vodka @drand @jimmy655 @aNDESmASAMUNE and any int/adv rhy that have not played yet.

--
on a side note not sure if i mentioned it before or not but https://radio.garden/ allows you to stream any radio station in the world. thought it was kinda neat zooming into random places in the world and just thought i should mention it since you gave alot of suggestions. a bit surprised how much of the 60s-80s is still being played in alot of them. i had fun listening to random songs in those stations, getting a line from them and searching it on spotify to find other random songs (shazzam obsly would find the actual song if i liked it alot).

All good with me

On 6/4/2026 at 4:37 AM, jimmy655 said:

Disappointed that after a number of attempts I was not able to learn to play this at 99% accuracy. I'll have to settle for platinum.

But I did learn one thing about the lyrics while glancing up in Riff Repeater. I had thought all this time that the lyrics were about the "horse of the Khan", but now I know it's actually the "hordes of the Khan" - just like the title might have immediately suggested to a more attentive observer.

Reminds me of the old anecdote about the college student who wrote an essay on the meaning of Bob Dylan's lyrics: "the ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind" (actually "the answer my friends, is blowing in the wind"). My college roommate swore that this happened in his father's popular literature class at the U of Oregon, but I had heard it independently so many times that I think it's apocryphal...

Now I always hear it "horse of the Khan" 🤣

A bit dissapointed I couldn't achieve more after a quick practice...

Rocksmith doesnt like my chord slides... 🤣

On 6/3/2026 at 10:50 PM, Mikson said:

Do you happen to have a different version of this song? 😮

I noticed you have a different album cover than the other participants who post their screens with scores. I wonder if you might have a more difficult version, hence the higher diff ratings, but then again, you also achieved 99%, so I don't know...

The darker album art which says Hordes of Khan was one of the earlier versions of the chart when it was released as a single first.
The current version, which I believe you do have, should have the actual album art.
IIRC, the only differences between the old and new versions are found on the Lead arrangement(s). The rhythm and bass parts should be pretty much the same though; maybe some minor tweaks here and there. Nothing major though on those parts :)