Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 680 =-

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Previous' week Winners are:

Lead:
- Beginner:@ModestMonk (96.02)
- Beginner Bonus:@ModestMonk (97.3)
- Intermediate:@jimmy655 (98)
- Intermediate Bonus:@jimmy655 (96.82)
- Advanced:@CraigDengate (97)
- Advanced Bonus:@cacahuate51 (95.65)
- Masterclass:@shaggy_malagy (94.87)
- Masterclass Bonus:@shaggy_malagy (95.28)
- God of Guitar: Leader after week 2 is @shaggy_malagy(92), 2 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Rhythm:
- Beginner: @ModestMonk (98.21)
- Beginner Bonus: @ModestMonk (97.97)
- Intermediate: @ALSRC (98)
- Intermediate Bonus: @ALSRC (95)
- Advanced: @jimmy655 (98.28)
- Advanced Bonus: @jimmy655 (96.35)
- Masterclass: @LuZifeR (98)
- God of Rhythm: Leader after week 2 is @LuZifeR (97), 2 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Bass:
- Beginner: @MotivatedCF (100)
- Beginner Bonus: @MotivatedCF (100)
- Intermediate: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (96)
- Intermediate Bonus: @MaltaSoron (97)
- Advanced: @ALSRC (98.44)
- Advanced Bonus: @drand (98.49)
- Masterclass: @JobwanMojo (99.85)
- Masterclass Bonus: @Nomgoose (99.87)
- God of Bass: Leader after week 2 is @Nomgoose (97.2), 2 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

This week's songs are:

Lead Path:
Beginner:Korn - Word Up!(3*)(D Standard)selected byc
Beginner Bonus:Linkin Park - One More Light(2)(E Standard) capo required Alt. Lead path!!!! selected byc
Intermediate:Hot Milk - HORROR SHOW(4)(Eb Drop Db)selected byc
Intermediate Bonus:The Black Keys - Stay In Your Grave(4)(E Standard)selected byc
Advanced:Royal Blood - Dead Company(6)(D Drop C)selected byc
Masterclass:Guns N' Roses - November Rain(7.5)(Eb Standard)selected byALSRC
Masterclass Bonus:Phinehas - Fleshkiller(8.5)(D Drop C)selected bydrand
God of Guitar:Death - The Sound of Perseverance Full Album(10)(D Standard)selected bypoll[Week 3 of 4]

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: Korn - Word Up! (2) (D Standard) selected by c
Beginner Bonus: The Black Keys - Stay In Your Grave (1.5) (E Standard) Alt. Lead path!!!! selected by c
Intermediate: Hot Milk - HORROR SHOW (4) (Eb Drop Db) selected by c
Intermediate Bonus: Linkin Park - One More Light (4) capo required (E Standard) Lead path!!!! selected by c
Advanced: Royal Blood - Dead Company (6) (D Drop C) - Alt. Lead path!!!! selected by c
Advanced Bonus: Guns N' Roses - November Rain (4.5) (Eb Standard) selected by ALSRC
Masterclass: Lita Ford - Close My Eyes Forever 7.5) (E Standard) Lead path!!!! selected by c
God of Rhythm: Death - The Sound of Perseverance Full Album (10) (D Standard) selected by poll [Week 3 of 4]

Bass Path:
Beginner: The Black Keys - Stay In Your Grave (2) (E Standard) selected by c
Beginner Bonus: Hot Milk - HORROR SHOW (4^) (Eb Drop Db) selected by c
Intermediate: Guns N' Roses - November Rain (5*) (Eb Standard) selected by ALSRC

Mikson has made one with different bass levels if anyone prefers it: here
Intermediate Bonus: Korn - Word Up! (4) (D Standard) selected by c
Advanced: Royal Blood - Dead Company (6.5) (D Drop C) selected by c
Advanced Bonus: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Bill's Mandolin (6.5) (E Standard) selected by c
Masterclass: Primus - The Ol' Grizz (9*) (E Standard) selected by c
Masterclass Bonus: Tilly Louise - Join the Club (6.5) (E Standard) selected by c
God of Bass: Death - The Sound of Perseverance Full Album (10) (D Standard) selected by poll [Week 3 of 4]

(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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32 minutes ago, cacahuate51 said:

but its rated a 4 and in the intermediate path..? I did want to put it in beginner years ago but its been int this whole week

Now I'm really confused, because the championship announcement doesn't have it in Intermediate:

Bass Path:
Beginner: The Black Keys - Stay In Your Grave (2) (E Standard) selected by c
Beginner Bonus: Hot Milk - HORROR SHOW (4^) (Eb Drop Db) selected by c

I do love some Word Up! by Korn

3 hours ago, MotivatedCF said:

Now I'm really confused, because the championship announcement doesn't have it in Intermediate:

Bass Path:
Beginner: The Black Keys - Stay In Your Grave (2) (E Standard) selected by c
Beginner Bonus: Hot Milk - HORROR SHOW (4^) (Eb Drop Db) selected by c

Yeah on themed weeks we might take some liberties to fit certain songs in on bonus 😅 also I tend to rate higher compared to other hosts is why it might feel different from last week's (depending on who's hosting the initial ratings might differ usually by 0.5-1.0)

That's why all players have the power of one vote per scorecard and difficulty ratings are adjusted at the end of the week, for the price of one e-mail address for OTP login purposes, you too could decide the fate of the song in the history books😉
https://drandgb.github.io/Rocksmith-Championship/#scoreboard/680
Made some updates to the forum banners today to show off more winner medals

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lol that caught me off guard

Baby steps!

LMAO apparently I lied to y'all. Got some inspiration after watching @shaggy_malagy stream today, so here's another Death run through. Damn near 100%'ed Flesh and the Power It Holds this time around. Still need to get down Scavenger of Human Sorrow. Maybe I should just download that track and hammer it out:

i have a lot of background static like you @Vodka gotta set aside time to figure it out

Well dang, I need more Death in my life! This album is amazing

@Alan24 just dropped an update to fix the bass arrangement make sure to grab it!
https://ignition4.customsforge.com/cdlc/60530
Thanks for the heads up @Nomgoose :)

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Good to see you @TrevyMetal! 🤘😄

Physically tuning down to Eb standard rather than using the drop pedal sounds a lot better while playing - and makes the bends easier. But downtuning any further doesn't work with any of my guitar setups unfortunately.

Great thing about getting a horrible score is you can improve 5% next time. Now I just need to do that a few more times...

Here one percent improvement each time is good enough for me...

Cool I always see this band mentioned along with The Warning, nice to finally hear it
feels like it would fit right into Beat Saber fun chart

Hopefully i can completionist bass too once my right hand heals

And another couple improvements:
That section with the slide from fret 3 to 15 and back was a pain to get, but we got there:

oops forgot this one

I think this chart is identical to the bass chart (and the alternate lead just seems to shift the solo up an octave). For me it's quite a bit harder to play this with a pick, hopefully I'm learning something...

I'm not sure my fingers have much more left in them... lol

Its starting to sound good at least which is more than I can say for the start of the week.

10 hours ago, drand said:

Yeah on themed weeks we might take some liberties to fit certain songs in on bonus 😅

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LOL, still in a trick or treat Halloween spirit eh? 😅 I love it! 😁

7 hours ago, TrevyMetal said:

Well dang, I need more Death in my life! This album is amazing

Welcome to this week Championship @TrevyMetal , great to have you with us!

More progress. Screenshots posted here in the order they were taken (ups and downs on scores, on streaks, on multipliers, everything ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Hopefully one day I'll be able to align all of these 😅). Monotonous fast pace (for me) bass line, but a very good exercise for my fingers.

3 hours ago, MotivatedCF said:

LOL, still in a trick or treat Halloween spirit eh? 😅 I love it! 😁

Halloween/day of the dead but yea close enough :P
I add bonus songs so players have more choices if they dislike a track, keeping participation up. With over 1k songs on the suggestion list, sticking to one per class would take forever, plus it helps manage different tunings and difficulty levels.
Edit: i edit my comments too often 😅

1 hour ago, cacahuate51 said:

Halloween/day of the dead but yea close enough :P
I add bonus songs so players have more choices if they dislike a track, keeping participation up. With over 1k songs on the suggestion list, sticking to one per class would take forever, plus it helps manage different tunings and difficulty levels.

Same same