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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Well, as I said last night, I've never owned a RB game before, despite having the guitar, so I'm kinda torn on how I want to do this.

    Edit: Seeing how so much of the setlists seem to draw from GH 1 and 2... I dunno if this'll be the final swan song, but it's like seeing old favorites return, and being quite happy.

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  • MasumeMasume Creator Caprica, FloridaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Anyone know what the code on the back of the RB3 manual is?

    Played 'Don't look back in anger' then 'The Power of Love'. Figured I'd start with an old favorite and move into one I've been dying to play since I heard it was on the setlist! Me and the wife have been recreating the band, and although the customize stuff is a little different we figured it out pretty easily. It's better organized overall, we thought. The unlockable specific stuff is kind of silly, but really, who isn't going to unlock most everything by playing the hell out of the game?

    Otherwise like everyone else waiting on the servers for more songs. Might as well export Lego Rock Band instead while I'm waiting. Kara's Special Destiny is on tour again, woo!

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    If you already have a guitar, and you know it works, then get the keyboard bundle if you can afford it. If not, just get the game and save your pennies for next month or something.

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  • Squirminator2kSquirminator2k they/them North Hollywood, CARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Took me a while, but my export is happening now. Is this just the RB2 songs "as is" or did they add Pro stuff to some (or all) of the songs?

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Took me a while, but my export is happening now. Is this just the RB2 songs "as is" or did they add Pro stuff to some (or all) of the songs?

    I admit I didn't look very hard, but what I saw had no added Pro content that wasn't already there.

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  • Squirminator2kSquirminator2k they/them North Hollywood, CARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Righto. Which reminds me, I should probably uninstall RB2 from my 360's hard drive considering I'm probably not going to play it again for a while.

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    If you already have a guitar, and you know it works, then get the keyboard bundle if you can afford it. If not, just get the game and save your pennies for next month or something.

    Funny part is that it never worked, I just never got off my ass to contact EA. A couple of the buttons take a ton of pressure to work properly.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Is it just me, or are the keys for Riders on the Storm way too fucking quiet? You can barely even hear them, and they're a huge part of the song.

    edit: or did I accidentally turn down the volume for whatever instrument is active without knowing it?

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Athenor wrote: »
    If you already have a guitar, and you know it works, then get the keyboard bundle if you can afford it. If not, just get the game and save your pennies for next month or something.

    Funny part is that it never worked, I just never got off my ass to contact EA. A couple of the buttons take a ton of pressure to work properly.

    Then you don't really have a guitar, do you? You probably won't be able to RMA the thing at this point.

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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Shit, after assembling the erector-set kuldge that is the cymbal kit, I try to turn my drum-kit on and nothing.

    After trying 3 different sets of batteries and checking for any problems with the contacts, I'm concluding that sometime in the last 6 weeks since I used it, my drum-kit decided to shit the bed.

    Looks like I'll be exchanging this cymbal kit for a set of RB3 drums.

    Reminds me of when I accidentally carpet-shocked my headphone jack thing on my RB2 kit. Insta-bricked. :(

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Athenor wrote: »
    If you already have a guitar, and you know it works, then get the keyboard bundle if you can afford it. If not, just get the game and save your pennies for next month or something.

    Funny part is that it never worked, I just never got off my ass to contact EA. A couple of the buttons take a ton of pressure to work properly.

    Then you don't really have a guitar, do you? You probably won't be able to RMA the thing at this point.

    Nah. It still works. I think just something's out of alignment, I'm just a bit afraid to open it.

    What's really sad is that I bought it literally 2 weeks before Circuit City closed in my own, and they weren't offering any refunds/exchanges at that time.

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  • OmeksOmeks Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I just spent the last hour making up all the characters in my band and I haven't even played a single song yet. What's wrong with me!?

    On the plus side, the RB2 ecport code finally just went through. Now I just need to wait...for 2 GB to download.

    On the negative side, the Gamestop code is still giving me the same "Please Try Again Later" message. EDIT: HA! Never mind, it worked!

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Athenor wrote: »
    Athenor wrote: »
    If you already have a guitar, and you know it works, then get the keyboard bundle if you can afford it. If not, just get the game and save your pennies for next month or something.

    Funny part is that it never worked, I just never got off my ass to contact EA. A couple of the buttons take a ton of pressure to work properly.

    Then you don't really have a guitar, do you? You probably won't be able to RMA the thing at this point.

    Nah. It still works. I think just something's out of alignment, I'm just a bit afraid to open it.

    What's really sad is that I bought it literally 2 weeks before Circuit City closed in my own, and they weren't offering any refunds/exchanges at that time.

    You should try calling EA just to be sure, but if they won't RMA it, then you don't really have anything to lose by opening it up. Doc So_Cal runs a forum that's basically for people to talk about fixing and modding their gear. If you're unsure about what you're doing, check it out. There's probably plenty of info there to help.

    Ultimately, if you have the money, get the bundle. If not, save up until you do. Just in case the guitar is totally borked.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2010
    Also, this just in: Green Day Rock Band for Wii is also now exportable into RB3 via it's manual code. And you can select individual songs, too

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  • Squirminator2kSquirminator2k they/them North Hollywood, CARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Last night I stayed up late with the intention of creating British comedian/singer-songwriter Bill Bailey to play in my band, but I couldn't find the right hair so I ended up making the principal characters from my webcomic instead.

    Tonight, I may try to make Tim Minchin.

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Omeks wrote: »
    I just spent the last hour making up all the characters in my band and I haven't even played a single song yet. What's wrong with me!?

    On the plus side, the RB2 ecport code finally just went through. Now I just need to wait...for 2 GB to download.

    On the negative side, the Gamestop code is still giving me the same "Please Try Again Later" message. EDIT: HA! Never mind, it worked!

    In all the time I spent waiting this morning until I could finally start playing, I was concerned that my band name would be taken. After that, nothing I did was a waste of time.


    From henry via the Rock Band Twitter page:
    If you're having trouble sorting by Artist in RB3 try turning off song recommendations and you should be okay. Working on a fix.

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  • a5ehrena5ehren AtlantaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Man, I tried to find a new guitar today (my GH:WT guitar's downstrum just quit, and my RB1 Strat is suboptimal), but no one in the world seems to carry standalone guitars. :(

    Also, did we ever get any reason why the MIDI adapter has been delayed to the end of November? My wife already has a pretty decent keyboard, so I'm not dropping $80 for the RB3 one...

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  • Squirminator2kSquirminator2k they/them North Hollywood, CARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The Fry's in Burbank has standalone everything.

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  • hobbifiedhobbified Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Man, fuck GameStop. So I'm in Canada and was looking (like a fool) for the keyboard bundle here. Went into GameStop and asked them, and they said it was "pre-order only". I asked if they had had some to clarify whether they even existed in Canada, and she replied, "They were only available for pre-orders."

    So thinking (like a rational person) that that meant that they had had some, but not many, I called Futureshop. Fortunately they aren't dicks and just told me, "We don't have any, GameStop doesn't have any, and our store in the next town over doesn't have any. Sorry dude." Nice, so I had to call Futureshop to find out that Gamestop didn't have any?

    Then I bought the game at HMV for $5 less than GameStop was charging.

    I think they canceled production of the bundle. I had my pre-order in at Amazon, for the game/keyboard bundle, and I got an email Sunday night saying that that item didn't exist, but I could get the game and keyboard separately instead. Still got the discounted price thanks to a voucher though, so it was cool.

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  • BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    No idea why the MIDI adapter was delayed, but I will be anxiously awaiting it so that I won't have to get another drumkit.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Goin' through the keyboard tutorials, to both learn not to be total shit and also to get the hang of playing one-handed

    ow my hand is not used to bending this way

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Ok for some reason you can't hear the keys on any of the songs from the Doors Free Pack.

    Redownloading, and I really hope this fixes it.

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  • Squirminator2kSquirminator2k they/them North Hollywood, CARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    Ok for some reason you can't hear the keys on any of the songs from the Doors Free Pack.

    Redownloading, and I really hope this fixes it.
    I'd recommend checking the audio settings on your console, TV and/or sound system while you're add it.

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    Ok for some reason you can't hear the keys on any of the songs from the Doors Free Pack.

    Redownloading, and I really hope this fixes it.
    I'd recommend checking the audio settings on your console, TV and/or sound system while you're add it.

    The Youtube vid I watched had the same issue. May be a bug.

    And these last few posts reminded me that I do have a couple MIDI keyboards floating around, so I should probably wait.

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  • a5ehrena5ehren AtlantaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The Fry's in Burbank has standalone everything.

    At the time I was out, my Fry's was like an hour away with traffic - I'm gonna try the Gamestop near work tomorrow and then Fry's this weekend if I don't find one.

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  • DeathPrawnDeathPrawn Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Oh god.

    Expert Pro Keys is the best thing ever.

    Whip It keytar style pretty much made my life.

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  • GarethMagisGarethMagis Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I like the premise of the sort of quick play sort career mode hit the road mode. complete challenges so that you can get a really high st... err... spade count? This kinda sounds like something that i saw in another rhythm game on the upside though later on i can brag about how many sta... spades i have on the score hero message board

    /sarcasm

    seriously though wtf

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    a5ehren wrote: »
    Man, I tried to find a new guitar today (my GH:WT guitar's downstrum just quit, and my RB1 Strat is suboptimal), but no one in the world seems to carry standalone guitars. :(

    Also, did we ever get any reason why the MIDI adapter has been delayed to the end of November? My wife already has a pretty decent keyboard, so I'm not dropping $80 for the RB3 one...

    Harmonix members are answering questions on Twitter but I don't want to be belligerent and demand answers to stuff like "why no PS3 bundle" and "why has the adapter been delayed"

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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Oh man. Downloading the STP, both Doors packs, and my RB2 import.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I like the premise of the sort of quick play sort career mode hit the road mode. complete challenges so that you can get a really high st... err... spade count? This kinda sounds like something that i saw in another rhythm game on the upside though later on i can brag about how many sta... spades i have on the score hero message board

    /sarcasm

    seriously though wtf

    these words all mean something

    individually

    now how to proceed from there

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  • GunstarGunstar Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Athenor wrote: »
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    Ok for some reason you can't hear the keys on any of the songs from the Doors Free Pack.

    Redownloading, and I really hope this fixes it.
    I'd recommend checking the audio settings on your console, TV and/or sound system while you're add it.

    The Youtube vid I watched had the same issue. May be a bug.

    And these last few posts reminded me that I do have a couple MIDI keyboards floating around, so I should probably wait.

    wait you can actually connect to the rock band store? shiiit

    edit: nevermind i guess i just didnt check today. leaderboards still telling me to connect to rock central first though

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  • Descendant XDescendant X Skyrim is my god now. Outpost 31Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Is the PS3 export code out yet?

    Rockband.com is STILL not live and I'd really like to download the RB2 tracks.

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  • hobbifiedhobbified Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Any PS3 people? Does online play uh... work yet? All I get is "connecting to the rock central game servers" and then "failed to register session", want to know if it's just me or what.

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  • MasumeMasume Creator Caprica, FloridaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Did anyone else pre-order from Amazon? I haven't heard anything about my guitar bonus as of yet.

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  • hobbifiedhobbified Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Looks like someone flipped a switch. PS3 has gone from "connecting" to "registering" (although still no progress) and the rockband.com site has gone from "coming soon" to completely unavailable.

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  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    so I was all excited to pick up a keyboard bundle after my 151.2km commute back from work only to find out that EA allegedly fucked something up and decided that my city wasn't worthy of receiving bundles. Not a store in my whole damn town had a bundle and both EB and TRU corroborated the story.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    my fingers are cramping and I'm not even through the medium tutorials

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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    So... anyone want to get a band going?

    EDIT: Someone throw me an invite on LIVE. I'll play anything but the guitars. Back to Road Challenges.

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  • ShadeShade Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Still can't redeem the gamestop code. Says the code expires at the end of today, think thats going to be true? :/

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It says it expires on this day a year from now, check again.

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