GPS Navigation now has a bladder of steel
Blurry achievement says, “Achievements unlocked: 2 for 45G”
Didn’t even show the individual achievements!
Last Sunday, I held a Rock Band 2 party to do the Endless Setlist 2, which is where every song in the game is played in one go. 84 songs clocking at around 6 hours and 20 minutes. There’s achievements for completing the Endless Setlist, and Rock Band is much more fun played with company, so I figured it was a good excuse to hold a Rock Band marathon party, especially during the holidays when most people are free.
Note it’s still daylight
With the help of Kelvin, Andrew, Jeff, Ravi, Krang, and Avery (and Eubin stopping by to check out the action) we were able to complete the Endless Setlist 2 with three instruments (guitar, bass, drums) on medium without fail or pause, netting my account two achievements:
It’s the Bladder of Steel award that’s super tricky. No pausing means no hitting Start, Guide, or disconnecting the controller. So if the batteries ran out, we’d be screwed. If someone accidentally hit Start while trying to whammy, we’d be jacked. If there was a power outage… you get the picture. Thankfully, no issues came up, and the guys rocked out (well, as much as they could rock out on medium) and were very good at instrument passing when a break was needed.
Resting and snacking between plays
Though, it seemed like these guys had no problem playing for over 6 hours. I didn’t even want to play drums (thought it too risky even at medium), but they insisted. Before starting the marathon, I made Andrew “audition” one of the harder songs just to be sure. Andrew definitely gets the MVP award for doing the drum portions of the last few songs, which probably would have been our undoing without his mad skillz.
The last song, notice it’s much darker now
I feel kind of lame since I only played maybe 7 or 8 early songs, so I don’t feel I contributed much even though I’m the one getting achievement. (It’s technically both Kelvin’s and my account, and he actually played quite a few songs.) People seemed to be enjoying the challenge though; there weren’t many requests to switch off from the folks playing. At least I provided sustenance: chips, dip, sodas, and mini pigs-in-blankets!
Kelvin busting out celebratory cider
The session started around 2:20PM and lasted to around 8:40PM. Score of 466,729 with 405 out of 420 stars. The most ridiculous about this session is that the two achievements are only worth 45 points. Seriously, 25 points for Bladder of Steel??
New thing I learned today: Abnormality is a Massachusetts death metal band, and “Visions” is the first song they wrote. Their vocalist is a woman.
“Visions” has to be the hardest (and worst) song in the game, even though it’s third from the end of the setlist. The song is just… incomprehensible noise. The fact that the vocalist is actually growling words surprises me more than the fact that she’s female.
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