hewhoislikegod











Joined: 25 Aug 2008

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Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Joined: 25 Aug 2008Posts: 381Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada



Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:32 am Post subject: hewoislikegod - Time to leave (story and shout outs).



I bought the game in April 08. It was my first ever experience with a music game. I can still remember playing it for the first time. Grabbed drums and played medium (because nobody else was playing hard or expert due to the difficulty). I kept overhitting because I was playing the song in my head and adding extra hits. Got tired of seeing the combo break so, I went straight to expert. I got like a 92% on Dani California, 94% on Blitzkrieg Bop and an 89% on Say it Aint So. Meh. I was bored. Picked up a guitar and well...



I guess I became alright at it. I never tried very hard. The scores just came to me. I never pathed. Squeezing and double squeezing were things that I just didn't care about.



It came to the point that I had over 200 bass FC videos on my first YouTube channel and things seemed alright. I was going for all bass songs FC'd on video and half of them on guitar.



I lost it a bit after that. I realized that RB was taking up way too much time in my life. Recording, editing, playing, score tracking etc. It was taking time away from my wife, my family, my job and my health was changing. Anywho. I decided to delete all of my friends list, all of my videos and several of my websites (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook etc).



About a month later, I realized that I still had the urge to record and play. That's when I came up with the idea for the band. I will go to my grave knowing that we were one of the top three bands in the whole world. Raw talent, consistency, humour and the scores were there. Had we played every song, (even without pathing) we would have been the best in the world. No doubt.



Things got in the way though. TJ had work, women and family. Tim had work and woman issues. Toast had school, family and life issues. I had work and woman issues.



So, today is my 30th birthday and I recently told my wife of 3 years to get the fuck out of my life. My job sucks huge balls and I'm so broke you would cry (No. Not like, "can't get that new something this pay 'cause I need the money for car/gas/date whatevs". It's more like, "If I eat more than twice this week, I will have to short the bills at the end of the month" kinda broke). Real human survival type shit.



It's time for me to grow up. Get a grip on this spinning rock and get my poop in a group. Rock Band has no part in that play. It's boring, not funny, same shit over and over and I don't see an end to it. I have an extremely obsessive compulsive nature and feel like it may be time to get a new game. I've absolutely crushed so many complete libraries of titles and genres, it's funny. EA NHL, Tony Hawk, EA skate, Rock Band, Bond, Mario, anything racing etc etc etc.



There are quite a few people here that deserve a good shout out. Even if we never played, you still affected me somehow. Those who know me, know that I love my drummers. Please, dear God, I hope I can remember them all. This list will be in NO PARTICULAR ORDER (if you're at the top/bottom, it doesn't mean that you're my best/worst friend).



skidog71 â Bill, you are the best vocalist in RB history. All the luck with the new job(s) and the family. Say hi to the girls for me.

funkdiggity â Dave, awesome drummer and long time friend. Keep pecking away at the bass scores. lol

pbsp66543 â Tim, youâre one crazy, hard ass mofo. You keep at your job. Forever.

bisq1 - Multi talented long time friend.

***justindeboer â That name has haunted my leaderboards forever. You are the best PS3 bassist ever.

tndrwarrior â Tim, honestly, for a while, I thought the stats were all a lie. I know now that they're not.

tjizle87 â TJ, youâre my RB twin brother lol. We like the same stuff. Ask Toast. :P

***Singemfrc - PS3 bass pwnage. You were always there for competition and jams.

idoitwitmys0x0n â Double Mike, Double Platinum foo! Crazy drum and guitar skills.

Lycrios â Chris, Mah Maritime Brotha! Always so polite, funny and chill. Sorrow OMBFC. Nuff said.

dark1243 â Nick, you were such a good friend and youâve got some skills. God love ya.

Andy_Milne â One of mah faves. Chillin out on the other side of the country and drumming like it was nothing.

***beingmused - I could never shake you. Even though I had way more FCs and GSs, you were always within a few thousand. I guess I should have reduxed my Megadeth and Mayhem.

souhei719 â Very old guitar friend.

Bongoo - My Rock Band equal since day 1. Our scores for bass and guitar were almost the same for every song. Good luck with the website.

a13x1337k â Alex, long time friend and one who has probably spent the most hours playing with me since I started.

***erkle82 â Youâre some fucking hybrid of PS3/360/GH/RB/Les Paul/Explorer/Strat idunnowtfbbq. Buy more songs. FC them all.

MayKay47 â I always thought that you were a dude that loved Pheobe Cates. lol

KEFIOX - My longest serving PS3 friend. We've been through a lot together and someone who has spent many hours with me online.

Epic_Toast â I loved you, you hurt me, I loved you, you hurt me. I still love you and that invitation will be open until the day I die.

dogfoodnyc - Very nice man. God love ya DF.



Pschill, PhillyPride88, CeleryStalkerz, RJUCPU, Ouzo, willay, landofanarchy, KuBuH, kgoscohockey027, I_have_no_peenis, Sixen, internetguy87, woozerkristen, Se7en, t69waller, Icemage_999, murderur69, Dummerbeast, cttoyota, drummerbmw, cRRysTTaLL, killerEJH, MissFourEyes, opp0siti0n, statboyinva, ScottyTheBody, jpiceman, CHuckLeR. Weskerkun and CEEDZ3.



MephistoJak, Sophrosyne, JLC, Carungi, Blob, Duck, Sully, motozach, Lefty, Fedora, IBite, BillTV, Angels, Saiko, machchunk, Santos, ES, Mystakin, Magna720, NoodsNoodle, PunkPanda777, corporalgregg, kknyrass, Blindzorz, azurite, as well as the gazillion 360 drummers that have pwned on YouTube.



S1ckH4nds â So much love, it needed its own shout out. You were always there with kind words, comments, ratings, videos, help and information. I will always remember every video (from the meh, to the widescreen, to the 3 stars, to the FCs, to the HD and on and on). I hope that you and Isabel stay together for a very long time and make some chubby, caramel coloured babies that will have wonderful heads on their shoulders, excellent knowledge of music and will pwn Rock Band 12.





For the love of God, if I forgot anyone, I am beyond sorry.



I just realized that I still have 2 weeks of DLC left to play and I still need to redux like 8 Beatles songsâ¦â¦.awkwardâ¦â¦.



Peace out, everyone.



God love yaâ.

Michael

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After sleeping on it, I realized that my announcement was a little short and decided that, if I'm to go away, some people needed to hear some things.I bought the game in April 08. It was my first ever experience with a music game. I can still remember playing it for the first time. Grabbed drums and played medium (because nobody else was playing hard or expert due to the difficulty). I kept overhitting because I was playing the song in my head and adding extra hits. Got tired of seeing the combo break so, I went straight to expert. I got like a 92% on Dani California, 94% on Blitzkrieg Bop and an 89% on Say it Aint So. Meh. I was bored. Picked up a guitar and well...I guess I became alright at it. I never tried very hard. The scores just came to me. I never pathed. Squeezing and double squeezing were things that I just didn't care about.It came to the point that I had over 200 bass FC videos on my first YouTube channel and things seemed alright. I was going for all bass songs FC'd on video and half of them on guitar.I lost it a bit after that. I realized that RB was taking up way too much time in my life. Recording, editing, playing, score tracking etc. It was taking time away from my wife, my family, my job and my health was changing. Anywho. I decided to delete all of my friends list, all of my videos and several of my websites (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook etc).About a month later, I realized that I still had the urge to record and play. That's when I came up with the idea for the band. I will go to my grave knowing that we were one of the top three bands in the whole world. Raw talent, consistency, humour and the scores were there. Had we played every song, (even without pathing) we would have been the best in the world. No doubt.Things got in the way though. TJ had work, women and family. Tim had work and woman issues. Toast had school, family and life issues. I had work and woman issues.So, today is my 30th birthday and I recently told my wife of 3 years to get the fuck out of my life. My job sucks huge balls and I'm so broke you would cry (No. Not like, "can't get that new something this pay 'cause I need the money for car/gas/date whatevs". It's more like, "If I eat more than twice this week, I will have to short the bills at the end of the month" kinda broke). Real human survival type shit.It's time for me to grow up. Get a grip on this spinning rock and get my poop in a group. Rock Band has no part in that play. It's boring, not funny, same shit over and over and I don't see an end to it. I have an extremely obsessive compulsive nature and feel like it may be time to get a new game. I've absolutely crushed so many complete libraries of titles and genres, it's funny. EA NHL, Tony Hawk, EA skate, Rock Band, Bond, Mario, anything racing etc etc etc.There are quite a few people here that deserve a good shout out. Even if we never played, you still affected me somehow. Those who know me, know that I love my drummers. Please, dear God, I hope I can remember them all. This list will be in NO PARTICULAR ORDER (if you're at the top/bottom, it doesn't mean that you're my best/worst friend).skidog71 â Bill, you are the best vocalist in RB history. All the luck with the new job(s) and the family. Say hi to the girls for me.funkdiggity â Dave, awesome drummer and long time friend. Keep pecking away at the bass scores. lolpbsp66543 â Tim, youâre one crazy, hard ass mofo. You keep at your job. Forever.bisq1 - Multi talented long time friend.***justindeboer â That name has haunted my leaderboards forever. You are the best PS3 bassist ever.tndrwarrior â Tim, honestly, for a while, I thought the stats were all a lie. I know now that they're not.tjizle87 â TJ, youâre my RB twin brother lol. We like the same stuff. Ask Toast. :P***Singemfrc - PS3 bass pwnage. You were always there for competition and jams.idoitwitmys0x0n â Double Mike, Double Platinum foo! Crazy drum and guitar skills.Lycrios â Chris, Mah Maritime Brotha! Always so polite, funny and chill. Sorrow OMBFC. Nuff said.dark1243 â Nick, you were such a good friend and youâve got some skills. God love ya.Andy_Milne â One of mah faves. Chillin out on the other side of the country and drumming like it was nothing.***beingmused - I could never shake you. Even though I had way more FCs and GSs, you were always within a few thousand. I guess I should have reduxed my Megadeth and Mayhem.souhei719 â Very old guitar friend.Bongoo - My Rock Band equal since day 1. Our scores for bass and guitar were almost the same for every song. Good luck with the website.a13x1337k â Alex, long time friend and one who has probably spent the most hours playing with me since I started.***erkle82 â Youâre some fucking hybrid of PS3/360/GH/RB/Les Paul/Explorer/Strat idunnowtfbbq. Buy more songs. FC them all.MayKay47 â I always thought that you were a dude that loved Pheobe Cates. lolKEFIOX - My longest serving PS3 friend. We've been through a lot together and someone who has spent many hours with me online.Epic_Toast â I loved you, you hurt me, I loved you, you hurt me. I still love you and that invitation will be open until the day I die.dogfoodnyc - Very nice man. God love ya DF.Pschill, PhillyPride88, CeleryStalkerz, RJUCPU, Ouzo, willay, landofanarchy, KuBuH, kgoscohockey027, I_have_no_peenis, Sixen, internetguy87, woozerkristen, Se7en, t69waller, Icemage_999, murderur69, Dummerbeast, cttoyota, drummerbmw, cRRysTTaLL, killerEJH, MissFourEyes, opp0siti0n, statboyinva, ScottyTheBody, jpiceman, CHuckLeR. Weskerkun and CEEDZ3.MephistoJak, Sophrosyne, JLC, Carungi, Blob, Duck, Sully, motozach, Lefty, Fedora, IBite, BillTV, Angels, Saiko, machchunk, Santos, ES, Mystakin, Magna720, NoodsNoodle, PunkPanda777, corporalgregg, kknyrass, Blindzorz, azurite, as well as the gazillion 360 drummers that have pwned on YouTube.S1ckH4nds â So much love, it needed its own shout out. You were always there with kind words, comments, ratings, videos, help and information. I will always remember every video (from the meh, to the widescreen, to the 3 stars, to the FCs, to the HD and on and on). I hope that you and Isabel stay together for a very long time and make some chubby, caramel coloured babies that will have wonderful heads on their shoulders, excellent knowledge of music and will pwn Rock Band 12.For the love of God, if I forgot anyone, I am beyond sorry.I just realized that I still have 2 weeks of DLC left to play and I still need to redux like 8 Beatles songsâ¦â¦.awkwardâ¦â¦.Peace out, everyone.God love yaâ.Michael_________________



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