Co-Op Couples: Rocking Out, Part One

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brainp0wa Thursday 07th of May 2009 11:21 AM

"Uh, dude? I think my drummer's asleep."

Well it was time for bed and as I put away our gear, she kept at me. "You got beat by a gir-rrrl!" she said and then she laughed some more.

With a bruised ego, and not knowing what I could possibly have done to anger the rock gods, I realized that I would have to show them that I was worthy of their favor again. But how?

The next night we played again and she actually tried a few songs on medium. She bombed out a couple of times and I had to use the overdrive to save her. I should have left well enough alone, but I couldn't help myself. "Looks like I have to save you yet again." I chortled as she shot me an icy look.

Then I figured out what I needed to do to really put myself back in the lead as well as appease the rock gods. I would start playing the game on "Hard". There had been no precedent set as to playing multiple levels higher so as long as I was able to keep from failing out, I would be back at the top of the food chain.

What I didn't take into account was my wife's competitive streak or the fact that the rock gods themselves may actually be female... because almost overnight she started playing all the songs on "Medium".

(sigh)

So we have kept at it and have since unlocked just about every song. I have a handful of songs that I can play on "Expert" and she can play pretty much everything on "Medium" or "High" and overall I am still hanging on to the lead spot even if its just by a thread.

After playing with her all this time I think I know why she really didn't want to sing. Its because when she is playing drums she can still give me a hard time if I start doing badly on a solo or something. "Uh oh! Looks like you're gonna blow it!" She is relentless.

Once we got Rock Band 2 I though I could take a breather but no, she learned those songs even faster than she did before. How much longer I can remain the band leader is now in question.

So, does anyone know anything about ritual sacrifice, or any kind of chant that I could use to get the rock gods back on my side?

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Reader Comments

justabaldguy at 01:36 PM on 5.7.2009

My wife and I just started RB2 a while back. She's exclusively guitar on Easy. She likes the game and loves the songs she knows. I drum mostly on Medium and sing on everything. We have a great time though my wife can only play for maybe two hours max!

roland at 11:08 AM on 5.12.2009

My wife and I have to really avoid bringing any level of competitiveness into our games. We both like winning, a lot, and and things quickly take a turn for the south if we let ourselves compete at all.

hedgehogaj at 11:39 AM on 5.12.2009

Take comfort in the fact that your wife is more skilled at fake drums than anyone I know. The best drummer in my gaming group still fails out on medium sometimes.

My wife (singing) and I's (guitar) band sadly will likely never get beyond 560,000 fans. I've yet to master the orange fret button, and there are some songs a choir singer just isn't equiped to sing on hard.

Biohzrd451 at 11:47 AM on 5.12.2009

Dude me and my wife love some Rock Band. She is pretty good at the drums and a do Guitar, I can handle most of the songs on expert but she ends up saying my butt most of the time .

Brainp0wa at 10:02 AM on 5.14.2009

LOL, and the worst part is that in the beginning I let her win a few times. That'l teach me.

I actually tried the drums a few times based on the fact that I am one mean air-drummer when I'm in my car, but I didn't do so well.

BigBadBob113 at 11:39 PM on 5.28.2009

This is the first game I could really get the misses into. It was one of the main reasons I finally decided to make the big purchase for Rock Band. She loves to sing, so I made sure I purchased a few of her favorites from PSN and whatnot. Shes loving it, and Im happy to be gaming with her. I basically just play guitar, and she alternates between the mic and drums.

We are not competitive about it, although Im embarrassed to admit that she scores higher than me when we play . Still, I dont mind...Im just happy that we finally have a game that we can play together and have a blast with.

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