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Contents  1. My Scorehero Experience   2. Awesome Links   3. My favorite non-GH/RB Games   4. Useless KickU Trivia   5. Most Wanted DLC   6. Custom Guitars   7. Guitar Hero Accomplishments   8. Rock Band Accomplishments

Pre-Guitar Hero

My real name is Mike and I live in Waynesboro, Virginia. I'm 25 years old and live with my Wife, dog, and two cats. I've been going by the handle IWillKickU⇒ since 2001 when I spent as much time on battle.net playing Diablo II as I do now on ScoreHero. When I moved on from Diablo, I kept the handle for the rest of my adventures in the video gaming world. My first video gaming love was Final Fantasy. I played Final Fantasy I way back in the NES days, but never beat it until I was a little older and understood RPGs better. I played the crap out of Final Fantasy IV and VI in the SNES days and did all sorts of rediculous speed runs and single player challenges, etc... After that, I spent a brief period trying to convince myself that the N64 was worthwhile, but when Final Fantasy jumped to Sony, so did I. When I got my Playstation, I discovered that there was another video game franchise worth playing. Enter Tony Hawk. I spent my PS1 years dominating various Final Fantasy titles, and TH1 and 2. Then my video game career entered a dark period when I went to college, and was console-less. I HAD TO PLAY PC GAMES!!! PC was spent mostly on Diablo II, although I did take a brief hiatus to play through GTA III and Vice City. Eventually I reverted back to NES and SNES via emulators, because PC gaming blows as hard as your 5-year-old laptop does... When I came home from college, I bought myself a shiny new PS2, and proceded to replay my FF games, get all the Tony Hawks that came out while I was away, and replay the GTA series, along with San Andreas. Finally, I saved up enough paypal dollars to purchase Guitar Hero II.

I was in love

Guitar Hero was AWESOME!!! I played through the easy and medium careers very quickly, but had a hell of a time adjusting to hard. It took me WAAAAY too long to beat hard, and I had started (and got stuck) on expert too. I had hit a wall, and just really wasn't feeling the GH anymore. Finally, I stumbled upon ScoreHero from www.gamefaqs.com (I really don't recommend that you click that link) and registered in December of '07, although didn't even touch the forums. You see, the good people (sic) of Gamefaqs warned me that if I posted on the ScoreHero forums, there was a 99% chance that I would be banned immediately for no good reason. ScoreHero was a bunch of elitist hard-asses who don't want to have fun and were just obsessed with plastic guitars. SOUNDS LIKE MY KINDA PLACE, miright?

IWillKickU⇒ on ScoreHero

Anyhoo, once I got to know Scorehero I came out of Lurking status and made My first post∞ (a real beauty right? >_>). Scorehero got me back into GH, and gave me the motivation to finally beat Hard, and even Expert. Since then, it's been a roller coaster. I quickly established myself as a "hardware guy" and helped a lot of n00bs by regurgitating information that I read here on Scorehero. I made it a point to be as helpful as possible in the Hardware section, and even wrote a guide that got a sticky! Once I had been stickied, I figured that I was important enough to the SH community, that I could post whatever I wanted where ever I wanted whenever I wanted. I was wrong. I was (deservedly) Perma-Rockered in March '08 for posting excessive useless posts that I thought were funny (evidently the site staff didn't share my humor!). For seven aweful days, my GuitarLegend rank was replaced with Rocker. I didn't bitch and cry when I got perma-rockered. I just cut my useless posts completely and retreated to sections of the sight where people new and respected me, and returned to my useful ways. After a week, I had my title back, but I didn't return to my old obnoxious ways. Since being perma-rockered, I've gotten a much better understanding of what is a good post and what is not. I do my best now to post well, and it's payed off. I was even the recipient of the prestigeous EWiggen's Poster of the Week Award! Here's some of the other ways that I think I've been a benefit to the community:

IWillKickU⇒'s Awesome threads of Awesomeness

Some of my best topics from the Scorehero forums are:
Official Controller Compatibility Guide.∞ - So helpful, it got a sticky! Now in wiki form: Controller Compatibility.
The Guitar Hero Weekly Top 10∞ - Billboard style, for your historical data tracking pleasure.
Gamertag registry for non-GH/RB games∞ - Play other games on XBL with Scoreheroers.
PS2 Kramer Neck Hardwiring Guide∞ - Complete with pictures of puppies and kitties!!!
I concieved of The GH Accomplishment Timeline∞, but didn't have the time to upkeep that thread along with the others that I already was maintaining, so Gotsmack ran with the idea and did a far better job than I EVER imagined myself doing with it.
I created almost all of the wiki-pages for Rock Band DLC track packs, and cross referenced them with thier song pages, along with some other useful wikipages.
I also am on the ScoreHero League planning commitee, and have access to the super secret ScoreHero leagues pages, so if you have a good idea for the leagues, feel free to PM me on the forums or in IRC.

Other Threads of Win

The Epic Tale of the Endless Setlist∞ - If you haven't read this, you're not my friend. It's the first exploits of The Disasterbaters!
My Old GH Accomplishment thread∞ - I may use this still, but not the way I have been.
My Old RB Accomplishment thread∞ - See above.
The Best Rivalry that ScoreHero has Evar Seen∞ - Maybe an exageration, but only a slight one.
Thursday Night Rock Band in Harrisonburg, VA∞ - Want to meet me IRL? Here's where you can do that.

My Other favorite Video Games

Nintendo

Super Nintendo

Nintendo 64

Playstation

Playstation 2

Xbox 360

PC

Read this crap! It'll be Awesome!

• One time, I wrote a book. It was published. If you can link me to a copy of the book I wrote, you win a cookie (this actually isn't a joke)
• I used to like Star Wars∞ Better, but now I'm a fuckin' Trekkie∞! Stamp it.
• I couldn't swim until I was 12. But I became captain of the swim team in high school.
• I've done 49 exact cutoff proofs, that earned me 157 contribution points. I've still got 72 sitting there collecting dust.
• I once lost 17 pounds in 4 weeks doing Tae-Bo∞.
• My favorite breakfast cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch∞.
• I had my first kiss when I was 3 years old. I've kissed at least one girl every years since! (sorry, no fat chicks)
• I smoke cigarettes∞. A lot!
• My wife named our cat, Denver, after one of her co-workers! >:| Not cool, wife, not cool!
• I'm going hunting this fall, and I'm going to kill, clean, and eat a deer. It'll be my first, and I'm 25 years old!
• My ancestors owned George Washington Carver's∞ family.
• I'm an Atheist∞.
• I like gay people∞, and have a ton of gay friends, but I've never had sex with one.
• My brother speaks fluent Esperanto∞.
• I used to have a motorcycle∞, and was almost in a serious accident. I flew through the air like Superman∞, but landed back on the bike (WTF?)!
• I have a Shakespeare∞ bobblehead on my desk at work.
• My life long dream is to create an army of evil bobbleheads∞, like Satan, Hitler, George W. Bush, Stalin, Gary Coleman, Barry Bonds etc... If you have any evil bobbleheads, I'll pay good money for them!
• That's right, I play Lego Star Wars∞, you got a fucking problem with that?

Most Wanted DLC

Albums:

• Absolution - Muse
• Aenima - Tool
• Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson (or Mechanical Animals)
• Apetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses

Track Packs:

• Nirvana: The Rest of Nevermind
  • Smells Like Teen Spirit
  • Lithium
  • Come As You Are
• Queen 6 Pack
  • Another One Bites the Dust
  • Killer Queen
  • Under Pressure
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  • Somebody to Love
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
• System of a Down
  • Sugar
  • Innervision
  • Ariels
• Pink Floyd (yeah right, that'll happen)
  • Comfortably Numb
  • Breath
  • Hey You
• Sublime
  • 40 Oz. to Freedom
  • Under My Voodoo
  • Caress Me Down

Singles:

• You're Aweful, I Love You - Ludo
• Ascendancy - Trivium
• Run to the Hills (Vault Edition) - Iron Maiden
• Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
• Over the Mountain - Ozzy Osbourne

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IWillKickU⇒'s Custom Guitars

Sexy, ain't they?

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IWillKickU⇒'s Guitar Hero Accomplishments

Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Expert Total Score 16,199,580 Passed 64/64 5* 61/64 6* 45/64 100% 6/64 FCs 6/64 Rank 2089th

Guitar Hero: 80s (PS2)
Expert Total Score 6,948,365 Passed 30/30 5* 29/30 6* 23/30 100% 8/30 FCs 8/30 Rank 1588th

Guitar Hero III (PS2)
Expert Total Score 17,018,353 Passed 69/70 5* 59/70 6* 42/70 100% 11/70 FCs 11/70 Rank 1846th

Guitar Hero III (360)
Expert Total Score 18,100,152 Passed 69/70 5* 63/70 6* 43/70 100% 14/70 FCs 14/70 Rank 2062nd

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (PS2)
Expert Total Score 10,628,982 Passed 41/41 5* 40/41 6* 31/41 100% 11/41 FCs 11/41 Rank 132nd

FC List 1. Mr. Fix It 2. Heart Shaped Box - 5/16/08 3. Soy Bomb - 5/30/08 4. Parasite - 6/1/08 5. Radium Eyes - 6/1/08 6. Hear Me Knockin' - 6/6/08 Goals 1. Get GH2 for 360 2. Jordan 3. Psychobilly 4. Six 5. Redo all FCs w/ paths.

FC List 1. The Warrior 2. We Got the Beat - 5/8/08 3. Only a Lad - 5/10/08 4. Police Truck - 5/10/08 5. I Ran (So Far Away) - 5/17/08 6. Shakin' - 5/19/08 7. What I Like About U - 5/23/08 8. Lonely is the Night - 5/25/08 Goals 1. Get motivation to play PS2 ever again???

FC List 1. Lay Down 2. Closer 3. When You Were Young 4. Metal Heavy Lady 5. Mississippi Queen - 4/13/08 6. Radio Song - 4/17/08 7. Generation Rock - 4/18/08 8. Bulls on Parade - 4/21/08 9. Sabatage - 4/27/08 10. My Name is Jonas - 4/27/08 11. Slow Ride - 5/1/08 12. Ruby - 9/1/08 13. Can't be Saved - 9/5/08 14. She Bangs the Drums - 9/5/08 15. Miss Murder -12/6/08 16. Minus Celcius - 12/11/08 Downloaded Content 1. Super Massive Black Hole - 8/14/08 2. Exo-Politics - 8/14/08 Goals 1. Redo PS2 FCs on 360 2. Redo All FCs w/ path 2. Enlightened Guitarist 3. Beat Lou 4. Lrn2tap (beat TTFAF) 5. All those songs that I have a 4.8 or 4.9 on :/

FC List 1. Dream Police - 6/29/08 2. Draw the Line - 6/29/08 3. Make It - 7/19/08 4. Complete Control - 7/19/08 5. She Sells Sanctuary - 7/20/08 6. Hard to Handle - 7/20/08 7. Dream On - 7/20/08 8. Sex Type Thing - 7/24/08 9. Pink - 7/25/08 10. Rag Doll - 7/25/08 11. All the Young Dudes - 7/28/08 Goals 1. Get GH:A on 360 2. Joe Perry Battle. 3. 1000/1000 Gamerscore 4. More FCs! These are easy.

Achievements

Guitar Hero III - 25/59
Gamer Score - 240/1000

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IWillKickU⇒'s Rock Band Accomplishments

Expert Scores Passed 58/58 56/58 35/58 FCs 13/58 1. Time We Had - 7/29/08 2. The Hand that Feeds - 8/7/08 3. Say it Ain't So - 8/7/08 4. Learn to Fly - 8/7/08 5. When You Were Young - 8/7/08 6. Here it Goes Again - 8/10/08 7. I'm So Sick - 8/13/08 8. In Bloom - 8/16/08 9. Celebrity Skin - 9/17/08 10. Maps - 10/17/08 11. Wave of Mutilation - 10/21/08 12. 29 Fingers - 10/29/08 13. Nightmare - 12/2/08 Expert Scores Passed 84/84 72/84 46/84 FCs 16/84 1. Pretend We're Dead - 9/14/08 2. Hungry Like the Wolf - 9/14/08 3. Lump - 9/14/08 4. We Got the Beat - 9/14/08 5. New Kid in School - 9/16/08 6. Nine in the Afternoon - 9/16/08 7. Livin' on a Prayer - 9/17/08 8. Today - 9/17/08 9. One Step Closer - 10/4/08 10. I Was Wrong - 10/4/08 11. Float On - 11/13/08 12. Cool for Cats - 11/13/08 13. Eye of the Tiger - 11/13/08 14. Thats What U Get - 11/14/08 15. Rebel Girl - 11/30/08 16. Bad Reputation - 11/30/08 Downloaded Content Purchased - 117 Passed - 115/117 - 84/117 - 38/117 FCs - 6/117 1. Charlene - 9/17/08 2. Witch Hunt - 9/24/08 3. Gone Away - 10/10/08 4. Polly - 10/21/08 5. If I Ain't Got You - 11/11/08 6. Closer to the Heart - 11/28/08 100% Overstrum 1. Limelight (Original Version) 2. So What'cha Want 3. Dude & Catastrophe

Some of my Scores Full Combos 1. Enter Sandman - 8/12/08 2. I Think I'm Paranoid - 8/14/08 3. We Got the Beat - 9/20/08 4. One Step Closer - 9/20/08 5. New Kid In School - 9/20/08 6. Cool for Cats - 10/4/08 7. One Way or Another - 10/4/08 8. Pinball Wizard - 10/4/08 9. Any Way You Want It - 10/4/08 10. Float On - 12/3/08

Expert Scores Rock Band 1 Songs Passed - 45/58 - 26/58 - 3/58 FCs - 0/58 Rock Band 2 Songs Passed - 66/84 - 38/84 - 2/84 FCs - 0/84 DLC Songs Purchased - 117 Passed - 50/117 - 23/117 - 3/117 FCs - 3/85 1. Charlene - 10/10/08 2. Something in the Way - 11/8/08 3. Polly (LOLly) - 11/28/08

My Les Paul died today, or maybe yesterday. I can't remember which (name that book and win a cookie). I decided that the time had come to do some vox. This was the first time that I had attempted vox completely uninhebriated. I was the only one home, but I was still nervous. I got through a couple songs on Expert, and was just starting to get into it when my wife came home. And by "came home", I mean walked in on me crooning "Don't you know that you are a shooting star?! .... Don't you? ... Don't you? ... Don't you?!?..." with my eyes closed and hands in the air. Have you ever been caught masturbating by your mother? Because it kind of felt like that. I think from now on I'll take my vox nice and drunk, thank you very much!

Achievements

Rock Band - 14/50
Gamer Score - 275/1000

Rock Band 2 - 39/50
Gamer Score - 715/1000

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