NovaXD's Profile Page

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Juicy, real-life goodness!

Introduction

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Hello, all. My name is Jeremy. But for the love of God please, call me NovaXD, or just Nova. This is my personal page, and inside this page includes everything you want to know about me. That includes my profile as a Guitar Hero player, how I got into it, my personal favorite settings for Guitar Hero, stuff I've written on the forums, and a whole bunch of stuff.

History (Or: How I got into Guitar Hero)

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I was born on June 15, 1993 in Glen Rock, New Jersey. At the age of two, I moved to Paramus, where I live now. At around the age of five, I started to play video games on the SNES. At the age of nine, I learned my first musical instrument: the viola (which is like a violin, but with a lower pitch and a deeper, bigger sound). Hey, I know what you're thinking: "Jeremy, why are you telling me this random stuff?" Well, first of all, I told you to call me NovaXD/Nova. I'll let it slide this time, but don't let it happen again, you punk. Second, I'm telling you this because these are the aspects of my life that lead me to find out about and enjoy Guitar Hero in the way I did.

I first experienced the PS2 Guitar Hero II at a Circuit City within biking distance where me and my friends used to go to, in October 2006. We actually had to go through a hole in a fence and a bunch of stuff to get there, which was incredibly fun for me considering it was my first time really doing that type of stuff. We would have some good times going to that Circuit City.

Anyways, we went in and hung out for a couple of hours or so. I'll never forget (read: NEVAR FORGET) when I first saw the red SG controller. I thought, "What's this? DDR or Karaoke with instruments instead? It looks pretty with all those colors on the neck." Basically, I was like that guy in 2112 who discovers the guitar in the cave behind the waterfall. I first saw my friend play a song on Medium, and I thought, "Well hey, I can do that easy, I've been playing music for awhile!" I don't remember the first song, but it was in the first 2 tiers on medium (Carry On Wayward Son, I believe). I did alright (four stars, maybe?), and I shrugged it off as just a fun game I didn't really care for.

Fun Fact: I didn't know the name of the game I played until the next day at school, when my friend mentioned that the name was "Guitar Hero II." Interestingly enough, I took note that it was a sequel, but never cared to find out more about the original Guitar Hero until about a year later. I guess I'm just naturally un-inquisitive. ¯\(°_o)/¯

Then, about a week later, I read at the HRWiki that Trogdor was a song on it, and I watched a video of the chart. I was mesmerized by Star Power (not even knowing what it was called or used for, just thinking that it looked cool), the use of chords and such in Expert, and the shifting required. Also, I didn't know what hammer-ons or pull-offs were, so I thought the solo was entirely strummed, which amazed me. I started to figure out how to stretch my pinky. I practiced shifting, chords, alt-strumming, and zig-zags on my computer (after playing one song on medium.) I started doing a bunch of stuff. I. WAS. HOOKED. <_<

But, most of all I kept playing at various stores like a hardened Guitar Hero hobo (no beard though), making a band called 'Your Mom' at Circuit City. You see, my family was a Nintendo-only family (it's not that they hated the other companies, they just liked Nintendo the best), and no one was very keen on cash, so playing at stores was the best I could afford. I didn't care, so long as I could play Guitar Hero.

Unfortunately, the game was eventually taken down, in lieu of a shiny PS3 kiosk. (I still hold a grudge with MotorStorm.) I was just about to try and learn shifting, but I still had remarkably low knowledge of how the game worked; I still didn't know about hammer-ons and pull-offs, and still didn't know how to activate Star Power. This is where YouTube and ScoreHero came in. Hard.

First, I became hooked to PriestMLH⇒ and WuLFe videos. PriestMLH⇒ and WuLFe were the first two competetive Guitar Hero tags I learned; before them, all good Guitar Hero players were basically the same to me. I used to roll my fingers to the notes, realizing then that I was a lefty at guitar hero as well as guitar. As it would turn out, these habits would remain with me long after Guitar Hero 3. To this day, I still can't help but strum/fret to song vidoes (which I still watch), even though I can actually play and possibly FC them!

Through these two players, I discovered ScoreHero, in all its score-tracking wonder. I think I first visited ScoreHero back in January of 2007, but didn't sign up. Why would I, when I didn't even own any Guitar Hero game (and wasn't *bows head in recognition* Matt)? However, I finally gained a "formal" knowledge of Guitar Hero from ScoreHero. That "formal" knowledge, by the way, not only included the gameplay mechanics of the game, but also the news of the Guitar Hero community; which songs were yet to be FC'd, who the highest-ranked players were, and things like that. From there, things started to pick up.

The 360 demos started coming out, and I started going from store to store playing the demos. I also convinced my cousin to by Guitar Hero (Thank you, Dethklok and Strong Bad!), and moved onto Expert, but was still pretty sucky at that level. I mooched off of friends, and I basically played the game at any chance I got. I still watched YouTube videos as well. In short, I had moved from Medium to Expert in a couple of months' time... without even owning a copy of the game!

Finally, I found out about Guitar Hero III for the Wii, and my sister got it the Monday after it came out, having had a copy reserved. I've been playing nonstop, and I joined ScoreHero immediately, as I finally had decent reason to post scores and comments there. Today, I've probably gotten way too good at these games.

What am I up to now?

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My time is pretty equally split between school, friends, World Tour, Rock Band 2, Xiphoid, and real instrument practice. I'm doing a lot, but I'm enjoying it all. At the moment, I'm putting particular emphasis on acoustic and electric guitar practice, especially involving my strumming hand.

My experience with each game

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Exactly what it says, just a short summary of my experience with each game. Nothing fancy, nothing fancy.

My band (Xiphoid)

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Note: the official thread for the Guitar Hero band Xiphoid is located at this link.∞ The official thread for the Rock Band band Xiphoid is located at this link.∞

Xiphoid is the name for my ScoreHero band, of which I am a guitarist. Xiphoid plays both on Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2. Currently, the lineup is as follows:

• Raikri999 on GHWT vocals
• Kruasa on RB vocals
• NovaXD (me) on guitar/bass
• Cuno on guitar/bass
• Italianator7 on drums

Unfortunately, on Guitar Hero World Tour we can't all play together. (Damn Vicarious Visions for not allowing more than two Wiis to connect!) We get together in groups of two in Guitar Hero World Tour, and in Rock Band 2 me, Cuno, Kruasa and Italianator7 connect. (Raikri999 doesn't have Rock Band 2 for the Wii.)

By the way, in case you're wondering why there's an "XD" and (or an "XHD" in my YouTube account), it's because I took the first (X), last (D), and middle (H) letter from Xiphoid. And yes, that means I've had the name idea for awhile. XD < (That's actually the face, not what I just mentioned.)

LOLOLOLinks

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• My ScoreHero Forum profile∞
• My accomplishments∞
• My scores∞
• My YouTube account∞
• My Guitar Hero Community Page∞
• My Fast Solo A technique (Expert difficulty)∞
• My guide to FCing Stricken (Expert difficulty)∞
• Xiphoid Thread (Guitar Hero side)∞
• Xiphoid Thread (Rock Band side)∞

Pages I created

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• Wii
• Kramer Striker
• Zigzag

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