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Rock Band 2 Opportunity Events


Opportunity Events are random events that occur in World Tour Mode that allow you gain or lose cash and fans based on your performance. Rock Band 2 adds new Opportunity Events to those present in Game_RockBand Rock Band 1, which include song swap, song add, video shoots, and more.

Modifier Opportunities


Modifier Opportunites are the most common type of opportunity, which give you a special offer that can modify your gig in return for certain rewards and sometimes even penalties. When a modifier opportunity adds a song to your setlist, then at the end you will get full money and fans for that song, but that song will be invisible in terms of the total amount of stars you get on the city screen for that gig. For example, if you play a two song Make a Setlist and it adds an encore song, and you gold star all three songs, you will get cash and fans based on gold starring 3 songs, but the gig entry in the city screen will still show 10/10. Likewise if you get 5 stars on the first song, 4 stars on the second one, and then 5 star the encore, the city screen will reflect only the regular songs and show 9/10.

Double or Nothing!

Description: For each song you finish in this gig with 4 stars or more, you'll get DOUBLE the cash! But if you get less than 4 stars, you'll get nothing for that song!! Willing to risk it?
Effect: Doubles money reward if you complete the gig with an average of 4 stars or higher, but you receive no money if your average is lower than 4 stars. Verification Needed(need to check if it is song by song, not overall average)

Quadruple or Nothing!

Description: For each song you finish in this gig with 5 stars or more, you'll get QUADRUPLE the cash! But if you get less than 5 stars, you'll get nothing for that song!! Wanna go for it?
Effect: Quadruples money reward if you complete the gig with an average of 5 stars or higher, but you receive no money if your average is lower than 5 stars. Verification Needed(need to check if it is song by song, not overall average)

Benefit Show

Description: You've been asked to play a benefit show! Although you'll get no money, you'll earn DOUBLE the fans! Do you want to help a good cause? PLEASE?
Effect: Doubles fans reward, but you receive no money.

Private Party

Description: You've been asked to play a private party for some rich fans! You'll earn THREE TIMES the money, but gain only 1/3 the fans you'd usually get. Wanna thrill the upper crust and make some extra cash?
Effect: Triples money reward, but reduces fans reward by 70%.
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus.

Impress the Press

Description: Your label wants to invite some big names from the music press! If you finish with an average of 4 stars or more, you'll earn DOUBLE the fans, otherwise you'll LOSE double! Feeling confident?
Effect: Doubles fans reward if you complete the gig with an average of 4 stars or higher, but if your average is lower than 4 stars you lose twice as many fans as you would have normally gained. Fans penalties for failing/restarting/quitting are also doubled. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus.

Live DVD Taping

Description: Your label wants to record a live DVD of your show! If you finish this gig with 5 stars on every song, you'll earn TRIPLE the fans you'd usually get, otherwise you'll LOSE triple. Lookin' good tonight?
Effect: Triples fans reward if you complete the gig with an average of 5 stars or higher, but if your average is lower than 5 stars you lose three times as many fans as you would have normally gained. Fans penalties for failing/restarting/quitting are also tripled. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Plane.

Shure in the House!

Description: The fabulous people from Shure are here to check out your stuff - maybe you oughta amp things up a bit. Want to add a difficult encore to your setlist in order to win more fans?
Effect: Adds Song_RB2_Everlong Everlong to the end of the set. Doubles the fans reward if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Plane.

Ludwig® in the House!

Description: A bigshot from Ludwig showed up at your show! If you add an encore to your setlist which shows off your drummer's skills, you'll get more fans! Add a hard drums song to your set?
Effect: Adds Song_RB2_Spoonman Spoonman to the end of the set. Doubles the fans reward if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Plane.

Fender™ in the House!

Description: Some reps from Fender™ are in the house! If you add an encore to the setlist which showcases your guitarist's chops, you'll gain more fans! Add a hard guitar song to your set?
Effect: Adds Song_RB2_CarryOnWaywardSon Carry On Wayward Son to the end of the set. Doubles the fans reward if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Plane.

Encore? Encore?

Description: Yeah sure it's a little tacky to decide whether to play an encore in advance, but everybody does it. Want to add a song to your setlist? If you beat it, you'll earn more fans! Go for it?
Effect: Adds Song_RB2_AnyWayYouWantIt Any Way You Want It to the end of the set. Doubles the fans reward if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus.

DW in Attendance!

Description: DW Drums sent their Artist Relations Team to check out your drumming! If you swap out the last song in your setlist for one that is difficult on the drums, you'll impress DW and get more money and more fans! Swap the final song?
Effect: Replaces the last song in the set with Song_RB2_Lump Lump. Doubles the money and fans rewards if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus.

Pearl in Attendance!

Description: Pearl Drums have sent some high-level employees to check out your drumming! If you swap out the last song in your setlist for one that is difficult on the drums, you'll impress Pearl and get more money and more fans! Swap the final song?
Effect: Replaces the last song in the set with Song_RB2_PinballWizard Pinball Wizard. Doubles the money and fans rewards if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus.

MTV in Attendance!

Description: Some bigwigs from MTV are in the house! Wanna impress them? If you swap out the last song in your setlist for one that is difficult on the guitar and shows what you've got, MTV will give you airtime, which gives you more money and fans! Swap the final song?
Effect: Replaces the last song in the set with Song_RB2_RoundAndRound Round and Round. Doubles the money and fans rewards if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus.

Biggest. Show. Ever.

Description: The crowd is out of control. People are chanting. You are on the verge of wetting your pants. If you beat this tricky song with 5 stars and no Overdrive, you'll earn a lot more fans, but if you blow it, you'll LOSE a ton of fans! Are you ready to BURN THIS MOTHER DOWN?
Effect: Adds Song_RB2_AceOfSpades08 Ace of Spades '08 to the end of the setlist and removes all Overdrive phrases from all songs in your setlist. Quadruples fans reward if you complete the gig with an average of 5 stars or higher, but if your average is lower than 5 stars (need to verify exactly what this means Verification Needed) you lose four times as many fans as you would have normally gained. Fans penalties for failing/restarting/quitting are also quadrupled. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Plane.

Snarky Reviewer!

Description: In his latest review, a respected writer for Ditchspoon Magazine accused your band of relying too heavily on Overdrive. The nerve! Want to show him what you're made of? If you beat this song without ever going into Overdrive, you'll win more fans and more money. Try for it?
Effect: Removes all Overdrive phrases from all songs in your gig. Doubles the money and fans rewards if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus.

NO AUTHORITY!!

Description: Your staff is bleeding you dry and screwing things up left and right. Plus you're going through a "sisters are doin' it for themselves" kind of anti-authority phase right now. Do you want to fire your staff for this show -- losing all the benefits of having a staff around, but gaining more money and fans?
Effect: Disables WorldTourStaff-RockBand2 staff effects for this set. Doubles the money and fans rewards if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Plane.

Confuse the Drummer!

Description: Your drummer has been doing a lot of whining lately. It's payback time. If you swap out the last song in your set for a random song that is challenging on drums, you'll gain double the fans you would normally get, but if you don't succeed you'll lose double! Confuse the drummer?
Effect: Replaces the last song in the set with Song_RB2_ChopSuey Chop Suey. Doubles the fans reward if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus.

Confuse the Guitarist!

Description: Your guitarist has been starting a lot of band drama lately. Time to teach that "shredder" a lesson. If you swap out the last song in your set for a random song that is challenging on guitar, you'll gain double the fans you would normally get, but if you don't succeed you'll lose double! Confuse the guitarist?
Effect: Replaces the last song in the set with Song_RB2_Alive Alive. Doubles the fans reward if you complete the set, but also doubles the fans penalty for failing/restarting/quitting. Verification Needed
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus.

High Cost of Low Living

Description: "Somebody" isn't feelin' so hot today after last night's epic gig and "somebody" needs to go lie down with a bucket of aspirin. You can tough through and risk it, or simplify your set. Want to swap out the final song for an easy one in exchange for less fans and less money?
Effect: Replaces the last song in the set with Song_RB2_EyeOfTheTiger Eye of the Tiger. Decreases money and fans rewards by 50%.
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus.

Replacement Opportunities


The following five events work similar to the above oppotunities, but have certain features that make them distinct. While Modifier Opportunities generally modify your setlist (at the most replacing one song, or adding a song) and then enter the results into the same spot on the gig list, these completely replace whatever your setlist is and create their own gig line with stars that count towards your tour total (leaving the gig you originally tried to select still undone) Verification Needed. Also, they all have fan prerequisites, which none of the Modifier Opportunities have. It is also possible that they are triggered by a wholly different method than the Modifier Opportunities. These Opportunities can be repeated as many times as you want simply by choosing the gig line at the city/venue where you originally did it, and though you will not see the offer screen, you will get all of the same rewards as when you completed the gig originally.

Cable Access Video Shoot

Description: A local cable access show wants to shoot a low-budget video of your band to air on their program! They can't pay you anything (big surprise) but you'll gain more fans! They will pick the song for the video so forget whatever music you just selected. Want to shoot a video for cable access?
Effect: Changes the venue to Cable Access Video Shoot, and changes the song to Song_RB2_WhiteWeddingPart1 White Wedding (Part 1). Gives double the fans reward of a normal small club gig, but you receive no money.
Prerequisites: 268,000 fans

Film Student Video Shoot

Description: An up-and coming young film student wants to shoot a video for your band! She's thinking a modern take on the psychedelic style of the '60s - you'll make no money but you'll gain more fans. She will pick the song for the video so forget whatever music you just selected. Want to let a film student shoot your video?
Effect: Changes the venue to Film Student Video Shoot, and changes the song to Song_RB2_WeGotTheBeat We Got the Beat. Gives double the fans reward of a normal small club gig, but you receive no money.
Prerequisites: Must have the Bus, 8,533 fans

High-Budget Video Shoot

Description: Your management thinks it's time to spend some serious cash on you and shoot a high-tech video with lots of special effects -- and plenty of lasers! You'll definitely gain some money from doing a video this elaborate, but you won't make any new fans. The director will pick the song for the video so forget whatever music you just selected. Want to shoot a high-budget music video?
Effect: Changes the venue to High-Budget Video Shoot, and changes the song to Song_RB2_Spoonman Spoonman. Gives triple the money reward of a normal small club gig, but you receive no fans.
Prerequisites: Must have the Plane, 468,000 fans

Hot Topic® Sponsorship

Description: Hot Topic® wants to sponsor your band - now you can sell your merch to fans all over the world and rake in some serious dough. They want you to play "That's What You Get" by Paramore - you'll gain a bunch of money if you do it. Wanna accept this sponsorship?
Effect (Pre-patch): Changes the venue to Sweaty's BBQ, and changes the song to Song_RB2_ThatsWhatYouGet That's What You Get. Gives quintuple the money reward of a normal small club gig, but causes you to lose quintuple the fans you would have normally gained.
Effect (Post-patch): Changes the venue to Sweaty's BBQ, and changes the song to Song_RB2_ThatsWhatYouGet That's What You Get. Gives double the money reward of a normal small club gig and gives the normal fan reward.
Prerequisites (Pre-patch): Must have the Bus, 730,000 fans
Prerequisites (Post-patch): Must have the Van, 18,408 fans

Indie Genius Video Shoot

Description: You just received an email from that super-hep indie director dude -- you know, the one who did that artsy cult hit about the guy in love with a hot dog? He's a big fan and wants to shoot an edgy, modern video of your band to help get your name out there. He will pick the song for the video so forget whatever music you just selected. You'll earn more money and more fans - wanna put your band's future in the hands of an indie genius?
Effect: Changes the venue to Indie Genius Video Shoot, and changes the song to Song_RB2_Everlong Everlong. Gives triple the fans reward and triple the money reward of a normal small club gig.
Prerequisites: Must have the Plane, 970,000 fans

The Hot Topic Effect

Several users on the rockband.com forums were angered after playing the Hot Topic® Sponsorship gig and noticed they lost huge amounts of fans despite getting 5 stars or better for the setlist. These users noted that no where in the description did it mention you would lose fans. Some of these users joked about the effect of "selling-out", and discussed why Hot Topic® would allow this. For some users who tried to stay away from losing their fans and "selling-out", they noticed this Opportunity Event would continue to pop-up, while other Opportunity Events would not show up.1 As a response to this, Harmonix changed the effect of the Hot Topic® gig when they patched the game. Post-patch, the gig gives less money and gives the normal fan reward.


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Almost all info added now, note that I'm not sure about the penalties for failing/etc being multiplied by the effects, so some testing needs to be done there, and then all the {{verify}} markers can be removed.
-- Deimos (2008-10-08 13:04:44)
I can personally vouch for a few things:
-In Double/Quadruple or Nothhing, cash is calculated on a song-by-song basis. So, if you had two songs, three starred one, and five starred the other, you'd get no cash for the 3 star, and double/quadruple the normal 5 star cash for the 5 star.
-Averages do not round up. i.e. for Live DVD Taping, if you get a 5 star, a 5 star, and a 4 star, you'd lose triple fans (average of 4.67 stars). Don't know yet whether gold counts as 5 or 6.
-- oboewan (2009-04-14 16:32:05)
Actually, for Live DVD Taping, and Biggest Show Ever, IIRC, it works that if you miss the 5* requirement on any individual song, then you get a negative multiplier (lose fans) for the entire gig (not hte individual songs), eg if say 3 songs at 5* and 1 song at 4* should have gained you 2M fans times 3 = 6M fans, you instead lose 6M fans for the gig. There is no apparent averaging going on, it was a long time ago that i tested this stuff, but i am fairly sure i tested it at least one time where i got enough gold stars and one four star such that the average should have been over 5.0, and still lost the fans.
-- Barfo (2009-05-26 18:48:28)
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