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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 (Song_GH2_CarryOnWaywardSon 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 Song_GH2_Trogdor 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 for GH2, and I started going from store to store playing the demos. I also convinced my cousin to buy 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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July 3, 2011:

I doubt anyone will take the time to read this far into the account of what is basically a dead user, but I will update this page to the best of my ability regardless. Editing after so long, I'm amazed at all the code that's on this page. Did I write all this? But I digress.

It's been four years and nine months since I first played Guitar Hero at that Circuit City. That store has long been out of business, and an empty building now resides where that catalyst of a PlayStation 2 kiosk was once hidden. I guess you can say my activity here, my activity with this group of games, has been just as vacant as that empty store.

I haven't so much as touched a plastic guitar since the beginning of 2010. The games are misplaced somewhere in the nooks and crannies of my dad's house collecting dust, and the controllers have long been lost or sold, or both. If memory serves, I still have the buttons of my first controller in a bin in the garage, waiting for use that will not happen. Perhaps I'll fashion some accessory out of them to remember the game by, and to remember this five year interim of high school life. I've certainly no other desire for them.

Ironically enough, my life is now focused around music more than it ever was before or while I was into Guitar Hero. I play the real guitar with more skill than I ever mashed buttons on those old controllers. I entered high school as the kid that was crazy at guitar hero and had an incredibly geeky online band; I left as the best guitar player in the school and the lead guitarist of one of the most talented rock bands that ever went to the damn place. Xiphoid is long dead, and I can only hope Cuno, Kruasa and Italianator7 are doing something better with their lives. My real band, High Anxiety, is also disbanded now.

Nowadays it's just me, the Dean V (and the Takemine acousitc, the cruddy but sentimentally valuable Epiphone classical), the Peavy 100W, and the Casio keyboard in the small niche of my dad's laundry room. I pick up the occasional pit orchestra job here and there, but otherwise I'm free to explore my inner musicianship so long as I don't bother anyone sleeping beyond the flight of stairs that awaits me after a short walk through the hall.

As cliche as it sounds in your head as you read this disturbingly informative and personal message, the fact of the matter is I'm a man now. I can grow a beard, kind of, not really. I make my own money and take care of myself, and I'll be attending Rutgers in the fall as a major in electrical engineering (did I mention my grades shot up dramatically when I stopped playing guitar hero in junior year?). I've ditched the friends who left comments below this page (who would feel awkward reading this) for friends I love and hang with in real life (who would feel even more awkward reading this). I'm done with Guitar Hero, and I'm done with ScoreHero save for the Music Discussion forums and General Chat forums which I use more as news sources than as destination for human interaction.

So, to anyone reading this message that knew me as NovaXD back when I gave a shit about this game: it was nice knowing you. It really was. And to anyone that knows who I am in real life, as Jeremy: just... kind of... keep this whole page thing to yourself, this is incredibly embarrassing and it's probably embarrassing for you as well. And to anyone else that reads this, for pure voyeurism or otherwise: This is my Guitar Hero story, and now it is finally done. I would recommend opening up a new tab right about now and playing one of the many Wikipedia games. Or, you know, jerkin' off. Whatever it is that you like to do on the internet.

Peace.

-Jeremy

...And you know what, I guess I don't mind playing a round if I ever happen to catch the game at a small party. I guess old habits die hard. ;)

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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Category: User Pages

• Date of birth: June 15, 1993 (age fifteen)
• Occupation: High School Sophomore

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!
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.

By far my most successful game in the Guitar Hero series, I am currently ranked 8th place overall in Guitar Hero: On Tour. That being said, I severely suck at fast-strumming and consistency in strumming overall in this game, and usually prefer the feel of original Guitar Hero games. Still, I enjoy this game from time to time. And if I ever wanna edit song pages I need to prove some cutoffs <_<

Note: the official thread for the Guitar Hero World Tour Xiphoid band is located at this link.∞