tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22756079611738000012008-12-21T00:44:10.104-05:00Notebook of AngryEdison.com - Developer journal, player interviews, updates, games, and more.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-8231024573329254642008-12-21T00:36:00.003-05:002008-12-21T00:44:10.117-05:00

Many of you have noticed and reported problems with tournaments not starting or not ending or otherwise being screwy. Well, I just went to GuitarHero.com and found out the player profile pages have changed COMPLETELY, most likely due to GH:WT release. Since the Angry Edison system was setup and programmed to use the (now) old GH.com profile pages, the scores are not being collected accurately and

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-54162378560942809012008-11-11T19:51:00.004-05:002008-11-11T20:01:24.292-05:00

I've gotten a few comments and mails asking about public tournaments. For a while now the site has been a private tournament playground, which I think is great, but obviously the lack of public tournaments keep some people out of playing if they're not part of a tour group. What I need to get public tournaments back to a regular schedule is help. I'm looking for someone that is interested in

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-56441217507427641192008-10-25T13:23:00.004-04:002008-10-27T15:27:13.963-04:00

UPDATE (10/27): We found a temporary remote server for our system scripts and everything seems to be running again as normal. I will keep an eye on the log over the next few days. But everyone can schedule tournaments and they should start/stop as normal. Sorry again for the hiccup. ~~~ UPDATE (10/26): Our remote server is still offline and not sure when it will be back. I have access to another

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-75255577009337839022008-08-26T22:27:00.003-04:002008-08-26T22:35:14.834-04:00

An update is long overdue, I admit. But schedules, vacations, and other things have kept things on the low burner for a while. Fact of the matter is I think GH3 has peaked and with GH4 and other new releases coming very soon, things will be changing and people will be moving on to newer games. That's not say we're closing shop or anything. I'll keep things running until there's no point or no

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-36030088900503148672008-07-26T23:06:00.002-04:002008-07-26T23:09:45.708-04:00

I've noticed a pattern that isn't too surprising...nobody is playing non-prize tournaments. I realize it's fun to play and get something, but is there no fun in playing in tournaments just to win? If most folks are only interested in playing for goodies then I'll reduce the number of non-prize tournaments and it will make my life a whole lot easier. Or if we went back to the standard leaderboard

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-59121468899465347662008-07-22T20:01:00.002-04:002008-07-22T20:04:20.664-04:00

In response to some feedback from Experts regarding the All-In style tourneys, I will try my best to do a better job of also scheduling more Expert-only brackets. I admit I've been focusing on the All tournaments to get people more involved, but realize I need to give the Experts some good healthy competition that they know is real. However, since I can no longer enforce skill levels, I don't

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-18635434726254987682008-07-15T20:50:00.002-04:002008-07-15T20:52:11.691-04:00

Got passed along something many have probably seen already, Band Geek Hero. It's not a game...at least not yet, but the T's are sure to be a hit on the football field. I'm sure Glockenspiel Hero is something we can all relate to. Check out the surprisingly comprehensive selection at Band Geek Hero

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-79226891505793722722008-07-12T20:14:00.002-04:002008-07-12T20:18:55.191-04:00

For reasons unknown, the web site was down during times on Saturday (7/12) afternoon. From my own personal checks it seemed to be off and on throughout the morning hours until now (8:15p). There may be a chance this outage effected score checking. If you were involved in one of these tourneys and know that your scores were affected and not collected, please comment send e-mail and the tourney can

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-50368760369638330552008-07-04T15:58:00.002-04:002008-07-04T16:00:43.974-04:00

A bug in the sign-up for new players was just brought to my attention and just fixed. If you were new to Angry Edison and couldn't sign-up, please try again. It should work now. Players that were in the system pre-Aerosmith, you never saw the problem. This bug was related to a host of changes made when Aerosmith was release and GH.com changed. Sorry for the trouble...hope we didn't lose to many

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-53476019720498870972008-07-03T11:24:00.002-04:002008-07-03T11:27:35.748-04:00

Just a quick welcome to a couple of new Tour Group friends; The Souther Illinois Rockers and Vicious and Delicious groups. Both will be using Angry Edison for their on-line tournaments. So a big thanks to them for the support! And if you are a tour group leader or member and use Angry Edison for your brackets, drop me a mail with a 728x90 banner and link and I'll add you to the Tour Groups page

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-57728728267057864052008-07-01T19:43:00.002-04:002008-07-01T19:46:28.033-04:00

It's a nice long weekend coming up and we plan on making it rock just a little bit harder. We've loaded up the brackets with some extra goodies this time, including our own custom vinyl skins. They're pretty sweet, so look out for them. Plus we've tossed in some bonus gift cards and even a key chain or two that we found left over. Hoping you all have a safe and fun holiday!!

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-56460287130570027212008-07-01T19:34:00.003-04:002008-07-01T19:36:37.659-04:00

The few tournaments that were held Sunday and Monday proved enough to me that the changes I made to account for the new GH.com are reliable. I'm not happy about having to ask folks for their player names and the lack of skill enforcement, but I guess that's the way it goes. Thanks to everyone that played in these early week tournaments. It was a HUGE help in making sure everything worked under

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-15166940021028524212008-06-30T22:26:00.002-04:002008-06-30T22:56:48.226-04:00

OK, a non-tournament issue this time that's been buggin' me for a while...tie-breaker songs in (Pro) Face-Off battles. I play Pro Face-Off matches a few times a week and I've found there are two types of players: 1) worthy competitors that challenge you, or 2) people that quit early. While the latter of the two are annoying and need to realize at what level they can compete, its the worthy

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-34427243261267729942008-06-29T18:22:00.003-04:002008-06-29T18:31:51.960-04:00

The changes keep on coming...the next effected part of the tournaments is now sign-up and entry. Since GH.com shut down their XML service (for now) I had to totally rearrange how people sign-up and enter tournaments. Prior the XML service was used to check names, skill levels, etc...but now it can't do any of that. So the result is that first-time players must provide their player name along

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-89454445181048062342008-06-29T14:32:00.002-04:002008-06-29T14:36:22.084-04:00

OK, so I overestimated the impact the GH.com changes had...hopefully. I think I managed to update the Edison system to account for the new GH profile pages, but I need everyone's help in making sure. I scheduled tournaments for tonight, Monday, and Tuesday...please, please, please, please enter in as many as you can and play so I can be sure the system was updated properly. Assuming all goes

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-55620804653628887502008-06-28T13:36:00.002-04:002008-06-28T13:42:31.073-04:00

When tournaments first started there was a standard leaderboard that ranked players based on the number of wins. After a while I decided to create Achievements instead of rankings because with many tournaments resulting in just one player showing up, it wasn't really fair to count wins for rankings because they won by default. I'm not exactly happy with the Achievements as they are now, but I

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-88175922517112181702008-06-26T22:09:00.003-04:002008-06-26T22:14:40.376-04:00

Before there were PPTs the Create-A-Bracket feature was how you could "create" your own tournament. But that name was sort of a misnomer because it didn't really create a bracket, it just made a suggestion for a bracket that I would then consider - and often use - when scheduling tournaments. Now that PPTs are here and they actually do create brackets, I've slimmed down the Create-A-Bracket and

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-53714456663571938512008-06-24T20:11:00.003-04:002008-06-24T20:14:52.307-04:00

Enter Saturday's "Win a Skin" tournament for your chance to win a kick ass Angry Edison faceplate sticker. It's a custom design that will fit any Les Paul model (Wii/XBox/PS3). This week's skin is black only, but a white version should be on the way for all you black faceplate folks. Also just added to Private tourney options is All-In style. So now you can schedule your PPTs to allow any

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-49188337180607207352008-06-18T20:45:00.003-04:002008-06-18T20:53:25.839-04:00

It is with much excitement and thanks that I give the first glimpse of some custom Angry Edison skins that will be up for grabs soon. I can't thank Ernie at TooManyMorons.com enough for his time, effort, and contribution of these skins to our cause. The skins are top quality vinyl and can be applied directly to your faceplate with little hassle. Look for this design, called "B-Side," and others

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-29410215219219206472008-06-13T13:24:00.003-04:002008-06-13T13:32:56.191-04:00

This week we tested a new All-In style of tournaments where you could play bracket songs at any difficulty and still end up with a competing score. From my end, everything looked like it worked. Scores were being adjusted with the proper formula (per song, per difficulty) and the resulting brackets reflected the All-In scores. I had my wife play in a few brackets and from observing playing and

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-2665124275095955252008-06-08T14:50:00.003-04:002008-06-08T16:36:55.694-04:00

It has finally been added, All-In style tournaments that let you play songs at any difficulty level within a single tournament. This means you can compete against everyone fairly regardless of skill level. Medium players can take on Experts, and Easys can take on Hards. With mucho help from Michael S. and Pete M., I was able to update the bracket system to allow All-In tournaments and we're

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-64872986712209071662008-06-08T00:14:00.003-04:002008-06-08T00:27:59.056-04:00

I've done my best to notify tournaments winners about claiming their prize, but as more tournaments get scheduled, it's been harder to keep up. So, this is just a friendly reminder that if you win a tournament to send in an e-mail telling me you won. You have up to five days after the tournament to ask to claim your prize. I'll then confirm your win and your claim eligibility. When you do send

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-62809352580204403962008-06-06T22:04:00.002-04:002008-06-06T22:19:45.379-04:00

The idea of pay-to-play (PTP) tournaments has come up in the past but at that time I wasn't ready to manage that type of tournament. Plus I wasn't sure if the site could support it. But now the system is at a place where I feel comfortable toying with the idea of real money tournaments. Should we start them, PTP tourneys would be private tournaments. There would be an open call for entries and

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-3560896997785918512008-06-05T11:26:00.002-04:002008-06-05T11:28:28.832-04:00

As we like to support local Guitar Hero happenings, local Columbus station 105.7 The Brew is having a Guitar Hero contest just for dads. No real details as of yet. Just register by e-mail and you're in. And if you're not a dad, grab the nearest child and go for it!

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275607961173800001.post-76246666287426095522008-06-03T21:14:00.002-04:002008-06-03T21:16:50.227-04:00

As is turns out the supply of GH key chains has run out. Bad thing is I had already scheduled some key chain prize tournaments for the weekend. So to make up for the error, the Friday expert and Saturday easy tournament prizes have been changed to a $5.00 Amazon.com gift card. As the Community Chest put it, "Bank error in your favor."

Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776462192924568noreply@blogger.com0