Difference between revisions of "Talk:Battle of the Bands"

Revision as of 10:04, 7 September 2009

Some additional ones for the Feb 2009 incarnation:

You are fighting Refresh Mode.

This is an electronic robot programmed by a smarter positronic robot to use all digital instruments to mimic the sounds of four men playing only analog instruments and singing songs about how life is bad so you should enjoy what you can from it. Complicated, no?

Image is "band1" (Same as Peter Paulen Mary)

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You are fighting The Strolling Roans.

Once upon a time this band saw some horses walking around in a park and thought "Eureka! That’s our name!" Yes, some white pills may have been involved. I'd wager they were in the euphoria stage instead of the utter wretchedness aftermath when that happened.

Image is "band4" (Cement Brunette)

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You are fighting Buck Cherry.

Johnny, you’d better B. goode for goodness sake, because Buck Cherry is coming to town.

Image is "band3" (Beatless)

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You are fighting Televisiontail.

Supposedly these guys are the best band in the world. Who decides that sort of thing, anyway? Is there an election? Or was there a poll in Rolling Stone that maybe fell out with the other postcards and I missed it?

Image is "fighting-band" (Dick's 12-Step Recovery Program)

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You are fighting Electric Current.

Hells bells these guys are loud! They're quite proud of the dirty (and quite inexpensive) deeds they'll perpetrate all night long. And while wearing funny shorts, too!

Image is "band1" (Same as Peter Paulen Mary)

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You are fighting the Royals and the Tannenbaum.

A collaboration effort made up of members of other royally named bands, this band consists of an American jack who spends half of his time singing in falsetto, a flamboyant Brit who spends half of his time singing in falsetto, a Danish diamond who spends most of his time shrieking in a very weird falsetto, and a drum machine situated in a Christmas tree.

Image is "band2" (22.86 cm Screws)

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You are fighting 404 State.

Error: Band description not found.

Image is "band4" (Cement Brunette)

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You are fighting De la Sole.

They used to be named Tilapia, but they're a jam band and nobody likes jellyfish, so they had to change their name.

Image is "band2" (22.86 cm Screws)

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You are fighting Ahab.

A pale, bald man walks by, asking "Have you seen my baby?" Four other artists immediately object and claim that's their lyric. He quickly fights them all off and then comes for you, too.

Image is "band2" (22.86 cm Screws)

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You are fighting The Undecided.

This group has gone through so many different names over the years they finally just gave up and admitted they couldn't decide what to call themselves.

Image is "fighting-band" (Dick's 12-Step Recovery Program)

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You are fighting The Best Offense.

These guys tenaciously follow the old adage about the best offense, and they're bringing it to play against you.

Image is "band3" (Beatless)

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All of the previous event's bands also appeared in the 2009 event

Hit and miss messages (appear to be the same for all bands):

• You attack ... It's a close call, but your opponent dodges at the last second.
• You attack ... You attack valiantly, but your weapon fails to connect.
• You attack ... Your attack seems solid, but it gets deflected without doing any damage.
• You attack ... Your opponent parries, foiling your attack.
• You attack ... You hit the foe! You hit for 53 damage.

• Your opponent attacks ... They try to rock your world, but you roll to the side and dodge.
• Your opponent attacks ... The band tries to submit you to their worst riot impression, but it's a quiet riot, and mostly harmless.
• Your opponent attacks ... The band tries to blast you with music, but the acoustic instruments don't get nearly loud enough.

• Your opponent attacks ... They all band together, pull out a giant rubber band, and smack it against your skin. He hits you for 11 damage.
• Your opponent attacks ... The band turns up a loudspeaker and blasts you with a deafening chord. He hits you for 7 (sonic) damage.
• Your opponent attacks ... The band smashes a guitar over your head, shattering it. The guitar, not your head. Though it's pretty close with your head, too. He hits you for 5 damage.

• Your opponent attacks ... Your opponent has a critical hit! He hits for 9 damage.

• Your opponent attacks ... Your foe fumbles! He takes 6 damage. Your foe beats himself up. You win the battle.

Band genders (for "He/She hits you" type text)

• Cement Brunette (confirmed "She")
• Vain Helen (confirmed "She" - makes sense for the name, but odd considering who's being parodied)

• 22.86 cm Screws (confirmed "He")
• 404 State (confirmed "He")
• Ahab (confirmed "He")
• Buck Cherry (confirmed "He")
• De la Sole (confirmed "He")
• Dick's 12-Step Recovery Program (confirmed "He")
• Electric Current (confirmed "He")
• Peter Pollen Mary (confirmed "He")
• Royals and the Tannenbaum (confirmed "He")
• Televisiontail (confirmed "He")
• The Beatless (confirmed "He")
• The Best Offense (confirmed "He")
• The Strolling Rones (confirmed "He")
• The Undecided (confirmed "He")
• Refresh Mode (confirmed "He")

-Hen3ry 09:44, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Alright, I have added all of them. Well, just their bases. Needs a HELL of a lot more. Right, finished that up. Anybody wanna spade item and chip drops? --Pantomine 00:32, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Here are the drops I personally confirmed:

I'm going to assume they all drop everything, and we can verify next occurrences.
I didn't note specific chip drops, but over all I saw 14-31. Again I'm going to assume it is the same and we can verify next occurrences.

As a side note, please try to use {{combatencounter}} for new foes. It's going to replace {{fight}} in time, I just didn't replace all of them yet.--Muhandes 08:30, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Differences between this and last time

While it might be worth recording for historical reference, I just want everyone to be aware that all of the most recent bands were supposed to be around last time too; Ryme just goofed the code so only 6 or so actually showed up. So it's not so much that more bands were added as we finally got the full even the second time around. Just wanted to get the history down somewhere before we all forget. Not sure how to work it into the page, though. Cristiona

The fact remains that on the previous time we had only 5 bands and this this time we had more. This is what the page says by dividing them into two groups. If you think the reason for this is important, it can be added as a note.--Muhandes 08:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Data

Band (125) -- 22 band-aid / 21 bandana / 23 bandolier / 5 bandwagon / 3 banned book

Assuming everything drops everything at the same rate. ~16.8-18.4% for the first three items (which probably have the same actual rate), 4% for the bandwagon, and 2.4% for the book. Also, I got a range of 17-36 chips today, which adjusting for Winsday means 12-31. --Jesus 10:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Not sure if this should be added to each individual page, or just to add a note to the Battle page. Or even if such a small sample is worth including anywhere.

BotB III

For old foes, I added banned book whenever it dropped. The rest need to be verified. For new ones, I verified some to all 5 drops and mentioned that in relevant talk pages. The rest, this is what I verified:

BTA band-aid, bandana, bandolier

Electrolyte Orchestra band-aid, bandana, bandolier, banned book

Los Ramónes band-aid, bandana, bandolier,

Samsara band-aid, bandana, bandolier,

Velour Skyscraper band-aid, bandana, bandolier,

--Muhandes 11:20, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

banned book is a new drop for this BotB, maybe a note should be made to that effect? --Hari Seldon 17:04, 7 September 2009 (UTC)