Free Blog 3: Lets Take a Break.

I know you must be on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens on my exciting narrative, but I think it's time to chill for a little and talk about something else. The topic this time? The terrible, awful, Rock Band competition at Southern Poly on Wednesday. Ugh, it was awful.
First of all, it was a band competition. Meaning, every player had to have 3 or 4 members of their group. No soloing it or anything sneaky like that. That was the first downside. Second downside, the prize was one copy of Left 4 Dead. Not even Left 4 Dead 2, just the regular one. So, out of a 4 person band, theres only one prize to go around. So who gets it? Rock paper scissors i guess!
The thing that got me the most was the "scoring." The way that the tournament director decided that she would choose the winner of each round by taking an average of each band members percentage of notes hit. Does that sound fair? I'm not sure how much you may know about Rock Band, but notes can be pretty damn easy to hit depending on the song you choose and the difficulty. So, what was stopping a band from all choosing Easy mode and getting a 100% average? Nothing at all.
So, some participants tried to explain this to the director. What she said next really got on my nerves. She said "Well, you guys are all making a really big deal out of this, but you have to remember that I'm taking time out of my very busy day to host this tournament for you guys. I just want to get this over with and go home, so sit down and just let me run this tournament, ok?"
That really got to me. It was all i could do just to not get up and leave out of frustration at that little comment, but i stayed because there was free pizza. The way to a mans heart is through his stomach, right?
Anyway, 3 hour story short, our band lost the first round because our opposing team had picked a long and simple song, and they had a perfect vocalist who got 100% on everything. So, that was rather annoying. But, even if i had won, its not like i wouldve gotten the prize so i guess im not too upset. I'm just not happy with the wasted time.
So thats my rant for the week. Our story will continue on Free blog 4!