December 20: Du Quoin, IL (The Skate Zone)

The Guitar Hero event is Expert mode only, doors open at 8AM, and event begins at Noon. There will be a Entry fee of $15 at the door ($10 if preregistered by December 18 by calling 618-318-2435 or 618-318-0786), and a spectator fee of $8. Cash prizes based on attendance will be given out to the top performers in this event.

Mother Nature wins Rock Out Hunger

Due to the bad weather outside, we had to end the Rock Out Hunger food/toy drive an hour earlier than intended. We did not get enough participants to compute scores, but did get 142 food items and 7 toys.

Food and toys will still be accepted at the Washington County BCMW office until 4pm on December 10. This agency is approximately 70% of their season goal of 10,000 non-perishable food items, but just 10% of the goal of 100 toys.

Rage guitar controllers on CPSC recall list

If you own a Rage wireless guitar controller (Wii version), the CPSC has put that controller on the recall list as of 10-22-08. These controllers were made between June through September 2008, and they are recalled due to an hazard with a circuit board system that could cause burns. If you own it, please go to PDP.com.

The Rage controllers will not be legal for competitive events until further notice.

Dakota Tucker wins the River Radio Event

Dakota Tucker went on to win the River Radio Guitar Hero finals on October 25. He posted the top qualifying score of all the qualifiers and followed it up with the win at Marion.

Southern Illinois Open Results

Nolan Middendorf won the 1st Annual Southern Illinois Open, going undefeated for the entire event. Pictures will be posted on our myspace page later tonight. Thank you to all that came out to the event.

River Radio (CIL 101.5 and Jack 103.5) Tailgate Tour

CIL 101.5 and Marion Scion is having a Tailgate tour for the next few weeks leading up to their finals on October 25. The winner of the competition will receive an XBOX 360, and finalists will receive a T-Shirt. Please visit WCIL's website for more information on locations. The qualifier locations are located at the high school listed in CAPS and starts at least one hour prior to kickoff time.

There is no entry fee for the qualifiers but you may have to pay the admission fee for the football game (which is under $5 in most cases) in order to take part. All participants will play a song of the sponsor's choice on the XBOX 360 under the Expert difficulty. This is an highscore mode event. Getting at least 500 points on the song (even if you fail it) will get you a free Marion Scion t-shirt. The top highscores will advance to the October 25 finals.

The October 25 finals will be at Marion Scion dealership off Route 13 near I-57. The finals will be pro-face off double elimination using Expert difficulty.

new myspace profile, and youtube account

I have created a new myspace profile: http://www.myspace.com/gh_soil

In addition, our YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/SoILGuitarHero

Below is a 40 second commercial promoting the upcoming Southern Illinois Open:

MGA $250 Event Results

PriestMLH defeated Skyler to win the event in Metropolis, IL on July 26.

Speaking of Priest, he was featured in the Evansville Courier on July 28.

Both events well attended, results coming soon

The July 27 edition of the Centralia Sentinel had a article about yesterday's Guitar Hero event in Mt. Vernon, IL. An estimated 100 people took part in the event. However, the newspaper provided no results of the event, and I have not yet received any results either. I expect something to be posted on the Mt. Vernon Register-News website sometime on Monday.

The MGA has also reported that their event was a success but have yet to post their results.

If you know the results of either event, please post it on the comments page as I won't have extended Internet time until Wednesday due to work, or send me a message via Myspace.

good luck this weekend

I would like to wish everyone best of luck at the events this weekend. I won't be at either event due to an prior commitment with family (I will be out of town from Thursday-Sunday). Tornadoalley1971 has the temporary lead of the Southern Illinois Rockers touring group on Guitar Hero Community site while I am gone. Please log into that community site and send him a private message.

The Mt. Vernon event in October will happen during Southern Illinois Harvest Fest but I do not have a date or time for that event - which is sponsored by the Mt. Vernon Jaycees.

Results from Saturday's events will be posted sometime Sunday or Monday evening after I return from my trip.

MGA Podcast on July 26

The MGA will be having a podcast during their event and is looking for people to interview, even if you don't intend on playing at their event.

I will be out of town from July 25-28, due to a family vacation that was planned well before these events were announced. I have no choice but to take it because I already put in my vacation time at work and there are at 7 other family members going with me. I regret in advance about being unable to attend either event and I wish all players luck next Saturday.

Mt. Vernon flyer

July 26: Mt. Vernon, IL

I have posted the important details at ScoreHero. The rules will be similar to the May 31 event hosted by the jaycees but there are some changes from the last event. The organizer is Chris Murphy and the Mt. Vernon Jaycees is again sponsoring the event. The changes have been put in a different text color. He has clarified the dress code that no suggestive/offensive attire is permitted during the event.

How it works

4 skill levels
40 players maximum per skill level.

Easy: (Max. age limit 13yrs) entry fee $5.00 9am to 11am Registration from 8am to 9am

Medium: entry fee $7.50 11am to 1pm Registration from 8am to 11am

Hard: entry fee $10.00 1pm to 3pm Registration from 8am to 1pm

Expert: entry fee $12.50 1pm to 3pm Registration from 8am to 3pm

Tournament will be bracket style.
Round 1 40 players
Round 2 20 players
Round 3 10 players
Final Round 5 players
In the final round each player will play the same song.
Highest scores win 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place
2 players will play 1 song in Pro Face off mode.
High score advances.
In the event of a tie, players can either do battle heads up, or play 1 more song that the judge chooses.
In the event of an odd number of players I.E. 39, 37 etc etc… The odd man/woman out will play a song & based on his/her score, that person will knock out the lowest score of the remaining contestants in the first round.

No refunds will be given nor will you be able to opt into a different skill level to accommodate a schedule conflict so PLEASE make sure you can be there for the skill level you signed on for.

General admission is $2.00 per spectator.

Sodas, candy bars, chips $.50 ea
We will fire up the grill around 11am & will be serving Hotdogs & Cheeseburgers
Hotdogs $1.50 ea
Cheeseburgers $2.50 ea

For general info & questions feel free to contact
Chris Murphy
(618) 316-9060
gh3mtv.@gmail.com
tornadoalley1971@sbcglobal.net

Nashville Results

10 and under winner: Tyler. 7 participants
11-15 winner: Ben. 6 participants
Adult winner: Andrew. 6 participants.

Deb and the rest of the Eager Beavers would like to thank everyone that attended. They will be having another event at the Nashville Fall Festival in September.

$250 event in Metropolis, IL July 26

Their official website is http://www.myspace.com/themga. The game will be EXPERT mode only, please note that.

Southern Illinoisan writeup of the Mt. Vernon event

A short article about a 6 year old winning his division (they did not mention the mode) was posted today.

Nearly 50 people took part in the 4 different modes of the tourney.

Mt. Vernon results

Due to mandatory Saturday overtime at work, I was unable to attend the Mt. Vernon event. A player known as Pekkekke on ScoreHero forums won the Expert mode from the event.

welcome

welcome to our new blog. more events will be added at a later date.