Masterpiece (Bocaj Hero III)

Basically, originally, Bocaj Hero I was gonna be completely different (just called Bocaj Hero also). It was gonna be story-based, not tiered by difficulty, not have any sequels, but "expansion pack"-type things instead, and have, like, background videos and maybe a theme. That is what I'm going to try to do with Bocaj Hero III: Masterpiece (the name will probably change at some point too). I came up with a massive (and when I say massive, I mean massive) set of songs, and then realised I won't be able to fit that into 1 hero, so I decided to split it into episodes. Now, back to what I said about "background videos and maybe a theme". Obviously, I'm not the ultimate master of the universe, so I won't be able to do all of this alone (if only I was though, all the things I could do...). I'm gonna need help, from people like YOU *points to the guy 3 seats to the left of you*, YOU *points to the guy at the back* and YOU *points to the guy with the funny hair towards the right*, but most of all, I'm gonna need someone like YOU *points at you, yes you* to get this all done! In other words, if you want to help, then feel free to ask. I'm gonna (or might) need:
Modelers/Animators (Or both in one person)
Theme-makers
Drum charters
Possibly guitar/bass charters but not likely
Maybe even 1-2 people to help with the storyline

Feel free to help in any way you can, even ways not listed a few lines above. For instance, help come up with a name. And if you wanna chart, I'm gonna have to check that your charting is good enough first. And for any of the things in the list, you have to be able to co-operate etc. (If I could get absolutely all of the stuff above and anything else I've mentioned all in one person, that would be really awesome and probably save lots of hassle. In fact, it'd be just as good if the community could help me get good at all that stuff above, as it's skill, rather than time, that'll prevent me from doing that stuff alone.) Okay, rant over. And hopefully this thing will go somewhere.

(Possibly) Final Setlist: (Will probably be changed a damn lot as I come up with the storyline, if I do go with that plan)

Dunno yet lol.

The "official" "team": (Apply by post or PM, your choice, or maybe even IRC or w/e)
Thebocaj (leader, storyline, guitar charting)
Delainfr (storyline, expert+ drum charting)
HekaAdonis69 (storyline, expert+ drum charting)
Slashfan7964 (theme maker)
Estemshorn (theme maker, drum charting)

Sounds Good man, and a suggestion for some good Dream Theater songs, The Album Systematic Chaos.

I've changed the setlist around a bit, so I've updated the OP. Also, there's no longer any of them "already in the current BH2 setlist and might be removed" songs, which means that this setlist is much closer to final now. Also, added a preview of a few of the songs in the planned setlist to the OP.

Added 5 more songs to the preview. Also, I'm considering making a minor version of the 'plans' I have for BH4 in this hero.

Woo

Big Announcement:
(Pretty much) Final Setlist added to OP. The tiering will probably be changed around, especially with the first tiers, but the song list is pretty much final.

Okay. I've decided that I'm definitely going to add some sort of storyline to this one. However, I'm not sure which way exactly to do this though. Feel free to leave suggestions of how I could go about this.

A few ways I was thinking:
Just a simple notepad document with the hero which has the storyline.
Use the song previews to tell the storyline.
The "Full-On" approach (videos which play in the songs, added parts with dialogue, interlude tracks, however, this'll take a damn longer time than the above two)

Awesome. Epic!

Slashfan7964 wrote:

Awesome. Epic!

It is.

Oh, and I'm likely to change the setlist a lot to fit the storyline, which I still need to think up more.

It's too bad I don't listen to it though.


It's hard to believe how far we've all come.

This is very epic, good luck.

You are really starting to make me wonder.

Hmm, I might split this into 2 separate things, a normal hero with pretty much the setlist in the OP and what I've been planning on doing since like april (aka. the hero with the storyline and the vids and stuff).

Sounds intersting. You just gave me a BEASt idea for SF Hero 5.

Cool. It better not be exactly the same as mine. :p

Yay, got a basic storyline down, although it was made for something else, so it'll have to be altered to fit the general area of music better. It is pretty cool though.

Nope. I'm going to do some animation editing with stick figures on a couple of quests the procedd trough the tiers.

Okay, pretty much certain that I will split this, like I did back in the days of Bocaj Hero: The Legend Of Matt Halford. Also, I could do with some recommendations of songs by certain bands, mostly 80s glam metal (aka. Slashfan's field of specialty). :p

Bands I want recommendations for:
Def Leppard
Scorpions
Dokken
Tesla
Motley Crüe (like how my iPod automatically puts the umlauts in.)
Ratt
Red Rider
The Outlaws
Children Of Bodom
Sonata Arctica
Dragonforce
Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Van Halen
Racer X
Joe Satriani
Jeff Beck
Eric Johnson
Michael Angelo Batio
Coroner
Emperor
Trivium
John 5
Yngwie Malmsteen('s Rising Force)
Orianthi
John Petrucci
Luca Turilli
Paul Gilbert
Cacophony (and any of Friedman or Becker's stuff)
G3
Any other shredders you can think of
Same as above, but for glam metal, prog/power metal, and anything similar to the bands listed

(Okay, so that list isn't actually mostly 80s glam metal, but that's easily the genre I know the least songs of out of my favourite genres.)

Hopefully how long that list is will give you an idea of how long I'm planning on making this setlist (Could even end up as big as Dead-X 666!).

Edit: In progress of completely overhauling the setlist. This thing is gonna be effin' massive by the looks of it!

This is the WIP setlist, will likely be MUCH smaller when done.



I'll probably split it into episodes. In fact, I'll work on a setlist for episode 1 now.

Episode 1: Dawn Of Adventure
Tier 1: Learning The Basics
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)
Linkin Park - From The Inside
Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock And Roll
Ten Masked Men - Cry Me A River
Anthrax - Safe Home
Encore: Madina Lake - Criminals

Tier 2: Band Tryouts
Metallica - St. Anger
Megadeth - Mary Jane
Atreyu - Black Days Begin
Madina Lake - Not For This World
Linkin Park - Points Of Authority
Encore: Dream Theater - Afterlife

Tier 3: Finding Your Style
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
Avenged Sevenfold - Victim
Rhapsody - Echoes Of Tragedy
Trivium - And Sadness Will Sear
Corpus Christi - Monuments
Encore: Korn - Hey Daddy

Tier 4: First Gig
Fields Of The Nephilim - Melt (The Catching Of The Butterfly)
Madina Lake - Stars
Trivium - Suffocating Sight
Dream Theater - The Root Of All Evil
Fields Of The Nephilim - Subsanity
Encore: Atreyu - Congregation Of The Damned

Tier 5: Cover Album
Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked
Dokken - Breaking The Chains
Ozzy Osbourne - Believer
Deep Purple - Black Night
Majesty - YYZ
Encore: Trivium - For Whom The Bell Tolls

Tier 6: Nordic Festival Part 1
Eluveitie - Inis Mona
Equilibrium - Unbesiegt
Equilibrium - Blut I'm Auge
Ensiferum - Into Battle
Korpiklaani - Vodka
Alestorm - Keelhauled

Tier 7: Nordic Festival Part 2
Enslaved - Yggdrasil
Enslaved - Loke
Emperor - Thus Spake The Nightspirit
Enslaved - Fenris
Bishop Of Hexen - Self Loathing Orchestration
Encore: Dimmu Borgir - Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse

Tier 8: Universal Fandom
Dethklok - Fansong
Dream Theater - Never Enough
Dethklok - Better Metal Snake
Dethklok - The Lost Vikings
Manowar - Die For Metal
Encore: Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

Tier 9: The Great Festival
Savatage - This Is The Time (1990)
Metallica - Damage, Inc.
Rhapsody - Agony Is My Name
Dream Theater - Honor Thy Father
Judas Priest - Nightcrawler
Encore: Slayer - Die By The Sword

Tier 10: The Great Gig Up In The Sky
Trivium - Contempt Breeds Contamination
Luca Turilli - Demonheart
Rhapsody - Power Of The Dragonflame
Dream Theater - The Great Debate
Nitro - Freight Train
Encore: Rhapsody - Shadows Of Death

As usual, that setlist isn't final.

I'm liking the setlist man!

Ozzy, Def leppard, Metallica.

( And btw your i-pod didn't put the umlaut over the O in Motley Crue. )

Samsara wrote:

I'm liking the setlist man!

Ozzy, Def leppard, Metallica.

( And btw your i-pod didn't put the umlaut over the O in Motley Crue. )

Damn, it didn't. I decided to try to fit the songs I've promised in the past but never did (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Save Your Love, Stairway To Heaven, a few others)

Also, updated the version of the episode 1 setlist that is in the OP.

Finally got a version in the OP which might become the final one.

Edit: Okay, added my advertisement-type thing from FoF-FF, which also lists what things I'll need help with. As it says in the OP, feel free to help in any way you can!

Um, I've already done some of those =P

Slashfan7964 wrote:

Um, I've already done some of those =P

I'm guessing mostly the first half of tier 5, right?

thebocaj wrote:

Samsara wrote:

I'm liking the setlist man!

Ozzy, Def leppard, Metallica.

( And btw your i-pod didn't put the umlaut over the O in Motley Crue. )

Damn, it didn't. I decided to try to fit the songs I've promised in the past but never did (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Save Your Love, Stairway To Heaven, a few others)

Also, updated the version of the episode 1 setlist that is in the OP.

I still think you could of done an awsome version of Stairway To Heaven.