As I was cracking my knuckles in preparation for the 5-star medium achievement, I get a message. Knock, Knock , Who's there...it's Mr Snank knocking on my XBox360. We partake in some friendly co-op'ing on songs like "My Name is Jonas" and "Cherub Rock"...even perfecting one of the songs and getting 933 consecutive notes. The competitor that he is, Snank quickly challenged me to a pro face off battle after our lil' warm up. We each selected 2 songs that were to be included in the battle pool of 4. Snank took a quick lead as he outscored me by 20k and 10k in the first two rounds, respectively. My hands were shaking and close to disappearing, much like Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future.
To make a long story short, my fortune took a turn for the better and I defeated the GH3 giant on Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover" and Rage's "Bull’s on Parade." The game was tied...which means sudden death overtime. Pearl Jam's "Even Flow" was the song to determine the GH3 champion of the night. Ready, GO! I felt fearless, and my last two victories created so much momentum not even Anthony Mason's gleaming white teeth could stop me. (Side note: Snank's microphone was on and I could hear every noise he made while playing) Midway through the song, as we jammed hammer-on after pull-off, pull-off and hammer-on, Snank suffered to an overflow of lactic acid in his fingers which greatly affected his jamming prowess. Victory!