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Honeyßéy

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Originally posted by Doogle

I don't know whether to play R2S or MWR2

I was about to buy MWR but everyone's been dragging the creator on the main forum so I'm not sure what's going on. And R2S seems to be messy until 1.2 which will be a while yet.

You're better off playing R2S, the creator of MWR2 barely takes the time to update the game anymore, which leaves alot of players with bugs, and lag.

Lukey

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Originally posted by Doogle

I don't know whether to play R2S or MWR2

I was about to buy MWR but everyone's been dragging the creator on the main forum so I'm not sure what's going on. And R2S seems to be messy until 1.2 which will be a while yet.

The developer for MWR2 has been missing for a few weeks now... He showed up randomly but faded into the mist again. MWR2's current version is quite buggy, playable but only to an extent, sadly.

R2S, is pretty good right now, the only major flaw is the sales system, which is the main objective of the game, but it's stable and enjoyable.

♚ PRiNCE HiGH ♚

Waiting for MWR2 update

Doogle

Thanks guys. I'll hang tight for the big R2S update soon and play the current version in the meantime. Saves me money too

Doogle

If my artist has like no reputation how am I supposed to promote if my rep is too low for any promotion?

Nano

What I do is create the artists in the editor with high rep, add them to an existing label, and simply start the game with that label.

Doogle

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Originally posted by Nano

What I do is create the artists in the editor with high rep, add them to an existing label, and simply start the game with that label.

Yeah I usually do that but I was trying so hard because they already had 100/100 for almost everything and the song was 100/100 without me editing them at all and their debut single got all 5 star reviews but peaked at #51 on the Hot 100 and dropped off the week after.

Lukey

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Originally posted by Doogle

Yeah I usually do that but I was trying so hard because they already had 100/100 for almost everything and the song was 100/100 without me editing them at all and their debut single got all 5 star reviews but peaked at #51 on the Hot 100 and dropped off the week after.

That's why I can't play the game in its current version, the sales are a mess

Doogle

Tbh it's actually very realistic. The only 100/100 type artists who release 5 star songs are flops who have one charting hit in their whole career.

But yeah I'm going to need a fix because this has the potential to be so fun

Nano

I haven't updated the game in months, looks like it's a good thing I didn't.

RihannaRTT

WESTBURY ROAD ENTERTAINMENT

Started Westbury Road Entertainment with Rihanna as an existing label in 2013 with the same popularity as she originally had, and the same funds Roc Nation did ($120m). Two and a half years on, she releases her second album, but let's see how she did for the first era.

She sold 65 million records in her first era. Her debut single, Only For One Night, featured Jay-Z and hit #1 in every territory with the exception of Asia (#9), and was #1 globally. It's currently the 2nd biggest single ever (go **** yourself Bieber

), has sold 13 million copies WW and even won a Grammy award (Katy Perry hu?)

The album was titled after the second single, Shooting Stars. It was a global #1 SMASH, also hitting the #1 spots in the United States, Europe, Australia and Latin America. It has sold 9 million in total and doubled the sales of the 2nd biggest selling album worldwide. The album spawned multiple genres and the tracklist was as follows (all tracks on the album were produced by Stargate):

1. Acting Out (Robyn Fenty)
2. Only For One Night (featuring Jay-Z) (The Dream)
3. Maybe It's Just Me (Ester Dean)
4. Shooting Stars (Jay-Z)
5. Untouchable (Ester Dean)
6. Rosé (The Dream)
7. Wild and Free (Sia)
8. Soulful (Sia)
9. Lifestyle (Ester Dean)
10. Starlight (Robyn Fenty)
11. Summer Wind (Ester Dean)

The title track was released as the second single. It became Rihanna's 2nd global #1 single as well as her 2nd #1 single in the USA and Australia. It received the award for Best Dance Recording at the Grammys and sold 11 million copies worldwide.

Maybe It's Just Me was released as a Summer single in 2014. Once again, it became a #1 in the USA and Australia, and on the worldwide charts too. It was even still #1 on Christmas Day (ha longevity). It became the 2nd most successful single from the era having sold 12 million copies.

The power ballad, Acting Out was released just before Christmas. It became Rihanna's 4th #1 hit in Australia, as well as a #1 in Latin America and Canada. It underperformed in the US due to MIJM smashing at the time, peaking at #7 and selling just short of 4 million worldwide.

The fifth single was released quickly after Acting Out. Rosé became her fourth #1 single in the USA, and a #1 in Canada and Europe. It sadly stopped her from getting five consecutive #1s in Australia, as it peaked at #2. It exceeded all expectations and sold 9 million worldwide.

The final single was released alongside the Summer Carnival USA. The single was released worldwide but only a music video was served as promotion. As a result of this, the single hardly sold outside of the USA. Second Wind became Rihanna's 5th #1 single from one album (tying Katy Perry and Michael Jackson) and sold just short of 6 million worldwide.

Rihanna embarked on three tours during this time; a promotional tour Only For One Night in very small locations, the 2015 Summer Carnival (which ended up being cancelled due to ~~MWR glitching...~~ low attendance) and the mega-smash Shooting Stars World Tour, spawning 3 legs and grossing $133 million from 92 dates.

Rihanna has recorded and is planning to release her second album, Creatures of the Night, late November. The album features collaborations with Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, and includes six songs written by Rihanna with top quality scores (100%). The album takes a more grown-up approach but once again spawns multiple genres. Again, all tracks (except from the title track which was produced solely by Lady Gaga) were produced by Stargate. The current tracklist is as follows:

1. The Right Time (featuring Katy Perry) (Katy Perry)
2. Rock Out (Rihanna)
3. I Know You Now (Rihanna)
4. Dance in the Dark (Rihanna)
5. Red Blooded Woman (Rihanna)
6. Heartbeat (Ester Dean)
7. Drive On By (Katy Perry)
8. Say It Again (Ne-Yo)
9. Rhythmic (Rihanna)
10. Forevermore (Rihanna)
11. Creatures of the Night (featuring Lady Gaga) (Lady Gaga)

The lead single for the album is The Right Time (featuring Katy Perry). It was released at a worldwide scale one week ago, debuting at #4 on the worldwide charts. A US release is planned for the upcoming week, and the track was met with great reviews. Will Rihanna sell another 65 million records this era?

HausOfCarlos

^^ Great Era

MWR2 KEEPS ON GLITCHING

a few weeks into the game it crashes and when I open it up again, I have 0 money and 0 artists then if I advance of one week the game gives me back my money but I still have 0 artists

I need this to be fixed

♚ PRiNCE HiGH ♚

Her first era

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But yeah this game glitches a LOT. This is like my 4th/5th time starting over

#navytings

I really want to get into one of these games, it seems fun. Any recommendations for someone starting out? I can easily pick things up but I don't want one that is super complicated and you need experience with the type of games to work nnnn.

Hivy

I have a guide list to make for MWR2 since Antuan hasn't made any. I'll help clarify things like "Modifiers" and what not,

Tropez

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Originally posted by Hivy

I have a guide list to make for MWR2 since Antuan hasn't made any. I'll help clarify things like "Modifiers" and what not,

Yeah thanks. The game needs a fix though. Like sales are too low for Asia. And its too easy to have a #1 in the US. It came to a put where I had the top 5 spots on the charts.

hooky

They did NOT

ImmaSlave4u

I started playing MWR2 while I was banned and the loading pages

****ing four minute waiting time!! Is that normal for everyone or am I just unlucky

Tropez

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Originally posted by hooky

They did NOT

Her writing and live ability

Hivy

Simple Guide For Music Wars Rebirth 2

Note: This guide will obviously explain stuff in the Game Editor as well as things you should NOT do or It could mess up the game.

Genres

Each Genre have different data and I've only experimented with a few but the only thing that matters really is "Barriers"

To make it short. Barriers are basically how popular the particular genre is in each country. In each country on the right hand corner is a small chart of genres which are represented by percentages. The lower the percentage in each country for that genre the higher it will be on that little chart and the higher the percentage the lower it will be on the same chart.

Example: If we check the data for the "POP" chart on the game editor. The barriers for it is really low in every country. Probably around 3% to 8% in each country. So basically POP is more universally liked genre and thus any POP music that is released is determined by that percentage and how well it will sell. HOWEVER, genre's such as K-pop, J-pop, and other ASIAN genre's don't sell well in countries like US,UK,Can, Europe, etc unless you do something else which I'll get to later.

The Barriers for POP.
Note: Each Barrier represents the countries in the same order. So Barrier 1 will be US.

Locations

Economy

This one is really simple and most of you probably figured it out. The higher the percentage in the Economy the music will sell really well. This isn't genre specific. So if you want all the music to be selling well just set it to 100% in every country.

Barriers

This is a bit different to the Barriers in the genre heading. These Barriers are more aligned to where the Artist originate from. If these Barriers are all at 0 and your artist is from US his/her music will sell really well in all countries. This just doesn't apply to your artist from your label but all who are from the US. If you want K-pop to sell well just go to the Asia tab and make all the percentages 0.

Modifiers

This pic shows how I have Asia set up. Since managing Asian artist are more challenging and fun I used this.

Let's deal with "Albums" first. In the space I have 10 next to Albums. This basically means that Any Album released by an Asian act will sell EXTREMELY WELL and how well this album sells is determined by 3 factors.

1.) The genre( the barriers)
2.) The HYPE for the album.( If you don't know I'll just explain it later.)
3.) Locations (the barriers)

Example: My artist from my label has a popularity of 100 in Asia. She's an Asian act I created obviously. From the very same settings above with a maximum hype of 100% in Asia she sold approximately 10 mil in the first week. Her genre at the time was "POP" and the percentage for the genre was the highest in Asia followed by K-Pop and J-Pop.

Note: This explanation is the same for the DVD albums, Live albums, EPs and Compilations. With Singles it's the same concept except with singles there is no Hype before it's release. The hype only comes after the release. Also, I'm not exactly sure how the math works with this but all I know is that the higher the number the more copies your albums, singles etc will sell.

The Chart increases are relatively simple. This mostly ties in with Albums and Singles but it's leaning more towards the latter. The higher the chart increase for any country means your single or album will get a HUGE chart increase. But chart increases only work when promoting with media or Award shows. I think the Min Chart Increase works for simple promotions in the media and Max Chart Increase works with the awards shows.

Example: I had the max chart increase at "6" in Asia and Beyoncé was set to perform at the billboard awards. In the awards tab in the game editor I had the Billboard Awards popularity maxed out in every country. So when Bey performed her single she had an increase of 6mil on the Asia chart, jumping straight to number 1.

NOTE: Beyoncé wasn't' on my label so I'm not sure if it works for artist on your label. So experiment away!

NOTE2: This works for every artist no matter the country. So if the chart increase for USA is 6 and a artist from Europe performed at Billboard Awards expect a large increase in sales.

DISC

DO NOT TROUBLE THIS MESS. IT never works and trying to get it to work is a tedious task.

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That's about it. I'm still experimenting on Trends so I'll post that later. Any questions PM me.