Hey Rokrs!
Team iRok2 is busy developing new and exciting features for the game, as well as loving your feedback on things you love about iRok2 and things that you’d like to see change. We want to continue to hear about your iRok2 experiences, and we also want you to stay up to date with all of the fun things going on at Camp iRok2.
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Tell us what you think about iRok2, we want to hear from you.
Party on, Wayne! Party on, Garth!
2011 saw some really amazing moments in history and music. Everything from the end of the 10 year hunt for Osama Bin Laden to the wave of political protests that swept both Arab and North American states. On the opposite side of the spectrum, we saw the much anticipated albums from music powerhouses like Radiohead and the Black Keys. And, who could forget the outrageous power of the viral video a la Rebecca Black’s Friday?! All in all, 2011 was a year that will go down in history.
We took a look at some of the hottest tracks played in iRok2 this year, and with the help of Billboard’s top singles of 2011, we put together an epic top 5 of the best of the best. Check it:
#5 Motivation by Kelly Rowland ft. Lil Wayne: This single Helped Rowland’s album “Here I Am” peak at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 http://irok.to/vSeX9a
#4 Ni**as in Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West: This track was produced by Hit-Boy, who also did Kanye’s “Christmas in Harlem” http://irok.to/uuBbMO
#3 Dance Till The World Ends - Britney Spears: The remix to track features femme fatal’s Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha http://irok.to/u9kfau
#2 Someone Like You - Adele: One of the many winning tracks on Adele’s album “21”, this song will break your heart! http://irok.to/rElHeE
#1 Super Bass - Nicki Minaj: You can’t beat this track, it helped Nicki skyrocket into superstardom in 2011. Can you hear that boom-da-doom-doom bass? We can! http://irok.to/rpdOpF
Happy New Year!
I’ve finally had a few hours to read Steve Jobs’ biography. The first two thirds seem like really ancient history, but I’m just entering the story of how Steve conned the music labels into believing that they could control music distribution through the iTunes chain. Brilliant. Now, with YouTube, Pandora, Spotify, Rdio, etc., we all know that the world’s music is available to everyone. Exclusive control of distribution (ironically, even for Apple) is a dead issue.
Which begs the question, “Is the music revolution over?”
We at iRok2 believe that it’s just beginning. We believe that it’s not just having music, but what you can do with it that counts. Of course, some things you can do (like dance and have sex) have always been coupled to music. But, we’ve staked out having fun and writing a soundtrack to everyone’s life story as our territory.
As iRok2 Rokstars you’ve joined us in exploring this territory and pointing to the road ahead. With your help, we introduced Twitter Integration to provide a channel of global communication for each Rokstar and launched our Facebook App to provide the basis for further integration with your personal Rokstory. Just for starters, we have organized the game as a classic Rokstar Career Biography, from basement to Hall of Fame – iRok2 gives you the platform to make your dreams of stardom come true. You now have a RokBook - a personal journal, and Tour Stickers to mark your accomplishments. As the year ends, our catalog has reached over 20,000 tracks, growing with your interests. We are in Open Beta and ready to add new Rokstars to the tens of thousands who have already joined us.
In 2012, we aim to keep the music revolution alive with you, our kickass Community of Rokstars, and iRok2. Let’s write an awesome soundtrack together.
Robert Arn
iRok2 CEO
It’s been 10 glorious Days of Rok, and we’re still going strong! To say it’s been festive around Camp iRok2 lately is a little bit of an understatement. From the Sith Who Stole Christmas to Chipmunks singing about Santa Claus and hoola-hoops - we’re jollier than we’ve ever been! Every day that you play the 12 Days of Rok you receive a secret reward - have you played today?
Now, with only 2 days left until Christmas Day, we wanted to remind you to enter our Twitter RT contest for your chance to win a FREE 1 month All Access Pass! All you have to do is RT our Holiday message - and you can RT as many times as you want!
RT to WIN! Get a FREE All Access Pass and celebrate the Holidays with ROK! http://irok.to/tOKuES
If you haven’t picked up one of the limited Halloween tees, you better do it quick! We’ve got the spookiest new Gear perfect for any undead, brain-noming zombie Rok’r - available now until October 31st. Watch out, though… If you’re not wearing one of the new Halloween tees you might be a tasty morsel for one of our other spookified Rokstars with a thirst for braaaiiinnnzzz…
A few weeks ago, we introduced you to the Sound Guy. Despite his ragged appearance and beer belly, you welcomed him with open arms. He’s been busy ‘Check 1-2’ing while you Rok’d out to your favorite tracks!
Well, the Sound Guy has a friend, and he’s even more helpful on the stage: the Roadie. You want to sound like an epic Rok’r? Hire the Sound Guy. You want to make it to your next show without spraining your Latissimus Dorsi or tearing your Brachioradialis? Hire a Roadie.
Have you hired anyone from The Crew yet? Which Crew character would you like us to launch next?
Not only have we expanded The Crew, but we’ve also given the Sound Guy a more distinguished look - fitting for a dude who loves equalizers.
Check ‘em out:
You guys know Andrew, right?? He’s our resident tech guru, and he’s the guy who makes everything work smoothly so you can Rok out and pwn every iRok2 track. Well, just when you thought Andrew couldn’t outdo himself, he does! iRok2 is now 30% faster while you play.
What’s so great about gaining 30%, anyway?! Let’s put it into perspective:
- 30% of $1,000,000 = $300,000
- 30% of the average human life span (81 years) = 24.3 years
- 30% of the average life span of a dog (12.8 years) = 3.84 years *which is actually 26.88 dog years!
- 30% of the hits on the Original Nyan Cat video (39,002,202 views) = 11,700,660.6 views
Not too shabby.
What do you think of the new fancy faster iRok2 experience? We love hearing from our Community, so comment away!
We’ve been listening, and you guys sound extra awesome lately! Aside from your stellar Rokstar skillz and unmistakeable talent, we’ve seen a huge spike in performance within the Community and we wonder if it has a little something to do with this guy…
The Sound Guy! He’s a pretty chill dude. He likes to help out real Rokr’s and make gnarly music. He’s been around the industry for a while, and we think he’s experienced enough to be worth every coin.
A Rokstar isn’t a Rokstar without their trusty Sound Guy. What do you think of him?
We are stoked to have the SG join the iRok2 crew, and now that he’s here, we need your help. We need to name the Sound Guy! Which name suit him best? Leave your ideas in the comments, and the Rokr who gives us the best Sound Guy name will win a sweet prize and bragging rights galore!
Over the last few weeks, you will have noticed some pretty cool changes to the game. There has been a lot of speculating and guessing about what these changes mean, and when the new features would be available to players. The wait is almost over…
We’re excited to announce a brand new progression system for all Rokrs! Now, instead of just leveling, you will have the chance to become the ultimate Rokstar! In addition to your standard iRok2 game experience, we’re introducing a story line which will take you from a “Unknown” Rokr to a “Hall of Fame” Rokstar!
The full rollout of this new side of iRok2 is on its way, but in the meantime you’ll notice that traditional “levels” are gone. They’ve been replaced by “Stages” of your Rokstar career. Don’t worry, the rules haven’t changed, you still need fans to progress up through all of the Stages. Energy has also changed and now the max energy for each Rokr is 16.
Stay tuned for more developments and releases, and get ready to become the world’s most radical ROKSTAR!
What do you think of this change? Do you have any questions about how Stages work? Are you stoked to become an infamous Hall of Famer?
Since our beta release, over 6 months ago, we’ve received an overwhelming number of requests to have the iRok2 music game available on Facebook. And, because everyone and their Grandmother (literally) uses Facebook everyday, it only makes sense that we’d make the leap and launch an app! So…. We are super stoked to announce that you can now jam to your favorite tracks while you’re logged into Facebook! That’s right, we’re your go-to rhythm music game, available to you on Facebook way before Guitar Hero or Rock Band.. cos that’s how we roll :)
If you’re already an iRok2 Rokr and want to play via the Facebook app you will need to either create a new account just for Facebook, or move your account over from the iRok2 website to the Facebook app. Word to the wise, once you’ve moved your account over from the website to the app there’s no turning back. Click here to check out the app.
In addition to launching our app, we’ve also launched our RokBook! Every Rokr will now have access to a RokBook which will store all of their favorite things. Right now you are able to bookmark your friends and other Rokr’s and they’ll all be saved to your RokBook. To add Rokr’s to your RokBook visit their studio and click the little star in the red flag.
