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[BigDMcGee]

Um.. wow?


http://www.break.com/index/1-guy-beats-har...hero-level.html

[scram]

The sad thing is, with that kind of dexterity and right/left hand coordination, he could probably play a real guitar very well, but I'd bet a dimebag that he can't.

[Asimo]

Congratulations! You are FAGS!!!

[SBriand]

Congratulations! You are FAGS!!!

That is what I hoped would happen at the end!

[vbnautilus]

The sad thing is, with that kind of dexterity and right/left hand coordination, he could probably play a real guitar very well, but I'd bet a dimebag that he can't.

QFT.

After I saw my friend playing this game I realized if he had spent the same amount of time he did playing the game
on actually learning guitar, he'd be able to play by now. The game is a lot of fun, but not as much fun
as playing guitar.

[Love4hockey]

This reminds me of the new South Park.

[BigDMcGee]

The sad thing is, with that kind of dexterity and right/left hand coordination, he could probably play a real guitar very well, but I'd bet a dimebag that he can't.

yeah, that's what I never really got about the who guitar hero game. I mean, you guys know there are real guitars, right? Never made any sense to me. But then again, when I played guitar I made a concerned effort not to learn how to play like old zepplin songs or stuff like that... so like, learning how to play Reign of blood to begin with never did anything for me, but learning how to play reign of blood on a video game is really beyond me. His performance ( as it were) was still quite impressive, from a videogame standpoint, however.

[SBriand]

yeah, that's what I never really got about the who guitar hero game. I mean, you guys know there are real guitars, right? Never made any sense to me. But then again, when I played guitar I made a concerned effort not to learn how to play like old zepplin songs or stuff like that... so like, learning how to play Reign of blood to begin with never did anything for me, but learning how to play reign of blood on a video game is really beyond me. His performance ( as it were) was still quite impressive, from a videogame standpoint, however.

Who says they don't know how to play guitar. It's just a video game. I have been playing guitar for 19 years. I have all 4 Guitar Hero games as well. There is a big difference between the both. I know friends who play guitar better than I could ever dream of and they have a terrible time playing this game. I don't get into the game like these kids but it is fun to play when friends are over.

[Jadaki]

QFT.

After I saw my friend playing this game I realized if he had spent the same amount of time he did playing the game
on actually learning guitar, he'd be able to play by now. The game is a lot of fun, but not as much fun
as playing guitar.

You can pick up the game and be playing and beating the first levels in ten minutes, no one in the world has done that with a real guitar. It's a game, it's nothing like playing a real instrument.

[El Guapo]

I did not realize this was a game you could beat, I thought it was glorified Kareoke for guitars. Sounds gay.

[vbnautilus]

You can pick up the game and be playing and beating the first levels in ten minutes, no one in the world has done that with a real guitar. It's a game, it's nothing like playing a real instrument.

I don't know anyone who plays this game who has only played it for ten minutes. I do know several people who have spent a considerable amount of time on it.

[SBriand]

I did not realize this was a game you could beat, I thought it was glorified Kareoke for guitars. Sounds gay.

Everyone thinks it is gay till they play it, then 90% of those people bogart the controls so no one else can play. I have seen it countless times.

[Jadaki]

I don't know anyone who plays this game who has only played it for ten minutes. I do know several people who have spent a considerable amount of time on it.

It's the ability to pick it up and learn to play it in less than 10 minutes. No one picks up a real guitar and learns to play in ten minutes.

[SBriand]

I don't know anyone who plays this game who has only played it for ten minutes. I do know several people who have spent a considerable amount of time on it.

That makes no sense. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to pick this game up and play it. This video shows someone doing something that I would venture a guess that not even 1% of GH players can even come close to doing. But comparing this game and the skill it takes to play it compared to learning how to play a guitar is laughable.

[Painter567]

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It's gonna happen!

[vbnautilus]

It's the ability to pick it up and learn to play it in less than 10 minutes. No one picks up a real guitar and learns to play in ten minutes.

You can do some basic things in 10 minutes on Guitar Hero, but you can't master it that fast. At least I couldn't. And I'm sure it took that guy in the video a lot more than ten minutes to reach that level of proficiency.

With a real guitar I could have you strumming a chord in about ten minutes.

Regardless, my point wasn't to compare the relative difficulty of learning these things; it was just to say that if you took the amount of time spent playing the game and instead put it into learning the guitar, you would have some ability on the guitar that you would find rewarding.

[BigDMcGee]

That makes no sense. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to pick this game up and play it. This video shows someone doing something that I would venture a guess that not even 1% of GH players can even come close to doing. But comparing this game and the skill it takes to play it compared to learning how to play a guitar is laughable.

Way, way, way less that 1 percent of GH players can do that, for the record.

[vbnautilus]

That makes no sense. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to pick this game up and play it. This video shows someone doing something that I would venture a guess that not even 1% of GH players can even come close to doing. But comparing this game and the skill it takes to play it compared to learning how to play a guitar is laughable.

It totally agree with you. That wasn't my point. It was just about time invested.

[scram]

But comparing this game and the skill it takes to play it compared to learning how to play a guitar is laughable.

They (GH and a real guitar) are certainly "different", but anyone who could do that with a Guitar Hero "guitar" is a pretty damn good candidate for eventually becoming a damn good real guitarist.

His digital speed and dexterity not to mention his L/R coordination is probably in the top 1% of the population at large, be he playing a video game or playing a real guitar. It's sad to see people like that waste their talents becoming proficient playing Guitar Hero when, I believe, using those talents to play a real instrument is something much more valuable and profound.
Of course, he may be a beast of a real guitarist and just applied his gifts to GH, but I'd lay odds against that.

[Jadaki]

They (GH and a real guitar) are certainly "different", but anyone who could do that with a Guitar Hero "guitar" is a pretty damn good candidate for eventually becoming a damn good real guitarist.

His digital speed and dexterity not to mention his L/R coordination is probably in the top 1% of the population at large, be he playing a video game or playing a real guitar. It's sad to see people like that waste their talents becoming proficient playing Guitar Hero when, I believe, using those talents to play a real instrument is something much more valuable and profound.
Of course, he may be a beast of a real guitarist and just applied his gifts to GH, but I'd lay odds against that.

Or more likely, playing a real guitar isn't as fun as sitting around with a bunch of your college buddies drinking and goofing off on a video game.