Feels Ian's pain.

This thread need some Sargeant D



/he's coming
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This is really old.

RagingLeonard: This is really old.

But it's still REALLY good.

I watch it sometimes when I want a laugh.

Oh, and someone should mention that it's not safe for work (language).

RagingLeonard: This is really old.

It's still new to me, dag-nab it!

Haha, man maybe he should put down the toy and pick up a real guitar and learn how to play. AMEYERIGHT?

I've played the cello for 20 years and I couldn't play guitar hero to save my life.

First time I saw it. I'm aware of the band, nothing more; aware of the game, never played - and this is still just awesome. :D

It's like watching racecar drivers play racing games, only... even better, I think. :)

In other news, professional golfers might suck at Golden Tee, and NFL players might suck at Madden.

Torc: and NFL players might suck at Madden.

See also pic in teh boobeez.

I played GH for the first time last spring. I've played guitar for 14 years now...couldn't play GH for shiat. I think I'm too conditioned to a real guitar to just push buttons. I dunno..I haven't purchased a gaming console since the super nintendo.

Satchel_Brown: I played GH for the first time last spring. I've played guitar for 14 years now...couldn't play GH for shiat. I think I'm too conditioned to a real guitar to just push buttons. I dunno..I haven't purchased a gaming console since the super nintendo.

I had the same issue. Playing for years now and I still got booed off stage on easy. Moral of the story? Video Games are not the same as real life.   

rocinante721: This thread need some Sargeant D
/he's coming
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Ok - I loved that album. I still listen to it from time to time. Scary part was about how borderline racist it was.

/can you do... the Milano Mosh?

yarnothuntin: Satchel_Brown: I played GH for the first time last spring. I've played guitar for 14 years now...couldn't play GH for shiat. I think I'm too conditioned to a real guitar to just push buttons. I dunno..I haven't purchased a gaming console since the super nintendo.

I had the same issue. Playing for years now and I still got booed off stage on easy. Moral of the story? Video Games are not the same as real life.

I can imagine. Not played it, but having seen it played I fear my 25 years of bass playing won't be much help.

To be fair, Guitar Hero farks with a musician's concept of musicianship. Very few, if any, musicians picture music as colored shapes coming down a conveyor belt.

I've seen Dave Mustaine fail at Hangar 18 too. Pretty funny.

I always thought GH would make ppl more interested in learining a real instrument....not getting musicians to play console games.

daychilde: It's like watching racecar drivers play racing games, only... even better, I think. :)

I object. Most racing games are rather realistic as far as throttle control and steering, and setting up things like camber, rebound and tire pressure and all that. As a rule, if you can handle a race car, and know *anything* about car setup, racing games are pretty easy to adapt to as soon as you disengage yourself from the needing to feel the car through corners and all that.

Guitar Hero is to guitar playing what Tony Hawk Pro Skater is to racing.

KrustAsian
To be fair, Guitar Hero farks with a musician's concept of musicianship. Very few, if any, musicians picture music as colored shapes coming down a conveyor belt.

I came to say something similar. Scott Ian more than likely looks at the guitar neck when he is figuring something out. It would be interesting to compare how quickly a guitarist who plays by sheet as they have trained themselves to look straight ahead and 'translate' a symbolic language into physical movement on the guitar.

yarnothuntin: Moral of the story? Video Games are not the same as real life.

That's a weird moral.

how quickly a guitarist who plays by sheet [adapts to the console]as they have trained....



/ack....bad Massa..

One of the few songs that I can actually play well on bass is "Sunshine Of Your Love" and I failed big time on GH3. It sucks.

/Stoopid video games

DiiccTater: I always thought GH would make ppl more interested in learining a real instrument....not getting musicians to play console games.

If anything, the GH console is closest to a hurdy-gurdy. That'd be the more logical extension.

rocinante721: It's still new to me, dag-nab it!

WIN

I've heard about htis but I have never seen it.

Go Fast Turn Left: Guitar Hero is to guitar playing what Tony Hawk Pro Skater is to racing.

It's more like Guitar Hero is to real Guitar playing, as masturbation is to real sex.

They have some similarities, and both can be fun in their own way, but ability at one has no effect on having ability with the other.

LIAFNIKUFSIN

Real guitars are for old people.

dletter: Go Fast Turn Left: Guitar Hero is to guitar playing what Tony Hawk Pro Skater is to racing.

It's more like Guitar Hero is to real Guitar playing, as masturbation is to real sex.

They have some similarities, and both can be fun in their own way, but ability at one has no effect on having ability with the other.

Let me know when chicks go home with you after playing your little plastic guitar for them. (I enjoy that game, BTW)

/Played guitar 26 years now

Real guitars are for old people.

/guitar player

Life_is_a_carnivore: LIAFNIKUFSIN

I lol'd

internutthead: rocinante721: This thread need some Sargeant D
/he's coming
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Ok - I loved that album. I still listen to it from time to time. Scary part was about how borderline racist it was.

/can you do... the Milano Mosh?

Racist and sexist, yes. But, I don't think S.O.D. was ever meant to be taken seriously. The entire concept was tongue-in-cheek; a heavy, fast, thrash metal band as satire on its own genre, yet was still a GOOD heavy, fast, thrash metal band in its own right. :D

/Alex, what the fark is that farking noise?!

I have been playing music for over 10 years, and playing bass guitar for 2 years. I am not very good at guitar hero. The rhythm doesn't bother me, but getting all those buttons. To me it feels like the buttons you press barely corelate to the song. I think you could play it with the sound off and it would be the same. As a matter of face the dumass kids in my dorm often do play it with the sound off, while listening to other music on the stereo. I mean, come on.

Guitar Hero is just a repackaged version of Space Invaders

when i was a kid, i had high score on qbert at the local hoagie shop for about 4 days! then, later in life, i managed to fall down a pyramid. who could have seen that coming?

yarnothuntin: Satchel_Brown: I played GH for the first time last spring. I've played guitar for 14 years now...couldn't play GH for shiat. I think I'm too conditioned to a real guitar to just push buttons. I dunno..I haven't purchased a gaming console since the super nintendo.

I had the same issue. Playing for years now and I still got booed off stage on easy. Moral of the story? Video Games are not the same as real life.

Even if you have never played, getting booed offstage on easy is pretty pathetic.

internutthead: rocinante721: This thread need some Sargeant D
/he's coming
//you're on his list

Ok - I loved that album. I still listen to it from time to time. Scary part was about how borderline racist it was.

/can you do... the Milano Mosh?

Strange how prophetic "Fark the Middle East" seems nowadays. And the lyrics to "pussywhipped" are possibly the funniest lyrics to a metal song anyone could ask for.

/You're Dead!

Pontus and the Nail Drivers: dletter: Go Fast Turn Left: Guitar Hero is to guitar playing what Tony Hawk Pro Skater is to racing.

It's more like Guitar Hero is to real Guitar playing, as masturbation is to real sex.

They have some similarities, and both can be fun in their own way, but ability at one has no effect on having ability with the other.

Let me know when chicks go home with you after playing your little plastic guitar for them. (I enjoy that game, BTW)

/Played guitar 26 years now

I was just making the point about abilities, not about how any of the four activities would help you get the ladies (well, 3, obviously with the 4th activity, it is assumed you have the lady, and she wants to be there, hopefully).

And the analogy isn't meant as a insult against any of the four activities, as, all four are fun. Just an observation of the similarities between the two pairs.

Bartleby the Scrivener: when i was a kid, i had high score on qbert at the local hoagie shop for about 4 days! then, later in life, i managed to fall down a pyramid. who could have seen that coming?

And you cussed while falling, right?

"You're going to have to write easier songs... 20 years ago" - Won this video for me.

didn't Slash epically fail at a GnR song on GH?
/can't play either so I'll just sneak away now

NYRBill: didn't Slash epically fail at a GnR song on GH?
/can't play either so I'll just sneak away now

Yeah he also failed while trying to play the velvet revolver song on opie and anthony

Game does not equal real life I guess

Subby, playing guitar hero doesn't make you a guitar hero and vice-versa... IT'S NOT REAL IT'S A VIDEO GAME.

Just because you were good at Mortal Kombat doesn't mean you could whip Randy Couture's ass in a cage fight.

Move out of Mom's basement.

The thing is that many real guitarists suck at Guitar Hero until they crank it up to Expert... they're so used to playing EVERY note.

I've played guitar and bass for eight years, and I was absolutely terrible at guitar hero for the most part. After playing a few times I got the hang of it, but it's not that exciting if theres not a bunch of drunk / stoned people around. Also, Saborlas, you're right. It was actually a bit easier on the harder difficulties for me. (I guess from naturally wanting to sound all the notes? I dunno)

And yes, the real guitars work much much better for the punani.
And respect.
And creativity.

Why do people still compare real life activites to their video-game counterparts? It's apples and ping pong balls.

I didn't totally suck at Guitar Hero... I just thought Guitar Hero totally sucked.

I'm a Tekken guy.

/Yes, I play guitar

Massa Damnata: KrustAsian
To be fair, Guitar Hero farks with a musician's concept of musicianship. Very few, if any, musicians picture music as colored shapes coming down a conveyor belt.

I came to say something similar. Scott Ian more than likely looks at the guitar neck when he is figuring something out. It would be interesting to compare how quickly a guitarist who plays by sheet as they have trained themselves to look straight ahead and 'translate' a symbolic language into physical movement on the guitar.

Actually, playing Guitar Hero has made my sightreading skills get much better. I have a desire that I must hit every note if possible.. and for some reason, I just read music better.

Well duh. I bet real boxers don't necessarily play Super Punch-Out that well either.

I submitted this yesterday and got a red light. Perhaps my headline needed more cliche.