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Now this is just stupid...

petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
An American teenager has dropped out of high school in order to become an expert at the video game Guitar Hero.

Blake Peebles, 16, quit his sophomore year at North Raleigh Christian Academy to concentrate on perfecting his game, which so far has seen him win prizes from gift certificates to gaming equipment and chicken sandwiches.

The Raleigh, North Carolina native’s parents hired a tutor and allowed their son to drop out of school after he wore them down with his complaints.

"We couldn't take the complaining anymore. He always told me that he thought school was a waste of time," his mother Hunter told The News & Observer.

Peebles hopes to get to professional-level gaming, which can see competitors earn from $25,000 to $80,000 per year, although the figure is usually at the lower end and sponsorship opportunities are rare for competitors who coming in any lower than first place.
Shows:
9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
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  • alexersalexers Posts: 492
    AT LEAST pick up a REAL guitar.
  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    alexers wrote:
    AT LEAST pick up a REAL guitar.


    ha ha so true. Join a band or something, kid.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    kudos to the south for showing yet again the importance "y'all" place on education...
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

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  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    I guess that kid didn't see that South Park Episode.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-2Zw0hgfEw
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    idiot parents.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    idiot parents.
    are you kidding?? i WISH my parents had encouraged me to pursue a career that pulls in 80K a year... all im doing with my life is teaching... :rolleyes:
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • LeilaMoonTurtleLeilaMoonTurtle Posts: 1,418
    hmm where is that thread pj play south?
    http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/Moonturltemoon/PJ MSG 6-24-08/

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    The elements they speak to me.

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL3gQO1WxUk
    so cute they are
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    sgossard3 wrote:
    are you kidding?? i WISH my parents had encouraged me to pursue a career that pulls in 80K a year... all im doing with my life is teaching... :rolleyes:
    ...
    I wonder what the parents that encouraged their kids to become 'Pac-Man' Masters are thinkin' today.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Way to step up and be parents...
    My whole life
    was like a picture
    of a sunny day
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    yikes.


    "we just couldn't take the complaining anymore?"

    COME OOOON. pathetic
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  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    my guess...trailer park...just a hunch
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • Comatose11Comatose11 Posts: 77
    sgossard3 wrote:
    kudos to the south for showing yet again the importance "y'all" place on education...

    The theme from Deliverence suddenly crept into my head......
    I'll end up alone like I began...
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    sgossard3 wrote:
    are you kidding?? i WISH my parents had encouraged me to pursue a career that pulls in 80K a year... all im doing with my life is teaching... :rolleyes:
    way to go dummy

    ;) hahaha
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    I wonder what the parents that encouraged their kids to become 'Pac-Man' Masters are thinkin' today.
    come now... pac-man has many skills that translate well into other fields... the culinary arts, cryptozoology, architecture... im sure it was just as useful as any secondary education
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    sgossard3 wrote:
    come now... pac-man has many skills that translate well into other fields... the culinary arts, cryptozoology, architecture... im sure it was just as useful as any secondary education
    ...
    But the risks... Claw Hand and Mountain Dew addiction comes to mind.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    I was a Zelda man myself :)
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,066
    LeilaMoonTurtle wrote:
    hmm where is that thread pj play south?
    what the hell does that have to do with anything?
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore

    Upcoming: 2025 Hollywood, FL Night 2
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    petrocs wrote:
    I was a Zelda man myself :)
    fuck yah... i shouldve dropped out to perfect my Z-targeting skills :D
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    We should send this little bastard to LukinFans school..he'll shape him up or f*&^ him up ! lol
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,066
    petrocs wrote:
    We should send this little bastard to LukinFans school..he'll shape him up or f*&^ him up ! lol
    haha- I deal with kids like this and worse everyday- but you've got to blame the parents. I had to beg my parents forever to get an old school nintendo after they came out. Then i was only allowed to play it a certain amount of time each day. Some parents these days, I just don't know about. But then there are others that are doing an excellent job
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore

    Upcoming: 2025 Hollywood, FL Night 2
  • seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    link?
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • LeilaMoonTurtleLeilaMoonTurtle Posts: 1,418
    really?
    LukinFan wrote:
    what the hell does that have to do with anything?
    http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/Moonturltemoon/PJ MSG 6-24-08/

    Mihi cura futuri.

    The elements they speak to me.

    http://espn.go.com/espnradiostations/NewYork1050/gallery/35218855.html

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL3gQO1WxUk
    so cute they are
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    seanw1010 wrote:
    link?

    http://www.nme.com/news/nme/39065
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,066
    LeilaMoonTurtle wrote:
    really?
    yeah- so there aren't any idiot kids or parents in NYC or any place else that's not in the south? haha
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore

    Upcoming: 2025 Hollywood, FL Night 2
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    LukinFan wrote:
    yeah- so there aren't any idiot kids or parents in NYC or any place else that's not in the south? haha

    there are stupid people in New Jersey! who knew!
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    petrocs wrote:
    my guess...trailer park...just a hunch

    I'd also be surprised if the parents had high school diplomas.
    My whole life
    was like a picture
    of a sunny day
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
  • LeilaMoonTurtleLeilaMoonTurtle Posts: 1,418
    what are you talking about?

    LukinFan wrote:
    yeah- so there aren't any idiot kids or parents in NYC or any place else that's not in the south? haha
    http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/Moonturltemoon/PJ MSG 6-24-08/

    Mihi cura futuri.

    The elements they speak to me.

    http://espn.go.com/espnradiostations/NewYork1050/gallery/35218855.html

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL3gQO1WxUk
    so cute they are
  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    alexers wrote:
    AT LEAST pick up a REAL guitar.
    lol, precisely.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    _outlaw wrote:
    lol, precisely.
    ...
    Tom Morello tells this great story...
    He was in the studio with some friends and one of them brought his young teenaged daughter. She was talking about playing 'Guitar Hero' and the 'Rage' songs on it. He told her that he was invited to her house by her Dad and he'd love to play 'Guitar Hero' against her.
    He gets over to their house and there are about 15 of her high school aged friends over to see Tom Morello play 'Guitar Hero'. He sucked at it and she kicked his ass. The buttons and that little bar thing... he couldn't figure it out. All these kids were disappointed because he was TOM MORELLO and he was on the screen... and he sucked.
    So, he went to his car and got his guitar and plugged it into the girl's Dad's Marshall Amp... and turned it up. He played the song against the girl on the video game... with his guitar blasting... and blistered through a solo as best he could. It was so loud that stuff was falling off the table. The kids loved it.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • shermsherm Seattle, Wa Posts: 708
    I can't help but love the part that states he has won prizes such as chicken sandwiches, what a life.
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