guitar players : what is your opinion of "guitar hero"

DOSW · November 2007

boxwine_in_hell wrote:

Yeah I hope none of you Guitar Hero Retards are Southpark fans because Trey and Matt just killed you tonight. That was priceless jimmy.

Why were you sitting on your ass watching television? Why couldn't you do something productive? You know that's half an hour of your life you'll never get back...

MichaelMcKevin · November 2007

DOSW wrote:

Why were you sitting on your ass watching television? Why couldn't you do something productive? You know that's half an hour of your life you'll never get back...

Hahaha Amen. Why is this guy still talking? Usually when you realize everyone is against you, it's cause YOU'RE the asshole... not the rest of us.

katew · November 2007

guitar hero, man thats rubbish compared to the real rockin gibson guitars id say get the real thing not a plastic game

prytocorduroy · November 2007

Guitar Hero is great I think. I've played it a handful of times and it's cool. I've been considering getting III (has a great selection of songs). And if anyone thinks no good can come out of this game, refer to Ian's posts. Two people picked up guitars because of the game, imagine that!

I play bass and that's a lot funner, plus I can create instead of duplicate. However, the game has it's perks: easy to grasp, so you and your friends can play with ease and not have to know how to use an instrument; and it can expand one's musical tastes (like spreading Even Flow and PJ to all the kiddies!

).

Anon · November 2007

xtremehardy388 wrote:

Yeah PJ_Gurl
I was pronounced dead on the scene of an accident in 2006 and the paramedics brought me back to life. I never got to thank them so I'm thanking you for being a paramedic and saving lives.

if anyone has observed our work practices at accident scenes,when we are dealing with critically ill patients, i guess it would seem that we are very much detached from the situation and doing what we do in a structured manner, but i can tell you it's really not like that at all. for me it's heartbreaking when we lose someone, it happens too much and too often. stories like yours just make the job that much more rewarding. the worst night can turn into a much better night when we are able to at least partly contribute to helping people survive.

i hope you are all recovered and well now.

Anon · November 2007

who's_pearljam? wrote:

Rock on Pj_gurl!
First of all, thank you for being a paramedic. You show up and save lives. How many people do that in this world! Great stuff. I have tremendous respect for paramedics. Twice I've been laying there on the ground looking up at one of you and let me tell you, it's a welcome sight to see!

thanks for your kind words. it's a great career for anyone that is interested in that line of work. the camaraderie that you have with your workmates is very special too.

EddiesGuitarGirl · November 2007

it gets boring after a while. its all right but i prefer playing a real guitar. i dont really understand the hype of it though.

Lost_Clay · November 2007

but what if you put 2 televisions & 2 game consoles nearby and played guitar hero while playin dance dance revolution

i love all the opinions in this thread,
thank you

BetterManningNYG · November 2007

south park was pretty funny last night, especially after having already read through this thread.

personally, i haven't played guitar hero all that much. i'd rather spend my time improving my skills on the real thing. but that's just me. if you like playing the game, go for it. video games are just about having fun anyway.

in a perfect world, more people would be interested in learning the actual instrument. then maybe mainstream music wouldn't be so damn awful. but the reality of the situation is that not everyone wants to learn how to play guitar. so be it. more gigs for me...

as for video games, i'll stick to playing madden. the football-playing phase of my life has been over for quite some time now. let's just say that i wasn't quite NFL-caliber and leave it at that.

but with madden, i get to pretend otherwise.

although i really wish they'd bring back MVP baseball. all the new baseball games are crap. :mad:

ianvomsaal · November 2007

danny72688 wrote:

And if anyone thinks no good can come out of this game, refer to Ian's posts. Two people picked up guitars because of the game, imagine that!

Unfortunately one guy quite almost as soon as he began because playing a real guitar it NOTHING like Guitar Hero (and he thought it would be).
The other guy lost $500 on a bet because he though playing a real guitar would be just like guitar hero.
He took his last lesson today because of it - Playing a real guitar just didn't turn out to be as easy as he thought the game depicted.
His exact words were "man, this was nothing like Guitar Hero - why'd they make the game like that - I wish I could sue them for mis-representation."
I just tried to play it off and said maybe he should have done a little research before he made the bet - playing guitar well takes years of practice..
It just goes to show that some people think the game represents the real thing - Those of you here on the PJMP that play the game already
know what it takes to play guitar – unfortunately many people that play the game but have never played guitar seem to think it’s analogous.
There goes two more non-guitar playing people in this world, because in their eyes a game mislead them.
I really love the guitar, and I want everyone to have a positive experience with it - things like this just make me sad.

- Ian

prytocorduroy · November 2007

ianvomsaal wrote:

Unfortunately one guy quite almost as soon as he began because playing a real guitar it NOTHING like Guitar Hero (and he thought it would be).
The other guy lost $500 on a bet because he though playing a real guitar would be just like guitar hero.
He took his last lesson today because of it - Playing a real guitar just didn't turn out to be as easy as he thought the game depicted.
His exact words were "man, this was nothing like Guitar Hero - why'd they make the game like that - I wish I could sue them for mis-representation."
I just tried to play it off and said maybe he should have done a little research before he made the bet - playing guitar well takes years of practice..
It just goes to show that some people think the game represents the real thing - Those of you here on the PJMP that play the game already
know what it takes to play guitar – unfortunately many people that play the game but have never played guitar seem to think it’s analogous.
There goes two more non-guitar playing people in this world, because in their eyes a game mislead them.
I really love the guitar, and I want everyone to have a positive experience with it - things like this just make me sad.

- Ian

Well that's lame that they quit. But at least they were motivated to try (not for great reasons but still), even if they abondoned it quickly. I'm sure there's more that picked up an instrument because of the game and that's enough for me to want it to stick around. We need more people creating music these days.

Misrepresentation..... LOL! Any idiot can tell right away. No strings, no tuning, no upkeep (just to name a few obvious visual things). All it really teaches you is fretting, sort of......not really.

And what about fingerpickers like me?! I have to strum in GH and I hate strumming

Indian Summer · November 2007

have any of you seen the newest South Park episode.....its all about Guitar Hero. Stan's dad hears them playing Kansas "Carry on my Wayward Son" on Guitar Hero, so he gets out his real guitar and plays it, and the kids look at him like he's an idiot! It's classic!

Pearl Jam and toast · November 2007

Neil Young can outplay most guitar players in three notes just because of the way he plays them.

*bows*

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