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News Room Contributor  Posts: 8880 Joined: 12 Nov 2002     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1087 Joined: 24 May 2009     | He should get a guitar. It's what you do after you play Guitar Hero. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2300 Joined: 24 Jan 2008     | ... I'm sorry, I missed something. Is there anyone over the age of 13 that gives the slightest bit of a damn? Nope? I fail to see the point then. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 76 Joined: 15 Apr 2009     | or he could get a real guitar???? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3292 Joined: 10 Mar 2009     | Wait, what song did he play? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2382 Joined: 10 Nov 2008    | What song was it? I can't seem to see it in the article. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2102 Joined: 8 Nov 2008    | This is news? :( |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2268 Joined: 20 Jul 2008  | Indeed...important is a relative term. This is very big to him right now, but later on in life...say 16-20, its not exactly the most important accomplishment he'll have. |
Muckraker  Posts: 228 Joined: 4 Jul 2009    | The article itself doesn't have that much actual information. Is there a video, or at least the song (or possibly game) it was on (even though I do guess its TTFaF, but then it still could be from smash hits). |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1622 Joined: 26 Mar 2008    | Why does South Park spring to mind? "You have reached 1 million points! YOU....ARE.....FAGS!!" |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1716 Joined: 30 Mar 2009   | Looks like someone doesn't watch South Park. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2530 Joined: 14 Oct 2008   | Does this remind you the south park episode where they broke a million and all they got was "You are FAgs!" |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1887 Joined: 26 Apr 2009   |
Wooow. You totally posted exactly what I was gonna post. XD |
Red Guard  Posts: 4185 Joined: 18 Sep 2008    |
Oh come on. It's just neat! Not everything that flies off teh news desk has to be some big, gripping, hard hitting gaming news article. Sometimes, it's just neat to hear about some kids who, at 12 years old, kicks some serious, world-record-setting ass at a game. Lighten up people. Geez. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2533 Joined: 16 Aug 2008    | A slow day, eh? This isn't really the kind of news I've come to expect from The Escapist... |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 100 Joined: 3 Apr 2009    | So much hate on this thread. Edit: Maybe it's because there wasn't enough hate in the article... people are too used to mainstream media. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1536 Joined: 6 Feb 2008  |
Only a 12 year old can get away with thinking that |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2535 Joined: 27 Apr 2009    |
At twelve? Not every parent lets their kids do whatever they want... Sounds like this kid has parents that actually get involved and sets boundaries - this would happen to be the result of that, by the way. Good for the kid. I'm impressed that he's clearly not some little cunt, going around spouting off about how great he is. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1914 Joined: 22 Dec 2008  |
But never before... |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 447 Joined: 5 Aug 2009  | well he's as far away from being an actual rockstar as it is possible to be. just like i'm as far away from being an actual sith-lord as it is possible to be. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2300 Joined: 24 Jan 2008 |
Nice choice of words! "Kind of Important". Yeah. If Guitar Hero is considered important, Paris Hilton is a fucking genius. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1713 Joined: 10 Mar 2009    |
It is to completly diffrent things. Guitar Hero skills =/= Guitar skills. Really. OT: Good for him! I'll never be that good, but then again. I never play Guitar Hero so... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1239 Joined: 21 Feb 2009  | no Fire and flames xpert 100% was it? |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 676 Joined: 3 Feb 2009  | Big Whoop. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 430 Joined: 6 Jun 2009   | Holy... He does actually play some kind of REAL instrument, right? If not then I'm gonna be really annoyed for reasons I don't fully understand. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4603 Joined: 17 Jan 2009   |
It angers me when people get tabs for the damn Mario Theme just because they want to pretend they can play something. I've had many-a-rant about this in school with my friends. OT: Good on the kid, I respect people who have skills, I just hate it when people try and slap their skills onto something completely different. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2300 Joined: 24 Jan 2008 |
Didn't you just sum up MOST record holders? At least the kid's being humble about it. That much I actually respect. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 525 Joined: 18 Apr 2008  | |
Copy Clerk Posts: 100 Joined: 3 Apr 2009 |
Because you see him getting publicity for something you see no value in. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2893 Joined: 28 May 2008   | Good for him. I just hope he picks up a real guitar eventually :) |
On the Record  Posts: 6549 Joined: 21 May 2009   | I read up to setting a record on something important. God dammit it's not important , it's a plastic guitar with buttons! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2535 Joined: 27 Apr 2009 |
Pretty much. He's obviously worked hard to be that good, and now he's got his moment. Good for him and all that. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2530 Joined: 14 Oct 2008 |
Why hi there I'm John, I take it you like south park too? |
On the Record  Posts: 6768 Joined: 7 Jan 2009 |
No it's not. When you reach the top of Guitar Hero you go and buy some Heroin Hero. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 117 Joined: 22 Jul 2009 | Everyone saying he should get a guitar, why don't you instead of playing videogames? I'm sure if you converted the hours doing that you'd be really... etc It's just a kid doing something he enjoys, why the hate? I think it's quite amazing that a 12 year old beat a record set by a grown man (I think it was, the last time I heard about a guitar hero record it was an adult anyway) |
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12-Year-Old Sets New Guitar Hero World Record
12-year-old Dylan Phifer has set a new world record for Guitar Hero, cranking out over a million points during a Labor Day rockfest at a Washington state Game Crazy store.
The boy with the fast-flyin' fingers racked up 1,019,682 points of guitar heroism, handily knocking over the old mark of 1,009,000. "I never expected to break a world record on something that is kind of important," Phifer told Firstcoastnews.com. "Maybe something kinda small but not this big."
"Important" may be relative, but as Drew McGillivray, manager of the Game Crazy store where the new record was set, pointed out, Phifer's got some undeniably mad skills. "He's incredible," he said. "I've never seen anyone play Guitar Hero like him. It just baffles me how good he is."
"This is such a great thing to see anyone break a Guinness World Record, but on top of that having a 12-year-old come in and do it was fantastic," he added.
His mother said she's not concerned about the amount of time he spends with the game because he's an honor student and a "good kid." She claimed he's always had a "natural ability to really focus in on things," and also admitted that she's a fan of a lot of the music he plays along to. "I just love hearing the songs," she said. "I'll start singing the songs and he'll tell me to stop."
Despite his accomplishment and new-found fame, the youngster remains humble. He said he's not actually the best Guitar Hero player in the world, just one of the few who bothered to go through the hassle of the Guinness verification process, which requires a videotape of the feat, statements from witnesses and a pile of paperwork, all of which has to be sent to the Guinness offices in England. But he does acknowledge that he seems to have a certain talent for the game.
"When I finally got to expert, I thought I might actually be good at this game," he said.
Source: Examiner.com
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