Kid quits school to play Guitar Hero

[Getem]

http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/16-year-old-quits-school-to-play-video-game/1238119

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

If only I'd known it was that easy

[SoonerDood]

wow what horrible parents. That boy ain't right, and they reward him.

[StoopTroup]

He'll be fine.

It's just a stage he's going through. :D ;)

[Viking Kitten]

Heh. He's racked up "about $1000 in prizes so far." Greatness.

I'd thank him for the rent money, then evict his a**.

[Watch Me Stride]

i wash he was mys sone

[OUMallen]

There aren't words...

[Hot Rod]

I bet he doesn't finish school and gets his GED in his 20s.

[pergdaddy]

Parents. Of. The. Year.

[12]

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o79/wirrek/DEC07/1008_cartman_bigger.jpg

[KRYPTON]

Yeah 12, I was just gonna say that I swear this was a South Park episode.

"CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE SCORED ONE MILLION POINTS... YOU... ARE..."

[Ike]

He'll show you all when guitar hero is turned into an olympic event in a few years... ;)

[soonermix]

Yeah 12, I was just gonna say that I swear this was a South Park episode.

"CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE SCORED ONE MILLION POINTS... YOU... ARE..."

the episode was hilarious

[r5TPsooner]

WTF is guitar hero? Is that a Subway or Quizno's sammich or sumthin?

[NormanPride]

This kid is delusional. Here are his stats compared to one of the best players out there.

http://www.scorehero.com/compare.php?user=3853&user2=189441&group=4&game=6&diff=4

204th? Hell, I bet we have people on here that are better than that.

[pergdaddy]

If he would have stayed in school, he might be smart enough to realize he's not that good.

Common sense meets irony.

That should be his Guitar Hero band name. Ironic Sense.

[Boomer_Sooner_sax]

Damn, if only he was smart enough to pick up a real guitar and do something with it. Lazy lazy lazy. Dude, chicks don't dig plastic guitars, they dig real ones. Just ask the lead singer or the Cars!!

[Frozen Sooner]

I don't think Ric Ocasek played guitar.

[royalfan5]

I don't think Ric Ocasek played guitar.

He played rythem guitar, but didn't sing every song. Ben Orr sang on the best ones.

[Viking Kitten]

Gene Simmons probably would not be boinking Shannon Tweed if he didn't play the guitar.

[badger]

This kid is delusional. Here are his stats compared to one of the best players out there.

http://www.scorehero.com/compare.php?user=3853&user2=189441&group=4&game=6&diff=4

204th? Hell, I bet we have people on here that are better than that.

You may also notice that most people have 100 percents on those songs (except for a few, like the impossible Fires and Flames). The differences between him and 200 others are minute - maybe a few more waggles of the whammy bar or using the star power in a section with more notes.

...which is EXACTLY why it is pointless to drop outta school for a video game. $1,000 is at least what many of us University of Oklahoma graduates make in a week, possibly two. Woot woot for $1,000 total in prize money.

Sure he thinks he is awesome, but the truth is with so many awesome video gamists out there and no additional means of separation (you can't train harder and get 101 percent, for example), you're fighting a losing battle.

Here is a comparison (http://www.scorehero.com/compare.php?=&=&group=4&game=6&diff=4&username2=Dreminem&username=Top+Scores) between him and the No. 1 guitar hero gamer.

But, can't say someone's a genius to begin with when they think they'll be able to live under parental's basement forever playing game.

[old dude]kids these days[/old dude] :D

[badger]

I found a pic of this kid and oh snap, it's SANJAYA.
Image here. (http://i.neoseeker.com//v_thumb.php?type=news&articleid=8622&image=2)

[silverwheels]

There are few things I'd quit to play Guitar Hero. If I was getting tortured, maybe. Not a definite.

[Boomer_Sooner_sax]

I don't think Ric Ocasek played guitar.

I thought he played some, but I think my gest was that being in a real band will get you laid way more often than being in a faux band on the PlayStation or Xbox.