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08-20-2008, 09:44 PM
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Guitar Hero ain't that important
I put it in video games because it's, well video game related.
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The company has more than 125 players signed to management deals. Top players can earn more than $80,000 a year, plus outside sponsorship money, says an MLG spokeswoman. The average pay is in the $20,000 to $30,000 range.
Blake has done well in local tournaments, including one held at a Chick-fil-A that earned him 52 combo meals. By his account, he has lost only once since "Guitar Hero III" was released late last year. Some of that time was spent playing online, against players from all over the world.
This is how he knows he's good. It wasn't that long ago that kids who excelled at some activity, say basketball, would only have to go to the next neighborhood to have their dreams crushed by some older, more accomplished player.
newsobserver.com | D Arts & Living
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People I know have always talked about liking games so much they'd quit school just to play one day of them, but I never thought someone would actually go ahead and do it.
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08-20-2008, 09:57 PM
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ykLiv
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I thought he left school for good until:
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Blake Peebles, 16, of Raleigh, dropped out of school last year to devote himself to playing 'Guitar Hero,' and his parents agreed to have him home-schooled. 'I usually play till I can't anymore,' Blake says.
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Good! At least he's still continuing his education. I was about to say...
Good for him. Good luck, buddy, and watch out for carpal tunnel.
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-- Oh, look at that! --
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08-21-2008, 12:57 AM
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**** please
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hmm...... maybe i should do the same with rockstar who knows maybe i can pursuade them to make me a part of their team lol
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08-21-2008, 12:58 AM
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HelterSkelterDowntheDrain
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this inspires me not to suck as bad at guitar hero.
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08-21-2008, 07:50 AM
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~Lucky 13 Strikes Again~
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There is no way in hell I would let my son drop out of school to play a video game. I enjoy playing the game, but i wouldn't go that far to play the game.
That has to be one the biggest Bone headed decision of 08. Sometimes I wonder about todays parents.
Oh yeah, from my experience it's harder to get into collage if you are home schooled.
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~Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most~
Counting down to ~Halloween~:
341 days 12 hours 49 minutes
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08-21-2008, 08:31 AM
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They may just end up having guitar Hero Mayhem fest now, oh man they might start touring. lol
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08-21-2008, 08:35 AM
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HelterSkelterDowntheDrain
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Holy **** I just realized that episode of South Park is coming true.
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08-21-2008, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Duke1985
Holy **** I just realized that episode of South Park is coming true.
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My thoughts exactly.
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In the end we're all just chalk lines on the concrete, drawn only to be washed away . .
I'd rather you hate me for everything I am
Than have you love me for something that I'm not
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08-21-2008, 10:38 AM
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Eviscerator
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Maybe the school should've started a Guitar Hero club there so he wouldn't have had to drop out.
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08-22-2008, 01:20 AM
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Studley-Do-Right
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Does it make me a bad person that I hope this decision blows up right in his stupid face?
I love video games, but there is no way in hell I would drop out of school and try to make playing them my career. All it takes is for the game you are good at to lose popularity and a new one you aren't as good at to pop up, and suddenly you are ****ed beyond belief.
It's crap like this that makes gamers look like idiots.
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One-man dancing train coming through! Make some room for the funk!
Duke1985: if this was the old west and vince's good bye and ice's exit were guns, vince would be dead
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