"Real" guitar players look down on Guitar Hero?

**Namu** · Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 331 Location: Leuven (Belgium)

I occasionaly visit a forum from a guitar site. Today I opened a topic on that forum about Guitar Hero. I was curious if there maybe were some people there that play real guitar who knew of this game (perhaps even play it themselves).
But...all I got until now were negative reactions. The few people that have reacted so far say they think it's ridiculous, "some stupid game" that makes people think they really can play the guitar, while in fact they can't do anything.
What do you guys think about this?
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**Genga** · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 2474 Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Well, some people here (including me) play guitar already, I did before I started playing GH, and I think the game is fun and addictive.

Theyre just too embarassed as they wont be able to play BATM on Expert ;)
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**rabies** · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject:

I've played guitar for over 20 years..and am probably better than 90% of the people (oooh...I'm being an arrogant lead guitar player...) i've heard boast on forums about how they would not bother playing guitar hero because they can play the bark at the moon solo on a 'real' guitar.

...whatever...

yet I have not seen a single post by a guitar hero player/fan who goes on to boast that now they can play 'real' guitar because they can play it on guitar hero. Yet these dismissive guitarists seem to think that guitar hero players have this mentality. I personally have seen some guitar players try it and suck at it, and other good at it. So clearly, skill in one does not directly transfer to the other.

It takes all kinds. There are plenty of others here that play guitar. I guess some like it, some wanna put it off without ever trying it because they feel superior if they just dismiss it.....as that is mostly what posting on the Internet is all about.

**achat** · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 123 Location: Long Beach

i dabble in electric and acoustic guitar playing myself, and i fail to see any correlation between getting better at one by playing the other. all i can notice is that my fingers seem to be much more nimble after playing guitar hero, but then i look back on it and that same thing happened when i started playing real guitar. but when you think about it, it's not really a sensible tie because guitar hero is very visual whereas actually guitar playing translates more into audio. at least that's my take on it.
bottom line: i don't think i'm better than any real guitar players because i play guitar hero. i have if nothing else, more respect for them because of this game.

**KetchuponEggs** · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 864 Location: Scott AFB, IL

**IEatGlue** · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:17 am Post subject:

my sister started playing real guitar because of the game

lol

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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

My ex and her sister actually started because of GH too...

I agree about the looking down thing. My friends were talking about their guitars and stuff, and it merged into a conversation about DDR and other music games. I mentioned GH and immediately got the cold shoulder. They literally turned away from me and continued their conversation.

Twas a saddening day in the life of me...
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**Anthony** · Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 659 Location: Cali

Everyone I know who plays guitar loves this game. I play bass in a band and sometimes while taking a break we will play some guitar hero, and it's especially fun because I always kick the lead guitarist's ass

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**Galgo** · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 590 Location: Olney, Maryland

I am starting real guitar because of GH actually.

Some songs, in my opinion, are actually harder in GH than on real guitar. One person who I know plays both and I am better than him on GH, but he would kill me any day on the real guitar, because I just started playing.

Also, one person I know ever better than the previously mentioned person is great at guitar, and with practice could probably nail both CFH and BatM on the real guitar, but he is terrible at GH.

Just goes to show, don't talk about something (positive or negative) if you don't know about it.

**IEatGlue** · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:55 am Post subject:

tru.dat
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**Galgo** · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 590 Location: Olney, Maryland

One more thing I would like to add.

I think, the only thing GH does for real guitarists is increase finger strength therefore increase the speed that a real guitarists can play. Other then that, real guitar and GH are extremely different and require different skills to become good at.

**IEatGlue** · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:19 am Post subject:

tru.dat
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**schzoidbaka** · Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:15 am Post subject:

I agree with about everyone who posted on this topic.

I play guitar, and I don't think I'm better at guitar because I play GH, in fact, it's the opposite. I'm actually a little worse at guitar ever since I've been playing GH. But that's because I play GH more than practicing guitar... :S

Also, my sister's boyfriend (who bought the game for my birthday), plays guitar and is a million times better than me. We would play GH against each other, and when I win a round, he goes "Pfft... Whatever, I can play this on REAL guitar..." He's joking of course (but it's true on his case).

His other friends who also play guitar and have been introduced to GH love GH! They say it's surprisingly addicting, and one says "I've never hated Bark At The Moon this much since I've started playing Guitar Hero."
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