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Parents let kid drop out of school to play Guitar Hero.
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Author:  Legacy Of The Night [ Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Parents let kid drop out of school to play Guitar Hero.
I can't make this shit up.

http://kotaku.com/5037975/parents-let-k ... uitar-hero
Author:  Azrael [ Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:44 pm ]
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fucking ridiculous. even that Fatal1ty guy would probably earn more if he got a real job.

also, this kind of reminds me of that south park episode where Kyle or Stan (i forget) tries to become a GH god.
Author:  DevotedWalnut [ Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:50 pm ]
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You are a fag.
Author:  heatseeker [ Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:58 pm ]
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sweet.
Author:  traptunderice [ Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:20 pm ]
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The career gamer has only made 25k his whole career- he still lives with his parents obv.
Author:  Mintrude [ Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:38 pm ]
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By all accounts, he's not that great a player either.
Author:  Astaroth [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:21 am ]
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I think it's okay, he obviously have a great career ahead of him. It's just a shame it will be over before it started. But hey, I bet he can earn a living as a fluffer when he turns 18.
Author:  Caligula_K [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:09 am ]
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traptunderice wrote:
The career gamer has only made 25k his whole career- he still lives with his parents obv.


25k over... eight years, was it? How anyone (particularly someone's parents) could possibly think professional gaming is a good career choice is beyond me.
Author:  noodles [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:57 am ]
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at least he's not doing drugs or something
Author:  traptunderice [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:29 am ]
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noodles wrote:
at least he's not doing drugs or something
Yeah I guess your right. He isn't flaying hookers, molesting his pets or hiding contraband drugs in his asshole in order to sell in a conservative totalitarian country and isn't that what really matters.

Umm being a failure at life due to drugs or due to being a dumbfuck that quit high school to play a trendy video game is the exact same thing because you're still a failure and a leech on the rest of society.
Author:  Seinfeld26 [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:13 pm ]
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........................
Author:  Caligula_K [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:17 pm ]
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traptunderice wrote:
noodles wrote:
at least he's not doing drugs or something
Yeah I guess your right. He isn't flaying hookers, molesting his pets or hiding contraband drugs in his asshole in order to sell in a conservative totalitarian country and isn't that what really matters.

Umm being a failure at life due to drugs or due to being a dumbfuck that quit high school to play a trendy video game is the exact same thing because you're still a failure and a leech on the rest of society.


And at least if you're a drug dealer, you might make some money. Plus flaying hookers is fun!
Author:  The Evil Dead [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:29 pm ]
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I realize this may get a laugh out of a lot of you, but there's many games where you can have a real career playing. Obviously not Guitar Hero, as there's not large gaming summits held for that, but titles like Counter Strike, Halo, and other big FPS games can net you a career making good money.

This reeks of fail though. He should drop out and play a real guitar, queer.
Author:  traptunderice [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:14 pm ]
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The Evil Dead wrote:
I realize this may get a laugh out of a lot of you, but there's many games where you can have a real career playing.
A career with the salary of $3000 a year. Why don't Americans understand the value of an education
Author:  The Evil Dead [ Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:37 pm ]
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traptunderice wrote:
The Evil Dead wrote:
I realize this may get a laugh out of a lot of you, but there's many games where you can have a real career playing.
A career with the salary of $3000 a year. Why don't Americans understand the value of an education


People can earn living wages that are comparable to full time careers and even better playing on numerous console and PC gaming circuits like MLG or CPL, or also selling their services to others to improve their gaming. It's not the most common thing, and you shouldn't abandon your education or anything, but it's not fiction. As the years go on, gaming for cash like this is becoming more and more popular and profitable.

I like your smug comment, though. I see what you did there. :)
Author:  SoulSociety [ Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:18 pm ]
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Azrael wrote:
fucking ridiculous. even that Fatal1ty guy would probably earn more if he got a real job.

also, this kind of reminds me of that south park episode where Kyle or Stan (i forget) tries to become a GH god.


That's exactly what I was thinking :P
Author:  showmaster [ Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:46 pm ]
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That's just moronic... the video games exist just to be a fun way to kill some time. I'll never understand those guys whom are yelling and screaming at the video games, if I'm not having fun while playing it... why play it?
Author:  SoulSociety [ Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:11 pm ]
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showmaster wrote:
That's just moronic... the video games exist just to be a fun way to kill some time. I'll never understand those guys whom are yelling and screaming at the video games, if I'm not having fun while playing it... why play it?


TBH, this does happen to me occasionally, but that's cause of a frustrating part in an otherwise fun experience. The game which pissed me off the most in recent memory has to be GTA4.
Author:  Mike [ Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:07 am ]
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I can't begin to explain how embarrassing this story is for me. I live about 15 minutes outside of Raleigh, North Carolina. To know that I live within proximity of these morons just scares the crap out of me. What's even more staggering is that this area has one of the highest concentrations of universities in the US and this place is just loaded with "educated" people. I can't imagine what parent lets this kind of thing happen? What kind of message are they sending to their idiot kid? I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. If my son ever asked me if he could do something like this he knows he would hear, " Are you kidding me? Get your head back into your school work and shut the game off!"

Ah, just one more incredibly ignorant step in the wrong direction for the US. Does the rest of the world really wonder why we're considered spoiled and dumb?

Please, when I write things like that I don't want people to think that I am painting every American with that same broad paint brush. I'm not. However, we do have an ever increasing base of high school graduates that are just as dumb as rocks. :omfg:
Author:  Caligula_K [ Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:15 am ]
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What I find really hilarious about this is that the parents did it to stop their son complaining about having to go to school. I mean, what the hell could they have been thinking? Do they not realize that nearly every single high school student complains about going to school and that many of them would rather hang out with friends or play video games? And thats what parents and teachers are for, to push the kid through for an education even though he's too immature to want it because he's a bloody teenager!
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