Oh man, losing to a kid at anything is pretty darn embarrassing, But, to see a kid absolutely master the ridiculously-difficult "Through the Fire and Flames" by DragonForce is like the best and worst thing we've ever seen. It's great because, well ... damn does that kid have game. But, it's bad because we're not sure we could ever do something so awesome in all of our life. The kid scored a frickin' 95% for crying out loud.
We'll tell you what, though. If this kid ever tries drugs, he's doomed.
See also: Activision sued over sound issues in Guitar Hero III
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12-27-2007 @ 4:11PM
Evangelist Pinto said...
owww, that kid is too good, I would so totally loose if I go against him. Awesome too
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12-27-2007 @ 4:19PM
Squashua said...
South Park Ending for that kid. U. R. F.
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12-27-2007 @ 4:24PM
davidperlik said...
Am I just imagining that this kid is playing the notes before they are actually supposed to be played, as if the video is horribly off sync from the audio, or is Guitar Hero III that lenient in its scoring?
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12-27-2007 @ 4:42PM
jason said...
The sound is just off sync a little.
12-27-2007 @ 4:29PM
Blue Fluffy Bunny said...
WoW!!! Props to that kid!! Gezzz!!
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12-27-2007 @ 5:01PM
Sam said...
I'm fairly convinced children are naturally better at rythm games like this if their hands are big enough for the controller and strong enough for the rapid button presses.
When you see his fretting hands play, its bizaare. He moves his hands in a totally different way from most other adult players. His fingers just flail wildly wherever needed. It looks less like he's predetermined the upcoming fingering pattern as he see's it and more like his hands just move to the next button as fast as possible. I really think its more a case of instinctive reaction for kids and less of a memory and rhythm keeping game.
Whenever i've introduced new people to the game, its odd how easily the children pick the game up, even faster and better than 18 year old hardcore pc and console gamers.
That or this child has slowly evolved into a emotionless robot that does nothing but twitch one of his fingers when he see's a specific colour.
Probably the latter.
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12-27-2007 @ 5:02PM
B3astofthe3ast said...
Not if your name is iamchris4life....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P2fRH7wHvd0
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12-27-2007 @ 7:23PM
Mike Jenkins said...
Isn't this the kid that could play a song on Guitaro Hero II without looking?
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12-27-2007 @ 9:20PM
B3astofthe3ast said...
Yes, he is.
12-28-2007 @ 4:44PM
David Hinkle said...
I even linked it in this post. Pay attention! :)
Note: He looks away for a bit, but I don't know if there's a video of a whole song he or someone else does while not looking. *shrug*
12-28-2007 @ 5:53PM
Mike Jenkins said...
That's not the video I was thinking of, he does a whole song start to finish without looking at the screen, but I don't remember the song.
12-28-2007 @ 7:45PM
David Hinkle said...
Well, if you do, let us know. Might be worth posting. :)
12-28-2007 @ 8:02PM
Mike Jenkins said...
I can't find the specific video I'm thinking of, but there are several videos of him playing on Expert, one of which Joystiq linked to in January. He's doing Psychobilly Freakout in that one.
12-28-2007 @ 12:27AM
ScoTT said...
Being an actual guitarist, I could easily do expert on gh3 after a week or two (not having played gh before), but I still can't figure out this. I never thought of using both hands for the crazy hammer-ons and pull offs for the intro, so I'll give that a shot and maybe I can do it. This little kid is crazy. Lol too bad you can't break out huge solos and only strum once or twice, like in gh, on real guitar. I am currently working on beating the Performance Mode cheat (where there is no fret board to tell you the notes) and Precision Mode.
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12-28-2007 @ 12:40AM
Christian said...
Being an actual guitarist does not determine you skill in a rhythm-based game, like Guitar Hero. Having previous rhythm game experience will help you a lot more than being able to play the guitar. Anyone who has played DDR, Guitar Hero, etc can tell you that.
12-28-2007 @ 9:38AM
ScoTT said...
Well, I do have DDR, but I don't play it much and I'm not all that good at it. But music theory sure does help keep a beat in your head when playing gh, and music has rhythm and rhythm changes, so why wouldn't actual music help? Most people can't stretch to the orange note, and its very easy for me to have my index finger on green and middle finger on orange, but I've found it much more efficient (usually) to just switch my hand position up a fret, like I would be very used to doing on real guitar. One more thing, please: I don't want to sound like I'm fighting or anything. I really don't want a flame war just over whether real guitar playing helps fake guitar playing.
12-28-2007 @ 1:44PM
Mike said...
I play both drums and guitar and I think (although there's no scientific basis for this...) that drumming has helped me more in guitar hero than guitar playing. With the exception of the ridiculous solos, I could play this song without a great deal of hassle on a guitar, but it still escapes me on the game.
As for rhythm, yeah it's important -- like I said, drumming seems to have helped me -- but GH is lenient and it's really more about memorizing than being rhythmically accurate. I think I was better trained for the game by memorizing F-Zero tracks than playing an instrument :D
12-28-2007 @ 8:36AM
Kevin said...
Arthritis at age 16.
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12-28-2007 @ 12:47PM
Jonathan Tran said...
Kid needs to spend less time play GH, and more time taking care of his fish. That tank probably hasn't been cleaned for 2 weeks judging by the water level.
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12-28-2007 @ 3:22PM
Ghen said...
Before I had a computer or nintendo console all I had was my fish tank... and it was never more than 3/4 full.
so it ain't the games. Stop hating.
12-29-2007 @ 2:04PM
Fiefdom said...
Pfftt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbNiA_-j0fw
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12-29-2007 @ 5:43PM
Hax0rz said...
I can own this kid in real guitar.
What a useless talent to have, why not just pic up a real guitar and spend time practicing on that instead?
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12-30-2007 @ 1:22PM
Ed said...
Ok kid, now go outside....
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1-03-2008 @ 9:51AM
GoonieGooGoo said...
It's too bad this kid will never pickup a REAL Guitar......
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1-11-2008 @ 1:24AM
crazymonkeyman said...
Here is someone playing the song 100% in REAL LIFE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3H4liC2sWg
Thats right not on a plastic guitar, a real guitar. That actually takes skill.
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1-23-2008 @ 11:21PM
Mathew said...
Hey everyone.
How does the kid start off playing with 2 hands on just the buttons, don't you need to hit every note with what you call?? middle button where the strings meant to be?
Wondering how the hell you do that.
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