16-year-old drops out of school to play Guitar Hero

LOL. I'm a year younger than this guy, but there is no way in hell my parents would let me drop outta school. This kid is a loser. I love video games, but they are a hobby.

maybe if he would have done what real musicians did in the '60's and dropped out of school to play a real guitar (hopefully giving him skills enough to be a good musician) that would have been ok.

But this is why Ive been saying for years that this guitar hero phenomenom is just helping to speed up the process of killing all creative juices of an entire younger generation.

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I though that was the secret to life!? Thats how you never work....do something you love. Honestly I think your jealous...your forced to go to your job 5 days a week while this kid makes a living playing games (and probably makes more than you doing so).

Also nobody seems to give Michelle Wie or Freddie Adu shite....they both quit school to pursue a career in games.

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Yeah, you got me there!

First off, My education, job, family....ALWAYS comes before video games. So my priorities are better than his to start with. I'm also not "forced" to go to my job 5 days a week. I go because I have mouths to feed, a house, vehicles, ect. This kid hasn't even paid his first light bill.

Second, you say he makes a living playing video games? umm, no he doesn't. The most he's won was 52 chicken sandwiches from Chic Fil'a. He quit school so he can "attempt" a career in playing video games. So basically he's still living on Mom and Dad's pocket, while sitting in his bedroom playing Guitar hero all day and eating chicken sandwiches.

Third, he's good at Guitar Hero, he may be even great at it! That's awesome! But can he hold his own in other video games? Can he get 30 kills a round on SOCOM? Can he hold his own in Madden? Every professional video gamer I have heard about work to become great at many video games. Johnathan Wendel aka "Fatal1ty" is one of the more well known professional video gamers. He is good at alot of games. That's where the money is at.

Bottomline, that's great that he has the desire to try and make a living doing something he loves. but his priorities are really messed up at such a young age. It's way too soon in his life to make a decision on a fantasy career before having something secured to fall back on.

Also, Wie and Adu play Soccer, which is the most popular sport in the world. Professional video gaming isn't even close to the same league as Soccer. That was just a stupid comparision.

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Also, Wie and Adu play Soccer, which is the most popular sport in the world. Professional video gaming isn't even close to the same league as Soccer. That was just a stupid comparision.

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Wie plays golf but the same principle applies. Both Wie and Adu will make millions this kid will struggle just to get out of his parents house one day if he's depending on games to pay his expenses. Sure everyone wants to make a career by doing something like this whether it's playing games or sports but for most people it's a dead end. He may be successful but odds are if he's only playing Guitar Hero his gaming career will be over pretty fast.

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Guy 1 - *Listens to Carry on Wayward Son* "Hmm that's these boys playing"

Guy 2 - "No that's Kansas but these boys scored 100,000 points playing it on expert"

Guy 1 - "That's god dammed impressive"

Then comes the coke and sex parties.

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Then, cue the latest line of Gibson Les Paul signature series wireless guitar controllers.

Bud Light should do a "Real Men of Genius" GH/RB commercial.

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Exactly. Same thing with Kevin Garnett and Lebron.

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You forgot to mention Kobe Bryant.

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Fight4LSU

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I forgot to add the in my previous post.

I agree with what you've said. There are people with college degrees who hit rock bottom. KG, LeBron, Kobe... those guys will be set for life long after their careers are over. Whether it be analysts at ESPN, coaching, putting on camps, etc... They'll be fine.

This kid here.... not so much.

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ETA: Should have added a at the end.

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We both fricked up. I knew you were being sarcastic.

I think I'm about to drop out of college to pursue a career in Golden Tee. I'll hit every barroom with the game in the country.