I'm sure everyone has seen the ads they for this game.

In case you haven't.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWt5qGIEb28


Ok, so I was a guitar hero fan and owned all the games until world tour. I was probably one of the biggest annoying fanboys you could meet. When the first time I saw the ad I recognized Michael Phelps and A-Rod and lol'd heartily and was enjoying the commercial.

But then......I saw Kobe Bryant slide out holding the microphone. This alone has put me off from buying the game.

If you don't watch sports.......
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/5861379/


This guy raped a white women in Colorodo. A women was forced to have sex with him in his hotel room. She decline sex and he forced her. FUCKING RAPE.



My mom is a single mother because a rape inident just like this one. It really really makes me sick. I have no idea why guitar hero would choose sick-minded criminal to advertise for their game. But congratulations guitar hero, you just lost a fan.

In other news, I picked up Rock Band 2 the other day after avoiding rhythm games for years and it's a blast.

It's a shame I'm god awful at it though. :(

My favorite part of that commercial is the song isn't actually in the game.

What kind of assholes advertise for their music game with a song that's not even in the fucking game?

What kind of assholes advertise for their music game with a song that's not even in the fucking game?

Answered your own question.

This guy raped a white women in Colorodo. A women was forced to have sex with him in his hotel room. She decline sex and he forced her. FUCKING RAPE.



My mom is a single mother because a rape inident just like this one. It really really makes me sick. I have no idea why guitar hero would choose sick-minded criminal to advertise for their game. But congratulations guitar hero, you just lost a fan.


This is the wrong website if you're looking for somebody to feel bad for you or about rape in general. Besides, wasn't the Kobe case dropped?

...on a somewhat related note, I'm not buying Guitar Hero: World Tour because it looks like shit. Yeah, the commercials certainly don't help in changing my mind on that.

This is the wrong website if you're looking for somebody to feel bad for you or about rape in general. Besides, wasn't the Kobe case dropped?


I'm not looking for your sympathy. I'm just trying to spread the word that GH:WT is sponsored by a rapist.

I'm not looking for your sympathy. I'm just trying to spread the word that GH:WT is sponsored by a rapist.

And an olympic record breaker, a supermodel, a coked out drummer...
Its a widespread demographic.

I'm not looking for your sympathy. I'm just trying to spread the word that GH:WT is sponsored by a rapist.

Meh. Still, he was never convicted.

And an olympic record breaker, a supermodel, a coked out drummer...
Its a widespread demographic.
Those crimes are petty at best compared to rape. I am calling for an outright boycott of guitar hero in my town. Me and my mom and a bunch of friend's mom are organizing it. I suggest you guys do the same in your communities.

Fuck you and your mother.

Note: I don't even play GH I just think the OP is an idiot.

I wouldnt put it so bluntly, but I have to agree. Are you going to stop playing GH III and GH Aerosmith? Theyre made by the same people. Just because a man who was in an ad was accused of rape, you refuse to buy a game you would otherwise love? Sounds like the epitome of dumb-assery.

I wouldnt put it so bluntly, but I have to agree. Are you going to stop playing GH III and GH Aerosmith? Theyre made by the same people. Just because a man who was in an ad was accused of rape, you refuse to buy a game you would otherwise love? Sounds like the epitome of dumb-assery.
Hey dumbass, has a close family member of yours ever been raped? Do you have any idea what kind of permanent emotional stress a person has after being raped? I didn't think so. So why don't you shut the fuck up and get the fuck out.

Hey dumbass, has a close family member of yours ever been raped? Do you have any idea what kind of permanent emotional stress a person has after being raped? I didn't think so. So why don't you shut the fuck up and get the fuck out.

See, thats how you get people to stop listening and dismiss you as unreasonable. If you at least made an effort to refrain from flamming, you might get a few people to agree with you.

At least you managed to get your point across coherently and without errors, thats more than I can say for half the people on totse.

I would much rather hang ten with Kobe than Michael Phelps or A-Rod. Phelps is possibly the biggest fucking guido douchemanbag in the world and A-Rod is tapping the piece of alien gristle they call Madonna. Sure, rape is pretty fucked up but I'll take Kobe over them losers any day.

See, thats how you get people to stop listening and dismiss you as unreasonable. If you at least made an effort to refrain from flamming, you might get a few people to agree with you.

At least you managed to get your point across coherently and without errors, thats more than I can say for half the people on totse.
I'm unreasonable because I have morals?

Did you ever hear the details of the Kobe rape case or did you just see on the news he was accused? There is a reason it was dropped. Not that he had great lawyers (which he did), but because the chick had no case and was just trying to get to a civil suit so she could get money.

I'm unreasonable because I have morals?

You overreacted to what I said. Morals dont make you unreasonable, how you chose to impart the specific workings of your morals made me dismiss what you said as unreasonable, whether or not it had any merit as an argument.



See how Im inclined to respond to you now, not just respond to the fact that you said something? Staying calm during an argument wins you easy points.

Hey dumbass, has a close family member of yours ever been raped? Do you have any idea what kind of permanent emotional stress a person has after being raped? I didn't think so. So why don't you shut the fuck up and get the fuck out.

Ok, this is a site where I've debated someone over the merits of eugenics. You are not going to find sympathy.

Leave now please.

Also, the bitch got fucked by Kobe and she just wanted the cash. Happens all the time.

My mom is a single mother because a rape inident just like this one.

I raped your mum. I am your father. Now shut up and do your homework.

So everyone who has ever been accused of anything is guilty? You'd have an easier time arguing that he cheated on his wife and therefore he is a poor representative. Both of those suck though.

Wow, I am truly disappointed in all of you. Do you guys have any morals at all? Every time you buy this game, you are funding a rapist. He is going to go buy more ghb and rohypnol with all the money you are giving him.

This.

He is going to go buy more ghb and rohypnol with all the money you are giving him.

At least he's putting the money to good use.

At least he's putting the money to good use.

That's what I would spend it on.

Theres something wrong with your eyes.

We arent giving him any money, hes already been paid. Celebrity spokespeople or whatever you would call him in this situation are paid a flat rate, not some percentage of profits.

We arent giving him any money, hes already been paid. Celebrity spokespeople or whatever you would call him in this situation are paid a flat rate, not some percentage of profits.
And you know this how? Are you A-rod?

And you know this how? Are you A-rod?

you know funny thing, i happen to be Alexander Rodriguez, and in addition to fucking the waste of a sperm known as "Madonna" i also mercilessly raped your mother. And i can assure you that the income i received from said commercial helped to directly fund your mothers violent rape. Every time you push that button imagine me pushing your mothers button, and all that noise is instead her screams for mercy and crys to god.

meh, i guess its alright i enjoyed the track list, and since i enjoy playing the bass the line thing was a nice touch i thought.

you know funny thing, i happen to be Alexander Rodriguez, and in addition to fucking the waste of a sperm known as "Madonna" i also mercilessly raped your mother. And i can assure you that the income i received from said commercial helped to directly fund your mothers violent rape. Every time you push that button imagine me pushing your mothers button, and all that noise is instead her screams for mercy and crys to god.

meh, i guess its alright i enjoyed the track list, and since i enjoy playing the bass the line thing was a nice touch i thought.
your an asshole. Please dont joke about something as serious as rape.

your an asshole. Please dont joke about something as serious as rape.

the only joke here is your failed attempt at trolling, sir.

He was accused of rape, and the case was dismissed. Therefore, he is not a rapist. It's not even like the case went to trial, and after a long and tedious case consisting of a whole bunch of appeals and shit. It was just dropped.

Your just being hysterical. Everyone knows how much emotional stress rape causes, but thats a fact YOU CANNOT FUCKING HIDE BEHIND. Are you going to boycott every single product that has a celebrity endorsing it who may or may not have done something illegal?

Like, I'm just really at a loss for words on how fucking stupid you are. I'm seriously having trouble thinking of something to say. I mean, fuck. Fuck dude. You are seriously not an intelligent person.

I'm going to go as far as to say that if people like you didn't exist, the world would be a better place.

And lucid dreamer.. nice post. Hahahaha.

I also raped your mother. The more she screams, the harder I get.

failed attempt
not completely.

not completely.

I raped your mom as well. In the ass.

C'mon twats, get back to the game at hand.

I bought the full-band-set-thing because I like the soundtrack and I like the drums.

The elevated 'cymbols' really do make a difference; but I will make note of something that both GHWT and RB haven't caught on to yet...Packing some decent drum sticks.

Please...For the price we pay (even more so us in the UK...Damn VAT) we deserve some nice sticks.

game got really boring really fast

so should I just get Rock Band 2??

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

...not.

Perhaps you should try playing a real guitar?

...not.

Perhaps you should try playing a real guitar?

I play the drums mostly, on an Ion Drum Rocker, which if you do it properly, is quite an authentic drumming experience. I've got 4 toms, a bass pedal, a crash, and a high-hat. Thinking of picking up the ride too, to make the set complete.

So fuck off, dipshit.

I play the drums mostly, on an Ion Drum Rocker, which if you do it properly, is quite an authentic drumming experience. I've got 4 toms, a bass pedal, a crash, and a high-hat. Thinking of picking up the ride too, to make the set complete.

So fuck off, dipshit.

Yeah, in your living room, with the blinds drawn and other sweaty dudes around you with plastic instruments all (effectively) pressing buttons in time with coloured symbols that flash up on your television.

So why not learn to play real drums, in a band, jamming out in a garage or in front of people, in real life? Dipshit.

I plan to, once I have the extra cash and space for a drum set I fully intend to learn how to play proper. With the experience I've gained from Rock Band I don't expect it to be too difficult.

You see, whereas you view these games as some kind of joke, that only sweaty losers in basements play, I've known people from all walks of life to enjoy both Rock Band and Guitar Hero. I've seen it inspire people to listen to new music or pick up a real instrument for the first time. I've seen real musicians play it, I've seen people who've never touched an instrument in their life enjoy it.

You have some kind of irrational bias towards rhythm games, I won't guess as to why, but while you write them off as silly novelties that are beneath you, I, and millions of others across the globe will be having a good time playing them. Frankly, I don't give a fuck what you think about it, but I've grown quit sick of you, and others like you, coming into these threads with your "learn a real instrument" rhetoric, because it's just bullshit and it doesn't hold any water.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

Don't play Gran Turismo, be a race car driver

Don't play Madden, play real football.

Don't play Battlefield, join the fucking army.

If you're going to post "Play a real instrument" in these threads, post those things in all the other threads. There's really no difference.

...not.

Perhaps you should try playing a real guitar?

I'm learning how to play bass actually

I won't be buying this game because I believe the ammount I will pay or this game won't be worth the ammount I would have to spend. I got 120+ hours in CoD4 (acording to the time counter 5days and some ammount of hours) and at least 50+ hours when Im done with Fallout 3 but, whenever I play GH I can never be as enjoyed in these types of games for major hours like the other games.

It costs some rediculous ammount of money for the full set or even the bare minimum guitar only set is still $30 more than the average 360 game.


My 2cents

Yeah i don't see the point in buying it i'll stick with Cod4 and XLA.

This game has poor song selection.

Agreed.

"learn a real instrument" rhetoric, because it's just bullshit and it doesn't hold any water.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

Don't play Gran Turismo, be a race car driver

Don't play Madden, play real football.

Don't play Battlefield, join the fucking army.

If you're going to post "Play a real instrument" in these threads, post those things in all the other threads. There's really no difference.

Except playing an instrament requires a couple hundred dollars of investment (like these games actually). And you can't be a race car driver unless you got a ton of cash or natural skill. And to say that real combat is anything like a video game is just stupid. You don't die and it's nothing like actual combat.

EDIT: and Rock Band is not going to help you play an actual instrament at all.

EDIT: and Rock Band is not going to help you play an actual instrament at all.

100% incorrect.

Also, it's spelled instrument you ignorant fucking dolt.

Except playing an instrament requires a couple hundred dollars of investment (like these games actually). And you can't be a race car driver unless you got a ton of cash or natural skill. And to say that real combat is anything like a video game is just stupid. You don't die and it's nothing like actual combat.

EDIT: and Rock Band is not going to help you play an actual instrament at all.

I play drums for my friends' bands.

I learned from Rock Band and an Ion Kit.

I do not own 'real' drums.

I've played musical instruments since I was 9.

You are a fuck.

edit: Opiate, god damn you.

edit: Opiate, god damn you.

Haha.

The Ion Drums are sweet as hell aren't they? I fucking love mine, an incredibly generous birthday present from the best brother ever.

What kind of drums do you use in your friend's band?

Haha.

The Ion Drums are sweet as hell aren't they? I fucking love mine, an incredibly generous birthday present from the best brother ever.

What kind of drums do you use in your friend's band?

To be honest I haven't really taken the time to notice. My buddy does a lot of music projects and has always had this crummy old set at his house.

I'm just thrilled to actually be able to play em.

Through all this time I've been musically active I've always been absolute SHIT at the drums, and now I can actually play decently.


And god yes, the ion set is awesome. I'm depressed that I had to put em away for a while to free up space in my room.

Hoping to move into a new place soon that has a garage, so I can put my guitar and keyboard and mic stuff in there along with my wii and my xbox and all my rock band stuff.

And god yes, the ion set is awesome. I'm depressed that I had to put em away for a while to free up space in my room.

Yeah, the Drum Rocker takes up like half of the space in my room but I couldn't bear to move them out because I love them too much. In fact, I'm thinking of buying the third cymbal to make the set complete.

I'll tell you, the first time I loaded up "Feel The Pain" and hit all the snare rolls I nearly shit my pants. Would not have been possible at all on my original RB1 set that dropped red notes like a motherfucker, which made songs that switch the hi-hat to red like Orange Crush, Run to the Hills, and Outside WAY harder than they should have been.

"Orange Crush" was literally the only song in the first 6 tiers of RB1 I didn't have 5 starred because of how shitty my red pad was and both RttH and Outside were fucking hell to play :(. Whenever they'd pop up in a setlist I'd just sigh and consider turning the damn thing off.

I plan to, once I have the extra cash and space for a drum set I fully intend to learn how to play proper. With the experience I've gained from Rock Band I don't expect it to be too difficult.

Plug the drums into your pc and find/make some drivers and software and BAM basic electronic drumkit. Someone has probably already done this. *runs off to google to check*

Edit:http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/rock-band-hack-turns-game-drums-into-real-drums-wont-improve-y/

Yeah, I've seen that before, don't know if it works with the Ion Kit though, but it probably does.

However, I'm thinking of just saving a bit of cash and buying an Alessis DM-5 drum brain which will turn my Ion into a fully-featured electronic drum kit.

I still need to get my double pedal for some of the dream theater stuff and the like. :(