rock band, guitar hero etc.

[Shattered Dreamer]

The argument certainly does hold water because people are lazy or have no interest in learning a real instrument. And of course there are those who aren't that coordinated, or totally lack rhythm when they don't have a scrolling note chart or have all the creativity of a ballpoint pen. The list of reasons people might not want to learn an instrument could be numerous. On the other hand, you can be a video game player who puts in less time than it takes to beat an average RPG and be playing at least some, if not most, of these songs on Expert. That's a much lower time investment than learning any instrument with the level of proficiency required to play even 1/4 of the songs in the games (well, except maybe the Bass parts ). Not only that, but you can work your way up the difficulties which means you get a sense of instant gratification. Gratification in learning an instrument is generally delayed by a good margin.

Last time I checked you need basic rhythm to play Guitar Hero, actually the entire gameplay of the game is based on hitting buttons in a certain order while hitting the strum button in time. What skill is need for such rhythm maybe? I'll admit that learning to play any instrument & master it takes years & years of practice & dedication but if you put same amount of effort into playing most songs (bar maybe the 80's heavy metal ones) on Guitar Hero on Expert you could learn them on a guitar. Playing a song on a real guitar will give you way more gratification then playing it on a game.

There is a big difference between mastering an instrument & learning to play a couple of songs. I never said anywhere in my first post that the time it takes to get awesome at Guitar Hero if the same amount of time was invested in actual guitar playing you'd be Brian May good. Just said I'd clear that up:rolleyes2

Of course one is more impressive than the other, but do I have any desire to learn how to play Through the Fire and Flames on a real guitar? Hell no, and I already play Drums and Piano which would technically reduce my learning curve dramatically. For me, I have very little fun trying to learn guitar. I'd love to know how to play, but I don't enjoy learning it like other instruments, hence I may never bother. I'll be happy to put in the relatively miniscule amount of time required to play Guitar Hero with any proficiency though because learning the game is actually fun.

Through Fire & Flames was a mere example, I play guitar I don't want to learn it since Dragonforce are a bunch of guitar w*nking show offs. Given that you don't play guitar you can't see this argument from a guitar players perspective

Again, if you're somehow implying that the amount of practice and dedication required to learn an instrument isn't far, far more than that required to play Guitar Hero reasonably well then I'm going to have to laugh at you. I mean you're welcome to think that, but it doesn't mean you're any less wrong.

You're entitled to your opinion even if its narrow minded