Guitar Hero II

[.Walt]

going to go pick it up. i heard its just addicting. since i don't play the guitar its the next best thing. i wish they had organist hero, since i do play that.

[red]

True Story:

A few weeks back a few of my friends and myself were over at another friend's house drinking some beers and playing GHII.  Then my friend's younger brother and his friends show up to the house and decided they're partying there.

Long story short:
I beat 15 people in a row on Free Bird.

[.Walt]

i heard free bird is a song, that you have to be a master to play.

[.Walt]

i'm going to go plug it in right now.

[.Walt]

my fucking fingers hurt.  :'(

[Specialist]

i was addicted to it for awhile, still play with friends though.

[.Walt]

i had to stop, i have class in 6 hours. but tomorrow faces will be melted.

[EC]

i'm old and don't pay attention to things -
is this a VIDEO GAME????

[Hawkeye]

Yeah, it's a game and a pretty badass game at that!  I've only played it once but it was a blast.  I'd call myself an intermediate guitar player and I actually sucked at it really bad, too used to playing strings instead of buttons I guess.  I would definitely buy it, the only thing stopping me is the price, I think it's like $80 for the game and one guitar, prolly another $40 for a second guitar, kinda steep, but I don't think I can hold out much longer, especially since I have a projector screen that's like 200 inches that I could be playing it on...

[dragonboy]

Someone needs to post a picture of themselves playing (shredding?) this game!

[joey_rogo]

GH2 is amazing. If you play while you are drunk, it unleashes the hidden jim james in you and it kicks complete ass. It is a super self esteem booster btw, it makes me feel like I can play the real guitar haha.

[red]

I get so pissed off at my friends when they just stand (or sit) and play motionless.

Me, I'm a showman, I'm in it for the fans.  8-)  I got some pretty sweet moves.

[.Walt]

I get so pissed off at my friends when they just stand (or sit) and play motionless.

Me, I'm a showman, I'm in it for the fans.  8-)  I got some pretty sweet moves.

lol ;D i tried the "guitar swing around the back trick"....it didn't work. i got tangled up.  
db i'll get a picture up, for sure.

[red]

It's tough, but it can be done, ha.  I'm a big fan of the no look playing or the 'get someone to play the whammy bar for you'.  

[dragonboy]

db i'll get a picture up, for sure.

Cheers Capt, you too Red!  ;)

[.Walt]

red you just wanna start a band? i play the organ. which is missing in rock today.  we have the showmanship and the drinking down.

[red]

red you just wanna start a band? i play the organ. which is missing in rock today.  we have the showmanship and the drinking down.

If only I could play an actual guitar like the way I wield the Guitar Hero axe...

We definitely got the drinking down.  ;D  I'll work on getting a picture up for ya db.

[.Walt]

My roommate and i suck. we just jam late night. he plays guitar, i play the organ. we call ourselves "Mother Earths Peace Band" we need more members.

[.Walt]

red how do you grip the guitar? i'm having troubles on the hard levels. i need a freebird masters help. i'm only on medium.

[red]

Left Hand:

I have my 3 fingers (all except pinky) right in the middle of each button and then I have my pinky kinda between the blue and the orange.  I slide my hand down to hit the orange notes (poorly I might add).  My thumb is behind the the head kinda.  


Right Hand:

I have my thumb on top and my forefinger on the bottom of the white strumming thing.  I usually only strum up on the really close notes.  And I kind of have the whammy bar underneath the knuckle of my pinky.


Hope that helps.  Practice will help a lot, I've played this game far too much, and I was terrible when I first started.