Guitar Hero III Guinness record holder wins tournament, beats previous record
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Mar 20th 2008 at 10:15AM }
The best part of this story is that Chike actually drove two hours to compete at the Play N Trade store in Bloomington, Minnesota. Guess when you're the world record holder the trip seems worth it, considering you've probably got the win in the bag. Chike says he still hasn't done as well at any tournament event than he's done at home. The good thing about tournaments and competition is you only have to be better than second place.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
baby sea tuna @ Mar 20th 2008 10:19AM
You only posted this to offset all the Rock Band news, didn't you?
Lone Starr @ Mar 20th 2008 10:21AM
Actually his mother drove him. And packed him a bag lunch.
copa @ Mar 20th 2008 10:27AM
I remember when iamchris4life posted video of the first FC for Freebird. You the man!
deaftly (Brawl - 1075-0467-4222) @ Mar 20th 2008 10:34AM
He makes it look so easy, what a jerk.
/jealous
Ignatius @ Mar 20th 2008 11:03AM
It reminds me of watching the guy play Run to the Hills on Expert drums and get 99%. Makes me so sad to know I have a hell of a time on Hard.
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 20th 2008 2:12PM
RttH on expert is stupid hard. Its just regular hard on hard though.
I've managed to get through it on expert in full band mode, on defective drums. It took every other member staggering their overdrive through the whole song.
joevill @ Mar 20th 2008 10:36AM
This reminds me of that southpark episode!
nxtiak @ Mar 20th 2008 1:09PM
Ya, this guy only made close to 900,000.
So maybe if you do get 1,000,000 points it does say "YOU ARE GAY!"
Kayel @ Mar 20th 2008 10:47AM
Yahtzee said it all the best with his original review of GHIII.
WiNG @ Mar 20th 2008 10:52AM
Yeah, the whole "you only have to beat second place" thing is the best part about contests.
Back in 2000 (maybe 2001) my school had a Tony Hawk Pro Skater contest. My brother spent weeks bragging to everyone he would win. When the event came, he demanded to go last, to put all the haters to shame.
It was a 2-minute set-stage high score contest. Before he went up, the high score was 119,000. When he finished his first combo at 23 seconds in, his score was 123,000. Riots/drama/lulz ensued. Anyway he ended up with a score like 790k and about $200 cash.
Lone Starr @ Mar 20th 2008 11:25AM
Fascinating.
JonFitt @ Mar 20th 2008 11:28AM
You tell that story a lot. Was it a defining moment in your life so far?
Mr.ESC @ Mar 20th 2008 12:52PM
Magnificent.
Well meanwhile I took lessons to learn how to properly speak in public so now I say magnificent instead of I don't give a s*it.
I guess Lone Starr took the same course.
j/k
jynxycat @ Mar 20th 2008 1:26PM
But he ended up besting his personal score, and well, he didn't really have to prove to anyone that he was the best player at TTFaF to begin with.
mike @ Mar 20th 2008 3:24PM
lol such low scores. Who was entering this contest? Seriously, any tony hawk game can break 125 000 in less then 10 seconds. How could a slew of people compete and not have more then that in 2 minutes lol
Dyslexic Chaos @ Mar 23rd 2008 1:52PM
@mike
He said this event took place in 2000, so THPS1, maybe 2, were the only ones out. So, without the revert and maybe even the manual, it would be decidedly more difficult to ramp up a higher score.
kevin @ Jun 6th 2008 11:45PM
I'm pretty sure he would of wanted you to tell that story with his shirt off.
knowthyself @ Mar 20th 2008 10:54AM
I loved the first two guitar heroes but now I find it hard to keep playing it. It truly is a fruitless endeavour to master GH. The difficulty level is truly getting ridiculous and theirs just no reward for it all. I keep getting this nagging feeling that I should be mastering real guitar instead. Don't get me wrong, I loved this series, but it may be time to move on.
Ryan LN @ Mar 20th 2008 10:57AM
You know, I know exactly what you mean: I actually went out and picked up a real guitar and started taking lessons. I still have fun playing Rock Band, but I'm having more fun actually doing something that might prove to be worthwhile.
Shagittarius @ Mar 20th 2008 11:16AM
Playing a real guitar is always worthwhile, but if you think it 'might be worthwhile' because you think you might make money from it, put it down and go get a job with a future instead.
If you think it 'Might be Worthwhile' because you could get laid, continue on, your probably right.
chudgoo @ Mar 20th 2008 10:53AM
should have played raining blood....
yay.
J @ Mar 20th 2008 11:04AM
It's f*cking ridiculous when you buy a $60 game and can't even get 200 gamerscore out of it. That's when you know the difficulty level is out of control. The MyGamerCard average is 47!
WiNG @ Mar 20th 2008 11:17AM
Are you trying to say that...
You should actually have to be good at a game to earn an "achievement"?
Shagittarius @ Mar 20th 2008 11:17AM
Obsess much?
Matt B @ Mar 20th 2008 2:32PM
Gamerscore whores are biggest tools in the proverbial shed.
J @ Mar 20th 2008 2:41PM
I'm saying that the majority of the achievements in GH 3 are ridiculous, period.
D_Average @ Mar 20th 2008 11:41AM
Its nice to know that with hard work, dedication, and patience, real dreams still do come true!
Spiza @ Mar 20th 2008 11:46AM
Guitar Queer-o
chudgoo @ Mar 20th 2008 12:29PM
Interesting.
I had three different comments removed that were in reference to that same joke.
Matt B @ Mar 20th 2008 2:33PM
spiza -hole
Spiza @ Mar 21st 2008 1:57AM
You nerds need to watch south park
Tim Dorr @ Mar 20th 2008 12:03PM
Actually, the guy is up to 909K now at 97% complete on TTFAF: http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?user=8308&group=4&game=6&diff=4
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 20th 2008 2:15PM
thats retarded.
And by retarded I mean cool.
Luke Smith @ Mar 20th 2008 12:22PM
Cheater using hyperspeed.
I don't care what any says Hyperspeed IS a cheat.
Jason @ Mar 20th 2008 1:07PM
I thought hyperspeed was frowned upon? Apparently, though, you can still use it to get a world record.
jynxycat @ Mar 20th 2008 1:29PM
Hyperspeed was actually recognized by the GH devs to be acceptable, in terms of the official score keeping website.
Brandon @ Mar 20th 2008 12:25PM
"I didn't imagine being this good, but... I guess I am."
All of a sudden I want to watch him lose...
Ghaleon @ Mar 20th 2008 12:31PM
TWO HOURS ALL DAY AFFAIR.
Fighting-game players travel across the country multiple times a year. I'm sure Halo/Madden people do too.
James Lockwood @ Mar 20th 2008 2:14PM
I would have axed the woman taking the photos - she's using a flash!
Nessman @ Mar 20th 2008 5:03PM
dang i should have gone, bloomington isn't that far away from where i live
Jack @ Mar 20th 2008 5:38PM
wow, i wish i was that good at gh. I live near bloomington, mn but i didnt hear anything about this.
Matthew C Anderson @ Mar 20th 2008 5:50PM
What's amazing is I checked out the finals at PnT Bloomington and he barely eeked out a victory there to get on to the national championship. He lost the first song (devil went down to georgia), won the second (fire and flames). The randomly chosen tiebreaker was "Closer"...which got a chuckle out of the crowd. Both competitors got 100% but Chike had 400 more points due to one extra note's worth of star power.
It was pretty amazing to watch.
Mike918 @ Mar 20th 2008 8:36PM
And i was excited because i won a GH3 tournament at my school :P...
UltimateQ @ Mar 21st 2008 7:50PM
Guitar hero is fun. But its still a toy. I don't see any kind of accomplishment from this. Learn how to play a real guitar and then I'll applaud you.
UltimateQ @ Mar 21st 2008 7:51PM
Allow me to reiterate. I like guitar hero. It is a lot of fun. But it is a plastic toy.
memememememememesayhi @ Mar 23rd 2008 9:11PM
people its a game... its for entertainment so stop saying stuff like play a real guitar or its a plastic toy . people play 4 fun . thats the whole point .