Guitar Hero will never teach you anything!

Um, I really hope you're not being serious. It's a game. People--of ALL ages and personalities, mind you, not just "geeks" (as a matter of fact I've noticed it's even more popular to the casual crowd than serious gamers)--are drawn to it and play it because it's easy to pick up and it's fun. Newsflash: Most people don't WANT to take the time to learn an instrument. It's a shame, but learning an instrument--especially the guitar, of all things--takes a lot of effort, and people have a tendency these days to be much more drawn to entertainment than effort. Deal with it.

And nobody, I mean NOBODY gets deluded into thinking that being good at Guitar Hero means being good at guitar. The two are mutually exclusive and I do not know any person (especially having met many people who, like myself, happen to enjoy both) who has ever thought otherwise. I would argue that, believe it or not, playing GH has at least to a small extent helped my fingering speed on guitar, but for the most part neither have a particularly large impact on the other and not one person is foolish enough to say otherwise.

Further, I don't like your attitude towards the guitar one bit. The guitar isn't some "pussy-winning-awesome-stick." If the only reason you put the effort in to learn an instrument is to get laid, or for that matter just to seem "cool," then you are a disgrace to those who truly love the instrument and use it as a medium for musical expression. Sure, maybe it's true that the popularity of the guitar gives it its 'perks,' but anyone who would dare to pick up an instrument for solely that purpose (in my opinion that notion should not be used as a motivator at all) is a truly shameless individual.

From someone who plays and enjoys both Guitar Hero and guitar, and enjoys the guitar for the GUITAR'S sake, I must say that as far as this is concerned you are very misguided.

And thats why people like it....because its a social game the doesn't involve dragons and wizards. Chicks actually play it.

-fuckthedutch

  Again, people like it.....

Maybe your young and you just havent realized this yet but... EVERYTHING men do is to get them LAID!
Playing the Guitar, Getting a Good Job, Driving a Fast Car, Working Out, Cellphones, Computers, Going to the Moon, and yes even playing stupid games like Guitar Hero... these are all things Guys do to get laid!
If it weren't for pussy, guys wouldn't do much of anything at all. We would all be a bunch of Fat, Lazy, Unmotivated Slobs that sat around and ate junk food all day long. If it werent for Women and all their wonderful delights, Men, as a species, would lay down and die as a Whole and then Fags would rule the Earth for about 50 years because they don't have any way to reproduce without the one thing they shun the most... PUSSY!

So... newt. I honestly think that it is YOU who is the Misguided one in this situation. Because if your not doing what your doing to get the pussy, then you are only left in one other category.

Sorry Newt!! You fail !! I seen of plenty of kids out there who have tried to decieve their parents into buying them Guitar Hero because they could learn a musical instrument. And because the store employee has shown their parent Gutar Hero cannot teach them to play a real instrument the parent would have been suckered. Why do you need to improve "fingering speed"? Intercourse is a lot better thing to improve.(lol) In all honesty. Society is becoming lazy as hell, Either you want to learn how to play the guitar or you dont. But playing pretend an instrument sucks.Play the game all you want but dont sell us on its "benefits" because its BS, Its like trying to say that Dance Dance Revolution can improve your dancing skills or gun games can make you a super killer. On a lighter note welcome to the monkey and have a lot of fun. I hope you become a frequent poster. Tell you friends. Even if they are "Guitar Heroes"

If by the "other" category you mean "civilized individuals who think with their brain and not with their dick," then yes, you are correct. Though I'm not terribly fond of pidgeonholes.

But you've just made it abundantly clear what kind of person YOU are. I see I'm wasting my time here, so I'll wander away now.

Hey I love video games just as much as the next guy.
But I think you seem to be missing the point of this entire thread as a whole... you see, what I was saying in my original post was that "Guitar Hero" does not teach you how to play guitar, therefor, just because you are good at "Guitar Hero" does not make you good at playing the Guitar and it cheapens the tallents that actual guitar playes have obtained. And I'm sorry, but a majority of Rock Stars out there in the world first picked up a guitar and learned how to play because the though that it would help them get girls.
Nobody fantisizes about standing on stage on with a freshly smashed Gibson in their hand, with a front row full of clapping musicions who are impressed with their peers inate abillities... 
No, they fantisize about a front row full of screeming hotties who are ripping off their shirts and willing to do naughty, naughty things just to get backstage.
And somehow, there are people out there that think that being good at "Guitar Hero" is the same being a bonified Rock Star. Its probablly the same kind of tool that thinks because he can "Air Guitar" to his favorite Winger song... that he could probablly be a Rock Star.
The People of this country are getting lazier and lazier and all the new forms of laziness just becomes the norm.
Case in point....

By the way... I do not try to front about what kind of person I am.
I am Doctor Death.
An Ass-kicking, space-monster fighting, video-game beating, photoshopping, pussy loving, meat eating son of a bitch who can't play the Guitar to save his fucking life.
But I'll tell you this much.
If I were to pick up Guitar Hero and play it for five minutes I can guarantee that I can whip your ass at it.
BUT, don't think that I'm not willing to let you give your two cents abouth the subject.
Welcome to the Monkey.

Hey Newt!! Bottom line. What would make you look like the part?? Playing a toy guitar? Or a 1969 Fender Stratocaster, with original pick-ups, maple neck, strung upside down for a left-handed motherfucking genius, Jimi Hendrix?. Lets put pussy aside, what would you rather learn to play? Instead of investing all your time on a toy , you are better off developing real talents. Its like the dudes playing Warcraft, they do all these mundane chores in the game instead of spending time with their wives or family.

Hey Newt, look at the title of the thread. What will it teach you? How to press buttons at a certain time? Fuck, even monkeys can be taught that. Don't go away mad, just go away.

Way to attract new members.....we might as well just make this a private forum and put the tits back up because the first time you step foot in here you gotta do the job..

Hey... I'm not against anybody. But, If somebody wants to try to set me straight they might want to do a little reading first and figure out what the tread is about.
I never said that it wasn't FUN. Or that people LIKE to play it.
I just hate when people think that because they play "Guitar Hero" that they somehow ARE a Guitar Hero.

I welcome ALL PEOPLE to join the Monkey... but you have got to have a Strong enough Back to carry the weight of an argument if your going to start one.
You should know that from experiance.