39. More Like “Guitar Zero”
“My college has a dedicated gaming room in its central building; there are TVs for people to plug whatever into and use.
I went in one day and saw someone playing Guitar Hero. He was playing on expert, so he was decently good, but not perfect. I sat down, chatted him up, and eventually, he challenged me.
Pro-Face-Off on “Through the Fire and Flames” (get more points than your opponent). I’m not perfect at TTFAF, but I figured what the heck, it’ll be fun.
Well, our fearless protagonist got a little too big for his boots on that one, because our man couldn’t hit the intro. The higher your combo in GH, the more your score is multiplied, all the way up to 4x.
If you don’t hit the intro in TTFAF and can’t keep your 4x through the fast strumming at the beginning, you’re immediately behind somewhere in the echelon of 30k to 60k points. The solos didn’t fare him much better.”
He blamed his gear.
