WTF is up with guitar hero at Defcon

[sk00t]

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I will place myself in the pro-GH2 faction. I had no interest in it, or in gaming in general, but it was by far the highest volume of participation in the contest area that I saw, and to me that's awesome.

Like Cot, I started out at DefCon only going to talks, coming alone, and not knowing a soul, and over the years I've got to know more and more people, but those first couple of years going back to my room after talks were over, or standing around by myself watching everyone else have fun pretty much sucked.

There are many, many, leet / exclusive / high bar / technical things at DefCon that only a fraction of people can take part in, plus loads of invite-only parties, etc.

Getting a bunch of socially awkward geeks, hackers, and crypto nerds interacting and talking? That's a nice hack, and to me that means it fits the spirit of DC.

Plus, props to whoever the guy was in the OBSD shirt who was jamming to Raw Power by the Stooges. Made my day.

[LosT]

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You know Converge, you only won the Mt. Dew challenge because they made me laugh. You are going down next year.

LosT, future king of the Mt. Dew chug contest :)

[Voltage Spike]

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I had no interest in it, or in gaming in general, but it was by far the highest volume of participation in the contest area that I saw, and to me that's awesome.

I'm not about to tell people what they should or shouldn't do at the con, but I will suggest that its popularity demonstrates my problem with it. It is human nature to gravitate towards "easy" events with low barriers of entry. If Guitar Hero II hadn't been there, how might those people have spent their time? It might not be more intellectually stimulating (e.g., the dunk tank), but maybe it would have been (e.g., trying to figure out a way to fight through the crowd at the Lockpicking Village).

But, as you pointed out, perhaps GH2 could be considered the bottom rung in climbing up through the various events.

You know Converge, you only won the Mt. Dew challenge because they made me laugh. You are going down next year.

LosT, future king of the Mt. Dew chug contest :)

I don't know, I've been practicing my throat loosening skills (back off HighWiz).

I ate at Kady's for the first time this year, and I think there should be a black badge just for surviving their food. They taught me that there is such a thing as green Philly cheese steak. On the other hand, props for bringing the soda out in a glass with a carafe on the side.

[converge]

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...you only won .. because they made me laugh

and the burning yellow liquid shooting out my nose because of their antics, that was not enough even plain for you?? :p

[Schuyler]

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I ate at Kady's for the first time this year, and I think there should be a black badge just for surviving their food. They taught me that there is such a thing as green Philly cheese steak. On the other hand, props for bringing the soda out in a glass with a carafe on the side.

The carafe kicked ass. I only had fries, so no complaints.

[theprez98]

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I ate at Kady's for the first time this year, and I think there should be a black badge just for surviving their food. They taught me that there is such a thing as green Philly cheese steak. On the other hand, props for bringing the soda out in a glass with a carafe on the side.

No cheesesteak made outside the general vicinity of South Street in Philadelphia should ever be called a Philly Cheese Steak.

[HighWiz]

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No cheesesteak made outside the general vicinity of South Street in Philadelphia should ever be called a Philly Cheese Steak.

Seriously! What the fuck is with people thinking they know what a Philly Cheese Steak is... There are maybe three places in Philly you can get a Real Cheese Steak: Pat's, Geno's and To a lesser extent Jim's.... Beyond that, they're just imitator.

[DaKahuna]

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You know Converge, you only won the Mt. Dew challenge because they made me laugh. You are going down next year.

LosT, future king of the Mt. Dew chug contest :)

How did I not know about this. If Diet Mt. Dew counts, diabetic and avoid the real stuff, I'm in for next year!

[converge]

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Dietery exceptions are fine by me, but may be dictated by availability at the serving venue. I was ready to handle a rematch right then, ice or no ice; I sure as hell will be ready for you smack-talkers next year!

[Stypica]

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How did I not know about this. If Diet Mt. Dew counts, diabetic and avoid the real stuff, I'm in for next year!

Right there with ya... would have considered a diet coke/pepsi chugging contest! well.. if only to get a chance to maybe spew it into LosT's lap =D

[theprez98]

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Seriously! What the fuck is with people thinking they know what a Philly Cheese Steak is... There are maybe three places in Philly you can get a Real Cheese Steak: Pat's, Geno's and To a lesser extent Jim's.... Beyond that, they're just imitator.

They're not even imitators...99% of so-called "Philly" cheese steaks don't even use Cheeze Whiz. I only say 99% instead of 100% because I actually came across one the other day that did!

[Deviant Ollam]

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Seriously! What the fuck is with people thinking they know what a Philly Cheese Steak is... There are maybe three places in Philly you can get a Real Cheese Steak: Pat's, Geno's and To a lesser extent Jim's.... Beyond that, they're just imitator.

fuckin' A. you win philadelphia.

i haven't been to any of those establishments in ages, it seems. (quite remarkable, some might think, given my stocky frame.) hmm, now i think i want to. HighWiz, up for a late night spin past Pat's one of these days?

[nous]

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They're not even imitators...99% of so-called "Philly" cheese steaks don't even use Cheeze Whiz. I only say 99% instead of 100% because I actually came across one the other day that did!

There's actually a place in San Jose to get a decent cheesesteak. Called Amato's... the rolls aren't exactly right, but they're the absolute best I've had outside of eastern PA.

I will, however, be enjoying a proper cheesesteak at Citizen Bank ballpark on Sept 8 along with a Yuengling lager and the biggest damn grin... I get all misty just thinking about it.

[xwred1]

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People already do custom songs on Guitar Hero w/ modded PS2s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLvTpbg7hSs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zP9i...elated&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kY7_...elated&search=

That would be fucking fun if next year someone showed up with all this stuff ready to go and some burnstation with tons of custom songs. There's alot of them out there, I had a friend burn one once but we coudn't play it because the songs were all expert and we were barely cracking medium at the time.

[theprez98]

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fuckin' A. you win philadelphia.

i haven't been to any of those establishments in ages, it seems. (quite remarkable, some might think, given my stocky frame.) hmm, now i think i want to. HighWiz, up for a late night spin past Pat's one of these days?

I'd seriously consider a day trip to Philly to get a cheesesteak with you guys!