Posted on 03/16/2025 9:51:25 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
There are men, there are kings, and then there are Guitar Heroes – a special class of supernatural beings that Twitch streamer CarnyJared certainly belongs to. After nine months of toil, Jared recently was able to complete the world's first full combo of 'Through the Fire and Flames,' what's considered to be the rhythm game series' most difficult song, at 200% speed on PC clone Clone Hero.
In a recent interview with esports personality Jake Lucky, Jared says the achievement has always been "seen as the most highly coveted world record," so he's always dreamed about nabbing it.
"Especially at 200," he continues. "That was the speed that I really wanted, because I see it as the ultimate world record for ['Through the Fire']." He originally obtained the world record at 180% speed in 2024, but it wasn't enough – he's spent the nine months since his last 'Through the Fire and Flames' achievement working his way toward 200%.
Anyone observing Jared's winning attempt could see why the feat took as long as gestating a human baby. As the notoriously demanding 'Flames' begins to pick up like a gust of wind, notes begin to flood Guitar Hero's virtual fretboard, and Jared's eyes narrow.
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Video games are a reason we don't have any Eddie Van Halen's anymore.
Instead of playing a video game, he could have spent his time learning to play guitar.
Forget all about that macho s___ and learn to play guitar!
Rock on!
Guitar hero actually taught me a few songs. I agree, play a real guitar.
China is very happy young Americans are occupied with this and not studying math or science.
10,000 hours to perfect this, not engineering....
Like we should care.
Oh we have plenty of Eddie Van Halen currently. But rock and roll doesn’t sell, so you’re not going to hear them on the radio, you gotta go looking.
They can play soldier in a video instead of joining the military.
We should care what video games are doing to young minds.
....while his mom did his laundry and brought him chicken tenders.
Buy that geek a Selectric typewriter and turn him loose! The Guinness Book of Records awaits!
From PC Mag:
“ That someone is a 17-year-old kid who goes by the name MythicalRocket (or just Rocket, as he preferred to be called during our Zoom interview). Despite the fact that he hasn’t graduated high school yet, he’s already one of the fastest typists in the world.
How fast, exactly? Watch him break 300 words per minute (WPM) in the video below.”
I love watching Sena on drums. That’s real talent, not video BS
I say this as an engineer, so don't take me wrongly, but AI is better suited to take on explicit tasks in engineering, accounting, or library research than it is for playing a game, physical arts (such as wood carving or painting), music, or poetry. It is curious to me which skill sets will remain more economically viable.
So, what does this say about my Masters degree in sand castle building?
“Video games are a reason we don’t have any Eddie Van Halen’s anymore.”
EVH was a one of a kind. But to your point there is lots of guitar talent out there. I continue to be astounded. Incredible players but I am not sure they are making that much money these days.
Chess is an matter of selecting among explicitly determined possible sequences; i.e., any piece cannot do any more than the rules allow. Hence, it is not a “game” in the set of which I was thinking which allow “outside the box” creative actions.
This.
Well...
...let me just state that this confirms an underpinning of some rather pertinent - albeit theoretical - conclusions and validates some decisions I’ve made in response.
And the purpose of this is?
I thought guitars were for making beautiful music.
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