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Parents Let Kid Drop Out Of School to Become a Guitar Hero

by Demi Adejuyigbe on August 17, 2008 at 11:47 am

Get it? Because he\'s a too- ah, forget it.

Might wanna soften up your palms, because they’re about to hit your face at record speed.

Blake Peebles, a sixteen-year-old kid in Raleigh, North Carolina, has, through a combination of Jedi mind tricks and voodoo magic, convinced his parents to let him drop out of high school so that he can focus on the number one priority of every high-schooler– Guitar Hero.

“We couldn’t take the complaining anymore,” says [his mother]. “He always told me that he thought school was a waste of time.”

Rather than forcing him to suck it up and stay in school, his parents promptly removed him from his high school and hired some private tutors to teach him between Guitar Hero sessions.

Peebles convinced his parents that he could indeed make a living off of the game by playing at MLG tournaments, and winning prizes which include gift certificates, gaming equipment, and chicken sandwiches. I wish I had made that up, but it’s dead serious. The kid is set for life if he can win himself a chicken sammich by perfecting Mauvais Garcon on expert.

When I first read this article, I could have sworn it was from The Onion. Unfortunately, its not, and it will just be more fuel for the “games are addictive” fire. To me, it seems like more fuel for the “parents just don’t understand” fire, but I’m no expert on parenting. Fortunately.

Source: Kotaku

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    John Kershaw
    on August 17, 2008 12:05 pm

    I wish my parents loved me that much.

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    Gibbo
    on August 17, 2008 12:50 pm

    He just wanted to be a Guitar Hero. Too bad he hasn’t realised the difference between a Guitar with coloured buttons and a Guitar with Strings

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    Dan Landis
    on August 17, 2008 1:39 pm

    Having lived in North Carolina for almost 3 years, I can totally believe this story because everyone here is fucking stupid. While I don’t doubt the kid could make quite a few bucks in the professional gaming circuit, I don’t think he can play fake guitar for the rest of his life.

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    Mykul
    on August 18, 2008 4:08 am

    I’m still trying to make up my mind who’s the bigger Eediots?… him or his parents?

    Think this could be a draw.

    Love the Farside clip, I had that in my head when I was reading this… LMAO!! nice one.

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    madpuppy
    on August 18, 2008 12:04 pm

    is it the photo or are his feet and legs covered in filth?

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    Demi Adejuyigbe
    on August 18, 2008 12:06 pm

    That’s not filth, its all the spacebucks he’s made playing Guitar Hero.

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    Alicexia
    on August 18, 2008 1:09 pm

    This whole time he’s playing this game he could actually learn how to play a real guitar. With that experience he can play at smoke filled bars while dead beats throw bottles at him.

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