I've been off this site for quite a while now, and am quite pleased to see that this thread is still alive.

[QUOTE="qubert27"][QUOTE="Thechaninator"][QUOTE="qubert27"][QUOTE="Thechaninator"][QUOTE="qubert27"][QUOTE="Thechaninator"][QUOTE="qubert27"]

get a crappy acoustic to start out with. because you might not proceed well. or never get into it and then realize that you just wasted about 300$+ on an electric and an amp. and if you get an acoutsit. try and get the one with the lightest strings. because when i started. i struggled with being able to push the strings down on the neck. and dont get lessons. they area complete waste.

Thechaninator

Learning proper technique is very important so a teacher is always a good idea. The only reason I am not taking lessons right now is a lack of time and money.....

no. it isnt. i never took lessons. and my technique is perfectly fine. just do both up and downstrokes and alternate pick. you should be fine. and every guitarist that takes lessons sounds the same. thats why i advise not taking them. youll get a more unique sound. even if you arent very good.

Uhhh lessons aren't going to effect your sound. They are meant to teach you how to properly play so you don't injure yourself and so you get the best sound possible. Oh and being good is the biggest part of learning guitar. I can't wait to thrash around on a electric guitar.

well. youve been brainwashed. i never said anything about sound. STYLE. ive never once injured myself and have always got an amazing sound without lessons. and talent is nothing. take greg ginn. he has an amazing rapid-pick style and he never took lessons and had only been playing for about a year when he joined black flag. you dont need talent to be a good guitarist.

If lessons effect your style then you had no style to begin with, sorry.

BTW there is a huge logical fallacy in your post. Just because someone else has had success without lessons does not mean thatsomeone else will. Lessons are never a bad idea as long you have the time and money.

knowing how to read music and the names of chords gets you where? maybe at first get a lesson or two to get some technique. thats all id suggest.

Knowing every note and what they sound like and knowing proper technique is everything to being a good guitarist, especially if you wish to make your own music. That is going to take more than just a couple lessons....

I've been playing guitar for about seven years now, and consider myself a fairly accomplished musician as far as high school students go. I started with some lessons, but not your typical boring kind. I started out learning tabs, playing songs I liked to play, and as soon as I got any good at all I dropped all lessons completely. I started writing, and havn't stopped yet. In the past few years I've started learning more theory out of interest, not out of necessity, and I'll admit, it's great to know. I'm a better player and writer because of it. That being said, I'm very glad I spend so many years avoiding theory. If you don't know what you're doing, you're forced to figure it out yourself, which means you have to be creative. It can greatly affect your "style".

Whether you start with theory and bail on it later, or start without it and learn it once you've become comfortable playing, it doesn't matter, but I'd say it'satleast asimportant to play without thinking about theory as it is playing with it.

South Park uses Cartman not to make fun of Jewish people, but to point how ridiculas it is to make those kinds of jokes. They do it with a lot of stereotypes. They make fun of the stereotype and not the race/religion itself.

As for everyone else? Well it depends. Sometimes it's the same situation, but quite often there's some racial discrimination behind the jokes.

I'd like to ask... Do any of you own a business? Do any of you know what it feels like to have tens of thousands of dollars being taken away from you because of one person's actions? The boss is responsible for what the employ does hope you all know thatDeadlyrain92

The business is based around honestly and integrity. Someone writes a review, and people read that review because it forgets about all the advertising/business end of things, and tells you how the game is. People want to make informed choices when they buy a game, because games are expensive and nobody wants to blow $50 on a crap game.

These websites get a lot of traffic because these reviews help out a lot of people. Companies (mostly gaming companies) pay to advertise on the site to help get the name out for their product. Just like commercials on TV. If a game advertises on a site that is going to review said game, than it runs the risk of being given a low score. Jeff gave an honest review, which is his job, which is why everybody comes to read his reviews. The game was bad. Or atleast not very good. That's what he said, and as anybody who has played the game knows, it's the truth.

Eidos made a bad game, Jeff did his JOB and called it a bad game. Eidos gets mad because they paid CNET a lot of money in advertising (possibly even as bribery for a higher score, though that is unconfirmed), and CNET fires Jeff. How do you not get how f*cked that is? Yeah, Eidos and CNET might loose money, but they're doing so because they're going back on the whole reason game reviewing web sites exist. This whole situation is fundamentally f*cked, and Jeff did not deserve to loose his job because of some corrupt business men.

CNET and Eidos deserve to loose that money, and more.

[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"][QUOTE="mac906"][QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]

No no no! That's now how you get banned! You have to say, "Mountain Dew is an ugly, UGLY soft drink." Oh crap! *dodges ban hammer*

Ragnarok1051

Well, it doesn't matter what we say about Mountain Dew anymore, because they're no longer giving CNET anymore money. But yeah, Gamer Fuel was the ugliest soda I've ever had. The cover system was really, really broken.

Personally I thought it tasted like Master Chief's piss.

Have you ever tasted Master Chief's piss? Obviously not, because if you had you'd know that it tastes more like gasoline, and has a similar effect as well over20 cans of spinach. Get your facts straight before you troll on these boards. Sheesh.

I completely support Nintendo, and always have. If it wasn't for Nintendo, I wouldn't be a gamer. I love what they're doing with the Wii. It's opening up a lotof doors for the industry, and bringing in a lot of new gamers. There are a lot of great games, great ideas, and a ton of potential there.

That being said, it strays quite a bit from the "standard" gaming experience that I've come to love and that most of the industry is sticking. That's why I own an Xbox 360 as well. As cool as the Wii is, to only havea Wii this generation means you're missing out on a lot.

[QUOTE="DiscoBurn"]Cowboy Bebop is my all time favourite anime (NOT manga), and if you're looking for something really twisted, check out Elfen Lied. It's disgusting in just about every way, and yet it has this innocence to it that allows for amazing characters and a fantastic story. As far as reading goes, right now I'm into Old Boy. It's a good time.Selrath

Even more disgusting than Bible Black? :O

Can't say I've seen it to comepare, but Elfen Lied is pretty messed up. It's a short series, so it goes by quickly, but it's totally worth it.