Ainokeatoo-XBA
02-05-2009, 06:51 AM
A last minute equipment malfunction couldn't stop 14-year-old Danny Johnson from setting the Guitar Hero III world record with a score of 973,954 on DragonForce's epic "Through the Fire and Flames," but it did stop him from hitting every note.
Johnson, a Texas native, was only seconds away from a flawless performance when the blue button caved under the pressure of his finger assault, according to the New York Times.
NYT, Feb. 4: Danny said he had destroyed about 80 plastic Guitar Hero controllers in the last nine months with his intense play, which is the subject of a regular live Webcast (at ustream.tv/GH3Phenom) and which recently earned him an endorsement deal with a gaming team and event promoter, eMazingGaming.com.
"When you're hitting that many notes and playing that fast, it just terrorizes the controller," said Scott Johnson, 45, Danny's father.
And for all the Guitar Hero haters out there who think the game is ruining the development of real musicians, Danny disagrees.
Danny, who plays piano, guitar, drums, saxophone and oboe in real life, said his Guitar Hero prowess made it easier to complete complicated sequences on an actual guitar.
"Oh, there's no question Guitar Hero helps," he said. "Like when you go from Guitar Hero to doing real quick hammer-ons on a real guitar, it's actually pretty easy."
http://blog.mlive.com/manzero/2009/02/danny_johnson_14_sets_guitar_h.html
Absolutely crazy, I had just seen this kid maybe a half hour before I decided to come here and post it. He actually broke the blue button on the controller playing TTFAF expert almost finished it 100% but the blue button caused him to only finish with 99%. Which to me, is damn good. There's a video of him performing on the link, discuss...
Johnson, a Texas native, was only seconds away from a flawless performance when the blue button caved under the pressure of his finger assault, according to the New York Times.
NYT, Feb. 4: Danny said he had destroyed about 80 plastic Guitar Hero controllers in the last nine months with his intense play, which is the subject of a regular live Webcast (at ustream.tv/GH3Phenom) and which recently earned him an endorsement deal with a gaming team and event promoter, eMazingGaming.com.
"When you're hitting that many notes and playing that fast, it just terrorizes the controller," said Scott Johnson, 45, Danny's father.
And for all the Guitar Hero haters out there who think the game is ruining the development of real musicians, Danny disagrees.
Danny, who plays piano, guitar, drums, saxophone and oboe in real life, said his Guitar Hero prowess made it easier to complete complicated sequences on an actual guitar.
"Oh, there's no question Guitar Hero helps," he said. "Like when you go from Guitar Hero to doing real quick hammer-ons on a real guitar, it's actually pretty easy."
http://blog.mlive.com/manzero/2009/02/danny_johnson_14_sets_guitar_h.html
Absolutely crazy, I had just seen this kid maybe a half hour before I decided to come here and post it. He actually broke the blue button on the controller playing TTFAF expert almost finished it 100% but the blue button caused him to only finish with 99%. Which to me, is damn good. There's a video of him performing on the link, discuss...