The randoms that are usually
surreal
Eric: tank,godlike Location: Arizona Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
The randoms that are usually over at parties usually don't recognize that what I play is vidya game music. That said, they don't fucking say a damn thing. |
You know what I think bout
Pasto
Eat your Pasta ! ! ! Joined: Mar 25 2009 |
You know what I think bout that. Kiss princess <3
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Re: The randoms that are usually
BacardiBreezer
My life is a chip in your pile. Ante up! Location: NE Ohio Joined: Aug 16 2010 |
surreal said
I've only played in front of people who know what I'm playing is...these people just KNOW that I play it on the guitar. But I totally agree, especially with all the badass guitar arrangements out there, most people would enjoy it if they just listened to it. |
who cares what anybody
jitJoined: Mar 04 2009 |
who cares what anybody thinks? if you enjoy playing it, then play it. the people who want to listen to it will appreciate it. ya can't please everybody. |
Re: who cares what anybody
BacardiBreezer
My life is a chip in your pile. Ante up! Location: NE Ohio Joined: Aug 16 2010 |
jit said
No shit. As I said, I don't have a problem "dealing" with it. I was simply asking if anyone has ever come across idiots like that. |
Never been insulted, but
RexLeRouge
IMPACTO Joined: Aug 15 2008 |
Never been insulted, but sometimes feel the weird glares at me yeah I think a few people around me realized I play and listen to vgm. I never say it myself, don't wanna be looked at like an alien. |
"Don't tell me you've never
ParhelionJoined: Mar 02 2009 |
"Don't tell me you've never discovered good music in unexpected places" That usually gets them thinking. edit: to actually answer your question, I have, but only when the person (who obviously likes the tune) asks me where its from. I tell them and I get a funny look.
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I got a new guitar for my
karathrow
Joined: Oct 26 2010 |
I got a new guitar for my birthday. Some family members wanted to hear a song. I had to play in front of a bunch of people and the only songs I could think of were video game songs. They asked me when I was done where it was from. I got funny looks. Was awkward. People tend to infantilize (I can't spell this fucking word apparently) gaming in all forms. They think we're still 2d dingos collecting gems or something with bleeps and bloops for music. /shrug, what are you gonna do? |
-Playing a song
Lemoncobbler
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Location: SoCal Joined: Dec 22 2010 |
-Playing a song (fingerpicking) my dad does this alot, and my friends give me tons of shit for it, but its all in good fun of course. most people are glad i'm just not a metal head or wanker. |
I don't get what's with your
surreal
Eric: tank,godlike Location: Arizona Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
I don't get what's with your guys' folks, I play some fancy shit and they could care less. |
Re: who cares what anybody
jitJoined: Mar 04 2009 |
BacardiBreezer said
They aren't idiots, but just people with a different opinion. By the way, calling them idiots for not sharing the same opinion as you is not any better than them insulting you because you play VGM music. |
Possible that she calls them
musenji
Joined: Feb 02 2010 |
Possible that she calls them idiots not because they have a different opinion, but because they have already berated her for hers. I tend to feel, whenever I mention playing game music, that I have to justify it. Before knowing what people really think--I just tend to assume they'll think it's for losers unless I explain the musical value it actually has. :/
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And then I realized that the chord progression from Chrono Cross's Another World is the same progression as the chorus from Peace of Mind by Boston, and life was never quite the same. |
Re: Possible that she calls them
jitJoined: Mar 04 2009 |
musenji said
Even so, going down to their level isn't any better.
It's the labeling of the music. If I don't say a word of what a piece is from, they'll enjoy it. Then if I tell them where it came from, they immediately have a sense of guilt or embarrassment that they liked it. It's a shame really, but that's just how it is. |
You can take the high road
auriplane
Joined: Sep 06 2008 |
You can take the high road and avoid calling something stupid because you want to be nice. That doesn't mean, however, that it isn't stupid! Video game music spans all genres, and you can't meaningfully generalize about the quality of all VGM. It's as orthogonal as saying "I dislike video games that use the color green". Sure, they can have their opinion. Sure, you can avoid saying the opinion is stupid. But that doesn't make it any less so.
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Play the song unnamed, then
tiganior1
The following post may contain mature humour, violence and coarse language which is not suitable for younger audiences. Parental discretion is advised. Location: Look behind you Joined: Apr 09 2010 |
Play the song unnamed, then once they like it, break the news. Surprise, you got a new gamer |
Re: Play the song unnamed, then
karathrow
Joined: Oct 26 2010 |
tiganior1 said
It's like the crying game except you find out you've been listening to video game music instead of a surprise penis. |
Re: who cares what anybody
BacardiBreezer
My life is a chip in your pile. Ante up! Location: NE Ohio Joined: Aug 16 2010 |
jit said
I called them idiots because they felt the need to attempt to insult me. |
Re: I don't get what's with your
BacardiBreezer
My life is a chip in your pile. Ante up! Location: NE Ohio Joined: Aug 16 2010 |
surreal said
Thankfully my mom likes games and their music almost as much as I do. She's been playing Zelda since it came out, and started FF4 right when I did, when it came out, we rented it from the video store and were hooked. She's actually better than me at solving puzzles and finding hidden shit, which is why she loves Zelda. She only played the FF series til 6, which is fine, she's not missing much. But she thinks it's cool that I'm playing the old songs. I was lucky as a kid, I got all the RPGs back in the day because my mom wanted to play them too :P |
Me and my dad beat a lot of
surreal
Eric: tank,godlike Location: Arizona Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
Me and my dad beat a lot of snes games during my childhood. F-Zero, Super mario world, Super mario RPG, Super Punch Out. Though he wouldn't remember the music from said games. |
Dang I can only relate to
StrangeJam
Da Manliness Joined: Aug 23 2009 |
Dang I can only relate to Surreal and Rex. Then again it's not like I play a lot of VG music live, I just mess around with it when im practicing lol, then again it's always a blast to play songs from Megaman X. |
people tend to think of me as
Turatu
Joined: Apr 18 2011 |
people tend to think of me as a loser when i play or listen to VGM, in fact 300 of 380 songs on my ipod are VGM... when they insult me i tend to say "hey i listen to some real bands too, check out these guys... 'the black mages' they're awesome" people have no musical taste... they just find some crappy singer like lady gaga or justin beiber and stick with it thinking that good music requires repeated words... music that people listen to simply relies on how much makeup they wear and how slutty they act... its not real |
Re: people tend to think of me as
jitJoined: Mar 04 2009 |
Turatu said
Just because they don't listen to your type of music doesn't mean they lack musical taste. I enjoy a lot of the radio rap/pop if I'm out at a club dancing or just socializing with friends in a bar. |
Re: people tend to think of me as
BacardiBreezer
My life is a chip in your pile. Ante up! Location: NE Ohio Joined: Aug 16 2010 |
Turatu said
I've got 2100 songs on my ipod, and almost 1000 of them are video game remixes. I do have like 100 actual VGMs, that I use for guitar practice (set my ipod on the dock and play along). And then another huge chunk is just guitar instrumentals by people like Buckethead, Joe Satriani, Mintjam/a2c (who is my favorite!), Eric Johnson, etc. Then the rest really is 70s, 80s and 90s. I hate pop music. |
I prefer VGM over modern
victormonJoined: Jul 12 2011 |
I prefer VGM over modern mainstream music. It's all about image now. Yngwie Malmsteen is awesome. |
Every once in a while I'll
Clifurd
Joined: Jul 03 2008 |
Every once in a while I'll play with other guitarists and sometimes they don't take VGM as seriously as what they would call "real music/band music/mainstream". One of the biggest reasons most of us play VGM is nostalgia, anyone who doesn't see it that way obviously doesn't take it as seriously. |
If I play stuff thats fun as
Ennea
humhum.. Location: Germany Joined: Apr 09 2010 |
If I play stuff thats fun as hell but doesn't sound pretty they all complain it's annoying, If I play stuff like sumizome or radical dramers they find it awesome as shit while listening.. quietly |
VGM ftw
michiroLocation: Sacramento, CA Joined: Aug 13 2007 |
My dad doesn't like when I play video games in general. When I play Vgm on my guitar he asks me "why don't you play some classical or something?". That said my mom is somewhat a gamer. She was actually able to breed a Gold Chocobo in ff7 for Pete's Sake! That's the one thing I never got around to do. My sister is more of a puzzle gamer, but she loves final fantasy 9. :)
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Re: Has anyone ever insulted your choice to play VGM?
wayfaerer
"Embrace your dreams." Location: The Lifestream Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
BacardiBreezer said
you just, in effect, essentially summed up the entirety of the human race. i applaud thou tenacity, this feat i knew not of thee. ... anywho, yes it happens all the time to me. but if i play something from mario, people love it. if i play the FF prelude, people tell me to knock it the fuck off and play heart of gold. if i play breezy/balamb from VIII, folks mellow out and love the tune, and tell me to keep playing, if i play the FF7 boss theme, my metalhead buddies are lovin it, my not metalhead buddies, not so much, and if i ever play radical dreamers, everyone lapses into utter silence and responds to the theme in the music, and the story it tells. its like this one time i was listening to slipknot in art class back in highschool, metabolic was the song, and some girls gotta pissy and whined until i turned it off. but then, i turned ons tone sour, and they all said "I LOVE THAT SONG!" or "HIS VOICE IS SOOO GOOOD!" corey taylor is the lead vocalist in both stone sour AND slipknot. i ask you, do fans attract the music? or does the music attract the fan?
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Re: If I play stuff thats fun as
wayfaerer
"Embrace your dreams." Location: The Lifestream Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
Ennea said
exactly. this.
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Re: Has anyone ever insulted your choice to play VGM?
hslesperance
Location: Walpole, MA Joined: Aug 10 2008 |
wayfaerer said
Doesn't he sing differently in both bands though? Slipknot he has a more metal "scream" voice so it might not sound like the same person
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Re: Has anyone ever insulted your choice to play VGM?
wayfaerer
"Embrace your dreams." Location: The Lifestream Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
hslesperance said
yes, absolutely. though, in the newer stuff, he actually sings, and you can hear the similarity. my point is, people judge not by what is worth finding out, they judge by what they feel to be correct. they make assumptions, bad ones, not wrong ones, theres a difference. i heard some say that a stone temple pilot song (creep) was the worst creed song they ever heard. i laughed and laughed and laughed. just cause scott weiland sounds like scott stapp, doesnt mean its the same band.
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"i seem to be find a lot that apparently dont contain the .exe actually" -Anonymous "Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to look more like?" -Pherioxus |
"Judge a moth by the beauty of its candle.”
iamHoustonian
You don’t need to see my identification… Joined: Oct 03 2011 |
I was skimming through this thread and I was reminded of my horoscope I read a few days ago. |
lego my ego
Jacob31593
Location: Tampa, FL Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
lego my ego |
Re: Moths!
wayfaerer
"Embrace your dreams." Location: The Lifestream Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
auriplane said
a snail to auriplane is as a moth to me.
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Re: Moths!
wayfaerer
"Embrace your dreams." Location: The Lifestream Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
damn double post
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^^ That one looks awesome
iamHoustonian
You don’t need to see my identification… Joined: Oct 03 2011 |
I totally had a giant moth on my back/shoulder last weekend and some chick tried to swat it off without me knowing. She missed and I turn to see it flying in her face then into the night hahahahah. She freaked |
If you look at that moth's pattern
iamHoustonian
You don’t need to see my identification… Joined: Oct 03 2011 |
If you look at that moth's pattern closely it looks like it's trying to imitate a praying mantis. Fucking Suuweeet! |
Re: Moths!
auriplane
Joined: Sep 06 2008 |
(my Flickr favorites :-D)
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Re: Moths!
wayfaerer
"Embrace your dreams." Location: The Lifestream Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
auriplane said
LOOKIT THE WEE LIL SNAILS!! you and i will get along just fine.
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Re: Moths!
wayfaerer
"Embrace your dreams." Location: The Lifestream Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
well fuck me gently... damn these double posts.
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New favorite
iamHoustonian
You don’t need to see my identification… Joined: Oct 03 2011 |
Oleander Hawk Moth (Daphnis nerii)= my new favorite moth species. |
Old favorite
iamHoustonian
You don’t need to see my identification… Joined: Oct 03 2011 |
Io moth (Automeris io) Looks like Snarf haha |
Re: New favorite
wayfaerer
"Embrace your dreams." Location: The Lifestream Joined: Apr 03 2011 |
i just realized what you were talking about mate! and youre right, thats intense. is that actually the intended use for its coloring like that? i can scarcely see it as camouflage, but maybe. awesome defense mechanism either way. EDIT: ^^ that or it looks like a furby on shrooms!
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"i seem to be find a lot that apparently dont contain the .exe actually" -Anonymous "Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to look more like?" -Pherioxus |
Moths make me think of
BacardiBreezer
My life is a chip in your pile. Ante up! Location: NE Ohio Joined: Aug 16 2010 |
Moths make me think of Buffalo Bill... |
Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me hahaha
iamHoustonian
You don’t need to see my identification… Joined: Oct 03 2011 |
Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me hahaha |
Haha. That was my favorite
BacardiBreezer
My life is a chip in your pile. Ante up! Location: NE Ohio Joined: Aug 16 2010 |
Haha. That was my favorite movie when I was in like 9th grade. Made me want to be a FBI agent for a minute. I did a book report on it too at some point (the book, obviously, derp). |
Moths don't seem scary to me.
auriplane
Joined: Sep 06 2008 |
Moths don't seem scary to me. Not even the Death's Head moth. (Then again, I hate that whole genre of movies.) I love seeing hindwing eye patterns, and I think moths are beautiful :-D ...and sometimes goofy. Look at this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/144825019/in/[email protected]/
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BacardiBreezer
My life is a chip in your pile. Ante up!
Location: NE Ohio
Joined: Aug 16 2010
I was talking about this on Facebook, and since you're not all on there, I was wondering how often this happens. I had a few people attempt to "insult" me on another forum (cars) by telling me to "get back to playing video game music on the guitar" when I said something they didn't agree with.
Now, I think that's completely hilarious and pathetic (not to mention ad hominem) and I don't need help with it, lol, I was just wondering if that's happened to you guys. I love being a nerd (I'm a bookworm too). I also party and obviously am into cars as well, so I really have a broad spectrum of friends. I don't try to talk to my video game friends about cars or vice versa, obviously. However I'm proud of all of my passions so everyone knows what I like.
Oh and the funniest part was the guys who said that are both goofy as hell, one smokes pot all the time and the other does nothing but go out and get drunk trying to pick up girls to fuck. I feel sorry for them.