Well, I thought I’d let you all know, that I’m now the Champion of the Second-Hand Guitar Hero Forum Tournament, “Hard” Difficulty

 Woohoo!

Yeah!

In yo FACE!

woohoo.

um, yay.

whew.

Ok, I might break something congratulating myself.  Fretmaster hasn’t actually updated the first page of that forum topic, but I’m ok with that.  I’ll modify my own winning graphic, thankyouverymuch. 

I’d like to thank my family for putting up with me hogging Guitar Hero, playing these songs over and over, and the biggest one – playing songs we don’t even like (Laid To Rest, SIX).  Playing Crazy On You was very nice, as that’s easily in my top five favorite songs on the game anyway.

What did I win, you ask?  Well I’d LIKE to say I got a new controller, or maybe an advanced copy of the Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80′s game coming out next week, or even an autographed copy of GHII signed by the development team.  So I’ll say that.  I do what I like.

But honestly, I got the winner’s spot, which is nice, but the nicer thing is, I was able to increase my scores significantly by practicing and NEEDING to win.  It’s like with pool, or bowling, or anything else – when I’m competing, I push myself harder.  Some might say that the best opponent is yourself, and that pushing your way to self-improvement might work, but not for me.  I need someone to play against.  I mean, how do I really know if I’m doing my best if I don’t have someone else’s best to try to beat?  I can see using yourself as an opponent once you’ve weeded out the rest, but I have a long way to go before that.

[Edit: Here's my score on that last song.  My strumming hand hurts a bit]