Ok, I’ve stayed quiet on this subject for the last couple of times pics of it have been posted here because I know that whenever something this popular comes out and inserts itself into the pop culture mainstream, there are always people who fall into one of three catagories:

1. People who love it.
2. People who hate it.
3. People who know nothing about it.

And the first two catagories of people will rabidly defend to the death their respective opinions about the game, regardless of how true, biased, or irrational those opinions may be.

Flat out, the game, however you feel about it, has sold incredibly well. Millions of people gain hours of enjoyment from it. Rather than supplanting interest in playing an instrument, many families are reporting that their kids are finding an interest in real music/instruments after playing the game, something our schools are increasingly turning away from due to lack of funding, interest, etc. It’s a game that families can play and enjoy together, something also increasingly lacking in today’s ever drifting family unit.

ANY game can be referred to as “monkey work”, or “a waste of time”, or “irrelevant”, or “a distraction from the real world”. That, I believe, is and always has been the point behind most games. To distract and entertain from the often harsh reality of life. It shouldn’t matter whether it’s a guitar game, a FPS, a racing game, sports, strategy, RPG, or bloody UNO. IT’S ALL GAMES.

I have yet to read any rant here or in previous posts that give any legit reason beyond personal opinion or emotion that this particular game is crap. If it sucked so much, I doubt it would be selling as well as it has. If you don’t like it, that’s fine. It’s certainly your right as a consumer not to buy or play it. And no, I don’t think most of the rancor is from “legit” musicians, rather it is from people who feel some deep personal need to hate what is popular. In which case I’d suggest getting some therapy or a whole lotta Mary Jane.

That being said, do what you want, hate what you want, but life’s pretty short to go around hating stuff all the time.

And Magnus, the “hates the Bagginses” quote had me blowing soda out of my nose, thanks for the laugh. ( I can appreciate your hatred of douchery, the world is currently saturated with it. Chavs too.)