What is this world coming to…
…Blake Peebles, 16, of Raleigh, dropped out of school last year to devote himself to playing ‘Guitar Hero,’ and his parents agreed to have him home-schooled. ‘I usually play till I can’t anymore,’ Blake says.
Blake is the middle child of Mike and Hunter Peebles. Tucker is 18, an honor-roll student who plays football for North Raleigh Christian Academy. Caramy is 13, a dancer with a congenital disorder that causes developmental disabilities.
Mike and Hunter do not believe in one-size-fits-all parenting.
That is not to say that it was an easy decision for them to let Blake leave school last September. They would have preferred that he stay in high school with his brother. But he bugged them until they let him quit.
“We couldn’t take the complaining anymore,” says Hunter. “He always told me that he thought school was a waste of time.”
Blake never gravitated toward sports or drama or any of the other traditional school-based activities. Just gaming.
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Okayyyy…..I honestly don’t know what to say about this article. I mean on one hand, if it’s something he wants to do then he should probably go for it. On the other hand…A PROFESSIONAL GUITAR HERO PLAYER?????!!!!?! Wow. Seriously, some guys just take Guitar Hero way too seriously. I mean, what’s the point in pressing plastic buttons? And how would you earn up to 80k a year playing frickin GUITAR HERO!?!?!? Maybe I just don’t understand the gaming industry here but geez….what a gamble huh.
I can’t believe his parents let him drop out of school too. He’s either extremely lucky…or extremely idiotic. “”We couldn’t take the complaining anymore,” says Hunter. “He always told me that he thought school was a waste of time.”" - now that is a classic quote right there. No wonder education is going downhill - just look at Miss Teen USA North Carolina!!!
Blake so far has won about $1,000 in prizes in the months since he began competing in “Guitar Hero.” His biggest challenge will come in mid-August, when father and son travel to California for the U.S. regionals of the World Cyber Games. Blake qualified to appear there after performing well online.
If Blakes wins the regional, it’s on to the national championship. The best “Guitar Hero III” players there will earn the right to represent the U.S. at the world tournament in Germany.
Ok. Well I suppose you can’t argue with that. I guess I just can’t believe you can actually earn that much money…just for being good at games. Why is it that all the pointless, inane ‘occupations‘, specifically in the entertainment industry, get piles and piles of money?? And the people who work their asses off in the office everyday that keep the economy afloat get paid meagre salaries??? Priorities are pretty sad in this world, imo.
And he’s officially going to be a bogan for the rest of his life xD
~ Jakki posted at 2:12 am
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