"Guitar Hero" legend Schmooey, once considered to be the greatest "Guitar Hero" player of all time, was, in fact, just another cheater.
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Schmooey admitted his treachery in a recently uploaded apology video on YouTube. IGN reports that in it, he revealed that "most of the stuff" he did wasn't real, saying that he tweaked and edited many of his insanely impressive runs on the plastic guitar controller all those years ago.
He added, "I'm sorry I'm not the person you thought I was. I am a fraud."
Apparently, the cheater's exploits were first revealed by an in-depth investigation from YouTuber Karl Jobst. In his now-viral video, Jobst called out a recent video Schmooey posted back in December of last year.
In the video, Schmooey did what was once thought impossible-a completely "flawless" run of the song 9 Patterns of Eternal Pain. But expert players quickly noticed an inconsistency in his finger positions corresponding to the onscreen prompts, but that's not even the thing that got him caught.
What proved to be Schmooey's undoing was a brief view of a Windows Media Player overlay, which tipped analysts off to the fact that the video was pre-recorded and not a live one.
Here is Jobst's video, which has earned over 777k views at the time of this writing:
The "Guitar Hero" Schmooey scandal, as one may call it, resulting in the offending cheater having to account for his actions. According to NME, he has since deleted all of his videos playing the game. He also claims to have paid back all fans who requested to play certain songs.
Aside from deleting videos where he cheated, Schmooey said that he looks to post OBS recordings of his other "legitimate" achievements, likely in a way to regain some public face. But after this scandal, that might be something he'll have to try very hard at.
How Schmooey's 'Guitar Hero' Cheating Worked
Schmooey detailed how he cheated in a TwitLonger post. In that post, he revealed that he used a combination of multiple software and techniques. He used a video editing program called Videopad, alongside moonscraper editing, an Auto strum cheat, and Cheat Engine to make it all happen.
To create his videos, he reportedly set the game's speed to 0.75 using Cheat Engine. Then, he edited the video's speed using Video Pad and set it to 132.5. Lastly, he made sure to sync the audio with the video to complete the illusion.
Once he was exposed, Schmooey posted his apology video on YouTube, which has garnered over 63K views at this writing. But since YouTube removed the Dislike counter recently, it is impossible to see the video's dislike-to-like ratio right now to judge how fans saw it.
However, a quick look at the comments seems to be encouraging the action. Some users were commending his decision to go forward and admit his cheating, saying that it is a "great first step" to regaining the favor of the "Guitar Hero" community.
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Written by RJ Pierce
