Do you? Or have you ever?
I DDR pretty often.....:emb:
Do you? Or have you ever?
I DDR pretty often.....:emb:
I used to a lot back in the early 00s, but got bored with it. I also had a special place in my heart for the awful music, and once they started introducing big name musicians or covers of their songs I lost that aspect as well.
5th mix was the pinnacle of it all.
Used to with drunken friends. It's a lot of fun, but a far better simulation of stamping out small fires than dancing. Singstar seems to have taken over for drunken get togethers and the drum bits on Rockband give me my rhythm action fix these days. I should probably pick up one of those plastic guitar things for that, they're a bit daft but I'm sort of missing out on half the game I guess.
welp, time to get hit with a million 'you're such a fag' PMs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oBUe4GAUdY
I kinda make random mixes in my spare time.
If you like to use samples, click the link in my sig. I might have something you can use(assuming you made that first minute or so out of random samples). The one called madbreakdrumslo springs to mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by TougaKiryuu
samples are fun, PM me some links.
No, but pics plz...Quote:
Originally Posted by Yue(_|_)
I used to get the home games for shits and giggles. I have AA'd so deep and Rhythmn and Police on expert :tickled:Quote:
Originally Posted by Yue(_|_)
I actually really used to like the game.. until the home ports became nothing but famous pop musicians and never game us the good stuff.
I think the US MAX mixes were the best we got. I'd probably pick it up for PS3 if it ever came out.
3rd mix (JP) > All.
I stopped playing around 04 though.
Back in 05-06, like crazy. I got up to just barely failing out of a few 10s, then got mono and couldn't play for a while.
I picked up beatmania and got fat :(
I play about once a week, there's several machines around here and I have a nice modded softpad at home. I can still pull off a 9 now and then, but it just makes me sad remembering that they used to not be an issue. I used to warm up on 7s, now I can barely do them.
I have three copies of ddr for the 360, two with dance pads, all three....unopened. God I'm an uncoordinated fat ass.
I used to think it was stupid. Then, I actually played it. It's fun as hell. Haven't played in years, but I remember loving the shit out of the game.
I used to play the hell out of that series, did for many years. Over the course of PS1 through 360, I would estimate that I have, say, 9 or 10 different DDRs and then probably 5 dance pads.
Never got to the DAKOF in his prime level, but I was solidly above average side.
I should break some of those out, come to think of it.
Adam, i've YET to see this riced out pad you got! :D
On topic, I DDR on occasion. Not as much as I used to though cause of IIDX, pop'n and other music games out there. From 02 - 06, I used to DDR it often! The local putt putt has DDR X but it sucks hardcore. The only DDRs I like are Extreme and the titles before it. Super Nova is okay and i'm annoyed with SN 2.
I don't play music games, too much money.
I got Extreme for the PS2 about six years ago...fun times before Guitar Hero dominated the music game scene. It even helped me to rebuild my quads after my knee surgery.
Nowadays I just play in arcades since the basic home pads are so shitty and I don't want to shell out for a nice one. I pop in a credit and play on Easy to make an ass of myself. :emb:
Pump it Up has a better dance pad but worse music.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...O/S2010064.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by KanYozakura
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You'd be disappointed, it's just taped to a piece of plywood. It's really taut so it's sensitive and doesn't feel so bad to play on, but it's nothing special.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maury V.
By the way a few months back I had a Cobalt Flux but sold it for what I paid for it ($100). If I want "The Arcade Experience" I can hit up one of many arcades near here and play. If I want to play custom songs on my PC I don't mind using my modded softmat. There was no need for it.
Oh and to clarify, I meant before that I could pass most 9s, and there were a few 10s that I was close to passing. Except for Bag on 5x I never passed any 10s.
I haven't played DDR much since college. I didn't think I was in that good of shape at the time, but comparing now to then, I spent most of 2009 riding my bike a lot (20 - 30 miles a day) and was getting into pretty good shape again, but DDR is still way too much for me.
I would love to be in the kind of shape I was back then again, but I just don't have the time nowadays. I would bike 5 miles to the arcade a couple times a week, play DDR for 3 to 5 hours on and off, and bike home.
I played up through 3rd Mix for the PSX import edition. I always preferred the Japanese music over the US versions. It just seemed to be the kind of quirky Asian-centric game that worked better with music native to the region.
Played in the arcades a few times but mostly I'd play at home for the workout mode. Then I got sick and my body couldn't keep up anymore so I quit. We still have all the stuff. Maybe someday, if I ever regain a semblance of my former health, I'll give it another go. I never felt it got played out or anything.
DDR is great, when I lived in Mexico my cousin lend me his for the ps1. I couldn't buy many new games over there so I decided to try this out. I played it like crazy! My grandma as like "Stop! You're gonna dehydrate yourself!". Then when I came back to the US. I got DDR Extreme 2, while later I got Supernova, Supernova 2, then DDR max 2 to see if older had better. The japanese songs are good, but I did like some songs that weren't and I particularly liked DDR-ing to AHA in Supernova 2. It's also good to pay attention to which songs have a good beat or a good set of steps.
I love that ddr shit....and really got into step mania on the pc during high school. The psx/early ps2 games are great but the supernova and beyond games had awful soundtracks.
When I see a working machine I'll always play a few rounds.
The games are fun.
I've tried playing with my daughter and I suck but it is fun. I enjoy watching people that throw their own techniques into the movements so that it looks so much more graceful then just stomping on bugs which is how I look.
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by wizkid007
anyways yeah I was really into it back in 9th/10th grade, but I only played DDRMAX 1 mainly and then 2. I don't like playing in public cuz then i get all nervous and sweaty
I have Paula Terry facebooked. I oughta ask her about this.Quote:
Originally Posted by wizkid007
I know...people tend to stare lol. I'm used to my relatives and friends calling me a freak though...just because it's expertQuote:
Originally Posted by LoneSage
Me too. Used to play DDR and PIU religiously from 2001-2005. Even use to enter tournaments. Got 2nd place in a DDR one back in '03. Every few months I'll bust out the old soft pad and play some at a home for a couple days. Haven't been on an actual machine in 5 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanAdamKOF
Guess DDR does actually keep you in shape. That's probably the advantage it has over the other musical stuff.
I generally think that Pump It Up is in every way superior to Dance Dance Revolution because every criticism that naysayers lodge against DDR is pretty-much nullified by Andamiro's dance game. The diagonal steps are larger, thus requiring less-retarded-looking step moves; the middle step ensures that there's less-ridiculousness in the changeovers (and the programming makes this possible, as well); and the music is a greater variety than hyped-up Japanese pop music and Eurobeat-inspired tracks.Quote:
Originally Posted by KanYozakura
I still play DDR once in a while, but only in the arcades because anything above Standard requires a pad which doesn't slip every which-way, but overall, anytime a Pump It Up machine is in-sight, it's worth at-least a couple of play-throughs before moving-on.
For an alternative, I play In The Groove more, especially the modded ITG 2 machines. They have better songs and better step charts.
I used to play more. I wasn't any good, of course, but I had fun playing. I have a stack of games for PS2 and a couple for the 360.
I'd probably play more if I could make myself finish the adapter to make my good softpads work on the 360.
The arcade experience was never really a big deal for me. The only real machines around here are in really bad condition so you have to really stomp hard to get the steps to register. It's more fun to just play at home.
Yeah, it's annoying when people screw up machines. How hard do you have to step?
Love DDR, though I haven't played much in a while since I didn't have room for my dance pads in my suitcase. I have dreams of getting an Ignition pad someday since it works well with StepMania, and there's some really great songs out there to download for SM.
I have a few DDRs for PS2, Konamix for PS1, and one for Xbox that is pretty good despite all the bitching I've heard about those ones. I don't like all the big license songs these days, though. They tend to be more borig to dance to.
I'd agree with you but I think the 360 titles are bringing it back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ami Tajiri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dapLqTwBd58
Used to have the original for PS1, sold it to a dude in Hawaii.
Had Extreme for PS2 for exercise, sold it to a chic on Craigslist.
I used to turn on workout mode and play it until I hit 1000 calories. Doing that on a regular basis is indeed a workout, can't really do that with GH or RB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yue(_|_)
I used to really love to watch my non-DDR friends trying to play. They'd never play much, though, since they sucked and I didn't. That's the thing, though, how the hell do you expect to get better if you don't try? I had one friend who was very seriously into martial arts, knew real ninjitsu-type crazy shit, he could do the stuff you see on youtube, yet he was just balls-awful at DDR. I was like c'mon, man, you should just try this for an hour, you'll learn it with your agility and footwork, but no. Every time he stepped onto the may, he would look like a wounded, drunk, dying rhino or something.
Then I swear to GOD, I'd play a song, be like, here, just do like this, then no. No, no, no, couldn't even begin to get the feel for it.
Weird how that skill doesn't translate to or carry over at all from anything else.
I have ddr universe 1 & 2 for the 360 mostly when throwin a house party
Meow, you're AWSOME.Quote:
Originally Posted by jro
What helps a lot in DDR is getting the rhythm of the song and understanding what it wants you to do, sometimes they put the arrows really really close lol. I actually do, do workout mode from time to time. Always gotta go for the songs that burn more calories to finish faster.
I can do almost all songs in expert/heavy, whenever I do, people think I'm a freak for being able to do it....:emb:
I shouldn't have stopped playing DDR. My friends would all go to the arcade and play it but they all got out of it once it hit DDR Extreme. I had a lot of fun playing it, lost some weight and met a lot of cool people I still talk to today. But now the one arcade I played it at is gone and I know of a place that has an ITG 2 machine, but they don't take care of it and I don't feel like going out of my way to play it when I'm so out of shape I'll get winded after an easy song.
Never gonna buy one?Quote:
Originally Posted by YuckMud
That’s not totally true, but when it comes to motor control, it is completely true.Quote:
Originally Posted by jro
Repetition and rhythm are the two most important things when mastering something. And since nearly everything has a dif rhythm then new forms of repetition is needed to master it.
The main thing that you do carry over is essentially the pattern based button pressing that can be adapted in small segments.
I used to play it back in the day too. Even went to a gathering for it at my college campus once. It wasn't long though before I was playing it strictly for exercise, as I found the game itself quite boring.
Well....I just bought DDR X. I think it's kinda cool that the characters have a story since they had no real purpose recently. But so far I don't like that many songs on it. I do like they they have MC Hammer.
Stop! Hammer time!
Hmmm yeah, still need to play it somemore to unlock more songs. Oh and most songs in english are AWFUL! They better make the next one better...
the one thing I don't like with the newer games is they seem to be heading more into mainstream music. I'll stick to playing my DDR Ex and Pump ZERO cabs
Played it in Qatar when I had nothing else better to do.
Wouldn't mind to start playing it again though.
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Originally Posted by TougaKiryuu
Yeah, since DDR is becoming more mainstream, they HAVE to appeal to the mainstream American crowd which is stupid on Konami's part. The game was popular enough with the original tracks, why not just stick to that? This is why I play ITG more.
i used to play a lot, but like other people i'm just disenfranchised by the way the series has gone.
back in the day though our arcade had a 4th mix+ machine along with an extreme, which is really the two best ones anyways, so that was a lot of fun
i can clear most 9's, but never managed to crack a 10 when i was more into it. oddly though my skill level never really dropped, i could do some of the 9's i used to no problem still, but even like Sakura still does a number on me and i can't pass it.
Sakura! Nah you can do it...you're a guy, you got more stamina. With me, certain songs will get me too tired to continue lol. I can do fast ones for a long time, but ones like Mondo Street...dammit. You can't really rest in some of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Igniz v2
So I busted out my 3rd Mix and my pad over the weekend and tried to play again just to see how I'd hold up after my health decline.
If I play this again, it'll be the saddest video game related death since that guy who starved himself playing WoW for a whole weekend or whatever.
Dan,Quote:
Originally Posted by DanAdamKOF
I double dog dare you! :p
Phillip