Game: Dance Dance Revolution!

[KitKat]

Today, one of my friends was teasing me and said, "I bet you were out drinking all weekend."
Me: "Haha, actually I was playing DDR for most of the weekend."
Friend: "Wow, I'd rather admit to being an alcoholic."

My first introduction to DDR was last Christmas when my brother brought his game and dance mats home at Christmas. I was instantly hooked. What other game combines video games, music, coordination, and cheesy graphics in such a fun, social, and active way? We even managed to get a lot of the older relatives to try it out. Even my grandma tried a song. So, even though I was separated from DDR for such a long time, it never ceased to be one of my favourite games.

Fast forward to last week. Some of my friends all pitched in and got me DDR for my birthday! Yay!! So, as you can imagine, I've been playing like nonstop. DDR is on par with Guild Wars in terms of my addiction to it. We've already unlocked like 20 songs, and my housemates keep dragging me away from my homework to play. .....ok, so maybe they don't drag me.....but they tell me to come play and how can I not!

So, come talk about this fabulous game!

[kooshi]

It took you this long to get hooked onto DDR? Haha, well, at least you finally started [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I've been in love with DDR ever since it first came out here in North America. Regardless of that, I'm still an alright player (can do 7 - 8 feet in Heavy mode).

[basey44]

ddr [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img], ddr sucks my left testicle

lol i remember while we were waiting for a movie a few of my mates went into the arcade to play air hockey and this guy was on ddr trying to impress his gf, and he was on like super crazy mode or watever(was really really fast with lots of steps) and the gf was sooo bored and was like "im gonna be over here". was funny

[aznimperialx]

they just got out with DDR : mario mix ROFL

[masamuneehs]

I also laugh incredibly at this game, just because people look so damn silly when they do it!

See that South Park episode with the You Got Served contest and the Asian DDR kid? My point, exactly.

[aznroyale]

this game is the bomb when you get the hang of it

[Xollence]

lol I remember back when I was in highschool when it first came out there used to be tournaments and stuff.

[dark maginn]

ya but i cant get hang of it i just watch my friend and brother do it

[RedX1z]

i don't hate it, i don't love it, i just don't want to be seen doing that..everytime i play weird feeling that someone is pointing and laughing..for record, i'm decent..on beginners..

[Mr.X]

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/

not as cool or fun, but still pretty addicting.

[XanBcoo]

Originally posted by: masamuneehs
I also laugh incredibly at this game, just because people look so damn silly when they do it!

See that South Park episode with the You Got Served contest and the Asian DDR kid? My point, exactly.

I feel the same way most of the time. Especially when they're not that good.

But I have about 2 friends who RULE at it, just naturally, and they're not super-nerds or anything. So it's fun to watch them for about 1 or 2 songs. Then the game is boring again.

[Assertn]

when i last played, i was on level 9....that was back in the spring though

[KitKat]

Ugh, I think my midterm this week killed my foot-eye coordination. On the weekend I was up to 6 feet on standard, and tonight when I played I couldn't even clear songs that I was getting through consistently before. I think I've reached the end of the easy part of the learning curve, and it may take me a bit more time to improve from here.

Also, I understand all the comments about how people playing it look silly. That's why I play in my house, never at arcades. And it just makes it more fun to be able to laugh at your housemates trying to dance. One of them thinks it will help him improve his actual dancing skills, but I'm pretty skeptical about that.

[Uchiha Barles]

Oh yeah, this game rocks alright. I got up to doing just about any song on six feet and some on 7. This was all the way back in the fifth edition of the game though, I really haven't played since. All this worrying about looking silly playing the game, well, if it bothers you then you won't be having fun. I'm not about to let that kind of crap get in my way of a good time though.

[aznroyale]

my friend is gonna buy the DDR mario mix

[Psyke]

I've tried DDR on the PS with a dance mat a couple of years back (it was my sister's). I looked as if my feet was on fire rather than dancing. Haven't been to arcades too often but I saw some of the new dance machines which used sensors and required hand movements as well. Most of the young people were doing synchronised dancing behind the machines and the people who were dancing got almost full scores, everytime. It was insane.....

[aznroyale]

when you get reallly good play it in the arcade and people will watch you

[Assertn]

A friend of mine had an interesting idea:

We were going to have 2 of us go up to the ddr machine, put in some quarters, and choose the song Tsuguru, and then when the music starts playing, a dozen other people dressed up as ninjas would come out from behind counters, upstairs, outside, and from the bathroom and all dance synchronized behind the ddr machine.

That never happened though [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

[kooshi]

Originally posted by: AssertnFailure
A friend of mine had an interesting idea:

We were going to have 2 of us go up to the ddr machine, put in some quarters, and choose the song Tsuguru, and then when the music starts playing, a dozen other people dressed up as ninjas would come out from behind counters, upstairs, outside, and from the bathroom and all dance synchronized behind the ddr machine.

That never happened though [img][/img]

LOL, I would love that to happen! Such an awesome idea!

[LaZie]

Well, I just started to play DDR again at home with the mats. Anybody else play it and have DDR Max 1 or 2? I need to dl it