is that a bad thing? also i remember watching my brother play that when DDR first came out, i was watching it like it was the most amazing thing i had ever seen since it had lots of cool flashing lights...

And acctually playing on the mat really isnt a problem anymore seeing as how i usually roll out an old carpet and ducttape the mat to it. When its done, roll it back up (for those of you who play at home you might want to try)

and speaking of workout, playing an endurance run of DDR (or even their diet mode or whatever its called) can acctually be a great workout. I went to a DDR tourney at my friends (just a few of us went there for fun) and after like five hours of dancing for a week straight we were all dead but everyone lost like 10-20lbs. We were shocked, but couldnt get the energy to do it again...