DDR Thread

Stormy · Feb 23, 2015 1:26 PM

Bump again...

Started playing again a couple days ago. I had been playing throughout the pregnancy (mostly doubles with the bar near the end), but I had to cut back a lot in terms of song difficulty - no more trying to pass Maxx Unlimited or Paranoia Survivor. sad Now Paranoia Survivor is my next target, but I'm in horrible shape, so it's probably gonna take a while. XD I get winded from doing some of the faster eight-footers.

So this is my current boss song goal list:
Sakura
Max 300
Paranoia Survivor 270 / Legend of Max (I could clear Legend of Max before pregnancy about 50% of the time)
Paranoia Survivor Max / Maxx Unlimited
Paranoia Survivor Max Oni
Fascination / Fascination MaxX
(Pluto Relinquish maybe? I never got good enough to seriously attempt anything harder than FaxX... I said earlier in the thread that I used to be able to pass Relinquish, but I was probably thinking of just Pluto, lol.)
(A bunch of new songs I don't know about that are 15-17...)
Valkyrie Dimension
(I know there are harder songs than Valkyrie, but I'm trying to be realistic here. tongue )

Until I can get back to the arcade, I'm going to be playing on my ITGX and Stepmania on my laptop. Still no bar yet, so hopefully that'll force me to get used to not using it again. I also have these 1.5 lb weights that I'm strapping to my ankles when I play to force me to play flat-footed and limit my movement. I think I actually play better with them on, so it must be working. I'm going to try increasing the speed on all the non-boss songs to around 300 BPM so I can get used to high speeds.

I may or may not be taking this a little too seriously.

I have to say though, I was kind of disappointed at how poorly I've been playing, but it's really encouraging to see my old posts in this thread where I was struggling with Kiss Kiss Kiss and Cartoon Heroes and bragging about "almost passing" Max 300, lol.

Oh and if anyone was wondering about the dog hair in my ITGX, they did eventually just send me a new one. tongue

Flapjacks · Feb 24, 2015 6:32 AM

If I had access to DDR, I would most definitely take it this seriously. Don't feel bad. Just don't be this kid.

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Stormy · Feb 24, 2015 1:43 PM

LOL yeah I will definitely never be that kid. Wow.

I don't play with the keyboard at all, but that was actually pretty impressive. I hate when people get so mad about missing one arrow, though. roll

Paranoia · Feb 24, 2015 3:12 PM

You'll soon surpass me in skill, I'm sure. You already have with doubles and not using the bar. yikes

Seriously though when I save up some extra money, I need to get one of those Omega GX pads.

Regular Pluto's not hard in terms of stamina, but just annoying because of all the pauses and BPM changes. If you pass Valkyrie Dimension, I'll expect a video, lol. That song is insane.

Stormy · Feb 24, 2015 4:15 PM

Oh yeah, as soon as I figure out a good setup I'll be recording everything just in case I unexpectedly AAA something or pass some milestone.

I'm nowhere near AAing Max 300 though tongue Maybe I just need to play it another 500 times or so to catch up to you.

Paranoia · Feb 24, 2015 10:37 PM

I can't imagine trying to play DDR with weights on my legs. My feet already start feeling heavy after a couple boss songs as it is. It does sound like a pretty good idea to build up strength and get better though.

And Flapjacks: Barely anyone has access to DDR anymore, sadly. The machines are either broken or taken out of arcades.. It's basically a dead game here in the States, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying it.

Stormy · Mar 21, 2015 1:37 PM

Paranoia · Apr 04, 2015 1:24 AM

I'm officially better at DDR with my fingers :[

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Whenever I get enough money to buy (or make) my own dance pad, there are so many new songs I need to try. This is one of my favorite charts

Stormy · Apr 04, 2015 2:27 AM

Woah, dang. Hey, at least that's probably about the number of Greats I'd probably get with a pad if I could AA that song. tongue

Is that X2? Looks like a really fun chart. That background video's pretty distracting, though.

Paranoia · Apr 04, 2015 3:19 AM

I guess at least I know I can read the steps property...but that and performing them is a whole different story.

I'm pretty sure that's X2. The difficulty really ramped up with a lot of the 'new' songs. (And when I say 'new' I mean anything past 2009, because that's the last game I got to play seriously, lol) Possession, Valkyrie Dimension, Anti-Matter, Elemental Creation, Pluto the First, Paranoia Revolution are all crazy. Can't imagine even passing those for real without a ton of practice (not to mention physical training tongue )

Stormy · Apr 24, 2015 7:08 PM

Okay, this is pretty funny.

Context: Over the Period is a new song that you can only get as an extra stage after getting an AAA on Max. or something like that. If you get one great on this extra stage, it fails you. So no one knows the whole chart yet.

Paranoia · Apr 24, 2015 8:53 PM

Wow, I've never seen that before. Konami just trolled everyone with that...lol

Here's a video...look at that beautiful new DDR machine too :'(

Stormy · Apr 24, 2015 9:09 PM

Holy speed hacks.... *looks at uploader* Oh of course it's FEFEMZ, lol.

Steinar · Apr 24, 2015 11:31 PM

It wasn't DDR. But it was something that you could plug to a TV. Its sorta fun i guess, although i am more aware of Singstar. Since i had sisters when PS2 was the bomb always singstar. And just checking out some PS2 singstar. I remember back then how tired from hearing the song "the reason" by Hoobastank tongue

But now with how much social media is taking over i would honestly not mind it being sung everyday tongue

Stormy · May 14, 2015 3:59 AM

Starting to get good again!

My recent 15 passes:

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Recent "10" passes (these should really probably be 15s or so but they were rated on the old scale):

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I'm not thrilled with the grades, but it's a start!

I have been speedmodding everything to ~300 BPM, and it helps a ton with learning to read faster. Finally starting to get the hang of the whole conserving energy by barely lifting your feet and playing flat-footed thing, too.

Paranoia · May 14, 2015 8:40 PM

Nice! Speed modding really does help. When I'm bored, I play on Stepmania and usually have the speed for any song being around 350-400 since it helps with accuracy.

Do you have a bar for the pad yet, or were these scores without one?

Stormy · May 14, 2015 9:14 PM

Still don't have a bar, but I've been using two deck chairs stacked on top of each other with something heavy on the seat to weigh them down. tongue Works well enough for now.

Editing to add FFFFFFFFF I got a C on Max 300 Super-Max-Me Mix but I accidentally pressed alt+esc instead of prt sc and my score is gone D:

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Paranoia · May 20, 2015 8:33 PM

Went to the arcade today and set a couple new records on the machine: Paranoia Survivor Max, Healing Vision Angelic, and I beat my old record on Paranoia Respect. tongue

It was really weird because I was the only non-employee there since I went around 2 pm on a weekday, lol. One of the employees there gave my two free games.

And now that I know I can pass Elemental Creation on Expert, I can't wait to get a hold of a pad of my own so I can practice more Stepmania songs

And congrats on the pass of Max 300 SMMM; I'm sure you'll get a better score soon and then screencap it

Stormy · Jun 29, 2015 6:18 PM

Getting into customs/ITG charts lately by recommendation of someone in our Facebook group. ITG 10s and 11s are really helping my stamina. Some of the custom ones are up to eight minutes long! I think after a few more weeks of training on these, a lot of these DDR boss songs are going to seem like a joke. big_smile

Album of some recent scores, most of them sightreads. The fail with no misses is because I let go of some freezes to reach the hands. tongue

Paranoia · Jul 10, 2015 11:18 PM

My newest purchase:

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Can't use it for 6 weeks until a USB control box gets shipped (and it's also at the parents' house), but at least I have it!

Stormy · Jul 14, 2015 9:29 PM

Cool! Did you end up getting the control box from PDP?

Last weekend I went to the arcade near where we're moving. Before going there I had heard that they used to have DDR 2014 but downgraded to SuperNOVA 2, so kind of disappointing, but still better than the Extreme I have now, so I was excited to try it. When I got there it was sitting unplugged in a corner. I went to go ask an employee if I could plug it back in, and after plugging it in and seeing that the screen wasn't turning on, she had to go get a tech to fix it. I wonder how long it was there like that before someone cared to ask. hmm

They did eventually get it up and running, and it was a pretty decent machine - pads in good shape; song selection from Extreme, SuperNOVA 1, and SuperNOVA 2; and free doubles. But there were a couple things that kept it from being perfect. Part of the right side of the screen was cut off, which made it kind of hard to see the right arrow, and there was a glare from the lights that made it hard to see the entire left side. I ended up playing for about two hours despite barely sleeping the previous night.

Found out later from the DDR/ITG Facebook group I'm on that everyone in that area hates that arcade now since they downgraded, so I guess I'm not likely to meet any other players there. sad Also, a pro player who I subscribed to on Youtube a while back apparently used to work there, and after he left there was no one left to care about the dance/rhythm game scene. hmm

Paranoia · Jul 16, 2015 11:04 PM

Yeah, I ordered the control box from precision dance pads. It looks like he must have decided to keep selling them , luckily. Do you think the shipping will actually be 6 weeks? D:

Dang, 2014 would have been awesome. Sucks that they took it down, but I guess there just isn't much of a market for DDR anymore...SuperNova 2 is better than a lot of other places though.

And I actually made the drive downtown and played this weekend in the arcade. But I only had $3 in my wallet, so I only got to play 4 rounds. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Stormy · Sep 01, 2015 4:57 PM

Bumping to show off my first ever (finally!) AAA/PFC:

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I also passed a couple ITG 12s at this cool little arcade at a gymnastics club. Best machine ever - flat modded panels, super sensitive, ITG 2 cabinet running Stepmania/Simply Love theme. If it wasn't 45 minutes away I'd be going there every day.

Paranoia · Sep 03, 2015 2:44 AM

Nice! Hope I can see at least one of the arcades in the area this weekend!

I've been playing more frequently in the arcade and can usually FC Paranoia Survivor and Legend of Max on Heavy. I don't play too much on the new pad since I know how sound travels through my apartment complex, but at least I know it works

RangerOfIthilien · Sep 06, 2015 3:13 AM

PSSST 36ISLS36! They have MLP songs on the machine Stormy is referring to! It was cool!

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