New to DDR

[krehbiet]

Well I'm not sure if i'm allowed to post this here, but i started playing yesterday.

I had seen the game on tv, and at a LAN Party once, but never played it. Then a few months ago, at the start of the summer I saw it on some forums that i frequent, and decided what the hell.

So i bought myself some chepo pads, like $20 off ebay. I didnt want to spend too much on this if i mgiht end up not liking it. Bought the game for about $30, and picked up a used PSOne for $30 or so. So i invested about $80 for something that I didnt know if i would like.

Well honestly, working 40 hrs a week, and taking a online summer class really takes a bite into you, so I lest the game sit for about a month.

Yesterday, my "girlfriend" (thats a whole different story) was supposed to come over and hang out, and i told her i would set up ddr,a nd we could play.

So of course i wanted to be able to beat her, hehehe, so i played through the lessons and I was amazed, i must have played the last section of lession 2 about 10-15 times, just so i could perfect it. It was awsome.

So i bet i played about 3 hrs yesterday. Today i played about an hour or so before work, and then after work played about another hour with my little brother and older sister. We shoed my parents and they got a kick out of it, and think its great.

I'm about 5"8 or so and weigh about 250 lbs. I have been eating better for about a year, only diet pop (trying to kick this completly, but will take me awhile), and things like that, they have helped me a little bit, but i need to get exersize in my life.

So my plan, is to play DDR about an hour every day. I'm not looking for quick results or anything, but getting down to about 200lbs in oh a year or so would be great.


A little bit about myself . I am a nerd, i goto Lan Parties, and stuff like that, there is no less then 7 running computers in my room right now

I goto Dakota State University, which is why i am working 40hrs a week so i can afford it. Heheh. In the fall I will start my 3rd year and i love it there. Next year I will be in school-owned apartments with 4 of my friends, with 5 more friends just across the hall. I cant wait to go back to school.

Well I'm sure i have babbled enough, from what I have seen I like these forums, and I hope to become a regular.


~Tyler

[abrannan]

krehbiet said:

Well I'm not sure if i'm allowed to post this here, but i started playing yesterday.

*gasp!* No, you're definitely not allowed to post *that* here. ;D

All kidding aside, welcome to the game!

The real question is: Are you a nerd or a geek? Big difference there. Me? I'm a geek.

Since you've got so many computers you may want to give one of the DDR sims a try (Stepmania, or DWI if the system isn't that beefy). It's still not quite the real thing, but it can help you decide which version to pick up next (especially if picking up another version includes having to buy a new console).

[MATS]

lol im a nerd and dont worry beginers u will be doing 10 footers soon! just practice practice practice once u get 2 standard the standard-heavy transistion is easy its the light-standard that is a little dificult

[abrannan]

Really? I'm having trouble with the Standard->Heavy transition. Of course, I mostly sight-read the steps, without practicing on one particular song.

[MATS]

a good song 2 practice multiple 8th note steps is dream a dream heavy its very easy song and fun ( on ddr max 2 )

[abrannan]

mattddr said:

a good song 2 practice multiple 8th note steps is dream a dream heavy its very easy song and fun ( on ddr max 2 )

DaD is one of the few heavy songs I can do. I can pass about half of the 7 footers I try. Standard songs I have trouble with include Xenon (The LLLRRR 8th note segments in particular), Tsugaru (I go into the second set of gallops on the wrong foot and have trouble recovering). I also have trouble with anything involving 8th notes and jumps.

I think what I really need to do is just pick one song I have trouble with and play it over and over again to learn the patterns, then move on to another. But the level I play at now is sufficient to get my heart rate up to burn calories well, so I'm not too worried about improving.

[nightmare]

Since your new to DDR, I assume you are playing on the original DDR and not nor DDRMAX,DDRMAX2, etc.

There are 3 types of notes in the original DDR.

4th Notes are the ones you are probably hitting on right now for the easy songs atleast. This will go on until atleast 3 footers until you start to see some 8th notes. They are marked orange when you put it on SOLO mod.

8th notes are notes that you probably wont see unless you are doing a stream of arrows. Just hit the arrows faster then you normally would in an 8th note stream and you'll be fine.

16th notes are notes that are VERY hard to time and probably go together where you have to hit the arrow repeatedly. You may want to use one foot or use both feet and lift you feet up to your chest level and keep hitting the same arrow, but this methead requires alot of balence if done without the bar.

32nd/24nd are not on the original DDR mix and they only appear on songs like Tsugaru, and Heaven is 57 mettalic gray.

And by the way. If you are wondering why your getting so many misses, its because you are probably playing on a cheap pad. Its either buy a better pad or play in the arcade.