DDRecall.com is a proposed replacement for the old DDR stat-logging system called NNR. NNR was hosted and maintained by the Team Gwai Lo community, which is now known as the
Bemani Players Movement (BPM).
The nice thing behind NNR and BPM is that they are fairly localized around the Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal areas in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. If you happen to be from that area (like me), you can see how your direct competition stacks up. Of course there were lots of users from other places too, but generally everyone from that Canadian location posted on NNR.
The idea behind a stat logging system is that you can post up your best scores you've accomplished at the arcade (in NNR it was solely for heavy scores, DDRecall you can post standard scores as well). You could then print out your scores with assorted useful information like "Dance points required for AA", "Percent missing dance points", "missing dance points" etc. You then print it out in a nice lookign report, bring it to the arcade, and then you know what songs to try and play. You are globally ranked among the entire community of players on the website and given the opportunity to see how you stack up against the competition.
NNR and DDRecall also both have a buddy system. You could add all the people in the forum you hang out at, or add all your friends, or members at a recent tournament, and then filter out all the users who don't apply to you (just because somebody AAAs all the songs in the USA doesn't mean you care about them
). You can see how your scores stack up against all of your friends.
A nice addition to the buddy system was the challenge system. On NNR anyways, you or anyone on your buddy list could post challenges. You could challenge your friend to finally SDG a song, or AAA a song, something he may have been trying to do for a while. Once accomplished, the buddy can mark a challenge as "completed" or "abandoned". Of course, the trust-factor appears here as well. You can always mark a challenge as completed without providing evidence, but if you do cheat, it's your own loss.
NNR also included a comparison page where you could compare two users based on the songs that they have both entered scores in for. You can then see what songs you're better then him/her at, and which songs you're not.
Both the now-deceased NNR.ca, and DDRecall.com are stat-logging sites that work on a trust-based system. That means nothing stops you from posting that you AAAd PSMO with your eyes closed on shuffle. Of course, nobody will believe you. On NNR.ca it was approximately once a week that SOMEBODY decided to tell the world that they have AAAd every 10 footer. These people very quickly got spotted, and after being unable to provide a picture for their accomplishments, their account was removed and deleted. Now because there ARE people out there who are quite good at this game, both stat-logging websites allow you to provide a link to a photo that you took of your score. You have to find hosting on your own. The pictures are not hosted on the stat-logging website, but you can register accounts at PHOTOBUCKET or GEOCITIES. Both are ideal.
Now, DDRecall.com doesn't include ALL the features listed above, or others that NNR.ca had. But they are working furiously to include all of the nice things NNR.ca, and more.
Please note that all scores on both stat-logging websites are designed to be done AT THE ARCADE. There were many instances of users who posted scores for their stepmania accomplishments, or accomplishments on a PS2 with or without controller. While you CAN do that, be prepared to get lynched for it. Only scores on a real arcade machine are considered "official".
Now that the history lesson is done, happy posting, and I hope to see you all on DDRecall!
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www.teamd5r.vze.com . It has the largest DDR glossary on the internet, and a definition will be in there.
). You can see how your scores stack up against all of your friends.
. I used to have almost every heavy song posted on NNR. 30 SDGs, more then 100 AAs, and of course my one lonely AAA. But then they went down, so ever since I've been sad. That's at least 100 bucks of play to redo all those scores... kinda makes me wish that when the signs started showing that NNR was going down that I had printed out my scores >_>.
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