Dance Dance Extreme

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 14 Oct 2004 16:40

so why don't they go out and play footbag instead of sitting in front
of the telly, jumping around?

crazydwarf · Post by **crazydwarf** » 14 Oct 2004 16:52

yeh I have found that my DDR skills have increased since footbag. At Fry's, this huge electronic store near us, they have a free one set up for people to play on. Me and my sister where there, and neither of us plays ddr at all, and I whipped on her. It was awsome...

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 14 Oct 2004 16:58

I am not very good at DDR . . . but for $1.00 a try, I've only tried it twice.

I did beat the other novice going against me 50% of the time

dblthnk84 · Post by **dblthnk84** » 14 Oct 2004 19:03

I play on 7-8 foot songs, but I've got some friends that AA 10 foot's like nothing. Footbag and DDR are different disiplines and I don't think they really help each other out much. To be decient you have to put effort into either one.
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crazydwarf · Post by **crazydwarf** » 14 Oct 2004 19:37

Oh I wasn't talking about being good or anything, I am horrible at DDR seeing as I never ever play it unless it's free, which isn't often, I am just saying I do think my foot eye cordination was improved a little though, plus I just wanted to brag about beeting my sister.

millenniumtree · Post by **millenniumtree** » 14 Oct 2004 21:43

My best friend plays DDR constantly, and scores As and better on 10 footers, and can do a couple of Max300 songs even. :P He's crazy.

He's on the road most of the time (trucker), so I thought getting him into footbag would be beneficial, but it turns out he's no better at footbag than when I first started. His kicks are pretty good, but stalls are just not there yet. I made him a few bags, so maybe he'll get better.

They are completely different skills though, apparently. Different muscles, different coordinations.

Still, watching him play is like watching some of the best footbag players... breathtaking. :P

qphox · Post by **qphox** » 14 Oct 2004 21:44

John Mahood's pretty hardcore at DDR, for sure.

Well, I think it's kind of like footbag. An intermediate player looks amazing to someone who doesn't know shit about it.

So maybe he's not hardcore, and he's only alright, and I just can't tell the difference.

Who knows.

FlexThis · Post by **FlexThis** » 15 Oct 2004 07:04

Outsider · Post by **Outsider** » 15 Oct 2004 13:06

Yeah, I think DDR is a wonderful thing, if only for that exercise thing. What a breakthrough, to get couch-potato video-gamers up on there feet. Some of the most exercise-avoiding people I know will play DDR for an hour at a time, and after trying it I have no doubts about its potential aeorobic benefits. The world could surely use a few more video games if they can make people healthier.

There was this video game I used to play in an arcade that involved riding a stationary bike. The idea was that the bike was actually a pedal-powered little aeroplane, and projected on the screen were ballons you were supposed to pop by riding your air-bike into them, or hoops you tried to fly through as you rode through a Grand-Canyon-like landscape. I thought it was a cool game, but it disappeared from the arcade, and I've never seen its like again. The arcade was in an airport that I'd pass through once or twice a year, so I never had much opportunity to play the game for very long, or wearing clothes appropriate for the work-out. If I had it at home, though, I think I'd get more exercise.

pill · Post by **pill** » 16 Oct 2004 09:03

yea i've played that bike game thingy before, here at an arcade in seattle called gameworks, it's this massive arcade that used to be tons of fun but is now overpriced =P. the game could still be in there, i dunno, i haven't been there in a long time. come to sjff and you can see if it's still there =P

MegaFighter_X · Post by **MegaFighter_X** » 16 Oct 2004 13:05

DDR! Welcome to the cult...

Extreme is ok. But if you want a better DDR game, go for DDRMAX 2. That one, imo is better than any of the other DDR's out there. I wish ya luck on getting everything unlocked there.

Oh... as a side note, I hope you have fun with "The legend of MAX" on heavy...