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  Topic: I am SO SORRY! Mods: please delete my extra threads!
rlpowell

Replies: 2
Views: 525

PostForum: DDR Chit-Chat   Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:48 am   Subject: I am SO SORRY! Mods: please delete my extra threads!
I seem to have started 8 of the same thread. ;'(

And I can't delete them.

I was posting from my phone, and it kept saying that it was having a gateway error when I tried to post. I checked the ...
  Topic: Ape Ape Revolution: DDR full-body workout mod
rlpowell

Replies: 0
Views: 32522

PostForum: DDR Chit-Chat   Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:36 pm   Subject: Ape Ape Revolution: DDR full-body workout mod
Thought y'all might want to see this setup I made: [url=http://redd.it/eqm3r]the video, [url=http://teddyb.org/robin/tiki-index.php?page=Ape+Ape+Revolution]some basic info.

Basically, I hang by my ...
  Topic: The Pad Arena Thread:Which pad is better? Ask/Find out here!
rlpowell

Replies: 450
Views: 781002

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:06 pm   Subject: The Pad Arena Thread:Which pad is better? Ask/Find out here!
FWIW, I did finally buy a pair of Cobalt Flux pads with the black arcade mod. I'm doing fairly low songs these days (recovering from leg issues), so it's not much of a test, but I'm *completely* happ ...
  Topic: Cobalt Flux Dance Platform
rlpowell

Replies: 2439
Views: 580896

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:11 am   Subject: About the arcade mods again...
OK, so the arcade mods help. *Yay*. Still two questions:

1. If I'm going to buy a mod from them, do I want the black one or the clear one?

2. Do the corner arrows work in both cases?

Than ...
  Topic: The Pad Arena Thread:Which pad is better? Ask/Find out here!
rlpowell

Replies: 450
Views: 781002

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:59 am   Subject: Hard pad status?
So it looks like people are recommending ColbaltFlux again instead of MyMyBox for best hard pad.

Last I checked (~May 2008) it was the other way around.

Is that just because MyMyBox can't get th ...
  Topic: OK, so BlueShark wins.... What else?
rlpowell

Replies: 7
Views: 9499

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:30 pm   Subject: OK, so BlueShark wins.... What else?
Yes.

More precisely: I want to play doubles. Therefore, I want two pads exactly as far apart as they would be in the arcade, without there being a gap between them for me to step in and break my a ...
  Topic: OK, so BlueShark wins.... What else?
rlpowell

Replies: 7
Views: 9499

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:04 pm   Subject: From the horse's mouth
From an e-mail from mymybox:

At this time we do not have a system for attaching 2 pads together, however due to the size and weight (82 lbs.) of these pads the pads do not move during gameplay incl ...
  Topic: OK, so BlueShark wins.... What else?
rlpowell

Replies: 7
Views: 9499

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:41 am   Subject: OK, so BlueShark wins.... What else?

2) At 85 pounds a piece, there's no need to hook them up.


Well yeah, but I'm not just going to leave a gap between them that I can step in. That'd suck.

-Robin
  Topic: OK, so BlueShark wins.... What else?
rlpowell

Replies: 7
Views: 9499

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:56 am   Subject: OK, so BlueShark wins.... What else?
In another thread, people seemed pretty insistent that the BlueShark pads are the best money can by. I have a few related questions:

1. What's second best? biggrin.gif

2. Can the BlueShark pads be ho ...
  Topic: hey i got a question
rlpowell

Replies: 8
Views: 8176

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 12:10 pm   Subject: hey i got a question
They also have the disadvantage of being out of stock all the time. frown.gif

Two questions:

1. What's the next-best?

2. How do I make a doubles pair out of the BlueShark pads? They don't seem t ...
  Topic: The Pad Arena Thread:Which pad is better? Ask/Find out here!
rlpowell

Replies: 450
Views: 781002

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:19 pm   Subject: The Pad Arena Thread:Which pad is better? Ask/Find out here!
Thanks, Dave101.

No-one else has any opinions?

-Robin
  Topic: The Pad Arena Thread:Which pad is better? Ask/Find out here!
rlpowell

Replies: 450
Views: 781002

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:33 pm   Subject: Re: About metal pads...
So what's the best (or couple of best) metal pads these days? I'm sick of tweaking my home-made ones. frown.gif

-Robin

Forgot to mention: I don't use the bar at all, and wouldn't attach one if a pad ...
  Topic: The Pad Arena Thread:Which pad is better? Ask/Find out here!
rlpowell

Replies: 450
Views: 781002

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:08 pm   Subject: About metal pads...
So what's the best (or couple of best) metal pads these days? I'm sick of tweaking my home-made ones. frown.gif

-Robin
  Topic: The Pad Arena Thread:Which pad is better? Ask/Find out here!
rlpowell

Replies: 450
Views: 781002

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:47 am   Subject: Re: soft mats and soft mods?
a) a balance disorder - DDR is partly being used to help that; b) arthritis in my ankles, knees, hips, lower back. Yeah, I'm old and falling apart; and c) my roommate's living room is underneath mine ...
  Topic: Devout Stealth homepad
rlpowell

Replies: 251
Views: 611059

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:48 pm   Subject: Devout Stealth homepad
I'm going to be building one of these mats over the summer. However, I don't like the idea of not having buttons other than the arrows.

How do you select a song?

If you do the controllers right ...
  Topic: Devout Stealth homepad
rlpowell

Replies: 251
Views: 611059

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:58 pm   Subject: Devout Stealth homepad
Compared to the Riptide design, how much easier is this to build? And how much time does it take to make? I know the site says in about 6 hours, but can anyone attest to this?

I was building a R ...
  Topic: The Simplified Stealth Homepad
rlpowell

Replies: 6
Views: 10466

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:09 am   Subject: Welll....
I've definitely had to rework top sheets more than I'd like, but I think that's mostly me not understanding what I was doing the first time through. It's Really, Really Important that the top sheets ...
  Topic: The Simplified Stealth Homepad
rlpowell

Replies: 6
Views: 10466

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:17 am   Subject: The Simplified Stealth Homepad
The concept is brilliant, a low profile, low cost pad

Oh and, thank you, by the way. biggrin.gif

Low cost had nothing to do with it; I just hate sawing and don't have a power saw and don't especially wa ...
  Topic: The Simplified Stealth Homepad
rlpowell

Replies: 6
Views: 10466

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:16 am   Subject: The Simplified Stealth Homepad
Unless you play with a really high lift, I can see some serious foot damage happening.

Umm.

You *do* wear shoes when you play, right?

So far the duct tape has shown no signs whatsoever of mov ...
  Topic: Best home-built hard pad given my criteria?
rlpowell

Replies: 10
Views: 10504

PostForum: Bemani Controllers   Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:01 pm   Subject: Re: Here you go.
I made a thread for my even-simpler (but much uglier) design:

http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=8862015


Is it so bad no-one even wants to say how bad it is? frown.gif

-Robin
 
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