The Official Pump It Up Thread

Owen Ford · Trick Member Joined: 15 Mar 2003 Location: Brighton

To those that have played premier 3.

Are there any crazy songs on it harder than FA ep1, Slam, Winter etc.

Cheers!

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Sexual Chocolate! · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Location: Wilmington, DE

Damn. And we sorely need more players there too. Maybe Im just passing judgment too early because summer hasnt even started yet.

Well, anyone getting this, my friend and I are going there on Friday. We may have car space to meet someone at say: Gameworks and they can come along. Just letting it be known. Illbie and/or E-villian, Im tossing this to you.
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Megido · Trick Member Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH

Hey PM, there's a Premiere 3 in the Cincy, OH area. It's in some roller skating rink or something like that. I will have the name by the weekend or Monday, so I will just edit this post with the name of it.

EDIT:
Sports Plus Ice Skating
10765 Reading Road
Evendale, OH 45241
513-769-1010

Straight Dizzle · Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 3:56 pm Post subject:

AlexMax · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jul 2002

OK.

Concord mills (mall I play DDR in) might be getting a PIU machine sometime soon. This irritates me because I wanted sometihng like a Beatmania IIDX or a ParaParaParadise (the later might be a possibility, though).

Tell me, what does PIU have to offer me, as a DDR player. Change my mind about PIU so I dont think its a waste of space even though I haven't played one. Change my ignorant mind.

And btw, this post is supposed to be meant in the most friendly way possible. If you're insulted, or just think I'm another hard headed DDR zealot, please get a grip, kthx.

Megido · Trick Member Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH

Alex, if you have an open mind about MUSIC, then you will love Pump it Up. Many DDR players complain that Pump's music is lame. It is a mix of Korean, Kor-English, and Rock music. Songs like Ultramania and Another Truth may leave you asking "This is dance music?"

But PIU has it's fair share of gems in the music dept., but it all depends on the version of game you get. PREX, PREX2, or Premiere 2 are your best bets in getting the best versions.

As for play, my honest opinion is that PIU outperforms DDR with its step layout and well choreographed songs. There are 15 combinations of steps you can hit (not including 3-panel steps) as opposed to DDR's 10. The middle button makes all the difference.

Lastly, PIU is HARD! There are some mighty damn difficult songs in this game. Best option is 2x speed to better read the steps.

Find a few songs that you really like, and I am sure you will enjoy the game every bit as much as DDR.

Sexual Chocolate! · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Location: Wilmington, DE

Not extremely hard...but its definitely got its tough ones...

I tried Beat of the War on Doubles, as well as Crazy, today and got my head handed to me. Though strangely, I did manage to beat Bee on both Crazy and Doubles with a D...and Im proud of that.

Very tough, but for the cost of one credit for doubles, Im more intrigued to try.
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Megido · Trick Member Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH

Weston · Trick Member Joined: 17 Feb 2003 Location: Minnesota

Owen Ford · Trick Member Joined: 15 Mar 2003 Location: Brighton

I've comboed a few sets of the jumps at the end of slam. But it is more or less just luck.

Sexual Chocolate! · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Location: Wilmington, DE

Oh, I can definitely attest that it isnt luck. Ive witnessed it be done twice by the same person. It can be done! (referring to Slam Crazy...jumps and all). Sadly, I will probably never be able to do them myself. But I'll definitely keep trying. Its pretty funny that while Pump is harder than DDR, for the life of me, I cant do much of squat on DDR...and it saddens me. Im better at the least popular game. Oh well, guess that means less embarrassment as I try to learn those 4 and 5 step segments. hehe
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Bad boy of DDR · Trick Member Joined: 08 Mar 2002

Just a quick question.... Is Prex2 a older or newer version compared to Premiere 2 ? and do you need to unlock Half double mode in it or does it just not have that mode?

*hopes that it does*

Oh and keeping to the latest posts , Slam is so a 10 especially if something like Can can (which I own) is a 10? or maybe its a 9. The only really tricky part in Can can is the end triples bit

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PxDnAkumA · Trick Member Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Paducah KY

Wow I just noticed this thread here. I actually do have a Perfect Collection to play here where I live so I feel a little more comfortable with my skill levels on it.

As for the rating system...a LITTLE screwy is an understatement. I can pretty reliazbly nail Beethoven crazy as a level 8 but some song by the Taiji Boys (song name fails me) is also a level 8 and is WAY freakin harder than beethoven. And Slam a 9?????? WTF!!!???!!!??? I prefer to think of it as a 15 or so. Getting through that with a good grade (A or B) in my opinion is an achievment above even combing legend road. Nothing even comes close to Slam difficulty wise. Those Jumps are 16th note jumps at 150 bpm I belive btw. And that...is simply not fair.

I imagine I'll be posting here quite abit now. I'm glad I saw this thread.
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Owen Ford · Trick Member Joined: 15 Mar 2003 Location: Brighton

Prex 2 is much newer than premier2 but to my knowledge they contain more or less the same new songs. Going by the fact that nothing has been unlockable on pump before i'm willing to bet that prex2 doesn't include half doubles.

Megido · Trick Member Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH

Hey Hippie

Nice to hear from another pumper, and one who is familiar with my stuff. Sometime this month I will have my songs uploaded to my personal yahoo briefcase for people to download, so I will give you a link as soon as I get it up. Right now I only have 3 files on it.

It's a shame about Kickedup.com, going down and all. I few people are working on making a predecessor, but I think it will take some time to eclipse the popularity that KU had.

If you live in Northern Kentucky, near Cincy, I will be in the Cincy area on May 31st Saturday.

Take care!

Lazy Boi 2 U · Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 6:15 pm Post subject:

Yo!! Sup?? I'm starting to be a big fan of Pump!!

So could anyone hook me up on a Pump It up Simulator.

LIKE DDR=Stepmania and Pump=_______??

Could someone help and hooke me up?
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PxDnAkumA · Trick Member Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Paducah KY

Nah sorry Megido, I live in the Jackson Purchase, which is to say I live about as far west as one can live and still be in KY.

And for you lazy boi...ya know stepmania can get pump support....I play pump all the time on stepmania allthough I'm a terrible pump player with my fingers....that being said I'm a much better DDR player with my fingers. Go figure.
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PxDnAkumA · Trick Member Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Paducah KY

quick querry....

What exactly IS Lazenca from the song Lazenca Save us.....??? Anyone know?
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