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Brigg Brags About Bag

OK, as you all may have noticed from previous posts, I LOVE Random All.

Well, I just got back from playing about 3 hours of nothing but Random All and I must say that my Cleared Cata list JUMPED today. Now, bear note that every single one of the following 9 footers I cleared IN MY FIRST TRY!

Captain Jack
Broken My Heart
Luv to me (Disco Mix)
Can't Stop Falling in Love (Speedy Mix)
Cartoon Heroes (Well, I actually tried this one beofre)
Trip Machine Survivor
Orion.78 Civilization Mix (I was like...O_o')
Healing Vision (Angelic Mix) (FIRST TRY!!! O_0 again!)
Exotic Ethnic
Dead End

And I cleared another 10 footer during this random all Rampage, "Sakura"

...I BEAT SAKURA IN MY FIRST TRY!!!

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I never brought myself to attempt any of those songs before. However, how in the world did I clear them in my first attempts.

Well, All of those songs on that list I've WATCHED many good players play several times before. During the songs I was like "Oh, yeah, now this part and that part...etc..." Especially in Civ Mix... gallopgallopgallopgallopgallop. I would have never known those were gallops if I hadn't watched this one dude play that song many times in the past.

I'm making this post to ask a question though. How many of you out there can relate to this? You see so many people do a certain song that you just go up and beat it in 1 or 2 tries...If so, what songs?

Let's discuss!!!!
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you'd probably get more replies in the Arcade forum.

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I used to think a lot of players could clear catas on their first try. I saw a guy I admired and watched select Xenon (on heavy) with his friend, they both failed. I heard him say that it was his first time playing that song. That's understandable, but I didn't expect that coming from him.

Anyway, here's my list of songs I cleared on my first try without playing it on StepMania prior:
Be Lovin
Break Down!
Dance Dance Revolution
Dynamite Rave
Irresistiblement
Leading Cyber
Luv To Me (Disco Mix)
Rain of Sorrow
Saint Goes Marching (Remix)
Ska A Go Go
Sweet Sweet Love Magic
Twilight Zone (R-C Extended Club Mix)
Xenon

Songs I cleared on my first try with using StepMania prior (with my fingers):
A (Oni)
Captain Jack (Grandale Remix)
Colors (Oni)
Burning Heat! (3 Option Mix)
Destiny Lovers
Drop Out
Frozen Ray (For Extreme)
I Feel...
Kakumei
*Sakura (I know it's not a cata

)
Stoic
Tears
Tsugaru

Songs I Cleared on my third try with lots of help from StepMania:
*Bag (1x) (Also not a cata

)
Cartoon Heroes (Speedy Mix) (2nd or 3rd try, can't remember)
So Deep (Perfect Sphere Remix)

When I was just moving on to passing catas at home I barely went to the arcade so I couldn't play all the songs I listed. This means I didn't play these songs until (I feel) I had greatly improved at DDR. I made a goal to pass every cata at the arcade so I tried to followthrough with it, which is why I have a list like this.
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LET ME SHOW YOU THEM · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 8:23 am Post subject:

Watching people better then you (or people who are better then you at a certain skill, like crossovers) helps a ton. Stepmania also can help for "watching"...For example, i haven't played 4th mix in ages, and i did last night, and on sightreads i sdged two songs, because i had whored them like a lady in amsterdam's red light district, and i'd seen someone else play them earlier....
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J.R. · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 5:07 pm Post subject:

My first cata I beat without playing it before was Electro tuned.But playing with more skilled people does help like when I first started I would double step everything.Then ZGUY and JJakaJuan showed me crossovers then gallops.So playing with better people is better for you.
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