Should more media be involved with DDR?

x_crimsonxase_x · Trick Member Joined: 29 Nov 2003

How many of you agree with me they should advertise ddr a little bit more, cause anytime I would mention ddr to some people who liked video games a whole bunch, theyre like " huh? whats that?" I mean really the media should get down and dirty with this topic. DDR is the only physical interactive video game out there, and everyone knows that. So tell me what you think about this topic

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PolarisIIDX · Trick Member Joined: 29 Jun 2002

First of all, most people could give half a rat's ass about some stupid game where you "dance".

Second, fuck the media.

ver314 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Albuquerque Nm

Would you really want everyone and their mom playing this game to the point where you hear the same songs being repeated, then all of a sudden seeing it on MTV everyday.
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Zukin-Man · Trick Member Joined: 25 Nov 2002 Location: War Agony

The last thing I want is to see DDR advertised. That would just bring in the load of over-popular people everyone hates, whose attitude towards the game is, "I plae dah gaim fer mah gurlfren bee impres'd!!1!"

Then all their popular friends start flooding the game and when you, the person who's been playing for God-knows-how-long, decide to take your turn, you get told how you're trying to be a wannabe.

It's happened to me, and it's not as fun as it sounds.

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Tekked · Trick Member Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Location: Enigma 100%

No media. They'd probably bastardize the game or just bring a horde of incompetent rude people to the game. Imagine the crowd that watches you when you play DDR. Now imagine that all of those people also put a coin in the coin line. Scary, huh?
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Just because it makes sense...does that really make it true?

[winrar] Torches · Trick Member Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Location: Minnesota

I used to think nobody knew what DDR, by it's initials, was. At school I was talking about "DDR" with a friend. Two or three girls heard us talking and asked if we play it, I was surprised they knew what it was. Now I'm kinda undecided about how popular it is, I think if they knew about that other people would too, but that's stereotyping.
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Ryu_Hirakashi · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:08 am Post subject:

Well I don't know. It seems like everytime the media ever got envolved they always ended up getting all their information wrong. They tell everyone how to play and yet they themselves still don't know how to play. It ends up being a debocale. Anyone remeber the story on good morning america???

They ended up getting a bunch of people that had no idea what they were doing, and told all the all the good players not to do anything. I just wanted to cry when one of my friends who was at the event told me that.

But the thing that made me laugh about the event was that they actually got real dancers since this is supposed to be a dancing game!!!! But the "REAL DANCERS" weren't doing any better than all the rest of the noobs that were playing. COME ON!!!!

That just goes to prove that DDR isn't a dancing game. HA!!!!
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ICWA · Trick Member Joined: 01 Nov 2002 Location: Long Island

DDR will never be taken very seriously here untill some high-hat decides to throw in a whole bunch of mainstream music.

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haunted_i · Trick Member Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Location: Turn around

I'm also against media exposure of DDR. We're like Marines or Mac users, small elite groups of people with access to the coolest technology. The more people that know about it, the less special it is for us, the DDR l33t.
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Alejandro · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:52 am Post subject:

Misaki's Midnite Blaze · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 11:19 am Post subject:

Lets just say if you start advertising DDR on tv and such, hell is gonna break loose.

Lets see...first there's MTV fans who start hogging the machine, followed by the nerds of Sci-Fi channel, then little kids from Nickelodeon, and finally our all time favorite the annoying as hell reporters from CNN!!!

Lets face it...DDR is a great game that would appeal many fans but there are limits as to how far you wanna take it. Advertising a game like this more often would cause chaos...not to mention the media's old saying "DDR IS BAD FOR YOUR CHILDS HEALTH KEEP AWAY"

Pretty much in my opinion...keep DDR away from the Media at all times, unless your at anime conventions

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HighwayStarX · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 12:10 pm Post subject:

what would you think if you saw some random person on tv or something playing a max song and you have no idea what the game is about. what would you think?
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x_crimsonxase_x · Trick Member Joined: 29 Nov 2003

Well thanks for your own point of view, I just needed to know if it was such a good idea.

it's always good to keep the good stuff to the pros eh? I do agree on the part of people taking it over, would be pretty frustrating trying to get to the game when there is a whole crowd there waiting their turn. The best thing to do is let them find out for themselves, *nods* well this should sum it up
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DJ Sakura Evolution · Trick Member Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Location: Riverside, CA

No thanks, I like it the way it is...thank you! I don't want the media to get all caught up and make DDR bigger than it is now. I'm a DDR Freak, but I hate to see it all over MTV and the news..

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YmkFX · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Location: California

DDR is too mainstream! I'm going to play IIDX because it makes me feel more individual.

I don't mind the media getting in on DDR, hell, it might encourage more DDR machines to be brought to arcades and other locations. As long as it's done in a tasteful manner, such as covering a broader spectrum of music based games, instead of just singling out DDR for criticism, the results would be much better.
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The Game II · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:56 pm Post subject:

The amount of press and media attention DDR gets right now is fine by me and should stay this way. and I'm a part of the press/media

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