The Way You Move on DDR

Darth_V · Trick Member Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Location: Massachusetts

Before anyone posts more, i'd consider looking at what assesments i've made.

Styles of play

Flat foot - a style of moving where the player doesn't rise up on his toes

Flat foot (conservitive) - Like flat foot, although the player tries to keep his feet placed inbetween arrows

Percision - A style where the player raises his ankles and plays on his toes. (i only call it percision because you land percisley on the arrow)

these are the feet related styles of play i've seen. i myslef am a percision player.

Dancin vamp · Trick Member Joined: 01 Feb 2004

Liquid,you and me are pretty much the same style dancers,except I never tried a 9 footer.I use my toes for simple one s and my feet for Drop-Out-hard songs.

Darkdragon500 · Basic Member Joined: 23 Mar 2004

Alright Im jumpin' in. now some people flat foot a lot and thats great but a lil warning to people with size 8 and higher male shoe sizes. If ur like me just wearing worn out shoes like maybe Nikes or Jordans like me then i recommend u try to us ur toes but heres something u should no !!!WARNING!!! do not play for hours and hours toeing over the pad switch between ur heels and ur toe and its hard but it will reduce a lil pain on ur toes cuz i've learn from my mistakes but i still tip toe a lot due to the speed of the song and about the shoe sizes if u flat foot then wear something that has somekind of rounded bottom since i got my shoe stuck on a part of a pad even though it was only for like 5 seconds it still might happen or i've missed the pad due to my shoe size so wear something with a rounded end or if ur use to having shoes like Vans and flat bottom shoes on then u can either do 2 things. 1: to have ur heel or ur toe on the arrow pad part and the other half on the metal and u will half to work from there. 2: sliding on the pad helps too if u got shoes that r good for sliding then go for it
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!!!!!WARNING!!!!!
Playing for long hours may cause feet to turn red or catch on fire so bring some water and be feet friendly

zanarkandsky · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina

I hear I tend to look extremely relaxed when I play. Like I'm not trying hard at all, when in reality I'm trying the PA the crap out of the song.

For foot style - I use the top half of my foot. And sometimes raise up a bit more than half of my foot on the pad. Only for PA, tho. If I'm messing up and don't really feel like trying anymore, I play flat footed and just try to hit the arrows instead of PA. I don't like flat footed tho, and it hurts after awhile.
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Hylian · Trick Member Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Location: TX

I can't play flat footed for some reson >_< I think its because my foot is high arched? I seriously need alot of arch support in my shoes....
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Started playing: December 29, 2003
Heavy AA's--Lost Track
Heavy AAA's--4
Heavy SDG's-- 38
Whiteside:"hmm... well a player at our arcade is good if you can AA anything over nine feet"
Slowpoke:"Geez, where do you play, Yasu's house?"

Darkdragon500 · Basic Member Joined: 23 Mar 2004

OK heres something i do i usally play like what people would call Lazzy style because when i play im like a rag doll with strings on me because im like moving my whole body like a giant doll with no muscles to hold me up lol but i do really good i flat foot on easy songs and on fast songs like Sexy Planet which i only beaten it once on basic anyway i only spin (up,left,right,down,etc.) on home pads on arcade its hard but o well im getting better well happy dancing ppl
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!!!!!WARNING!!!!!
Playing for long hours may cause feet to turn red or catch on fire so bring some water and be feet friendly

QuestionMark · Trick Member Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Location: Burke,VA

I end up with the heels of my feet up off the pad.... not much else that I notice but I'm told I actually look good when I play ddr

Paulgoalie · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:16 pm Post subject:

I lool like a duck when I play with a death look. Thats all I really can say
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Mark of the DMast · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:02 pm Post subject:

like a complete fool.

For more info on Drunken Master style PM sTrAiT (since he watches me play) but I don't know if he'll get back to you.
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Aku Soku Zan · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:01 pm Post subject:

I play on my toes. It's impossible for me to play flatfooted. It just doesn't work *falls off the pad*. I hardly ever bar rape.

I do have a trademark though. My friend calls it the DDR face. Basically my eyes narrow, my mouth is slightly open and I don't blink. People at my arcade think it's scary

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