Improving your DDR skills

[Ryu_Hirakashi]

[xequar]

Indeed, the above holds true for me, as well.

When I played for a couple hours a night on my metal pads at college, I had the stamina to pass LoM Heavy. Now, I can only play a couple of nights a week for maybe an hour at the arcade, and I can't even touch LoM anymore. More practice on harder songs for longer equals better stamina and results.

Having said that, does anyone have some tips for a 9-10 foot player to get his timing back to glowing 10 levels?
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Well, the final total was 207, 342. The fuel pump went out, and since it would cost too much to fix, I donated the Buick to charity.

Fare thee well, Riviera, and God speed.

[Tyrantt]

wth
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Cata's Passed: 20+

Greatest achievement so far - Max 300 A

Gunbound - McKenzie...

[Millsy]

just a thought ... how many months had yo ubeen playing till you passed max 300? and how many tries did you do to pass it?

[Windows]

[googs]

I've been playing over a year now and I still can't pass Max 300 and other catastrophics like Legend of Max, etc. How can I start passing these? It seems like i can't get any better. Also, I ve never aaaed any songs ever. How do i improve my skillz? I also have trouble with tricky beats like "so deep" Help! I want to start freestylin' too.
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"I guess there's a lot you don't know about"-Uncle Rico, Napoleon Dynamite

[Clark Kent]

I have only played since august and i can pass alot of heavy songs.. nothing totally insane though. I found it alot easier to play when i was inshape though. Its kind of offseason for me, so im just getting back into running before summer soccer and that good stuff. I play every day though... and i see improvements now and than. It always helps to have a pad that works though.. i just bought a new one yesterday.. i ripped the old one too many times

[b-aki]

[Hylian]

Eh...I'm kinda stuck at the moment....I have been playing for around four months and I can get a B on Max 300(heavy) and pass MaxX Unlimited 3/4 of the times that I play it. I have gotten afronova down to 1 boo(jump run at the end) but I have 328 perfects on it...my pa is horrible. Can someone tell me how I can improve my pa and my playing skill? Im never gona be able to do oni's if I can't improve my pa. I want to start going to tournys and stuff but I'm not good enough yet. I hit a wall :crys:
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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?"

[Windows]

well i'm not sure what the max combo is for afronova, but i would suggest playing it on 1.5, that helps a lot....you could do it at home if you have a pad and go to training and see what arrow(s) you are hitting early or late, that is the only advice i can give to ya, either that or video tape yourself and see where you get the greats and the boo.

[Special_ned]

i had an idea for helping to read arrows! i dont know if it has been posted previously or not, but im too lazy to look. Play unison by your self! have a pad under your feet and a controller in your hands. i just got done with a game of it on standard. it takes skill to pass decently or even to do the jumps with the right timing. the arrows get really dense at times. its fun!
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[SKY~]

many people want to know opinions on songs to improve general areas so i'll post how i did it for singles and doubles. maybe it will help one person. course this is just opinion (how i learned):

singles:
(s) brilliant u2 (og) \____triple steps
(s) so deep /
(h) look to the sky \____practice small patterns and jumps
(h) .59 /
(h) holic \____running repetitive common simple patterns
(h) dam duran /
(h) era[nsm] \____turning/running long patterns/the other 3 steps
(h) amp3 /
(h) drop out \____jumping
(s) maxx unlimited /

anybody who cares to learn doubles: songs that are great to work with for learning crabwalking/charging and such in heavy are the following (just slow these down on home versions and slowly increase the speed... jump right over light and standard):

paranoia 180, .59, mjapan, amp3, so deep, sync love, candy(nv) and (although pretty psycho looking) rhythm & police --if you can nail r&p with very little error, everything else will look pretty easy...
you should be able to tackle about any double song now with a standing chance with those mastered. now it's just a matter of using mods to pull off something like sakura (h) x1.5, boost, hidden, dark, reverse
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[xgamertony]

Hey thanks Sky (as well as others) for those practice tips triple steps, running repetitive common simple patterns ect. They really help. you see im doing pretty good i can pass most light songs even 9-10 footers but i am having trouble with 1-16 beats and long runs of 1-4,1-8,1-4,1-8, ect..
And lots of trouble with la' sennorita virtual song. (light) But i can pass some meduim songs (not light or heavy) but i need to make my feet and legs go faster. Do you or anyone else now how i might solve my problem.
Thanks in advance.
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[theonecalledy2ckt]

i try to spend like a minimum of 5-10 dollars a week practicing. i usually do two songs that i can pass first, but i'm not really good at like super star or absolute. for the last song, i always do something hard. right now, the heavies i'm working on are rhythm and police, sakura (oni, cuz heavy is hella hard), v for extreme, and a few others like max 300.

here's my choices for good songs to learn with:

rain of sorrow standard: when i was moving off light, i played this cuz it looked easy for 5 feet. but playing it had a lot of half steps, freezes and air. it's a good song with balanced variety.

era (any level): this song makes you have to listen for slowing pace. it's really annoying on heavy at the end, with a 100 step combo continuous.

let's groove heavy: possibly one of the easiest songs in the entire game. it's really good when you're transitioning from standard to heavy.

drop out standard: so damn fun. and it helps you work on your speed and timing.

well, i'd add more, but i have to go to class. so peace out, and keep working hard everyone. ganbatte!
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if isaac needs the bar on a song, it's a 10 footer.

red shoe paul wrote:

dancexsummer12 wrote: why do all the places have to be soooo far away from where i live? Location: unknown That might be why..?

[Emporer Z]

The best thing in the world is to have a pad at home. My friend and I invested some money to build a pair. We practiced like mad and dropped alot of weight. Needless to say, our skills jumped , and we no longer suffer the shame of getting a "Noob Ranking."

So, my advise to is either buy a reliable pad, or make one. It pays off bigtime. Oh yeah, and playing like JSB actually helped me out ALOT. What I did was watch the movie of him playing Reflex about 10 times, and tried to mimic his lower body movement for experimental purposes. IT WORKS MIRACLES. I won a state championship in track and field at my high school (yes, it's on the records), I ran the 400 meter dash. It feels about the same as when you finish Maxx Unlimited heavy. After learning to move like JSB, my arrow reading ability ( for some unknown reason) jumped, and I was less tired after doing 9 and 10 footers. It helped me, at least. No offense to other players and styles.
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[MaxXSakura]

i can barely even pass maxx unlimited, i think that song is crazy, but i did pass max 300 b4.

[vicious123]

I was wondering if you have any tips for getting used to the metal pad at the arcade. recently i bought konamix and a soft 10 dollar pad. throuh diligent practice i went from light- lower standard to heavy in about 2 weeks . i have only played on the arcade extreme machine twice since then. both times failing very familiar songs. songs that i can make a B on at home i failed or just barely passed. i blame this on the differences to between the soft pad and the arcade pad. but since i play on limited funds i dont have the money to fail 2-3 games. what do you suggest?

[Emporer Z]

[Corey | RanciD]

My friend told me to practice and practice Abyss and I will get better. So I can A or B it consistently now and he tells me to turn on shuffle and do it again. Well, I can't pass it at all. I tried three different shuffle patterns and every one turned the entire streams into crossovers. The especially difficult part is when I get turned entirely around between the streams of up/down/up/down/up/down whatever.. the transition between them is just insane. I can pass Tsugaru, Matsuri Japan, Paranoia KCet and Max, as well as most 8 foot songs but Abyss on Shuffle is harder for me than all of those. Any advice on other songs I can play to get good enough to do it? I only play on 1x if that makes any difference. I think the reason I'm failing is because I just can't keep up with the crossovers.. the shuffle patterns turn almost the entire song into crossovers it seems. Any advice for working on that?

EDIT: Ok I've tried some more on 60% speed and they're not even crossovers.. I can't tell what the hell to do. They arrows appear to just be completely random.

[DDRduelist]

why won't this video work AHHHHHH