Article exposes the "dark side" of DDR

JGB · Trick Member Joined: 08 Feb 2002 Location: Seattle, WA

I popped into the DDRKC forums, and i noticed a strong sense of unity. All I can say is I smell lawsuit.

Not to mention, this story looked like it was written by a high-schooler.

-Jon

devilon · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 9:07 am Post subject:

Good morning everyone.

Guess who?

If anyone would bother to check their own forums every once in a while, I do believe I talked about that article when it came out... or that might have just been Bemanistyle. In any event, that was all over the net a while ago, so good job for getting it right after it's completely died.

In other news, I know a few of the admins/mods know this, but Wayne Giles == Devilon. Yeah, that was me.

Around 75% of that article was complete and total BS, made up by the author to make it a more tantalizing story. Those who were around when the article was written know that I wrote an editorial response to the letter that was printed two weeks later in the same paper.

I've been done trying to respond to people's questions, defending myself, or doing anything involving this article for a while now. It's old, dead news, and I really do not appreciate it being brought back into the limelight like this.

Anyways, rampage/J Dogg/another admin, do me a favor, one of you msg me on AIM, because I would like to talk to you about this.

As for the rest of you, lemme clarify a few small things:

Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

Don't you people know who this guy is?

And you're just bashing him just from some article you read?

EDIT: NM
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moojoe · Trick Member Joined: 14 Aug 2002 Location: merion, pa

JGB · Trick Member Joined: 08 Feb 2002 Location: Seattle, WA

Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

On top of that ddrfreak shouldn't have dug this crap up and posted it on the main page.
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Fr0sty · Trick Member Joined: 16 Sep 2003

I say we all flame this dude. I mean, even if we don't like the guy portrayed in the article, the author had NO REASON to bash DDR players. They could've mentioned it here and there, but they completely FLAMED us. It makes you wonder, who does the author hate more? The one theft or the DDR community? We can't let this dude get away with this, it's this BS that kills games. You get enough of these articles and DDR WILL be seen as the game for nerds, druggies, pedophiles, etc.

So fellow DDR players, flame the **** out of him!

eddi. · Trick Member Joined: 19 Jul 2002

rathstar · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 11:18 am Post subject:

It wasn't too responsible for DDRFreak to post this article in its context; however, some good can come of this.

Looking on the DDRKC forums, it seems that many local players expressed their anger in the form of a letter to the editor. Imagine if people around the world all did the same? That guy would be gone so fast...
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J. S. Mill · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 11:39 am Post subject:

You don't just smell lawsuit. Time to do something.

If you are John Bonfillo or have some way of reaching him please contact me at [email protected] if you would like to pursue legal action against this newspaper. There will be no charge, details to be given upon receipt of email.

If you are directly involved with this article and are interested in legal action against this newspaper please send me an email at the same adress.

I am not at home right now, when I get home I will send a message through the DDRKC system.
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DJ GOOD 桜 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Euless,TX

SEE I TOLD, THE DDR GAME DOES IT TO YOU.

NegativeSpace · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 11:52 am Post subject:

This thing died,and blew over,no one got in trouble and no one cares about it anymore,I think I can speak for John (Axiom) and Wayne (Devilon) when I say they just want to forget about this,they are both fine,and everyone else is fine.We want this to die,the guy who wrote it was a complete douche who simply failed to see the community aspect of the game.But that's fine,not everyone can,the only thing he found interesting was drama,but this is dead,and we want it to stay that way.No lawsuits,nothing,we moved on.

Oh yeah,We (most of ddrkc),have all already sent out letters to the editor,and to Mr. Ben Paynter about this.We let him know how we felt,and that's all we needed I think.

J. S. Mill · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 11:59 am Post subject:

J. S. Mill · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 12:01 pm Post subject:

Tsuka18 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Location: Houston, Texas

Misaki's Midnite Blaze · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 12:33 pm Post subject:

rampage · Administrator Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Redmond, WA

You guys obviously didn't read what I wrote. For one, I put forth a very sarcastic slant in the headline. Secondly, I linked to the rebuttal and even made it a point to say how ridiculous and blown out of proportion this story was.

Just because it's old news to the DDRKC crew, it's new to a lot of us.

The story is a bunch of sensational nonsense, but it is press about DDR, and that's newsworthy in itself.

AxioM · Trick Member Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Location: kansas city, MO

Hello Everyone. =)

Yeah, at the time, I went through a big fiasco trying to straighten my position out after this was written. I can tell you myself that a very big majority of what went on in that article was just the authors bias opinion. It's more than obvious how he feels as he shines a more than just a bit degrading light on our friends, and fellow players.

Oh well, we're all entitled to opinion. We got duped, and we learned our lesson: "Don't trust the media with anything you want portrayed positively."

Like NegativeSpace said, the DDRKC community had already forgotten about this, it's old news, and we'd appreciate it if it wasn't made to be a big deal anymore, because at this point in time, no one really cares anymore.

I know what I believe, and what is truth. I have alot of fun with my friends while I participate in community related activities, and the illegalities mentioned are the choice of an individual, not the community. People do things that public would construe as "bad" anywhere. We simply made the mistake of hoping for a bit of positive publicity and got screwed over.

So in summation, I'm long over this, and I hope everyone who's reading it here will let it go as well. Thanks all.
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xdamienx · Basic Member Joined: 10 Nov 2002 Location: kansas city, ks

Hi, I'm the 14 year old they are referring to in that article. (Damien = DMAN on NNR http://nnr.ca/DDR/profile.php?UserID=525 , and DamienDMAN on AIJ)

Basically...I'm going to just agree with what Anthony (Negative Space) and John said, it's dead, and we want it to stay that way. No one got in trouble, Wayne is ghey (<3 Wayne), and my legs flow like mercury

So yeah, everyone stfu about it...thx =)

Tsuka18 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Location: Houston, Texas

NNR records dont mean anything to players who are awesome at DDR yet have no idea what that is. Most of those players dont even speak english, so before people starts spreading bullshit on "I R0X0R THE NNR R3c0rDZ LOL!!!!", remember that. I didnt know there was such a thing until today, and I've been playing since 1998, when Paranoia was the Paranioa Survivor Max Oni. Kansas is fairly close to where I live now, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Perhaps we should set up a tournament there. The only DDR machine here is in Washington Park Mall in Cyberstation. Lets go.
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