When will DDR become an Olympic sport?

[Maxx 999]

hmm, i thought i heard somewhere that dodgeball was an actual sport.
does this mean that slamball crap isnt a sport either?
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[Johnny Rainbow]

Illusion and Irob's reasoning > all the "DDR MAKES YOU SWEAT A LOT SO IT'S A SPORT" explanations.

By LITERAL definition, it would be sort of considered a sport(despite the glaring fact that it's a video game, and by the way, who cares about Norway, anyway?). But then, so would Pump It Up, but I don't see anyone going on about how THAT game should be a sport. Just because there's a videogame out there that makes you work your body and "it seems unique", that doesn't mean that it should be a sport. It just means that people are waaaay too obsessed about DDR, and don't really seem to get the integrity of actual sports(besides curling).

I find it all to be as silly as teenage anime fangirls going on about how Final Fantasy VII is the best game of all time because "Sephiroth is so hot".

By the way, Maxx 999, your last two rules for Perfect Attack sound like they fall more into the Freestyle category. Perfect Attack is strictly that: Perfect Attack. If the last two rules were in effect, 70% of DDR players would automatically be disqualified.
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[Maxx 999]

[DJArfer]

Irob wins for being the most accurate as to why it shouldn't be, he wins the gold...

In every sport, there is 'room for improvement', it's impossible to be perfect because the chances are near endless

in DDR, a AAA is perfect, therefore, there would be no chance at improvement, and eventually, every contest would be, "Who messes up first"

Making for some REALLY long competitions

[ver314]

If DDR ever got into the olympics, they would probably have to use marvelous attacks rather than perfect attacks.

C'mon if you have people training for it. You know they're gonna be good.

But in my opinion,,,no DDR is not a sport. It's a video game. Sure it's competitive strategic and you sweat, but you can do with a couple of other games to (fighting games, racing games, pc games).
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[goodtimesddr]

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There's a group trying to get Poker to be an olympic sport. THAT would be awesome.[/quote]

Sorry spike but poker will never be a sport, because there are ways to cheat in that game. This well known cheating method is called "card counting."
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[Osiris X]

Off Topic: Since when has field hockey became a olympic sport?

No, DDR will always just be a game in the eyes of judges, nothing more.

[DJX]

Seriously, even IF DDR were ever considered a sport in enough places, it's not going to become an OLYMPIC sport anytime soon. Why? Because there are more highly recognized sports that have a much better chance (american football, lacrosse). Not to mention DDR is owned by a company, whereas the sports played in the olympics aren't owned by anybody, so it brings with it a WHOLE new level of legality and cost.

DDR at the olympics? No. A national DDR tournament in Hawaii that you can win $10,000 for? Now that we can do .
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[Ryu_Hirakashi]

Well Hypothetically speaking, music is pretty endless and there are always edits. So, there could always be new music and step charts made at a moments notice if need be.

If it did make it in the olympics then a speciality machine could be made where new songs could be add just for the competation. I mean the olympic athletes don't have to play the same old extreme. Wouldn't that make things alot more interesting?

It's just like concept cars that you see on TV, but never get put out on the street.

I mean this is all purely hypothetical but logical in a sense.

Hirakashi Ryu
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[Atomsk255]

Well, there are two opinions out of one mind

Yeah it would be great....DDR players could be proud of themselves..that they can do something so well that people know so well...hence they are of high regard....+ it has the aspect that you lose some substantial amount of weight. Golf has that because you have to walk to your ball. (assuming you don't get a hole in one)


On the other hand...its an arcade game..........and only one country out of how many again? counts it as a sport....
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[oblivious]

Why not make it an endurance challenge. Turn the game on endless mode... have them play on heavy... and the first person to get a Great loses... you could have 5 cabinates set up... one right next to another... all could be synced somehow. The same song will by cycled trough all the machines.

Think about it... if ppl can AAA songs almost everytime they play... that would lead to a longer event... that would be more exciting towards the end when ppl start dropping out every minute...

Golf is like that... Poker is like that... hell any sport is like that... baseball, football (american), soccor, anything... it's always more exciting in the last part of the event. I barely have watched the olympics... only had it on in the background... whenever i saw the finishing of a swimming race... i watched... same thing with DDR Endurance
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[DJX]

A marvelous step is already within 15 thousandths of a second of perfectly on-beat. Makes you feel kinda powerful, huh ?

Another issue with DDR as an olympic sport is that there is too much room for machine error for the stakes to be so high as they are in the olympics.
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[OniCourseMusha]

DDR is just a VIDEO GAME that gives you the WORK OUT. Just treat it if it we were just doing tourneys like fighting games or others but not argue about that its a sport.
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[linz1234567]

DDR is a video game so I doubt it will ever be an olympic sport even though it pretty much is a sport. On the other hand though cake decorating is an olympic sport no joke

[discobiscuits]

olympics? DDR? No.

sport? DDR? Maybe.

If online gaming can become a sport, DDR stands a chance.

But olympics? You gotta be kidding. I cannot see a dude getting a gold from playing Max 400 in the future.
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[Cha0sAnGeL]

Here's how I see it:

Track & Field
Swimming
Gymnastics
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Ping Pong
Curling
Cake Decorating


I think DDR could (but not necessarily should) fit in the bottom tier of olympic sports.