DDR makes the news.. again!

Pakwan Kenobi · Maniac Member Joined: 17 Jan 2002

/me seconds the cough above..I should have gone to this year's Shodown. Yay, another 3rd place finish for me.

/me coughs at the "only ppl under 25 play this game" comment. blue-kun and I think this is funny.
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Mr. Squeeky Clean · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:03 am Post subject:

I find it funny, a lot of you say you like it. But a lot of the people from Phoenix, didn't like it because it gave the wrong impression of a lot of us but it wasn't as bad as every one though.
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djPARA · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:47 am Post subject:

That was actually the first article about DDR that I was impressed with. It even dabbled into Tournament coverage. Nice. It WAS funny. But personally, I think that stuff JSB pulled is held him back in the tourney. The grabbing boobs thing, the way they were talking, he could have annihilated the girl w/o the mental intercourse. And the intentional bad score-set to get the little fishes to sign up... Clever, I'll give him that... But still, it might be from all the DBZ I watched as a kid, but I think there's more honor in battling only the best.

And, Senior Sqweaky, I think it gave the wrong impression b/c the journalist dude overemhasized it a bit. He had to make it a bit more interesting becasue, quite frankly, when ya get right down to it, DDR is still just a bunch of sweaty geeks huddled around in an arcade. I'm okay with that, but not all of this dudes readers are.

So... okay thats it
-djPARA

Oh yeah... and PPP totally isn't as girlie as everyone thinks... well... okay... maybe a little... but I still love it... in a completely masculine sort of way...

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IguanaGrrl · Staff Member Joined: 17 Jan 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA

I was 24 when I started playing, so that's close enough.

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skie · Vivid Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: olr studios

Even though there were a few typos/miscommunicated info or whatever, it didn't really bug me because I appreciated a lot the different approach the author took to the article, I thought it was an entertaining read.

Under 25 eh?? I have a good friend who is 29 who is just starting to get into DDR (with a little coaxing from me

) because of its fitness benefits. And I was playing against a 35 year old mom (or so they claimed, anyway) on X-box live last week... hmmm but I guess we're all in the minority, it's cool.
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Mr. Wendell · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:51 am Post subject:

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ICWA · Trick Member Joined: 01 Nov 2002 Location: Long Island

People talk about how much of an asshole JSB is, but I probably would be too if I were that good.

Anyway, great article.

triad.spacefight · Trick Member Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Location: OKC

Good read.

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daikenkai daikenkai go · Trick Member Joined: 08 Aug 2004

why????

just because you are good at something doesn't give you the right to be a dick. i wish more people were humble about their talents and were willing to help others to become as good as them. if i was that good thats how i would want it to be, then i would have some competition and maybe a little more fun rather than just going to tournaments to collect my prize. for now though i guess i will just stick to being middle of the road and having a hella good time playing a game that i have become obsessed with.

Edit: this is in reply to the post 2 above mine, i thought i could get in quick enough so that i wouldn't have to quote.

Schmichel · Trick Member Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Location: Lotte / Germany

I was 31 when I startet playing ddr...

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Monasire · Trick Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: Albuquerque, NM

If this guy JSB is acting so poorly, why are people looking up to him? That isn't showing that he has any respect for others.Those that have enough skill to make it to the top are either nice people, or they're completely stuck up!

If I become good enough to be considered something worth looking up to, I won't make a terrible example of myself and others that play DDR. I just think he shouldn't have such a bad attitude just because he's good, I'm glad that I haven't met many like him.

TheSaint · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

This JSB person comes off as a complete tool, not a good representation of the DDR community at all.

Who thought this was a positive article again?

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triad.spacefight · Trick Member Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Location: OKC

So he is a dick. Wow.

He is a 17 year old kid that's the best in the world at something. He is going to be an arrogant bumhole. That's just the way it works.

What's sad is that people are doggy about how it's going to hurt the DDR community with a bad representation. People already associate DDR with punk kids anyways. It's not like he is a UN represenative. He is a teenager that is having fun being immature.

Ask yourself this. Does it really matter how jsb acts? Is it going to destroy DDR? No. To both.

So stop acting like it's such a big deal. Because it's not.

And for the record, I don't think he has to act that way and I may not like the way he acts. But people are overreacting because he is a demi-god in the DDR community and overlooking the basics.
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