DDR Club at School

Emorgasm · Trick Member Joined: 15 Jan 2005

I just started one, we've only had 4 meetings, but we had more than 15 people attend. We're growing enough that we're going to have a Light-Standard night and a Standard-Heavy night. All of this using a school TV and sound system. We're planning to fundraise to buy good pads. Isn't that sweet? I'm just proud and wanted to share, and to say to anyone in those parts where DDR players seem scarce: all you have to do is look. I passed the word around for a week, and a whole bunch of Heavy players just popped out of the woodwork. And DDR is definitely more fun with a lot of people.
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Fizzywix · Trick Member Joined: 18 Nov 2004

How'd you go about starting one?
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Straight Dizzle · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:29 pm Post subject:

i remember someone at my friends school started one. It wuz coo cuz he organized days where he would go to an arcade and try to convince the manager to put it on free play and we would stay and play like hella times.

We even had a holloween(that's how he spelt it) dance.

too bad it didn't last long cuz of the way he lost the money and that no one cared.
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Topherâ¶âRocks · Trick Member Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Location: Long Island, NY

That's an effing cool idea! My school runs a coffee house on Thursdays and Fridays from 4-7 after school. My girlfriend and I brought up the idea of having a DDR night there. No real progress in it yet. Hopefully we can get a TV or 2 in there and play on Xbox and PS2.
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Astuce · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2005

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Secksi Chocobo · Trick Member Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Location: EP, MN

We have a DDR club at our school too. The first week we had about 60 people in the room, although about 50 were just watching. Now the club has dwindled down to about 10 or 11 "hardcore" club members. We also have 3 TVs (1 w/ USEx, 1 w/ MAX2, and one w/ MAX). We are planning to get a JPS2 or find someone who can install a mod chip.
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dropoutextreme · Trick Member Joined: 28 Sep 2004

We used to have one, but at the time i didn't play... I wish they had one now so that i could get better and play for free with others instead of at home...

Davyinatoga · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:22 pm Post subject:

I've been contemplating starting one at my college, and then I realized we had one. It's called the Anime club. We even have a DDR tournament fundraiser every semester. Just about everyone who I know plays DDR here went to it, and we ended up with decent competition.
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blak puls fyre · Trick Member Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI

I want to start one

ICNH · Trick Member Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Location: Mahwah, NJ

I got DDR for my school, and we play it at recess and gym. It's pretty cool, since we got a slim PS2, Extreme, 2 metal pads and a hundred DDR lovers. I'm trying to start a club, but we need "teacher guidance". BS.
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Jeremy37077829 · Trick Member Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Location: New York

SephirothChick · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:31 pm Post subject:

I think that mine will be getting a ddr soon, most likely i'll convince it to turn it into an ITG

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CHUCK BASS · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jul 2004

As you can see in my sig, my school indeed does have a DDR Club. My gym teacher knew I played beforehand, and she knew I couldn't wait till Gym to get to play it. So we asked her and she supervises. We bring in metal pads, Ps2, all the U.S. mixes, and some JP mixes. We get alot of people to go, but only some of us play.

[ES] GARYsurvivor · Trick Member Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Lakewood, CO

The club that I started is a little...vacant... The sad thing is that I started it a month ago, and since then I haven't been able to complete a sentence without saying "Join DDR club!" to everybody I saw. I even bought a brand new METAL DDR pad! At the beginning, there were like 15 people (WOOT!). Last Friday, there was only me and my wierd friend Balfazar. Yay? I need to find a better way to advertize...

RTP! · Trick Member Joined: 25 Nov 2004 Location: Grayslake, IL

Cool! I'm thinking about holding a DWI tournament at the first school dance next year. By then I would have a laptop and a good soundsystem. I'll borrow my computer graphics teacher's projector and the entry fees can be used to fund the school! (I'll have to email simwolf first.)
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Luciferian · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:32 am Post subject:

Wow i wish my old school had DDR for sport it would get me going i know a few people who would play there not very good but it would be fun at least alas i don't attend school anymore...

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NightWalker555 · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject:

I have been giving serious consideration to trying to start a DDR club at my school. Unfortunatley I'm afraid that I would not be able to find enough people out of about 400 that go to my school. I have a few friends that are willing to try but if I had to guess I'd say about 80% of my schoolmates have never even heard of DDR. Can't say this suprizes me, Montana and sophistication are mutually exclusive.
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Emorgasm · Trick Member Joined: 15 Jan 2005

The way ours is set up, there's about 10 or 15 'core players, the rest are average. The point isn't to get school funding for a machine, or get something we can't afford. We just need organization, or nobody would ever get together to play. We plan to buy metal pads, and most of the people who are fundraising have been playing for years (as in multiple) and are consistantly on heavy. It's never really been an individual effort on my part, except for organizing it.
I had my doubts after a few meetings, but we've had the same 'core people for 6 meetings now, and a steadily growing light-standard contingent. I assume that there will be a great deal of "transient players", but I'm willing to deal with them on the off-chance of seshing with some truly good (and fun) players. Screw my doubts.

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