Doubles not very popular?

-dark-xuxa · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: illinois

ive noticed at my arcade doubles has become more popular, once i started playing i got pretty good at it, the only 10s i have left are MaxX and Tlom but i play for free at my arcade soo i dont have to worry about price plus out ddr and itg2 machine is set to 5 songs now

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The Lurker · Trick Member Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Location: St.Louis

Maybe I am thinking that CSFIL:SM is hard on doubles heavy because I only played it once. Oh yeah, I have been playing doubles for about two weeks now.

And a tiring song is The Least 100 Sec. That is in no way an 8 footer.
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hommfreak · Trick Member Joined: 24 Mar 2006

I'm not really buying the "it's too hard to learn" excuse. I don't see anybody giving up on Max 300 their first time playing it because "it's too hard to learn".

I'm surprised at how many arcades don't have joint premium. But I'd pay twice as much for doubles anyway. It's double the money, but double the fun.

Barbaloot · Trick Member Joined: 31 May 2005

I'll take 2 games of singles over one game of doubles any day. It costs twice as much at my arcade to play doubles. Enough said.
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MaskedFalcon · Trick Member Joined: 16 Oct 2005

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The Lurker · Trick Member Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Location: St.Louis

I did however pass tl100sec first time. Second time I failed.

And daikenkai, don't even me started on that. And Afronova I have yet to pass on heavy yet. Only played it once, so that is a good enough excuse.
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umjammer · Basic Member Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta GA

I love doubles play so Iâm fine paying $2.00 when I have to. I got bored with Singles play and after a bit of struggling I learned doubles play. Now Iâm pretty much hooked because thereâs so more variety in the steps. At home I used to tape two foam pads together, which worked pretty well, but now Iâve finally got two metal pads.

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MaskedFalcon · Trick Member Joined: 16 Oct 2005

we were just talking about a misrated 8 on doubles with a high stepcount, and i completely ignored dead end, which has a gigantic stepcount and is plain relentless.

why did dead end singles get moved to a 9 and not the doubles stepchart?

BlackDth · Trick Member Joined: 16 Nov 2002

probably cause of the jacks. Yea, the crossovers are pretty constant, but in the context of doubles I wouldn't say it's too horrible. It's either a hard 8 or an easy 9, I wouldn't really demand it should be either.

btw CSFILSM is like the easiest doubles cata ever. No gallops and really easy crossovers (they're tricky at first but simple and fun once you know them). I have 6 greats on it, the lowest great count I have on any doubles song

also maskedfalcon, I definitely disagree with you about PSMO being the hardest stepchart. It's WAY easier on doubles than it is on singles. And not just in the context of doubles, either. Compared directly to singles, the end run is way more forgiving and way less tiring on doubles. I can no bar pass psmo doubles, but I don't even try to no bar singles, it just rapes me. The only hard part of psmo doubles for me is the very first set of notes, I can never quite nail those.

Jayden Hakrodan · Trick Member Joined: 17 May 2006 Location: Asheville, NC

As far as I can see, doubles isn't very popular at the arcade I typically play. There are a few people who play double somewhat regularly, but for a large part it's singles. I don't blame them, as I'd much rather play two games on a single pad than one game on two pads. I do agree that it's more fun for sure, but I just don't see it as worthwhile. At least, this is the case for the DDR mix. For the In The Groove 2 arcade machine, you can play doubles for the same price as a single. A shame I have difficulties keeping up with ITG2's harder songs.