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0.  Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:36 am Post subject: "Must wear shoes while playing" - but why?! |
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Hi, long time DDR fan here ....... I just got myself a Cobalt Flux mat, and I'm keen to make it last as long as possible, it was pretty expensive!
In the manual it says that I must wear shoes when playing - why is this? Will the mat break more quickly if I play with bare feet, or are they saying this for health and safety reasons (less likely to fall off mat in shoes)? |
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| 1. Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:02 am Post subject: Re: "Must wear shoes while playing" - but why?! |
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| evo6 wrote: | | In the manual it says that I must wear shoes when playing - why is this? |
Walk over to your pad....
Ok, now stomp on the corner edge with your bare foot...
Didn't feel too good, did it?
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Discoman
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| 2. Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| A cobalt flux's edges, last I remember, are sharp enough to make you hate your existence should you decide to play in bare feet. |
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| 3. Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:46 am Post subject: |
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I'm sure Cobalt Flux is just covering their own arses here. They just don't want a lawsuit from someone for slipping or injuring themselves. As long as you won't go crying to the company if you get hurt, play however the hell you want to. I doubt the DDR police are going to break down your door and haul you away...though that would be pretty sweet if they did.
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| 4. Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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They just want to protect your reputation so that when you go to the arcade people don't mock you for playing with out shoes
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| 6. Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Overlord Maximus wrote: | | A cobalt flux's edges, last I remember, are sharp enough to make you hate your existence should you decide to play in bare feet. |
I second this.
My feet third and fourth it.
Though I was in socks. Regardless, this statement is very true.
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| 7. Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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When I got my first CF, I tried playing with socks/bare feet for a few days. My feet quickly started to hurt like hell.
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| 8. Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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It's not the corners you have to worry about, it's the little spaces between each arrow. I have a scar on my foot from when I used to play barefoot (and at home, for that matter) and slid my foot across the arrows in Exotic Ethnic and bled all over my pad... heh...  |
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evo6
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| 9. Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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Heh ...... thanks for all the tips guys 
Guess I'm going to have to learn how to play in shoes! |
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| 10. Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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I think I heard that if you play without shoes the panels will crack faster. PLus I used to play with socks and once got a blood blister the size of my heel, on my heel. Couldn't walk on it for a few weeks ( Also had a few track meets during that time but thats another story) and after I got sick of limping I popped it. And if you do hands you could potentially cut your hand.
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| 11. Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| BX^3 wrote: | | I think I heard that if you play without shoes the panels will crack faster. PLus I used to play with socks and once got a blood blister the size of my heel, on my heel. Couldn't walk on it for a few weeks ( Also had a few track meets during that time but thats another story) and after I got sick of limping I popped it. And if you do hands you could potentially cut your hand. |
You say that almost as if they crack often. Hands can hurt as well (one of my first hands on my CF hurt bad enough that I had to fail. Of course, that also happens on arcade pads, but really the moral of the story is to watch where you do hands.
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| 12. Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| videoCWK wrote: | | BX^3 wrote: | | I think I heard that if you play without shoes the panels will crack faster. PLus I used to play with socks and once got a blood blister the size of my heel, on my heel. Couldn't walk on it for a few weeks ( Also had a few track meets during that time but thats another story) and after I got sick of limping I popped it. And if you do hands you could potentially cut your hand. |
You say that almost as if they crack often. Hands can hurt as well (one of my first hands on my CF hurt bad enough that I had to fail. Of course, that also happens on arcade pads, but really the moral of the story is to watch where you do hands. |
Ah my bad, I meant it would crack sooner if you played on feet than with shoes. But I don't have problems with hands anymore.
To OP: If you have a problem with wearing shoes on metal pads, put some gauze on the bottom of your feet when you play so you will be protected better.
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| 13. Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| BX^3 wrote: | | videoCWK wrote: | | BX^3 wrote: | | I think I heard that if you play without shoes the panels will crack faster. PLus I used to play with socks and once got a blood blister the size of my heel, on my heel. Couldn't walk on it for a few weeks ( Also had a few track meets during that time but thats another story) and after I got sick of limping I popped it. And if you do hands you could potentially cut your hand. |
You say that almost as if they crack often. Hands can hurt as well (one of my first hands on my CF hurt bad enough that I had to fail. Of course, that also happens on arcade pads, but really the moral of the story is to watch where you do hands. |
Ah my bad, I meant it would crack sooner if you played on feet than with shoes. But I don't have problems with hands anymore.
To OP: If you have a problem with wearing shoes on metal pads, put some gauze on the bottom of your feet when you play so you will be protected better. |
the way the cobalt flux is designed makes it next to impossible to play in socks. its basically one flat piece of lexan with cracks in it seperating the panels so you will slide like crazy and easily could fall. Bare feet is a very bad idea. I sliced open the bottom of my right foot a few years back on a local gaming centers fluxes. Plus, once you start sweating, traction becomes hard.
just learn how to play in shoes, you wont regret it. Its far nicer than playing in socks/barefoot, expecially on a flux. |
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| 14. Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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real men play barefoot lol  |
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| 17. Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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I personally play in shoes for the grip and the fact that with shoes you're less likely to mess your feet up, also wether you like it or not your feet are going to sweat which makes the pad slippery-- not to mention playing barefoot at an arcade is just sort of committing an unforgivable sin.. ^^
So I guess what I'm trying to say here is that if it's a pad that you paid for it doesn't really matter since its a personal investment, do as you please in my honest opinion.
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