Your parents and DDR...

KyahRyorin · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:24 am Post subject: Your parents and DDR...

I haven't seen this on the Chit-Chat section, and I have interesting stories to tell. And yes, this is asking questions to members who are young and/or live with their parents.

My parents HATE DDR. They can't stand it. I think the main reason they hate it is because I obsess over it often. I print out new stepcharts, find DDR CDs, or go to places like DDRFreak.com to hang out and talk about DDR.

Now mind you, I have been restricted a lot in my childhood. My parents don't believe in game systems; if I have the computer, then that's enough. And downloading Stepmania and getting a soft pad hooked up to the computer is out of the question. My parents have these parental controls on my screename that tell them about every place I go, including what I download. So if they even SEE the word "DOWNLOAD" I get grounded for a month... and I am NOT kidding when I say that...

All I want to know is how other people's parents react and what they think of DDR. I think my parent's reactions are a bit extreme, but I'm not old enough yet to move out on my own. I'm interested in hearing some of your responses. ^^
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psisarah · Trick Member Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Location: Toronto

My dad was the one who bought me DDR in the first place. I would hate to have your parents.
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yah.. same with psisar..

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gasm · Trick Member Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Location: Montreal

My mom is just glad I am getting some exercise. My mom wanted me to teach her how to play so I started her on Have You Never Been Mellow on beginner. It was funny, she didn't understand when she had to step. Everyone should try to teach their parents how to play, except Kyah Ryorin.
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Mass Paranoia · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:59 am Post subject: ,,,

Hmm... I broke a ceiling fan thats under my DDR pad... play mp3's of DDR everywhere... all DDR songs on my iPod.... plus call my dad to maintenance (Sp?) my DDR pad every 5-6 days.... they still like it.... i think...
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Synaesthesia · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:59 am Post subject:

And make sure you find a way to use stupid sporadic capitalization when you talk to them, too. I doubt it's that hard to circumvent the computer logs as well...

My parents don't see anything wrong with it. (Or rather, they didn't even before I went to college.) If your parents don't like video games, become a software programmer. Then, you can work with games while doing something worthwhile (which sounds like the probable reason they don't 'believe' in gaming systems).
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KyahRyorin · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:46 am Post subject:

Demon Bryant · Trick Member Joined: 27 Mar 2005

My parents think it's great that I can get so much exercise while having so much fun. They don't care as long as I don't make too much noise... I mean, I've had friends over for the night and played from 2 AM til 6 AM and they didn't care. And mind you, they knew we were playing cause my house is kinda shakey, though not like it's going to fall down...It just transmits vibrations way too well.

But yeah, just talk with your parents about how it's just a game with arrows and your feet and there's no reason to restrict you from it. If anything, they should be encouraging it like seemingly every other parent on this forum does...xD
There's quite a few posts about the educational value (P.E. wise) of DDR, so if you check those out, I bet you could make a pretty convincing arguement with your parents about it.

EDIT: I just found this website (psisar posted it in the "Losing weight?" post) which seems to have a lot of information about the educatoinal and fitness side of DDR and ITG. http://www.getupmove.com/index.asp Check it out.
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mikieson · Trick Member Joined: 14 Nov 2003

Well I am a parrent that plays DDR. I got my kids into it. I build my own pads and have sold them as well. Im in the middle of building some new ones now because I keep selling them...LOL...
I mostly play Stepmania now but as we all know...its DDR..........Rock on parrents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Da-Risin-Smoke · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:20 am Post subject:

heh, my parents don't like it if i blast PARANOiA Survivor MAX on the TV very loud (it's in my basement though).

Your parents don't like it if you talk about too much, you obsessed freak....

ive seen parents though play ddr.....

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Nougatrocity · Trick Member Joined: 12 May 2002 Location: Somerville MA

Parents like yours suck, dude.
Way too many parents these days try to keep their children "safe" and end up making it impossible for them to have fun. Home shouldn't be a prison, and parents don't seem to understand that all the time.
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Phrekwenci · Administrator Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Location: New York, NY

Here's the deal.

DDR is very similar to a drug. You pay money to obsess over it, and it's addicting. Then you start focusing on DDR over other things, and that's what they don't like. It's still a video game to them, even if it's not to you (and we understand that). And plus, they don't understand what you are doing when you play anyway. Maybe you should try and explain the game to them, or have them play to understand how fun it is. Also include the fact that this is called exergaming, not sit-and-get-fat gaming.
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quax94 · Trick Member Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Location: Wisconsin

My parents are impressed with me at DDR.
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mavrik_055 · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:00 pm Post subject:

My mom plays DDR with me sometimes. She plays songs on standard, and can actually do songs like MaxX and Max 300 (all standard). She was the one who bought the game for excersise, and i picked it up from there.
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Fred 00 · Trick Member Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: offline

my parents are glad that Im getting exercise(if it werent for DDR, I'd be fat><) One time i was playing the whistle song, and my mom walked by and said, "Thats a rather suggestive song there" funny. My parents will only let me play ddr on the weekdays(the only videogame im aloud to play on weekdays). They dont think its the coolest thing in the world, but when I tell them about the contest at EB games, they're like, Oh you should go we might even get you out of school that day. That would be fun.

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ThePandemonium · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jul 2005

Well my parents bought it for me, so they dont care. Everyonce in a while they will play w\ me. Since I lost 20 pounds off of DDR they have agged to buy me a metal pad!
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