Things that give DDR a bad rep

daikenkai =[ · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject: Things that give DDR a bad rep

DDR is awesome, but many people think its lame, or it turns away would-be players. I think these are soem reasons:

1. most DDR players are n00bs and look idiotic

2. Things like Bella Dancerella (all of them), the DDR plug and play for kids, and ZTwister Dance Moves make it look idiotic.

Post somemore! We need people to realize DDR isnt stupid!

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Lawsuits against the competition.
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1. Retards that go on the machine and don't play, that just get on the pad for the sake of looking retarded on the machine. "LOL IM COOL KUZ I BE TARDED ON DRR!1!!"
2. Hello Kitty DDR
3. Plug and Play DDR
4. DVD DDR game
5. Large groups of people who suck but go on the machine anyway and act like they are the coolest things to ever walk the Earth
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15.when someone does a hard song (DDREX 10 footer) just for the purpose of seeming better than the people doing ITG 11's, yet nearly fails the song. (AKA, an overconfident egotistical showoff)

16.machine hogs
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When I was at Six Flags a few weeks ago, there was a kid (probably about 8-10 years old) and his sister playing on Beginner on the Extreme machine. On every step, he was lifting his feet about 2 feet off the pad and stomping. On jumps, he jumped as high as he could and pounded down on the pad with all his weight. It was one of the most ridiculous-looking things I've ever seen. I wish I could've gotten it on video. When people see someone playing like that on a DDR machine, it doesn't make a good impression.

Also, bar-rapers give DDR a bad rep. I'm NOT saying that bar-raping is bad. At all. What I'm saying is that a person playing no-bar and moving fluidly looks a lot better (and is more likely to draw a crowd) than a person clinging tensely to the bar.
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Phrekwenci · Administrator Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Location: New York, NY

Unfortunately, freestyle gives DDR a bad reputation. The concept of the game is lost within that type of game play. Sure, it could be viewed as more difficult (having to hit arrows, while doing a 'dance' performance). But even the best freestyle isn't showing people how to play the game.

The fact that we sweat when we finish playing is also fairly unattractive. The fact that the new players to the game are over-excited when people ask about the game who don't know anything about it. Then the people asking questions think this is a cult.
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But failing to teach people how to play and giving DDR a bad reputation aren't the same thing. In general, I think you could say that things that look stupid (sweating, stomping, etc.) give DDR a bad reputation, and things that look cool give DDR a good reputation.
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Emptyeye wrote:

So um, is it bad that awhile ago I was watching Family Guy, and when Quagmire came on, I thought something to the effect of "Whoa, It's AA Bob!" (I don't remember if the exact thought was "It's AA Bob" or "It's AA Bob's avatar", but I don't think it matters in this case)?

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One huge reason is that the word "Dance" is in the title. Some ignorant losers think its gay because a guy would have to play a video game by"dancing". It may not be common in places, but I see that ALOT and its really getting on my nerves.

I actually knew this one guy who thought it was "gay and stupid", then I went and showed him how fun the game is by playing some light songs and he was like "Hey get off lemme try!". I couldn't help but rub it in his face.

People need to play the game to understand how good it really is.

20 jazz funk greats · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject:

Bad freestyling.
People at arcades who never seem to talk about anything besides their arrow smash scores. Yeesh.
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little emo kids bar raping on freckles

IHYD.Blake · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:07 am Post subject:

All the idiots that actually are good at DDR, but put themselves over other people because they can stomp on arrows faster and more accurate.
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Well, no one else has said it, so I will. One thing that turns off a lot of the general public is that too often, the people playing look like thugs or creepy goths.
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