I Need Help on My 8th Grade DDR Report

[DoesNMatter]

See I have this final project on English and the project is on a research on anything you choose

I chose DDR as my topic

But I dont know much about the game even though I played it for a year

So I am asking if you people or DDRFreaks can help me with some info. about the game

I need some links or any history about this game

So ya

This is want I am looking for:
Any links involving great info. for DDR
Any links with the history for DDR

So ya so can you help me cause this is a big assignment for me and I will appreciate it if you help

So thanks and please help me
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[XxVeilsidexX]

why don't you try doing your OWN research since it is YOUR research paper.
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[Ian2K3]

Youshould explainnot justddr itself but how did it start and give some background historyonit as wellas ow to play and explain some basic vocab about it like notdouble step freeze volage black flag and give a small profile about your stats
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[Flameboat]

Go to ddrfreak's home page and scroll down a while. There should be a link to a report about DDR by a guy at Stanford. I read it, and there's a lot of good info there that you could put into your report, especially explaining the types of DDR communites.
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[DoesNMatter]

Well thanks I guess

Its actually a simple research project

I just need some info.

Mostly all my teacher said was to make a presentation using a chart and well I have so many things to put on there like step charts and pics of DDR

Its just that I needed some info. in the game

Well anyways I think I had enough info. but if you have any tell me please

So thanks
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[Slowpoke]

Ummm.... when a teacher tells you you need to use a chart, I don't think a stepchart is the sort of thing they have in mind.

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[slik]

Hm.. there were some other threads on ddr papers and such, go look in older pages and try to dig some up.

Yeah and google.com is your friend.

[BlueScreenJunky]

Here's what I'd do, but I'm not in 8th grade and I don't live in the US, although I don't think it makes much of a difference...


Well, I don't know exactly what you're teacher is expecting, but when you want to talk about something, it's (almost) always a good idea to start from a problematic (does that word exist in english ? lol), which is basically a question you ask about the subject, and then do resarches to answer it.
If you start gathering info about the subject and then throw them in your paper, you might have lots of useless information, and it won't be very interesting. At the end of your presentation or when the reader is done reading, you don't want him to say "and so what ?", you want him or her to say "cool, I never thought about it" or "wow, I wanna try it now"

Here I guess the question could be "what makes DDR different from other games ?", "why is DDR lasting so long ?" (almost 10 years, and more versions than I can count !). Or maybe something a little more original and controversial like "is DDR a sport ?" or "can you get addicted to DDR ?"... I don't know, just try to find an interesting question (ie : more interesting than 90% of the topics you can find here... "do girls play DDR" is not a good question for example :-P)

Then answer your question : yes or no, you probably have an opinion (well if you don't, pick another subject).
Well at this point, you have like 2 lines on your paper or talked for about 30 seconds, but most of the work is already done. All you have to do now is use the info you gathered to prove your point. You may (and should ?) argue both sides, but end on your opinion : Remember you want to prove your point.


OK, now things I think you may want to emphasize :
- Origins and background (comes from japan, when it started, when it came to america, other Bemani, blah blah blah)
-The Community (different aspects : on the net, irl, tournaments, meeting people at the arcade etc.)
-Different kinds of players (casual players, scorers, stylers...)
-Originality of the game : mainly the fact that you don't just sit in your chair with your controler, you have to move your body ^^ (call it sport or not, you still burn calories), plus the community and the music, which make it so addictive.

but I think you should NOT talk to much about the game itself, people either know how it works, or won't understand what's so great about stepping on arrows. Of course you've got to tell how you play etc. as an introduction because otherwise you can't understand the rest, but just don't make it half your work.




Well, hope that can help you. Now I don't have much info about the game, but I think google and your own experience can help ^^
btw, what's 8th grade ?

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[blucow]

First of all, why are you doing a report so late in the year? You must've been putting it off for a loooong time...

Anyway, being an 8th grader, I wouldn't do my project on a video game, especially one like DDR. Don't get me wrong, I love and live it, but I don't really want everyone in my team to know that I spend $10 a week stomping arrows. But that's just me.

You're at one of the greatest places to find info on DDR, but you may also want to check out ddruk.com (and click on the "Have you never played before?" links).

For a chart, I'd get some pictures of a DDR machine, some of the more famous artists to do songs for DDR, and step charts for bag on Heavy and Beginner (the difference is HUGE) to show just how varried and difficult steps can get. Hope that helps some.

[Ian2K3]

you could compare how ddr brnsd calories and cokpare itr to some sports like on workout mode likew so deep at *** wieght burns ***calories vs jumping rope *** times would burn the same amount of calories in a given amount of time
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[DoesNMatter]

Thanks

Its helps alot......

Well I am sorta set......

He he heh......

I have a essay and a presentation......

So ya thanks people.......

and thank you BlueScreenJunky........

Its makes sense on how I can do this......

Well I am off to use my good friend google.....

And Find some info.

Bye Bye
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