[Question] DDR - Your favourite way to combine nerdiness and homosexuality?

For me I've only been playing DDR since late 2003. I haven't been playing it as much lately. I just can't seem to find much time for it aymore due to the fact that I've been really busy with work.

I never had the luxury of playing any of the older DDR mixes. I improved on DDR by playing DDR Extreme at the arcade and the only other arcade releases that I've played besides Extreme is Supernova and ITG2.

Arcade Releases: Since I have played very few arcade releases I would have to say my favourite arcade release is Supernova but as good as Supernova is; I do have one major complaint about it. They took out all the good-cool stuff so on that mix there is no last message or no spin the disc, oh well.

Japanese Home Releases: I tend to be the really weird one in terms of my group of friends that play DDR when it comes to liking Japanese mixes. Out of all the japanese home mixes; DDR Party Collection tends to be favourite. I like it because it has three of my favourite 7 footers I like to play which is Stars, Freedom, and Dynamite Rave (Down Bird Sota Mix). I like the fact that I can play songs like Dub I Dub and Orion .78(AMeuro-Mix) on the PS2 engine. I also love the song Get Up & Move.

American Home Releases: It is literally a toss up between DDR MAX US or DDR Extreme. It seems like that all my friends prefer DDR Extreme 2 and trust me I don't doubt that it is a good mix, but I prefer those two more because they have a lot of older songs on a PS2 engine. With DDR Max US, they have stomp to my beat, gambol, I was the one, and a few others. I even like some of the american songs on that mix such as Dark Black Forest, I like to move it, and sandstorm. The fact that this mix has both healing visions and two out of three look to the sky, makes this a very sweet mix.

It is the same with US Extreme or as I like to call it dj TAKA's american mix. A lot of his songs are on this mix. I also loved some of the revivals of some of the older songs such as Do Me (H.I.G.E.O Mix), Wonderland, Kick The Can, and Only You.

The only machine we have at the arcade in Newfoundland is ITG 2. I think ITG definetely has a lot of fun songs, but I'll always prefer bemani music more. I'm only a level 9 player, the only ten's I have ever passed is bag on 3x speed and sakura on 1x. dj Taka is the artist that got me into trance in the first place. He does such a good job with that genre of music and how he mixes piano with his trance music is almost heavenly. I'm hoping a licensed ddr step chart of pandora will soon come into existence. We might be getting a supernova 2 machine in June, but even if we don't I'll be happy with a supernova machine.

In terms of getting better playing songs Tsunade and using different speed mods. I would recommend playing the songs from the older mixes first. Really concentrate on finishing a lot of the songs on DDR Max. I have a rule when it comes to using speed mods all depending on the BPM of the song.

If the song is below 100 BPM I'll play using 3x speed
If the song is between 100 BPM and 155 BPM I'll play using 2x speed
If the song is between 160 BPM and 195 BPM I'll play using 1.5x speed
If the song is 200 BPM or over I'll use 1x speed.

This is just based on my personal preference. My fiance is getting really good at DDR, she is passing a lot of 7 footers on maniac/heavy, but I'm trying to get her to play much older 7 & 8 footers. If you want to work on crossovers. I recommend the song that helped me get through crossovers and thats AM-3P on heavy.

Currently I'm playing more IIDX, but it will take a miracle for me to get good at that game, but I absolutely love the music for it. I'm a big fan of IIDX Happy Sky but I'm only a light 7 player, and I can only pass 5 star songs.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Chaotic

If the song is below 70 BPM - 8x | 6x (since that's the highest available option)
If the song is below 100 BPM - 5x | 5x
If the song is between 100 BPM and 155 BPM - 3x-5x | 4.5x-5x
If the song is between 160 BPM and 195 BPM - 2x-3x | 2.5x-3x
If the song is between 200 BPM and 300 BPM - 1.5x-2x | 2x-2.5x
If the song is above 300 BPM - 1.5x | 1.5x-2x

I don't really have too many problems reading 1x, but it's easier on DDR than it is on ITG.

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So... does this machine have r21 installed?

Jesus Christ Chaotic you got much faster sight read than what I got. You got the need for speed, I'll give you that much.

It did have the r21 installed, but somebody uninstalled it and we haven't been able to get it back since.

There's nowhere I can't reach.