The Official Pump It Up Thread

PTU64 · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 11:48 pm Post subject:

Just thought I would let you guys in on a PIU Premiere 2 tournament on March 8th in Shelby, N.C. Just check the southeast forums for the thread and Ill keep everybody on top of everything.

Later

bee · Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 4:44 pm Post subject:

Pump It Up is the first dance arcade game I've played... I remember my friend had the home version of DDR, and when she saw PIU in the arcade she goes "That looks familiar..." and makes me play it. What's that song... Wayo Wayo or something like that is a weird song but IIII LIKE IT! Once I ran out of time and it chose a Britney Spears song for me... blahh. It's 75 cents ferrr 3 songs (went down from $1.00... I guess they thought it was too much to play a game that skips the song so much) at Chesterfield Towne Center in Richmond, Virginia, but it's hardly ever working. People stomp on it way too much. I'm there pretty much every weekend, so you can probably find me there screaming "WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!!" at it.

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Iori@RTF · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 10:26 am Post subject:

Turkey March Crazy isn't hard.

wait till u see Winter or Mr Larpus n Crazy - now that's wot i call crazy
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Megido · Trick Member Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH

Hi guys

I'm a resident PIU player, didn't know there was a PIU thread in the DDRfreak forums. Too bad there's only one thread though. No multiple topics on PIU, just one large thread. Or am I missing something?

I've been playing Pump for over a year, and I've been able to pass Beethoven Virus Crazy, and I seem to average about level 6 and 7 on most Crazy songs, with a few exceptions.

I also make sim files for Stepmania (in PIU mode only, have yet to make a DDR only step file) and Kick it Up. If you ever visit www.kickedup.com under the archives, my songs are under the name ROC Zombie. I make frequent DDR conversions like Exotic Ethnic and Tsugaru. I am currently working on Matsuri Japan (the remix). Is there a sub title to this song? The 5th mix version is also called Matsuri Japan and I am creating the 6th or 7th mix version (?)

If you play Kick it up, I also have a Premiere 2-ish looking skin that I posted.

I'll be in Las Vegas this week, and I will try out Technomotion for the first time. Hopefully Pump Platinum 3 will hurry up and get realeased. It's been over a year now! Konami makes a new DDR every 8-9 months it seems.

As for DDR, I am maybe an average of 6 - 7 feet on Heavy/Maniac.

EDIT: I've also made a lot more sim files under the name Rico before I changed it to Roc Zombie

Yaow · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jun 2002

woah you are taking ddr songs and modifying them to PIU steps? Sounds interesting. Even though I still think ddr is better and PIU will always be known as the creative ripoff, I like the idea of adding a couple of songs to PIU. Mainly End of Century and Healing Vison would be pretty cool

Sexual Chocolate! · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Location: Wilmington, DE

Step transferring, eh? Im definitely interested. Keep me posted on what develops.

Now, another question to be tossed up. Why is it that EVERYTIME someone has to make a mention of PiU, whether an arcade sighting or just a general comment, they ALWAYS have to say something like "and PiU is always a ripoff" or "PiU is still inferior." What the heck is the point? No one asked about the comparison opinion. If you are gonna talk about the game, talk about it. But dont pull the comparison line for every post made regarding PiU. It gets pretty old. That would be like me always saying "I think PiU is better than DDR in all aspects. Anyways, does anyone have an opinion on DDR speed mods?" It just makes no sense.

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Shadowskill · Trick Member Joined: 21 Feb 2002 Location: London/UK

Why the heck is a there a sticky PIU thread here? Not that that would be a problem in itself but locking other PIU threads and referencing people here is just retarded. I mean, heeeloooo, there are a gazillion beatmania threads on this board and lots of threads for most other bemani games as well. Why exactly do certain people feel the need to single out one game and restrict it's presence to a single thread? It makes no sense to me.

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Shadowskill · Trick Member Joined: 21 Feb 2002 Location: London/UK

Back on topic - I had a good chuckle the other day when I went over to the RedOctane page and saw their Pump page describe Virus Hard as "one of the toughest pump songs ever"

LOL, someone needs to tell them about Crazy Mode

clockwise. · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 12:47 pm Post subject:

virus is fun on hard, but not too tough if you know whats up.

yeah, all other pump threads that resemble this one are locked because people are liek..."OMG POMP IT UP IS TEH RAPOFF OF KANOMI!!1one"
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K' · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Location: Abilene, Texas

Mr.Larpus on hard is nuts.I don't even wanna think about Crazy...

I can usually pass about Level 6 on Crazy and Level 8 on doubles.I do doubles much better on PIU than DDR.On DDR I have trouble with songs on basic!Yet,I can flow along the board so much easier on PIU.Turkey March wasn't much of a problem,and yet a 4 footer on standard will kill me on DDR.
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Shadowskill · Trick Member Joined: 21 Feb 2002 Location: London/UK

The reason I hardly play DDR anymore is just that. Doubles are so much better on PIU and I almost play them exclusively now. What just pisses me off about DDR is that they have the nerve to charge you 2 pounds ($3) for a doubles game (3 songs) in the UK. Is this the same in the US, btw? On PIU you can even get 4 songs for 1 pound. I managed to clear Loner and Turkey March yesterday,

. Then I tried Beethoven Virus

, bad idea. I play Crazy occasionally (can do Lv. 6) but Hard is just more fun when it comes to single play, although it's too easy. But then again, double play is more fun than single play anyway.

Remy · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Astoria, NY

rampage · Administrator Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Redmond, WA

Another Truth doubles is so much fun. Its got the perfect balance of challenge and all-out fun and stamina-draining steps.

Yaow · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jun 2002

Megido · Trick Member Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH

It ain't just you. DDR lets you miss steps until your bar is drained, the red light start flashing, and Danger shows up. Pump lets you miss 4 steps in a row, then Danger flashes, then 1 more miss and you are DEAD even though you could have still finished the song with an A!

Mark Scott · Trick Member Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Location: no clue

I noticed that. I just thought i sucked.. But on the first song on one of our machines, you have to miss 50 steps in a row(I wish ddr had a rolling miss counter) to make the song stop, or like a combo of 50 misses throughout to fail the song. You want a fun doubles song? Try Virus, it will have you doing some crazy jumps. Does anybody play half doubles? I got the chance to play Will o the Wisp all wild style, and goodness, it's like Maxx 420. I am now able to play a lot more Crazy songs than i use to be. If i could learn to do PUi turns, i think i could take V, i mean Winter

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Megido · Trick Member Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH

Learn to do a couple songs completely sideways, and you should do better on Winter. Some of those nasty turns require you to turn clockwise 90 degrees while hitting steps.

Half Double is fun. I dont know why people avoid it. It really keeps you in focus when Full Double comes around.

I wanted to throw in a few last comments about the annoying "piu is a ddr ripoff" battle. In my opinion, Konami made a great game with great ideas, but there was plenty of room for improvement. Why 4 steps in a + sign, when there can be 5 steps in an X form. Why still background images (on 1st mix) when there can be anime-style art and videos in the background? Andamiro saw this, and acted upon it, but instead got slapped with a lawsuit. Yes, the scrolling arrows may have been a copyright, but there are sooo many differences between ddr and piu.

Do you hear people saying "Every computer is an IBM ripoff" or "Every VCR is a Magnavox copy"? No, becuase they have improved upon the original. Same concept, same technology, just new features and new ideas.

Now Konami did take a few elements from piu after it gained popularity. The hold steps were a piu first, and I'm sure the ultra-smooth animation found in Long Train Running and other songs would not be there had there been no competition from Pump.

I just think there is a big culture difference that makes DDR so much more popular than PIU, along with Konami's name and reputation on Playstation consoles. I love both games, but this is a matter of innovation and improvement, and not ripping off and stealing ideas. If everything was protected, there'd be only a couple styles of everything, and no variety.