Improving your DDR skills

malochai · Basic Member Joined: 20 May 2003

I've been getting pretty smooth with turning but when it happens so fast in a song like Healing Vision Angelic Mix.. I just get discouraged and stop in the middle. I've seen lots of people on here with stamina problems.. Is there any advice on how to keep your cool and your legs from collapsing underneath you? I usually go up with my friend Lisa who can pass basically everything and its done wonders for me doing songs harder than my level, but it amazes me how she can do it all so fast. she uses her toes and heels and sort of shuffles to conserve energy i've noticed, but my feet arent big enough or skilled enough to shuffle like that, I normally play on the balls of my feet, especially with fast things going on. Any advice with stamina and keeping your breath control would be greatly appreciated.

ninjafetus · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 8:54 am Post subject:

Rancidfish · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 11:03 am Post subject:

sherl0k · Maniac Member Joined: 27 Jan 2002 Location: the internet

ninjafetus · Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 5:01 am Post subject: Re: Turning+Stamina....

DirtGotWet · Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 2:21 am Post subject:

Totally off topic, and I didn't feel like reading through 10+ pages of people talking about DDR.. But this has to be said.

Ninjafetus, you have one sweet name. o_o

You and David Bowie are my heros.

Mytchness · Basic Member Joined: 25 May 2003

I know someone on the first page said you should play until you're all beat out. But I'm on a limited supply of money. How much do y'all suggest spending? Here, the games are .50 apiece.

stevokun4 · Basic Member Joined: 28 May 2003 Location: Oshkosh, Wi

I've been playing ddr for about a year and a half and I have trouble on candy doing the steps but I can do them I just don't know what the problem is. I've also been able to do maniac songs after trying hard on songs such as tsugaru maniac and matsuri japn maniac. What can I say I like the gallopsLOL

dj_xero · Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 4:48 pm Post subject:

telebuffer · Trick Member Joined: 10 May 2003

i've started about a week or two ago and progressed quickly (got a pad at home and visit arcade frequently) however, i can't seem to hit the arrows three or more arrows on the same thing in rapid succession (ex: down,down,down) as in paranoia anyone have a tip or two to help me? my feet just won't move up and down quick enuf

TetsuoDowntime · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jun 2003

I'm new to the forums, but I'll add my two cents anyways. (n.b. most of what i say is based on ddr max, cuz thats all ive ever played. but you can probably translate my tips onto your game.)

My view on stamina is as follows: play songs until you literally cannot anymore, then get some water, rest for an hour, and keep going. I finally got a good pad for my home system and I've been playing 4-5 hours a day since. Also, if you really want to pass/ace/triple A a song, just keep doing it over and over. I wanted to ace max 300 on light, so i played it about 5 times in a row till i got it. also, training mode helps. I was able to C max 300 on standard after a good 20 minutes training on it.

As far as how to get better: If you are just starting, do the first light mode song, and just work your way through the songs one by one, till youve passed them. then, if most of them are D's or C's, go back and do them till youve got a B or an A on all of them. then do the same on standard, then heavy. If you are having a real tough time on one song, use training mode. then, if youve B/A'd all the heavy songs, move on to Oni. And always remember: there is no stopping point. you can ALWAYS improve, even if you've AAA'd every song on every difficulty.

Yup, i'm done.
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Wow! That's interesting!

Rancidfish · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 5:11 am Post subject:

hephestus15 · Joined: 15 Mar 2003

I cany help but say this, im soo confused when it comes to heavy songs that end up fast, with differant combos of 16th and 8th notes mixed in (Hvy Overblast), im slowly getting better but at my arcade its $1 to play a game so i run about $20 a day when i want to paly a long time

but anyway i was wondering what i could do to get used to rading stuff like mixed in arrows with 16th and 8th note beats without my brain x-ploding! argh anywho, ciao

TetsuoDowntime · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jun 2003

I hear alot of this "spending 10-20 dollars a day in the arcade." Why don't you just save up (or spend a little less each time) for a few months and set up the game at home? then its free forever so you can practice and get really good for tournaments and such (although...i think the arcade pad is a little smaller than my home one...not that it matters much)
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Wow! That's interesting!

Zep · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 7:30 pm Post subject:

yes speending $20 in ddr a day will help alot

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Alejandro · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 1:26 am Post subject:

You see my problem nowadays is that i get to play like once a month maybe twice. And at home i practice on my Ghetto 1337 Air pad. (its invisable and is in front of my computer) But i figure once DDR for xbox comes out i'll be all right

JSON Road · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 4:26 pm Post subject:

I'm fine on stamina and i can pass every heavy song on max 2 except maxx unlimited, but my PA i horrible, on rare occasions i'll get offbeat and get more greats than perfects. I've been playing for about 2 months so i'm trying to get rid of my off-beat-ness before its too late. Passing songs for me is no problem and i can A most songs and B max300 but AA'ing a 6 or 7 foot would be a huge deal. I've tried listening to the music really well and watching the arrows at the top flashing before the song starts and all of those techniques but i still can't manage a get my PA up. If any of you seasoned veterans or anyone else has any pointers i'd be very appreciative. thanks
--Jason
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Kosaka-chan · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 6:28 am Post subject:

I don't know if this has been said already, but, if you really want to improve, get someone who;s really good to be your instructor. (All hail the mighty Jonathan!) My instructor's great, I wouldn't be where I am right now if it wasnt for him.

...and he says I'm one of his best students!

Go Jonathan!
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Bemanixgamer · Trick Member Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: San Francisco

u can ask pros for tips, then say that you're on basic. You ask for tips, which would mostly depends on your synchronization, and moving your hips also. Somehow, when they say that to u, you'll think of yourself doing it on Trick, well, DO IT FOR REALS!!!!, somehow, I got the improvement of doing it on Trick for 2 days, then the next day it was straight to maniac, and maniac2. Got B's and C's on them, and now mostly I can get A's on 9 footers now

53xy N0 Ju75u · Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 1:11 pm Post subject:

Stamina has been a major promble for me. My stamina sucks. i.e... I have to do legend of Max as my very first song of the day to pass it. After that, I can't do heavy songs for 5 minutes (or so) . Then I try it later on... and fail. It is starting to piss me off. Any Advice?
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