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Would you consider DDR a sport or not. NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED
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0. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:43 pm    Post subject: Would you consider DDR a sport or not. NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Reply with quote

If any body has paid attention, (probably only me) at the end of the credits on DDRMax2 for PS2, it has Konami Sports something. Just thought i'd point that out and see what type of answers i get
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1. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dude its not really a sport. i dont know why it says that though.
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2. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It could be a "sport". Not like baseball or anything...I mean some people use DDR to workout. One of my friends is in college and he uses DDR to workout. So, it could be a sport for people who want to workout.....

This is just my opinion though.
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3. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I call what I'm doing right now an "Extreme sport."

It's called "Ultimate Sitting."

I mean, hey if Konami is saying it's a sport, then I can declare whatever I want a sport.
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4. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wait up just thought of sumthin, DDR is considered a sport in both Korea and Japan.
actually any Video Game is considered a sport in Korea. Korea rocks.
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5. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spider-X wrote:
wait up just thought of sumthin, DDR is considered a sport in both Korea and Japan.
actually any Video Game is considered a sport in Korea. Korea rocks.


Where is your proof for that?
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6. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spider-X wrote:

actually any Video Game is considered a sport in Korea.


Seriously? cool
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7. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it was a gaming magazine or some DDR source. i cant really remember but i'm pretty sure it was sumthin like game informer or somethin.
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8. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As far as I can tell, the Konami sports contribution to DDRMAX2 is for the Workout mode (notice the logo on the workout config screen).

Its still considered a Bemani game, I'm guessing Konami Sports helped with the workout tracker or calorie counter math.

As for whether DDR is a sport, it depends on what your definition is and since I've seen previous "discussions" on the issue, I won't weigh in.
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9. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

workout =! sport

I could pick up a really heavy object and move it to the next room, was it excercise? yes, is it a sport? no. just because something incorperates excercise, doesn't make it a sport.
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10. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well by definition anything competetive is a sport, even spelling bee's im guessing ddr could be one if it was competetive, but the other definition of sport is physical exercise
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11. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What defines a sport really?

DDR is a sport to me because its the only workout/exercise I get besides walking and running....
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12. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spike wrote:
Spider-X wrote:
wait up just thought of sumthin, DDR is considered a sport in both Korea and Japan.
actually any Video Game is considered a sport in Korea. Korea rocks.


Where is your proof for that?


Ever hear of Starcraft? Go to Korea and tell someone Starcraft isn't a sport.
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13. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know when you do working out mode in Max(not sure about max2)but it says Konami sports.I think they have DDR in like a Gym or something.But thats just a theory.
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14. PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Max573 wrote:
Spike wrote:
Spider-X wrote:
wait up just thought of sumthin, DDR is considered a sport in both Korea and Japan.
actually any Video Game is considered a sport in Korea. Korea rocks.


Where is your proof for that?


Ever hear of Starcraft? Go to Korea and tell someone Starcraft isn't a sport.


First, just because people fanatically play a game doesn't mean it's a sport. If they think it is that doesn't mean that it actually IS. I say the sky is red. One could say that I have a fanatical relationship to the sky, because I see it every day, and prolonged absence of the sky makes me sad. Does this make the sky red? No. The sky is blue. I'm just stupid (or misinformed about colors) if I think it is anything but.

Second, just because one game might be considered a sport doesn't mean ALL things are. What about a game that isn't competitive at all? Is that a sport? That wouldn't make sense because a sport involves competition, so would a game that lacks competition still be a sport?

Third, I asked for proof. I received "I heard it somewhere." Well I've heard that Starcraft isn't a sport. So...what now?
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15. PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 6:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

La Copa de la Vida comes from the Dancemania Sports album.

So I believe it is quite obvious.

DDR is a sport.
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16. PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where does that leave the rest of the songs?
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17. PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmm... Let's look up the word "sport"! *checks dictionary*
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sport P Pronunciation Key (spôrt)
n.
Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
A particular form of this activity.

So... Hell yes. DDR is a sport.
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18. PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cloud9889 wrote:
Hmm... Let's look up the word "sport"! *checks dictionary*
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sport P Pronunciation Key (spôrt)
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Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
A particular form of this activity.

So... Hell yes. DDR is a sport.


What are the rules or customs to DDR? The competition? Can you clear this up?
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19. PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The rule is step on the arrow on the pad when the moving arrow matches up with the stationary arrow. You can use your hands and butt if you feel like it, but most of the time it's with your feet.
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