OUCH! Worst DDR Injuries! (And a question)

Mr. A · Trick Member Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Location: INTERNET

Ok, now I've heard that sometimes people can get pretty wild in the arcade versions of DDR, like doing break-dance moves and flipping and hitting the pads with their hands. Has anyone ever seen anyone get injured playing DDR at home or at an arcade?

(Oh, and btw, are there any threads that list common DDR slang and terminology? One thing I've been looking for a word for is when a person is playing, they get tired or distracted and screw up, and then have trouble getting restarted and end up missing tons of steps or outright failing. I call that "stalling" or when it causes failure "crashing.")

J.R. · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:11 am Post subject:

Racked B@llz on the bar.ouch!
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poornerdkid · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:19 am Post subject:

Well I've sprained my ankle more than a few times at home and i've fallen at the arcade once. But nothing too big.

Actually I was playing Max 300 on light and I just lost my step and slipped onto the nearby Crazy Taxi machine. But I was fortunate for the Crazy Taxi machine.
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radicalfaith360 · Trick Member Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Dover, NH

I slipped off the stage in the arcade and my lungs almost collapsed from over-exhaustion.

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QuestionMark · Trick Member Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Location: Burke,VA

okay worst i've seen was a guy playing the game on doubles and he hit his hand on the bar.....

>Dee · Trick Member Joined: 21 Aug 2003 Location: New Mexico

My friend actually drew blood on ddr he was freestyling and I guess he did a handplant and his finger like got cut on a jagged edge on the bolt
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Mysterio · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2002 Location: Aiken, SC

I've seen people who manage to miss the center of the pad, hit the corner of it with there knee, and severly injure themselves.
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itz the captain · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Location: ha ha!

5 words. NEVER PLAY DDR IN FLIP-FLOPS!!!!!!
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Citizen · Basic Member Joined: 26 Dec 2002

I've only fallen over.. and I've seen a friend fall and draw blood. But, that's it.
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Mekary · Trick Member Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Location: Glen Allen, VA

Fainted, then vomitted BUCKET of vomit all night.

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The Babs · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2002 Location: Here

hm....lesse...

1) Hitting my hand against the side of a kid's head (that was an accident, I swear)

2) a) The one and only time I played without shoes (cuz I was wearing my platforms and those aren't fun to dance in), I nearly slipped off because the two girls before me failed to mention that the pad was recently cleaned with some slippery stuff

b) I hit my toe on a screw

c) Hitting my hand on the safety bar trying to keep balance on slippery arrow O_o (the left and top ones)
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The Tempest · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:29 pm Post subject:

I've been pretty fortunate. Just a handful of blisters. Oh, and my toe turned blue while I was playing in my boots.

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Frank09872 · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:27 pm Post subject:

Minor concussion trying to flip backwards over the bar... friend hurt his ankle
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Vietgurl · Trick Member Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Location: Berkeley, CA

sprained my ankle before falling off my metal pads at home

the other day, i was playing barefoot on my home metal pads and my foot got stuck in one if the screws and i ripped a chunk of skin off the bottom of my foot.

happened before too at the arcade when a friend asked me if i could play barefoot....hmm, i did pretty well until i tore a chunk of skin off the bottom of my foot (darn screw) and it started bleeding all over hte place.
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Mr. A · Trick Member Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Location: INTERNET

I just got my worst injury.

I had been playing DDR for about an hour, went from "beginner" to "normal" OK, but my legs ACHE this morning! Is that... uh, normal?