DDR world record broken at over 37 hours

Viewtiful_Joe · Basic Member Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Location: DE

Thats great. doin somethin that he loves, and gettin money for a good cause. im guessin he he was pacin himself by usin Light songs and when he was especially tired, maybe Beginner

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DDRDooD · Trick Member Joined: 29 Nov 2003

Thats awesome, Id probaly fail like the 20th basic song cause I'd fall asleep of boredom

Thats awesome though cause he raiseed money by doing something that I would pay to do. Think of it, playing DDR for 1.5 days and not having to pay for it

good job.

radicalfaith360 · Trick Member Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Dover, NH

Wow! That's a LONG time to play DDR nonstop. Good job!

RXevo · Trick Member Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Location: Irohazaka

i now have inspration, cuz ive been planning this for a while

but now what good charities are there to benefit
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brie84 · Trick Member Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Location: nh

Holy cow...the longest I've gone was for 6 hours...that is so awesome ! Way to go Drew Gamble !

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redviper · Trick Member Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Location: Spartanburg, SC

question. Any AAA's or AA's??? and what was the difficulty on the machine set on.

In the future I may actually try to beat this.
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a_seal · Trick Member Joined: 28 Feb 2003

This is news?

Wow, I suppose that means Israel doesnt exist anymore.

I can understand that its for charity and all, but I find it sad that people are all anal about this.

Hm. Some guy with insomnia stood and looked at a screen for 1 1/2 days. This isnt much of an accomplishment, I mean sure, you would get tired, but I'd rather donate money to a person running a marathon or something than a guy standing and moving one foot every 2 seconds.

Then you know that your money was worked hard for, and not just "endured" for.

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Keep in mind, Im right in the middle of a CALM 20 class right now, so I currently hate the news and sob stories such as this one.

I also understand it's importance on this site because it IS ddr.
I just want to know something, what difficulty of songs did these guys play?

Maniac? Wow.
Light? Psh.
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HRLVCam · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Location: LVN

ubove poster not nice, but to each his own. thumbs up man.

t3nacious · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2003

Thank you everyone. It was a lot harder than we thought it would be. And to the guy above me, yeah it may sound easy, but don't talk sh.it about what we did until YOU try playing ddr straight for 37 and a half hours straight. Peace.

IguanaGrrl · Staff Member Joined: 17 Jan 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA

Ok, something I think that a lot of people are ignoring here is that the general public could care less about AA's, AAA's, light vs. maniac and the like.

All they care about is that someone is doing it and they're doing it for a good cause. The general public could care less about DDR for the most part, it's the cause of this record breaking attempt that is the important part. It's the cause that made this noteworthy, not whether or not the guy did it while bar raping on one foot and singing the national anthem.

If you were playing DDR for the entire time like he was, I'm sure you would end up resorting to modes like beginner mode after that long. Maybe the guy actually CARED to have a body afterwards. Give it a shot, I'd like to see you play maniac songs for 37 and a half hours and be able to walk afterwards.

*rolls eyes* I just can't believe some people. Life doesn't revolve around DDR, gang. Try focusing on the cause rather than the means to it.
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DJ Drew · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 6:43 am Post subject:

37.5 hours, eh? that's pretty dang impressive. heh heh, you've got my props man. i've gone Heavy for probably 8 hours straight tops, and seeing that 8 as less than 1/4 of your time makes it look like squat. and myself being an Eagle Scout, seeing the money go to a worthy cause is a very good thing. props to you, man!
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Misaki's Midnite Blaze · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 10:17 am Post subject:

Gotta admit this guy musta had guts to do something like this....man I'd be dead after 12 hours....hahahaha doesn't he post on the forum? I'd love to hear what his comments are after all the ddr he's done lol

Congrats for all that work man...you sure made a difference lol
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rk_cr · Basic Member Joined: 22 Nov 2003

I'm not sure why anyone else is pointing this out, but has anyone here ever walked for 37 hours straight? Or tried to stay up that long simply moving the entire time? Or better yet, who of you work for 8 hours straight and find themselves losing concentration every once in a while? Imagine having to do an easy job, but for 37.5 hours straight!

It's less a matter of stamina, more a matter of concentration, because after so many hours the chances are that you are just going to lose it and start stepping off the beat or something.

Oh, and for all you people who are complaining about it not being on heavy, how long do you actually consider an incredible amount of time playing nothing but heavy steps?

L1nK · Trick Member Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Location: Kansas

In my opinion, beginner would seem like heavy after 12 hours due to the fatigue and concentration requirments.
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Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

It didn't count cuz he was using the bar.

Congratulations to Drew. That's just amazing.
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IdontGETtired · Basic Member Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Location: Bend, OR

Chris and Drew DID follow the rules, and the only reason Chris didn't last that long was because someone duped them into playing Sakura on heavy after already playing for 17 or so hours. Drew passed, Chris didn't. Big deal they're still my friends.

L1nK · Trick Member Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Location: Kansas

So pretty much the only "rule broken" according to the article, is that both of you will not be the world record setter. Stupid article. Anyway, i have 2 questions for Drew. 1. Is your arcade open 24 hours, or did you have to arrange something with the manager, and 2. Did you have to contact Guiness and convince them to be at the arcade or what? If you don't want to post it, send me a PM.

EDIT...I don't like using the bar ever, but I can see why you'd need it during those long, gruelling hours. Don't flame me please.
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