First time, remember?

Ryjohn · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Location: Lombard, IL

Do you remeber what it was like the first time you tried DDR? How bad were you compared to now, or were you good from the get-go?

BeForU~Dude2~ · Trick Member Joined: 13 Oct 2003

in respond to your thread name, no.
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slik · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2003 Location: augusta, ga

I sucked--case closed.
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RevenG_2MB · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 7:08 am Post subject:

Luckily, i got the first DDR game on PS1 before playing at the arcade. I played it so much, that when i finally saw a machine, i knew what to do. other people looked at me like
" THATS HOW YOU PLAY IT!"
I still sucked @ss though.

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BAD_DDR_PLAYER · Trick Member Joined: 02 Jan 2004

yeah i remember. at first i had a dollar in my pocket and i was like WTF?? but i put my dollar in and pick beginner. i no most ppl who play are ussally like "Yeah i rock. i have no F***ing clue how to play but i'm still going to woop your @$$" but i wasn't one of those ppl. so then i pick the saints go marching in becuase it is the only song i no. after about my second fail i leave the arcade to go home. the next week i came back with like $10 and a really determand face on. then this little Asian(not AZN) kid comes up and says is this your first time? i say yeah but i'm pretty bad. he said "obviously" and we both laughed. the kids name was Jeff but i kept getting him confused with my other asian(again, not AZN) kid named James. they looked exactly alike. after the tournament ended i convinced jeff to hop on the pads and play. he was on light so it was a bit uneven but we had a good time, after all that's what counts right? so a little bit after we both needed some cash so i we got this kid named tyler(he is NOT asian or AZN and neither am i if you thought that.) and he gave us some $$ so then i say "dude i'll play with you. we both suck it'll be cool. he said sure put in some money and we played. at this point i was just about at the end of my beginner career and moving on to light mode. after we played i had to leave but jeff and tyler played i think.

come to think of it i never did see Tyler of Jeff again.

Redwngs13 · Trick Member Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Location: Hockeytown

The first time i played DDR i was at a friends house. I don't remember what song i did, but i know it was in beginner mode. All i remember is that i didnt fail my first song!! I got a D! But then i think i went on to get an E on my second try.

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Tamashii Uno · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:51 am Post subject:

I remember my first time DDRing. I talked all kinds of smack, so I was told to put up or shut up. I was forced to dance Healing Vision Angelic Mix (oh harsh!). It was hard, but I beat my friend (on my very first time) and now it is my fav song!
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Pinball · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:46 am Post subject:

I was OK. I got the concept right away and could do 3-footers right off the bat. I think i first saw it on Wild On...
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DTJAAAAMJSLM · Trick Member Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Location: Seattle, WA

I remember failing Have You Never Been Mellow on Basic. I also wasn't sure about when you were supposed to step on an arrow...
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Sabin XIII · Trick Member Joined: 14 Feb 2004

The first time I played DDR was in an arcade. Almost needless to say, I was bad at it. Unfortunately, at the time I was unaware there was a home version of the game, so the only way to practice was at the arcade, which I wasn't about to do. I left and didn't look back.

Many, many months later, a different arcade convinces me to get into it again. I buy DDRMax2 and vow to return to the original arcade once I'm good enough at the game. After a while I learn to pass a few heavy songs, at which point I finally do return to arcade to show the machine who's boss... And discover I had completely forgotten it was a Pump It Up machine.

I got a D on a level 2 song and lost a level 3 one in front of five people.

Jeff's Bawls · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:55 am Post subject:

My first DDR song was Overblast Basic. I actually passed it, because I saw my friend do it first, so I knew when to step. And, ya, of course I'm better now.
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DDRmaniacplayer · Trick Member Joined: 14 Apr 2002 Location: Chandler, AZ

I really sucked when I first started playing, I even failed Silent Hill in the 3rd Mix. I was that bad. But through time, I started getting better and better. It just takes time and practice.

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Pantera · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:03 pm Post subject:

First time I played was at a restaurant that had an arcade in it. I played about $4 worth (at $.75 a turn). I wasn't absolutely horrible, by the time I left I had my first AA (on Beginner though...)
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hinestomato · Trick Member Joined: 27 Jan 2004 Location: IL

lol when i started it was embarrasing to get on the pad... i couldnt pass even a light song thats why i didnt start going to the arcades until i could do most of the heavy songs.
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crazymatt1 · Basic Member Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Location: Auburn, AL

My first song? Abyss on 5th Mix. I sucked bad, but I passed. It took me forever to learn not to go back to the middle after every step. I was hooked from the first song, though.
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ChronoBasher · Trick Member Joined: 02 Feb 2004

My freind kept on bragging about how he got DDR with pads for his house... so figured i go over and give it a shot.

the first song he picked was Look to the sky and I failed it horribly, did all the basic begginer mistakes...being off beat hitting all the arrows with my right foot ect.

then he picked i like to move it, I failed again but I began to get the hang of it. I then passed my generation with a C

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xMrSprinklesx · Trick Member Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Location: Columbia, MD

i was one of those people who got it for the heck of it and ACTUALLY DID lesson mode. i remember it was so hard beating the last lesson. with the sets of 3 8th notes in a row. lol. it was so fun my first time at a machine. i tripped a few times, and failed almost everything

. lol. but for some reason, it was extremely fun.
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Â«Â°ÃÃ¿bÃªÂ®LÃ¸Â®d XÂ°Â»â¢ · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 5:20 pm Post subject:

Although I won't say that I was an expert right off the bat, I do remember that I knew how to play by watching someone else try first.

I first saw DDR when I was at GameWorks in Las Vegas a few years back (in '99, if I remember correctly). It was a 2nd Mix, and when I saw the game I was like "WTF is that?!" THen I saw this guy jump on the machine and play. He wasn't super-impressive (was playing on Basic), but it was enough to peek my interest. So I used my card and played with a friend; we both picked Basic on Boom Boom Dollar. Passed it my first try with a B. I tried another song afterwards (can't remember if it was Kung Fu Fighting or Stomp To My Beat). Failed. But ever since I was hooked, and was determined to learn more about this new game...

The rest is history...
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