Beginner's question

shepherd · Basic Member Joined: 26 Apr 2004

How long did it take you to move to Standard from Light ?
I do most of Light pretty good now but when I try Standard I fail pretty quick.
Any tips?
I've been playing for about a week now.

Frozen V (for Extreme) · Trick Member Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Location: STL, Missouri

to answer your question whenever your ready if you think you can handle light or standard go for it. And i think this thread should be in Gameplay. Sounds like a gmaeplay question.

Culture_Shock · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 2:30 pm Post subject:

A good way to make the leap, is to go by feet rather than by difficulty... find some songs you're good at, and check out their feet rating, then find some songs on standard witht the same feet rating, you should be able to handle thse pretty well, and if you cant, just keep at it! You'll get there eventually...
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thenorrisguy · Basic Member Joined: 02 May 2004 Location: santa fe, tx

a week does sound pretty soon to be worryin about getting away from light. i've been playin for about a month now, and im still on the edge. just have a little patience.

Bri · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Location: Niceville, FL

When I started playing at home with DDRMAX I did all of the songs in Light and didn't move to the next song until I attained an A or B rating. THEN I did Standard. This not only shows you your weaknesses (I passed Rhythm and Police on the first try but failed Groove 2001 multiple times) but also helps you become familiar with certain step patterns, reading arrows, etc.

But it takes patience to go that route.
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chibidjinn · Trick Member Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Location: Central Oregon

3-4 months.

The lesson mode sorta helped me get used to it...I just kept practicing.

gctbob · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Location: ddr pad

i was playing light the second time i ever plaied ddr.. then standard then i got my pad at my house. all i can say is remember that the arrow pattern goes left down up right, and practice songs with faster bpms. o ya and and ongs like 5 footers. what i did was juts play on heavy and try reading the arrows and understand. thats all i really did to get frim light to standard and from standard to heavy. just adjust

shepherd · Basic Member Joined: 26 Apr 2004

Well.. I do all lights pretty well so far. Only missing the five footers (2 of them I believe) and the rest I do with about 80% perfect and rest on greats.
But I understand.. patience and practice and I know one week is not enough for anything.. just wanted to have some idea about other players' experiences.

Oolong · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 6:10 am Post subject:

i was on light for about a year before i moved to standard, but i switched to heavy about 2 weeks later.
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blix · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 8:49 am Post subject:

Just do whatever level you have fun at. If you're bored at Light, then work towards a higher level. if not, say at Light. the point is to do whats fun.