Sexist game.. at first.

[DarkSecretLove666]

when i started playing the game, all my friends said it was a girls game and all that stuff, made fun of me, called me a faag, and it pissed me off, i went to the weirs for some disco night thing, and there were mostly guys there, i wanna know why people are so hipocritical about this game, and why people say its a girls game.. (there were also some hot girls in skirts )
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im not that good at ddr.. but im getting there..

[TylerC]

I can think of three reasons:

1)They're just jealous

2)They've never tried it

or

3)They have tried it, but are horrible at it, so they think it's "gay".
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[Xiao]

I agree

Also they have tired it but got laughed at and or embarrassed..
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[Gsmurf]

I read this topic title and armed my flamethrower. Thank God you were opposing the stereotype. I couldn't agree more with other posts. People are just ignorant.

[xMaterialGurlx11]

I can't believe ppl would say that! I happen to know tons of guys that play ddr and I find nothing wrong w/ that. To tell u the truth I've only seen like 5 girls play the game and they weren't even that good. LoL.
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He's so fine and hot to see, his character's name is Kennedy. He dances so great and dances so free, I wish he could be mine, all to me!
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~Erica V.

[nyssa]

Uh...I find it odd that you'd say it's stereotyped as a girls' game - we girls are vastly outnumbered by the guys, especially as you get to Heavy level. I've seen two girls other than me playing on Heavy, whereas I've seen like a dozen guys playing on Heavy. All the girls are stuck on Light, Standard every now and then, or they don't play at all.

...but that's okay! More guys = more eye candy.
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[DaBesDiabetic]

dark I play at wiers penny arcade.
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Bar rape is a crime to.

[DarkSecretLove666]

im saying other people say that, i know its every1s game!

i play at the weirs penny arcade, i spent 135$ on that machine in a week, dabes we shud meet ther sometime!
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im not that good at ddr.. but im getting there..

[nyssa]

[DarkSecretLove666]

true, barely any.
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im not that good at ddr.. but im getting there..

[Sinistar]

Here's a lesson in perspectives for everybody.

1) List as many male dancers as you can think of in 5 minutes.

2) Remove the names of all the male dancers who would not be considered 'masculine'

3) Are the remaining names those of actual gay men?

It's not a matter of people being unable to play or being jealous. It's that in this day and age, the ability to 'dance' or the enjoyment of dancing and music is still seen as a rather effeminate trait. Especially when that dancing is done largely by oneself and not as part of a larger alcohol fueled dating ritual.

Interestingly enough, this likely would not have been the case in, say, the 40's and 50's when Hollywood was pumping out musicals left and right that featured singing, dancing leading men who were considered quite masculine for the time. Those movies are long gone, however, and with them went the appreciation for male dance.

While DDR certainly isn't the same as tap, swing, ballet, et cetera, it carries the same stigma today from those who would deride such things. That's not going to change any time soon.

You guys (and girls) get it especially bad, though. Your peer groups are, by their very nature, largely immature and unable to live and let live. It's a lot easier when you're 30 and can defend yourself effectively.
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[xphoguytonyx]

No one in my area gives a damn if its a girl or a guy game.

they only care on how well u try to play the game.

last nite this guy was lke finish playing the game. i told psh.. .im stopping bc i ve bee nhere since 6pm . i better get going bc it was 1130pm.

not only that, ive been playing ddr at home around 11am.
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[Irob]

Nah, this isn't the sexiest game ever.
The sexiest game I can imagine right now is...


well maybe that's a little too sexy
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[DarkSecretLove666]

sinistar uve got great points, i just wish all the people that make fun of other people would read your post.
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im not that good at ddr.. but im getting there..

[Verified]

i also thought it said Sexiest game... at first. I was thinking, yeah, it does seem sexy at times. *like teaching my GF how to play, and she's been playing "Dance Dance Revolution" on standard. not my fault, but its easy to make her laugh like that*

I think that people call it a Girls game because speedy dancing like that is generally thought of as a girl thing.
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[TrippinTheTrance]

also because alot of the songs are kind of girly. Granted there are some pretty cool songs, but the only ones it seems people play at the arcade around here is Butterfly, Look to the Sky, and other types of girl-oriented songs. Personally, i like those songs, but they are geared more towards girls.
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