The Official Introductions Thread! Introduce yourself here!

[AuntieM]

Hi. I'm called AuntieM because I'm old enough to be your auntie or at least your much older sister. I'm probably as old as ddrmom at least, but I don't have the excuse she has for playing ddr. My kids (9 and 7) are too young to compete. However, they still do better than me. I won't even tell you how sorry my performance is.

But I have to say to you young whippersnappers - keep it up. DDR is really good for you (except for the cost of playing in arcades!)

I'm wondering - has anyone here lost a lot of weight with the game? I've seen the testimonials and news articles, but I was hoping to get a feel for the experience of people using these boards.
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[***WILLIS***]

well i was 150 pounds in 6th grade, and im still 150 going into 11th grade, so u can say ive lost weight
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[AuntieM]

Yowsa, limpbizket! I've noticed from some of the videos that the winners are kind of, shall we say, very fit looking. (skinny)

How many hours a week do you practice? How about everyone else? I've been playing about 5 hrs/week for the last two months but I've only lost a few lbs. But I have a feeling that some of you are a little more compulsive.
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[PezCat]

I think "Obsessive-compulsive" would be a better description, at least in my case.

I've been playing since January, am up to Heavies now, and I've lost 40-45 pounds in that time (used to weigh 285). I play anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half a day, depending on how tired I am/am not, and what songs/difficulties I'm playing. I think I lost like 10 pounds in the first month I played, but at that weight, I'm not surprised it burned fast.

PezCat
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Fatcatting on the pad since Jan. '04

[***WILLIS***]

hmm well i usually go for 5-6 hours at a time, and i go about 2-4 times a week, lol putt putt owns, 80 tokens for $10 and 3 tokens a play, cant beat that
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[SuPeRmArIoWaNaBe]

my name is DaRkDaNcEr for life from staten island But born raised in Brooklyn i own all ddr versions and have two dance pads
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[AuntieM]

Pez, congratulations on the major weight loss. You must feel great.
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[jonathan_200255]

my name is Jonathan i started posting august 5th and i live in illinois. i think im decent i play standard/heavy usually 7 or 8 foot songs
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im 13 i play ddr nothing else 4 u 2 kno

[DDaiRman]

Hi, I'm Aaron , I just graduated high school. I'm from Omaha, NE, I'm kinda a newbie to DDR, and I basically just started getting into it, my best score is an embarassing A on standard on Dream a Dream

[ZeroZeroOne]

Greetings, everyone. I am ZeroZeroOne. A 25-year-old From Toronto, Canada. I got introduced to DDR a few years ago. Since then I lost a total of 60 pounds since then. I gained a bit since getting an office job, but getting back down to ideal weight. An ideal play consists of $10-15 a day, 2-4 days a week, playing nothing but heavy mode.


It's nice meeting everyone here.
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[***WILLIS***]

lol thx, heh i think i lost about 5 lbs today, oni comboed 300 for th first time and got an A, 86 greats, 1 good, 2 boos....not far from a AA, hehe one of our arcades got another extreme so now they have 2, ima try to talk to them into getting 4th+ or 5th, then ill play a lot more lol
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[Shaddox]

Heyo everyone

My name is Jimmy and as you can prolly guess im a fan of DDR. I haven't been playing that long and im prolly not as good as even 70% of the memebers of this forum but oh well. Before i tried it i thought DDR was really easy (boy was i wrong ) (hey is that emoticon the female cocky laugh? "Ho ho ho ho"? lol). But ever since trying it with a group of friends ive been hooked i even bought a dance pad and DDRMAX2 (shoulda taken MAX1 heh).

All of my friends and I have a real blast playing together even though all of us can only do maybe 5-6 footers. I can pull off 7-8footishs on standard with no MODS on the songs.

Well personal biography on my DDR experience aside I hope to get to know these forums pretty well so see you guys around
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[loli-chan]

yay i finally signed up!!

~loli

[bluchekerdbandit]

after many many months of trying to sign up and post i finaly made it! lol but ive been playing ddr a liitle before the summer of 2004 i think im pretty good i can finish allmost everything on heavy except for some 8's 9's and max's but im havily into ddr, play it as much as possible lol i live in michigan and usually go to the mall and play it, hey what a ko-inkie-dink im goin today! lol im also a hardcore "raver" i love to party ive made a few mixes and songs to my stage names riup if u want a cd just ask = P ok thats enough for now!
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[ArrowDanceR033]

hey everyone! i have been a member of this thing for a few months but neva had the courage to post! My name is ArrowDanceR033 from PA and i have been ddring for almost 2 years now? I was introduced to it by my cousins in late november i think in 2002? I have PS2 and all of the mixes for it and PS1! Soon i will be investing in metal pads cause i just rip through the cheapy ones!! Any references for cheap good, bar, metals?? I would be glad to hear about some? Perferably not ebay? I am okay at ddr usually 7-8 footers which is good cause i weigh A LOT! but so far for me i toned up and am more coordianted but no go on the weight loss! That was awesome about that person in the chat loosing that weight! Good for you! CONGRATS!! Well i hope to be chatting more and seeing peeps at arcades?
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No. of machines that i blessed by dancing on: 9
No. of AAA's: 9

[Hamster]

Whoops. I didnt introduce myself here. Sorry.
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[(D)an(D)a(R)edhead]

Hello all!
I am Dan da redhead. I doubt very many people will read this, b.c i sure didn't have the patience to read through them all (only got to page 2). I was one of those kids who thought DDR was a dumb game... of course at teh time, i had never tried it. First time and i was hooked. Now, my main goal in life is to be that 40 year old DDR player known only as RED, who beats all the young whipper-snappers at their own game(b/c it will take that long to get good at the game), but then i'm sure there are already people just like that. But what can i tell the DDR Freak community that they don't know. I am a 14 year old Ohioian who has aspirations of world domination, but once again, who doesn't? I love Star Wars, sarcasm, and am learning to play guitar. I won't say much about my DDR skills, b/c even as I like to think they are good, i know I wouldn't stand a chance against anyone here. Well, cyall in about 26 years : )

P.S.-I don't like smileys unless they are just the collon and pharenticy(or spelling for that matter)
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Have a nice day!

[Silver*Star Dancer]

Um...me? Oh. Hiya everypeoples! I'm Silver*Star Dancer. I've been playing DDR since well, 2003. *ponder* I'm decent at DDR.....I can't do heavy yet tho...

So, I'm your average girl who is obsessed with the best game ever, so, boo-bye!!!! ^^

[Giga Geno]

Hey Hey,

I am a new member... My cousin is King Klubz and I just played DDR the other day and loved it... And he showed me this forum so... Hi!

-PDDIGI
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[JailMate]

Hey im JailMate, this is my first post here. I just got DDR last thursday for the ps2...and i love it