ddr and height

shocker · Trick Member Joined: 04 Oct 2004

all the really good ddr players i know are all short...like under 5'7". i'm 6'3" and been playing for about 2 months now. i'm ok (can past a few 9 footers like breakdown) but i can't achieve the kind movement required for some of the other 9 and 10 footers. i'm just wondering if height really does affect ddr performance, and if there are any really good tall ddr players here.

goodtimesddr · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:11 pm Post subject:

Forget about that kind of logic. Your abilities to play are in your skills, and not your height. For starters, tall people with long legs have an obvious advatage and they could move their feet around with not much effort. Plus tall people have big feet which they could step on 2 arrows with not much movement.
Short people with stubby legs have to move their legs alot more due to the length of their legs.
So in conclusion being short doesn't give you any kind of advatage.
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)D(D)R(!)K(I)D( · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Location: NH

Im 6 feet and I dont think it changes anything...

I mean kids who are 5'4'' have muscle mass for moving around the certain weight they have and so do people who are 6'3''

i think it just depends on what kind of shape your in...if you work out a lot you will probably (not always) be better than someone who sits around and eats potatoe chips all day...and also it depends on how good you are at DDR....

MegamanX · Basic Member Joined: 10 Aug 2004

I think tall people have a harder time raping the bar because they'd have to crouch in order to do it.

So that's why I think shorter people have an easier time playing this game.

ZephyrGlaze · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV

LastVampiel · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject:

All the really good people I know, including myself, are pretty tall. I mean, I am 5'11" and a lot of the people I know are taller than me, and can dance circles around me, so I do'n't think height has anything to do with it. Rotational mechanics, maybe. But not height.
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|cey · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 5:31 pm Post subject:

I, myself am 5'8", and I think that taller people can an advantage, not too tall though. I think people around 5'10"ish have an advantage over the rest.. because the length of their legs.. and ability to use the bar..

Those are just my thoughts though..

I sorta had a hard time doing So Deep while bar raping it..
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chibidjinn · Trick Member Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Location: Central Oregon

That's another reason why I don't bar hug or rape.

I don't find height a problem...I am also short...but I still find ways around.

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|Ð¼âÎ³Ï| TADA · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Location: JP, CO

haha I dont think it really matters I'm like 5'7 and there are people taller than me that school me. besides its hard to do doubles when your short.
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-joe- · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Location: lv

im 6'3

My height doesn't affect me at all. Although, I can't compare it to anything because i wasnt playing DDR back when i was 5'8
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ZephyrGlaze · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV

|Ð¼âÎ³Ï| TADA · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Location: JP, CO

yeah

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Kick_The_Butterfly · Basic Member Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Location: The Underworld

I think its harder for taller people. I dont know why. I'm pretty short (5'3") and i kno alot of guys that play that are like around 6feet and they sometimes have a hard time doing harder songs...
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DJ_Ax3l · Trick Member Joined: 12 Aug 2004

i'm 6'4 (and i'm 14 yrs old)

it had affect my gameplay before(take me more time to reach the 5-6 footers songs(now a 7-8 footer(i'm proud of this^^))),now it's ok,all u have to do is to devlop your stream and speed by doing fast songs like max 300 and just to catch the beat^^
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Reznor · Trick Member Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Location: Coquitlam, BC

<--- = 6'2, and I don't seem to have a hard time. I could imagine short people having a hard-core disadvantage doing doubles, and tall people having a big advantage. Le stubby legs cant reach to the otehr pad fast enough :'(.

eyebrowsoffire · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:32 pm Post subject:

Some kid who was like 4 feet tall came in and passed a bunch of 9 footers with me...I was like, whoa.
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rampage · Administrator Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Redmond, WA

1) This topic belongs in Gameplay
2) Height equating to skill is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.