DDR Mental block?

Fate · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:59 pm Post subject: DDR Mental block?

I got DDR about 2 weeks ago, maybe 2 and a half. Since then I went from Light to Heavy. I'm a heavy player but I'm staying at the same skill. I am not getting any better any more... and I am playing about as much. I was flying in progress for a while, but then about a week ago when I hit heavy I got stuck. I am stuck on 7 foot songs, and I once passed a nine footer which I cannot do anymore. Am I in a mental block? Has this happened to anyone else? How do I cure it?

Tomo_kun · Trick Member Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Location: SE-WI.

2 Weeks and your at heavy?

Lay off the DDR for a while. This might help.
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LazyAsian · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 6:14 pm Post subject:

yeah take a break, you might be getting ahead of yourself
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Fate · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 6:28 pm Post subject:

But... ddr is all I have left to do! All my other games I have beaten or am too high level to wanna spend the time of beating... And thanks on being impressed

. I don't mean to sound vain, but I do think I was progressing very well. I just can't understand whats wrong.. are there any different solutions?

eyebrowsoffire · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject:

Whore a 9 footer to death. If you play at home, that is. Same thing happened to me, and I progressed at about the same rate as you, then I just whored the crap out of Afronova Primeval, and it got me going again.
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I always found that if you continue to play non-stop, you'll sorta get worse. Take a break for a day or two.

Red L!NK · Trick Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: Anderson SC

Are you not having fun any more?
If you are still having fun whats so bad about not getting better fast?
If you don't stop play'n you will get better As long as you play more then 3 songs

It will just take more time the better you get.
If you got to where you could do Flashing 10steps and get AAAs in about 4week I don't think you would like DDR for very long.
Do you?
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graveyardrave · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:50 am Post subject:

7-footers in weeks? Wow!

You rock!
I've been playing for a couple years, it's good to lapse- even for a couple weeks at a time. You'll miss songs and then ravage them when you play again.

Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

You are missing the basics by moving up in difficulty too fast. Don't move to the next level before you actually get decent grades.
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shocker · Trick Member Joined: 04 Oct 2004

yeah i had your kind of progress and my progress did sort of slow down once i hit 7 footers, put i did slowly progress.

more importantly, like syaxx said, you will miss the basics. two things i never really learned are turning and gallops. turning is for steps like L,D,R where you use your right foot for D and left foot for L and R. very important skill that i still need to learn. gallops are important too...you can practice them on tsugaru.

goodtimesddr · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:18 am Post subject:

Well maybe you're not inspired to play ddr any better. Try watching ddr videos.
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Fate · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:37 pm Post subject:

I don't know the turns, and I don't whore songs. The only two songs on DDR Extreme home I can't pass on standard are Maximizer and TLoM. I don't whore songs, but I just... stopped progressing. I find ddr fun, but I just don't see whats goin on. I wasn't playing much either, 2 hours a day at most maybe. Most of the time 1 hour or less, since football tired me out pretty much.

Xayro · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: Kokomo, IN

Uhh how's this a mental block?

oh wait. I get it now.

Well try whoreing a 9-footer as the other said. If that don't work... play.. you'll get better over time.

Small Step, G!ANT Step, smaller steps...
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Fate · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:51 pm Post subject:

alright. thanks for all the tips people. I think Ill start by taking a day or two off, then Ill try whoring a few songs. Ill let you guys know tomorrow or the next day if Im still... stuck

mtwieg · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:53 pm Post subject:

whoring is the worst possible way to improve. all it teaches you is how to pass one song. nobody gets good by learning to pass one song at a time. you should take time to make sure you can pass all 5 and 6 footers. if you rush, you will never get the fundamentals you need.

LastVampiel · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject:

The DDR learning curve is a little different for everyone, but I had about the same growth. Mad-awesome in a short time, but then just kinda crapped out. I found that going back and working on specific types of steps, not just in one song, really helped me level, for lack of a better word. For example, cross-overs, gallops, et cetera...
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Fate · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:16 pm Post subject:

the notes I have most trouble with are definately the yellow ones (1/16 I think) and the green ones (not a clue). Anyone know any songs on DDR Extreme home that incorporate these but not too massively, so as for learning?

Zerom · Trick Member Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Location: Ohio

i was at the same lvl at 1-2 weeks ive been playing 4 months and im a 9-10,it takes longer for other people just keep playing

Tomo_kun · Trick Member Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Location: SE-WI.

http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=7850300#7850300

Yeah.. (Above post is personal opinoin).

Tidbit: I didn't start playing DDR religiously untill 1.5 to 2 years after I started playing. I didn't get to standard untill 2 months after I started playing religiously. After that, Heavy was sort of easy to get to, but, dont work yourself up over the game.
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