Quiting, then coming back after a long time

greyGizmo · Trick Member Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Location: Draper, UT

Have any of quit DDR for good, upset with yourself for wasting countless hours stomping to the beat of TaQ, only to come back and start all over again a few months later?

I stopped playing for awhile (nearly 2 months) but really am getting the urge to start playing again. In your guys' experience, what is the hardest thing about starting again? Stamina, timing, balance, pad presence? I am just curious as to what I will be facing when I go to the arcade next time.

Thanks for any help.
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Ryudori · Trick Member Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Location: New Jersey

It depends how long you played before you quit I guess. If you've been playing for a while it's kinda like riding a bike...your stamina may decrease but other than that I don't think you can really get that out of practice.
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Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

Stamina.
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XrandomnessX · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:14 pm Post subject:

Stamina is easier to get back then your PAing ability, inless you've been playing for a little over 2 years and you quit then it's easier to get back faster.
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DDRNemesis · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Location: Bryan, OH

I quit playing for the whole summer because my pads kept breaking and when I got back to playing I had to adjust a little bu relearning the steps that I had in my head and releaning how to movbe my feet like that. It feels kinda a wierd but then you get used to it again.
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greyGizmo · Trick Member Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Location: Draper, UT

Yeah, I figured stamina would really be the thing you have to gain back. I can see how you would never forget the steps, we have only done it literally hundreds of thousands of times

DDR seems almost like an addiction.
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sirphes · Trick Member Joined: 22 Oct 2003

Whenever I quit, I am much better by the time I come back. I do not understand why this is.

uouuÉ · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jun 2004

my list(1 being the hardest):

1)PA
2)Stamina
3)Balance
4)Presence (whatever you mean by that)
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ryu4366 · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:25 pm Post subject:

It would have to be your PAing ability, and endurance.
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itzmax · Trick Member Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Location: olympia, wa

getting use to the machine again and what other people have been saying, PA..stamina could be just depending on you

xBlah · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Location: Fridley, MN

[ES] GARYsurvivor · Trick Member Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Lakewood, CO

Try this one:
NEVER QUIT AGAIN!
DDR is too precious to stop. Me...been playing for 3 years nonstop and I love it. So I guess I dont know, exept the one time I didn't play for a week and my PA really sucked.

Fr0sty · Trick Member Joined: 16 Sep 2003

You may lose a little bit of speed although stamina is almost definitely a must (if you can pass 10s anyway). Nothing can compare to doing 10 footers after a long break. I mean... it's hard to train for running really fast in the same spot.

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Demiurge · Trick Member Joined: 23 Mar 2002

I quit for about six months before starting again recently.

I lost a lot of stamina. A little speed, too. Max 300 was much harder for me than before.

I'm still just as good as before, though. The only exceptions are the 10 footers that are really fast.

k!tt3n · Trick Member Joined: 03 Nov 2004 Location: El Paso, TX