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Behemoth
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0.  Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject: DDR really is dead... (funny news story) |
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I was looking through some news articles on the internet when I came across one that said "Video Games to make you sweat" and immediately thought they would mention DDR... and of course they did... like 3/4 of the way down the article. Here's a little entry from the article, explaining how popular the game is (or how I perceived it at first):
| Quote: | But experts' pessimism didn't dampen enthusiasm of Jason Enos, product manager for Konami Digital Entertainment, who soaked through his T-shirt after hours of demonstrating his company's smash hit, ``Dance Dance Revolution.'' Players tap their feet to the correct circle on a floor pad, based on cues on the screen.
Advanced levels require fancy footwork, but players work up a sweat even on the easiest level. Players may enter height and weight to determine calories burned per minute, and they may compete against 15 other people worldwide.
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WOW! 15 other people worldwide! Guess I better call up those 15 people and beat all of them, so I can be the world champ of DDR in record time! I think that ET game for the Atari even had more people than 15 playing it! Also, it's not stepping on circles, its squares. Heres the full article.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/01/16/f3.bz.fitness.0116.html
Well it gave me a laugh at least.  |
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TheLegendofEX
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| 1. Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:00 am Post subject: |
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Lol. That's kinda funny.
HILARIOUS. 
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Phil Hellmuth
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| 2. Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:54 am Post subject: |
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Thats because ITG is out and is WAYYYYYYYY BETTER than it
no argument there
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SPF5.Lev
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| 3. Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:10 am Post subject: Re: DDR really is dead... (funny news story) |
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| Behemoth wrote: |
WOW! 15 other people worldwide! Guess I better call up those 15 people and beat all of them, so I can be the world champ of DDR in record time! I think that ET game for the Atari even had more people than 15 playing it! Also, it's not stepping on circles, its squares. Heres the full article.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/01/16/f3.bz.fitness.0116.html
Well it gave me a laugh at least. |
I would assume it was referring to Xbox live with simultaneous play:
| http://www.konamihwi.com/ddr_ultramix2/flash_index.html wrote: | | Xbox Live subscribers can take full advantage of the Battle Mode system to challenge up to 3 opponents while online! New Modes include Tournament mode, where you can challenge up to 15 other players in a showdown to be the next Ultramix 2 champ! |
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Sir_Zebo
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| 4. Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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| lol thats great |
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[Team Conglom-o]XALAsToR
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| 5. Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: DDR really is dead... (funny news story) |
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| Addrtcgicted wrote: | | Behemoth wrote: |
WOW! 15 other people worldwide! Guess I better call up those 15 people and beat all of them, so I can be the world champ of DDR in record time! I think that ET game for the Atari even had more people than 15 playing it! Also, it's not stepping on circles, its squares. Heres the full article.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/01/16/f3.bz.fitness.0116.html
Well it gave me a laugh at least. |
I would assume it was referring to Xbox live with simultaneous play:
| http://www.konamihwi.com/ddr_ultramix2/flash_index.html wrote: | | Xbox Live subscribers can take full advantage of the Battle Mode system to challenge up to 3 opponents while online! New Modes include Tournament mode, where you can challenge up to 15 other players in a showdown to be the next Ultramix 2 champ! |
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Yes. most certainly. These are the people we like to call idiots who make posts like these  |
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djmon
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| 6. Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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so how is DDR dead? 
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Reenee
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| 7. Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| trupnoi wrote: | | so how is DDR dead? |
Especially when Konami hasn't said anything? |
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ICNH
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| 8. Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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I hope to god it's not dead.
(Then again, the prices may drop on a machine and I can get one for myself!  )
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Reenee
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| 10. Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Reenee wrote: | | trupnoi wrote: | | so how is DDR dead? |
Especially when Konami hasn't said anything? |
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Behemoth
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| 11. Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: DDR really is dead... (funny news story) |
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| [Team Conglom-o]XALAsToR wrote: | | Addrtcgicted wrote: | | Behemoth wrote: |
WOW! 15 other people worldwide! Guess I better call up those 15 people and beat all of them, so I can be the world champ of DDR in record time! I think that ET game for the Atari even had more people than 15 playing it! Also, it's not stepping on circles, its squares. Heres the full article.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/01/16/f3.bz.fitness.0116.html
Well it gave me a laugh at least. |
I would assume it was referring to Xbox live with simultaneous play:
| http://www.konamihwi.com/ddr_ultramix2/flash_index.html wrote: | | Xbox Live subscribers can take full advantage of the Battle Mode system to challenge up to 3 opponents while online! New Modes include Tournament mode, where you can challenge up to 15 other players in a showdown to be the next Ultramix 2 champ! |
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Yes. most certainly. These are the people we like to call idiots who make posts like these |
Yeesh... people on these boards are harsh. I realize that the 15 other people playing meant some kind of multiplayer mode. I was just trying to poke fun at people who don't know how to explain DDR, like the article said "4 circles on a floor pad" and "calories burned per minute against 15 other people worldwide". I guess DDRFreaks are too stiff for jokes these days.  |
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[Team Conglom-o]XALAsToR
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| 12. Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:53 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, yes they are. |
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Sinistar
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my99sl1
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| 14. Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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that would be crazy if you had to enter your height and weight
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kuto_kento
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| 15. Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| my99sl1 wrote: | | that would be crazy if you had to enter your height and weight |
Think it's crazy, try workout mode. Just kiddng, no one plays workout mode anyways. |
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[ES] GARYsurvivor
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| 16. Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah...interesting. At least this article and/or commercial and/or news thing didn't make DDR look stupid.
Ya know, I realised that CAS.Sgt.LTR has a really bad avatar and Footstep has a bad signature. The poisoned minds of modern society... |
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-Mystik-
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| 17. Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| CAS.Sgt.LTR wrote: | Thats because ITG is out and is WAYYYYYYYY BETTER than it
no argument there |
  i'm going to have to agree on that one..
back to the topic at hand..humor!?!?!? who needs humor these days?!?!
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