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DAF · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Location: In CP

but the 10's in DDR vary in difficulty as well. You can't compare Bag to Paranoia Survivor Max on Oni...but then I guess you can't compare Paranoia Survivor Max on Oni to Pandemonium either.
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Rancidfish · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:19 am Post subject:

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I guess my point was, since the MAXes and PARANOiAs are flying by at such a nice clip, and are so step-heavy (unlike æ¡), I simply can't BS through them on a first playthrough. ItG 10's are definitely 10's; they'd be so on DDR, a lot of them flashing even, but since they have 10's at 130BPM and such, I can just kind of fudge through them. I won't score well, and it'll take a lot of practice to refine my stepping on them, but they're entirely passable on an initial read-through. It's no doubt I can score much better on MAX 300 than I could with the ItG 10's, but I'm rating them on a passability scale, rather than a scoring scale. If that makes any sense. Although I did say there were exceptions, and Mythology and Disconnected Hyper certainly are.

I suppose you could say the bottom tier of the 10's are similar to DDR 10's, but unlike DDR the "10 tier" goes up, to the limit of, and including 11's, then to 12's, etc.

Zodiac became a 9? It's borderline, but considering its speed I guess that makes it overall less intense.
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DAF · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Location: In CP

Apparently ITG2 is going to be released and i'm hoping my arcade will get a version of it. Looking at it now though how are they going to top a song like pandemonium with its 900+ max combo. I guess they can make it so that you have to use your hands in a 1/16 run...
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Rancidfish · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:46 pm Post subject:

noobuskahn · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:16 pm Post subject:

Ok, so if I'm beginning on ITG and I can AA Max 300 then I could probably start out with 10's (in ITG)?
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Rancidfish · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:30 pm Post subject:

Yes, but the skills are slightly different. A lot of ItG 10s involve 1/16th runs at 180 BPM or faster... which is 20% faster than the 1/8th note runs in MAX 300.

However, you'll still likely be able to pass the songs fairly easily. Also be on the lookout, though, since ItG songs are two minutes long as opposed to one and a half.
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RicoSuave · Trick Member Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Location: Bronx,New York

Can someone please Explain to me how in the Groove WorkS? Can songs be
installed ? Does it really work like stepmania?
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Disconnected airSpirit · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:18 pm Post subject:

Jboy and FEPJustgayenuf in NC have passed Pandemonium.

I believe Jboy's done it again, and knowing Fep he probably has as well.

There's a few others that are giving it a try too. I personally do not like fast songs nor do I have the skill to handle such hard steps, so it ain't happening for me anytime soon.

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Rancidfish · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject:

I'm thinking of writing something up about easiest 12s, as well, since I just passed my own first 12 (VerTex... and I still get too tired for Charlene), but I realized there are only five 12s, and any of them could really work as a "first" 12, since they're hard in wildly different ways. For example, I know a guy who can pass Hardcore of the North and Tell, but not Delirium or VerTex, despite the fact that they're considered the easiest 12s by many people.

Anybody have any suggestions?
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PKMN.YnoT · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:43 pm Post subject:

Well, there was that thread about ranking 12's earlier... ... http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=103061
which you obviously read before since you posted in that thread.

I guess you can write about how each is hard in its own way, like Euphoria with its 32nd runs, Vertex and HotN with its speed changes (and that 612bpm in Vertex, HotN's combination of 16ths and 16th triplets), Delirium with its easy stuff except for the huge 16th run, Tell with its 16th jump... etc (of course I'm just generalizing).
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yumr!ce · Trick Member Joined: 31 Dec 2002 Location: New zealand

Excellent excellent excellent explanation on itg. I can't wait till we actually get it over here. We are so unworthy!!!

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Dancing Dan · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:10 pm Post subject:

I honestly havnet played DDR in months, and ive only just been eyeing ITG from here at my computer seat. It sounds very interesting as far as new feeatures compared to DDR. I may have to pick this up once it comes out for the PS2.....maybe ill be able to find an arcade machine near me.
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