Worldwide Pump It Up Tournament Planned for November

DancingMewtwo · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:04 am Post subject:

Even though I don't even play PIU, only DDR...

...the no-bar rule sucks.

If they didn't want the bar to be used it never should have been put on the machine in the first place. This will cause the most horrible thing ever -- a nationwide precedent where other tournaments will disallow bar use because this one did.

The only way to even possibly counter this is to have DDR or ITG follow suit and do a worldwide tournament but allow the bar.
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ColorOfSakura · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:23 am Post subject:

Sounds like someone over at Andamiro has been reading The 10K Commotion.

Seriously though, that's an AWESOME idea. I hope there's some way to get footage from it.
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CryptopsyBodom · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:28 am Post subject:

Didn't they announce this on the Korean site a few months ago?

TheMaster42 · Trick Member Joined: 17 Feb 2003

Will the community likely be getting together and forming teams to train and do stuff, or will it just be a "whoever shows up and rocks gets to go"?

I don't post or pay attention much on the forums, even less for PIU. But I was interested in competing in the freestyle portion.

Any tips on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated!

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xxxplizit Eta · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:10 pm Post subject:

babyvoxlover · Trick Member Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Location: Brighton

Awesome, this finally got posted up.

Actually worldwide Pump comps are nothing new, there were several last year and a big event has just finished in Mexico.

Hope this helps extends the life of dance games for a while longer.
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yyr · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:02 am Post subject:

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*Totally agrees with YYR on that*
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Baka of the Orochi · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: Chicago area

I don't know about the bar being removed completely.

I'm the same with yyr on using the bar, except I CAN pass everything without the bar...but I'm completely shot for pretty much anything else right after. My stamina is garbage now (I blame my age), and whenever I feel like playing 10-footers (or higher level CZ songs on PIU), I don't like to destroy myself just because of one song.

But for tournaments, I think it's a fair rule, considering there are people out there who can do stuff like Slam CZ, Dignity CZ without the bar (although I still want to see videoes).

But the bar should still be there as a safety check regardless. Who knows how slippery the pads might be? Even if you clean off the pads before the song, dirt/dust can build up during the song; by the end you might still end up playing slip 'n slide.
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RomeoJoe86 · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:19 am Post subject:

Concerning the bar issue, for someone who has never seen the game before and looks on from a distance, it looks strange enough to have someone standing there and vibrating without using the bar. Having someone standing there, vibrating, and leaning back with their arms on the bar is really too much and it's no wonder why some people are turned off by dance games in general...they think something like..."you want me to look like THAT?!"...so from a recruiting standpoint in terms of extending the "life" of dance games, it's a great decision to limit the bar usage in this tournament.

It's also interesting to see that no one is really talking about the Freestyle aspect of this tourney even though that's what will catch peoples' attention who aren't familiar with the game.

Rancidfish · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:40 pm Post subject:

That's because freestyle is never controversial. Bar usage almost always is.
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xxxplizit Eta · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject:

Freestyle itself isn't really a critically big issue compared to Perfect attack. Basically, Freestyle is what you come up with in general without the worries of restrictions. Perfect attack, however, has to deal with more critical issues like pad uncomfortability (the 'pad-error' or the way the pads/machine distance are positioned), use of modifiers (some like and some hate), the bar and no bar issue (as stated on this tourney), the higher level of competition compared to Freestyle (more people = possibly more problems), and results (every # counts).
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10k Commotion anyone?
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Why does everyone have to think that "OH its 10k commontion!" You guys need to shut up about it already, I really dought that anyone at Andamiro would even know about some silly web comic thats not even finished yet.