How Do You Prepare Yourself??

Da-Risin-Smoke · Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject: How Do You Prepare Yourself??

How do you prepare yourself before you play?

A topic that had something to do with this was already brought up, but i thought i should bring it up again.

This is what i do: First, i wear my specially designed skate shoes for gr8 traction with fashion!
Then i wear good clothing like a shirt with some jeans.

Last, an energy drink and some sports drink or h20 would work perfectly.

It can be anything.

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soccerjustin_2005 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Location: Blacksburg, VA

I get athletic shirt and shorts on and play in my K-swiss... Then i think which songs to play and then I get my Propel which I drink the whole time I'm up there and get ready!
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AFAD · Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:29 pm Post subject:

i like stuffing my face at home before i go to the arcade, not good playing on an empty stomach.
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'Ivan · Trick Member Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Location: Thailand

I don't...at all. No stretching (bad x.x), no unusual eating or drinking (bad x.x), nothing.

I warm up for my usual songs by playing easier ones first to loosen up, I suppose.
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[ES] GARYsurvivor · Trick Member Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Lakewood, CO

I make sure that I'm not naked before leaving my house. That's about it.

[+Duracell-] · Trick Member Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Maumee, Ohio

I just play...no stretching needed unless i'm just really tight. Water on the side when I need it
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DjSolstice98 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Location: Orlando

I have this funny thing I do where I tap both of my shoes twice on the tip of the sole...but that could be b/c they run kinda big in this style.

I definitely agree...water is good.

Paranoia_Brother · Trick Member Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Location: Clarkston, MI

Capydog · Trick Member Joined: 27 Mar 2005

i eat a snack, wear a t-shirt and a good pair of shorts. on my feet i wear a pair of Columbia hikers tied well. i hate it when my shoe gets untied while playing

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Zukin-Man · Trick Member Joined: 25 Nov 2002 Location: War Agony

I become very ritualistic any time I plan to play DDR.

The night before: Get a good night's rest. (Which means no playing video games until I pass out on the floor.)
The morning of: Eat a good breakfast. Usually that table full of food you see at the end of a cereal commercial.
Noon: Eat any random leftovers from the fridge that haven't changed colors or evolved into a higher life form yet.
Afternoon: Healthy snack. Fruit, yogurt, or those little cans of fish steaks are a good choice.
An hour or two before playing: Make sure camera batteries are charged, sweat towel is clean, and Gatorades are chilled. I also scarf a couple bowls of ramen at about this time and wash it down with non-carbonated drinks.
Half-hour before: Yell at traffic while driving to the arcade. This makes for a surprisingly good warmup.
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Raiv Xomby · Trick Member Joined: 15 Jun 2005

I'm a runner, so I stretch. It's been drilled into me to stretch so it's involuntary at this point.

At home, I don't have things to prepare so much as rules.

1)You cannot DDR with a shirt on
2)Your socks must not be black, white, or grey
3)Your wallet must not be in your back right pocket (It's bad luck)

4)If the song ends with a simultaneous left and right step, you must do a pelvic thrust in victory at the end of the song.

To prepare for away from home DDR, I just remember my quarters and a bottle of water.

DDRtists · Trick Member Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: Bakersfield, CA

I dont eat anything the whole day or i throw up...because were i play, on tues. you pay 10$ and all the games are on freeplay all day, so im there for like 12 hours....and i drink tons of water while im there....

RTP! · Trick Member Joined: 25 Nov 2004 Location: Grayslake, IL

Usually when i play on a machine, my legs get all shaky-like.

SO, i run in place, spasam, or yell really really loud to un balance my nerves and get me into "Super BJ" mode. (Then people think im insane because I can play DDR good AND be a weirdo.)

Bad thing is, when I play Sakura as my last song, it turns out I left it on x2 from So Deep or Oni playing Colors.
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Khasm · Trick Member Joined: 27 Dec 2004

Stretch if I feel really...un loose. Play a warm up song(Look to the sky, usually.) Pick my shoes. Both pairs I have suck. I need some flatish converses or something. I make sure I have water nearby.

tepp · Trick Member Joined: 07 Apr 2005

I wear shorts and a sports bra, t shirt.

Sports bra is a must once I hit 5 footers. Too much jumping.

Synaesthesia · Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:45 am Post subject:

Heh, I feel bad for noticing the lack of sports bra on many girls, tepp. In fact, I can't really watch most of the girls at BGW, because most forget to put on clothes in the morning.

Anyway, as for preparing, I make sure there's some kind of food in my stomach, else I feel extremely weak while playing. (I've never thrown up playing DDR, even "exotic ethnic" 5 minutes after finishing cook-out barbecue

.) I make sure I drink at least a cup of water beforehand, plus bring 1 or 2 cups with me for when I'm done with a set or 2 of songs. I do some simple stretches which I remember from my soccer-playing days, but nothing too dramatic. Oh, and nowadays, I wear the free ITG shirt I got from RedOctane, no matter what arrow-smashing game I'm playing (some people think "In the Groove" is some super-l33t DDR clan, which amuses me, being that I'm not super-l33t).
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E-Prime · Trick Member Joined: 08 May 2005

Seriously, gang, I just get up and go. I may play a warm-up song like A or .59, but no more thought goes into the process than that.