The Official New Player Help Thread

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

Please list little tid bits about DDR that new players need to know. Stuff like this is spread all through different threads lets condencse it. New players can also post questions concerning ddr. Not just about gameplay because this isn't in the gameplay forum. Anything you've ever wanted to know about ddr you new players. And please to the experienced players don't flame the new players any we were all new once.

Even if you hit an arrow when ur not supposed to as long as it's not really close to when ur supposed to hit it you dont get points taken away.
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captaincolorblind · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:21 am Post subject:

Did you start this thread to educate new players on the things that they don't understand yet, or did you start it to make fun of new players' mistakes?

Just curious.
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Vangulus The Great · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:21 am Post subject:

The Criteria of not stomping the living hell out of the pad till it breaks.
The only song that would be appropiate for is Stomp To My Beat.

'Ivan · Trick Member Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Location: Thailand

Two arrows at the same time means jump.

ITG- Three and four arrows at the same time means feet AND hands, mmkay?

The arrows do NOT light up to show you where to step. <- My personal favourite.

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

Haha sorry bout the bad puncuation. Really! That's a good point! I've noticed many new players return to the middle. New players! Be sure and step around the pad.
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Synaesthesia · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:30 am Post subject:

Johancrowind · Trick Member Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Location: Wayne NE

When playing ITG dont let 16ths and hordes of freeze arrows scare you, they arent has hard as they seem. Bursts of 16ths usually are non candle steps (steps where you crossover or have to turn your body in anyway) so they are swift movements. 1 second long freeze arrows are how long you should hold them anyway.. so dont worry about them just crossover as neccessary
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Practice. Sure, it's cliche, but, in the end, it'll prevail over any technique you might try.

If you're unfamiliar with a song, instead of completely sightreading it, play it on a lower difficulty. This has really helped improve and accelerate my ITG scores, enough as to wish I'd done it when starting to play Heavy on DDR.
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Vangulus The Great · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:55 am Post subject:

Ballet Slipper · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:10 am Post subject:

Arcade, home, and general help for the newbies (that I wish someone told ME) :

-Despite what some people say, it's okay to hold on to the bar [at the arcade] on more challenging songs. It's a learning tool.

-The first song is the kindest with misstepping. A Boo or Miss on the first stage will not take away as much of your 'life' than it will on the final stage.

-If someone calls you a newbie/newb, don't take offense. That just means that you're a new person to the game.

-At home, you can change the colors of the arrows in "Options" if you have difficulty reading the rainbow arrows. The "Type2" arrows: red for 1/4 beats, blue for 1/8 beats, yellow for 1/16 beats, and green for 1/32 beats.

-Sorry...freezes will only be green, no matter what the timing of it is. Harder to time those freezes.

Hope that helps some of you!

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

So this doesn't belong in Gameplay or even in here because why?

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new players shouldn't pull down their pants and take a dump on the pads when they fail a song
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FuturamaFreak2999 · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:00 pm Post subject:

Funny how there's almost a whole page filled up and a single n00b hasn't posted yet.
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FuturamaFreak2999 · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:11 pm Post subject:

well, I figured if it was the new player help thread, someone would come along and post a question. Yeah, the suggestions are good (and some are downright hilarious

) i thought it's odd that this has kind of become the "my old habits" and "annoying things i see" thread. I just thought it was ironic.
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