ITG makes you better at DDR?

RadMooseKiller · Trick Member Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Location: Northeast Ohio

I played DDR for about 1 1/2 years until an arcade that is closer to me got two ITG2 dedicated cabinets. I've been playing ITG for the past 2 months, at least every other day. Recently, my friend and I who have been playing ITG for the past couple months decided to go to the local DDR machine, and play DDR to see if ITG made us better. To our suprise, we had gotten much worse at DDR. For example, I couldn't even do the turns in Afronova, songs that i normally could AA were low As, and I couldn't even pass Max 300. My question is, has this happened to anyone else? From what I've heard, ITG makes you better at DDR, but it just seemed to make me worse.
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runwithscizzors9 · Trick Member Joined: 06 Feb 2005

thats the first ive ever heard of it, maybe for you like my friend, he is used to the ITG noteskins, the lengths, and the songs, maybe if you play two more rounds, you will get right back into the swing of things at DDR, although that is still very unusual

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

It makes me better at DDR by LEAPS and BOUNDS.

The song length of ITG provides excellent stamina, as well as the more complicated stepcharts makes things so much easier.
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claw · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:27 pm Post subject:

itg has easier timing windows so likely your pa has slipped but that doesnt explain it all

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tac-tics · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:

Stamina-wise, ITG is better than taking Steroids

Before:

- I could pass every song on DDR.
- LoM and PSMO were "iffy" to pass (usually a B or fail)
- AA on most of the 9's including Cartoon Heroes

I played both DDR and ITG for three months this summer.

After:

- LoM and PSMO are ALWAYS a pass.
- Scores for ALL 10's are an 'A' every time

Score-wise, I can't really say. Walking off an ITG machine and onto a DDR machine will make you greats swell like a cancerous growth.

However, it doesn't kill your ability to PA. In general, the better you get at FA, the better you will be at PA, but you need time to adjust.
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RadMooseKiller · Trick Member Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Location: Northeast Ohio

that could be the case, because the last time that i played DDR before that was about 2-3 months ago.
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Xatu23456 · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:20 pm Post subject:

I've been playing ITG for the past couple of weeks, and today I decided to play DDR. And I got a hell of alot better. Before ITG, I would usually get a B on MAX 300, or maybe an A if I was lucky. Then after I played ITG, I consistently got an A, I even almost AA'd it. So getting worse at DDR after playing ITG is very unusual.
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-SuperZero3 Gold- · Trick Member Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Location: Chattanooga, Tn

It's good for Stamina and tens, but not PA, immediately anyway.
Example: Played Da Roots Expert-Got 98.98. Fairly good FA, right?
Played Mahou No Tobira, normally 2-5 greats, got 22. Played PSMO, got an A 88 greats, previously being a B with 130+
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billyjr82 · Trick Member Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: California

The other point no one has mentioned, is that ITG is generally synced later than ddr. So unless you jump back and forth between the two games regularly, you're going to take a performance hit when you go from one to the other. It takes a few games, and not as much on ITG2, but you can re-adjust to either game.
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cousinoer5 · Basic Member Joined: 15 Aug 2005

ITG made me a whole lot better on DDR I'm killing on 8/9 footers that I used to get Ds on I now get Bs or As I still can't master Max unlimited on light I got a C

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject:

Yeah, ITG helped me a lot with the stamina. My FA on ITG was really good and since fantastics are a harder window than perfects on DDR, I think that helped my PA get better quite some much.
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voldekillssnape · Trick Member Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Location: Fontana,CA

well after passing pandemonium hard...it was a certified a pass on most of the 10s in DDR(to me at least)

TAMAsurvivor · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:03 pm Post subject:

I owe passing LOM on DDR to Zodiac, kagami, and Charlene on expert. the ITG expert steps are actually a cake walk compared to the heavy 10 footers like MAX 300, paranoia Survivor, LOM, Max X. however i think the mines also helped with my ddr skills as they would force me to move a certain way on the pad. So ITG make a drr playter better IMO.
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Hands R' Us · Trick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Location: Mars

Hi, guys! Honestly, if I am better at DDR after playing ITG depends on the songs. Since most ITG stepcharts on Hard don't use crossovers, I haven't had much practice on them, so I would have a hard time with crossovers in DDR songs. Also, the lack of some modifiers would cause problems with steps that contain lots of sixteenths. But on the other hand, playing hard songs in ITG would probably make me better at the MAX songs in DDR. So for me, it really depends on the songs picked.

PedanticOmbudsman · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:45 am Post subject: Re: ITG makes you better at DDR?

djzmudpony · Trick Member Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Location: Edison, NJ

Though I could get AA's on most of the 9's, I was never a really great DDR player. After playing ITG for about 6 months, I was "forced" to play on a DDR machine while I was down in South Carolina.

It took me a few rounds to get back into the timing of DDR, but for the most part, I was quite surprised that my PA improved greatly. At the same time, I was bearly breaking a sweat (hence, improved stamina).

One thing to note though... ITG has turned me into a Speed MOD freak. Where's my 4x?

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hsailormoon · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:39 pm Post subject:

Hmm... Iam not sure... I do better on ITG then I do DDR... so I dunno... o.o;
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clouds_kid · Trick Member Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Location: Milwaukee

You know, this happened at my arcade also. Everyone that could AA every song has really dropped down, but can 99 all songs on ITG. I really just think it's the frame rate and what not. DDR flows a little better than ITG, and I think that's the problem. IDK, I've only gotten a little worse (going from SDG to about 12-15).

dJbunGle · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005

itg has made me do quite better at ddr repeating what the other guy said about his max300 score i used to get b's rare a now i am so close to an AA i can taste it
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