Trick bar use...

RaZnetteLila · Trick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Location: esco, caLI

I cannot play with the bar. I tried to but I just cannot.
It's like me speed reading upside down with no side effects; not goign to happen.

Although I do lose my balance a few times since I play kinda fast and I get a bit confused.
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DGAF.jAAAmes · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject: .

i only use the bar for fast poopy like the maxes, but in itg i use it all the time. it weird, because even if the same song was in both games, in ddr i'd be more comfortable without the bar, but if it were itg, i'd probably prefer the bar.

A. Phillips · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: Visalia, CA

J. S. Mill · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:14 am Post subject:

Because it's more stable, consistent and more precise? The same reason every competitive ITG player uses it?
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DGAF.jAAAmes · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject:

0verKill · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject:

However...

One could also argue the manual is only ADVISING that players not use the bar as a PRECAUTION against injury. By that logic, a lot of great freestyle moves (zomg extreme play motions!1) should be looked down upon for the same reason as bar-hugging.

PS: lol
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FujiFlame · Trick Member Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Location: Orlando, FL

Yeah seriously. As long as Konami tells us specifically not to hold or lean on the bar, they can't really be blamed/sued for any bar-related injuries.

Wermo · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Location: Hamilton ON

I once saw a guy who claims to have a metal plate at the top of his head do a head stand on the bar, and with his hands spin himself 360 degrees or 2Pi radians and stopped himself with his hands, did a hand stand and do a uneven bar type thing a jumped ceremoniously onto the ddr pad and I was OMG that's WEIRD!

Cool, like drool, but weird.
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claw · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject:

the bar is not needed to pass ddr songs, theres no tiring ddr songs. however if you want petter pa, then the bar would come in handy.

on itg bar = required
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ThemsAllTook · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Location: Virginia, USA

claw · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:

yeah true but its a ton harder
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lol if you remember this from before

J. S. Mill · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:12 pm Post subject:

He meant to say that in order to play competitively it's required, which is true.
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Atticus · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:20 am Post subject:

Well, I guess really it's what you're going for. In some instances ya kno I agree with it being like training wheels to some and then the get reliant on it and never let go, that's how I was up until about a month ago when my friend started playing without the bar. I wouldn't like hug it or nething ya know but I'd keep a hand, that's A hand as in 1, on the bar incase i fell or something. But now I only use the bar when I'm doin fast songs like Sakura or Max 300 (being that I'm only on standard). So some people may not know what's like to play without the bar because that have grown to think they need it. In another sense, say you're not playing very well because you're sick or something. I've played sick before and realized how it affected (effected) my balance and coordination. So maybe you're catching someone on a sick day lol. Dizzyness is always a factor though. I can do this song Sync almost the entire way though without looking at the screen, but I continuously spin. This spinning ofcourse makes me dizzy, so to keep up the show I hold the bar, again with 1 hand so as not to fall off or onto the other person.
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J. S. Mill · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 12:28 pm Post subject:

You do need the bar to play well (competitively). That's the whole point.
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ddr_champ · Trick Member Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Location: CA

In my 15 months of playing DDR, I've only touched the bar ONCE I tried to use it but then I thought *Screw this, I need to move my arms too or I'll lose balence!* Wait, sratch that. I have touched it, getting on and off the machine

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GARYYY · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:41 am Post subject: bar use

i only use the bar on the max mixes sagura, and the harder paranoia's i also use it on ecstacy, or when i'm playing light, because i bar hop a loton light, and i flip on the freezes in ecstacy

mydixiewrecked · Trick Member Joined: 29 Mar 2005

ddr_master0602 · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:13 am Post subject:

fivestarsellout · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Location: Texas

I've never used the bar, but I also mostly play at home and I'm not a very athletic person. I'm about a 7-8 foot song player.

I understand if it's a tough song, but last week I totally yelled at a guy for using the bar for Love Love Sugar on heavy. I mean, if *I* can pass it, and I SUCK... lol.

He stopped hugging the bar. He failed. Then he waited for my turn and played against me. I pwned him on LLS and his friend on Kind Lady, then he totally pwnd me (well, they failed, but I jumped down to standard) on some MAD crazy song.

It's funny to watch guys show off because you're a chick.
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yyr · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:32 am Post subject: