DDR Pads, what do you prefer, Recessed Arrows or Flat?

jjang1993 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Aug 2005

for DDR Pads what do you prefer Recessed Arrows like the arcade or flat like a CF (without arcade mod)?
i prefer flat cause i dont like how recessed arrows feel.
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AA Bob · Trick Member Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Alllll right!

It's a little easier to flat foot on a flat pad, but I like the recessed arrows more. It's convenient to know right where you're standing without having to take your eyes off the screen.
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Synaesthesia · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject:

I like flatness better. I've never been on an ITG2 DC, but I understand those gaps are much smaller than those of a DDR cab. The pad I built at home is flat, and I've never had a problem of not knowing where my feet were, since metal and lexan have a distinctly different feel to them.
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mindless2 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Oct 2005

I like flat. When I played on an arcade one, it took me a while to get used to it since i kept hitting the brackets or whatever when I moved.

mouseish · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 2:18 pm Post subject:

Ive got a custom where there's 1/8" difference between arrow and not arrow. I dont like completly flat like softpads or CF and the afterburner seems like its too recessed. A TX has the right amount of recession for me, but they're not made well enough

maxx freak · Trick Member Joined: 09 Aug 2005

Recessed for me

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Maxx standard on flat soft pad - C

ItsDrew · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:19 am Post subject: .

I like Recessed now because thats what the arcade has now. but we used to have a DDR Extreme US arcade machine with flat mats at the arcade which was pretty cool too
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ArvinG · Trick Member Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: Coquitlam, BC

hmm im fine with both, (arcade modded my intec soft pad ;D) but for me flat pads i do better with, i tested MaxX Unlimited on Heavy with a konami soft pad and my intec recessed pad and i did wayyyy better, flat - 120 combo B, recessed - 60 combo C
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DefaultGen · Trick Member Joined: 06 Nov 2005

I prefer recessed arrows, because even if I do better on a flat pad, its bad practice for the arcade. When i'm at the arcade i'm not going to be able to sort of "slide" around onto jumps.