Tell your story about how you started playing DDR...

Travelsonic · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005

The first time I played (or attempted DDR) was 2 years ago during the summer... there is this summer computer camp I go to, and unoficially now work at, and there was this camper a year younger than me who always brought in DDRMAX, DDRMAX2, DDR EXTREME, two of those soft pads (w/ foam inserts) and his Playstation 2. I tried a song on light mode, did horribly and failed. It was the next summer (last sumer) I would discover Burnign Heat! (3 Option Mix), Tsugaru, Break Down! and the other DDRMAX/2 songs that got me playing the game. I spend hours playing the game that summer on light mode until I could A most of the light mode songs.

From there, that August saw my purchasing DDR:ULTRAMIX for the Xbox (since my brother traded his Playstation 2 for it

) + 2 cheap soft pads (since on of my camp friends played against me at DDR, and we would be vurses each other once more later) and began playing hoping to get really good... one of the pads from that voyage into DDR-dom I still used today (duct taped to 2 sets of foam inserts from dead RedOctane knockoffs) as I pound away at Tsugaru, Matsuri Japan, Burning Heat! (3 Option Mix), and other heavy songs.

!!! · Trick Member Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Location: Not gonna tell.

All I can say is I got my first DDR game (DDR Extreme) on Christmas of 2004. So I've been playing for around 2 years now!
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.59aonheavy · Basic Member Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Location: nyc

[color=ff00ff]i started playing ddr when my friend got me ddr extreme for christmas in 2004 and ive been playing ever since[/color]
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liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

The way i got started was working in an arcade and my son started playing it at the arcade and home. I decided to try it and got addicted right away. I loved regular dancing anyway rock'n'roll and country. SO i found a great way to exercise and have fun.

I have now gotten several others started on it. about ten people so far LOL

I am not the best at it but hey I am almost 51 so i dont excatly move as fast as you young spring chickens
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Mavi MWP · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:59 am Post subject:

The firrst first time that i played ddr was when my cousing do it and I went a few times, but I left it

I Really started to play ddr when the same cousing gave me a cd with the stepmania in july, 2005 and I was looking for the mixes when i found ddrla but as I needed to make 50 posts, I started to speak with some people of my city and like 2 month after that I began to go to the arcades and stuff like that...

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BobTheFish · Trick Member Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Location: The Wirral, UK

I was in a very "rhythmy-gamey" mood, and was having fun setting records and the like for Donkey Konga and Daigasso Band Brothers. Then I saw that Dancing Stage: Mario Mix had been released, and so I decided to buy it. I became good at it pretty quickly and had done everything the game had to offer within a couple of weeks. Having found it so enjoyable, I decided I needed more. The only option was to buy a PS2 or Xbox just for the Dancing Stage games on the consoles. I opted for an Xbox and the 2 Unleashed games.

And I've been obsessed to this day!
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smartjinsang · Basic Member Joined: 07 Dec 2005

hmmm let see. i started playing ddr like 3 years ago. i heard my friends talking about it so i got intrested... couple days later me and my siblings went to wunder land ( aka nickle land) they had lots of arcades there.

Than i saw DDR extreme (i think), i ask my brother if it was hard and he said "all u have to do is press arrows" so he played the first round (in light) and failed! XP. so i played next on my first song called "love shine" which is one of my favorite songs

! than i started to get addicted to ddr and bought ddr ultramix2 for xbox couple months later

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RainbowStars237 · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:09 pm Post subject:

Well I first started when my brother bought DDR, just to buy it. I don't think he had any intention on playing it. Well we all tried, failed miserably but i wanted to show everyone that i could master it.

So i praticed, even though being overweight kinda got me thinking I should stop and leave it for the people who are fit. But after a while i got really good and me and my brother would play (me on the pad and him using the controller...lol)

After getting my friends into it they really enjoyed it, except some who thought they would look really stupid. But i thought of it as really fun and it's like the only exercise i do!

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Tweek · Trick Member Joined: 13 Jan 2006

Patrick Campaign.He was like,the best DDR player ever to me.I was a freshmen in high school,and I saw him play and I wanted to do that so bad.It wasn't until then I started avidly playing and eventually I got better than him,now I'm persueing the best player I've seen...ever.

1-xtr3me-azn · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:

when i started playing ddr,i used to miss the arrows like crazy but after playing at home and in the streets alot,i went straight up to a heavy
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z_chaos.us · Trick Member Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Location: Brentwood,TN

Well I was about 10 years old when i played so that makes it 3 years what made me started was just seeing people playing it and some good exercise and i keep playing it cuz i wanted to get better ( i was so crappy the first timed i played it.)
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tinkchick555 · Basic Member Joined: 06 Jan 2006

We were at Walt Disney World in Innoventions in Epcot in May '05 when my sis found the game. She is a much better dancer than me so she went up to try Disney's Rave....and FAILED!! I was astounded, but since she failed I said what the heck and tried it. I ACED it and got really excited. I was good(well ok) at it. So when vacation was over we got our own pad and games and now I'm ok in Standard mode and DDR is wondeful!!!

DDR paradise!!
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Apu · Trick Member Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Plant City, FL

I herd about the game, from a close friend. I nver thought I would be that good at it. But the first time i jumped on the arcade system I have never stoped Playing. Now I am a maniac with 2 compititions under my belt. And lots of great memories.

Dancin Foo · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:51 am Post subject:

Kept watching the DDR phenomenon grow and grow, and began to consider trying it when I saw UM1 come out for the Xbox. However, it was until I made a New Year's resolution to lose weight that I took the plunge, since I knew I had to exercise and in general I find exercise tedious. Got UM2 and a couple of pads and got hooked. I'm not good at all (Standard songs make me cry) but I can easily spend two or three hours dancing and getting a good workout at the same time.
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KentoNTranced · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject:

I started playing about 4 years ago. I've just started to get goot at Pump It Up at the arcade when I figured, "So this is what DDR is like?" One day I had a dream about DDR and proceeded to get up, get dressed and buy DDRMax and a pad. However, it was only about a year ago that I started to play DDR seriously (I'd used to play it heavily only when a new mix came out before that) to practice for ITG at the arcade. No wait, I have that backwards...I play ITG at the arcade to practice for DDR at home. Strange, but true.
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Safer Sephiroth · Basic Member Joined: 12 Jan 2006

At first, i hated this game. when i first tried it i wasn't very excited because it was a slow song. When i saw people do fast songs, i said i would give it a shot. so i tried and then i got addicted to it. I LOVE DDR!!!!
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MARVPRO69 · Basic Member Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Location: Michigan

While before when I went to the arcades I used to look at the game and think wtf is that? until one day a friend of mine who really is into ddr made me try it out. So I did. In seconds i was addicteddd. We stayed at the arcades for almost 3 hours playing ddr. Sure I sucked at the time but that didnt matter all i got into was the music and how much fun it is..

So yeah go DDR..
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Ko5 · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2006

The first time I encountered DDR was about 6 years ago in 6th grade when Ryan J Gierlach (God rest his soul) introduced it to me and a friend, but because he lived in a trailer I didnt feel like dancing (whole house shook).

Now I recently started playing when my little sister got DDR Extreme 2 for christmas. I did some research and found DDR is a good weightloss tool and well im not gonna deny it Im an obese mofo, but im doing something about it now. So I got into DDR to lose weight, started a month ago around 310 and now im down to about 290.

In this time Ive gone onto inspire about 6 people to buy the game, and about a dozen to play with me ... so now I go to arcades and such on weekends to "show off" which im really not doing anything special but hey most people call DDR geeky, I got a chicks number for it today, and she wants me to teach her how to play -- that my friends is a definite AAA.

Started on Beginner, 1 day later was on light, 1 week later was on standard, 1 week after that I began heavy -- now i can do heavy, but my stamina gets drained way too quick when its constant 1/16th beats (like I think its in as the rush comes).

Kika · Trick Member Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Location: Hattiesburg, MS

DDR, Herm. Alright here we go

About 4 years ago, My local arcade got a game called Dance Freaks. I started to watch my friends play that..They were pathetic..So i wanted to be mean and get better, So i did. Then almost 3 years ago.They took it away, But gave My arcade something called "Dance Dance Revolution: Extreme" I was totally for it..Seeing everybody around me was just..Awesome at it..The Thought of dancing on pads to arrows was..annoying but..It was worth it.. My first song on Light mode(Belive it or not) was Max300..First Standard..was Butterfly..First heavy..was Look to the Sky:True Colors mix..My first AA was that song..I NEVER played Beginner..CANT STAND IT! ^^

I started to play 2 1/2 ago..$20 Dollars a day,2 weeks straight..
I Keep on playing, Becuz..The only thing i am good at is DDR..Its sad but true..I have a job for 1 reason, To have DDR money.. lol.

((Ack Kinda got off topic..My bad))
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