How do you deal with shadowers?

NW330 · Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject:

This doesn't always work, but I just play something hard enough (I'll mod if I have to) to the point that their legs just say "F this" and they get off because they couldn't even begin to understand such a pattern (works best on ITG)

Otherwise the punching method works well too.

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Ryyudo -YHB- · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 5:11 am Post subject:

Hmm...for some reason the number of shadowers has gone down a lot, personally, now that I think about it.

Usually though, if it's a hard song, I laugh and smile. I know they're playing around, and I guess I have enough humor to let it go.

If it's an easier song I could either mimic them, or freestyle and tell them to get dancin' too (usually, I can follow this up with "cracka")

But it's been so long =( My ego is lonely.

And I agree with Synaesthesia, seems pretty outlandish. But it's still funny, mostly because my friend did have a similar situation, except he actually downed the guy by nailing him in the stomach (and wasn't wearing rediculously short-shorts)

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.Chef.Raekwon. · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:36 pm Post subject:

Having good friends also helps.
I was AAA attacking Tsugaru, when someone came up and started shadowing me. I didn't wanna ruin my perfect combo, so I tried not focusing on it. My friend came from his Time Crisis game and kindly asked the kid if he wanted to die.
It ruined my perfect combo because I was laughing so hard at the kid, who decided to get off the pad.
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Synaesthesia · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject:

If you're going to lie, you should at least get your terminology correct first.
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B4ULoveShine · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject:

In my case, I usually expect Shadowers to play R3 as part of S4R.
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Iman · Trick Member Joined: 11 Nov 2002 Location: Dallas, TX

I agree, time for beer.

If a shadower is on the pad w/me, I beg him to stop, and if he doesn't, I usually begin to cry. If that doesn't work, I simply go home and dream of a better life, one where my friday nights won't be spent at a goddamned arcade.

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[winrar] Torches · Trick Member Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Location: Minnesota

Yea, it's staged. If it were real, I'd expect the kid to glance behind himself to make sure the shadower doesn't try to get revenge.

I'm so sick of shadowers. The moment one gets on a pad while I'm playing, I literally yell until the person gets off. If the person doesn't get off quickly, I give the person a firm nudge off of the pad.

One time I shoved a shadower instead of yelling at him first, and a security guard saw it and gave me a nasty look.

Another time a drunk guy got on the pad next to me, I pushed him off of the pad, and he easily fell because of his intoxication. Moments later, he charged at me (comically, to impress his friends, I Think) and missed. He fell over again, and a security guard took him out of the building.

In case anybody was wondering, I conclude that shadowers tend to be cowards because they shadow only when DDR players are alone. In all of my five years of playing DDR, I have never been harassed by a shadower while with a group of friends.
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Tyrgannus · Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

you do realize that a lot of shadowers play DDR, though just don't know that it's annoying right? The whole coward thing really doesn't apply, I think some genuinely want to practice the song without wasting money as opposed to just harrassing you.
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TRPX_Mudkip · Trick Member Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Location: Madison, WI

I just stop and stare at them after the song is over. 90 seconds of staring, then mod selection 30 seconds of starting, the song starts and I don't even play. I just stare.

Get the point through.
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ceraf · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject:

never had that problem...although now that i think of it, having a person stepping offbeat beside you while you're trying to fc something is as annoying as them trying to talk to you.

guess i'm not going to shadow anyone, unless i know them.

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I freestyle and do some of my more "violent" movies (i.e. roundhouse kicks, breaker sweeps) in the direction of the other pad. The possibility of breaking ones jaw serves as an excellet deterent for would-be shadowers.

I remember this one time when a shadower got on the pad next to me right when I threw a Sweet Chin Music style side kick in that direction. I barely missed his jaw by a few inches. Needless to say the guy never got back on.

I really have no problem with shadowers if I'm cool with them and they behave well. If I'm getting to know a player who I've met the first time and we're becoming friends then I'm alright with them shadowing because I know they're going to respect my turn and behave themselves.
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