Starting a DDR club at the camp I work at - HELP!

Travelsonic · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005

OK, so next week I start work at a computer camp where I live (

) and one thing I have to do is run an elective or club. For this requirement, I have decided to do a DDR club. The issue is, what am I going to do about crowd control? A lot of people are expected to join this club, and I don't want people to be left out/wait too long, I also want to both teach the people who are absolutely new to DDR how to play, and teach those with a little experience how to play better. We are expecting to have a lot of DDR foam pads on hand, and several PS2s, but whether or not I can wing 2 DDR setups is yet to be seen.
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Dakota · Trick Member Joined: 28 Feb 2006

Have a sign in sheet giving a name and a skill level. First come first serve.
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Travelsonic · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005

Halbort · Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject:

Ok, I'm only 14 years old, but I'm assuming your auddiance is teenagers or younger. I've had like up to 10 of my friends over before, most of the time we just play DDR. Between songs we either talk, drink, eat, or just watch whoever is playing.

Try to throw in some songs that they might know or like to grab their attention. My friends and I are really big fans of Naoki songs on DDR Extreme. I know a lot of this is not really that specific, but I hope it helped a bit.

Oh, BTW, for the 3 or so that are better, maybe they would want to work on their Trick DDR, feet work, or endurance.

Edit -- Just noticed you were wondering about crowd controll, not what to do. You could have some people running/walking around if you really wanted to have a certain group on the machines constantly.

Travelsonic · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005

tekkie · Trick Member Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Location: Albuquerque

I highly disreccomend soft pads. Go hard if possible.
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LeeKumKee · Trick Member Joined: 01 Nov 2003

I help lead the DDR club at my school and from my experiences, 75% of the kids are too scared to actually play it. They might play one song a week or two because they're forced to but even then they'll play for like 30 seconds and then step off...leaving more time for the better players to play constantly

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momomixer · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

Yeah man i have to go with tekkie on this one you may have a lot of soft pads on hand but still the foam is going to mushed and itll be at least (assuming u have 5 or so pads) 100$ to get them all replaced if you could try
to get a cobalt flux or somthing and run like 2 that would propbably save you money also they would last like years and you could keep using them for future clubs.
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cheesecake · Trick Member Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Location: Michigan

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momomixer · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

o by the way if u plan on holding tournaments such as doubles freestyle or any sort of doubles for that matter than i highly recomend a flux or maybe
a red octane metal mat but again just me this might be hard to do if u have
only 6 days to do it but thats all the advice i have to offer
good luck and post back and tell how it turns out

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