DDR Survey

[Whiskers19]

Hi everyone. I'm writing an English term paper in which we were allowed to choose our topic, and I chose to write about DDR. One thing I am doing is making a survey and then writing a paper on the results. Please answer the questions below honestly and fully, and either post them here or send them to [email protected] Thank you for your time!

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)

4. How did you get involved in DDR?

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

- Quality of songs
- Difficulty and variety of levels
- Number and quality of modes
- Characters
- A good dance mat / pad

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?

9. Are you male or female?

10. Are you:

-Between 5 and 14 years old
-Between 15 and 24 years old
-Between 25 and 30 years old
-Between 31 and 35 years old
-36 or older

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.

Either post your answers here or send them to [email protected] Thank you for your time!

[Apoc]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
For fun! Although the cardiovascular workout I get is a nice side-effect.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
Between four to seven hours, I'd guess - depending on how busy the rest of my life is. (it may not even hit four this week)

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? ([b]If both, also include which one you play more at)[/b]
More often at home, since the arcades around here are only open on weekends, although I enjoy both.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
Saw it in an arcade with my friend, and we dared each other to go play it, although we thought it looked stupid. We both became instantly addicted.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, [b]1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.[/b]

- Quality of songs 1
- A good dance mat / pad 2
- Difficulty and variety of levels 3
- Number and quality of modes 4
- Characters 5

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?
At home, in socks, since I have a softpad. At the arcade I wear sneakers. Nike Free 7.0's.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
I love StepMania and In the Groove, and can't stand Pump it Up.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
None. I'm stupidly thin to begin with.

9. Are you male or female?
Male

10. Are you:

-Between 15 and 24 years old
Eighteen actually.

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.
DDR is fun, exciting, addictive, and generally good for you. Everyone should try it, but most people are too pre-prejudiced to even give it a shot, and write it off instantly. Due to the waning popularity of late, the game has been treated rather poorly at arcades and the general populace hasn't been very receptive to its players or the concept. And thanks to the general lack of quality in the most recent arcade release, a lot of DDR's fanbase is bailing out. Nevertheless, there's a pretty large group of people who play and will continue to play no matter what, and the game won't die anytime soon.[/b]
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[UncertainKitten]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
Both, mostly funz0rz

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
once, on Fridays for 3 hours, but Stepmania every other day.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)
Both, generally the arcade, since I only Keyboard Stepmania

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
A friend of mine

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.



1-Quality of songs
2-Difficulty and variety of levels
4- Number and quality of modes
5- Characters
3- A good dance mat / pad

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?

Shoes

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
Yeah, Stepmania, and ITG

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?

Well, last check was 20 pounds in 6 months, about 6 months ago

9. Are you male or female?

Malez0rz

10. Are you:

-Between 15 and 24 years old
11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.

DDR is one of the best games evar, til really fun and has good replay value. So thar!
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[kdermody]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?

I mostly play for fun, but sometimes i play for exercise, i appreciate both of these that come with playing DDR though!

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)

probly give or take 5 hours, enough to keep my skill at its peak, some weeks i will play more though, like if i have days off school

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? ([b]If both, also include which one you play more at?

I play at both, but definately mostly at home, i barely ever get a chance to play at the arcade

4. How did you get involved in DDR?

My brother, He was playing Like Standard, and He got me to step on the mat for my first time, as i was one of the idiots who had thought DDR was "gay" befor that

5. Rank the following from 1-5, [b]1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game

- Quality of songs 1
- A good dance mat / pad 2
- Difficulty and variety of levels 3
- Number and quality of modes 4
- Characters 5

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?

I use socks both at home and at the arcade, even though it is hard on the feet at the arcade, I find i can only play good this way!

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)

I have played In The Groove, its fun, but i don't really think its compareable to DDR

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?

I think i have lost a few, 5-10

9. Are you male or female?
Male

10. are you?
-Between 5 and 14 years old, 13 to be exact

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR

DDR is truely something that every one shoud play, and many would take it to great lengths, Weather to, meet new people, Some thing fun to do, Good exercise, DDR Provides all, I have way better stamina then befor i started playing DDR, and every one is REALLY good at something, and i have found my thing is DDR, i just think ppl shoud put down there prejudgeis, and just try the game, who could it hurt?!

[melkor765]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?

A little of both, usually for fun; exercise is a side effect.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)

Probably about 5-8 hours a week.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)

I play at both, home on weekdays, arcade on weekends where I'm not busy.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?

I first played it at a lock-in.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

- Quality of songs
- Difficulty and variety of levels
- Number and quality of modes
- Characters
- A good dance mat / pad

- Quality of songs: 3
- Difficulty and variety of levels: 1
- Number and quality of modes: 4
- Characters: 5
- A good dance mat / pad: 2

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?

Shoes at the arcade, socks at home.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)

I've played Stepmania, In The Groove, and Pump It Up

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?

Yes, 41 lbs.

9. Are you male or female?

Male

10. Are you:

-Between 5 and 14 years old
-Between 15 and 24 years old
-Between 25 and 30 years old
-Between 31 and 35 years old
-36 or older

Between 15 and 24, 17 to be exact.

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.

It's a great game, it should hopefully stay around for a long time.
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[RBCF retunes]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
Mostly for fun.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
As often as I can, which isn't very often.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at) Arcade

4. How did you get involved in DDR? My cousin got Extreme 2 as a Christmas present and I couldn't get enough of it.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

1. Difficulty and variety of levels
2. A good dance mat/pad
3. Quality of songs
4. Number and quality of modes
5. Characters

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR? Shoes at the arcade, socks if I ever play at home.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania) I play StepMania on keyboard fairly often.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds? I wouldn't know as I don't keep track of my weight.

9. Are you male or female? Male

10. Are you:

-Between 15 and 24 years old

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.

DDR is great in that it helped me develop a great sense of rhythm and foot-eye coordination.
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[GackTMN]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
Fun.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
About 3-4 times a week at the most.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)
Arcade.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
Someone brought DDR in an old school club for a game to play, so I tried it and got hooked.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

5 - Quality of songs
4 - Difficulty and variety of levels
3 - Number and quality of modes
2 - Characters
5 - A good dance mat / pad

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?
Shoes

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
Dance Factory when I won the game..stepmania though.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
None that I know of

9. Are you male or female?
Male

10. Are you:

-Between 5 and 14 years old
X -Between 15 and 24 years old
-Between 25 and 30 years old
-Between 31 and 35 years old
-36 or older
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[Charlie Likes Cake]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?


BOTH


2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)


atleast three times a week

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)


I play both arcade and home(starting to play at home alot more now though)

4. How did you get involved in DDR?

I probably would be typing this if I had seen the movie saw 2. Me and my friend couldnt see it so we went to the arcade seen people playing got interested and the rest is history.


5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

- Quality of songs 1
- Difficulty and variety of levels 1
- Number and quality of modes 1
- Characters 5
- A good dance mat / pad 23434234234( pad miss = me pissed off )

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?

shoes

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)

ITG FTW

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
NO
9. Are you male or female?
Both (and by both I mean male)


10. Are you:

14

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.
Its fun but not as fun as itg. Oh and I also want to try pump pro!@
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[Julie QQQ...?]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
For fun, although I do subliminally tend to play more when I know I'm gaining weight or eating a lot.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
I'd say on average, twice. Sometimes I'll go two or three weeks without playing, and sometimes I'll play three or four times a week. It really depends.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)
All at arcades. Never at home anymore.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
I saw some girls play it at an arcade in Manila in 2000. I started playing a year later.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

1 - Quality of songs
3 - Difficulty and variety of levels
4 - Number and quality of modes
5 - Characters
2 - A good dance mat / pad

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?
Socks + shoes. I can play barefoot, but at arcades, it can get kinda icky. I found a piece of glass embedded in my foot once. Not a pretty sight.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
I used to use the Dance With Intensity simulator before it stopped being upgraded because my computer could handled it. I play Stepmania but not much. I love In the Groove and have played Pump, and I've dabbled in other Bemani games too.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
No, but it's kept my weight the same over the past few years.

9. Are you male or female?
Female.

10. Are you:
-Between 15 and 24 years old

[GotACoolName]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?

For fun.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)

Every Friday for two to three hours (that is how much time I spend in the vicinity of a DDR machine, anyway; obviously some of the time is not spent playing, as it is at an arcade).

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)

Arcade. I used to play at home, but now I don't. Oh well.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?

There was a DDR MAX 2 machine at the card store where I played Yu-Gi-Oh! back in 2002. I eventually decided to try it, but I hated it. A friend later brought over DDR MAX for the PS2, and that's how I got started.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

2 - Quality of songs
3 - Difficulty and variety of levels
4 - Number and quality of modes
5 - Characters
1 - A good dance mat / pad

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?

Shoes.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)

Yes - Stepmania and In the Groove. Other non-arrow-themed rhythm games I've tried are Pop'n Music, Beatmania, Para Para Paradise, and Percussion Freaks.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?

I've not the slightest idea.

9. Are you male or female?

Male.

10. Are you:

-Between 5 and 14 years old

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.

Great game. Does not improve dancing skill, and is not improved by dancing skill. Helps one make new friends. Provides sense of rhythm. Is very widely stereotyped; generally, players are mocked often.
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[tekkie]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?

For fun, but the exercise is awesome.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)

Maybe an hour to two hours a week.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)

Both. Pretty eve split.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?

Recommended from a friend.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

- Quality of songs
1
- Difficulty and variety of levels
4
- Number and quality of modes
5
- Characters
3
- A good dance mat / pad
2

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?

Home is socks, arcade is shoes.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)

Stepmania, PIU, ITG, other music games.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?

Not really

9. Are you male or female?

Male

10. Are you:

-Between 15 and 24 years old

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.

It's cool.
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[Lobster Jesus]

1. Not really either anymore, more for score.

2. Not weekly, if I do, anywhere from 2-5 hours.

3. Both/Arcade.

4. Tried it after friend recommended it.

5. Quality of songs: 4

Difficulty and variety of levels: 5

Number and quality of modes: 2

Characters: 1

A good dance mat / pad: 3




6. Socks and Shoes

7. ITG and Stepmania, PIU if it qualifies, other music games don't count, so I won't list them.

8. Not that i've noticed.

9. Male

10. Between 15 and 24 years old.

11. I need more 10 footer AAs.
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[ChilliumBromide]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
Fun. I'm actually not even supposed to do any major cardio workouts until I gain more weight.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
While I currently play about 0 hours a week, I'll be playing around 15 hours a week once I get my pads up and running.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? ([b]If both, also include which one you play more at)[/b]
Home. Over the last year, I've played about 600 hours at home and 50 hours at the arcade.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
My grandparents bought it to work out, and I eventually got into it.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

- A good dance mat / pad 1
- Quality of songs 2
- Difficulty and variety of levels 3
- Number and quality of modes 4
- Characters 5

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?
Shoes.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
Other rhythm games I play are SM, FFR, ITG, PIU, DMX, and IIDX.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
I've gained 15 lbs since I started playing DDR. Yay for muscle.

9. Are you male or female?
Male

10. Are you:

-Between 15 and 24 years old
16

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.
It's a good social GAME.
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[Ryudori]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
A little bit of both

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
4-6 hours depending on how much time I have

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)
Arcade

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
Saw some people playing it at a gaming event at my library and I thought it looked really cool

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

1.) A good dance mat / pad
2.)Quality of songs
3.)Difficulty and variety of levels
4.)Number and quality of modes
5.)Characters

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?
shoes

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
ITG, Pump it Up, Stepmania, and if they count (they're rhythm games) Beatmania, Dance ManiaX, and Drummania

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
Yup, 40 lbs.

9. Are you male or female?
Female

10. Are you:
Between 15 and 24 years old (I'm 17)


11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.
It's a really fun game that provides a challenge and I've met alot of good friends from it.
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[satan_claus]

[Slowpoke]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
Both

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
2

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)
arcade

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
Saw it at the arcades, and it looked like fun, but I never thought I'd have the guts to actually get up on that "stage" in front of people

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

1- A good dance mat / pad
2- Quality of songs
3- Difficulty and variety of levels
4- Number and quality of modes
5- Characters


6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?
shoes

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
Yes, all of them

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
No

9. Are you male or female?
Male

10. Are you:
-36 or older
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[Neo Raven456]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?

Both, at first it was for exercise and successfully lost around 60 lb's (180lb -> 120lb's) and it gave me the motivation and stamina to become a strong cross country runner. Now I play for fun and competition.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)

I play based on my schedule, I play whenever I have free time, lately I haven't played in the last two weeks, but I'll probably play 3-5 days a week over the next couple. It's really on and off for me.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)

Both, but more at home because it's free and my CF pad is much more responsive than most of my local arcades how poorly upkeep the pads.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?

I bought Ultramix on the Xbox way back in the day to lose weight.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

1. A good dance mat / pad
2. Quality of songs
3. Difficulty and variety of levels
4. Number and quality of modes
5. Characters

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?

Shoes on a hard pad, socks on a soft pad.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)

I have Stepmania, InTheGroove, PumpItUp, and have tried various others.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?

Yes, 60.

9. Are you male or female?

Male.

10. Are you:

-Between 5 and 14 years old
-Between 15 and 24 years old
-Between 25 and 30 years old
-Between 31 and 35 years old
-36 or older

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.

I think DDR is a fantastic game for both exercise enthusiasts and able bodied people in general. Music is a very motivational thing, and DDR uses it in a way no other game has before.[/b]
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[Whiskers19]

Thank you to everyone who has posted so far! Please keep them coming, I need a lot of surverys completed!

[NIQ9]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
both, mostly fun

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
i try to play every day, sometimes on the weekends when i have nothing to do, i'll play all day.

~ 5-11+ hours per week

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)
i like to play at both, but i'm mostly a home version player.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
DDR was at my local arcade, then went away before i tried it. one day i decided, "you know what, i want this game, it looks fun." and i bought EX2 before ever playing DDR.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

- Quality of songs 1
- Difficulty and variety of levels 3
- Number and quality of modes 4
- Characters 5
- A good dance mat / pad 2

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?
socks

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
SM, PIU, and ITG

EDIT: i also play FLOW: Urban dance uprising.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
yes, last checked, 20lbs in one year (might be more now idk)

9. Are you male or female?
male

10. Are you:

-Between 15 and 24 years old
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[violently average]

1. Do you play DDR for exersize or for fun?
Me, I play it for fun, but I think that exersize is a nice thing to happen. You see too many fatsos playing video games all day... tsk, tsk.

2. How often do you play DDR a week?
Eight days a week, my friend. Eight days a week.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home?
I play at home, for I have a metal pad!! And most DDR games.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
Well, when I was 5, a girl named Amanda showed me how to play at this place where DDR was free.

5. Rank the following from 1-5, 1 being the most important and 5 being the least, of what is most important in a DDR game.

1. Quality of songs.
2. Difficulty and variety of levels
3. A good dance mat/pad
4. Number and QUALITY of modes (oh well, so you have a lot of modes, but are they GOOD?)
5. Characters.

6. Do you wear shoes socks or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?
I wear socks, and have MONDO CALLUSES on my feet from ripped socks. I've had to go through, like, 37 different pairs of socks when playing DDR.

7. Have you tried any other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
I've never played StepMania.
I've tried Pump it Up, but the machine ate my money and froze up before my first song.
I've never played FLOW: Urban Dance Uprising.
I've played In The Groove. In fact, when I was in Deleware, I was the first person to play on the ITG machine in the Bethany Beach arcade.
I've never played Dance Factory.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
I have, actually. 38 pounds, to be exact.

9. Are you male or female?
Male.

10. Are you:

{Between 5 and 14 years old}
Between 15 and 24 years old
Between 25 and 30 years old
Between 31 and 35 years old
36 or older

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.
DDR is, in all respect, an addictive exersize game that, as I mentioned earlier, gets fatzos off the couch. Even though that there is critizisim against it, I think that most people should give it a shot. Sadly, some players are mocked often, but then get treated like kings if they clear a Heavy/Challenge/10-footer song. It's probably the most presigious of video games. That's why I established a DDR Club at our school, and even got our school to buy a PS2 and DDR! If people got more involved in DDR, our school's band would get a whole lot better, with the rhythms and all. Also, some people wouldn't bump into others, causing them to lose something important (like homework, or their pencil case) before their next class. Even though it doesn't improve dancing, it still taught me how to dance from the characters dancing in the background.