DDR Survey

[Nightime]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
I think -everybody- plays it for fun. That's what -makes- it good exercise.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
2-4 days per week.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)
Actually, I play -more- in the arcade than at home, though I like the variety of console mixes.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
I tried it while waiting to get my MvC2 fix, back in 2000. From there it became a social gathering point, and eventually spawned a local community.

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.

4 - Quality of songs
3 - Difficulty and variety of levels
2 - 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?
I wear run-of-the-mill tennis shoes for arcades, and sneaker-like slippers called "Happy Feet" for home. They have little weight and high contact area, plus they slide before the pads do.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
Plenty. In fact, DDR actually got me spun off on plenty of music-related games, which like fighting games, I can play in spurts or long sessions without being rushed or losing a certain level of freshness/nostalgia to them.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
Are you kidding? I lose 2 more pounds, and I'll start passing through walls whenever I hold my breath.

9. Are you male or female?
Male, last I checked. Yup, still there.

10. Are you:

-Between 25 and 30 years old

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.

While the DDRFreak population is very arcade-oriented, I think the variety of console mixes/tracklists does a great job of catering to an extremely diverse market of musical taste. It also does a decent job of balancing masculine and feminine appeal.

The only things I dislike about it are that for the "total" DDR experience, you have to have many (soon to be a half-dozen!!!) consoles, pads, -and- adapters... then STILL be able to hit arcades. Then there's import-mixes and console-modifiers/boot-discs for those. Then there's -still- XBL stages beyond THAT. OMFG-expensive!

[LeCoconut]

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

both

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

5 days a week...?

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

both, but prolly a little more at home

4. How did you get involved in DDR?

back when i was in 6th grade i saw alot of people playng this cool game and i wanted to try

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
1- 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?

all of the above!

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

yup

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
yes...i think about 25 lbs

9. Are you male or female?

female

10. Are you:

-Between 5 and 14 years old
-Between 15 and 24 years old <~~~this one (16)
-Between 25 and 30 years old
-Between 31 and 35 years old
-36 or older

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.

play ddr, get a frikkin hot bod !

[dj_sammylvr03]

1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
It's really just for fun. I'm about as healthy as a horse and don't need to lose weight or really stay fit in any way.

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
Actually, not as often as I used to. Usually I'll play a few rounds a week (probably about 4 or 5 at the most)

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? (If both, also include which one you play more at)
I absolutely love playing at the arcade, but I don't get to one very often, so I mostly play at home on StepMania.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
I tried out a USA machine in Canada one time and liked it. I tried another machine in Cali and finally fond a mat and game for the PS2.

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
5 - Number and quality of modes
4 - Characters
2 - A good dance mat / pad

6. Do you wear shoes, socks, or nothing on your feet while playing DDR?
At the arcade, I wear shoes, but at home I slip too much on my pad in socks, so I go barefoot.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
First, StepMania is a DDR game for the PC.
I've tried PUMP and ITG. I don't like PUMP very much, and I don't really care for most of the music of ITG. I prefer more Techno, so I stick to DDR.

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
I've never really kept track, but playing keeps my weight constant (around 125 lbs.)

9. Are you male or female?
Male

10. Are you:

-Between 15 and 24 years old

I'm 16.

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.
DDR is friggin awesome. It got me to listen to more music. It also got me into Techno, Electronic, and Dance music.
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[DarkCore]

[quote="Apoc"]1. Do you play DDR for exercise or for fun?
Fun, but it helps my stamina too. =P

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
Uh, 3 days a week maybe, because I only go to the arcade.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? ([b]If both, also include which one you play more at)[/b]
Only at the arcade because my homepad doesn't work. If it did work, I'd play at home more obviously because I'd have more access to it.

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
I was at the movies with a friend and I saw it, and we decided to play. We became addicted even though we sucked. Then I bought a home version and kept playing up till now.

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]

Don't feel like re-arranging them.

- Quality of songs 2
- A good dance mat / pad 1
- 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 - And 1's.

7. Have you tried other DDR-like games? (example: StepMania)
I play SMO (StepMania, Beatmania, I want to play Pop'n, uh...ITG...PIU...yeah)

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
No, I don't think.

9. Are you male or female?
Male.

10. Are you:

-Between 15 and 24 years old
12.

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.
No.

[alex pr]

1. I play mostly to exercise, but when I go to the mall, I just have fun.

2. Every day, for an average of 45 minutes per day.

3. I play mostly at home, but I also play at the arcade.

4. I just saw someone freestyle on a DDR Arcade machine and I just got into it as well.

5.

#1- A good dancemat
#2- Song Quality
#3- Difficulty
#4- Mode Quality
#5- Characters

6. Socks (shoes at the arcade)

7. In the Groove.

8. I once lost about 30 pounds. Sadly, I regained it when my dancemat went disfunctional.

9. Male.

10. I'm between 15-24. 16 to be exact.

11. No additional comments.

[Apoc]

[Rabbid Hamster]

Is anyone actually reading through all these?

Just wondering.
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[Rabbid Hamster]

Well as long as someone is reading...

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

2. How often do you play DDR per week? (An estimate)
On average about 6 hours a week.

3. Do you play at the arcade or at home? ([b]If both, also include which one you play more at)[/b]
Both ~ more at home because it's FREE!

4. How did you get involved in DDR?
I saw some kids playing it and thought it looked like fun...Then my best friend killed himself this past Summer and I was so down I needed a new hobby - my brother gave me a PS1, so I bought Konamix - 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 2
- A good dance mat / pad 1
- 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)
I play ITG and Percussion Freaks occasionally.
I've tried PIU, but I need more practice!!

8. Have you lost weight from playing DDR? If so, how many pounds?
Not really, but I think it helps me keep my "cheerleader figure" even though I love candy!

9. Are you male or female?
FEmale

10. Are you:
-Between 15 and 24 years old
Negative...just a little older.

11. Please include any additional comments about DDR.
.....like what?

[Whiskers19]

Yes, I am reading all of these because they are for my term paper. Thank you very much, everyone for your surveys! I've collected all of the surveys I need!