Jealousy.. ?

[That guy with the afro...]

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[...ddr]

You should play for enjoyment, not for competition. If you think to hard about winning and that other people get better than you, you always have time to as good as then if they pass you in skill level. I've went through this also and I still managed to get better than them over time. Don't worry...I'm out of shape myself but I can still pwn about 98% of the players in my area.

[ChilliumBromide]

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That's what I have. It works perfectly for all my controllers, and doesn't have any axis issues. It has a very faint lag (.01 sec) with some dance pads.
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[[[Neon.Blue.]]]

I think although people enjoy the game deep down everyone wants to be the best.
I Think..

I do really like it, perhaps too much , but if someone offers me competition on a plat, I'm not one to turn it down..

This is probably nothing to the majority or players here, but I failed 'Sakura' right at the end today and my friend laughed.. so I got back on, played it again and passed!

Hehe.. ''Don't Get Mad Get Even''
And it wasn't with any mods.. which for me is good because I've gotten WAY too used to 'Boost', really affects my PA when I don't use it
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[[[Neon.Blue.]]]

I spelt plate wrong..

Well, I do prefer playing with 'Boost' on, but last time I was playing CSFILSM I drew a crowd (Well, a bunch of chavs ) then one girl started mouthing off about how I was ''using boost'' so it didn't count.

I personally have never thought of it as 'cheating' and I still don't but what she said got me thinking- me and my friends all read easier using that, if say there's a song I can't pass without it.. then its sort of an unfair advantage. But hey. My life, not hers and no one else seems to have a problem with it.

Her and her little mates did Afronova on light about 5 times in a row.. god that annoys me.. after telling me I'm rubbish she goes two levels easier..
I mean I've nothing against new players, everyone starts somewhere, but it doesn't give them a right to slag off other players!
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[That guy with the afro...]

Ignore her. If someone is talking smack about you using a modification and they can't handle what you just did, it's saying they're jealous and are desperate to find a flaw/excuse in your play to feel better.

If I were in that situation and I knew the person was horrible, I'd challenge them to a no mod game.
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[davidyko]

1x bag FTW >> for the no mod game.

But seriously, virtually everyone here agrees that, well, besides Little, mods count, and aren't cheating.

For that matter, I virtually never play on 1x. Not even Max 300, LoM, or Pandy, for that matter. Let alone Bag (I play on 5x.) Does that make me a complete cheat?

On a completely unrelated note, inspired by hearing the phrase "Afronova Light 5 times in a row", I met this kid at this movie theater, who was playing Paranoia Evolution Beginner over and over again before the movie, and he was still playing it when I got out of the movie, and apparently had kept on playing the exact same song for 2 hours. Too bad he still couldn't FC it, though.
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[That guy with the afro...]

I love playing on note.

Doesn't the difficulty increase a tiny bit depending on what song you boost? I mean, I hate boost because it... well... boosts. I never would imagine anybody picking boost over 1.5x. But hey, that's the boat they want to float I guess.
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[[[Neon.Blue.]]]

Maybe I'm naive.. I've always thought you had to stick to the 'rules?' and do it TOTALLY original or you were rubbish.. no boost.. no speed mods ect. I'm not a very experienced player so thats probably why

I felt I was doing something wrong by using boost all the time but it just makes it easier for me personally. I've NEVER considered the fact you shouldn't make it harder for yourself then it has to be, and its what you prefer that counts.

I find most songs easier on 1.5 too, but in my head that was 'cheating' too. Bah I'm such a Noob. I can't use it on say max 300 because I can't read them that fast.

I think the main reason I'm 'iffy' about mods is I can't do bag on 1 speed.. only 1.5, which makes me kinda feel ''Ooohh Looooser''.
But yeah I really worry too much about this, I mean there's no offical right or wrong..
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[That guy with the afro...]

There really isn't any cheating involved unless you turn little on and jump off. And even that isn't cheating. You aren't arranging the arrows to make the song easier for yourself while getting the same grade and score. The groove radar doesn't change.

The only rules there are in DDR are:
1- You can use the bar if you want
2- You fail if your life bar completely depletes and your score can't increase as fast (a.k.a. you get an E grade)
3- You need a lot of perfects to AA. You also need all perfects and OKs for AAA.
4- Misses and Boos deplete your life

Besides #1, if you somehow break the other rules, you're cheating. That is that, really. The highest grade I got after getting all perfects on Little was a D. That's nothing to be proud of though.

Also, bag on 1x is what makes it a 10. Of course you can't do bag on 1x yet and that's nothing to feel bad about.
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[[[Neon.Blue.]]]

Thank You, I don't feel so bad now.
Yeah I tried little on max 300 once and wondered why the highest I could get was a 'C'. Then I realised I wasn't really doing it ''Fair'', I mean I want to pass it properly, not just tell people I did something that I .. well.. didn't

I always use the bar.. except for a few Trick songs and anything under that. I just look stupid waving my arms about

And Bag, Its somewhere between my reading it and telling my feet where to go.. they just ignore me I'm too slow or too fast, but I don't want to say I can do it until its on '1', so I guess all I can do is play it more often and gradually decrease speed..
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[Ian2K3]

ive been playing for over 5 years now.... i still use training mode to help me with something should i need it (more the itg runs than ddr)
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[Agent]

You need to learn to do it for yourself, not to make other people feel inferior. I was first introduced to the game by my grandfather. When my friend realized I was playing, he went out and bought every game and went through several mats over time. He was motivated to get better than me in everyway, just as he is with anything. It has always been his goal to make everyone else feel inferior.

So, within a few months, he was able to play nearly all Heavy songs, and when ITG came out, it only took him a few weeks to master most of the songs. When ITG came out I struggled for months before I was even able to do 9s, and eventually in some kind of fluke managed to scrape out Delirium (though I've never been able to do it since).

He lost tons and tons of weight (even though he was already thin) and became very bony. I played ITG 9s on nonstop mode for 2-3 hours everyday for months. I hardly lost any weight, forever remaining the fat arse I am now. The most I ever lost was maybe 15 or 20 pounds but quickly gained it back when I became sick for several months and was unable to play.

Now I have trained myself back up thanks to Stepmania and am capable of most ITG 10s and some 11s. My friend can't do most of the keyboard only songs I can do in Stepmania on foot, even with his Blue Shark's bar, and I NEVER use a bar. I also eventually grew very good at Stepmania on keyboard, but my friend saw this and was forced to download KBMP and work and work until he could rub his progress into my face. When he realized that my job and lifting weights had made my arms stronger than him and DDR had made my legs very muscular he realized he also needed to begin a strict regiment of weight training to try to outdo me.

This same friend got into art after I did, attempted writing poetry after I did, attempted to write a book after I did (achieving only two chapters). Looking back, this friend has devoted most of his high school years to trying to outdo me. But he always did better in school, he has had more girlfriends than me, and eventually he mostly deserted our friendship for his girlfriend. I weathered many a season with doubt in myself, loathing for myself, struggling with depression, and all this time, my friend was working hard as possible to outdo me, thinking I was in some way better off.

As we can see, nothing is achieved in trying to be better than everyone else. What did he win in constantly trying to outdo me? Is it not apparent that I never cared in the first place? So I will continue in trying to better myself. For me. Not for him. Not for some kind of ego boost.

And that's all it takes. You have to work hard and push yourself to the limit, for yourself.

And just look at me now.

[[[Neon.Blue.]]]

TeeHee your picture's the funniest thing I've seen all day.
Your friend sounds like one of mine.. only I do better than her at school =]

I am doing this for myself, I really want this for ME, it just gives me so much satisfaction to know I've won.
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[ChilliumBromide]

Then go win.

The beautiful thing about life is the fact that, if you're better than all your friends, the best way to stay better is to simply continue beating them on a constant basis. It's like practice in disguise.
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