What do people do while playing DDR that really angers you?

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That guy with the afro... · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2006

Parents tend to tell me that I should compete in tournaments because I would win each of them. They would continue to watch me play either oni courses or a bunch of fun (not hard) songs while making sure the kids keep a 5ft radius away from the machine.

With the parent issue out of the way, you would think there isn't anything wrong. The kids there are a little rude but the regulars tell 'em off while the player keeps concentration, so everyone has everyone's back. Idiot shadowers and mockers either don't appear or stop on request, and overall there is a lack of idiocy.

Except for the fact there was this one time where a bunch of newish people were wanting to play, but being the AAer I was, I got to the extra stage (by accident) and passed that. The regulars were liking the view and there were some tourists, but these teens looked like they had no clue how the game was played. After I failed Chaos, this girl came up to me and said...

"I know you're on a roll and all, but there are other people here who want to play you know."

I would've replied with "Girl, learn how the game is played before you start talking to me like that. Heck, don't talk to me at all." and inserted another dollar into the machine, but I had no more quarters.
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maxX3RZz · Basic Member Joined: 20 Oct 2007

1. People staring at you when you're playing, like they never seen
people playing heavy
2. Anyone who step as hard as they can with barefoot
3. Children who wandering around me while I'm playing
4. Anyone inserted credits a lot before I insert mine
5. A stupid grandmother with her grandson who claimed my credits as
their!!(They never play DDR before and died on 1st Stage)
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Rwr4539 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: London

So I was playing HDV today, and some bitch came in front of me and started waving her hand in front of my face.
I told her to fuck off and she did.

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Chewphoria · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:59 am Post subject:

They tell you to shake your hips.

Seriously, WTF! This also happened to me on PIU.

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Chewphoria · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:08 am Post subject:

Moonbeam Funk · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject:

An audience every now and then is a little bit of an ego boost, especially since they can't tell the difference between 321 Stars and TLOM, and doing turns on Frozen Ray is more impressive to them than AAAing PSM, but sometimes the people who watch are just RIDICULOUS. There was this old lady once who came in and just started SCREAMING in a high-pitched voice because Rob was playing Legend. So then she calls all of her friends over, screams a little, and Rob heel-toes 5.1.1. just so she'll go away. She was like "HE WAS GOING REALLY FAST BEFORE."

Little kids. I'm kind of not a big fan of little kids, so maybe I'm biased, but it's really annoying when a kid gets up on the pad next to you while you're playing a serious set and starts jumping around. One kid actually stepped on one of the arrows while my friend was playing, thus activating it, and didn't know what he was doing...

I'm kinda sick of the question "HOW DO YOU PLAY THIS GAME" and/or "HOW DO YOU READ THE ARROWS?"

Um, nubs shadowing. Please only shadow me if you're better than me. And don't get me wrong, there are a LOT of players who are better than me because I don't even have AAAs yet, but if you don't either... I don't want you on the pad next to me pretending to play during my set.

I really hate when kids or nubs screw over arcade etiquette. My friend was waiting like, 45 minutes today, and got cut by like an 8 year old and a 14 year old who wanted to play a Beginner set.

People who play without shoes... I don't know, maybe if you're like, really good without shoes, but there's this kid who plays no-shoes at the arcade I frequent, and he can barely AA anything, yet he insists he plays better that way. I'm thinkin', if you're under 93% DP for most of the game, you probably would play better if you put on a pair of shoes. Also, the shoes he complains about are huge boots... Just get a pair of sneakers, kid.

When there's a really, really, really long line, I can't stand kids who singlewhore. Unless they have a lot of AAAs. That's kind of the exception to most of the things that piss me off, except for the whole cutting thing.
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That guy with the afro... · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2006

"Are you following the game or is the game following you?"

Seriously. What the

was that girl's problem?
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Moonbeam Funk · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject:

Also, kids playing the shooting game next to the machine obnoxiously while I'm playing =/.

And singing. Ew.
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BAGGER VANCE · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject:

forbesb · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:40 am Post subject:

I completley agree with jpoppyz, I could just aim to get AAAs every single time I play ddr or I could jump around doing spins and knee drops and generally having fun without concentrating so much on my score. PAing is good and all but without mucking around it'd lose its appeal.
Also wasn't the whole point of ddr in the first place to be a dancing game? thats why its called dance dance revolution not PA PA revolution
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jason_the_canuck · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject:

squezey · Trick Member Joined: 24 Nov 2007

Ok here is my list

1.people who stand and watch you as close to the bar as they can. I don't mind people watching me but when they start doing really annoying crap like that I get pretty angry. It can also really screw me up when I'm playing like the next reason I am about to mention.

2. Little kids who stand on the pad right next to you and try to shadow your movements and asks you questions about the game. I remember a little kid who came up on the pad next to me while I was playing Stoic (for extreme) on heavy and asked me "do you have move fast to play game?" I'm like yeah sure.....-_-;

3. People who stomp the arrows as hard as they can! Don't they know it could break the pad. (in FYE in Trumbull Mall where I live all the pads suck and I could bet you any amount of money it's because of excessive stomping)

4. I'm very sorry people but I'm pretty guilty of this one around summer time when I have very light clothing on I do play with nothing on my feet.

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