any tips for a newbie?

[end of the century13]

all right ive been playing for about 1 month and all I can play is standerd is that good ? any tips anyone?
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victor

[freak9287]

Yea bro thats definatly good!! All players play at there own rates. I really dont have any advice but to practice like hell if u wanna getter better and play harder songs little by little.
Keep up the good work!
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[20 jazz funk greats]

No, that totally suxx0rz. You fail at DDR and life in general!@!#1

(You're doing fine. I hate fast learners. Yeesh)
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this is my happening, and it freaks me out.

[end of the century13]

hey thanks I really dont talk to any other ddr players in my schoolyou guys seem cool thanks
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victor

[DJX]

You're doing just fine. Don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise.

However, topics essentially asking "Am I Good?" are generally frowned upon, so keep that in mind in the future. Welcome to DDRFreak .
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[sacratoy]

here is a tip..never return to the middle panel. keep moving and even start on 2 random pannels. in example i start on the left and right panels when the song starts them move on from there almost never touching the middle unless i get desperate and slide* or loose my balance.


* sliding is when you slide from one pannel to another either to look like a badass or when you are in to much of a crunch to get to another arrow so instead of hiting it by lifting your foot you "slide" over to it.

another thing to remember is stay w/ the beat. unless the arrows come up a diffrent color then the rest and go to special bet (later in the game) always just stick to the beat/ rythem and you should get perfects.


from there it is mostly individual technique. like when i play i bounce arround litely grazing/ pressing the button while i see others slide and/ or do the conventional stomping. just remember that how you play at a higher level is how you play, it varies between everyone.

about going from one dificulty to the next; you should start on light and work throught most of the songs then challenge yourself. no one said not to have fun but w/ improvment comes the failure of songs. i.e. when i started i got good at light then did standard. of coarse i failed alot but over time i got used to the moves and started getting "B" and sometimes "A". i have ben playing for about a month and have made it almost all the way through standard.

one last thing. dont take extended brakes. it throws you out of wack.

~imfrodo
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[wakassjak]

[sacratoy]

in my eyes extended is about anything from 4-7 days to whatever
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[quote:053ff83133="PBoy227"]I made love on a DDR machine once....[/quote]

[Axe]

You should adopt my style.

Get down on all fours and jump with your hands and legs as fast as you can.
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You, sir, are my new hero.

My DDRecall. Challenge me.

[sacratoy]

there is always "assing" it if you ever have. it is where you sit on the back pad and use your feet for the other three. but it is ur choice newblet.
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[DAF]

Ok another good thing to do is to basically watch awesome people (like myself...sorta) play. You'll end up learning the rythmns and patterns quicker that way. Otherwise, it's all practice if you wanna break that Standard to Heavy barrier.
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[P-Chan]

a great tip is to read this

and the forum FAQs are great as well
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