Quirks While Playing

Alexi Stuvok.THV · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada

I'm not sure where the appropriate place for this is, nor if something like this has been done already, but here goes...

Any of you notice things that you subconsciously do while playing? For example, I noticed, from watching a recent DDR vid I made of myself, that I always seem to keep my right hand clenched, and my left hand's fingers will "twiddle" to the music.

Discuss your quirks here

XOR-SYS · Trick Member Joined: 04 May 2005 Location: Canada

I swing my arms around like crazy. Probably not an uncommon quirk though.
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John is OLD SCHOOL · Trick Member Joined: 09 May 2003 Location: Massapequa, NY

I'm not sure I have any "quirks" that only I do. I know when I do repetitive gallops (such as in Orion .78 Civilization Mix with the

gallops) I tend to tuck my arms into my body for some reason. However, I did know of a couple of kids who did some very, VERY, strange things.

1) This guy Andrew who used to play in Fun Zone on LI, this is the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life as far as DDR quirks. While playing, he would also play on his fingers. He would literally keep his right hand in the same position and step out the arrows with his fingers like he was playing StepMania, while at the same time playing on his feet.

2) Someone else would always stick their tongue out all the way whenever they would jump or gallop.
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Zukin-Man · Trick Member Joined: 25 Nov 2002 Location: War Agony

I haven't noticed it myself, but all my friends insist that I never blink while playing.

I've gained another quirk recently, but I've been trying to stop. I've noticed that as I play more intensely, I involunarily make a thumbs-up gesture on my hands.
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MasterInuYasha · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:45 am Post subject:

I have a bad habit of flinging my arms bad... along with looking like I am high.. and seeing as I have a bad bad OVERbite.. I seem to get that whole " dead asleep on the couch" thing.. ya know.. were your mouth is wide up and your front teeth are very visable? i saw a picture of myself playing ddr and i wanted to cry. now i know why the machine is broken LOL

Umm.. I have a bad habit of going from flat footed to tip tooes.. or saying stuff like " damn it!!" when I miss a step or to... heh.

LeCoconut · Trick Member Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Location: Mesa AZ

my friends say i flare my nostrils

GotACoolName · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:02 pm Post subject:

I always have my mouth open when I play. Yeah, obviously it's for breathing, but it is something done subconsciously.

I don't flail my arms around when I play no bar, a feat which seems to be pretty uncommon nowadays. In fact, I often keep my arms perfectly stiff-still to my sides.

I tend to lean on the bar whenever I play with it using both hands.
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darksteel53 · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject:

Somtimes I bite my bottom lip when I play. I guess I just do it when stuff gets intense

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cheesecake · Trick Member Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Location: Michigan

lol there's this one person at my arcade who keeps her elbows at her hips with her arms stretched out directly in front of the elbows, then she keeps her palms completely flat and vertical. She has this same exact position through every second of every dang song. She insists she can't play with the bar, but imo, she would look a lot better if she tried

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videoCWK · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Location: woh

Sometimes in faster songs my hands will start dancing, and sometimes in double mode I have to swing my arms around to keep my balance while doing something like switching between pads.
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UncertainKitten · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject:

I generally breathe to the beat in 8th/16th runs. Also, any triplets I usually say"Trip- pul- let" out loud.
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Fallingwalls · Trick Member Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH

Ill sing the song sometimes, subconsciously.

F-haru 1952 · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:41 am Post subject:

During gallop streams (like in Tsugaru) or for slower songs, I put my hands in my pockets or fold them behind my back

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